Record of a Demon's Cultivation-Chapter 525: Secret Surveillance

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Guided by the Shadow Gu, Song Wen located the cave where the formation had been set up.

This cave had existed for a long time, and the formation within had a very strong aura-concealing effect. If it hadn't been for the Shadow Gu' warning, Song Wen would never have noticed the trap or the fact that someone was secretly monitoring the area.

"It must be people from Wu Ji Island. But why are they monitoring Ji Yin Island? Could they already know that Ji Qing was killed by me? But how could Wu Ji Island have found out about this?" Song Wen thought, filled with questions.

To avoid alarming the enemies, he didn't rashly break the formation. Instead, he silently withdrew without disturbing the two people hiding inside.

Song Wen then took out Shan Yue's communication jade slip and sent her a message:

"At the hour of Zi (11:00PM-1:00AM) tonight, meet me alone beneath the cliff to the west of the island. I will be waiting there. Be sure to conceal your appearance and aura, and do not tell An Tong and An Yin about this."

After reading the message, Shan Yue's expression turned somewhat strange.

"He wants me to go out in the middle of the night. Could it be that he has something up his sleeve?" she muttered to herself.

Shan Yue felt somewhat resentful, as she had grown dissatisfied with Song Wen. Whenever he needed her, he would summon her; once the task was done, he would send her away, as though she were merely a tool for his use.

Zi Hour. (11:00PM-1:00AM)

The night was deep.

At the base of the cliff to the west of the island, the waves crashed against the rocky shore, producing a booming sound.

Shan Yue, dressed in a black cloak, arrived quietly.

She looked around but didn't see Song Wen's figure.

Confused, she remembered Song Wen's instructions to conceal her appearance and aura, so she didn't call out.

Suddenly, a tiny worm crawled out from the rocks and plunged into the waves.

"Could it be that Song Wen wants to meet under water?" Shan Yue's face flushed slightly, and she felt a hint of anticipation as she too entered the water.

The Shadow Gu seemed to be deliberately waiting for her, as it didn't move quickly in the water.

Half an hour later, Shan Yue was surprised to find that, under the guidance of the Shadow Gu, she had arrived at a small deserted island where she had once stayed.

In an underwater cave, she met Song Wen.

"Ji Yin, it's been a while since I've seen you. What is it that you want me to come here for?" Shan Yue noticed something unusual.

If it were only for a romantic tryst, there would have been no need for all the secrecy or the trouble of meeting on a small island miles away.

"Ji Yin Island has been targeted. Someone is secretly watching us, and we must leave immediately," Song Wen said.

Shan Yue had many questions in her heart but didn't ask Song Wen what kind of trouble he had gotten into or where they were going. She simply nodded slightly.

Song Wen summoned a small flying boat, took Shan Yue aboard, and disappeared into the night.

As for An Tong and An Yin, neither of them was mentioned.

Both of them relied on Song Wen's protection and enjoyed the rich spiritual energy on Ji Yin Island, but they were of no real value to Song Wen. If that was the case, they should be prepared to be discarded at any moment.

Before Shan Yue arrived, Song Wen had already gone through the three storage rings he had obtained from Ji Qing.

The first one was Ji Qing's.

Naturally, Song Wen was most interested in the Nascent Spirit Pill formula.

The formula for the Nascent Spirit Pill was recorded in a notebook, which detailed over seventy types of spiritual herbs. More than sixty of these herbs were common, while the remaining ten or so were rarer.

Of these rare herbs, except for four, Ji Qing's storage ring contained all of them, with at least two of each herb.

It was worth noting that there were two Earth Dragon Herbs in the ring as well.

Thus, what he told Zhu Yin at the seabed fissure—that he hadn't found any more Earth Dragon Herbs—was a lie.

The four missing spiritual herbs were: Spirit Candle Fruit, 3rd-Tier Blood King Honey, Mystic Ice Crystal, and Purple Spirit Ginseng.

