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Record of a Demon's Cultivation-Chapter 702: Old Acquaintance
Chapter 702: Old Acquaintance
Translator: CinderTL
Hui Wu sat cross-legged on the ground, hands clasped, chanting Buddhist scriptures with fierce eyes wide open.
A radiant Buddhist light glowed from him, exuding a majestic and vast aura, as if it could dispel all illusions.
His chanting grew faster and more urgent.
Suddenly, he roared, "Brahma Sound Barrier Breaker!"
In an instant, the Buddhist light around him surged explosively, like the sun breaking through clouds, shining brilliantly.
At the same time, a chorus of Brahma chants echoed in the sky, as if countless monks were reciting scriptures.
The Brahma chants intertwined with the Buddhist light, brimming with boundless righteousness and clarity. Wherever it passed, the pink mist melted like snow, vanishing completely.
Mu Yunxin’s illusory figures, under the Brahma chants and Buddhist light, were as fragile as paper, instantly torn to shreds and obliterated.
Thud!
A muffled sound.
Mu Yunxin crashed to the ground, staring at Hui Wu in terror.
With her illusions shattered, she was badly injured.
Hui Chi, who had been circling in the sky, snapped back to clarity.
When he noticed Lin You and Zhao Jin had long vanished, his face darkened.
With a flick of his hand seals, Hui Chi’s demon-subduing pestle shot to Mu Yunxin, pressing against her dantian.
"Mu Yunxin, you’re quite loyal, risking yourself to save your sect sisters. Now, let’s see who’ll save you!"
Mu Yunxin sneered, her tone disdainful. "Hui Chi, kill me, and you two won’t escape either. My sisters will report this to the sect, and He Huan Sect will seek justice for me."
Hui Chi hesitated, unsure whether to kill her or not.
If Mu Yunxin lived, there might still be room to maneuver.
Their theft of illusionary pearls in Pure Lake wasn’t a major crime.
Hui Chi turned to Hui Wu for his opinion.
Hui Wu said coldly, "Kill her. Even if He Huan Sect comes to Mixed Yuan Temple, we’ll just pay some spirit stones. Would the sect really hand us over? Besides, we’re tens of thousands of miles from He Huan Sect. We could intercept those two Foundation Establishment girls on their way."
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The battle on the island raged fiercely. At the lake’s bottom, Song Wen was vividly describing the fight to Zhou Siyi.
"Mu Yunxin’s impressive, holding off two cultivators of her realm to protect her Foundation Establishment sisters instead of abandoning them to escape," Zhou Siyi remarked.
While observing with his spiritual sense, Song Wen hadn’t noticed anything odd. But her words made him sense something amiss.
He’d dealt with Mu Yunxin before—she didn’t seem the type to sacrifice herself for others.
There was only one explanation: she helped the two escape not to save them, but to save herself.
There were likely other He Huan Sect cultivators nearby, strong enough to handle Hui Chi and Hui Wu with ease.
Song Wen’s expression turned wary.
"Let’s go!"
Using his mana, he pulled Zhou Siyi along the lakebed, fleeing into the distance.
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As Hui Chi prepared to kill Mu Yunxin, a figure suddenly shot across the horizon, moving at a staggering speed.
A Nascent Soul cultivator!
Hui Chi and Hui Wu felt as if they’d plunged into an icy abyss, their eyes filled with fear, unsure what to do.
Faster than the figure was a streak of sword light.
The sword light sliced through the air, arriving in an instant.
Clang!
The demon-subduing pestle at Mu Yunxin’s chest was knocked away.
"Let’s see who dares kill my He Huan Sect’s Golden Core elder in our territory!" A chilling voice rang out.
With it came a cold killing intent, enveloping the entire island.
"Senior, spare us!"
Hui Chi and Hui Wu’s knees buckled, and they knelt.
The figure hovered above the island—a stunningly beautiful woman.
Her attire was elegant and refined, her aura transcendent, like an immortal descending to the mortal world.
It was He Huan Sect’s ancestor—Fairy Lan Chen.
Lan Chen glanced at Mu Yunxin, confirming she was unharmed, then turned her gaze to the deep lake.
"Friend at the lake’s bottom, come up for a chat."
Her voice was soft but, infused with mana, reached Song Wen’s ears precisely.
Song Wen glanced back at Zhou Siyi.
Without her, his control over his aura would’ve kept him hidden from Lan Chen.
But Zhou Siyi couldn’t conceal her presence from Lan Chen’s late Nascent Soul spiritual sense, no matter how she tried.
After a moment’s thought, Song Wen floated upward.
Since Lan Chen hadn’t attacked outright, there was room to negotiate.
With Zhou Siyi, he emerged ten miles from the island, hovering in the air.
"It’s really you?" Lan Chen’s voice held uncertainty and shock. "In just over a hundred years, you’ve reached the Nascent Soul realm?"
Song Wen frowned slightly. Lan Chen indeed had a way to recognize him.
"Fairy Lan Chen, it’s been years, and you’re as radiant as ever."
After a compliment, he voiced his curiosity. "May I ask how you recognized me?"
Lan Chen replied, "I’ve cultivated a technique that senses a cultivator’s soul fluctuations. Even if your aura and appearance have changed, I can still identify you."
She didn’t dwell on his altered aura, assuming it was due to his cultivation surge.
After all, when they first met, Song Wen was only at the Qi Refining stage. The second time, he was merely Foundation Establishment.
"How did you manage to rise from Foundation Establishment to Nascent Soul in just a hundred years?" she asked.
Instead of answering, Song Wen pointed to Hui Chi and Hui Wu kneeling on the island. "Fairy, we can catch up later. Let’s deal with these two first."
Lan Chen turned to them, her gaze turning icy. "Two fools courting death. Kill them."
Hui Chi and Hui Wu paled instantly.
"Senior, spare us! We only trespassed into Pure Lake by mistake..."
Before they could finish, an invisible force descended like a mountain.
The two were crushed into puddles of flesh, staining the surrounding rocks red.
Their souls dissipated as well.
Killing them seemed trivial to Lan Chen, who continued calmly, "I recall, back at the Beast Master Sect, you went by ’Wu Sheng’?"
"That was just an alias. Please call me ’Yin Shuo,’" Song Wen said.
The name ’Yin Shuo’ was tied to the Asura Sect, and since Lan Chen could identify him, he had no choice but to use it to reveal as little as possible.
"You’re the leader of that new sect in Yishi Ridge... the Asura Sect?" Lan Chen asked.
"Indeed," Song Wen confirmed.
Lan Chen raised a hand, pointing at Zhou Siyi. "Could this young friend step aside? I’d like to speak with you alone."
(End of the Chapter)
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