"He speaks the truth," Matriarch Deep-Root eventually said, her eyes deep and profound. "I believe if he does have malice directed at us, he wouldn't have to trap us in his store."
She then glanced behind her, looking at the towering Divine Guardian Statue. Although she was confident that she would not be defeated by it, she also understood that even if the three of them joined forces, they wouldn't be able to destroy it.
Lin Mo was never afraid of the Violethaven Temple. He even had the guts to declare a ban on them. Yet, he faced them with an amicable smile and declared that they were esteemed guests, to which he even accorded them the privilege of him bending his own rules of not accepting customers past the store hours.
She looked at her two companions. "We came to observe the anomaly. We cannot do so cowering on the doorstep because we fear walking without our armor. I am going in."
Without waiting for their protests, the Matriarch stepped across the threshold.
