Record of a Demon's Cultivation-Chapter 439: Mount Ming Shen

Translator: Cinder Translations

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Then, Song Wen felt dizzy, and everything before him twisted into a surreal blur.

"Teleportation array? Or the entrance to some hidden realm?"

A strong sense of unease surged in Song Wen's heart.

The weightless feeling quickly dissipated, and Song Wen found himself in a small plaza.

The plaza was shrouded in black mist.

With a sweep of his spiritual sense, Song Wen realized that the mist was actually Ghost Mist, originating from the Misty Ghost Realm.

The mist in the plaza wasn't thick, but as he looked up, he noticed that the higher he went, the denser the mist became.

His spiritual sense could reach a two-mile radius around him, but when he probed higher, he could only sense up to one mile.

Not far from the plaza, there was a barren mountain, hidden within the Ghost Mist.

In the plaza, aside from Song Wen, there were dozens of others.

A female cultivator stood about two meters away from him.

She appeared to be around twenty years old, at the Qi Refining stage, with a delicate face filled with panic.

"Where is this? How did I end up here?"

"What's this black mist? Why is it creeping into my body?"

As the Ghost Mist invaded her body, the female cultivator's face gradually turned pained.

She looked at Song Wen with a frantic and helpless expression.

"Senior, help me, please... help me..."

With a surge of Ghost Qi entering her body, she could no longer stand, and her legs gave way, causing her to kneel on the ground.

She gazed up at Song Wen, her eyes filled with a desperate desire for life.

However, what she received in return was Song Wen's indifferent glance.

His eyes skimmed past her without any hesitation or sympathy.

His attention was drawn to a disturbance in the center of the plaza.

"What is this place?" Xing Li Ren asked in a shocked voice.

Standing beside him was Xing Yixuan.

Xing Yixuan had previously captured a peak-stage second-tier Nether Fox on the outskirts of the Misty Ghost Realm, so she knew how to defend against the Ghost Mist.

She wore a rhombus-shaped jade pendant on her chest, emitting a faint light that helped her resist the mist's corrosion.

Xing Li Ren noticed the change in Xing Yixuan's demeanor and formed a light golden shield.

This kind of shield could resist the Ghost Mist, and Song Wen had seen something similar before. When they were in the Nether Shrine, Tai He had used a similar spell.

On the Tian Yuan Continent, cultivators knew little about the Misty Ghost Realm, and even Tai He, a Nascent Soul cultivator, was helpless against the mist.

However, in the Chaotic Sea, the situation was completely different.

Since the Chaotic Sea was adjacent to the Misty Ghost Realm, many cultivators seemed to know ways to defend against the mist.

In the plaza, more than ten cultivators raised spiritual energy waves, each using their own methods to keep the Ghost Mist at bay.

Suddenly, two figures appeared beside Xing Li Ren and Xing Yixuan.

"Do not panic. This is Ming Shen Mountain, an ancient secret realm," one of them said.

When Xing Li Ren saw who had spoken, his face lit up with joy.

"Father, how did you end up here?"

After speaking, Xing Li Ren noticed the other person and quickly bowed, cupping his fists.

"Xing Li Ren pays his respects to Ancestor Wen Yao."

Two of the three Nascent Soul cultivators of the Xing family were present, and they were the two with the highest cultivation.

Xing Gaohan said, "This secret realm was opened by both me and Xing Wen Yao. We are bound to appear here."

Xing Li Ren's expression stiffened. "You two opened this secret realm?"

A wave of panic surged in his heart.

When they were on Zhenbao Peak, Xing Li Ren had clearly seen that the black formation which teleported them here appeared from a valley.

TLN: Zhenbao peak is where the Treasure Conference is held.

And that valley was less than twenty miles away from Zhenbao Peak.

This distance was within the spiritual sense range of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

This meant that Xing Gaohan and Xing Wen Yao were fully aware of everything that had happened on Zhenbao Peak.

