I Can Devour Spirits

Before long, Ximen Kankan squeezed through the crowd, holding the black Taiyi Order and waved it in front of Duan Rong, saying: "How about it? Young master, I got one too."

Duan Rong merely smiled calmly and said, "Since everyone got it, let’s go find Xiao Yu and Shen Mizi. I wonder where they are now?"

"Brother Liu, would you like to join us?" Duan Rong looked at Liu Shushan and asked with a smile.

Liu Shushan said, "I happen to have nothing to do, so I’ll go along with Brother Duan and Brother Ximen. On the way, there’s someone to talk to."

Ximen Kankan said, "Liu Monkey, your temperament is quite good, it reminds me of a friend who passed away."

"A deceased friend?" Liu Shushan was slightly surprised.

"Yes." Ximen Kankan continued without reservation: "His name was Jiang Qingyu."

The three of them chatted as they walked out of the dense forest, not knowing where Xiao Yu and Shen Mizi were, so they continued walking along the ancient tower by the cliff.

This canyon stretches for twenty or thirty miles, and they didn’t know where Xiao Yu and Shen Mizi were let down from.

As they walked, they saw a rather strange farmhouse in the bamboo grove.

How could there be this type of farmhouse in such a valley? Clearly, it was constructed here.

They stood outside the farmhouse and looked inside, seeing a pigsty in the corner with a big black pig grunting inside.

In the center of the courtyard, an old woman was sitting there weaving cloth, oblivious to the three people standing outside observing her.

Duan Rong looked at the old woman, pondering. He believed that this farmhouse might also be a Taiyi Order opportunity point. However, there was something eerie about it; the weaving old woman, though seeming kindly, inexplicably made Duan Rong feel a bit creepy.

Duan Rong didn’t want to linger, but suddenly he saw two graceful figures walking out from the bamboo grove.

Upon closer look, it was Xiao Yu and Shen Mizi.

Duan Rong, Ximen Kankan, and Liu Shushan immediately went up to greet them.

As soon as they met, they began to chat.

It turned out that both Xiao Yu and Shen Mizi had obtained the Taiyi Order.

In this way, all of them had passed the third assessment and were able to leave the canyon.

Curious, Ximen Kankan asked Xiao Yu and Shen Mizi about how they obtained the Taiyi Order.

Xiao Yu said she got the Taiyi Order by playing a Sudoku game, and passing it earned her a Taiyi Order.

Duan Rong was slightly surprised and said: "You can play Sudoku?"

Xiao Yu rolled her eyes at him and said: "What’s so strange about that? I’ve been good at it since I was young. Why do you think the shopkeeper chose me during that account check at the Escort Agency?"

Only then did Duan Rong remember it was he and Xiao Yu who did the account check at Yuan Shun Escort Agency.

It seems Ruan Fengshan didn’t pick blindly.

"Then what about you?" Ximen Kankan turned to Shen Mizi.

Shen Mizi said, "I got mine at a place that tested music theory. There were all kinds of instruments there, and a master played them. You could choose any instrument, and if you could harmonize with his tune, you passed."

Ximen Kankan looked at Shen Mizi and asked, "When did you learn music theory?"

Shen Mizi replied, "My mother taught me when I was little."

As Shen Mizi spoke, her eyes darkened with sorrow. Her mother had died when she was very young, and her father wasn’t with her when her mother passed from illness.

Ximen Kankan said, "Oh, I thought you learned it at Huaying Building."

Upon hearing Ximen Kankan say this, Shen Mizi’s eyebrows suddenly raised. Huaying Building was a famous brothel in Xianggu County.

Realizing his slip of the tongue, Ximen Kankan immediately dashed away as Shen Mizi got angry.

As Ximen Kankan darted off, Shen Mizi chased after him.

Ximen Kankan ran while calling out, "No attacks allowed here. Don’t break the rules!"

Shen Mizi ignored him and continued chasing him relentlessly.

But Ximen Kankan had reached the True Qi Realm Second Level, and for the moment, Shen Mizi couldn’t catch him.

Liu Shushan watched the sudden chase, surprised by Shen Mizi’s furious expression.

Duan Rong glanced at Liu Shushan and said plainly, "Huaying Building is a famous brothel in Xianggu County."

Liu Shushan understood why Shen Mizi was angry and shook his head inwardly, lamenting Ximen Kankan’s reckless mouth.

After chasing for a while, they finally stopped, one behind the other.

Shen Mizi slowly returned to the group and began chatting with Xiao Yu, while Ximen Kankan stayed several yards ahead, walking and frequently looking back in fear that Shen Mizi might chase him again.

They reached a cliff, stood at a high spot, and looked far into the distance, where they saw a column of beacon smoke rising.

The beacon smoke marked the exit of the canyon.

After confirming the direction, they started walking towards there.

As Duan Rong followed them, he fell into contemplation.

The third assessment was essentially giving out Taiyi Orders.

At this point, Duan Rong finally realized that the outer sect disciples he met in Xianggu County, like Fan Yuanhai and Zhu Qunxiang, probably obtained their Taiyi Orders from this crevice canyon.

Duan Rong couldn’t help but think further. If the third assessment was about distributing Taiyi Orders, then during the first assessment at Divine Statue Valley, if someone stepped onto the altar, they could skip the third assessment.