Record of a Demon's Cultivation

Chapter 339: The Third and Fourth Heavenly Thunder



Translator: Cinder Translations

In the Canglan Secret Realm, beneath the dark river.

In a cave formed by rocks along the riverbank.

Song Wen took out Ji Ruxue's corpse and began to search her soul.

In Ji Ruxue's memories, Song Wen did not acquire any useful information.

Instead, he learned an interesting fact.

She and her master, Yan Yuyan, had once plotted together to ambush the head of the Lei family, Lei Jun.

They had obtained the first four thunder techniques from the nine great thunder techniques of the Lei family.

The reason they did this was:

Years ago, Yan Yuyan had discovered the Evil Extermination Sword Formation in an ancient ruin.

The Evil Extermination Sword Formation had immense power, capable of battling above its level.

However, to unleash the Evil Extermination Sword Formation, a cultivator needed to have a certain level of comprehension of sword techniques and the ability to cultivate thunder techniques.

The higher the swordsmanship, the stronger the thunder techniques, and the more powerful the Evil Extermination Sword Formation would be.

In the Tianyuan Continent, the most powerful thunder techniques were the nine great heavenly thunder secrets of the Lei family.

After obtaining the first four heavenly thunder techniques, Ji Ruxue also made a copy.

Song Wen quickly took out Ji Ruxue's storage ring and began to inspect it.

Moments later.

Two jade slips appeared in Song Wen's hand.

The first jade slip contained the first four thunder techniques from the nine great heavenly thunders.

Song Wen's face lit up with joy.

After cultivating the first two thunder techniques, he deeply felt the strength of the nine great heavenly thunder secrets, and he had long coveted the complete set of techniques.

However, due to his limited strength, it was difficult for him to obtain the subsequent thunder techniques from the Lei family.

Now, however, he had easily acquired the third and fourth heavenly thunder techniques without any effort.

The second jade slip contained the cultivation method for the Evil Extermination Sword Formation.

From the outline of the sword formation's secret method, Song Wen learned that this sword formation had four levels.

It corresponded perfectly to the four levels of Qi Refinement and Nascent Soul.

TLN: Qi Refinement à Foundation Establishment à Golden Core à Nascent Soul

The jade slip in Song Wen's hand only had the contents for the first two levels of the technique.

It was quite remarkable that Ji Ruxue, a foundation-building cultivator, carried the first four thunder techniques with her.

However, in her possession of the Evil Extermination Sword Formation, she only had the content for the first two levels.

Indeed, one cherishes one's own methods while treating others' with disdain. It's feared that they might leak out.

The methods of others are treated as worthless; even if they leak out, it doesn't matter.

Song Wen quickly skimmed through the Evil Extermination Sword Formation.

His evaluation of this sword formation was that it was an extremely intricate sword formation, but the requirements for the cultivator were very high.

One needed to be proficient in swordsmanship and also comprehend thunder techniques.

These two requirements made it so that most cultivators, even if they acquired this sword formation technique, would find it impossible to cultivate.

There were not many cultivators in the immortal cultivation world who could cultivate thunder techniques, and even fewer who were proficient in swordsmanship.

Cultivators' lifespans, energy, and resources were limited; it was impossible for them to excel in every aspect.

After putting away the Evil Extermination Sword Formation jade slip, Song Wen searched Ji Ruxue's storage ring for some swordsmanship cultivation techniques.

In addition, there was a set of flying swords in the storage ring, totaling nine, all of which

were high-grade spiritual artifacts.

They were likely crafted specifically for the Evil Extermination Sword Formation.

These items held little value for Song Wen at the moment.

He did a quick inventory and then stored them away.

After that, Song Wen took out Feng Qi's storage ring.

Feng Qi's storage ring mostly contained cultivation techniques for fire-type secret methods

and spiritual materials for cultivating fire techniques.

Among them was the 'Fire Lin Wood' that Feng Qi had obtained earlier.

