Grand Elder Lin Ran slammed a hand on the table and rose when he heard this. "How does he have the nerve to come back?"
"Please calm down, Grand Elder. I think my older brother must have come for a reason," Lin Weitian said. "Let's see what he wants first."
Lin Weitian was Lin Yi's younger brother. In truth, he had opposed driving Lin Yi out of the Lin Family.
If anyone was to blame, it was Lin Yi himself for his temperament. When his cultivation had been destroyed, the elders had wanted him to lie low for a while and relinquish his position as family head, then return once he had recovered and regained his cultivation.
But Lin Yi had refused. He would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix!
That had drawn unanimous opposition from the elders. Lin Yi had even spoken insolently, declaring that he could still make the Lin Family prosper without any cultivation.
The elders had wounded him, and with those in the family who already disliked him stirring the pot, his departure had become inevitable.
Had he yielded even a little, the Lin Family would never have thrown him straight out and made him a laughingstock.
But Lin Ran disagreed with Lin Weitian. "Don't say I didn't warn you. You are the head of the Lin Family now. Anyone expelled from the Lin Family has nothing more to do with us!"
"If you insist on protecting him even now, don't blame us elders for dealing with you as well!"
"Exactly!" Second Elder Lin Pan also stood up. "Weitian, you're the family head now. You cannot let personal feelings interfere with your duties."
Lin Weitian felt deeply uncomfortable. His older brother had always taken good care of him since