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Chapter 8: One imperial capital can't hold two transmigrators!

The next day, two completely unrelated pieces of news had spread across the empire.

In the town of Nanyang within the Fang state, the boy of the Bai family, Bai Feng, was apparently murdered in his sleep!

The Bai family's patriarch and Bai Feng's grandfather was furious when he heard the news. He swore to find the perpetrator and make him suffer a cruel death of a thousand cuts.

Many people started speculating about who it was. Some say it was the Bai family's own people who did it. Saying that Bai Feng had offended many people when he was still considered a genius. But other people are arguing it had something to do with his ex-fiance's family that they assassinated him. But other's think that's too outrageous! Isn't it too obvious to assassinate him?

But no matter what, it was just some banter at the dinner table. Nobody truly cared much at all! Across the countless mountains and rivers in the empire, who doesn't hear some bigshot die suddenly every day? Let alone a snotty boy like Bai Feng.

And in the capital, the people of the Lu family, a second-rate family in the imperial capital, were hurriedly running to different places as if they were busy doing something important. In fact, a shocking thing happened yesterday night.

Their own young master, Lu Ming, was involved in an attempted assassination in his own home!

What a shame it is! Nobody knew who did it and where he went afterward. This is definitely the job of a professional, and certainly someone with profound cultivation!

But miraculously enough, young master Lu Ming survived! Someone who was renowned for being a silk-pants and whiteface of the imperial capital actually fought and made it out alive against a cultivator of this caliber!

Some people even say that he managed to even injure that man. Though most just blew it off as either a joke or propaganda by the people behind the young master's lineage.

But one has to admit, after today, the young master's prestige will be alleviated once more. One has to know that not long ago, the young master created miracle after miracle by cultivating to the Peak of Qi Gathering realm in just six months and then even showing some talent in poetry. Even the famous literary Master Han said that Lu Ming's work made him feel awed.

And the only Dao Palace realm cultivator left in the Lu family today holding the fort is Lu Ming's grandmother, Lu Bao.

She was at first delighted to see her only grandson finally turning into a capable young man. Her only son, Lu Aiguo, had already gone missing. Though her heart ached for him every day, and she wanted to believe that he would come back someday, she didn't have much hope.

And as a mother, she never wanted Lu Aiguo to marry a woman of unknown background. She had many great candidates in her mind. But Lu Aiguo was adamant, and seeing him in love, she gave in.

But after Lu Ming was born, she always loved him with all her heart. Lu Ming even looked like Lu Aiguo, so when he went missing, she would find comfort in seeing Lu Ming.

But today, she hears that her only grandson was almost assassinated in her own home. But there wasn't anger in her heart; rather, she felt a chill.

She couldn't feel any presence at all yesterday night. Not to mention ordinary Dao Palace realm cultivators don't stand a chance against her. Even powerful ones don't have this level of stealth.

Who did their small Lu family offend?!

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