Record of a Demon's Cultivation-Chapter 524: Ji Qing’s Death

Translator: Cinder Translations

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"Ji Yin, you've hidden yourself quite well. As a demonic cultivator, not only can you use thunder techniques, but you also possess yang fire, and you even have a death-replacement puppet. I've underestimated you," Ji Qing said with a solemn expression.

Song Wen noticed that Ji Qing had suddenly stopped his attack, so he also refrained from making any further moves.

After all, the longer Ji Qing stayed in the rift, the deeper his poisoning would become, which would only benefit Song Wen.

"Just a few tricks. In a direct confrontation, I'm far from your match," Song Wen replied.

Ji Qing's cultivation and physical strength were far superior to Song Wen's, and he also had a mid-grade soul defense artifact, so Focused Spirit Stab was not a threat to him. Thus, in a head-to-head battle, Song Wen was no match for him.

Ji Qing said, "We have no deep hatred between us, so why not let this go? You want to kill me, but it's only for the spirit stones and treasures. I can give you my storage ring."

Song Wen flipped his hand, and the Earth Burial Lotus appeared in his palm.

"Between us, there is no great enmity. However, you have long harbored ill intentions toward me," Song Wen replied.

What Song Wen referred to was the tracking mark Ji Qing had placed on the Earth Burial Lotus.

Ji Qing's face darkened. "So, you've already discovered it."

With those words, Ji Qing's body suddenly shot upward into the sky.

With his speed, Ji Yin would have no chance of catching up.

As long as he escaped from the rift at the bottom of the sea, with no more poison threatening him, though his injuries were severe, he no longer had to fear Ji Yin, who only had early-stage Golden Core cultivation.

However, he had barely flown less than a mile when, above him, three figures suddenly appeared.

Two were corpse puppets, and one was a ghost.

All three had mid-tier third-level strength.

The two corpses and the ghost formed a triangular encirclement and quickly pounced toward Ji Qing.

Ji Qing summoned a black spear and swung it, sending several spear slashes toward the two corpses and the ghost.

The spear only managed to push the three back without heavily injuring them, as Ji Qing's injuries had weakened him significantly.

Just as Ji Qing broke free from the encirclement of the two corpses and the ghost, he saw a flash of blood light above him. Song Wen suddenly appeared.

"Ji Qing, you can't escape," Song Wen said.

Song Wen threw a pair of Jade Light Flames with both hands.

The two blazing flames cut through the cold seawater, leaving two dazzling tracks as they shot toward Ji Qing.

Ji Qing's eyes narrowed, and he swung his spear, creating numerous afterimages with its tip.

With two soft hissing sounds, the Jade Light Flames were precisely punctured by the spear, scattering into countless sparks.

The golden flame illuminated Ji Qing's face, making his terrified expression stand out clearly.

Ji Qing was horrified to realize that his body had suddenly become weak and exhausted.

His form began to shrink, gradually becoming the size of an ordinary person.

He had been poisoned too deeply, and his body had been severely corroded. His Immortal Corpse Transformation had been forcibly undone.

Blugh.

Ji Qing opened his mouth and spewed a blob of black blood, as dark as ink.

His breath rapidly weakened, and he had reached the brink of death.

"Ji Yin, spare me. I have a recipe for a pill called the 'Nascent Spirit Pill,' and I've already gathered all the necessary spiritual herbs for it. The Nascent Spirit Pill can increase the chances of forming a Nascent Soul by 20%. I'll trade the recipe and the herbs for my life," Ji Qing begged.

Song Wen replied, "If I kill you, the recipe and the herbs will be mine."

"The recipe and the herbs aren't with me. I left them in my cave. If you kill me, you will never be able to obtain them," Ji Qing said.

Song Wen was slightly taken aback when he heard this.

This was somewhat beyond his expectations.

However, sparing Ji Qing was out of the question.

Regardless of whether Ji Qing was telling the truth or not, he had to die!

The Void-Breaking Blade slashed out, Ji Qing's head was severed clean from his shoulders.

Song Wen flew forward, grabbing Ji Qing's head with one hand and his body with the other.

Soul Search!

