Record of a Demon's Cultivation

Chapter 246: Green Jade Snake



Translator: Cinder Translations

"Pfft!"

As soon as Zuo Shuiyun left, Zhou Siyi couldn't hold back her laughter.

"You're the slickest of the bunch. You might have fooled Zuo Shuiyun, but you can't fool me. Tell me honestly, have you already refined the Cultivation Pill?"

Song Wen shook his head. "Senior Sister Zhou, I truly can't. Elder Wei only provided ten portions of the medicinal herbs for the Cultivation Pill. With my talent in alchemy, how could I learn to refine a second-tier pill with just those ten portions of herbs, even if it's the simplest second-tier pill?"

"Ten portions of herbs isn't enough; can't you just buy some from the Spiritual Herb Peak?"

"It's too expensive. One portion of the herbs for the Cultivation Pill costs two spirit stones."

Song Wen appeared greedy and stingy.

In fact, he wasn't lying; he genuinely couldn't refine the Cultivation Pill.

After receiving the ten portions of medicinal herbs for the Cultivation Pill, he had gone to the Spiritual Herb Peak, and not just once, but he didn't buy the herbs for the Cultivation Pill. Instead, he purchased a few Yellow Essence Mushrooms.

Within the Beastmaster Sect, Yellow Essence Mushrooms were very cheap; a fifty-year-old herb only cost two spirit stones.

For most of the past month, he had been holed up in the cave, working on the formulation of the Explosive Blood Pill.

The jade slip from the evil cultivator contained insights on improving the Explosive Blood Pill, which had greatly inspired Song Wen.

He had a feeling he would soon be able to successfully develop a new version of the Explosive Blood Pill.

In this situation, he had no mind to refine the Cultivation Pill.

Zhou Siyi stared at him with wide eyes, leaning in closer to Song Wen.

"You really can't refine the Cultivation Pill?"

"Absolutely no exaggeration!"

"Do you lack spirit stones, Junior Brother Wu? I can lend you some."

"Thank you, Senior Sister Zhou, but I still have some savings. If I run out of spirit stones one day, I will definitely come to you for help."

...

In the Beastmaster Sect, a year passed peacefully in the cultivation journey.

During this time, Wei Ding taught Song Wen and the other three the refining methods for six types of second-tier pills.

Zuo Shuiyun grew closer to Wei Ding, often getting some private alchemical orders from him.

Of course, these orders were ones Wei Ding didn't care for, but they still allowed Zuo Shuiyun to earn quite a few spirit stones, as evidenced by the new robe she purchased.

Zhou Siyi always had a curious and innocent demeanor; apart from alchemy, she would run around the alchemy room, and leveraging her identity as the daughter of the deputy master of the Spirit Beast Peak, she became familiar with all the second-tier alchemists in the Pill Peak.

Huo Ding, on the other hand, focused on researching alchemical methods every day and was indifferent to other matters.

Song Wen was firmly established as the one with the worst talent for alchemy among the four.

This past year, he devoted himself to improving the Explosive Blood Pill, not paying much attention to Wei Ding's teachings. He only managed to learn to refine the Cultivation Pill and a second-tier pill called the Beast Essence Pill.

As the name suggests, the Beast Essence Pill stimulates the essence of spiritual beasts, having an aphrodisiac effect. Any second-tier or lower monster or spirit bug that consumes the Beast Essence Pill will be in heat within a short time.

The Beastmaster Sect primarily produces this pill to promote the reproduction of spiritual beasts.

Wei Ding often received some private orders, most of which were assisted by Zuo Shuiyun.

Of course, Song Wen, being an outsider with no background, was also exploited twice to refine several Cultivation Pills for him.

After the sect established its orders, they would assign various alchemical tasks every three months. Completing these tasks would earn a certain reward from the sect.

As someone who could only refine the Cultivation Pill and Beast Essence Pill, Song Wen did

not receive many tasks and, correspondingly, his rewards were few.

