I Can Devour Spirits

”Chairman,” Yang Yi called out timidly.

Although Yang Sixuan was Yang Yi’s second uncle, since he joined the Judgment and Rectification Department, whether in private or in public, Yang Yi always addressed Yang Sixuan as the Chairman.

Upon seeing Yang Sixuan finally lift his head from the document, Yang Yi said, ”Shang Xiangyu has twice blown up the alchemy furnace, resulting in the death of three registered disciples. Moreover, in the past two or three years, two other registered disciples have disappeared near his mountain peak. You had already instructed me to keep an eye on Shang Xiangyu.”

”Who would have known, that bastard resigned from the sect shortly after his second explosion, claiming he needed to travel for more than half a year.”

”When I heard this news, my heart was uneasy. Not long after Shang Xiangyu left, his subordinate Pan Yong had an incident.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Sixuan was clearly intrigued. He closed the yellowing ancient book in his hand and asked, ”What happened to Pan Yong?”

He had also heard about Shang Xiangyu traveling outside. However, Shang Xiangyu’s reason for resigning from the sect was due to encountering a bottleneck in his cultivation. Shang Xiangyu had been trapped at the Primordial Qi Realm Great Perfection for several years. Without a breakthrough, he might never progress further. It’s common for martial artists to travel to seek opportunities or refine their state of mind when facing such a milestone, so Yang Sixuan wasn’t particularly concerned.

But now, Yang Yi coming to see him clearly indicated he had discovered something.

A cold light flickered in Yang Sixuan’s deep eyes. Seeing his evident interest in listening, Yang Yi was encouraged and took two steps forward, continuing, ”Not long after Shang Xiangyu left, Pan Yong used his Star Disc to exchange for six rare medicines at the Medicine Pavilion. Then, he contacted Qin Yun of the Lower Courtyard and obtained a pass to leave the sect. He has since absconded. Furthermore, Chairman, the six rare medicines Pan Yong exchanged for at the Medicine Pavilion are all auxiliary medicines for cultivating the Fetal Concealment Scripture!”

”Auxiliary medicines for cultivating the Fetal Concealment Scripture?” Yang Sixuan’s eyes flickered. He stood up and began pacing back and forth near the table.

”Indeed!” Yang Yi’s voice carried a hint of excitement. ”Moreover, while investigating Pan Yong’s case, I took the opportunity to thoroughly search Shang Xiangyu’s mountain peak.”

Hearing this, Yang Sixuan turned to glance at Yang Yi.

Unfazed, Yang Yi continued, ”In the hidden compartment of Shang Xiangyu’s stone chamber, I found this.”

As Yang Yi spoke, he placed a pile of booklets from his arms onto the table beside Yang Sixuan, saying, ”Books about the Filthy Blood Sect and the Filthy Blood Divine Skill, and they are early edition rarities.”

”Filthy Blood Sect? Early edition rarities?!” Yang Sixuan sat back at the table, flipping through the top five booklets about the Filthy Blood Sect and the Filthy Blood Divine Skill.

As the Chairman of the Judgment and Rectification Department, the Filthy Blood Sect’s case had been his most worrisome case over the past ten years.

However, over ten years, despite Yang Sixuan’s suppressions, the Filthy Blood Sect hadn’t been eradicated; instead, they became even more secretive and stronger.

This always filled him with shame! Also, what he was most wary of was the Filthy Blood Sect’s infiltration of the sect.

This was not only Yang Sixuan’s bottom line but also the Elder Hall’s bottom line!

As an Inner Sect Disciple and a Pharmacist, many resources were tilted toward Shang Xiangyu within the sect. Yet, in a secret compartment of his stone chamber, there were early edition rarities of Filthy Blood Sect books!

And as many as five, clearly collected deliberately!

Having seen numerous books from different periods about the Filthy Blood Sect, Yang Sixuan recognized their era at a glance.

His face had darkened like the bottom of a pot. He set aside the top five booklets and continued to flip through, asking, ”Were all these also found from the hidden compartment of his stone chamber?”

”Yes, all of them.”

As Yang Sixuan flipped through, he discovered several notes were insights on alchemy and poisons.

He set aside those notes and focused on the last book, the Five Poison Gu Insect Technique.

He had just opened this somewhat damaged and yellowed booklet when a parchment human skin scroll fell out from it.

Yang Sixuan furrowed his brow and spread the human skin scroll open in his hand.

It was filled with densely packed small characters.

”Nine Nether Great Treasure Technique?!”

Yang Sixuan held the human skin scroll close to the candlelight, examining it carefully.

After reading just the first section, he ascertained that this technique was a Secret Technique, and judging by the level of analysis and interpretation, it likely came from a Dark Grotto Heaven Realm expert!

However, as Yang Sixuan continued reading, his expression suddenly changed!

This technique, initially a rather peculiar concept to break through the Qi Vortex Realm, but midway through its Chapters, it abruptly became disjointed and nonsensical.

Yang Sixuan’s face turned grim as he frowned and cursed, ”This method of cultivation is nothing short of lethal!”

Upon uttering these words, Yang Sixuan was suddenly alarmed!

Because a thought occurred to him.

This Nine Nether Great Treasure Technique was originally a peculiar method to break through the constraints of the Qi Vortex Realm.

But the middle Chapters had been tampered with.

He could detect this at once because he was also a martial artist in the Dark Grotto Heaven Realm, and he was highly knowledgeable when it came to the analytical conclusions in the writing and the origins of the Qi Circulation Technique.

However, Shang Xiangyu, merely a martial artist at the Primordial Qi Realm Great Perfection, couldn’t possibly perceive the trap in the human skin scroll, and the Secret Technique could indeed aid him in breaking the Qi Condensation bottleneck.

He believed that Shang Xiangyu, having been trapped at the Primordial Qi Realm Great Perfection for years, must have attempted Qi Condensation numerous times, but always without success.

One could well imagine the state of mind he was in upon obtaining this technique!