When Lin Bai, Yu You, and Old Wen arrived at the teleportation array in the cavern, the elder guarding it immediately spotted Lin Bai and hurried over to speak with him.
"Greetings, Emperor's Son!" This elder was not a member of the Council of Elders, but merely an ordinary elder of Nine Underworlds City. Yet when facing Lin Bai, he was filled with respect.
"May I ask why the Emperor's Son has come here?" the elder asked after saluting Lin Bai.
"By order of the Palace Master, I'm leaving Nine Underworlds City for a while!" Lin Bai answered truthfully.
As Lin Bai spoke, Old Wen reached into his robe, took out a Jade Slip, and handed it to the elder for inspection.
It contained the order of Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing. Its meaning was simple: Lin Bai was to leave, and the elder guarding the teleportation array was not to make things difficult for him.
Only after reading the Jade Slip did the elder let out a sigh of relief.
Just now, Lin Bai had noticed that although the elder had appeared respectful after discovering him, one of his hands had been hidden in his sleeve, ready at any moment to crush a Sound Transmission Talisman and summon the other elders there.
After all, Lin Bai was now a warrior whom Nine Underworlds City had explicitly ordered to be "confined." They absolutely could not let him leave so easily. But after seeing the order from Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing, the elder had no choice but to let him pass.
"Since it is the Saint Elder's order, this old man has no right to stop the Emperor's Son." The elder respectfully returned the Jade Slip to Old Wen and continued, "May I ask where the Emperor's Son wishes to go through