I Can Devour Spirits

Chapter 90: Chapter 90: A Deal

”There must be some kind of transaction between Xu Ruhu and Jie Lei.”

Duan Rong paced back and forth, silently contemplating.

Duan Rong suddenly thought about why the prison break happened just before the Taiyi Sect’s Imperial Envoy arrived at dawn.

Initially, he believed that Jie Lei had timed it well, taking advantage of Shen Yanliu’s absence, before the Taiyi Sect’s envoy arrived. By launching a sudden prison break, the County Government Office’s search would inevitably be obstructed and chaotic, and the more chaotic it was, the safer Jie Lei would be!

But now, it seems the truth may not be so!

”Their transaction was only reached on the last day!” Duan Rong suddenly stopped and said, ”Someone made a compromise!”

”Because if the transaction didn’t go through, once the envoy arrived, it would be too late for everything...”

Duan Rong muttered to himself as he resumed pacing!

”But in this deal, what exactly did Xu Ruhu give up to make Jie Lei take such a big risk?”

Duan Rong suddenly paused at the worn-out door of the dormitory, his forehead almost touching the back of the door, but he seemed oblivious, murmuring, ”Jie Lei, what exactly did you get, to take such a big risk?”

Duan Rong stood there for a long moment, unmoving, while Jie Lei’s grim face and his skinny frame flickered repeatedly in Duan Rong’s mind...

”Is it silver coins?”

Duan Rong then shook his head.

Jie Daohan is the Chief Constable who controls the criminal cases of the entire county; the benefits from his position are not something ordinary people can imagine?

And since Jie Daohan never married, having no children under him, Jie Lei is the sole heir of the Jie family, and Jie Daohan sees him as his own, pouring almost all his resources into Jie Lei!

Moreover, Jie Lei also works at the government office; given he’s his own nephew, Jie Daohan has granted him considerable authority, and Jie Lei has likely amassed a fair share of benefits for himself!

He lacks neither silver coins nor cultivation resources!

”Then what exactly is it? What could motivate him to take such a big risk?”

Duan Rong’s eyes suddenly lit up. ”It must be something that could change his destiny!”

Duan Rong turned and continued pacing in the cramped dormitory, without realizing that his pace was getting faster!

”Something that changes destiny?”

”What could it be?”

Duan Rong suddenly stood still as his expression changed. ”Changing destiny? Cultivation talent? Is it Divine Soul Technique!?”

”It must be Divine Soul Technique!”

”Xu Ruhu has... Taiyi Sect’s... Divine Soul Technique on him!” Unknowingly, Duan Rong’s fists had already clenched tightly!

A strong mixture of fear and excitement surged through his heart!

He had been devouring the Tree Spirit for several days, but his Spiritual Power showed no noticeable change!

He still couldn’t determine whether the path of devouring the Tree Spirit would work!

Moreover, the phrase ”devouring failed, the Consciousness Space related area is already saturated,” he hadn’t fully researched what it meant, only having some preliminary guesses!

In this situation, with suddenly clues of the Divine Soul Technique appearing before him, how could Duan Rong not be tempted?

If the path of devouring the Tree Spirit proved unviable, then the current clue of the Divine Soul Technique would be considered his opportunity.

But this opportunity was a bit hot to handle...

In addition, this opportunity would not wait for him, because once the storm dissipated, Jie Lei would probably transfer Xu Ruhu.

But... he still couldn’t ascertain if the path of devouring the Tree Spirit... could be feasible?

This matter seemed like a huge storm, with Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu at the eye, but the outer ring of this storm involved Jie Daohan, the Taiyi Sect envoy, Shen Yanliu, and potentially the higher-ups of the Taiyi Sect, for this is the Divine Soul Technique after all!

None of these entities are ones he could afford to provoke!

However, since it is an opportunity, it’s not without risk!

There must still be a chance, right?

His biggest advantage here is knowing that it was Jie Lei who broke Xu Ruhu out and hid him at his own home!

But no one knows that he knows!

Even though the outer circle of this enormous storm could easily crush him, the two in the storm’s eye were another story; why couldn’t he take a gamble?

Once he stepped into the storm’s eye, it would be temporarily unrelated to these outer individuals; it would just be the three of them involved in the storm.

Xu Ruhu may not be aware, but warring Jie Daohan should be at the True Qi Realm!

But he has been locked in the dungeon for over a month, with his clavicle penetrated by heavy shackles, grievously injured, a beast indeed, but a sick tiger nonetheless!

And Jie Lei is at the Inner Breath Realm Second Level, the same Realm as him!

Moreover, once Duan Rong enters the storm’s eye, he can secretly observe their moves, but they are completely unaware of Duan Rong’s presence!

The first move is on his side!

If he can plan well, there is still hope for success!

Duan Rong sat by the bed, and with a brush in hand, he began scribbling on a piece of paper...

On that piece of paper, he listed everyone involved in this matter, using a web of complex arrows to indicate the relationships!

He speculated on all the various scenarios leading up to the event!

Duan Rong looked at the densely packed text written in tiny characters, and the fear still hadn’t left his heart, for he was still in conflict!

Duan Rong began rubbing his thumb and forefinger together repeatedly...

Duan Rong’s gaze suddenly focused, spreading the paper open in front of him, ”Do it! What the hell to be afraid of!”

Duan Rong finally made a decision because if he hesitated and did nothing, if after more than half a month, the path of devouring the Tree Spirit was confirmed a failure, he would have no room to maneuver!

At that time, he would definitely regret kicking himself!

Because Xu Ruhu might have long been moved by Jie Lei to some unknown place!

If he wanted to do anything at that point, it would be too late!

Once Duan Rong decided to act, he began formulating and crafting a detailed and meticulous plan.

Although much information was uncertain, leading to many details of the action being unable to be truly speculated, even so, he was able to devise a compatible framework, adapting as necessary based on real-time situations during the action.

Duan Rong kept scribbling, filling up three whole pages of large paper, the action plan resembling an upside-down tree, constantly branching out, with every conceivable situation spawning a new action plan.

Formulating this action plan took Duan Rong nearly two hours!

The moment the plan was completed, Duan Rong crumpled the three large sheets into a ball, pouring Inner Breath into his palm, and with a clap of his hands, he directly turned the action plan into powder!

Duan Rong opened the window, tossed the paper shreds outside the window, then shut it tightly, ignoring the spots of paper scattered beside his bed and on the floor, his eyes cold, he simply ignored them, and walked out of the dormitory!

The action plan wasn’t for anyone to see, not even for himself!

Duan Rong had just used the act of writing the plan to clarify his own thoughts.

Now that his thoughts were clear, why hold on to that scrap paper?