Before Lin San and the others could rise, Lin Yan waved a hand and stopped them.
"Green Ox and Shuo Jin both rendered merit when the ferocious beasts surrounded the canyon. But merit is merit, and wrongdoing is wrongdoing. Your two races started a conflict for no reason, and Green Ox even struck Elder White Horn. Therefore, punishment must still be given. Since the community previously had no written rules on how to punish such offenses, the Elder Council will decide the punishment after this meeting, and it will then be carried out."
Lin Yan did not directly pardon the two for their mistakes. Instead, he handed the authority to punish them over to the Community Elder Council.
Green Ox and Shuo Jin could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. The people in the Elder Council were generally easier to talk to and probably would not impose a punishment as severe as expelling their entire races. Green Ox even raised his head and gave Lin San, White Horn, and the other Elder Council members a fawning smile. He secretly resolved that he could not casually provoke members of the Elder Council in the future.
"I did not gather everyone here today to punish the two of them. That is the Community Elder Council's matter, and I will not interfere. However, what I am about to say concerns everyone's future lives in the community and is also the guarantee of our community's long-term stability. Listen carefully."
"If the community is to remain stable and prosper for generations, if we are to continue developing and growing stronger, then we must establish rules and create an order that everyone can accept and willingly follow.
Therefore, I have decided that starting today, the Earth Dragon Community Management Committee will be established."
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