In the few days after Nie Yun thrashed the Divine Holy Empire's Emperor, Huangg Ling, a plague-like phenomenon swept through Guangming City. Every night, several ministers and their entire families were annihilated. In their vast manors, not even a chicken or a dog was left alive—everything was killed!
However, this "plague" was confined to certain ministers and had little to do with the common folk, so it didn't spark widespread panic. It did, however, become a juicy topic of conversation passed from person to person.
Inside Hongyang Building, the grandest tavern in the Divine Holy Empire, the crowd was bustling, and talk of the major events that had shaken the Imperial Capital over the past few days was everywhere.
