I Can Devour Spirits

Ding Xingxing thought as much, sipped a mouthful of strong tea, and headed to the Arresting Officer’s Room.

Yang Zhen did not go to the Horse Stable of the government office to choose a horse. The horses there were not fast. He quickly ran out of the government office, intending to spend a large sum of money at the horse market to get a good steed for long-distance travel.

Yang Zhen rushed out of the County Government Office’s main gate and saw at the corner of a nearby alley a small beggar curled up, basking in the sun.

It was none other than Duan Rong, who had just lain down there not long ago.

The two exchanged a glance, then each turned away.

Duan Rong, at this place, with Divine Sense projection, was able to ”capture everything” inside and outside the government office, including Ruan Fengshan’s every move in the secret room under the backyard of the County Government Office.

The whole day, Duan Rong was surveilling Ruan Fengshan. He hadn’t thought that Ruan Fengshan would be so afraid of death, hiding in the secret room, never coming out.

Even his three daily meals were delivered into the secret room by that short secret agent.

In the latter half of the night, Duan Rong, in a dazed state, seemed to be about to fall asleep.

Staring at someone day and night like this was indeed the most boring job in the world.

Just then, in the secret room where Ruan Fengshan was staying, a bell in the corner suddenly started ringing softly.

Ruan Fengshan was startled awake by the crisp sound of the bell, moved his sore arm, sighed deeply, struggled to get up, walked over to a stone wall, turned a hidden mechanism, and a stone door before him rumbled open.

The stone door opened, revealing a short young man in black standing inside the corridor. The young man raised his right hand, holding a small bamboo tube the size of a pinky in his palm, presenting it to Ruan Fengshan, saying, ”A reply from the hall. Just got it from the Temple Priest Xu Dongyang.”

Hearing this, Ruan Fengshan’s eyes lit up, his sleepiness vanished instantly. He immediately took the bamboo tube, looked at it in the lamp’s light, and saw that both ends were sealed with fire lacquer stamped with patterns.

Ruan Fengshan peeled off the fire lacquer, poured out the note inside the bamboo tube, and focused his gaze on it.

At a glance, his face turned extremely grim.

The note had only one line: Duan Rong and Xiao Yu, both are Outer Disciples.

As Ruan Fengshan looked at this line, Duan Rong’s Divine Sense also scanned it simultaneously. The ringing of the bell just now and the rumble of the stone door had already awakened Duan Rong. His previous drowsiness was due to the deathly silence in Ruan Fengshan’s secret room, but now that it was lively, Duan Rong naturally felt no sleepiness anymore.

Ruan Fengshan closed the stone door and let the short secret agent withdraw.

He paced back and forth in the secret room with his hands behind his back.

Duan Rong and Xiao Yu are actually both Outer Disciples.

Even if they could set up a plot to scare away Duan Rong, how could they scare away Xiao Yu? How could she retreat from the hatred of avenging her father?

Unable to come to a decision, Ruan Fengshan suddenly pressed a spot on the wall.

As soon as Ruan Fengshan pressed that spot on the stone wall, a bell in the corner of Sun Qian’s room began to ring softly.

Although it was late at night, Sun Qian had not yet gone to sleep.

Earlier, a secret agent also delivered a secret letter to him, also from the hall.

The two secret letters arrived together at Temple Priest Xu Dongyang, both tied to the legs of a carrier pigeon. One was for Ruan Fengshan, and the other was for Sun Qian.

Sun Qian had just opened the secret letter and glanced at it when the bell in the cabinet rang. His eyes moved, knowing that Ruan Fengshan must have also received a secret letter and that Duan Rong and Xiao Yu’s identities had likely been confirmed.

Ruan Fengshan is eager to discuss the matter with him now.

Sun Qian stood up, turned past the screen behind him, and approached the bed. He pressed a hidden mechanism on the side of the bed.

Sun Qian’s footsteps resounded on the stone steps of the secret room, and Ruan Fengshan’s gaze immediately turned to him. Soon, Sun Qian emerged from the shadows.

Ruan Fengshan rushed forward, cupping his fist in respect, ”Brother!”

Sun Qian lightly grunted in response and asked, ”What are their identities?”

Ruan Fengshan’s eyes flickered as he replied, ”Both of them are Outer Disciples.”

”Both are Outer Disciples!?”

”Yes!”

Sun Qian walked slowly to a simple bamboo chair and sat down, with a serious expression flashing in his eyes.

