Inside Jade Sun Palace atop Thousand Soaring Peak, many elders of the Lin Clan had gathered. Clan Head Lin Duo and Grand Elder Lin Ze sat in the seats of honor, listening to the fierce debate below. Both men frowned to varying degrees; clearly, the situation was far from optimistic.
What they were debating was whether they should participate in the great war in the Land of Fire—and, more importantly, which side they should support.
As everyone knew, the Lin Clan had always maintained countless ties with Akatsuki. After the events at Beauty Tomb, many people had learned of this. Lin Long's relationship with Azure Dragon of Akatsuki was even more obscure and impossible to fathom.
When the Immortal Mansion of the Bright God Sect collapsed years ago, the forces close to Akatsuki had received advance warning and evacuated, gaining enormous benefits as a result. The Lin Clan had been among them. No one would believe that they had no connection to Akatsuki whatsoever.
After that incident, the Land of Fire's royal family began suppressing the Lin Clan. Yet, relying on the gains they had brought out of the Immortal Mansion, the Lin Clan weathered the pressure and even grew much stronger. Not long ago, both Lin Duo and Lin Ze had broken through to the great perfection of the Deity Transformation stage. A major reason for that was the vast number of treasures they had brought out of the Immortal Mansion.
Now, the battle between the Land of Fire's royal family and Akatsuki was about to escalate to the scale of the entire continent. Even if the Lin Clan wished to stay out of it, that would be difficult.
"The Land of Fire's royal family has already gathered three-fifths of the continent's power. No matter how strong Akatsuki is,