Record of a Demon's Cultivation
Chapter 706: Spirit Offering Formation

Chapter 706: Spirit Offering Formation

Translator: CinderTL

Song Wen hid at the bottom of the lake, watching as Zhou Siyi flew overhead without making any move.

It wasn’t until an hour after Zhou Siyi had left, and seeing that no one was following her, that Song Wen quietly pursued her.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Song Wen caught up with Zhou Siyi, and the two traveled together, steering their boat toward Yishi Ridge.

"Junior Brother, did you manage to capture the Toxic Flood Dragon?" Zhou Siyi asked.

Song Wen patted a Spirit Beast Pouch at his waist and replied, "Yes, I did. I also tested the Blood Demon Pill on it."

"How effective was the pill?" Zhou Siyi inquired.

"The effect was stronger than I expected. However, it contains an extremely potent toxicity, making it impossible for me to consume," Song Wen explained.

"The Spirit Herbs used in the pill’s refinement are non-toxic, yet the resulting pill is highly poisonous. It’s likely due to conflicting properties among some of the herbs," Zhou Siyi said, though her tone was uncertain.

"That must be the case. I had a feeling during the refinement process that there was an error in the pill’s formula. The fact that I successfully condensed the pill was largely due to luck," Song Wen admitted.

"To resolve the issue with the formula, there’s no other way but to experiment by altering each Spirit Herb one by one. However, this pill involves over fifty different herbs, and with the current amount of Spirit Herbs you have, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to attempt fifty trials," Zhou Siyi pointed out.

"Since I was able to successfully condense the pill, it’s probably just one of the auxiliary herbs that’s problematic. I plan to start experimenting with the ones that have the weakest effects," Song Wen said.

"That’s a reasonable approach," Zhou Siyi agreed.

"The Spirit Herb seeds I obtained this time need to be planted as soon as possible, especially the Dead Man’s Vine and the Forget Me Not Mushroom. Once these two are used up, they’ll be gone for good," Song Wen added.

Apart from the Dead Man’s Vine and the Forget Me Not Mushroom, the other Spirit Herbs can be gradually purchased from various sects. Comparatively, they are not as scarce.

"After we return, we’ll expand the Spirit Fields on Qingluo Mountain," Zhou Siyi said.

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Expanding the Spirit Fields sounds simple, but it’s actually quite complicated.

Not just any piece of land can be used as a Spirit Field.

The soil in a Spirit Field must be rich in spiritual energy to promote the rapid growth of Spirit Herbs.

Otherwise, if the herbs rely solely on slowly absorbing spiritual energy from the air, a Spirit Herb that requires two years to mature might indeed take a century or even longer.

Normally, establishing a Spirit Field requires a significant amount of time and Spirit Stones to first improve the soil, ensuring it contains sufficient spiritual energy.

However, Song Wen skipped this step. Instead, he went to the Asura Sect and brought back a pile of Spirit Field soil, which he spread over the newly opened fields.

As for the missing soil from the Asura Sect, it would naturally be replenished quickly. After all, there are many Foundation Establishment cultivators on Yishi Ridge who have their own Spirit Fields.

And these Foundation Establishment cultivators are more than ’willing’ to contribute their Spirit Fields to the Asura Sect.

The Dead Man’s Vine and the Forget Me Not Mushroom were also planted, each in different caves beneath Qingluo Mountain.

The former was planted in a cave filled with white bones.

The latter was planted in a cave filled with corpses and permeated with Corpse Qi.

Song Wen found the original third-grade defensive formation on Qingluo Mountain to be somewhat weak, so he set up the Six Extremes Star Guardian Formation there.

Additionally, after the expansion of the Spirit Fields, the three Foundation Establishment cultivators originally stationed on Qingluo Mountain were no longer sufficient to care for all the Spirit Herbs.

Thus, Zhou Siyi went to the Wuyuan Market and brought back three Foundation Establishment cultivators. Naturally, they ’voluntarily’ joined Qingluo Mountain.

After handling the matters of the Spirit Field, Song Wen once again immersed himself in refining the Blood Demon Pill.

Song Wen used spirit herbs with similar medicinal properties to replace the less important auxiliary ingredients in the pill formula.

