Record of a Demon's Cultivation-Chapter 599: Out of Control Furnace

Translator: Cinder Translations

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"Is there an important matter that requires such a powerful ship from the Wu Ji Sect?" An Yin asked.

Song Wen replied, "This matter has nothing to do with you. You sisters stay on the island and focus on your cultivation."

"Understood!" An Yin replied.

After dismissing An Yin, Song Wen returned to his cave residence and took out a jade slip.

The jade slip contained a sea map of the area around Wu Ji Island.

As he infused his spiritual energy, a sea region illusion appeared before him.

The islands surrounding Wu Ji Island were classified into three levels: 'Heaven,' 'Earth,' and 'Human.'

Heaven-grade islands were rare and could only be inhabited by Gold Core cultivators.

The map marked eighteen Heaven-grade islands that had already been occupied.

The closest island to Ji Yin Island was only about four thousand miles away.

This island, called Qing Shan Island, was to the south of Ji Yin Island, and Yun Cang's departure was heading in that direction.

Song Wen put away the jade slip without alerting An Tong and the others, and quietly left the cave.

He flew high in the air, using clouds and mist to conceal his figure.

In less than a quarter of an hour, he arrived near Qing Shan Island.

As he arrived, he happened to see the Star Chariot Divine Ship leave Qing Shan Island, heading in the southwest direction.

Song Wen took out the sea map and found that the closest Heaven-grade island in the southwest direction was about six thousand miles away.

He continued to follow.

As Song Wen had suspected, Yun Cang only used full speed when approaching islands where outer sect elders were located. At other times, the ship's speed was equivalent to that of a late-stage Gold Core cultivator.

Moreover, Song Wen noticed that Yun Cang only asked simple questions of most outer sect Gold Core elders.

If the person had sufficient evidence of their innocence or their cultivation was lower, Yun Cang did not suspect them further. He would leave after leaving a spiritual mark. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

Song Wen guessed that Yun Cang was deliberately causing a stir to force any guilty parties to erase the mark and flee. This would allow Yun Cang to identify the true culprit.

Song Wen followed Yun Cang to the sixth island, named Yi Hong Island, located over thirty thousand miles away from Ji Yin Island.

The Star Chariot Divine Ship was hovering above Yi Hong Island.

Not far from the ship, stood a late-stage Gold Core cultivator.

This person was the master of Yi Hong Island—Yi Hong.

Yi Hong was an alchemist, highly skilled in refining corpse-related magical treasures, especially the corpse burial coffins often used by corpse cultivators.

On Yi Hong Island, there was a large alchemy room.

The whole island constantly emitted a strong aura of corpses and ghostly flames.

Perhaps because Yi Hong's strength was suspected of being related to the murderer, Yun Cang's questioning of him was much more severe and detailed than for the previous suspects.

"Yi Hong, you say you have never left Yi Hong Island recently, but can anyone vouch for you?" Yun Cang asked.

Yi Hong replied, "There are four Foundation Establishment cultivators and seven Qi Refining cultivators on the island. They can all vouch for me."

Yun Cang sneered.

"They are your disciples and servants, would they easily betray you? I think you should come with me to Wu Ji Island for a thorough investigation, to truly clear your name."

Yi Hong replied, "It's not that I don't want to go to the sect, but I am currently refining a mid-grade magical treasure, and I really cannot leave at the moment. I ask Lord Yun to give me some more time. Once the treasure is finished, I will personally go to the sect and accept your investigation."

As he spoke, a storage bag flew into the air and headed towards the Star Chariot Divine Ship.

Yun Cang squinted his eyes and raised his hand, sending a gust of wind to send the storage bag back.

"Yi Hong, don't try to play tricks on me. It seems you still haven't understood the situation. The Hall Master isn't negotiating with you, he's giving you an order. The Hall Master orders you to drop everything and immediately come with him to the sect. If you resist, don't blame me, Yun Cang, for being ruthless."

A flash of displeasure crossed Yi Hong's eyes, but upon looking at the Star Chariot Divine Ship above, he had no choice but to suppress his dissatisfaction.

"I, Yi Hong, humbly obey the Hall Master's orders. Please wait a moment, Lord Yun. I will go and stop the furnace to prevent the spiritual fire from getting out of control and burning down the alchemy room."

