Record of a Demon's Cultivation

Chapter 345: Collecting Spiritual Flame



Translator: Cinder Translations

Song Wen endured the raging fire poison within him and the extreme cold from the outside, a clash of ice and fire that brought immense pain. He began to examine the stone chamber.

The entire stone chamber was completely sealed, with no visible doors or openings.

On the floor of the stone chamber, there was a formation for gathering spiritual energy.

This formation, inscribed many years ago, was still functioning, continuously drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

It supplied the green flame on the high platform, allowing it to burn continuously.

The water from the cold pool above continued to flow in.

The water inside the stone chamber had already risen to Song Wen's waist.

Moving in the water was inconvenient, so at Song Wen's command, the silver corpse returned to the cold pool above, moved a large stone, and blocked the entrance.

Song Wen looked at the green flame in the oil lamp, feeling a surge of desire.

The cold emitted by the green flame made it clear that this flame was no ordinary fire.

The oil lamp containing the green flame was a top-grade spiritual artifact. As long as he could refine it, he could seal the green flame within and store it in his storage ring to take it with him.

The process of refining the oil lamp was not easy, and Song Wen suffered greatly.

While resisting the extreme cold, he also channeled his spiritual power to refine the oil lamp.

Time slowly passed.

Ten days later.

Song Wen had turned a shade of crimson.

Long exposure to extreme cold had caused some degree of necrosis in his body.

Many areas were frostbitten and cracked.

Blood flowed out and was quickly frozen again.

This made Song Wen's appearance look extremely terrifying.

However, the intense pain endured over these ten days was worth it, as he had successfully refined the oil lamp.

Song Wen activated the oil lamp, which immediately shimmered with a dark light.

The dark light surged toward the lamp base where the green flame resided, gathering together.

After a moment, a black lampshade appeared, enveloping the lamp base and trapping the green flame within.

In an instant, the continuous release of coldness abruptly disappeared.

With the oil lamp stored in his storage ring, the absence of the green flame's light plunged the stone chamber into darkness.

Song Wen summoned a fireball the size of a washbasin, using its light to carefully observe the stone chamber.

Previously, when he had roughly scanned the stone chamber, he noticed there were no doors.

In a completely sealed space, the only way in and out would be through a teleportation array.

However, Song Wen had not discovered any signs of a teleportation array.

This indicated that the stone chamber must have an exit; he just hadn't noticed it.

The reason Song Wen had spent effort searching for a door was that:

In the cold pool above the stone chamber, there were branches of Yin-Yang Blood Weeping growing.

Therefore, if a similar environment existed outside the door of the stone chamber, it was very likely to nurture the Yin-Yang Blood Weeping branches.

After more than half a quarter of an hour of careful searching, Song Wen finally found a place

on the eastern floor of the stone chamber that seemed to resemble a door.

The stone chamber was carved out of a solid piece of rock.

Thus, the floor, surrounding walls, and ceiling of the stone chamber were all a single massive

rock, with no visible seams.

Only at this spot was there a square slab of rock.

In general, stone doors in houses are usually located in the surrounding walls, and it would be unusual to have a door set into the floor. The slab fit perfectly with the surrounding ground. Inside the stone chamber, there was still water from the cold pool about three zhang deep.

This was why Song Wen hadn't initially noticed this suspicious slab that looked like a door.

Next to the stone door, Song Wen searched for a slightly raised mechanism.

He attempted to press it down.

This stone chamber had been unopened for many years, and he couldn't be sure whether the mechanism was still functional.

"Click!"

A muffled sound of a mechanism came from the rock layers below the ground.

Then, the sound of the massive stone sliding began.

The square stone on the ground started to slowly sink.

The speed of the stone's descent gradually increased. In the end, it was completely weightless, plummeting downwards.

After a few breaths.

"Boom!"

The sound of the massive stone hitting the ground echoed.

Song Wen stood at the entrance, looking down into the dark pit below.

What caught his eye was a square passageway about five zhang deep.

Further down, there was just emptiness.

Below the stone chamber, there was a larger cave.

He raised his hand and waved.

A fireball shot toward the entrance of the cave.

As it entered the lower cave, the fireball suddenly exploded, transforming into a shower of

sparks that fell everywhere.

In the upper stone chamber, Song Wen's line of sight was obstructed, making it impossible to

see the full scope of the lower cave.

But he could roughly deduce that the lower cave was quite spacious.

He could faintly see shimmering reflections of water.

There should be a river or lake within the lower cave.

Song Wen released the Sacred Gu and entered the lower cave.

After confirming that there was no danger near the exit, Song Wen flew into the passageway,

entering the cave below.

He raised his hand again, sending several more fireballs flying in different directions.

This time, Song Wen was able to see the entire layout of the cave.

The cave was vast, at least several dozen zhang wide.

In the center of the cave, there was an underground lake about ten zhang in diameter.

Song Wen was positioned at the edge of the lake, with some scattered stones beneath him.

In the cave, Song Wen had not yet discovered any presence of other cultivators.

He lowered himself and landed by the lake.

The silver corpse and the ghost king flanked him on either side.

Due to the extreme cold released by the green flames in the upper stone chamber over the years, the temperature inside the cave was very low.

The environment in this cave was very similar to the previous cave where the Yin-Yang Blood

Weeping branches grew.

Song Wen decided to carefully explore this cave.

The lake, about ten zhang (~33m) in diameter, had a shoreline of only around thirty zhang.

Even while flying and exploring, it didn't take half an incense stick's worth of time for Song

Wen to circle halfway around the shoreline.

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Song Wen noticed fresh signs of movement on the stony beach ahead, as if someone had

stepped on the stones.

This place had been untouched for years, with chaotic piles of stones stacked together,

forming unique imprints over time.

Under these circumstances, if a few stones suddenly moved, the traces left behind would be

quite clear and noticeable.

The marks were fresh and must have been left in the past few days.

"Could it be that someone has already arrived here ahead of me?"

Song Wen felt a surge of disappointment.

Even if this place had Yin-Yang Blood Weeping branches, they were likely taken long ago.

Holding onto a last glimmer of hope, Song Wen continued to explore along the lake.

After searching for a little while longer, Song Wen noticed that about three zhang from the lakeshore, there was a stone forest.

Inside the cave, it was too dark, and the distance to the stone forest was not close, so Song

Wen couldn't see clearly.

With a thought, he summoned a fireball.

The fireball exploded above the stone forest.

The stone forest was about several zhang wide, filled with standing stones of varying heights.

The taller stones exceeded ten zhang, while the shorter ones were less than two feet.

Most of the standing stones were extremely thick, with smooth surfaces.

It seemed as if something had been rubbing against these standing stones for many years.

The stones gave off a slippery, oily sensation.

Not long before, there must have been a battle near the stone forest.

The aftermath of the battle had broken many of the standing stones.

The broken edges of the stones were still quite fresh.

Suddenly,

a massive white shadow burst forth from within the stone forest.

(End of the Chapter)

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