The Herbal Scents of Farm Life-Chapter 3001 - 3002: A Look of Reluctant Sympathy

What does this have to do with them? If the old clan leader had treated those spirit beasts better on a daily basis, or even just put on a pretense of searching for them when they accidentally strayed into the forbidden forest, wouldn’t such things have been avoided?

Now that he is no longer the clan leader, isn’t it all his own doing? Now he wants to shift the blame onto others.

"Even if they haven’t elected a new clan leader, we would never let you become the clan leader of Qianji Pond again. Old fool, your tenure as clan leader should have ended long ago!"

Captain Liu strode over and said to the old clan leader.

Such a disgusting old fool, still thinking he can continue controlling Qianji Pond and keep oppressing the spirit beasts?

Is that even possible?

Those spirit beasts only obeyed him because he was chosen by the elder. Now that they know what he has done, and how selfish he truly is, allowing him to continue being their leader would be absurd.

It’s not as if they have a death wish or something.

"You... you all..."

The old clan leader trembled, yet had no means to respond.

Because he relied on his position as clan leader, he oppressed the clan’s spirit beasts far too harshly.

Now the spirit beasts in the clan are rebelling against him. It’s unlikely he’ll continue being the clan leader; it’s pointless to even think about it.

But still, he’s unwilling to accept this.

"If it weren’t for you... if you hadn’t come, how could such a thing have happened?"

He looked at Lin Changhong and Captain Liu with boundless hatred, then his gaze swept over to Lin Caisang and the others.

These were the people who caused him to lose his position as clan leader and who might even cause him to die at the hands of the spirit beasts he once looked down upon.

"Oh."

Lin Changhong uttered a light "oh," unfazed by the hatred in the old clan leader’s eyes.

"Then you should thank us. Without us, all the spirit beasts in Qianji Pond would likely have been exploited to death by you, wouldn’t they? At that point, wouldn’t your entire clan face extinction?"

"Ssss! Extinction, how terrifying! Without us, your clan... sigh!"

Saying this, he pretended to shiver, then looked at the old clan leader with a feigned look of concern.

"You—"

The old clan leader was almost angered to death by him.

Whether or not his clan would go extinct, what does that have to do with them?

Moreover, by then he wouldn’t be around anymore, so whether his clan went extinct or not would have nothing to do with him, right?

As long as, while he’s alive, the spirit beasts listen to him, that’s all that matters. After he dies, whether the spirit beasts live or die, whether the clan goes extinct, so be it!

However, he dared not voice these thoughts; he could only think them silently to himself.

Otherwise, these spirit beasts watching him would surely tear him to pieces, and he still wanted to live a few more days.

"Would you be willing to hand him over to us?"

Finally, one of the spirit beasts spoke up to Lin Changhong.

"What? This old fool, and you still want to save his life?" Lin Changhong turned his head, looking at them in surprise.

He thought these spirit beasts would be eager for them to just end the old clan leader’s life, yet they were thinking of taking him back?

Why take him back? To worship him like an ancestor?