Record of a Demon’s Cultivation

 

Translator: Cinder Translations

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“So, how do you explain where you went during the twenty or so days you were missing after leaving the secret realm?”

 

Song Wen was immediately rendered speechless. He hadn’t expected that after killing Du Qiu, his whereabouts would still be known to Shi Shou.

 

However, Song Wen didn’t dwell on it, as his departure from the sect for over twenty days was common knowledge among everyone in the Corpse Demon Cave and couldn’t be hidden.

 

Shi Shou’s face was filled with a teasing smile. Without waiting for Song Wen to explain, he waved his left hand.

 

A surge of immense spiritual power descended upon Song Wen.

 

Song Wen instinctively tried to use his spiritual power to block it.

 

But then, he suddenly realized and gave up resisting.

 

This spiritual power was not meant to kill him, but to imprison him.

 

Seeing that Song Wen was restrained, unable to move or speak, Shi Shou summoned a flying sword, lightly jumped onto it, and used spiritual power to pull Song Wen along as he flew towards the sect’s exit.

 

Song Wen sensed that the power restraining him was not too strong, and a Qi Refining Eighth Layer cultivator could break free from it.

 

In other words, Shi Shou hadn’t discovered his true strength and only saw him as a minor Qi Refining Fifth Layer cultivator.

 

Song Wen was unsure where Shi Shou intended to take him, but since they were heading outside the Corpse Demon Sect, it was just as he hoped.

 

Inside the Corpse Demon Sect, he couldn’t make a big move, but once outside, whether to fight or flee, Song Wen could act freely.

 

Song Wen understood that Shi Shou was likely impatient for him to reach Qi Refining Sixth Layer and was probably planning to deal with him soon.

 

But what was Shi Shou’s ultimate goal?

 

Why did he want him to practice the “Corpse King Blood Refinement Manual”?

 

And why head outside the sect?

 

With countless questions in mind, under the high-speed flight of the flying sword, they quickly reached a location several hundred miles from the Corpse Demon Sect.

 

Just as Song Wen felt they were far enough from the sect and prepared to act.

 

Shi Shou suddenly directed the sword light down towards a valley below.

 

Song Wen, with sharp senses, noticed a cave within a small mountain beside the valley, which had a few acres in size and contained the presence of eight living people.

 

These eight were all cultivators, not very high in cultivation—seven at Qi Refining Sixth Layer and one at Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

 

Moreover, the aura of these eight individuals was extremely familiar to Song Wen; they all practiced the “Corpse King Blood Refinement Manual” like him.

 

This made Song Wen even more curious about Shi Shou’s purpose for bringing him here.

 

Song Wen abandoned the idea of acting immediately. He had a premonition that he could find a better opportunity to act.

 

Shi Shou dragged Song Wen into the cave.

 

In the center of the cave, there was an array engraved on the ground, surrounded by nine stone pillars. The eight cultivators were all bound to the stone pillars with chains.

 

Among the eight, seven were men and one was a woman. The woman was the only one who had reached Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

 

The woman, over forty years old, still had fair skin and retained her charm. It was easy to see from her face that she had been a stunning beauty in her youth.

 

Seeing Shi Shou arrive, the woman’s expression was filled with sorrow, and she asked in a mournful voice.

 

“Husband, why have you imprisoned me and these people in this cave? What exactly do you intend to do?”

 

Nearby, another young man bound to a stone pillar shouted angrily.

 

“Master, how could you be so foolish? We are all people with evil spiritual roots, and we practice the ‘Corpse King Blood Refinement Technique’ passed down by Shi Shou. Clearly, he has long harbored ill intentions towards us. We are nothing but materials for him to improve his own cultivation.”

 

The young man's voice was filled with hatred. From a humble background, he had viewed Shi Shou, who taught him the cultivation technique and guided him, as a fatherly figure, with deep respect and gratitude from the bottom of his heart.

 

Yet, he never expected it all to be a deception.

 

Seven years ago, when he was still young, he fell into a trap meticulously designed by Shi Shou the moment he encountered him.

 

The woman’s face was filled with sorrow and disbelief, tears as big as soybeans streaming down her face like rain, staining her sorrowful expression.

 

Holding onto a glimmer of hope, the woman asked.

 

“Shi Shou, is what Shi Meng said true?”

 

Shi Meng was the young man who had just spoken, and his name was given by Shi Shou.

 

At that time, Shi Meng was just thirteen years old, begging by the roadside. He was beaten to a bloody pulp in a fight with other beggars and was on the brink of death.

 

At his last moments, Shi Shou appeared like a Buddha coming to save all the suffering in the world.

 

Not only did he heal Shi Meng’s injuries, but he also killed the beggars who had beaten him.

 

“From today, you will be my disciple. If you want to avoid being bullied, you must cultivate diligently. In the future, when you encounter enemies, you must rely on your own hands to defeat them.”

 

Shi Shou’s teachings, Shi Meng remembered vividly. He had always adhered to his master’s instructions, showing no mercy to enemies and being ruthless, eliminating all threats.

 

But he never expected that his master was the real hungry wolf.

 

Facing his partner’s questions, Shi Shou’s expression remained unchanged.

 

A chain flew out of his storage ring and wrapped around Song Wen, then the chain levitated and pulled Song Wen, binding him to the remaining stone pillar.

 

Song Wen did not resist at all, allowing the chain to bind him tightly.

 

He noticed that the chain was just an ordinary magical item. With his current strength and powerful physique, he could easily break it.

 

After binding Song Wen, Shi Shou addressed the woman.

 

“Wan Rou, we were once partners in cultivation. I’ll make sure you understand everything.”

 

“Back then, we were rootless and wandering cultivators. Although we lacked cultivation resources and had low strength, we lived a relatively free and easy life.”

 

“But I was unwilling to live a mundane life.”

 

“More than thirty years ago, I accidentally stumbled upon an ancient cave and found the ‘Corpse King Blood Refinement Technique’ inside.”

 

“After switching to the ‘Corpse King Blood Refinement Technique,’ my cultivation advanced rapidly, quickly breaking through to the later stage of Qi Refining.”

 

“When I reached the later stage of Qi Refining, the cultivation speed dropped drastically. At that time, I was already thirty years old. If I couldn’t quickly advance my cultivation, there would be no chance of reaching Foundation Establishment in this lifetime. To speed up cultivation with the ‘Corpse King Blood Refinement Technique,’ there is a shortcut: consuming the blood essence of cultivators, which contains spiritual energy to enhance one’s own cultivation.”

 

“So, I joined the Corpse Demon Sect, but due to my age, I could only become an outer disciple.”

 

“I worked as a corpse dissector for the Yin Demon Hall and began to hunt and kill cultivators everywhere, using their blood essence to support my cultivation.”

 

“Finally, more than ten years ago, after experiencing countless life-and-death crises, I achieved great merit for the sect and received a Foundation Establishment Pill, successfully establishing my foundation.”

 

“But after establishing my foundation, I found that having consumed too much cultivator blood essence had caused my blood and qi to become impure, hindering my cultivation.”

 

“For more than ten years, I’ve practiced day and night, yet I still can’t break through the early stage of Foundation Establishment.”

 

“Yet heaven does not completely close all doors! I found a solution in the ‘Corpse King Blood Refinement Technique.’ That is to devour the spiritual energy and blood essence of those who also practice the ‘Corpse King Blood Refinement Technique.’”

 

“By using spiritual energy and blood essence of the same origin, I can overcome the bottleneck in my cultivation and refine the blood essence to increase its purity.”

 

(End of the Chapter)

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