Lin Xin had clearly anticipated how he would be treated when he returned to Jialing Pass, the headquarters of their Magic Temple, without knowing a single offensive spell.
Fortunately, he was thick-skinned enough not to care what others thought of him. As long as they left his captain and teammates out of it, Lin Xin paid them little mind.
But just because Lin Xin did not care did not mean Jin Ruchuan would stand by and watch those fools bully him. He immediately stepped forward to defend Lin Xin. Had their status as former Demon Hunt Squad members not held him back, along with his concern about causing Yue Chen unnecessary trouble, Jin Ruchuan would not have minded giving those pampered "geniuses" at Jialing Pass a few unforgettable memories.
After all, Jin Ruchuan's innate internal spiritual power, which Yue Chen had raised to eighty-two through the Retainer Contract, was not just for show. Across the entire Temple Alliance, there might not even have been twenty people with innate internal spiritual power above eighty.
Not to mention that Jin Ruchuan had served in a Demon Hunt Squad and had been a member of a Marshal-level Demon Hunt Squad before retiring. Even if his everyday performance within the team had been unremarkable, these spoiled scions of the Six Great Temples were hardly his equals.
Fortunately, those fellows from Jialing Pass's Archmage Corps were not completely blind. They knew that Demon Hunters who had retired from a Marshal-level Demon Hunt Squad, like Lin Xin and Jin Ruchuan, outranked them in both strength and standing within the Alliance. Once Jin Ruchuan stepped forward to defend Lin Xin, they dared not say anything more and could only leave in embarrassment.
Before they could slink away, however, Lin Jialu, the deputy commander of their Archmage Corps,