In the beginning, he was expressionless, but suddenly, his face darkened. "Linlong, everyone knows that Lu Yangyu and Liu Ruolan are already engaged, but you just had to kiss Liu Ruolan in public. This is obviously a disregard for the tribe's commandments. Therefore, today, I, Lu Zhan, must punish you on behalf of the people in the tribe, so as to prevent such a disgraceful thing from happening in the tribe again."
Upon hearing this, the people who originally hoped that Linlong would escape punishment could not help but shake their heads regretfully. It was obvious that Lu Zhan was biased towards his son.
However, Linlong did not seem to care at all. He smiled faintly and said, "I, on the other hand, believe that the tribe should respect the opinions of individuals and shouldn't force certain things on them. For example, I and Miss Ruolan are clearly in love with each other and are even intimate with each other. However, the tribe just had to interfere and force Miss Ruolan to marry someone she doesn't like. This is clearly against the natural order of things."
"How dare you! This is a rule set by the tribe's elders. How can you, Linlong, violate the heavens just because you say so?" Lu Zhan was furious and slammed his palm on the table in front of him.
Seeing Lu Zhan's reaction, Linlong smiled indifferently and said, "If Chief Lu wants to use his status as an elder to force me to do so, I have nothing to say."
"Don't twist words and force logic at such a young age. The Chief is punishing you with the tribe's rules. How can you say that he's using his status as an elder to force you to do so?" One of the Lu family's elders immediately reprimanded Linlong.
Lu Zhan no longer wanted to waste his breath on Linlong. He directly said coldly, "Linlong, regardless of whether you accept it or not, I will definitely punish you with the clan's rules today."
As he spoke, he looked at the two guards on both sides and said loudly, "The two of you, take Linlong down. First, flog him a hundred times, then throw him into the dungeon. Only let him out after he repents and turns over a new leaf."
Wait for him to repent and turn over a new leaf? This clearly meant that Linlong would be imprisoned in the dungeon for life. After all, it was not up to Lu Zhan to decide when he would repent and turn over a new leaf.
This thought popped up in many people's minds. However, they naturally would not offend Lu Zhan on such an occasion.
Because of his words, Ninth Uncle and the others who originally wanted to fight for Linlong to be reduced did not know what to say. This was because Lu Zhan's punishment did not seem severe and was necessary.
"Yes." The two of them immediately walked towards Linlong after answering.
Just as everyone thought that the two of them would take Linlong down, flog him a hundred times and lock him up in the dungeon, Linlong suddenly shouted, "I remember that there is a rule in the tribe. If someone can become the hero of this mystic realm, then that person has the right to avoid some of the less severe punishments in the tribe. I wonder if there is such a rule."
"There is such a rule." An elder of the Li family nodded.
"Indeed." Lu Zhan didn't deny it. Then, he began to mock him. "But do you think that you, Linlong, have obtained more Purple Crystal mines than anyone else in the tribe?"
None of the others were optimistic about Lin Long's chances either. They all thought that Lin Long was just looking for trouble.
Even Uncle Jiu shook his head.
However, what happened next left them dumbfounded. Linlong took out over a hundred pieces of Purple Crystal ore from his Runic Space Ring and placed them on the Liu Clan's table.
Holy shit, how is this possible? Everyone present cried out in surprise in their hearts.
It was because Lin Long had brought out way too many Purple Crystal ores. It was 80 pieces more than the previous champion. If Lin Long had truly gotten his hands on all of them, he would have crushed everyone else in a blatant manner.
"How is it? Can I, Linlong, become the hero of this mystic realm?" Linlong looked at Lu Zhan and said calmly.
"How did you obtain these Purple Crystal ores? Did you steal them from somewhere?" Lu Bing stared at Linlong and questioned.
He definitely didn't think that Linlong could obtain so many Purple Crystal ores from the mystic realm.
"Steal? You must be joking. Who in the tribe can have so many Purple Crystal ores? "Linlong sneered.
Lu Zhan frowned and said to the tribe's expert in appraising Purple Crystal ores, "Lu Wang, go and check to see if they are Purple Crystal ores."
The middle-aged man called Lu Wang hurried to the Liu Clan's table. After carefully examining the Purple Crystal ores, he said to Lu Zhan helplessly, "Reporting to Chief, these are indeed Purple Crystal ores."
With so many people present, he naturally didn't dare to lie. Otherwise, he would definitely say that these Purple Crystal ores didn't meet the standards and their origins were unknown.
"Since that's the case, doesn't that mean that I'm the hero of this mystic realm?" Linlong smiled.
These Purple Crystal ores were real. Moreover, Lu Zhan didn't have any evidence to prove that Linlong had stolen them. In the end, Lu Zhan could only helplessly announce that Linlong was the person who obtained the most Purple Crystal ores in this mystic realm and that he was the hero of this mystic realm.
Due to the rules, Lu Zhan and the rest could only stare at Linlong helplessly.
Since Linlong was the hero of this mystic realm, all punishment could only be set aside for now.
Seeing this, Lu Yangyu's expression naturally turned extremely ugly.
Looking at Linlong, he said coldly, "Linlong, no matter how you obtained these Purple Crystal ores, Liu Ruolan and I are already engaged. In the future, you are not allowed to have any contact with Liu Ruolan."
After being ruthlessly slapped in the face by Linlong, he naturally wanted to disgust Linlong.
"Lu Yangyu, this isn't appropriate. I've always thought that a beauty like Ruolan should be the strongest. Why don't we have a competition and see who's the strongest?" Linlong laughed.
Lu Yangyu naturally didn't think much of Linlong. However, seeing how confident Linlong was laughing, he didn't dare to reply, afraid that Linlong was up to no good.
"Lu Yangyu, are you afraid of someone like me who hasn't come into contact with runic weapons for long?" Linlong mocked.
"How is that possible? Why would I, Lu Yangyu, be afraid? Since you, Linlong, want to compete, I'll compete with you." After thinking for a while, Lu Yangyu, who felt that Linlong couldn't play any tricks, immediately answered.
To be honest, sparring with Linlong and then taking the opportunity to cripple Linlong was what he wanted to do the most. Therefore, after understanding that Linlong couldn't play any tricks, he naturally agreed.
"But don't cry and surrender when the time comes." Lu Yangyu sneered.
Lu Zhan also felt that this was a good opportunity to teach Linlong a lesson. Therefore, he immediately said, "Since two outstanding youths in the tribe want to compete, I will allow it. However, many youths in the tribe have died today, so it's not a good time to compete. I will temporarily set the time for the competition to be six days later. I wonder if you have any objections?"
"No," Linlong answered.
"No," Lu Yangyu answered similarly.
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