I Can Devour Spirits

This person is actually Ding Xingxing!

Duan Rong was slightly surprised. He hadn’t expected that Ding Xingxing had been following Sun Qian since the Prefecture City, and wasn’t even a member of the Filthy Blood Sect.

Duan Rong squatted next to Ding Xingxing and said, ”Sorry, buddy, I misjudged you! However, according to the secular laws of the Taiyi Sect, you are close to Sun Qian, and when this case concludes, even if you’re not a member of the Filthy Blood Sect, you’ll be executed.”

Ding Xingxing’s lips quivered, but it was unclear what he was trying to say. However, his pupils started to dilate, and soon he was dead.

Duan Rong closed Ding Xingxing’s eyes with his hand and stood up.

Jiang Zhe said, ”Junior Brother Duan, the main task is to clear out the remnant of the Filthy Blood followers. Accidently killing one or two people is nothing, especially since this person was already on the execution list.”

Duan Rong didn’t say anything, and at this moment, Yang Zhen had already locked Xu Dongyang in the dungeon and came in from outside.

Upon entering, Yang Zhen saw Ding Xingxing lying on the ground, covered in blood, with half of his neck rotten.

Yang Zhen frowned slightly. Since becoming the Chief Constable, Ding Xingxing had been quite considerate to him.

Suddenly, Jiang Zhe’s face turned dark, and he said coldly, ”Yuan Tongling, bring these three into the hall. I will interrogate them personally.”

”Yes!”

Yuan Ye immediately escorted the escort master dripping with blood silk and the other two into the hall.

Jiang Zhe stood in the center of the hall with a fierce look, watching the three who had just been brought in.

”If you still have any accomplices, you’d better speak up now!” Jiang Zhe said, raising his hand and looking at his palm, ”Unless you want me to break your bones and tendons!”

The blood silk around the three people wriggled, but no one spoke.

Jiang Zhe seemed unsurprised, as human nature is such that tears won’t fall until they see a coffin. He walked slowly to one of them and suddenly slapped their Dantian.

This palm strike seemed unremarkable, but the blood silk that gathered and wriggled within an inch of Jiang Zhe’s palm started to disintegrate and disappear.

Jiang Zhe’s palm lightly landed on the man’s Dantian, and the man clearly felt his Dantian turning to pulp in an instant.

The blood silk around him abruptly started converging and intertwining towards the Dantian, working to repair the wound.

But Jiang Zhe suddenly grabbed his arm, twisting it like one does a towel, twisting it several times.

The blood silk on his arm thrashed and exploded out, but upon encountering Jiang Zhe’s surging primordial Qi, it instantly turned to ashes.

Then Jiang Zhe, twisting his arm, suddenly stabbed into his back with the other hand, wrenching and pulling until he tore the entire spine out from his back.

The bloody white bones, densely covered in wriggling blood silk...

Jiang Zhe then tossed the person to the ground, where he convulsed continuously; the blood silk still intertwined and knotted, but the injuries were too severe for the Filthy Blood Divine Skill to heal him.

Jiang Zhe pulled out a handkerchief, wiped the blood from his hands, discarded it, and looking at the remaining two, said, ”If you want to end up like him, just stay silent!”

The person next to the clerk collapsed to his knees, trembling, saying, ”I’ll talk, I’ll talk...”

Soon, Yuan Ye came out, coldly surveying the crowd, ”Who is Feng Xintian? Who is Jia Feng? Step forward!”

Upon his words, two shadows leapt from the crowd, attempting to dash out the County Government Office’s gate!

But the two weren’t skilled in Lightweight Skill as their agility was mediocre!

Ximen Kankan had already flashed over, and with two strokes of the Sky-Cleaving Saber, sent them flying backward.

In the air, they spewed blood, mixed with fragments of their viscera in the bloody mist.

When they hit the ground, the blood silk around them erupted and were escorted into the hall by several iron-armored soldiers.

Following that, the hall was again filled with bone-chilling shrieks!

Yuan Ye came out once more!

The dense crowd fell silent, terrified!

Yuan Ye said, ”Who is Zhu Baogui? Come out!”

”Ah!” Zhu Baogui raised his head, eyes filled with fear.

He immediately crawled out of the crowd, prostrated, and cried out, ”My lord, I am wronged!”

As Zhu Baogui cried out, he suddenly caught sight of Yang Zhen standing beside the crowd.

Zhu Baogui immediately crawled to Yang Zhen’s feet, pleading, ”Yang Zhen, save me! I’m not a Filthy Blood Cult member!”

Yang Zhen’s face showed a troubled expression. His status was lowly; how could he possibly have the authority to save someone here?

