I Can Devour Spirits

Chapter 157: Great Success Realm

At this moment, a team of patrol guards suddenly walked past the alley between Liu’s House and the backyard.

Duan Rong leaned on the bed, faintly able to hear the rustling footsteps of the guards outside the window, which he perceived not through divine sense but purely through the vibration of his eardrums.

With a thought, Duan Rong’s divine sense immediately enveloped the patrol guards.

Duan Rong was surprised to discover that when he focused his attention on a particular guard, that guard’s body was instantly penetrated by his divine sense.

External divine sense can penetrate doors, windows, and courtyard walls, and naturally, it can penetrate the human body as well!

Duan Rong could "see" the tense and stretch of the leg muscles as the guard walked, and he could even see the writhing intestines and the heartbeat that contracted and relaxed constantly pumping blood into the arteries...

Duan Rong wanted to further explore the wonders of external divine sense but suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head.

He furrowed his brows and retracted the external divine sense.

Duan Rong let out a long breath and wiped the slight sweat on his forehead.

Having cultivated the Fetal Concealment Scripture for two hours, his divine soul had been under pressure for quite a while and was quite fatigued. Trying to project his divine soul at this time further exhausted it.

Just moments ago, his divine soul felt a twinge of pain, which prompted him to immediately stop projecting his divine sense to avoid damaging his divine soul.

Upon retracting the divine sense, Duan Rong felt extremely mentally exhausted. He lay down on the bed slowly.

Tomorrow is the day of the intern escort master’s promotion evaluation; it’s better to sleep first.

Lying on the bed, Duan Rong could clearly feel that his divine soul was still in a fatigued state.

Nonetheless, Duan Rong continued to ponder with his eyes shut.

Now that he has achieved the Second Layer of the Fetal Concealment Scripture, his spiritual power level has risen to level 3, meaning he can devour Tier Three artifact spirits.

The artifact spirit of the Tier Three Five Tigers and Sheep Saber is at the Great Success Realm!

Although Duan Rong has researched multiple saber techniques recently, he firmly believes that only by mastering the fundamentals can one create surprises. His main cultivation technique has consistently been the Five Tigers and Sheep Saber. However, he is certain that among the weapon racks in the martial arts arena, none of the weapons have artifact spirits at the Great Success Realm for the Five Tigers and Sheep Saber.

"Slowly but surely. There’s still time before achieving the Third Level of Inner Breath... no hurry..." Duan Rong mumbled and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Duan Rong arrived at the martial arts arena in the middle courtyard according to schedule.

The promotion evaluation site for intern escort masters is this martial arts arena in the middle courtyard.

The Yuan Shun Escort Agency has a total of six escort teams. Each team occasionally has intern escort masters added by the escort agency.

Intern escort masters can sometimes be dismissed during their internship period. If they are not dismissed, they have the opportunity to be promoted after three years.

The promotion process for intern escort masters starts with the leader of their team submitting a written application to the Chief Tutor.

So, whether the May 15th promotion evaluation proceeds depends on whether the Chief Tutor has received the leaders’ applications for transferring their intern escort masters.

Actually, there are quite a few years when the promotion evaluation is not held, and even when it is held, usually only one or two intern escort masters participate.

However, this year is slightly different. Including Duan Rong, there are three intern escort masters participating in the promotion evaluation, which is truly unprecedented!

Zhao Mu is also among these three, but he was quite astonished to see Duan Rong, whom he taught as a servant disciple a few months ago, now participating alongside him in this year’s promotion evaluation.

It was unbelievable!

Zhao Mu merely cast a cold glance at Duan Rong and did not engage in conversation.

Duan Rong has achieved the Mastery Realm of the Second Level of Inner Breath, whereas Zhao Mu, though diligently cultivating, is still at the Entry Level of the First Level of Inner Breath, far from mastering it.

With strength being the key, Duan Rong’s presence here is not due to nepotism. Even though Zhao Mu feels a bit indignant, he has to admire Duan Rong.

The third person among them had a gaunt face and lean stature. Duan Rong didn’t recognize him and didn’t know which escort team he belonged to.

The promotion evaluation consists of two parts: a written test and a physical test.

The written test assesses knowledge related to escorting.

Escorts must be literate; when recruiting servant disciples, the Yuan Shun Escort Agency always screens for literacy. After all, if someone can’t recognize characters, they can’t correctly deliver message darts and separate which dart goes where, rendering them useless for the task.

Also, escort masters are considered respectable professions in this realm, so higher standards are naturally expected.

On the spacious circular arena, three tables and chairs are arranged along the edge forming a triangle.

Duan Rong, Zhao Mu, and the other intern escort master have taken their seats individually.

The promotion evaluation for intern escort masters is usually hosted by the Chief Tutor Xiao Zongting, with assistance from the leaders of each team.

If Ruan Fengshan has free time, he might occasionally show up, but not for long.

And during such events, the Chief Leader Luan Jingfu will definitely not attend; he sees no need to support his longtime rival at this time.

This time there are four leaders present: Sun Huang from the Second Escort Team, Wang Zhuoyong from the Fourth Escort Team, Li Gu from the Fifth Escort Team, and Zhao Meng from the Sixth Escort Team.

Except for the escort teams out on missions, all other leaders are present.

The questions for the written test are formulated on the spot by Chief Tutor Xiao Zongting and the four leaders. The Chief Tutor writes two questions, and each leader writes one, totaling six questions.

This approach essentially prevents question leakage and ensures that the written test is not just a formality.

Duan Rong, Zhao Mu, and the other intern escort master were already sitting at the tables on the arena, waiting eagerly while the leaders began to write the questions.

After about half a cup of tea, Duan Rong received the written test paper, and upon unfolding it, he saw the ink was still fresh.

"Freshly minted!"

Duan Rong chuckled softly, then dipped the tip of his brush in ink and began answering the questions. Thanks to Xiao Yu’s detailed explanation of the escort business along the way, even though Duan Rong had only escorted once, he found the questions manageable.

However, when he reached the last question, Duan Rong was stumped.

The last question asked how to handle the loss of a message dart during escorting.

Xiao Yu had only taught him that if a message dart couldn’t be delivered due to the recipient’s reasons, it should be brought back and returned to the client with an explanation.

But how to deal with a loss? If it’s lost without reason, wouldn’t that be an error on the escort team’s part?

After pondering for a long time, Duan Rong realized he had no clue how to approach this question.

Even though he absorbed the original memory, he wasn’t a native of this realm and lacked genuine understanding, so he dared not make random guesses.

Not knowing how to answer, Duan Rong decided to leave it blank. Out of the six questions, he was confident in the other five, so even if he left this one unanswered, he should still pass the written test.

He placed his brush on the horizontal pen rack at the corner of the table and glanced sideways at Zhao Mu and the other intern escort master on the arena.

Zhao Mu was biting the pen while scratching his head, looking anxious and completely lost, evidently struggling with the questions.

In contrast, the lean-faced intern escort master sat steadily, calmly answering questions with a composed pace...

Watching the calm demeanor of the lean-faced intern escort master, Duan Rong’s eyes suddenly brightened.

He then feigned a seated posture, stirred his thoughts, and suddenly projected his divine sense...