Record of a Demon's Cultivation

Chapter 231: Qingyan’s Death



Translator: Cinder Translations

After a moment of contemplation, Song Wen decided to send the Sacred Gu in first to scout.

The six Sacred Gu entered the dense spiritual mist from different directions.

As soon as the Sacred Gu went a few meters into the mist, Song Wen lost contact with them and could no longer sense their existence.

A few breaths later, the six Sacred Gu emerged from the mist in the opposite directions they entered, without finding any trace of Du Tianhua.

Seeing this, Song Wen immediately decided not to waste time on Du Tianhua; devouring the Blood Snake was more urgent.

He instructed the six Sacred Gu to guard the mist from different directions, then turned and darted toward the "Devouring Soul Formation."

No one was activating the "Devouring Soul Formation," nor was it temporarily sealed, and the blood snake inside showed signs of slowly dissipating.

Song Wen approached the Blood Snake and plunged his hands into its body.

Massive amounts of vital blood and a surge of spiritual energy flowed into Song Wen's body.

The "Longevity Technique" automatically began circulating within him, madly absorbing this external spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy was exceptionally pure and identical to the spiritual energy of Song Wen's "Longevity Technique," making it extremely easy to refine-so easy that refining wasn't even necessary.

The spiritual energy flowed through Song Wen's meridians and naturally merged with his existing "Longevity Technique" energy, circulating throughout his body before finally settling in his dantian.

Song Wen's cultivation level began to rise at a visible speed.

Song Wen's eyes brightened—he hadn't expected that devouring the Blood Snake would bring such a pleasant surprise.

Perhaps this was why, when he first saw the Blood Snake, he had felt an overwhelming urge to devour it.

Song Wen immediately sat cross-legged and fully activated the "Longevity Technique," refining the spiritual energy from the Blood Snake.

At the same time, he summoned the Silver Corpse and Black Armor Ghost King to guard him as protectors.

His vital blood and cultivation rapidly increased, a scene that felt somewhat familiar to Song Wen.

Upon recalling, Song Wen realized that when he had killed Shi Shou devoured his vital blood, there had also been a surge of spiritual energy absorbed into his body.

Afterward, Song Wen speculated that it might have been because both he and Shi Shou had cultivated the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique," allowing him to absorb some of the spiritual energy from Shi Shou's body.

At the time, Song Wen had also devoured the vital blood of eight other Qi Refining cultivators of the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique," but did not absorb any spiritual energy from them, likely because their cultivation levels were too low.

Of course, this was only Song Wen's speculation, and he wasn't sure if it was right or wrong. Since then, he hadn't encountered anyone else cultivating the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique," leaving him unable to verify it.

The "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique" and the "Longevity Technique" were two completely different cultivation methods-one was an evil demonic technique, while the other was a proper Daoist method.

Yet, when Song Wen devoured vital blood, he was able to absorb some spiritual energy from it in both cases, which was indeed strange and bizarre.

As Song Wen's thoughts wandered, he suddenly realized that the spiritual energy of the "Longevity Technique" had grown to the peak of the Foundation Establishment early stage.

At this point, the Blood Snake, originally more than two meters long, had only one meter left.

Realizing that he was about to break through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, Song Wen felt a surge of joy and continued to refine the spiritual energy, devouring more from the Blood Snake.

In his dantian, the spiritual energy of the "Longevity Technique" condensed into a vortex of white spiritual liquid, suddenly expanding several times in size. Song Wen's cultivation

surged explosively.

Everything fell into place naturally.

Song Wen smoothly broke through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

However, with over half a meter of the Blood Snake remaining, Song Wen's cultivation continued to grow rapidly.

At the same time, he felt a sense of swelling and pain in his body-a result of absorbing too much vital blood.

Enduring the discomfort in his body, Song Wen continued to devour the Blood Snake.

After a little over a quarter of an hour, the Blood Snake was completely consumed. Song Wen opened his eyes, unable to hide the joy within them.

The "Longevity Technique" had just barely reached the early stage of Foundation Establishment, but to his surprise, it advanced to the mid-stage before the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique," and was now not far from the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

The swelling pain in his body grew stronger, giving him a feeling as if he might explode.

This was not the place to reverse his blood energy and expel the excess, so Song Wen endured the discomfort, using his spiritual sense to connect with the Sacred Gu. He found out that there was still no sign of Du Tianhua.

The area covered by the concealing spiritual mist was relatively flat and open. Unless Du Tianhua had the ability to tunnel underground, there was no way he could escape the six insects' surveillance.

Du Tianhua was still hiding in the mist.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Song Wen instructed the Sacred Gu to continue monitoring the mist, then turned to look at Su Qian, Daoist Qingyan, and Su Wenshi's corpse.

Because Su Wenshi had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, his soul remained

intact and had not yet dissipated.

Daoist Qingyan, who had been mutilated into a human swine, was in increasingly worse condition, her breath faint and on the verge of death.

Su Qian, having secretly taken healing pills during Song Wen's battle with Du Tianhua, had improved significantly. He was no longer on the brink of death, though he still had little to no fighting strength left.

Song Wen approached Su Wenshi's corpse, thrusting his hand into Su Wenshi's shattered skull. Time was short, so Song Wen skipped soul-searching and directly devoured his soul.

Afterward, he used a corpse-sealing technique to preserve Su Wenshi's body, preventing it from rotting or his vital blood from leaking out. At this point, Song Wen did not dare to continue devouring any more blood.

With his short spear in hand, Song Wen coldly approached Su Qian.

Su Qian's expression turned terrified. "Fellow Daoist, you and I are strangers, with no grudges

between us. Spare me, please. In this valley, I've hidden a large stash of spirit stones and spiritual herbs. If you let me live, all the treasures I've collected over the years will be yours."

Song Wen acted as if he hadn't heard, thrusting his short spear directly into Su Qian's head.

"I know the secret of the ancient Longevity Palace..."

The short spear pierced Su Qian's skull, and a surge of lightning exploded, instantly

shattering his head into pieces.

Song Wen pressed his hand over the wound where Su Qian's head had burst, preparing to

devour his soul.

What he didn't expect was for Su Qian's soul to voluntarily rush out of his body, attempting to

invade Song Wen's sea of consciousness.

"You little brat, you dare destroy my body! I will take over your soul and possess your body.

Though your cultivation is low, your physical body is quite light."

Song Wen smirked. "Not this again."

In his sea of consciousness, a black hole flashed briefly, pulling Su Qian's soul into it.

Having dealt with Su Qian, Song Wen walked over to Daoist Qingyan.

Seeing Song Wen appear in her field of vision, a glimmer of hope flashed in Daoist Qingyan's

eyes.

"Save... save me! I am a Golden Core cultivator of the Beastmaster Sect, named Qingyan. If you

save me, I'll reward you with many spirit stones and treasures."

Song Wen's lips curled into a sinister smile.

"You're the one I came to kill."

With a hand as hard as iron claws, he pierced Daoist Qingyan's chest.

"Why..." Daoist Qingyan's face was filled with disbelief. She couldn't understand why this

stranger was determined to wipe her out.

Song Wen responded coldly, "Do you remember the Foundation Establishment cultivator you chased outside East Huafang Market, the one who cultivated the 'Longevity Technique'?"

(End of the Chapter)

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