Record of a Demon's Cultivation-Chapter 564: The Location of the Spirit Candle Fruit

Translator: Cinder Translations

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In a corner of the mine.

There stood a yellow formation barrier.

Outside the barrier, there were countless Nether Fire Ants.

Inside the barrier were three Foundation Establishment cultivators: two men and one woman.

They were Jing Kai, Tang Chuang, the patriarch of the Tang family, and Tang Lin, the Tang family's Foundation Establishment elder.

"Patriarch Tang, the medium-grade spiritual stones on me have run out. Do you still have any?" Jing Kai asked.

Tang Chuang shook his head. "We don't have any left either."

Jing Kai's heart sank, his brow furrowed with concern.

With the medium-grade spiritual stones exhausted, only low-grade spiritual stones could be used to maintain the formation, but the defensive power would be greatly reduced.

It would likely be difficult to withstand the repeated attacks from the countless Nether Fire Ants.

"It seems we'll have to risk everything!" Jing Kai said with some resignation.

Tang Chuang replied, "This was originally only the matter of my Tang family. I never expected to involve you, Daoist Jing. Later, we'll each rely on our own abilities. Whoever can escape will escape."

The three, prepared to fight to the death, suddenly noticed an unusual restlessness among the Nether Fire Ants outside the formation.

It was as though they had been strongly provoked. The ants began to move erratically, frantically darting about.

The Nether Fire Ants began colliding with each other, producing a constant "hissing" sound.

Then, one by one, they began crawling toward the outer edges of the mine.

The dense swarm of ants that had surrounded the formation quickly started to thin out.

The three of them exchanged a glance, and each of them was filled with surprise and hope.

They did not rush to remove the formation, but waited a little longer, until the number of Nether Fire Ants outside the formation was too small to pose a threat.

Tang Chuang suddenly retracted the formation and shouted loudly.

"Go!"

With his shout, Tang Chuang led the way, charging out.

As the patriarch of the Tang family, he was very familiar with the distribution and layout of the underground mine.

After advancing for about ten zhang, the three of them encountered a fork in the path.

Tang Chuang immediately turned left into a tunnel, avoiding the large army of Nether Fire Ants that was still some distance away.

The three of them weaved through the maze-like mine, twisting and turning, sometimes going upward, sometimes downward.

After about two quarters of an hour, the three of them successfully crossed the massive deep pit and reached the surface.

The three, who had originally thought they would not escape, now wore expressions of relief as if they had survived a great calamity.

"Daoist Jing, how about you rest at my Tang family's station for a while?" Tang Chuang asked, extending an invitation.

The three had been trapped in the underground mine for half a month, severely depleting their spiritual energy and mental strength, and they were all wounded.

Logically, Jing Kai should indeed go to the Tang family's station to recuperate, allowing his injuries to heal and spiritual energy to recover before returning to Wu Ji Island.

However, Jing Kai shook his head. "Thank you for your kindness, Patriarch Tang. We've been trapped in the mine for half a month, and I have some urgent matters that I need to handle with my sect. I cannot stay any longer."

Tang Chuang was slightly surprised but did not insist further.

"In that case, please be careful on your journey. Although the mission to exterminate the Nether Fire Ants has not been completed, it was not your fault. I will contact the Task Hall and explain the situation, so they can award the reward to you."

Jing Kai nodded in acknowledgment.

"Farewell."

Jing Kai shot into the sky and soon disappeared into the night.

Tang Chuang glanced toward the stone house. It was no longer there; only a pile of rubble remained.

Tang Lin also noticed this.

A look of obvious unease crossed her face, and she was about to speak when Tang Chuang stopped her with a glance.

"Let's go, back to our family!"

With that, the two of them took to their swords and headed toward the Tang family station.

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On the vast ocean.

A flying ship sped across the sky.

"Senior Ji Yin, was it you who saved me?" Jing Kai bowed and asked Song Wen.

Jing Kai did not agree to Patriarch Tang's invitation to rest at the Tang family's station because he had received a voice transmission from Song Wen.

Following Song Wen's guidance, he found Song Wen and boarded his flying ship, heading toward Wu Ji Island.

