Record of a Demon's Cultivation

Chapter 284: Trapped in Confusion



Translator: Cinder Translations

Believing he had thoroughly investigated Song Wen's background, Wang Ming's lips curled into a cold smile.

"Elder Wu, don't try to bluff in front of me. My spirit beast, the Spirit-Needle Mouse, has been monitoring you for a full three months. I already know everything inside your cave like the back of my hand."

Song Wen's expression changed to one of utter terror.

"Wang Ming, you actually... you actually monitored me."

Wang Ming replied, "Rest assured, as long as you cooperate, I won't leak your secrets. But if you don't cooperate, then I can't be held responsible."

Upon hearing this, Song Wen initially felt anger but soon felt deflated, like a defeated rooster.

"What do you want me to do?"

Seeing Song Wen's reaction, Wang Ming revealed a triumphant smile and said arrogantly, "I just need you to help me refine pills and secretly collect some rare spiritual herbs. By the way, how have you prepared the elixirs and Silver Horn Grass from three months ago?"

Song Wen, somewhat intimidated, replied, "I haven't prepared everything yet."

"Which things haven't you prepared? The elixirs or the Silver Horn Grass?"

"Neither... I haven't managed to get any. I've been busy cultivating these past three months and didn't refine any pills. As for the Silver Horn Grass, I didn't manage to obtain a single stalk."

"What!" Wang Ming suddenly became furious.

"Three months have passed, and you haven't prepared anything?"

"Useless!"

Wang Ming roared, advancing towards Song Wen.

A tremendous wave of spiritual power surged forth, crashing into Song Wen like a stormy sea.

Wang Ming was a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, while Song Wen only showed early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation.

In an instant, Song Wen was sent flying by the overwhelming spiritual power, crashing against the stone wall behind him.

"Pff!"

A mouthful of fresh blood spewed out.

Song Wen's aura became chaotic, sliding down the stone wall and collapsing to the ground, appearing gravely injured.

At that moment, an identity token slipped from Song Wen's chest.

Wang Ming raised his hand and swept it, taking the token into his hand. He infused it with a wave of spiritual energy, and the cave was suddenly opened.

He grabbed Song Wen and threw him into the cave.

Then, he stepped into the cave as well, activating the token to close the cave behind him.

Wang Ming's gaze swept around, eventually landing on the two snake pits in the corner of the

cave.

He walked over to the snake pits.

Although he had learned about the existence of the human-snake hybrids through the Spirit- Needle Mouse, seeing them in person still left him deeply shocked.

The sight of the human-snake hybrids, half human and half snake, was indeed astonishing.

"What kind of demon beast is this? Why haven't I heard of it before?" Wang Ming muttered to himself.

Song Wen struggled to stand up, stumbling toward the snake pit.

"Wang Ming, please leave my cave; this creature is extremely precious and not something you can touch."

Wang Ming didn't have much interest in the human-snake hybrids at first, but upon hearing this, a desire to claim them for himself arose in his heart.

Living second-tier demon beasts were worth at least tens of thousands of spirit stones.

And the two human-snake hybrids before him were clearly some kind of rare beings, their value undoubtedly even higher.

However, the two hybrids had been refined by the corpse-path secret technique of 'Wu Sheng', and their bodies were tainted with corpse energy, requiring some effort to remove it.

Once his greed ignited, it became uncontrollable.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Next to the snake pits were two massive corpse-raising coffins, and within them lay two

formation plates.

Wang Ming took one of the formation plates into his hand and prepared to disable the "Six- Hexagram Demon-Locking Array" on the snake pit.

Just then, he heard the sound of footsteps and Song Wen's voice from behind.

"You can't touch them..."

Before Song Wen could finish speaking, Wang Ming unleashed another wave of immense spiritual power, sending Song Wen flying several meters away.

Song Wen collapsed to the ground, continuously spewing blood, and several times attempted

to rise but failed to do so.

The "Six-Hexagram Demon-Locking Array" was the most commonly used formation by the Beastmaster Sect to imprison demon beasts.

