Lin Bai went to pay first. How could the tavernkeeper dare accept Lin Bai's silver? He kept saying that the meal was on the house and that there was no need to pay.
But Lin Bai still left behind a large sum of purple gold, enough to cover the meal.
Outside the tavern, Lin Bai, Meng Qinxian, Yi Heze, Lu Qingjun, and Chen Yule stood by the street, watching Jiang Xuansu, Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and Fallen Immortal board a deer carriage and leave.
"Brother Chen, Brother Meng, Brother Yi, Brother Lu, you arrived just in time." Watching the deer carriage slowly disappear, Lin Bai wiped the cold sweat from his brow, still shaken.
After seeing the deer carriage depart, the four men each revealed a smile.
Chen Yule said, "You didn't really think we just happened to be passing by, did you?"
Lin Bai was puzzled. "Wasn't that the case?"
Meng Qinxian bared his teeth and said, "A moment ago, Chao Yushi of Prince Hong Estate sent someone to transmit a message to us, saying that you were facing a life-or-death calamity in this tavern and telling us to hurry over and rescue you."
Yi Heze let out a sigh of relief. "Brother Meng came charging over, ready to fight a grand battle, but who would have thought there'd be no life-or-death clash—instead, it was... this sort of thing?"
Lu Qingjun said with a chuckle, "Brother Lin, you certainly have no shortage of romantic luck."
Only then did Lin Bai understand. It turned out that Chao Yushi had sent someone to deliver the message, allowing Meng Qinxian and the others to arrive outside the tavern in time.
At that moment.
Chao Yushi and Zhang Linghu, who had not left with Fallen Immortal, walked over to Lin Bai side by