In the northeastern corner of Central Capital City, the area was mostly inhabited by merchants.
Merchants held little status in Great Xia. Thus, no matter how extravagantly they built their homes, they dared not make the gates or interior arrangements even slightly exceed the prescribed standards.
On a dark and windy night, a Qi Refining Stage 3 cultivator was writing something inside a courtyard.
A black shadow appeared behind him.
At such close range, the Qi Refining Stage 3 cultivator did not sense anything at all. The black shadow stretched out both arms and wrapped them around the cultivator.
Early the next morning, Gu Jia arrived at the crime scene.
He had been the one who approved the Rogue Cultivators entering Central Capital City. Those Rogue Cultivators had more or less kept their promise and had not caused any trouble in the city.
All the Rogue Cultivators had gathered in this area in the northeastern part of the city. The Royal Family had stepped in and had the merchants accept the cultivators as tenants.
There had originally been nothing wrong with this decision, but everything changed when August arrived.
People had been murdered one after another. Previously, they had only been mortals, but this time, a Rogue Cultivator had been killed.
The Liu Clan Leader had come with Gu Jia, while the Court of Judicial Review had sealed off the surroundings.
"What a heavy Yin-Cold Qi!" Gu Jia said with a frown as soon as he reached the entrance of the crime scene.
"Fellow Daoist Gu, was this done by a Heretical Cultivator?" the Liu Clan Leader asked with an ugly expression.
"It was a Refined Corpse. I can't determine whether its master was a Heretical Cultivator, but the method was far too sinister. It definitely wasn't anything upright!" Gu