"Within the youth generation of Chu, first in the sword dao!"
If this reputation had spread from the streets, everyone else would have dismissed it with a laugh.
But if it came from the mouth of Emperor Chu, its meaning was entirely different.
This was an official recognition.
It was also an acknowledgment of Lin Bai's strength.
Likewise, if Lin Bai could not bear this reputation, it would become the talisman that summoned death for him!
The Third Elder and Elder Zheng Yuan of the Tianshui Sect first looked delighted when they heard this. But when they saw the shifting expressions of the Chen Family's elders, the Third Prince, and the people from the Heaven and Earth Gate, they gradually realized that something was wrong.
"Is he praising him to death?"
The Third Elder and Zheng Yuan exchanged a glance, solemnity appearing on both their faces.
At present, the publicly acknowledged number-one swordsman among Chu's younger generation was Chen Yule of the Chen Family.
Among the sacred disciples of the Five Great Families and Seven Sects, only Chen Yule specialized in the sword dao.
Emperor Chu had called Lin Bai the number-one swordsman of Chu. Without a doubt, he was slapping Chen Yule and the Chen Family in the face.
That was why the Chen Family's elders were so displeased.
The Third Prince was displeased because Lin Bai had spent too long associating with Prince Chen.
By now, all the officials inside and outside Chu's imperial court had already taken Lin Bai and the Tianshui Sect for people of Prince Chen's faction.
The Third Prince naturally did not want to see Prince Chen return to the capital, establish military merit, and then gain such a powerful ally as Lin Bai.
Thus, the Third Prince was also extremely displeased.
The reason