This was not Lin Bai's first time visiting the Third Prince's Estate.
When he had first arrived in the imperial capital, the Third Prince had once hosted a banquet for Lin Bai. But at the time, Lin Bai had not wanted to become too entangled with the Third Prince, so he had sent Bai Yifei, Zhou Xinjin, and the other disciples of Tianshui Sect to attend in his place.
Later, during the banquet, the Third Prince had secretly instructed experts from the Sun Moon Pavilion to target the disciples of Tianshui Sect in an attempt to force Lin Bai to attend.
The disciples of Tianshui Sect had suffered defeat after defeat. In the end, Lin Bai had been forced to make the difficult journey to the Third Prince's Estate.
Now that he had returned to the Third Prince's Estate, everything had long since changed.
The Third Prince's Estate had once been one of the liveliest places in the entire imperial capital. Every day, the martial artists who came to pay their respects would form a long queue outside the gates, while invitation letters sent to the estate piled up like mountains.
But now... the area before the Third Prince's Estate was utterly deserted. The martial artists who had once scrambled to curry favor with him had long since vanished without a trace. There were hardly any invitation letters inside the estate, and the gates stood empty and neglected, the courtyard shrouded in desolation.
Even the maids and servants in the estate were listless, terrified that Prince Chen would eliminate them after gaining power.
The steward of the Third Prince's Estate had arrived at the gate early to await them. When he saw the disciples of Tianshui Sect approaching in a carriage, he hurried forward with a face full of obsequious