Lin Qi clapped his hands hard and burst out laughing. "All right, this matter is settled, so let it be settled! Father, let's go pay a visit to the direct-line elders of the main family. After that, I still have a few matters to take care of. In a few days, we should be able to return to the Dragon Mountain Empire."
With none of the Enforcement Hall stewards stopping them, Lin Qi and his party left the Enforcement Hall openly and without a shred of concealment.
Wearing a livid expression, Lin Mu stood in a line before the Enforcement Hall with several hundred clansmen, blocking Lin Qi's group with murderous looks in their eyes. Gripping a thirty-six-sectioned, four-edged golden whip, Lin Mu fixed Lin Qi with a vicious stare and growled in a low voice, "Lin Qi, no matter who is backing you, I will not let you off! You gravely injured Lin Sanfeng and humiliated Lin Feiqian in public. Between you and me, it will not end until one of us is dead!"
A soft cough came from the entrance to the Enforcement Hall. Clad in black armor, Lin Shuang slowly emerged with a group of enforcement elders, his face expressionless. Lin Mu, who had originally been ready to strike without restraint, stiffened and instinctively suppressed his impulse. Lin Shuang walked past Lin Qi, then suddenly stopped. "Lin Qi, the grudge between you and Elder Lin Feiqian ends here. From now on, you may not strike back at Elder Lin Feiqian and the others in retaliation! Also, although the Phoenix Tree has been entrusted to you and your father for safekeeping for a thousand years, you must not let anything happen to it."
Lin Qi froze. Blackbeard froze. Lin Mu's eyes, meanwhile, widened in horror.
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