Record of a Demon's Cultivation

Chapter 360: Unexpected Enemies



Translator: Cinder Translations

Song Wen left Fang Pengyi's cave and returned to the serpent cave, where he found Zhou Siyi and Rong Jingyun already present.

Worried about the lack of personnel in the serpent cave, Fang Pengyi had sent the two to assist him.

Zhou Siyi and Rong Jingyun had previously worked in the serpent cave and were familiar with the situation there. Rong Jingyun had even been in charge of the serpent cave, so their arrival would alleviate some of Song Wen's pressure.

After some pleasantries, Song Wen began to assign tasks to everyone.

The process of refining the serpent corpses began to proceed in an orderly fashion.

Ten days later.

As Song Wen was coming from his cave to the serpent cave, Zhou Siyi mysteriously led him into the tenth refining chamber.

After she closed the prohibitions in the refining chamber, she finally spoke.

"Junior Brother Wu, I've received word from the Ghost Market's Immortal Herb Pavilion that they have two Heart Calming Herbs. Do you want them?"

In total, Song Wen had four Yin-Yang Blood Weeping Branches, enough to refine four batches of Golden Pills. Each batch required one Heart Calming Herb, and he only had three, which was still insufficient.

Song Wen nodded in response, "Of course, I want them."

Zhou Siyi said, "Then I'll make a trip to the Immortal Herb Pavilion tonight to buy the Heart Calming Herbs."

After thinking for a moment, Song Wen replied.

"There's no need for you to trouble yourself, Sister Zhou. I'll go myself."

Zhou Siyi asked in surprise, "Didn't you say it wasn't convenient for you to go to East Huafang Market and Mountain Stream Ghost Market?"

Song Wen explained, "That was the situation nine years ago. Now that the issue has been resolved, I can go to the square and the ghost town."

Ten days ago, Yang Yu mentioned that he would be leaving with the fairy Lan Chen to handle an urgent matter.

At this point, they had already departed from the vicinity of the Beastmaster Sect.

Song Wen no longer had to worry about running into Lan Chen while he was out.

He wanted to take this opportunity to gather information on the corpse demon sect's pursuit of the traitors while he was in the ghost town.

Zhou Siyi said, "Has it really been resolved? Don't push yourself too hard; perhaps I should go for you after all."

"No need, thank you, Sister."

"Go on then."

Zhou Siyi handed Song Wen a black wooden token, which was proof of her transactions with the Herb Pavilion.

That night, at midnight.

Wearing a ghostly mask and concealing his aura, Song Wen walked into the Herb Pavilion.

Heart Calming Herbs were quite rare among third-tier spiritual herbs, and they were sold at a high price.

After paying twenty thousand spirit stones, he obtained two Heart Calming Herbs.

After exiting the Herb Pavilion, Song Wen entered a shop that sold information.

He spent two thousand spirit stones to acquire intelligence on the corpse demon sect's pursuit of traitors.

Approximately three to four years ago, except for a few rare individuals like Song Wen, who had managed to slip through the cracks and hide in places inaccessible to some demonic cultivators, most of the traitors had been thoroughly eradicated by the corpse demon sect.

As time passed, the corpse demon sect gradually withdrew its disciples pursuing the traitors.

Now, within the territory of the righteous factions, it had become difficult to see any signs of the corpse demon sect pursuing traitors.

This was undoubtedly good news for Song Wen.

The eradication of traitors by the corpse demon sect had hung over him like a sword, but now

it seemed that sword was gradually being lowered.

After leaving the information shop, Song Wen wandered around the ghost town but did not encounter anything of interest.

Exiting the ghost town, he headed toward the direction of the Beastmaster Sect.

When he was less than five hundred miles from the Beastmaster Sect, he removed his mask, restoring his appearance as 'Wu Sheng,' and continued toward the sect.

He traveled another two hundred miles.

Suddenly.

Under the hazy moonlight, three chilling sword lights shot out.

Song Wen's expression turned cold; they were less than three hundred miles from the Beastmaster Sect, and yet someone dared to assassinate a disciple of the sect.

He parted his lips slightly, and the Profound Earth Treasure Pagoda was expelled from his

mouth.

The pagoda swelled in the wind, transforming into a three-meter-tall structure that hovered

above Song Wen's head.

A series of yellow rays of light emanated from the pagoda.

"Clang, clang, clang."

Three beams of sword light struck the yellow glow but were completely deflected back.

However, the impact caused Song Wen to stagger back repeatedly.

The three ambushers were extremely powerful, all at the peak of the Foundation

Establishment stage.

"Eh!"

A surprised voice rang out from a woman.

It seemed she was astonished that Song Wen could withstand a joint ambush from three peak

Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Four figures rose from the dense forest ahead.

Three men and one woman, all dressed in black.

The woman stood in the center, surrounded by the three peak Foundation Establishment male

cultivators, clearly regarded as their leader.

This woman was beautiful and slender.

In her bright eyes, there was a deep hatred and murderous intent, as if she wished to tear Song

Wen into a thousand pieces.

"Ji Yin, in less than thirty years, you've gone from the early stage of Qi Refinement to the mid stage of Foundation Establishment. From being a disciple of the Outer Sect of the Corpse Demon Sect, you've transformed into an elder of the Beastmaster Sect. You even managed to survive the combined assault of three peak Foundation Establishment cultivators. It seems you have many secrets about you."

The woman's tone was filled with intense hatred.

"Back then, you caused the deaths of over eighty thousand members of my Yan family. Today,

I will flay you alive, peel your skin, and refine your soul into a corpse, making you endure

endless torment forever."

The woman was the genius girl of the Yan family, Yan Yiwen.

Yan Yiwen was not in a hurry to attack; she had three peak Foundation Establishment

cultivators under her command, and killing a mid Foundation Establishment Song Wen was a

piece of cake.

Although Song Wen's treasure pagoda had decent defensive capabilities, it would be

impossible to withstand the relentless attacks of three peak Foundation Establishment cultivators for long.

She wanted Song Wen to personally experience fear and despair, to feel helpless and terrified.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Only by making Song Wen undergo endless pain could she vent the hatred she had buried in

her heart for thirty years.

TLN: Damn, it's been 30 years?

However, to her disappointment,

After Song Wen saw her appearance, he only briefly showed a hint of surprise.

After that, there was no trace of panic or fear on his face, only calmness.

Upon recognizing Yan Yiwen, Song Wen was also quite shocked.

He never expected that in less than thirty years, Yan Yiwen had advanced to the late Foundation Establishment stage and had brought three peak Foundation Establishment cultivators to seek revenge.

This clearly indicated that she must have a powerful backing.

What puzzled Song Wen the most was how Yan Yiwen recognized him.

"Could it be the trace of soul energy left behind in the Corpse Demon Sect?"

Song Wen speculated in his heart.

Since the battle between the righteous and the evil, the relationship between the Nine Palaces

Sect and the Corpse Demon Sect had become increasingly close.

If Yan Yiwen had a strong backing in the Nine Palaces Sect, then it was not impossible for her

to obtain Song Wen's soul energy from the Corpse Demon Sect.

While Yan Yiwen wanted to torment Song Wen slowly, he did not plan to waste time with her.

Since she had come to him, he would send her to meet her relatives.

A family should always be together.

It was also the perfect opportunity to reclaim the trace of soul energy in her possession,

cutting off future troubles.

With a flash of cold light, the Soul-Cleaving Blade slashed through the air.

Yan Yiwen's face showed a look of surprise; she had not expected that Song Wen, only at the mid Foundation Establishment stage, not only did not escape using the pagoda's defense but

dared to take the initiative to attack.

(End of the Chapter)

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