Record of a Demon's Cultivation-Chapter 575: The Qinggang Divine Travel Talisman

Translator: Cinder Translations

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Song Wen ascended straight up through the vertical tunnel, quickly emerging into the upper mining cave.

With a flick of his mind, he summoned the body of Chu Lingyun and took it out.

Having used the Soul-binding Technique on the body, Chu Lingyun's soul was still trapped inside. This allowed Song Wen to perform a soul search.

From Chu Lingyun's memories, Song Wen learned the reason behind the alliance between Chu Lingyun and Cui Yan.

Chu Lingyun had secretly communicated with the Cui family for a long time, behind the back of Wu Ji Island.

By chance, he discovered a hidden lake of Nether Corpse Fire deep underground on Misty Island.

After informing the Cui family, the higher-ups of the Cui family became suspicious that the lava contained Yin Spring Stones.

Yin Spring Stones were a fourth-grade ghostly material, a treasure used to enhance the strength of ghostly beings.

Thus, Chu Lingyun devised a plan to frame the Tang family, intending to seize Misty Island. However, his true goal was the Yin Spring Stones buried in the underground lava.

As for Jing Kai, Chu Lingyun had also secretly sent people to deal with him, but after Jing Kai was saved by Song Wen and severely injured, he returned to Wu Ji Island and has been recuperating in his cave ever since.

Chu Lingyun's people couldn't find an opportunity to act.

As such, both Chu Lingyun and Cui Yan had never suspected that Song Wen was the person they had been seeking.

In fact, neither of them had ever considered killing Song Wen. On the contrary, they had ideas of trying to recruit him, since a third-grade alchemist skilled in pill refining was an invaluable talent.

Chu Lingyun was a Golden Core Elder from Wu Ji Island's inner sect, and his cultivation method was the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique."

After Song Wen consumed his blood and soul, his cultivation advanced further.

Looking at the vertical tunnel before him, Song Wen thought for a moment and then jumped back into it.

Descending for more than thirty meters, Song Wen arrived at the middle section of the tunnel.

He summoned the Void-breaking Blade, carving out wide, rectangular stones from the rock walls.

Next, he created grooves at both ends of the vertical tunnel and placed the rectangular stones horizontally in them.

In this manner, Song Wen placed hundreds of long stones and began to backfill the tunnel for several meters.

Then, he shattered the rocks on both sides of the tunnel, causing them to fall, gradually covering the tunnel.

At the top of the tunnel, he dug out a massive stone over ten meters thick to seal the entrance.

The underground lava lake, which contained Yin Spring Stones to enhance the strength of ghostly beings, was not something to give up lightly.

Though Chu Lingyun and Cui Yan had already searched, they had not had enough time. Moreover, the pressure of the lava on spiritual perception was too strong, so they only found a small part of the stones.

Otherwise, Chu Lingyun wouldn't have schemed to take Misty Island for himself—he had long-term plans to mine the Yin Spring Stones there. Furthermore, with the presence of Nether Corpse Fire, the Yin Spring Stones would gradually form.

Song Wen planned to wait until the heat had subsided and the lack of Yin Spring Stones made it easier to search in secret.

After completing this task, Song Wen moved along the mining tunnel toward the exit.

Just as he flew out of the deep pit at the mine's exit, he heard the voice of Chu Qian.

"Senior Ji Yin, you're out. Why hasn't my father come out yet?"

Chu Qian was hovering in the air on his sword above the deep pit, noticing that only Song Wen had emerged. His gaze was fixed on the pit below, clearly waiting for his father to return.

"Your father and Senior Cui are right behind. They'll be up shortly," Song Wen replied casually.

As he spoke, Song Wen used his spiritual perception to scan the entire basin.

The basin, which was less than a hundred meters in diameter, had the deep pit at its center. Using his Breaking Dark Technique, Song Wen quickly surveyed the entire basin.

There were five cultivators in the basin.

