Record of a Demon’s Cultivation

 

Translator: Cinder Translations

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Song Wen watched as everyone left the ship to confront the Demonic cultivators. He quietly made his way to the rear of the ship, leaped off, and used the cover of night to conceal his form as he fell from a height of a thousand meters.

 

As he neared the ground, a burst of spiritual energy briefly emerged to counteract the powerful force of his descent, allowing him to land silently.

 

Once on the ground, Song Wen refrained from using spiritual energy and instead relied solely on his powerful physique to navigate through the dense forest.

 

After traveling for several dozen miles, Song Wen confirmed that no righteous sect cultivators were following him. He remained on high alert but was able to relax a bit.

 

He had never intended to take the ship to the Profound Heaven Sword Sect.

 

There were Golden Core experts and even Nascent Soul old monsters within the Profound Heaven Sword Sect who might see through his lies. If he had to take the ship to the sect, he would not have used Yan Yuyan’s name from the beginning. Confronting Yan Yuyan would only expose his deception.

 

Encountering the demonic cultivators along the way had provided him with an opportunity to escape.

 

After some hesitation, Song Wen sighed deeply and headed towards the cave where Chen Yi had died. He felt he owed it to Chen Yi to deal with the two crises related to the Yan family and the Corpse Transformation, as he had received their assistance.

 

Chen Yi was his only friend in this world. If he couldn’t save her, the least he could do was to help with her remains.

 

Not daring to use spiritual energy, Song Wen relied solely on his physical strength and took nearly half an hour to reach the cave.

 

Looking at Chen Yi’s corpse on the ground, Song Wen sighed again.

 

Chen Yi had always been deeply disillusioned with the deceitful world of immortal cultivation. She believed her talent and opportunities were average, and rather than exhaust herself in the pursuit of illusory immortality, she preferred to live a simple mortal life.

 

Her only wish was to return to her mundane hometown and live out her life in peace.

 

Some people expend great effort seeking immortal opportunities only to find none, while others try every means to escape the cultivation world.

 

Yet, fate does not always align with desires!

 

Song Wen took out a coffin and placed Chen Yi’s mangled remains inside.

 

While collecting the remains, he noticed that Lu Chan and the others had likely dismissed Chen Yi’s meager spiritual stones and had not taken her storage bag. Song Wen took the opportunity to collect it.

 

After securing the body, he left the cave and, after determining his direction, navigated through the darkness.

 

As dawn approached, Song Wen arrived at a large river.

 

He had initially planned to burn Chen Yi’s body to ashes and scatter them in the river. However, after examining Chen Yi’s storage bag, he changed his mind.

 

The storage bag contained only a small amount of spiritual stones, some high-grade herbs, and two books.

 

One of the books was a cultivation method, “Corpse Fiend Art,” but it was incomplete, containing only the Qi Refining stages one through six.

 

The other was Chen Yi’s personal journal, which recorded various important daily matters.

 

Most of the journal was about records of spiritual herb cultivation, detailing the frequency and timing of watering with spiritual water and applying spiritual fertilizers.

 

The journal also included details about her emotional entanglement with Zhang Xiaofan.

 

It turned out that she had once been pregnant with Zhang Xiaofan’s child. During that time, as she felt the life growing inside her, Chen Yi was both happy and fearful.

 

Her fears were about how the fragile new life would face the perilous world of immortal cultivation.

 

Her joy was that, although she had been coerced into a relationship with Zhang Xiaofan, she gradually accepted him after becoming pregnant. Zhang Xiaofan had treated her very well, almost with meticulous care.

 

During that period, she had been the happiest she had ever been within the Corpse Demon Sect. It made her view the world of immortal cultivation more positively, and she began to think that having a companion might make the path of cultivation less arduous than she had previously imagined.

 

But she had underestimated the complexity of human nature and overestimated Zhang Xiaofan’s fidelity to love!

 

Good times didn’t last long, and soon Zhang Xiaofan became involved with Lu Chan.

