After leaving Prince Chen's Residence, Lin Bai returned to the Tianshui Sect's imperial lodge.
During the days that followed, Lin Bai remained in the lodge, healing his injuries while waiting for news from the Zhao Xing Office.
At the same time, Lin Bai was also asking around about Leng Xingguang.
"Has Leng Xingguang still not arrived in the imperial capital?"
Lin Bai frowned. Judging by the date, less than half a month remained until the Chu Emperor's Birthday Celebration. The sects and lineages that had come to the imperial capital to offer their birthday congratulations had already arrived one after another.
Lin Bai had agreed to meet Leng Xingguang in the imperial capital, yet even now, not the slightest news of him had come from the city.
One day.
Qiao Mo and Qin Yao came together to Lin Bai's courtyard.
"Senior Brother Holy Son, the invitations the sect has received during this period have almost piled up into a mountain." Qiao Mo placed a heap of invitations before Lin Bai.
"The Flourishing Sects of the Southern Region were the first to send invitations."
Qiao Mo and Qin Yao continued, "We'll go take care of it right away."
"But the sect is also very worried. They're willing to pay an enormous price to poach Senior Brother Holy Son from the sect."
"Brother Lin, you wouldn't refuse to do us the honor, would you?"
Seeing the astonishment on Lin Bai's face, Chen Yule smiled and said, "I knew the invitations here must have already piled up into a mountain during this period, so I didn't send one. Instead, I came personally to invite you."
But if he refused all of them, that would seem far too discourteous.
Just then.
Qin Yao selected several invitations from the mountain of them. "The sects and