Hearing the maidservant report from outside, a servant from the Third Prince's Estate came to deliver a message.
Lin Bai and Yi Gu exchanged a puzzled glance.
"Let him in."
Lin Bai called out in a clear voice.
Before long, an old man dressed in coarse hemp clothing walked into the courtyard with a beaming smile and cupped his hands in salute toward Lin Bai.
Accompanying the servant were the Third Elder and Elder Zheng Yuan.
"Lord Lin Bai, His Highness the Third Prince asked me to deliver a message to you."
Lin Bai glanced at the Third Elder and Elder Zheng Yuan. Seeing their gloomy expressions and sharply raised brows, he could tell they looked furious beyond measure.
He immediately guessed that something major had happened.
Lin Bai asked, "May I ask what His Highness the Third Prince has instructed?"
The servant reported, "His Highness asked me to tell you that at today's banquet, the Heaven and Earth Gate's Holy Son, Ke Ling, made things difficult for the disciples of the Tianshui Sect in every way. He even humiliated the Tianshui Sect's female disciples by treating them like singing girls and dancing girls, forcibly making Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, Ye Guyu, and the other female disciples dance for entertainment."
"His Highness the Third Prince had no intention of doing such a thing, but not a single person inside or outside the Tianshui Sect spoke up to stop it, leaving His Highness deeply disappointed."
"Some time ago, His Highness heard that Lord Lin Bai was a dragon among men, with cultivation that shook the heavens and earth. Therefore, he sent this old servant to inform Lord Lin Bai of the matter, hoping that Lord Lin Bai might come up with a good solution!"
The servant conveyed every word from the