Song Wen had the 3rd-Tier Blood King Honey, so he only lacked the Spirit Candle Fruit, Mystic Ice Crystal, and Purple Spirit Ginseng.

The former, Ji Qing had gathered, but he had planted it in the spiritual herb garden on Wu Ji Island.

As for the Mystic Ice Crystal, Song Wen had some clues from Ji Qing's memories, revealing that Fang Zhuo of Xing Family in Fang City possessed this herb.

After Xing Yixuan arrived at Wu Ji Island's Bao Jitang, Ji Qing had visited several times specifically to acquire the Mystic Ice Crystal.

Meanwhile, Xing Yixuan was seeking the Frost Bone Wood.

This explained Ji Qing's agitation, when Zi Yun from the Liangyi sect seized the Frost Bone Wood in the Valley of Rebirth.

Initially, Si Xi had claimed he wanted the Frost Bone Wood, but this was just a ruse to mislead others.

Ji Qing was passionate about body refining. As such, his storage ring contained many body refining pills and herbs. Among them were eight Blood Jade Corals, enough to prepare Corpse Curse Water that would allow Song Wen to cultivate for nearly twenty years.

The black spear was Ji Qing's personal magic weapon, and it wasn't of much use to Song Wen.

In his storage ring, there was also a corpse puppet that originally belonged to Zhu Yin but was later captured by Ji Qing. It was a peak Golden Core-level corpse puppet.

Ji Qing didn't specialize in corpse refining and didn't have any corpse-refining treasures like the Corpse Coffin. Therefore, he had carelessly thrown the corpse puppet into his storage ring, which was somewhat of a waste.

The corpse puppet still bore the soul imprint left by Zhu Yin's refining, and in order for Song Wen to control it, he would need to erase his imprint.

Song Wen's spiritual awareness was at the peak Golden Core level, comparable to Zhu Yin's, so erasing the imprint wasn't particularly difficult, though it would take some time and effort.

The corpse puppet had a bowl-sized hole in its chest, and by using some corpse-realm spiritual materials, it could be repaired.

What Song Wen found a bit disappointing was that Ji Qing's storage ring did not contain the cultivation method for the Immortal Corpse Transformation.

Next, he examined Si Xi's storage ring.

The most intriguing items in this ring were a set of formation arrays meticulously drawn by Ji Qing.

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Based on the method of formation, these could be classified into two types.

The first type consisted of complete formations where the formation patterns were etched onto formation flags and plates. These formations could be quickly set up by any cultivator, as long as the formation flags and plates were refined and there was sufficient spiritual power.

The second type required temporary etching of formation patterns. These formations could only be arranged by a formation master, and they were usually more time-consuming to set up. However, they tended to be more powerful.

In Si Xi's storage ring, there were three complete formations that Song Wen found useful: Soul-Shadow Hidden Spirit Formation, Yellow Spring Ghost Slayer Formation, and Nine Stars Beast Subduing Formation.

Each of these formations was an exquisite three-tier high-level array, each with tremendous power.

The Soul-Shadow Hidden Spirit Formation combined both concealment and defensive abilities. Once set up, even a normal Nascent Soul cultivator would have difficulty detecting it.

The Yellow Spring Ghost Slayer Formation was a formation designed to trap and kill enemies.

The Nine Stars Beast Subduing Formation relied on the power of the stars to trap and slay demonic beasts.

The third storage ring contained a pill furnace, a jade slip, and a meditation cushion.

These three items were all obtained by Ji Qing from the underwater tomb.

The jade slip contained the tomb master's notes on pill refining.

The pill furnace was a top-tier magic treasure, extremely rare even in the entire Tianyuan Continent.

The meditation cushion was a medium-tier magic treasure, useful for aiding cultivation.

Perhaps due to Ji Qing's large expenditure in collecting the spiritual herbs needed for the Nascent Spirit Pill, he had little left. On the other hand, Si Xi was obsessed with formations, and the amount of spiritual stones in their rings was limited, totaling just over forty high-grade spiritual stones.

(End of the Chapter)

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