Sweeping All Before Me, Starting with Drawing the Blade
Chapter 226

I don't understand this Jianghu Code of Conduct (first update, please support the official release)

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Xilu had originally been an upscale residential complex. Ever since someone had died there half a year ago and rumors of a haunted house and a vengeful spirit had spread, the nearby residents had gradually all moved away.

The once-prosperous upscale complex was now overgrown with weeds.

Lin Shuguang and the other two arrived at the entrance to the "haunted house." Sealing strips had been pasted over the door.

"They say a homeless man refused to believe the rumors and snuck in. That very night, he slipped, fell, and died here," Chu Xiongtian said quietly.

Lin Shuguang walked at the front, sensing the vibrations of the Martial Dao Will Crystal in his Sea of Consciousness.

Meng Shenzhou, who was walking alongside Chu Xiongtian, wore a strange expression. "Slipped? So many people have died in half a year. That hardly sounds like a coincidence. With things getting this serious, hasn't anyone here intervened?"

Chu Xiongtian shared all the information he had gathered.

At first, no one here had intervened. But after the third death, the relevant local authorities had reported the matter to their superiors, and people had come to investigate. They simply hadn't found anything. All in all, there was something eerie about the whole affair.

Lin Shuguang opened the door and stepped inside first.

Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian followed close behind.

There was nothing else out of place. The furniture was all there, though covered in cobwebs, and dust coated the floor, with a somewhat thinner layer near the entrance.

"Have you guys found anything?" After a brief search revealed no problems, Meng Shenzhou turned to ask Lin Shuguang.

"Split up and look around." Lin Shuguang took the lead in searching deeper inside the house.

Chu Xiongtian headed left.

Suddenly left all alone, Meng Shenzhou stood hesitating for

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