Aside from Chu Qian, there were four Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Miao family, positioned around the basin.

With a flash of cold light, the Void-breaking Blade suddenly shot out.

Chu Qian's eyes flashed with a hint of fear. Before he could react, his head was sliced off with a single strike.

The four Miao family cultivators died at the hands of the Shadow Gu.

After devouring their souls and blood, reducing them to ashes, Song Wen soared into the sky and left Misty Island.

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Song Wen returned directly to Ji Yin Island.

He contacted the Shadow Gu left on the island to confirm that everything had been peaceful during his absence. An Tong and An Yin had shown no unusual behavior. Satisfied, Song Wen then went to the cave he had opened up for himself.

After setting up the Soul-Shadow Hidden Spirit Formation, Song Wen began inspecting the storage rings of Cui Yan and Chu Lingyun.

Among Chu Lingyun's belongings, Song Wen was particularly interested in three green talismans that Chu Lingyun had used.

These talismans were known as the Qinggang Divine Travel Talismans, rare fourth-grade talismans. These talismans contained Qingming Gang Wind, which could significantly enhance the cultivator's speed, lasting for thirty breaths.

Next, Song Wen examined Cui Yan's storage ring, which contained several valuable items.

First was the Falling World Lotus.

Then there was Cui Yan's life-saving treasure, the Ghost Banner.

Although the fourth-grade Ghost King's soul inside the banner had perished, the banner still contained vast amounts of ghostly energy, and its quality was excellent. Song Wen planned to use the banner to refine Yin Souls when he had the time.

It was worth mentioning that Song Wen found twelve Yin Spring Stones in the two storage rings.

After cataloging the items, Song Wen began healing his wounds.

To prevent Cui Yan from escaping, Song Wen had used the Blood Sea Seal and clashed head-on with Cui Yan, resulting in serious internal injuries.

Ten days later, with the help of his healing techniques, Song Wen's injuries had largely recovered.

During his healing, Song Wen noticed that after devouring the souls of Cui Yan and the others, his spiritual perception showed signs of another breakthrough.

After failing his last breakthrough attempt, Song Wen knew that advancing his spiritual perception to the Nascent Soul realm would not be easy.

Thus, he decided not to focus on a breakthrough immediately, but instead planned to consume more souls before attempting again.

Song Wen left his cave and headed to Wu Ji Island.

Upon arriving, he first toured the markets and then took out Jing Kai's communication jade slip.

"Junior Jing, how are the investigations into the Spirit Candle Fruit matter going?"

A moment later, Jing Kai replied.

"I'm ashamed. While I was in the Decayed Bone Mine, I sustained serious injuries. After returning to Corpse King Valley, I've been in seclusion to recover. I only just came out two days ago. As such, I haven't had much contact with Han Wu. I apologize for the delay in handling the matter."

"It's no problem. Your injuries are more important. If left untreated, they could affect your future cultivation." Song Wen replied with a tone of concern.

"Thank you for your understanding, Senior. I will complete the task you assigned as soon as possible."

After finishing the communication with Jing Kai, Song Wen took out Zhu Yin's communication jade slip. frёewebηovel.cѳm

"Friend Zhu Yin, I've gathered some information about the Purple Spirit Ginseng."

"What information?" Zhu Yin replied.

"Have you heard of the Illusory Spirit Valley?" Song Wen asked.

Earlier, Song Wen had visited several shops selling information but hadn't learned anything about the Illusory Spirit Valley, so he turned to Zhu Yin for answers.

"Are you referring to the Illusory Spirit Valley of the Liangyi Sect?" Zhu Yin asked.

"That's correct."

"Is the Purple Spirit Ginseng in the Illusory Spirit Valley?"

"That's the information I've received." Song Wen confirmed.

"Wait a moment, I'll check the sect's library for any records on the Illusory Spirit Valley." Zhu Yin responded.

(End of the Chapter)

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