"You've finally come to your senses. Have the four Foundation Establishment cultivators on your island come with you to the sect."

"Yes!" Yi Hong answered.

He turned and flew towards the alchemy room on the island.

Yun Cang closely watched every movement of Yi Hong. If he made any suspicious move, Yun Cang would immediately activate the Starry Sky Splitter Formation to ensure his death without a burial.

At that moment, an unexpected change occurred.

From within the alchemy room, a violent fluctuation of spiritual energy suddenly emanated.

Immediately after, a bone-chilling white, yin-type spiritual flame shot up into the sky.

The flames spread rapidly, fiercely devouring everything in its path, and the entire alchemy room was soon engulfed in a sea of fire.

Yi Hong's expression changed. He quickly accelerated and rushed towards the island below.

In the meantime, he quickly formed hand seals, trying to control the runaway spiritual fire.

Under Yi Hong's control, the fire was soon brought under control.

A white spiritual flame rose into the air and landed in Yi Hong's hand.

However, despite the spiritual fire being out of control for only a brief moment, more than half of the alchemy room was destroyed.

Aside from two late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators who were burned black, everyone else in the alchemy room had been turned to ash by the spiritual flames.

The two survivors, though having escaped death, were severely injured and lay on the ground, groaning in pain.

The entire alchemy room was in shambles, with rubble and broken walls, and wisps of smoke still rising. The alchemy furnace, several meters high, had also collapsed to the ground.

Seeing this, Yi Hong's face turned extremely grim.

"What happened here? Why did the Star Bone Fire in the alchemy furnace suddenly go out of control?" Yi Hong harshly questioned the two surviving Foundation Establishment cultivators.

One of them, who was in slightly better condition, gritted his teeth against the pain and answered.

"Master, we don't know what happened. At the time, we weren't in the same room as the furnace, but in the next room. We only heard the alchemy furnace suddenly topple, and the Star Bone Fire instantly spilled out."

"Why did the alchemy furnace topple for no reason?" Yi Hong gritted his teeth, his eyes burning with fury.

"We don't know, Master!"

The cultivator seemed terrified of Yi Hong, his voice trembling as he responded.

"Hmph! Useless fools, knowing nothing. What good are you to me?"

Yi Hong, in his fury, raised his hand and flicked his fingers. A burst of spiritual power shot out, instantly piercing the heads of the two survivors.

In the sky, Yun Cang, witnessing this scene, narrowed his eyes. His tone was cold as he questioned.

"Yi Hong, what do you mean by this? Why did you kill everyone on your island? Are you worried they might reveal something, and deliberately destroy the evidence?"

Yi Hong turned around and glared at Yun Cang.

The destruction of the alchemy room was a huge loss for him.

If Yun Cang had not suddenly appeared and interrupted his alchemy process, this disaster might not have occurred.

Therefore, Yi Hong harbored deep resentment towards Yun Cang.

"Lord Yun, what evidence have I destroyed?"

"Your disciples likely knew something detrimental to you. To cover up the truth, you staged this 'self-sacrifice' act, deliberately letting the spiritual fire go out of control to kill them and silence them," Yun Cang said.

Yi Hong's face turned pale, his fists clenched so tightly that veins bulged.

"Yun Cang, even though you're the head of the Law Enforcement Hall, you can't just speak without evidence."

"Whether it's true or not, that's for the Demon Lord and Demon Sovereign to decide. Yi Hong, surrender now and come with me to the sect."

Yun Cang seemed certain that Yi Hong was involved in the deaths of Pang Kun and the others, and that he couldn't escape responsibility.

At the front of the Star Chariot Divine Ship, there was a one-zhang diameter hole.

From the hole, a powerful spiritual energy wave radiated, and strange runes flickered inside. A strong, oppressive aura emanated from the hole.

Yi Hong, sensing the terrifying energy from the hole, his eyes filled with deep fear.

The anger in his body gradually dissipated.

At that moment, a figure suddenly rushed out from the ruins of the alchemy room.

This person was in tatters, their body scorched black, looking extremely disheveled. Clearly, they had narrowly survived the violent fire that had just ravaged the room.

(End of the Chapter)

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