One day, Wei Ding gathered Song Wen and the other three together.

"The sect has an external mission that requires two people to go together. Which two of you are willing to go?"

Song Wen kept his eyes on the ground, seemingly oblivious to the conversation.

The primary reason he came to the Beastmaster Sect was to avoid the reckoning from the

Corpse Demon Sect. Additionally, the improvement of the Explosive Blood Pill was at a critical juncture; unless there was a matter of life and death, he wouldn't leave the sect easily.

Zuo Shuiyun hesitated a bit, wanting to take on the task, but she was concerned about the risks involved.

Wei Ding didn't elaborate on the specifics of the external mission, worrying that it might have significant risks.

Huo Ding and Zhou Siyi's attitudes were also rather indifferent, appearing detached from the situation and uninterested in the mission.

Zhou Siyi's big eyes were filled with confusion, looking completely lost.

"But Elder Wei, according to the sect's rules, disciples can only take on external missions after three years of foundation building. Both Huo Ding and I haven't reached three years of foundation yet, and Junior Brother Wu is an outsider. His three years should be counted from

the day he joined the sect."

"How could the sect assign us an external mission?"

This external mission was actually a personal task for Wei Ding.

He didn't want to travel a long way to a mundane place with scarce spiritual energy, so he

wanted Song Wen and the others to take on the work; however, he was worried that if only one person went and messed up the task, the sect would blame him, which is why he required two people to go.

Being exposed in public made Wei Ding's face awkward; he felt somewhat embarrassed.

However, Wei Ding's composure was still excellent, and he quickly regained his usual expression as if he hadn't heard Zhou Siyi's question at all.

"You needn't worry about safety; this mission is very safe and carries no risks. If you can successfully complete the task, there is a reward of three thousand spirit stones."

"In the territory of the mundane Dayan Kingdom, the sect has a Spirit Breeding Workshop

that raises Green Jade Snakes. Recently, there have been some issues with the breeding of the Green Jade Snakes. It is preliminarily suspected that the Beast Essence Pill is unsuitable for them and fails to stimulate their desire."

The Green Jade Snake is a type of water snake, belonging to a first-tier monster and not particularly powerful.

However, the Green Jade Snake possesses extremely tenacious vitality; even if it is cut in half,

it won't easily die. Instead, it will gradually grow a new tail and internal organs.

Seeing that the mission posed little risk, Zuo Shuiyun was about to speak up and accept the

task when Zhou Siyi jumped in first and said, "Elder Wei, count me in."

As soon as she said this, the other four looked at her with surprise.

Zhou Siyi had previously refused to take any tasks, as she didn't lack spirit stones and had non/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

need to toil for them.

Just a moment ago, she had expressed dissatisfaction with Wei Ding assigning the mission to

the four of them.

But now, she was eager to take on this mission.

Her contradictory behavior was a bit confusing.

Seeing that Zhou Siyi wanted to take on the mission, Zuo Shuiyun abandoned her thought of

accepting it; she didn't get along with Zhou Siyi and didn't want to be on the same team.

Wei Ding nodded, agreeing to Zhou Siyi's request.

His gaze turned to the three remaining individuals, and after noticing that Zuo Shuiyun was unwilling to participate, it finally landed on Song Wen.

He spoke with an unquestionable tone: "This time, Wu Sheng and Zhou Siyi will go together."

Song Wen's mouth moved slightly, but he ultimately remained silent.

However, this small movement did not escape Wei Ding's notice. He stared coldly at Song

Wen and asked, "Wu Sheng, do you have any objections to my arrangement?"

You can't provoke Zhou Siyi and Huo Ding, but you think you can handle me, Wu Sheng?

Song Wen hurriedly replied, "I wouldn't dare; I will follow Elder Wei's decision."

TL: Song Wen should write down his name somewhere...

(End of the Chapter)

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