Xing Li Ren's heart sank. Did this mean that the transaction between him and the Jing family had also been thoroughly exposed to them?

It seemed that Xing Gaohan had read Xing Li Ren's thoughts. His face grew cold as he said, "The foolish thing you did, we will deal with it after this mission is over."

Xing Li Ren's face turned pale in an instant. He lowered his head and spoke in a trembling voice.

"Father, I know I was wrong. I was blinded by greed. For the sake of my own desires, I caused the family's secrets to leak, bringing shame upon you."

Xing Gaohan shook his head. "Your mistake wasn't in spreading the 'Focused Spirit Stab,' it was in your poor planning that caused the matter to leak. As cultivators, to gain strength and cultivation, we will use any means necessary. Sacrificing a bit of family profit? What's the big deal?"

"Back then, when you and your mother conspired to do this in her palace, our spies there heard everything clearly. You were too careless."

"However, it turned out well. I had Xing Wen Yao reveal this matter to Xing Yixuan, letting her compete with you for the Heavenly Spirit Pill. This diverted attention from the secret realm's activation, reducing suspicions about the Ming Shen Mountain Secret Realm."

"The Ming Shen Mountain Secret Realm opens once every three hundred years. This is the thirteenth time our Xing family has entered. The 'Focused Spirit Stab' originates from here. The existence of the Ming Shen Mountain Secret Realm is a family secret, known only to a few outsiders."

"But there is no wall that doesn't have a crack!"

At this point, Xing Gaohan paused and turned his gaze toward a corner of the plaza.

"You agree, don't you, Jing family ancestor, Jing Wuming?"

An elderly man in gray robes, who had been standing beside Jing Lie, let out a loud laugh.

"Haha, nothing escapes Brother Xing's eyes. Well played, Brother Xing. By organizing a grand magical event, you managed to achieve two goals. Not only did you forge the Heavenly Spirit and Saintly Spirit Pills, but you also diverted the attention of many cultivators in the Chaotic Sea and stirred up a battle between two Golden Core cultivators, all to cover up the disturbances from the secret realm's activation."

Xing Gaohan's expression turned icy, and the killing intent in his eyes was unmasked.

"Jing Wuming, do you dare enter the secret realm alone, not afraid of me and Wen Yao joining forces to slay you here? Or do you think that you alone can defeat both of us?"

Jing Wuming's expression was calm. "I'm alone, but I'm certainly no match for the two of you. But who says that only the three of us Nascent Soul cultivators are here in the secret realm?"

Xing Gaohan's spiritual sense swept across the entire plaza, and he asked suspiciously, "Are there other Nascent Soul cultivators here?"

Jing Wuming raised his voice, "Yin Shuo, stop hiding and come out."

"Ke ke ke... Since the Jing family ancestor has so kindly invited me, I shall show myself," came a sinister voice.

The Ghost Mist in the sky suddenly swirled, and a figure slowly descended.

The newcomer's face was dark and greenish, with no trace of blood, looking like a corpse.

His sunken eye sockets glowed with two blood-red lights, resembling burning ghost fires.

His body was withered, resembling a rotten, dead tree, with no signs of life.

Xing Gaohan's face turned ice-cold as he spoke with a chilling voice, "Yin Shuo, what are you doing here?"

He then turned to look at Jing Wuming, his voice harsh. "Did you reveal the Ming Shen Mountain Secret Realm to Yin Shuo?"

Jing Wuming replied, "Brother Xing, you've misunderstood me. I merely noticed Yin Shuo hiding near Zhenbao Peak before the secret realm opened."

Xing Gaohan's eyes were cold as he glared at Yin Shuo, his voice dripping with both coldness and fury.

"Yin Shuo, you led my daughter to cultivate the incomplete devilish arts, making her suffer the torment of corpse transformation; her death was probably your carefully planned scheme. And yet, you dare to show your face before me?"

(End of the Chapter)

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