I Can Devour Spirits

After finishing their meal, Xiao Yu took Shen Mizi to her boudoir to rest.

Duan Rong accompanied Xiao Zongting, drank a cup of strong tea post-meal in the main house, chatted for a while, and then took his leave.

Before departing, Duan Rong returned the keys to Liu’s House to Xu Shoufu, the chief accountant of the Escort Agency.

Duan Rong strolled out of the Escort Agency, heading towards his ancestral home.

Upon entering the dilapidated old courtyard, Duan Rong first fetched a bucket of well water, washed himself thoroughly, and then lay down naked on the bed inside.

Though the courtyard was rundown, it was still a place to call his own.

Duan Rong had just been lying there for a moment when his expression suddenly changed, and he sat up.

Duan Rong sat cross-legged on the bed, his hands rapidly forming seals, murmuring spells. His focus was on the point of breath transition, and suddenly he concentrated everything, hitting the ”point” of that transition.

Duan Rong suddenly felt dizzy, and in the next moment, he found himself within his Sea of Consciousness.

Duan Rong discovered himself sitting cross-legged at the center of a vast black ground, surrounded by thin, swirling mist...

Duan Rong stood up, raising his eyes to gaze at the sky.

Sure enough, an anomaly had occurred in the sky!

Within the sky, the three star bodies Duan Rong had refined while practicing the Fetal Concealment Scripture still floated in the center, illuminating each other brilliantly.

But the blood light, which initially hid away from the floating star bodies in the corner like a nebula, now changed.

After Duan Rong achieved the Second Level of the Filthy Blood Divine Skill, the area covered by the blood light expanded to more than three times its original size, and its hue became even more vibrant and blood-like...

What concerned Duan Rong the most, however, was that the roiling blood light was now floating and flashing beneath the sky, alarmingly close to the three floating star bodies.

In fact, the gentle lights of the three star bodies and the nebula-like blood light representing the original source of the Filthy Blood Divine Skill were vaguely mingling at some points...

Duan Rong gazed deep into the phenomenon, unsure of its implications, but the unknown usually carried a sense of danger.

The blood light, which represented the essence of the Filthy Blood Divine Skill, originally feared the three star bodies, but now, after Duan Rong achieved the Second Level of the Filthy Blood Divine Skill, a balance seemed to have emerged between the Filthy Blood Divine Skill and the Fetal Concealment Scripture.

Whether it be the Fetal Concealment Scripture or the Filthy Blood Divine Skill, both were incredibly profound cultivation techniques, hard to fathom in their mysteries. Yet now, they appeared simultaneously in Duan Rong’s Sea of Consciousness.

This undoubtedly worried Duan Rong greatly! He feared that continuing this practice might lead to madness!

Duan Rong wondered if there might be others in the world who, like him, practiced both the Fetal Concealment Scripture and the Filthy Blood Divine Skill?

Perhaps there was no such person at all?

But at this thought, Duan Rong’s mind suddenly stirred.

He thought of one person!

That was the founding Sect Leader of the Filthy Blood Sect, Fu Yi.

Before founding the Filthy Blood Sect, Fu Yi was a core disciple of the Taiyi Sect, so he must have practiced the Fetal Concealment Scripture.

The Filthy Blood Sect was his creation, and the Filthy Blood Divine Skill originated from him, so he must have practiced the Filthy Blood Divine Skill as well.

Moreover, it was rumored in the Jianghu that not only did he practice the Filthy Blood Divine Skill, but he had even refined a mysteriously elusive Blood Infant through his deep studies of the skill. This infant, with its infinite miraculous uses, allowed him to escape multiple sieges by Taiyi Sect’s top experts.

However, in recent years, he had vanished without a trace in the Jianghu. Taiyi Sect’s secret agents were spread across Qingzhou, searching for many years, yet found no trace of him...

Though for Duan Rong, the founding Sect Leader of the Filthy Blood Sect was an extraordinary figure beyond his reach.

But with such a precedent, it at least showed that the two divine skills could be cultivated simultaneously.

Of course, it’s also possible that the founding Sect Leader employed some uncanny method to resolve the clash between these two divine skills.

Duan Rong looked at the three star bodies and the rolling blood light in the sky above. Though they seemed to have a latent stance of confrontation, no true conflict or clash had yet occurred.

At the very least, Duan Rong’s Sea of Consciousness felt no adverse effects, and his Divine Soul techniques could still be used as usual.

Just that after this event, Duan Rong was clearly more in awe of that blood light.

He had only been momentarily unalert, allowing it to achieve the Second Level, and the blood light already floated close to the three star bodies. If allowed to grow further, wouldn’t it seize dominance, relegating the star bodies to the corners of the sky and claiming the central position for itself?

What that meant, Duan Rong was unsure.

In any case, the blood light must not be allowed to grow further.

Fortunately, Duan Rong had only absorbed the realm of the Second Level of the Filthy Blood Divine Skill, and he was entirely unaware of the subsequent techniques, so even if the blood light wished to grow, it had no opportunity.

And as long as he continued to cultivate the Fetal Concealment Scripture, he believed that as its realm improved, he would surely be able to push the blood light back into the corner.

Thinking of this, Duan Rong set aside his troubles, summoned his will, and withdrew from his consciousness sea.

After a challenging battle the previous day, cramped in an ox cart at night, thinking constantly of Lv Qingzhu’s departure, he hadn’t slept well, and now drowsiness overtook him, and he lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

After the forensic doctor examined the corpse, Xia Zhongyang, Jiang Heng, and Tao Jiusheng retrieved the body from the government office.

A white-haired person sending off a black-haired one; already at this age, it’s as if half a life is gone.