Ruan Fengshan knew that Sun Qian was deep in thought at this moment and dared not disturb him.

Suddenly, Sun Qian looked up and said, ”Put this matter aside for now. You should look at this first.”

As he spoke, Sun Qian handed the secret letter in his hand to Ruan Fengshan.

Ruan Fengshan took the note passed to him by Sun Qian, and upon examining it closely, he saw it read: Four days later, I will accompany Head Altar Law Envoy Wei Ziyan to Xianggu for inspection. Ge Qinglei, April 9th.

The signature at the bottom bore a small seal.

”The Head Altar Law Envoy is coming?” Ruan Fengshan raised his head in surprise.

Beneath the Sect Leader of the Filthy Blood Sect, five Head Altar Law Envoys held nearly equal power to the Sect Leader, being second only to one person but superior to thousands.

Sun Qian stood up and paced a few steps, clearly excited about the matter.

”Previously, I submitted a report to Hall Master Ge Qinglei. The Hall Master replied that he would strive to secure resources from the Head Altar for us. For this reason, the Law Envoy might be coming for the assessment.”

”The arrival of the Law Envoy is already a significant recognition of Xianggu!” Ruan Fengshan was equally thrilled.

As the Squad Leader in Xianggu for so many years, he had never seen the Law Envoy. The Head Altar’s Law Envoys reported directly to the Sect Leader, so the Law Envoy’s visit to Xianggu indicated that soon, even the Sect Leader might know about them in Xianggu.

If the stronghold in Xianggu County could directly report to the Sect Leader, he and Sun Qian could very well rise rapidly.

Sun Qian suddenly stated, ”Set aside Duan Rong and Xiao Yu’s matter for now and instruct the brothers to remain vigilant. We’ll address it after the Law Envoy’s inspection is over.”

Sun Qian expressed this as a hint of fatigue appeared in his eyes.

Ruan Fengshan remained silent upon hearing this.

Sun Qian rubbed his temples, his thoughts clear. He was prepared to abandon Ruan Fengshan!

Since Xiao Yu is an Outer Disciple, she cannot be easily killed. But how can she not avenge her father’s death?

The solution was to abandon Ruan Fengshan, that brother. The answer wasn’t even conceived by Sun Qian—it emerged automatically.

Ultimately, Xianggu’s enterprise was paramount. Any cost was worth it.

In the moonlit night, Duan Rong curled up in a corner of the alley with the night wind.

When he used his Divine Sense to detect that Head Altar Law Envoy Wei Ziyan of the Filthy Blood Sect and Hall Master Ge Qinglei were coming to inspect Xianggu in four days, his nose twitched.

Originally, within Xianggu County, there were thirteen True Qi Realm experts, with all major forces under the control of the Filthy Blood Sect. This place had been turned into a stronghold by Sun Qian.

Duan Rong’s original plan was to eradicate this stronghold. He believed that with such a merit, advancing to Inner Sect Disciple should be achievable.

Moreover, he wanted to slaughter all the Filthy Blood Sect members in Xianggu County to complete this task, and he needed to bring in help.

He asked Yang Zhen to send a message to Ximen Kankan, instructing Ximen Kankan to bring Shen Mizi, Liu Shushan, to Xianggu County.

Duan Rong estimated that with his True Qi Realm Great Perfection, plus Ximen Kankan, Shen Mizi, Liu Shushan, and Xiao Yu’s assistance, killing the thirteen True Qi Realm experts from the Filthy Blood Sect should not be an issue anymore.

Moreover, he had instructed Ximen Kankan to craft a secret weapon for him.

Duan Rong intended not only to kill those thirteen True Qi Realm experts of the Filthy Blood Sect but also to let Xiao Yu personally kill Ruan Fengshan to avenge her father.

Now, just after having Yang Zhen send out the message, a new development occurred.

In four days, not only Head Altar Law Envoy Wei Ziyan but also Yuan Yang Hall’s Hall Master Ge Qinglei would come to Xianggu County.

It’s as if two big fishes came at once!

Accomplishing this task would be enough to shock the sect!

Especially Head Altar Law Envoy Wei Ziyan, one of the five major Law Envoys of the Filthy Blood Sect!

Such a big fish, truly a rare opportunity!

However, he knew nothing about these two’s cultivation realms! Nevertheless, the sect should know.

Looks like a trip to the Ministry of Communication’s secret liaison point is needed.