From the fragmented memories gathered through the soul search, it was clear that Ji Qing's last words were lies.

The recipe for the Nascent Spirit Pill and the spiritual herbs he had collected were all on him, except for a single herb named Spirit Candle Fruit.

Ji Qing had obtained a Spirit Candle Fruit Tree, but since the herb was still immature, he had transplanted the entire tree to a spiritual field on Wu Ji Island, where it was being carefully tended by specialists.

Song Wen didn't have time to sift through the memories; he immediately began to devour Ji Qing's essence blood.

From Ji Qing's corpse, Song Wen could clearly sense that Ji Qing had cultivated the Corpse King Blood Refining Technique. By consuming his qi, Song Wen's cultivation would surely break through to the later stages of the Golden Core realm.

Before the battle began, Song Wen had already released several Shadow Gu to scout the area.

With the Shadow Gu on guard, Song Wen wasn't afraid of anyone detecting the battle and suddenly approaching.

The rich qi, along with the essence blood, poured into Song Wen's body like a flood.

Guided by the qi within Song Wen, this external qi flowed into his meridians.

However, the external qi was far too massive, surpassing Song Wen's own qi. This caused excruciating pain in his meridians, almost as if they were about to tear apart.

The qi continuously flowed into the Golden Core inside the spiritual world, causing the golden light to shine brightly. Song Wen's cultivation quickly surged, rapidly reaching the bottleneck of the mid-Golden Core stage.

The bottleneck lasted only for a moment before being overwhelmed by the incoming qi.

Song Wen broke through to the later stage of the Golden Core realm!

His cultivation continued to grow until the later Golden Core stage was fully stabilized, and only then was the qi from Ji Qing's body completely devoured.

The sudden surge in qi made it difficult for Song Wen to control it, and a powerful aura radiated from his body.

The current situation clearly wasn't suited for closed-door cultivation.

Song Wen searched Ji Qing's body and obtained three storage rings. He burned the corpse to ashes, then recalled the Shadow Gu and left the rift beneath the sea.

He proceeded onward and smoothly exited the Valley of Reincarnation.

After some brief thought, Song Wen headed toward Extreme Yin Island.

Shan Yue was still on the island, and her connection to the Saintly Spirit Pill meant that she could not die just yet.

Ji Qing's death remained a secret, with no one else knowing.

Moreover, during the exploration of the Valley of Rebirth, Ji Qing and Zhu Yin had their own hidden agendas and hadn't informed anyone else.

In other words, apart from Zhu Yin, no one knew that Ji Qing had perished in the Valley of Rebirth. To avoid being implicated, Zhu Yin wouldn't disclose this matter.

Therefore, for the time being, no one would link Ji Qing's death to Song Wen.

Half a Month Later.

Song Wen, traveling at full speed, returned to Ji Yin Island.

He didn't rashly return by air but instead submerged into the sea, concealing his aura, slowly approaching and finally stopping in the deep sea, about ten miles from the island.

Song Wen scanned the island with his spiritual sense and found that everything was calm, with no abnormalities.

An Tong and An Yin were taking care of the spiritual herbs in the spiritual field.

It was worth noting that An Tong was still at the ninth level of Qi Refining, indicating that her Foundation Establishment attempt had failed.

Shan Yue was in a pavilion beside the spiritual field, idly chatting with the two sisters, like a pampered lady of high status.

"As expected, Wu Ji Island didn't suspect me after Ji Qing's death."

Just as this thought crossed Song Wen's mind, the Shadow Gu left on the island arrived at his side.

Immediately, his thoughts changed.

The Shadow Gu informed Song Wen that someone was watching Ji Yin Island.

About ten days ago, six people had arrived at the island, one of whom was a Golden Core cultivator.

These people had not alerted the three women on the island. Instead, they waited until Song Wen had left the island, then quietly entered the water, heading to a cave thirty miles to the east underwater, where they set up a formation.

Afterward, the Golden Core cultivator left with three of them, leaving behind two Foundation Establishment cultivators who were hiding inside the formation.

TL/N: This is the level of cautiousness that every cultivation novel author needs to write in the story, a stupid MC at Qi Refinement going and challenging a freaking nascent soul is not realistic in any world.

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