Within Qingling Prefecture's city stood a grand and towering estate.
Above the estate gates hung a plaque fashioned from fine pear blossom wood, its surface clearly engraved with two large characters.
Luo Residence!
This extraordinary estate was the residence of Luo Jin, Peace Prefecture's Inspector, and also the ancestral home of Luo Jinghe, Vice Prefect of White Path Prefecture.
Yet at this moment, the atmosphere within the Luo Residence carried an inexplicable killing chill that even passersby could sense.
More astonishing still—
Several glaring white lanterns had been hung openly before the Luo Residence gates, without the slightest attempt at concealment.
From the Luo Residence's main hall, which had originally been quiet enough to terrify, several anguished roars now rang out.
"Jinghe!"
"And my good grandsons!"
"This old man hates it!"
Inside the hall sat an old man who appeared to be in his nineties, draped in a thin robe of silk brocade, seated in the place of honor.
He was Luo Jinghe's biological father, Luo Jin!
He was also Peace Prefecture's Inspector, the martial arts mentor of the An Prince of Peace Prefecture, and a martial artist at the peak of the Inner Qi Realm.
Luo Jin's wrinkled right hand clutched a palm-sized slip of paper.
Its contents had brought the old man to tears. Terrifying bloodshot veins filled his cloudy eyes.
As his grief surged violently, a dreadful aura spilled from Luo Jin's body.
The little slip of paper clenched in his hand was blasted into powder by an invisible current of air.
The note had been sent overnight by Luo Jin's informant planted in White Path Prefecture.
Jinghe's descendants had all died unexpectedly yesterday.
When Governor Lord had informed him several days ago, Luo Jin had nearly fainted from rage.
His eldest son, Luo Jinghe, had allegedly