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Record of a Demon's Cultivation-Chapter 452: The Corpse Refining Great Formation
Chapter 452 - The Corpse Refining Great Formation
Translator: Cinder Translations
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Song Wen descended along the mountain, successfully reaching the foot of the mountain.
Perhaps due to the contamination of the ghostly mist, the foot of the mountain, like the mountain itself, was barren and desolate, with not a single blade of grass, completely devoid of vitality.
At a flat area about ten yards from the mountain, Song Wen discovered an underground crack.
After confirming that there was no danger in the crack, Song Wen leapt down.
The crack was shallow, only about ten yards deep.
Song Wen reached the bottom of the crack and carved out a temporary cave dwelling.
A clever rabbit has three burrows!
At a location about a yard away from the crack, Song Wen dug two different tunnels leading to the surface.
These two tunnels were not fully excavated but were left with half a yard of rock at the surface.
In case of an emergency, Song Wen could directly break through the rock layer and escape.
Song Wen hid the Ghost King in the crack to monitor any activity on the surface.
He then set up the Breath Concealment and Spirit Isolation Array in the cave and began his quiet meditation.
During the past two years on the surrounding islands, he had devoured many beast souls, and after entering the secret realm, he had consumed eight third-rank vengeful spirits.
This caused his spiritual consciousness to reach a bottleneck, showing signs of advancing.
Song Wen planned to meditate in this temporary cave until the secret realm closed, at which point he would be forcibly sent out of the realm.
According to Xing Wenyao, the secret realm would close in another six months. At that time, he would be sent back to the place where he first entered, a lush and dense forest.
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Song Wen was confident that with his control over his aura, he could easily hide in a secluded spot in the forest, making it difficult for anyone to find him.
Sitting down on the ground, Song Wen calmed his mind and began operating the Forbidden Divine Art.
The spiritual consciousness bottleneck at the middle stage of the Golden Core realm came faster than Song Wen had anticipated.
After only a few days of seclusion, he clearly felt the presence of the bottleneck.
Perhaps due to consuming too many souls, a large amount of soul fragments had been refined and turned into nutrients to expand his sea of consciousness. In just half a month, his spiritual consciousness broke through the bottleneck, and his spiritual power skyrocketed.
As a result, Song Wen's sea of consciousness and soul gradually began to strengthen.
This process lasted about half a month, after which his sea of consciousness and soul stabilized, and his spiritual consciousness strength broke through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm.
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Xing Yixuan had been guarding outside the cave halfway up the mountain for a full three months.
Several times, she suspected that Song Wen had already been killed by the vengeful spirits in the cave.
Since the Soul-cleaving Talisman on her had already run out, she dared not enter the cave to investigate.
The ghostly mist at the halfway point of the mountain was as dense as the outer perimeter of the Misty Ghost Realm. The diamond-shaped jade pendant she wore on her chest could not permanently resist the mist's corrosion.
After long exposure to the mist, the pendant showed signs of being eroded by the ghostly mist.
To restore the pendant to its original state, she would need to leave the mist-filled area and refine the pendant again.
However, the entire secret realm was enveloped in the ghostly mist, leaving no place without it.
To prevent the pendant from being completely corroded by the mist and losing its protective ability, Xing Yixuan had no choice but to retreat to the foot of the mountain.
The ghostly mist was thinner at the foot of the mountain, and the pendant would last another year or two.
As for Song Wen, she planned to ask Xing Wenyao to check the cave if she met him. Alternatively, after leaving the secret realm, she would report that Xing Li was killed by Song Wen, and have the two Nascent Soul cultivators, Xing Wenyao and Xing Gaohan, deal with him.
When Xing Yixuan arrived at the small plaza to meet her two subordinates, she found the plaza completely empty.
Xing Yixuan recalled that Xing Wenyao had mentioned there were several ruins at the foot of the mountain.
She speculated that her two subordinates had gone to search for ruins and treasures.
Thus, she began to search the foot of the mountain for ruins while also looking for traces of her two subordinates.
The secret realm was larger than she had expected, and it took her half a month to find her two subordinates—the Ox-faced and Horse-faced men.
For the next period of time, the three of them traveled together, searching for various ruins.
However, the secret realm had already been searched by the ancestors of the Xing family, so the trio's findings were not plentiful.
One day,
Xing Yixuan and her two companions discovered an underground entrance.
This entrance was located at the foot of the mountain and was covered by a pile of rubble.
After clearing the rubble and revealing a sloping stone staircase, the three of them were filled with excitement.
It was highly likely that this ruin had never been discovered before!
After descending for about a mile, the trio arrived at the end of the stone steps.
It led to an underground pit.
The pit was several miles wide, with thick bone residue piled inside.
The bone residue was several yards high, formed by the wind erosion of corpses.
It was unimaginable how many living beings had to perish to create such an astounding amount of bone residue.
At the center of the pit, there was a stone platform.
The stone platform was several yards long and wide, with its bottom submerged beneath the remains, leaving only a small section of the top exposed.
The three of them leapt into the air and flew toward the stone platform.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, a transparent barrier lit up on the stone platform.
The horse-faced man, flying in the front, collided with the barrier unexpectedly.
In an instant, the barrier flared with black light, and a strong malevolent aura swept out like a wild wind and giant waves.
The horse-faced man, unprepared, was knocked back several dozen yards, blood spurting from his mouth, staining the air.
"Ma Qi, are you alright?" Xing Yixuan asked.
"Miss, I'm fine. Just a little internal injury," Ma Qi replied.
"That's good!" Xing Yixuan nodded in response.
Her gaze then shifted toward the high platform, her eyes glinting with an unmistakable light of excitement.
After tens of thousands of years, the formation on the high platform could still function, which showed the importance of this place.
There must be something extremely valuable on the high platform!
She turned to the ox-faced man beside her.
"Niu Ying, do you have any confidence in cracking this formation?"
Niu Ying stared at the formation barrier on the platform, observing for a moment before saying, "This formation doesn't seem to be an offensive or defensive formation. It appears to be a demonic formation, the Corpse Refining Great Formation, used to refine the aura of corpse spirits."
Xing Yixuan said, "The Corpse Refining Great Formation! Is there a way to break it?"
Niu Ying replied, "Breaking this formation is not difficult, but my understanding of the Corpse Refining Great Formation is limited, so I'll need some time."
"How long will it take?" Xing Yixuan asked.
"At the fastest, a few days; at the slowest, one or two months," Niu Ying answered.
"That's fine. There are still five months before the secret realm closes, so we have enough time. The objects here must be extraordinary, so unless absolutely necessary, it's better not to use drastic measures to forcefully break the formation, to avoid damaging the treasures on the high platform."
Xing Yixuan pondered for a moment and then continued, "Niu Ying, you focus on breaking the formation, and I'll protect you."
She then turned to Ma Qi and instructed, "Ma Qi, make sure to heal your injuries quickly."
"Yes!" the two responded in unison and began to carry out their respective tasks according to Xing Yixuan's orders.
Xing Yixuan then turned back to the stone steps at the entrance and used her magic to manipulate the rubble outside, sealing the entrance once again to prevent others from discovering it and disturbing the corpse pit.
(End of the Chapter)
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