Record of a Demon's Cultivation

Chapter 470 - Tomb

Translator: Cinder Translations

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As Song Wen finished setting up the new cave dwelling, he received a message from a Sacred Gu, which had been monitoring the island's edge. Peng Guang had arrived.

As soon as Peng Guang stepped onto the island, Song Wen stopped him.

"Senior, my two maidservants didn't go to the island I designated. I wonder if they are still on your island?"

Song Wen replied, "I found them to be quite clever, so I decided to keep them here. Young friend Peng wouldn't have any objections, would you?"

Peng Guang hurriedly replied, "How could I dare to object? It is an honor for them to be favored by Senior."

Song Wen smiled, "A gentleman does not take what belongs to others. Name your price, and I will buy them from you."

As he spoke, a pile of spirit stones floated in front of him, as if he was truly waiting for Peng Guang to set a price.

Peng Guang quickly responded, "Senior, you are too kind! How could I accept your spirit stones?"

Song Wen smiled faintly. The other party was quite smart.

"Since that's the case, I won't force the matter."

Peng Guang looked at the pile of spirit stones in front of Song Wen, and suddenly, they vanished. He froze for a moment.

He laughed awkwardly, "Thank you, Senior, for understanding."

Song Wen replied, "I've already sent them a message. They will be over shortly. You can remove the restrictions on them."

Peng Guang cupped his fists and bowed, "Yes, Senior."

When he straightened up and looked up, Song Wen had already disappeared without a trace.

Peng Guang's expression became slightly disappointed, as if he had something he wanted to ask, but didn't have the chance.

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Two days later, Song Wen arrived at the reef island where the tomb was located.

The reef island was submerged several miles below the sea's surface. If it weren't for a special search, one could easily miss its existence.

The island's top was about ten miles wide, strangely flat, as if it had been intentionally cut off.

Song Wen summoned the Silver Corpse, which moved ahead while he followed behind. The two kept a distance of about one mile as they dived deeper into the sea.

As they went deeper, the light began to fade, until everything was swallowed by pitch darkness.

Soon, they had descended over forty miles, and the immense water pressure from all directions pressed against Song Wen's body.

Song Wen's physical strength was immense, and the water pressure couldn't cause him any harm. However, he still summoned a protective magical shield just in case.

The deeper they went, the more the area of the reef island seemed to expand.

At this point, the island had transformed in Song Wen's eyes into a colossal stone mountain, towering amid the vast ocean.

Suddenly, ahead of the Silver Corpse, a deep cave entrance appeared.

Song Wen approached the side of the cave and observed for a long time. There seemed to be no abnormalities inside, and no large sea monsters were nearby.

He summoned the Ghost King, instructing the Silver Corpse to lead the way, while the Ghost King took the rear, and he positioned himself in the center. Together, they entered the cave.

After traveling several hundred feet, the cave suddenly came to an abrupt halt, blocked by numerous fallen rocks.

Song Wen furrowed his brow, beginning to doubt whether the information An Tong and her sister provided was accurate.

After thinking for a moment, Song Wen did not retreat. Instead, he used his magical powers to move the stones away from the cave.

Perseverance paid off.

Song Wen spent about half an hour and finally cleared a passage through the cave that stretched over ten miles. Before him appeared a giant stone door, several feet tall.

The stone door was half open, and faint traces of corpse qi spilled out, drifting with the sea water.

The Silver Corpse passed through the door and confirmed that there was no danger behind it, allowing Song Wen to enter.

Behind the stone door was a long, dimly lit tomb passage, about two meters wide and one meter high, made from square blue stones.

Along the passage, scattered metal pieces lay about.

Song Wen focused his eyes and realized that these metals were all man-made and appeared to be parts that had fallen off from puppets.

This meant that the tomb had originally been guarded by puppets, but they had been destroyed.

After walking another mile down the passage, Song Wen discovered two smaller tomb rooms on either side.

