"Lin Bai, are you there?"
The Third Prince looked toward the pavilion where the Tianshui Sect disciples sat and asked coldly.
He had known long ago that Lin Bai had not come, but he had deliberately asked anyway.
Bai Yifei, seated on the platform, felt that he had lost face. He had merely been modest just now, yet the Third Prince had slapped him in the face, leaving him rather displeased.
Bai Yifei had simply stayed in the Tianshui Sect for too long and forgotten his identity. Naturally, he was not as smooth and tactful as the Chen Family's Holy Son and the Li Family's Holy Son.
Li Huaqing had clearly seemed to offend the Third Prince just now, but the Li Family's Holy Son had immediately stepped forward to smooth things over for him while giving the Third Prince a way out, making the Third Prince beam with delight.
Bai Yifei, however, had deliberately acted aloof, which left the Third Prince quite unhappy.
"Where is Lin Bai?"
The Third Prince asked again.
The gazes of the disciples from the Five Great Families and Seven Sects all converged on the Tianshui Sect's pavilion.
They did not know that this banquet was actually arranged by the Third Prince to test Lin Bai's strength.
But the Third Prince had not expected Lin Bai not to come at all.
Bai Yifei did not want to answer on Lin Bai's behalf, so he remained silent.
Qiao Mo and Qin Yao grew anxious. The two women could hear the displeasure in the Third Prince's tone.
Qiao Mo immediately rose, cupped her fists, and said, "Your Highness, Junior Brother Lin Bai encountered some problems in his cultivation. He is currently still in seclusion recovering, which is why he did not come today."
Qin Yao also immediately