Lin Yufeng and Lin Yulei stood frozen in place, unable to move. They felt a blast of icy air surge from their hearts straight to the crowns of their heads, freezing their entire bodies cold.
Several Tiger Clan members who had come to the Tiger Temple to deliver the tokens of fallen clansmen stared blankly at Lin Qi. The burliest among them opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but quickly shut it again. Then he let out a heavy breath and solemnly cupped his hands in salute to Lin Qi.
Lin Qi solemnly returned the salute. Then the two dragon-like burly men vanished without a trace. Within the golden thunderclouds atop Dragon Cliff, two flaming dragons breathed fire as they moved through the lightning, occasionally swallowing thunderbolts to temper their bodies.
"Lin Qi!" Lin Yufeng let out a long sigh. "You've caused a tremendous disaster!"
Lin Qi looked at Lin Yufeng in surprise. With an unconcerned wave of his hand, a halo burst from his palm, swallowing the bodies of the elder in green and the group of followers behind him, along with the blood pooling on the ground—even their souls.
"A tremendous disaster? What disaster?" Lin Qi shrugged indifferently.
"He is Elder Pu Nan's legitimate son!" Lin Yufeng roared in a low voice. "Lin Pu Nan is one of the Council of Elders' thirteen Grand Elders. He alone oversees the family's day-to-day affairs. He..."
"Is he a blood descendant of the main lineage?" Lin Qi asked Lin Yufeng with a smile, smoothly cutting off his introduction.
After a moment of silence, Lin Yufeng shook his head. His face was as black as the bottom of a pot as he muttered, "No! But he is..."
Lin Qi interrupted Lin Yufeng again. "If he isn't a blood descendant of the