A reception guide was someone from a local force responsible for leading the way.
The locals were not necessarily all people hoping for the good of their own land; in other words, they were the bad apples among the masses.
Of course, the Heavenly Action Continent was not a unified whole, and there was no concept of nation or homeland, so naturally there was no broad sense of the common people.
What existed were interest groups represented by various sides.
The next day.
Before noon had passed, Prince Qi's Mansion welcomed a few dusty, travel-worn visitors.
They were none other than Jing Yezhou and the others.
The three stood outside the mansion waiting. Before long, Steward Li came jogging out with a beaming smile and said, "My apologies, you three. Young Master Lin is accompanying his wife in sword practice, exchanging sword arts, and temporarily has no time to receive you!"
"Please come again in one hour!"
"(?`?Д?′) What? We personally came to his door, and he has no time to receive us?" Shangtang Hui's face abruptly turned ashen as he roared.
Jing Yezhou hurriedly spoke up and interrupted him. "Since Young Master Lin has matters to attend to, we shall come disturb him again in one hour!"
When passersby outside the prince's mansion heard the commotion, they stopped to watch, and recognized their identities at a glance.
"Heh! People of the Gu Clan actually came personally to the door. Fine, they came empty-handed, but they're even making a racket outside the mansion. They don't understand the rules even when asking someone to handle matters for them!"
"Forget it, there's nothing worth watching!"
When Shangtang Hui and the others heard these words, each of them was angered badly.
Now even a few passersby dared speak and mock them?
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