I Can Devour Spirits

Chapter 76: Chapter 76: Spiritual Power

At noon, Duan Rong only drank a small pot of rice wine!

However, this evening, Duan Rong drank a whole jar of Bamboo Leaf Green at a greasy table in the corner of the small tavern!

He didn’t drink fast!

But he drank happily!

In his past life, he was allergic to alcohol and feared banquets!

Unexpectedly, after this soul reincarnation, the original body’s fate was so downcast, yet it was naturally a thousand-cups-not-drunk!

Duan Rong drank until his dark face turned red and his eyes shone, before wobbling out of the tavern and back to the Yuan Shun Escort Agency!

Originally, Duan Rong didn’t plan to drink, but when he was sitting in the tavern and having a meal, he noticed that his hand, holding the chopsticks, couldn’t stop trembling...

Duan Rong immediately understood that even though he appeared relaxed, the nausea from the slaughter actually lingered inside him!

He had merely suppressed it!

This might be a residual effect of killing, and it might follow him forever...

He wanted to use the intoxication of alcohol to dispel his suppression...

Unpleasantness within a person’s body usually dissipates quickly through some sort of vice!

This was one of the important survival experiences from his past life!

In his past life, when he couldn’t drink, he would binge-eat when feeling depressed!

As Duan Rong returned to the Yuan Shun Escort Agency and arrived at the Martial Arts Arena, he suddenly recalled Zhou Shoushan’s Yellow Springs Saber Technique!

He remembered it was on a certain saber’s artifact spirit on the weapons rack at the Martial Arts Arena!

Duan Rong then, reeking of alcohol, began searching at the weapons rack!

After trying several sabers, Duan Rong suddenly looked at this set of data, smiled slightly, hiccupped, and thought to himself: ”Devour!”

Artifact: Mo Saber

Artifact Spirit Tier: Tier One

Devouring Requirements: Host’s Spiritual Power Level 1 (Met).

Devouring Effect: Master Yellow Springs Saber Technique.

Duan Rong was already drunk, and after devouring the artifact spirit, with the discomfort in his brain, he returned to his dormitory and fell into a deep sleep...

When Duan Rong woke up, the sun had already risen high, and sunlight filtering through the thin cloth over the carved wooden window fell upon his face!

Struggling to get up, Duan Rong immediately felt a splitting headache!

This is actually a common problem for good drinkers; their hangovers usually hit the second day!

This hangover pain is almost like a feeling of world-weariness!

After several breaths, the explosive headache slowly receded like a tide...

Duan Rong caught his breath and, feeling fatigued, picked up the wooden basin and towel from the corner, and went to the well in the dormitory yard to wash!

After washing a bit, Duan Rong felt somewhat refreshed, and as the thought crossed his mind, he realized that the devoured Yellow Springs Saber Technique had been digested and absorbed while he slept drunkenly last night.

The Yellow Springs Saber Technique is not taught by the Yuan Shun Escort Agency!

If he were to practice directly in the Martial Arts Arena and be seen, it might cause unnecessary trouble!

However, it was already morning, and the dormitory was mostly empty, so he could only act like a mouse again and study the Yellow Springs Saber Technique in the dormitory.

Although the dormitory was cramped, Duan Rong had the Cloud Serpent Step, so performing general saber techniques was not a problem!

Holding the Cow Tail Saber, Duan Rong, relying on the enchanting body technique of the Cloud Serpent Step, performed the master-level Yellow Springs Saber Technique routines three or four times in the cramped dormitory!

Duan Rong suddenly stopped by the bedside, sheathed the saber, and stood with a thoughtful look in his eyes!

The defensive tactics of this Yellow Springs Saber Technique indeed have their ingenious points!

Moreover, the defensive techniques in this saber technique are quite effective against fast attacks with elusive body techniques!

But it’s just... when truly facing an opponent with stronger inner breath, these defensive techniques become somewhat futile!

Duan Rong was originally quite interested in this saber technique, but after truly mastering it, he found it rather underwhelming!

