For safety, Tian Lin almost followed the Outer Disciples like Qian Ping to Lin'an County Town.
Without counting Tian Lin, Qian Ping and a group of seven Outer Disciples in their fine outfits and on spirited horses were particularly eye-catching outside the city gate.
As they dismounted at the city gate, all the common people from the nearby grass market turned their gaze towards them, with anticipation and reverence in their eyes, but even more so, envy.
While the grass market's common folk were watching Qian Ping and the others, Tian Lin had already dismounted on the official road.
Leading his horse, he surveyed the slightly deserted grass market.
It was called deserted, but Tian Lin had seen many declining villages along the way, which made Lin'an County seem all the more bustling in contrast.
He saw local gentry welcome Qian Ping and the others into the city; only then did he leisurely lead his horse in.