These two rooms weren't large, only several dozen feet in area, and seemed to have been emptied by someone. There was nothing left inside.

After continuing for another mile, a stone door appeared ahead.

The stone door was tightly closed, its seams perfectly aligned.

Song Wen flicked his finger, and a weak surge of magical power shot out.

This power landed directly on the stone door, causing it to slightly tremble.

This showed that there were no defensive formations or restrictions on the door.

Song Wen stared at the stone door, falling into deep thought.

As he had traveled along the corridor, aside from the faint corpse qi in the air, he had not found any signs of deadly aura.

This meant he had not yet reached the location where An Tong's father encountered the deadly energy.

An Tong's father must have entered the stone door in front of him.

However, the stone door was now tightly shut, and combined with the blocked cave they had encountered earlier, this seemed somewhat unusual.

After encountering the deadly energy, An Tong's father had likely retreated.

When someone is fleeing for their life, would they still be thoughtful enough to close the tomb's door behind them?

It seemed that after An Tong's father fled, something or someone within the tomb must have closed the stone door and sealed the cave.

Under Song Wen's control, the Silver Corpse stepped up to the stone door. Song Wen and the Ghost King retreated a mile behind.

After Song Wen gathered three Thunder Spears, the Silver Corpse placed its hands on the stone door and pushed with all its strength.

The heavy stone door slowly creaked open, and the sea water in the tomb stirred slightly.

Eight black figures rushed out from behind the door.

"Boom!"

The figure at the front was immediately slapped back by the Silver Corpse.

The other seven figures took the opportunity to close in and began fighting the Silver Corpse.

Song Wen did not rush to intervene. Judging from their appearance, the eight black figures were copper corpses, likely at the late second stage of strength.

Although they were outnumbering the Silver Corpse eight to one, they were still no match for it.

However, these copper corpses were a bit special. While the Silver Corpse could easily push them back, it did not cause much damage to them.

The bodies of these copper corpses were far stronger than typical copper corpses.

In the pitch-black tomb, Song Wen's eyes suddenly brightened.

He sensed a unique aura emanating from these copper corpses, different from the usual corpse qi.

It was the Gui Yuan Qi!

These copper corpses were either created with Gui Yuan Qi when they were made into zombies, or they had been exposed to it for an extended period, causing them to accumulate a certain amount of Gui Yuan Qi in their bodies.

The thick and chaotic Gui Yuan Qi made their physical bodies far stronger than normal copper corpses.

Song Wen speculated that the latter was more likely.

No one would willingly integrate Gui Yuan Qi into copper corpses when creating them—that would be a waste of resources.

The Gui Yuan Qi inside the copper corpses had already been absorbed and refined, so extracting it would be extremely difficult and require a significant cost—far outweighing the value of the Gui Yuan Qi within them.

Therefore, these copper corpses posed no threat to Song Wen.

Three Thunder Spears shot out in a triangular formation, striking the chests of three copper corpses.

The lightning in the dark sea water flashed, and the three copper corpses immediately exploded, their limbs and rotten flesh scattering everywhere.

Following the same method, the remaining five copper corpses were soon dealt with.

Although the Gui Yuan Qi was powerful, it was still suppressed by Song Wen's thunder magic. Furthermore, the amount of Gui Yuan Qi in the copper corpses was not much, so it was easily overwhelmed by the Thunder Spears.

After confirming that there were no further threats behind the door, Song Wen stepped through the stone door.

Beyond the door was a vast tomb chamber, likely the main burial chamber.

The chamber was at least a square mile, with intricate carvings on the ground, walls, and ceiling, depicting beautiful murals. However, these murals had been carved into ordinary blue stones and were severely eroded by the sea water.

At the center of the tomb chamber stood a stone platform, about three yards high.

On the stone platform was a black corpse coffin, approximately a yard long.

A faint Gui Yuan Qi flowed around the coffin.

(End of the Chapter)

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