At Yuan Jingtu's outburst, everyone in the Spirit Plant Courtyard fell silent, their gazes settling on Lin Mo's face.
Lin Mo... had been wronged?
With that broad smile on his face, he certainly didn't look it!
"That damned old dog! That filthy old dog!"
In the crowd, Lin Xiaohe was the first to lose her restraint. She demanded angrily, "Brother, what did he do to you? Our Spirit Plant Courtyard isn't so easy to bully. I'll help you beat him up!"
She had been on Spirit Plant Peak for nearly half a year. Thanks to Lin Mo, everyone had treated her very well, and she had already come to regard this place as her second home after Locust Grass Village.
Her furious curses immediately drew a chorus of agreement from the disciples, all of them brimming with righteous indignation.
Lin Mo shook his head.
He walked up to Yuan Jingtu and said with a smile, "Spirit Beast Peak is too powerful for us to provoke right now. Let's talk about it once I reach Foundation Establishment."
With that, he waved to Qin Sang Sang and Lin Xiaohe, then turned and headed straight for his own Small Courtyard.
Watching Lin Mo's retreating figure, Yuan Jingtu's lips moved, but he swallowed the words just as they reached his tongue.
For some reason, he vaguely felt that Lin Mo seemed different from before, though he couldn't put his finger on exactly what had changed.
It was as though an inexperienced young lad had suddenly grown into a man overnight. The feeling astonished him.
"Now that I've delivered him, I should head back."
Lü Di nodded to Yuan Jingtu, then rose on his flying sword and retraced his route toward Sect Master Peak.
Just before leaving the bounds of Spirit Plant Peak, he turned