Imperial Capital, Welcoming Sage Gate!
The Welcoming Sage Gate was one of the more unusual gates among the Imperial Capital's 108,000 gates.
It would open only when welcoming emissaries from a sect or lineage whose status matched that of Chu.
Whenever this grand gate opened, the Imperial Capital's martial artists knew that a supreme power on equal footing with Chu had arrived in the capital.
And today.
Before the Welcoming Sage Gate in the Imperial Capital, a scarlet carpet stretched for ten thousand miles, reaching all the way to the horizon, while on either side stood the ceremonial guards reserved exclusively for Chu's imperial family.
Before the Welcoming Sage Gate, His Highness Prince Chen stood tall with his head held high. On either side of him stood two middle-aged men of extraordinary bearing and graceful, dignified poise. They were none other than the imperial family's "Prince Su" and "Prince Mo."
Behind him, Lin Bai, Bai Yifei of Tianshui Sect, Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and the others accompanied him.
Besides them were His Highness Prince Chen's trusted aides, as well as a group of officials from the Zhao Xing Office. Among them was Zhu Mo, Commandant of the Zhao Xing Office.
The imperial family had put on such an imposing display—a favored prince and two princes, several commandants of the Zhao Xing Office, and a host of court officials had come to receive their guests. Clearly, the people they were welcoming were no ordinary figures.
The last time Chu's imperial family had put on such a grand display was when welcoming the Flying Sword Devil Sect.
Half a month ago, after Lin Bai received word from Chao Yushi that the Southern Border Insect Valley's delegation had entered the Imperial Authority Eighteen Provinces, he had taken the initiative to seek out His