I Can Devour Spirits

An old carriage wobbled down West Main Street.

It was just breaking dawn, with only a few people at the breakfast stalls by the street. People saw the old carriage and the young man in a fur coat driving it but paid them no mind because both the youth and the old carriage were too ordinary.

The young man in the fur coat let out a shout, halting the old carriage beside the dismounting stone by the entrance of the County Government Office.

The carriage’s lower curtain was already filthy. Now the curtain was lifted, revealing two figures, one burly and one lanky, stepping out one after the other.

Both men appeared to be around forty years old.

The burly one had a square face, brown skin, and wore a dark blue silk outfit. His expression was steady and amiable, giving the illusion of a seasoned trader with broad experience. This person was Wei Ziyan, one of the five Head Altar Law Envoys of the Filthy Blood Sect.

The other, a lanky man, wore a pale white silk robe. His face had a slightly sinister cast, and his eyes gleamed with restrained sharpness, giving him the aura of a scholar. This man was Ge Qinglei, the Hall Master of Yuanyang Hall under the Filthy Blood Sect.

Duan Rong had been crouching in the alley near the County Government Office since before dawn. He knew that Wei Ziyan and Ge Qinglei would arrive today.

Still, he did not move or go to check the city gates, as Duan Rong’s Divine Sense had already clearly sensed that Sun Qian and Ruan Fengshan were in the garden hall at the back courtyard of the County Government Office, their expressions tense, occasionally rubbing their hands.

Obviously, Sun Qian and Ruan Fengshan were waiting for Wei Ziyan and Ge Qinglei’s arrival. He only needed to watch over these two.

When the carriage passed by, Duan Rong also detected it with his Divine Sense, but he paid it no mind. It was an ordinary old carriage, and Duan Rong wasn’t so tense as to penetrate with his Divine Sense every passing carriage.

However, the carriage still aroused Duan Rong’s suspicion because he quickly noticed that Temple Priest Xu Dongyang was riding half a zhang behind it, slowly following.

Shortly after, the carriage stopped beside the County Government Office’s entrance.

If it were truly an ordinary carriage, why would Temple Priest Xu Dongyang be following it? That night at the banquet in the Secret Chamber Mandala of Wei Yutian’s old residence, Temple Priest Xu Dongyang had also been present.

Moreover, why would such an ordinary old carriage suddenly stop at the entrance of the County Government Office without reason?

Just as Duan Rong was growing suspicious, a clerk waiting at the County Government Office entrance quickly approached the two men emerging from the old carriage, gesturing respectfully. ”Mister Wei, Mister Ge! The County Magistrate is waiting in the garden hall. Please, follow me to meet him there!”

Duan Rong feigned sleep where he crouched, listening intently to the clerk’s words with his Divine Sense.

His heart skipped a beat.

Mister Wei? Mister Ge?

It seems, the big fish has arrived!

Duan Rong slightly raised his head to glance at the gradually brightening sky.

He was a bit worried, wondering if the sect’s people could arrive in time.

Wei Ziyan and Ge Qinglei followed the clerk through the entrance of the County Government Office.

Duan Rong withdrew his gaze from the sky, refocusing on Wei Ziyan and Ge Qinglei as they stepped through the gate.

Duan Rong’s Divine Sense instantly penetrated their bodies.

He quickly saw the masses of True Qi coiled within their dantians.

Wei Ziyan was at the True Qi Realm Great Perfection stage.

Ge Qinglei, while not yet achieving True Qi Realm Great Perfection, was at least at the True Qi Realm Fourth Level.

Upon verifying their cultivation realms, Duan Rong felt slightly disappointed.

Ge Qinglei was understandable. As the Hall Master of Yuanyang Hall under the Filthy Blood Sect, being at True Qi Realm Fourth Level wasn’t bad. From what Duan Rong knew, the Mansion Master of Yuanyang Prefecture was only at the True Qi Realm Third Level.

Considering that, Ge Qinglei had a slight edge.

But Wei Ziyan, as one of the five Law Envoys, and only at True Qi Realm Great Perfection, hadn’t even achieved Primordial Qi Realm, let alone Qi Vortex Realm or Dark Grotto Heaven Realm!

It seems, although the Filthy Blood Sect’s Sect Leader Fu Yi possesses some mysterious divine powers, the followers, oppressed by the strong sect forces and facing scarce resources, do not have profound cultivation realms.

Despite Wei Ziyan’s cultivation realm not being particularly high, Duan Rong dared not underestimate him.

Due to the Filthy Blood Divine Skill! Duan Rong had only experienced the first and second layers of the Filthy Blood Divine Skill, yet its power was already incredibly miraculous.

As a Head Altar Law Envoy, what level Wei Ziyan had achieved with the Filthy Blood Divine Skill, Duan Rong couldn’t fathom.

The Filthy Blood Divine Skill, like the Fetal Concealment Scripture, falls under the Divine Soul Class of techniques. Divine Sense Investigation can only enter the body, not the Consciousness Space.

After Wei Ziyan and Ge Qinglei entered the County Government Office’s entrance, guided by the clerk, Xu Dongyang rode away.

Meanwhile, on the old carriage parked beside the entrance, a youth in a fur coat leaned against the carriage rail, pulled out a handful of melon seeds from his pocket, and leisurely began to crack them in the sun.