Once Xiao Lin had made up his mind, he had no intention of staying on that barren mountain along the border between the Jia Ma Empire and the Falling Goose Empire.
After suppressing the Soul Envoy Token that had belonged to Yan Penghong, Xiao Lin headed home.
Xiao Lin had slipped away quietly to attend his Life-and-Death Duel with Yan Penghong, but he made quite a spectacle of his return!
What was more, Xiao Lin had killed Yan Penghong with a single effortless blow, yet he came back "gravely injured"!
That day, many people in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital saw a familiar figure descend from the sky near the city gate. He staggered all the way back to the Xiao Household, coughing up blood as he went.
"Did you see that? Was that...?"
"I'd know him anywhere! That was Xiao Lin, head of the Xiao Household!"
"I'm sure it was Xiao Lin too!"
"But don't you think it's strange? How did the head of the Xiao Household get hurt so badly?"
"Who knows what he went off to do?"
"Did he run into an enemy?"
"But what kind of enemy could injure Xiao Clan Leader like that?"
"Exactly! Xiao Clan Leader ranks fifth among the Ten Great Experts of the Jia Ma Empire!"
"Not long ago, he even wiped out the Chek Family, another clan led by a Dou Wang, all by himself!"
"Who did it? Did a Dou Emperor make a move?"
"I doubt it was anyone from the Jia Ma Empire."
"I think so too."
"Things are about to change for the Xiao Household!"
"Get back and tell the clan head at once!"
At that moment, the Jia Ma Imperial Capital erupted with activity!
Xiao Lin, the head of the Xiao Household—one of the Four Great Clans