At this moment, Duan Rong turned his head to look over. Yang Zhen remembered that although Zhu Baogui often acted unreliably, he was generally good to him.

Looking at Duan Rong, Yang Zhen said, ”Duan Rong, he shouldn’t be!”

Duan Rong frowned slightly. His Divine Sense projected, penetrating Zhu Baogui’s body.

Suddenly, a flash of a knife appeared, as the Minghong Saber pierced into Zhu Baogui’s chest, the tip stabbing out from his back, penetrating his body.

Jiang Zhe and Yuanye were standing at the hall’s entrance and also saw the knife tip emerge from Zhu Baogui’s back, yet no blood spurted from his body!

Clearly, he was not a member of the Filthy Blood Cult!

Jiang Zhe’s face turned grim instantly. That clerk dared to deceive him?! Jiang Zhe abruptly turned around and strode into the hall!

Meanwhile, Duan Rong swiftly pulled out the Minghong Saber!

Then he held Zhu Baogui up, saying expressionlessly, ”You weren’t hit in a critical spot. A couple of months in bed, and you should be fine!”

Zhu Baogui gritted his teeth, feeling pain from the wound with each breath, but he also knew it wasn’t fatal. He looked at Duan Rong gratefully, saying, ”Thank you!”

Looking at Yang Zhen, Duan Rong said, ”Yang Zhen, use some Golden Wound Medicine to treat his wound.”

Yang Zhen immediately took Zhu Baogui aside, helping him to lie down on the ground.

Duan Rong did this for Yang Zhen’s sake, testing Zhu Baogui just now, the knife almost grazing his heart.

If he were a Filthy Blood Cult follower, blood would have burst forth at that moment!

Jiang Zhe, Duan Rong, and Yuanye came out of the county office, faces weary, as daylight broke.

After a night, they initially purged the Filthy Blood remnants in the county office! In this county office, there were more than twenty Filthy Blood Cult members!

Those maids and staff who took care of Sun Qian were all of them!

Jiang Zhe glanced at Duan Rong and thought Duan Rong was right; this county office was indeed a place of hidden filth.

As they stepped out of the county office, Duan Rong saw Xiao Yu walking over to them.

Duan Rong immediately went up to her.

Xiao Yu explained that they had sent Hu Huanhuan to Gu Suxiu the previous night. Perhaps he caught a chill on the way, as he started having a high fever upon arriving at the clinic!

Dr. Gu administered acupuncture, and she, with Xiaoqi, boiled and fed him medicine. By dawn, the fever finally receded, and she left the clinic.

Duan Rong and Xiao Yu both showed fatigue, looking at each other with concern in their eyes.

Just then, a unit of Iron Cavalry arrived at the county office, escorting several men dressed as scholars.

Among the scholars, one tall man wearing a square hat dismounted quickly, clasped his hands, and said, ”I am Wang Shuliang, Chief of the Yuanyang Inspector General! Yuanyang Prefecture received a secret order from the sect, instructing the Yuanyang Inspectorate to assign a chief to handle this case with Inner Sect Disciple Jiang Zhe and Outer Disciple Duan Rong.”

Jiang Zhe’s heart skipped a beat; the secret order came so fast, indicating that the issue had already been raised within the Elder Hall!

Jiang Zhe asked, ”Where is the secret order? Let me see it!”

”Here it is!” Wang Shuliang handed the secret order to Jiang Zhe.

Jiang Zhe reviewed the document and confirmed it was indeed penned by a historian from the sect’s Internal History Department. He closed the order and returned it to Wang Shuliang, saying, ”Chief Wang, last night, Duan Rong and I inspected the county office and uncovered more than twenty Filthy Blood remnants! From now on, you should accompany us in our investigation.”

Wang Shuliang clasped his hands and replied, ”Yes, sir!”

The secret order from the sect listed the Inspectorate first, indicating the case was to be led by them, with the others assisting. However, judging from Jiang Zhe’s tone, Wang Shuliang was to merely follow along.

But Jiang Zhe was an Inner Sect Disciple. Even the Mansion Master had to yield to him. How could Wang Shuliang not comply?

Seeing Wang Shuliang agree, Jiang Zhe felt pleased and looked at Duan Rong, who was standing with Xiao Yu, asking, ”Junior Brother Duan, where should we investigate next?”

Duan Rong’s eyes shifted slightly, saying, ”Yuan Shun Escort Agency!”

Upon finishing, Duan Rong lightly tugged Xiao Yu’s hand, saying, ”You come too!”

Xiao Yu nodded. She knew that Duan Rong planned to investigate the Yuan Shun Escort Agency further to inquire about her father’s matters from the escort masters.

At the very least, her father was dead, but where was his body?