The Great Han Dynasty was in turmoil.
With Cao Wei and Shu Han surrendering in succession, only Sun Wu in Jiangdong still held on to power. But as the allied forces of the Li Clan and other major powers from Great Sui arrived, Sun Quan, the King of Wu, grew anxious too. He hurriedly summoned Jiangdong's major powers, preparing to join forces against the Great Sui Coalition Army.
However, just after they finished their discussions and prepared to rely on Sword-Controlling Manor and the other major Jianghu sects to carry out a decapitation operation against the martial experts in the Great Sui Coalition Army, something momentous suddenly happened at Sword-Controlling Manor.
When Manor Master Yin Hao returned to Sword-Controlling Manor, devastation greeted him everywhere. The sprawling manor had almost become a ruin. Its servants had either died or fled, leaving scarcely anyone behind.
Soon after arriving, Yin Hao learned of Second Manor Master Yin Zhong's death and immediately lost his composure.
The main reason Sword-Controlling Manor had become the leading Jianghu power in Jiangdong was Second Manor Master Yin Zhong.
Although Yin Hao had heard some unfavorable rumors about Yin Zhong in recent years, with some even claiming he had lived for over a thousand years and was actually Sword-Controlling Manor's ancestor, he had paid them little heed.
Yin Hao did not believe them at all, and his relationship with Yin Zhong was excellent.
In his view, even if Yin Zhong really was Sword-Controlling Manor's ancestor, what of it? He was still a member of the Yin Family.
Besides, without Yin Zhong, Sword-Controlling Manor could never have grown to its present stature, so Yin Hao still valued him greatly.
Yet he had never expected that something would happen to Yin Zhong while he was away on a single trip.
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