Song Wen slightly nodded.

"Thank you for saving my life, Senior," Jing Kai expressed his gratitude.

"Tell me in detail how you were trapped in the mine," Song Wen asked.

"We three entered the mine intending to exterminate the Nether Fire Ants. However, the information from the Tang family was incorrect, and there were second-grade King Ants among the Nether Fire Ants. We weren't a match for them and could only fight and retreat. Eventually, we were trapped deep within the mine. Luckily, Patriarch Tang carried a set of Five Elements Mutual Generating Formation diagrams, which allowed us to temporarily preserve our lives."

"We thought that if we could just hold out for a day or two, our sect would send Elder Jin to exterminate the Nether Fire Ants. However, we waited for half a month and still saw no one," Jing Kai briefly explained the events.

Song Wen was quite curious about the reason for Chu Lingyun's hiding in the mine. This was why he asked about the details of how Jing Kai and his group got trapped.

From Jing Kai's description, it seemed that Chu Lingyun had not interfered with the three of them, at least not directly, and Jing Kai was unaware of Chu Lingyun's presence in the mine.

Not knowing Chu Lingyun's intentions, Song Wen decided not to dwell on the matter, as it was not directly related to him.

He changed the topic and asked, "What is the attitude of Wu Ji Island regarding Ji Qing's death?"

Jing Kai replied, "Not long after you left Wu Ji Island, the sect stopped investigating the matter. I suspect the sect may have already identified the real culprit."

"Found the real culprit?" Song Wen raised an eyebrow in suspicion.

After all, he was the true culprit who killed Ji Qing.

Could it be that Wu Ji Island had made a mistake and someone had been made a scapegoat for him?

This, however, was good news for Song Wen.

If Jing Kai's guess was true, then the identity of 'Ji Yin' could once again appear openly on Wu Ji Island.

"This is just my guess, there is no solid evidence," Jing Kai added.

Song Wen nodded slightly and did not press further.

"I had you investigate the Spirit Candle Fruit Tree. How is the investigation going?"

"Replying to Senior, the Spirit Candle Fruit Tree is personally guarded by the steward Han Wu from the Flame Soil Spirit Field," Jing Kai replied.

The Flame Soil Spirit Field was located a few miles outside Shadow City, built next to an extinct volcano.

Wu Ji Island had used extraordinary means to draw magma from deep underground, causing it to erupt again. They then built a special spirit field near the volcano to cultivate fire-attributed spiritual herbs.

"How much do you know about this Han Wu?" Song Wen asked.

Jing Kai took out a jade slip and handed it to Song Wen.

"I've already gathered detailed information on Han Wu. Everything is in this jade slip."

Song Wen took the jade slip and scanned it with his spiritual sense.

The information inside was very detailed, including Han Wu's cultivation, master, training methods, and the cultivators he interacted with.

Song Wen nodded. "You've done well."

"Senior overpraises me. Senior has helped me multiple times, and this time even saved my life. It's only right that I do something for you," Jing Kai said.

"When the Spirit Candle Fruit matures, do you have a way to obtain it?" Song Wen asked.

Jing Kai replied, "I can try. As far as I know, when Ji Qing first planted the Spirit Candle Fruit Tree for Han Wu, it was done secretly. To cover up the existence of the Spirit Candle Fruit Tree, Ji Qing specifically set up a formation to prevent outsiders from spying."

"Other spirit planters in the Flame Soil Spirit Field don't even know about the Spirit Candle Fruit Tree. They only know that there is a special spirit plant covered by a formation. Moreover, they only know that this plant belongs to the sect's high-ranking members, not that it belongs to Ji Qing. Thus, even though Ji Qing is dead, no one dares to touch the Spirit Candle Fruit."

"If it weren't for you informing me that the Spirit Candle Fruit Tree was transplanted into the Flame Soil Spirit Field, along with the approximate time it was transplanted, I'm afraid I would not have been able to investigate this matter."

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"I suspect Han Wu intends to take the Spirit Candle Fruit for himself. We just need to offer him an enticing enough bargaining chip and threaten to report this to the sect. Han Wu will surely hand over the fruit."

(End of the Chapter)

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