Lin Feng could not change the will of others.

He could only adhere to his own will.

Whipping the horse, Lin Feng moved quickly along the road he had come from.

The spiritual horse seemed to understand its master’s thoughts and accelerated its steps.

Seeing the spiritual horse running so diligently, Lin Feng felt a twinge of sympathy.

He thought to himself that once he returned, he would definitely feed this spiritual horse with some high-quality fodder. For Lin Feng, high-quality meant at least spiritual-grade immortal herbs.

After eating such immortal herbs, the spiritual horses would grow and their grade would improve.

Although Lin Feng wanted to go to Qingling Realm, given the current situation, it was impossible for him to go. After all, the gate to Qingling was now closed, and it wasn’t feasible for him to go directly to Qingling, abandoning the people of Peace City.

Even though Lin Feng now had the Dragon Ball of the Diving Dragon King, which allowed him to open the doors of the Six Realms at will, it was just a key for him. Even if the gates were blocked, Lin Feng could break through.

The spiritual horse Lin Feng was riding was incredibly fast, and it wasn’t long before he reached the oasis he had been to before. As he watched the trickling streams in the oasis, Lin Feng casually considered whether he should try planting some spirit grasses or similar vegetation around Peace City to improve the surroundings.

After leaving the oasis, the vast desert stretched ahead, and soon he arrived at the ruins of Peace City. Lin Feng quickened his pace, and the spiritual horse neighed, only to see a streak of light rushing forward. The soldiers guarding the city had no time to set up defenses as that streak of light had already dashed into the camp.

The spiritual horse raised its front hooves and halted, kicking up clouds of yellow sand.

Lin Feng was very pleased to return to the city so quickly, but what he had never expected happened just then.

As soon as Lin Feng dismounted, he saw soldiers wearing court uniforms, armed with spears and halberds, surrounding him.

"Lin Feng, be careful." Hua Shengmi sensed something was amiss and urgently warned Lin Feng.

Seeing the current situation, Lin Feng immediately recalled what Elder Shen had told him in the great hall. Lin Feng knew that Elder Shen was certainly not joking to scare him.

Since Elder Shen had personally taken action, he must have been fully prepared, plotting against Lin Feng in the Stone Temple and then sending troops to forcibly seize control of Peace City.

Truly a well-calculated plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Lin Feng had sustained internal injuries, with a significant amount of residual dark energy in his body, making him unsuitable for combat at the moment.

Thus, as the troops surrounded him, Lin Feng could only let them close in.

Although Lin Feng held no governance power, the people of Peace City and over two thousand soldiers sided with him. Even though the defense of Peace City had been returned to the court.

The court, aiming for long-term peace and stability, would not openly act against Lin Feng. The emperor had, on the counsel of the man in white, devised a plan to use a borrowed sword to kill, hitting two birds with one stone.

Even if the man in white failed to carry out his plan and was killed by Lin Feng, it wasn’t because his calculation was imprecise, but because Lin Feng was too formidable.

The spears and halberds wielded by these soldiers were of far better quality than the weapons Lin Feng’s troops held. However, Lin Feng had obtained a wealth of weapon materials in the Stone Temple this time and was preparing to forge some of them for use.

But now, Peace City’s defense had been rotated, and the original soldiers had been reassigned to guard the camp’s perimeter.

The camp’s central area was filled with soldiers from the court.

"Surround him for me."

An armored soldier in court uniform stepped forward.

Without hesitation, he ordered his men to encircle Lin Feng.

The next moment, Wu Fa, who was in charge of the defense, rushed in with his sword.

Promptly, he cupped his hands and bowed to the armored soldier.

"Officer, this is General Lin Feng."

Though Lin Feng had resigned voluntarily, the court had not stripped him of his position, implicitly acknowledging him as the headmaster of the academy. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have had the man in white (Elder Shen) take over Lin Feng’s position.

The armored soldier raised his head high, speaking imperiously to Wu Fa, "So he’s Lin Feng, never thought he’d come back alive. I want to ask him how he made it back alone! Arrest Lin Feng for me and take him to the tent for questioning."

The armored soldier’s words were extremely arrogant, showing no respect for Lin Feng.

Lin Feng realized he was one of Elder Shen’s men, which was why he was intent on arresting him without discernment.

"Who dares!" 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Seeing the soldiers stepping forward to bind Lin Feng, Wu Fa, serving as Lin Feng’s vanguard general, couldn’t restrain himself.

Watching the armored soldier issue such unreasonable orders, Wu Fa quickly drew his sword from his waist.

The armored soldier knew that the sword was a Grade Seven treasure, so he didn’t dare to have his men proceed with the arrest.

Thus, both sides were locked in a standoff at the scene.

Faced with the situation, Lin Feng could only keep silent because the Human Realm was still under court jurisdiction.

Although Lin Feng had eliminated Elder Shen, it was because Elder Shen had attempted to harm Wu Ping and conspired with Xue Nian to kill him.