 

Zhang Xiaofan, having climbed to a higher branch, didn’t expect his affair with Chen Yi to be exposed and discovered by the narrow-minded Lu Chan. She forcibly induced Chen Yi to miscarry.

 

Thinking that their emotional entanglement would be covered up, Chen Yi did not expect Lu Chan to learn about it later.

 

Lu Chan was narrow-minded and vengeful.

 

During her escape, Chen Yi had the misfortune of encountering Lu Chan and her group.

 

Thus, the scene in the cave came to be.

 

Song Wen also found Chen Yi’s hometown address in the journal.

 

Zhaoguo, Guancheng Wangjia Village.

 

"Zhaoguo?" Song Wen murmured softly.

 

The Beastmaster Sect’s East Huafang Market, which is quite famous in the cultivation world, seems to be not far from Zhaoguo.

 

Perhaps he could go to the Beastmaster Sect and see if there is a method to advance the Black Armored Gu to the Sacred Gu.

 

Although the Black Armored Gu is a type of insect, and the Beastmaster Sect deals with spirit beasts and spirit insects, different paths can lead to the same goal. It might be possible to find a method for cultivating insects from the Beastmaster Sect’s techniques.

 

Moreover, if he remembered correctly, Brother Xu’s family was also in Zhaoguo.

 

"Then let’s go. It’s a good opportunity to visit Brother Xu’s family as well. After all, I promised Brother Xu and took two bottles of Corpse Qi from him."

 

Given the current situation with the war between righteous and demonic forces, staying in the demonic territory was clearly unwise. It’s better to stay as far away as possible and take this opportunity to visit the righteous sect’s territory.

 

After two more days of travel, Song Wen finally left the range of the Tuo Cang Mountains. The peaks in front of him gradually became lower, and the terrain was no longer dominated by towering mountains.

 

This was no longer demonic territory, so he no longer needed to be as cautious as before.

 

Song Wen took out a flying boat, activated the "Eternal Life Art," and propelled the boat into the sky. It soon vanished into the horizon.

 

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Wangjia Village, Back Mountain.

 

The villagers, busy all day to make a living, did not notice the addition of a small grave mound.

 

The grave had no monument or offerings of incense and paper money.

 

Not far from the mountain was a dilapidated farmhouse, where an elderly couple lived with their son, daughter-in-law, and two young grandsons.

 

Whenever traveling merchants passed through the village, the elderly couple would ask them if they had seen their daughter who had been missing for years.

 

Years ago, Chen Yi had been forcibly abducted by Shi Shou while she was alone at home. Her parents had no idea where she had gone and had been desperately searching for her with a glimmer of hope ever since.

 

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After burying Chen Yi, Song Wen headed to Brother Xu’s home.

 

Brother Xu’s family was quite well-off. His father was a wealthy landowner who had grown old, over seventy years of age. In this world where medical knowledge was limited, seventy was considered a long life, approaching the end.

 

As for Brother Xu’s mother, she had passed away many years ago.

 

When the elderly man heard that Song Wen had come specifically to deliver news about Brother Xu, he alternated between smiling and wiping away tears.

 

"How is Xu Liang doing?"

 

It was at this moment that Song Wen learned Brother Xu’s real name was Xu Liang.

 

"Brother Xu is doing quite well," Song Wen said.

 

"Then why didn’t he come himself?" the elderly man asked.

 

Song Wen was momentarily at a loss, not knowing how to respond.

 

After Brother Xu left, Song Wen had not seen him again. Whether he had succeeded in foundation building or not, he should have returned to the Corpse Demon Sect.

 

Brother Xu not returning to the Corpse Demon Sect could only mean one thing...

 

Brother Xu had most likely fallen.

 

After pondering for a long time, Song Wen, unsure how to comfort the old man, finally said something half-true, half-false.

 

"Brother Xu is cultivating the Dao. He has become like an immortal in the eyes of mortals. Immortals and mortals are separate, and not seeing each other again is beneficial for both of you."

 

After using pure, righteous energy to help the old man, Song Wen left gracefully.

 

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Next stop, East Huafang Market!

 

(End of the Chapter)

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