Then, Song Wen began to inspect the storage rings of Jie Hui and Jie Wu.

After Jie Wu's death, his storage ring had naturally fallen into Jie Hui's hands.

After Song Wen killed Jie Hui, it was naturally obtained by Song Wen.

The techniques in these two storage rings were mostly about Buddhist and Taoist secret methods, which Song Wen had no way to cultivate.

In fact, in Jie Hui's storage ring, some secret techniques related to controlling ghostly beings were quite enlightening for Song Wen.

Jie Hui's prayer beads were a high-grade spiritual artifact, sealed with five skeletal ghost generals, all at the late second stage of power.

Song Wen already had the Top-Grade Ghost Banner, so the prayer beads were of little use to

him.

However, he planned to refine the prayer beads after leaving the secret realm to transfer the five skeletal ghosts into the Top-Grade Ghost Banner.

The Human Skin Drum was a type of mental attack artifact, also a high-grade spiritual

artifact.

Song Wen was very interested in this treasure.

He immediately began the refinement process.

A day later, the Human Skin Drum was successfully refined.

It is worth mentioning that Song Wen obtained four bottles of ten-thousand-year spiritual

liquid from Ji Ruxue, Jie Hui, and Jie Wu's storage rings.

Jie Hui's storage ring contained two bottles.

Adding his own bottle, he now had five bottles of ten-thousand-year spiritual liquid.

After hastily organizing his belongings, Song Wen left the cave.

The Canglan Secret Realm had been open for nearly ten days, and he had yet to find a Yin-

Yang Blood Weeping Branch; he needed to act quickly.

Song Wen planned to first collect the Yin-Yang Blood Weeping Branch discovered by Jie Hui.

He retraced his steps along the route he had taken, intending to return to the cave where the ten-thousand-year spiritual liquid hall was located.

Although it took some time, it was much better than aimlessly wandering in the vast underground river, relying on luck to search for the Yin-Yang Blood Weeping Branch.

In the pitch-black underground river, both vision and spiritual awareness were severely

restricted.

Despite having the Sacred Gu lead the way, Song Wen still advanced very cautiously.

Thus, his speed of travel could not be fast.

After more than an hour.

He returned to the bank of the underground river he first saw when he exited the labyrinth.

Suddenly.

Song Wen vaguely heard the sound of splashing water in the distance.

It sounded like something was diving sharply into the water.

The sound came from across the dark river.

This underground river was over a mile wide, the water flowing tumultuously and making a

loud splashing noise.

Therefore, Song Wen did not hear the splashing sound clearly.

He raised his eyes to look at the opposite bank.

The other side was pitch black, and for a moment, Song Wen did not see anything unusual.

"Splash."

Another loud splashing sound rang out.

With Song Wen listening intently, this time he heard it very clearly.

The sound came from about three miles downstream on the opposite bank.

Song Wen also vaguely saw a huge figure, over two zhang (approximately 6.5 meters), leaping

out of the water.

The enormous figure landed on the riverbank, crawling forward on all fours, moving

upstream, as if chasing something.

Song Wen focused his gaze.

Indeed, in front of the gigantic figure, at a distance of about two to three meters, there was a

small, thin figure flying through the air.

This slender figure was dressed in a black outfit, nearly blending into the surrounding dark

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This was why Song Wen had not noticed it earlier.

"It seems that a cultivator has provoked a beast and is fleeing for their life," Song Wen

thought to himself.

He did not want to get involved in trouble, so he concealed his presence, hiding behind a pile

of rubble.

He then sent a Sacred Gu to the opposite bank to scout the situation.

Song Wen flowed down the river, while the two on the opposite bank were moving upstream.

They were headed directly towards each other.

When the Sacred Gu reached the opposite bank, it managed to clearly see the fleeing person's

appearance.

It was Rong Jingyun!

(End of the Chapter)

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