There was a sense of boredom akin to having seen the reveal of a magic trick!

Duan Rong sighed, sheathed the saber, and left the dormitory, crossed the Martial Arts Arena, and headed out to the street!

By this time, breakfast hours at the canteen had long passed, and Duan Rong, with an empty stomach, walked onto the street, bought six buns, and ate while pondering over things!

Indeed, he had something to ponder over carefully!

And that was the issue of spiritual power!

Duan Rong had already achieved the Second Level of inner breath!

The next step in cultivation was to focus on the Five Tigers and Sheep Saber at Minor Success Realm, which was the Third Level of Inner Breath Realm!

But if he wished to maintain the original cultivation speed, he must devour the artifact spirit of the Five Tigers and Sheep Saber at Minor Success Realm!

There is an artifact spirit of the Five Tigers and Sheep Saber at Minor Success Realm on the Martial Arts Arena’s weapons rack!

However, it requires the host’s spiritual power level to be Level 2!

While Duan Rong’s spiritual power level is only Level 1!

The problem has been clearly defined; spiritual power needs to be enhanced!

So, how to enhance it?

Devouring the artifact spirit of Ancient Wood can increase spiritual power.

But the artifact spirit of the Ancient Ginkgo Wood, which can increase spiritual power, is Tier 9, and he simply cannot devour it.

At the initial research into devouring artifact spirit ability, Duan Rong had preliminarily tried the artifact spirit of the decades-old locust tree at the Martial Arts Arena, but it did not have the effect of strengthening spiritual power?

Moreover, at that time, the spiritual power issue was not the most pressing problem, so he did not delve into it deeply.

In his past life, Duan Rong learned a principle: Even if you have a thousand ends in hand, only one thread can pass through the needle eye at a time.

At that time, Duan Rong’s thread to pass through was not spiritual power.

But now, he finally held the spiritual power thread in his hand, yet where was the needle eye he needed to pass through?

After much consideration, Duan Rong decided to learn from the lesson of the Guan Yun incident and, rather than groping on his own, decided to consult Xiao Zongting before making his next move.

Moreover, he needed to find Xiao Zongting for the Secret Manual of Inner Breath Third Level!

Having settled his thoughts, Duan Rong entered the Yuan Shun Escort Agency’s gate, turned his foot, and headed to Xiao Zongting’s residence!

Duan Rong walked into Xiao Zongting’s front yard gate and saw Zhu Xiaoqi at the kitchen door, drying radish slices in the sun.

Slices of dried radish filled two sieves and looked quite nice under the sun!

Duan Rong strode over and smiled at Zhu Xiaoqi. Zhu Xiaoqi glanced at him but ignored him.

”Xiaoqi, aren’t these radishes quite fresh? Why dry them into dried radishes?” Duan Rong, seeing Zhu Xiaoqi ignoring him, joked.

Zhu Xiaoqi glanced up at him, and said, ”These are for pickled radish.”

”Oh...” Seeing Zhu Xiaoqi speaking, Duan Rong glanced at the gate from the front yard to the backyard and asked, ”Xiaoqi, is Elder Xiao in?”

”In the main room of the backyard, talking to someone!” Zhu Xiaoqi replied.

”Who?”

”Someone came to see the second lady for medical reasons...”

”Doctor Gu?”

”No!”

While they were talking, suddenly two figures emerged from the backyard gate!

One was Xiao Zongting, who walked with a limp, and the other was extremely thin, with a fierce appearance, sparse greying hair, and a red fleshy nose marked with black spots.

Both looked unkind and discussed something as they walked.

When Duan Rong saw the person beside Xiao Zongting, he was slightly stunned, thinking: how did this person’s appearance become so fierce and intimidating?

Duan Rong suddenly recalled that when Xiao Baijiao came to give him the sachet that day, Zhu Xiaoqi mentioned Elder Xiao.

At that time, Zhu Xiaoqi said that Xiao Zongting had mysteriously left early in the morning.

It seems he had gone to invite this person to treat Xiao Baijiao!

But this person’s fierce and strange appearance might not bode well...