After several attempts, Song Wen successfully condensed the pill once more.

This time, he obtained three pills in total. The pills were round and full, but their spiritual energy was weak, giving them a somewhat lifeless appearance.

Song Wen took the pills and went to find Zhou Siyi.

Looking at the pill Song Wen had just handed her, Zhou Siyi frowned deeply.

"Junior Brother, this pill doesn’t seem like it’s meant for the living. Instead, it feels like it was specifically refined for Corpse Puppets."

Song Wen replied, "Indeed, there are some issues with this pill. Moreover, it feels like the problems are even greater than the last batch I refined. However, I still plan to test its medicinal properties on the Toxic Flood Dragon. I asked you to come here because I wanted you to observe the Toxic Flood Dragon’s reaction after consuming it and see if you could provide some suggestions for improvement."

After saying this, Song Wen summoned the Toxic Flood Dragon.

During this period, Song Wen had not mistreated the Toxic Flood Dragon, providing it with a large number of pills and Spirit Stones.

The injuries and depleted blood energy caused by the last pill test had mostly recovered.

"Eat it," Song Wen commanded, using his spiritual power to send the pill in front of the Toxic Flood Dragon, leaving no room for refusal.

The Toxic Flood Dragon looked at the small pill before it, its eyes filled with deep fear.

The pain from the last pill test was still fresh in its memory.

The Toxic Flood Dragon’s gaze shifted to Song Wen, its eyes filled with pleading.

However, the response it received was Song Wen’s cold, murderous gaze.

The Toxic Flood Dragon opened its mouth slightly and reluctantly swallowed the pill.

Its strength was inferior, and it had signed a slave contract with Song Wen, so it dared not disobey his commands in the slightest.

A surge of deathly energy suddenly rose from the Toxic Flood Dragon’s abdomen and quickly spread throughout its entire body.

The Toxic Flood Dragon’s massive body instantly stiffened and fell to the ground with a thud.

With a loud "boom," a cloud of dust was kicked up.

Looking at the motionless Toxic Flood Dragon, now filled with deathly energy, Zhou Siyi said with concern, "Is it... dead?"

Song Wen replied, "Not yet. Although its breath is gone, there are no signs of its soul leaving its body."

Zhou Siyi observed quietly for a moment and then said, "Indeed, it’s not dead. However, Junior Brother, it seems your newly refined pill has failed again. The Toxic Flood Dragon isn’t showing any signs of blood energy depletion."

Song Wen nodded with some disappointment.

This batch of pills was a complete failure. It could be said that they had nothing to do with the pill Song Wen had intended to refine.

Perhaps, as the legends say, flood dragons are related to true dragons and contain a trace of dragon energy within them. Thus, the Toxic Flood Dragon’s vitality was incredibly tenacious, and it survived once again.

Song Wen took the nearly dead Toxic Flood Dragon back to his cave abode and noticed that the array disk of the Starry Line Formation was trembling slightly.

Yu Wen was sending him a message.

["Master, the Mixed Yuan Temple has contacted me, requesting that I assist them in setting up the Spirit Offering Formation near the Jie Mountain Market."]

The Spirit Offering Formation was a sacrificial array.

When a cultivator’s body or soul was severely injured, this formation could be used to plunder the life force and souls of the sacrifices to quickly heal the injuries to the body or soul.

The effectiveness of the healing depended on the number and strength of the sacrifices.

The more offerings and the stronger their power, the more pronounced the healing effect.

["What is Mixed Yuan Temple doing by setting up the Spirit Offering Formation at Boundary Mountain?" Song Wen asked.

["Mixed Yuan Temple hasn’t disclosed the reason. Despite my repeated inquiries, the messenger from Mixed Yuan Temple refused to reveal anything," Yu Wen replied.

["Then let’s stall them for now," Song Wen said.

["I’m afraid that won’t be possible. The envoy from Mixed Yuan Temple is Hui Neng, who is at the late Golden Core stage. He has brought all the necessary Formation Flags and the formation masters, and they are currently on Tiancang Mountain. If we don’t agree, they won’t leave," Yu Wen explained.

(End of the Chapter)

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