As Lin Bai and Prince Chen had expected, more than forty Northern Region martial artists had been taken down one after another by three martial artists the previous night.
After dawn, those martial artists returned to the South Mountain Clan's guesthouse gravely wounded. The South Mountain Clan's elder flew into a rage and immediately entered the palace to see Emperor Chu, demanding that he bring the culprits to justice.
After hearing this, Emperor Chu first offered some consolation to the South Mountain Clan's martial artists, then immediately summoned Prince Chen to the palace.
Prince Chen arrived at the Golden Palace and, just as he had anticipated, explained the entire course of events to Emperor Chu in painstaking detail.
He did not try to fob Emperor Chu off.
Instead, he bluntly told Emperor Chu that one of the three people wearing Golden Masks the previous night had been Lin Bai!
As for the other two, Prince Chen claimed that he knew nothing about them. They were probably people Lin Bai had found.
"I already know about this." Emperor Chu nodded. After understanding the whole sequence of events, he began issuing orders. "Search the entire city for the three martial artists wearing Golden Masks."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Prince Chen nodded as he accepted the command, a cold glint flickering in his eyes.
Emperor Chu had ordered the entire city to search for people wearing Golden Masks. Without a doubt, he was merely putting on a show for the South Mountain Clan.
After all, the South Mountain Clan had already entered the palace to see Emperor Chu. If Emperor Chu took no action at all, that would be strange.
Emperor Chu had instructed Prince Chen to "search the entire city for people wearing Golden Masks," but he had not said to "capture Lin