Record of a Demon's Cultivation

Chapter 277: Meeting Ding Number 97 Black Coffin Again



Translator: Cinder Translations

In the blink of an eye, several months had passed.

On this particular day, as Song Wen was just leaving the alchemy room, he ran into Zhou Siyi coming towards him.

"Junior Brother Wu, I've secured a good job for you," Zhou Siyi said with a self-satisfied expression.

Ever since their mission at the Spirit Breeding Workshop in Great Yan Kingdom, Zhou Siyi had warmed up to Song Wen considerably, treating him as a true junior brother from the same sect.

Recently, Zhou Siyi had rarely come to the alchemy room, except occasionally to practice new elixir recipes.

"Thank you, Senior Sister Zhou. May I ask what kind of job it is?" Song Wen asked with a smile, cupping his hands respectfully.

Zhou Siyi glanced around at the other alchemists in the hall and waved dismissively.

"It's not convenient to talk here. Come with me. Anyway, it's a job where you can earn spirit stones and contribution points."

Without waiting for Song Wen to respond, she quickly exited the hall and flew off on her sword.

Song Wen shook his head helplessly and followed her on his sword.

The two of them flew deeper into the Beastmaster Sect.

After a short while, they arrived in the skies above a valley surrounded by mountains on all sides.

The valley was shrouded in mist, obscuring the scene within.

This was because the valley was protected by an array, blocking both vision and spiritual

senses.

This place was located deep within the Beastmaster Sect, and the array here was clearly set up to prevent outsiders from peeking.

It was obvious that there were sect secrets hidden within, and this valley was one of the sect's restricted areas.

"Senior Sister Zhou, why did you bring me here? This is a restricted area of the sect. Shouldn't we leave as soon as possible?" Song Wen asked.

Zhou Siyi smiled slightly. "With me here, what are you afraid of? Come on, follow me."

With that, she lowered her sword light and descended to the edge of the valley.

Without any noticeable movement on her part, the mist in front of her began to churn.

A moment later, a narrow stone path suddenly appeared.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Junior Brother Wu, hurry up!" Zhou Siyi urged, seeing that Song Wen was still hovering mid- air.

Song Wen didn't move but asked, "Senior Sister Zhou, can you at least tell me what this place is? If it's really a sect's restricted area, I don't dare to enter recklessly."

Zhou Siyi rolled her eyes in exasperation. "Look at how cautious you are. It's not like I'd harm

you."

Just as she finished speaking, a figure appeared from the distant sky and arrived at Song Wen's side within a few breaths.

It was Liu Jiang.

"Elder Wu, it's been years. How have you been?" Liu Jiang greeted Song Wen warmly before nodding at Zhou Siyi, indicating their familiarity.

"Greetings, Elder Liu," Song Wen said, cupping his hands. "When did you return to the sect?"

Liu Jiang replied, "It's been about three years since I returned to the sect."

Song Wen mentally calculated.

It had been just over three years since he and Zhou Siyi had completed their mission at the Spirit Breeding Workshop in Great Yan Kingdom.

In other words, shortly after they left the workshop, Liu Jiang was transferred back to the sect.

"Elder Liu is now the guardian elder of the sect's library pavilion," Zhou Siyi suddenly

interjected.

Song Wen stared at Liu Jiang, shocked.

"Really? Congratulations, Elder Liu."

Liu Jiang smiled. "I owe it all to Elder Zhou, who helped me successfully cultivate the human-

serpent hybrid."

Song Wen glanced at Zhou Siyi upon hearing this.

Cultivating the human-serpent hybrid had earned Liu Jiang the position of guardian elder, and Zhou Siyi had become a revered elder of the sect. It seemed that the human-serpent hybrid was of great importance to the Beastmaster Sect.

"Why are the two of you just standing at the entrance to the valley? Why don't you go inside?" Liu Jiang asked.

Zhou Siyi said, "Elder Rong has been short on manpower lately, so I thought of having Junior

Brother Wu give it a try. If he can earn Elder Rong's favor, he could make a lot of spirit stones. But instead, he's overthinking it, worried that this place is a sect's restricted area and doesn't dare enter."

Liu Jiang laughed, "Rest assured, Elder Wu. With me and Elder Zhou here, you'll be perfectly

safe."

Seeing that the two of them had urged him repeatedly, Song Wen had no choice but to follow

them into the valley.

Sometimes, being overly cautious only arouses suspicion.

The three of them followed the narrow stone path for over a hundred meters.

Soon, a small lake, several miles in size, appeared before them.

Half of the lake had been constructed into a series of water serpent enclosures, just like the

ones at the Spirit Breeding Workshop in Great Yan Kingdom.

"How is there a lake here?" Song Wen asked in surprise.

There were no rivers within the Beastmaster Sect, so logically, there shouldn't be a lake.

Liu Jiang explained, "This lake wasn't naturally formed; it was created by channeling

underground rivers."

Soon, the three of them arrived at the entrance of an underground cave.

The entrance was about ten meters wide, with a plaque hanging above it, inscribed with the

words "Serpent Cave."

As they approached the cave entrance, Song Wen suddenly stopped in his tracks.

A continuous flow of corpse energy was emanating from the Serpent Cave.

For a righteous sect like the Beastmaster Sect, why would there be such a place filled with

such malevolent energy?

"Junior Brother Wu, what's wrong now?"

Seeing Song Wen had stopped walking, Zhou Siyi turned back and asked.

"Why is there corpse energy here?" Song Wen asked, feeling uneasy.

Though his expression of unease was feigned, he truly did not want to enter the Serpent Cave.

There were clearly some deep secrets of the Beastmaster Sect involved in this place.

Following the principle of "the less you know, the safer you are," Song Wen wanted no part in

these secrets.

With a sour face, Zhou Siyi said, "Junior Brother Wu, you're being way too suspicious. We're already here; does it really matter whether you enter the Serpent Cave or not?"

"Hurry up! Elder Rong is waiting," Zhou Siyi urged.

Song Wen remained silent for a moment but eventually followed Zhou Siyi into the Serpent

Cave.

There were no defensive formations inside the Serpent Cave, or perhaps they weren't

activated.

Without a formation to obscure things, cultivators could probe everything inside the cave

with their spiritual senses, even without entering.

As Zhou Siyi had said, by the time they reached the entrance of the Serpent Cave, whether he

entered or not, Song Wen had already been exposed to the secret.

After walking several dozen meters, a vast underground hall appeared before them.

The hall was clearly man-made, with carefully polished floors and walls, giving it an orderly

appearance.

The hall was divided into two sections: north and south.

The southern section was slightly smaller, with numerous pools scattered across the floor.

In these pools, serpents in human form were constantly swimming. These were all fully developed human-serpent hybrids, numbering over a hundred.

However, most of them were newly born first-tier human-serpents, and there were few

second-tier ones.

In the northern section of the hall, there were neatly arranged coffins, numbering over a

thousand.

Each coffin was marked with a number.

Among the many coffins, Song Wen found the coffin labeled "Number 97."

Using his spiritual sense, he detected that it contained the body of Zhao Dapeng's younger brother, the man with rat-like eyes.

At this point, he had already stopped breathing.

However, some kind of spell had been cast on him, sealing both his soul and body. The corpse

remained in the state just after death, with the soul trapped inside.

Rong Jingyun stood among the coffins, her brow furrowed and her face full of worry.

She held a thick book in her hands, which recorded information about the bodies in each

coffin.

Zhou Siyi and Liu Jiang approached Rong Jingyun.

"Elder Rong, still no progress?"

Rong Jingyun, looking anxious, shook her head without saying a word.

(End of the Chapter)

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