Record of a Demon’s Cultivation

 

Translator: Cinder Translations

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The Corpse Demon Sect aimed to build a fortress at the base of this mountain.

 

First, the entire mountain top had to be leveled to construct a fortress covering twenty acres, with walls ten meters high. The walls would be coated with molten iron and copper and inscribed with restriction and formation patterns.

 

According to the higher-ups of the Corpse Demon Sect, this fortress must be completed within ten days.

 

Song Wen and three others were assigned to a team responsible for quarrying long rectangular stones at the mountain's base for building the walls.

 

“It’s been six years since we joined the sect, and I haven’t seen Senior Brother Zhang Xiaofan. How has he been recently?” Song Wen suddenly asked while cutting rocks with a large blade.

 

Wang Dang snorted coldly, responding with resentment.

 

“As a direct disciple and son-in-law of a Golden Core Patriarch, he must be living very well.”

 

Hearing this, Song Wen glanced strangely at Wang Dang.

 

He found it odd. When the four of them joined the sect, they were very close. Why had they fallen out now?

 

As Song Wen was puzzled, Li Yuan explained the reason.

 

“Seven months ago, Zhang Xiaofan married the daughter of his master, Patriarch Lu Cang. Since then, he has distanced himself from us.”

 

“Five months ago, he even reclaimed his spiritual field, and we’ve had no contact since.”

 

Li Yuan’s tone was calm, unlike Wang Dang’s resentment.

 

Song Wen turned to look at Chen Yi, who was standing nearby, feeling a bit downcast.

 

He thought to himself: No wonder I haven't seen her selling spiritual herbs in the market these past few months.

 

Perhaps Zhang Xiaofan's marriage was the reason for her recent unhappiness.

 

Song Wen knew that Zhang Xiaofan had used some unscrupulous means to win over Chen Yi back then.

 

Because of his status as a direct disciple, Chen Yi either felt compelled or sought a backer in the perilous Corpse Demon Sect, or perhaps both, and eventually ended up with Zhang Xiaofan.

 

However, just as Chen Yi sought a backer, so did Zhang Xiaofan. In the end, he got involved with his master’s daughter, turning his master into his father-in-law, further solidifying his position.

 

Naturally, Chen Yi was abandoned.

 

Knowing this was a sensitive topic that not only embarrassed Chen Yi but also involved the private affairs of a Golden Core Patriarch, Song Wen quickly changed the subject.

 

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With over a thousand cultivators participating in the construction, the work progressed rapidly. Various weapons were repurposed into construction tools.

 

Thick trees were felled with a single sword stroke.

 

Large rectangular stones were split with a few axe strikes.

 

With cultivators’ immense strength, trees and huge stones were carried with ease, and storage bags were used to transport materials.

 

In just three days, the fortress began to take shape.

 

Next came the pouring of molten iron and copper. Large blocks of iron and copper were melted with fireball spells and poured onto the wall base.

 

It took only two days to complete the pouring.

 

Next was the intricate work of inscribing formation patterns, handled by specialists, not requiring the involvement of outer sect and servant disciples.

 

However, Elder Dan Ying did not dismiss the laboring disciples. Everyone was kept on-site, seemingly to stay and guard the fortress.

 

Construction proceeded smoothly until the eighth night.

 

At this time, dozens of inner sect disciples were still inscribing patterns on the outer walls. According to the schedule, the inscriptions would be completed by the next morning.

 

Then, the sect’s formation masters would activate the formation, enveloping the fortress in a defensive array, making it impregnable.

 

Just then, an unexpected change occurred.

 

Thirty miles away, a beam of white light shot into the sky, exceptionally noticeable in the pitch-black night.

 

The white light gradually formed into a massive hundred-meter-tall skeleton in the sky.

 

This was the Corpse Demon Sect's unique emergency signal, indicating a powerful enemy attack.

 

Standing on the high wall, supervising the inner sect disciples inscribing the formation patterns, Dan Ying saw the enormous skeleton in the sky and her face changed dramatically. On the first day, she had dispatched dozens of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators as scouts to patrol within a hundred miles ahead.

 

For cultivators, especially those above the Foundation Establishment stage, thirty miles was a distance they could cover in moments.

 

The fact that the enemy had stealthily gotten this close before being detected and the scouts raising the alarm indicated the attackers were extremely formidable.

 

“Enemy attack! Everyone to the walls, prepare to defend!”

 

Dan Ying circulated her spiritual power, her voice booming like a bell.

 

With the formation patterns yet to be completed, it meant the fortress was still just a facade. For cultivators, walls without formation protection were merely for show, no matter how tall or sturdy they were.

 

Dan Ying knew this, and so did all the disciples in the fortress.

 

Therefore, her plan to have everyone join forces to defend fell through. Many early-stage Qi Refining and servant disciples, upon seeing the warning skeleton in the sky and hearing Dan Ying's order, did not go to the walls to defend but instead fled towards the rear, retreating without a fight.

 

Watching the fleeing disciples in their panic and disarray, Dan Ying’s eyes burned with seething anger.

 

These servant disciples had weak cultivation and had learned the demonic cultivators’ trait of being greedy and fearful of death very well. They were utterly useless.

 

Two fireballs the size of millstones appeared in her hands.

 

“Those who flee in the face of battle, die!”

 

The fireballs fell like meteors, wrapped in scorching heat, whistling sharply, crashing into the fleeing crowd.

 

“Boom! Boom!”

 

Two violent explosions resounded, with rolling waves of air sweeping the surroundings.

 

Over thirty servant disciples were blown to pieces by the fireballs, and dozens more were flung away by the blast waves.

 

Dan Ying's ruthlessness and decisiveness caused the fleeing disciples to halt in terror, trembling with fear.

 

Just as Dan Ying was about to order everyone to the walls to defend again, a figure suddenly appeared before her.

 

“Junior Sister Dan, why be so angry? They are just laborers raised by the sect. Did you really expect a group of servant disciples to hold the fortress?”

 

Startled by the sudden appearance of the figure, Dan Ying was momentarily taken aback. But when she saw who it was, she bowed respectfully.

 

“Greetings, Patriarch Wu Ren.”

 

Wu Ren nodded, his gaze scanning the dense forest in the dark night ahead.

 

After a moment, Wu Ren spoke.

 

“Take the outer sect disciples and retreat. As for the servant disciples, let them fend for themselves. The fortress is not yet completed and has no value now.”

 

Dan Ying opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but finally, she just said one word.

 

“Yes!”

 

She then turned to the many disciples and said,

 

“All outer sect disciples, follow this elder.”

 

Without further explanation, she flew towards the sect on her sword.

 

Seeing this, the outer sect disciples guessed they were retreating and quickly used their flight techniques to follow her.

 

This left the servant disciples in a dire situation. Most of them were at the early stages of Qi Refining and couldn't fly. Except for a few who had some wealth and possessed flight talismans and followed Dan Ying, the majority had to rely on their legs to escape.

 

Watching the servant disciples scatter in all directions like a disorganized mess, Wu Ren showed a bloodthirsty smile.

 

The sect had too many useless members. It was time for a purge!

 

(End of the Chapter)

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