Wang Ming was quite familiar with the controlling method of this formation.

He skillfully performed several hand seals towards the formation plate, causing the

formation barrier above one of the snake pits to vanish.

Then, Wang Ming used his technique to activate the restrictions within the human-snake hybrids, imprisoning their spiritual power.

The human-snake hybrids were like lambs awaiting slaughter, showing no resistance as Wang Ming dragged them in with his spiritual power and placed them into the corpse-raising

coffins.

He proceeded in the same manner.

The other human-snake hybrid was also stored in a coffin.

Using his spiritual power to drag the two coffins, Wang Ming approached the severely injured

Song Wen.

"What are you going to do?"

Song Wen was terrified, fearing that Wang Ming would kill him.

Wang Ming looked down at Song Wen, who lay on the ground.

"I won't kill you; that would violate the sect rules. However, these two human-snake hybrids

now belong to me."

"You're forcibly taking someone else's belongings! Aren't you afraid I'll report you to the

sect?"

Wang Ming scoffed, "You can try. Once the sect finds out that you are refining corpses using

demonic techniques, let's see whose fate will be worse."

"You..."

Song Wen glared at him, appearing speechless.

Wang Ming's expression turned arrogant and fierce.

"This is the consequence of not recognizing the danger. If you had cooperated with me

obediently, we wouldn't be in this situation."

Saying this, Wang Ming stacked the two coffins on top of each other, raised his hand, and waved a large piece of unknown beast hide over the coffins.

Immediately, the corpse energy emanating from the coffins was covered.

Once he confirmed that there were no outsiders outside the cave, he flashed out of the cave.

Then, along the cliff, he quickly descended.

In the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the dense forest below the cliff.

Hiding in the forest, Wang Ming was preparing to recall the Spirit-Needle Mouse from the

crevices of the cliff.

Suddenly, his expression changed.

Five individuals were flying through the air, heading toward Song Wen's cave.

The leader among them was someone he recognized: the elder steward of the Law Enforcement Hall, Leng Tianlu.

People from the Law Enforcement Hall!

What were they looking for regarding this 'Wu Sheng'?

Had 'Wu Sheng's' corpse refining activities been exposed?

Or had 'Wu Sheng' committed some other offense?

Or had my act of robbing 'Wu Sheng' been discovered?

Wang Ming's mind raced, unsure how to respond.

...

Leng Tianlu, accompanied by four disciples in the Qi Refining stage, arrived outside Song

Wen's cave. To his surprise, the cave was wide open.

He scanned the cave with his spiritual sense.

He found Song Wen severely injured and lying on the ground.

At the same time, he noticed the thick remnants of corpse energy lingering within the cave.

Leng Tianlu flew into the cave and approached Song Wen.

"You are Wu Sheng from the Alchemy Peak?"

Leng Tianlu's appearance was completely unexpected for Song Wen.

After Wang Ming had taken the human-snake hybrids, Song Wen had planned to notify Rong

Jingyun using a jade slip, but unexpectedly, Leng Tianlu and the other four had burst into the

cave.

With events unfolding outside of his plan, Song Wen could only continue to play along.

"Cough!"

Song Wen coughed up a mouthful of blood and feebly replied, "Yes, I am Wu Sheng."

Leng Tianlu asked, "Wu Sheng, who intruded into your cave and injured you?"

Song Wen shook his head, "No one did; I had an accident while practicing."

Leng Tianlu said coldly, "Since you're unwilling to reveal who harmed you, I won't press the

matter further."

"But someone reported you for avoiding the regulations and privately refining elixirs. While

this is not a major issue, it still violates sect rules."

"Come now, this will only result in a fine of spirit stones or perhaps a few years of being

stationed in a remote area with thin spiritual energy."

"To my surprise, there is actually a large amount of residual corpse energy in this cave. Cultivating demonic techniques is a grave offense. This time, you may find it hard to escape the consequences."

(End of the Chapter)

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