"Did you hear? That Zhang Guan was killed in the Nightmare Forest!"
"Zhang Guan? Is it that ninth-level lord from the Lingyun Kingdom?"
"That's right, it's him. Today, a few brothers went to explore the Nightmare Forest and found his corpse just lying in the forest."
"Damn! A ninth-level lord dead just like that? Who's so fierce?"
"Of course, it must have been another ninth-level lord who did it."
"Serves him right, that guy didn't have good character. I've never liked him."
There aren't many ninth-level lords on the continent.
So basically most lords know each other.
Even if they don't know him, they must have heard of him.
So when the news of Zhang Guan's death spread, it caused quite a stir, with everyone speculating about who the killer might be.
Some were openly cursing, apparently having been bullied by Zhang Guan often.
Although the death of a ninth-level lord would affect the realm's fortune, few sympathized with someone like Zhang Guan who harmed his own kind.
