"You whelp!!!"
Lord Qiu of the Left Office under the Prefect of the Capital roared, actually overpowering even Li Chungang.
Lin Ke's expression was icy. Bamboo Staff in hand, he was about to unleash the manifestations stored within it.
He had used Brother Xun's wrath of the people to kill the young man, exhausting that manifestation in the process.
But he still had the one from "Song of My Thatched Cottage Broken by the Autumn Wind," as well as the one from "Granted."
"Whoosh-whoosh-"
Lin Ke raised his hand, and the sound of wind arose from the Bamboo Staff.
"Stop." Minister Qi stepped forward and gripped Lin Ke's Bamboo Staff. "Don't waste this. It could save your life."
Then he stood in front of Lin Ke, blocking the charge from the Left Office under the Prefect of the Capital. His gaze was indifferent. "Don't force me to kill you."
As soon as he spoke, a faint light suddenly shone over Minister Qi's heart, accompanied by a pounding heartbeat.
Hearing that heartbeat, Lin Ke felt as though scenes of humans fighting all manner of demons and other races had appeared before his eyes.
"A great Confucian literary heart? Is Minister Qi getting serious?"
"Weren't we just here to take a look? Why has Qi Tianxia lost his temper?"
"Qi Tianxia is protecting Lin Ke, while Lin Ke's father's men are trying to kill him. Heh, how entertaining."
"Since he's angry, we'd better stay out of it."
The ministers nearby all reacted at the sight of the light shining from Qi Tianxia's chest.
Minister Lin's expression darkened slightly, but he did nothing more. He simply turned around and vanished.
The other ministers did the same.
Only Qi Tianxia and the others remained.
Seeing that the tide had turned against him, Lord Qiu