Record of a Demon's Cultivation

179  Childhood Sweethearts

Translator: Cinder Translations

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The handsome young man, Xu Zheng, was Jing Yu's childhood friend. They had grown up together and shared a deep affection.

However, this beautiful love story did not receive the approval of Jing Yu's father, who saw through Xu Zheng's unscrupulous nature.

Xu Zheng had neither good character nor outstanding talent and always harbored grand ambitions of joining a major sect, establishing his foundation, and becoming a revered figure.

Xu Zheng looked down upon his elders, who had struggled at the bottom of the cultivation world all their lives, living as resource-strapped scattered cultivators. Despite their efforts, it was difficult to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining.

After Jing Yu's father clearly stated that he would not marry his daughter to Xu Zheng, Xu Zheng, in a fit of anger and embarrassment, deceived the naive Jing Yu with sweet words. The two privately pledged their lives to each other and left to seek a better future.

They left their small scattered cultivator market where they had grown up and headed for the Beastmaster Sect, hoping to join it.

After enduring numerous hardships and dangers, they finally arrived at the Beastmaster Sect.

But reality dealt Xu Zheng a heavy blow.

His aptitude was poor, and even after joining the Beastmaster Sect, he could only become the lowest-ranking servant disciple.

Prideful Xu Zheng could not accept being a servant, even if it was in the Beastmaster Sect.

He brought Jing Yu, who had even worse aptitude than him, to the East Huafang Market.

Confident in his own intelligence, Xu Zheng believed that as a scattered cultivator in East Huafang Market, he would eventually stand out.

However, reality was even harsher than he imagined. The two young and inexperienced individuals almost died in East Huafang Market and ended up destitute, wandering the streets.

At this time, Heng Cheng appeared and took a fancy to the beautiful Jing Yu.

Immersed in the fantasy of love, Jing Yu could not possibly agree to become Heng Cheng's concubine.

But after being repeatedly beaten by reality, Xu Zheng realized that if things continued as they were, both he and Jing Yu would truly perish in East Huafang Market.

Under his constant persuasion, Jing Yu eventually became Heng Cheng's concubine.

Heng Cheng, however, was unaware of Xu Zheng's existence and thought that Jing Yu was a scattered cultivator who had ended up in East Huafang Market on her own.

He would only visit East Huafang Market once every ten days or so, which allowed Jing Yu and Xu Zheng to secretly maintain their relationship and use the spirit stones Heng Cheng provided to rekindle their bond.

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Facing Jing Yu's request to leave East Huafang Market, Xu Zheng's eyes showed hesitation.

These days, he relied entirely on Jing Yu to support him. If they left East Huafang Market, they would become low-level scattered cultivators with no support.

Perhaps sensing Xu Zheng's worries, Jing Yu said, "In the past few days, I've saved up a sum of spirit stones, more than a thousand in total. It's enough for us to cultivate for a long time. If it really doesn't work out, we can still live as ordinary mortals."

Jing Yu did not notice the brief flash of sharpness in Xu Zheng's eyes when she mentioned having a thousand spirit stones.

Xu Zheng looked troubled. "But the journey to the mortal world is long and fraught with dangers. With our cultivation at only the third or fourth level of Qi Refining, how can we reach the mortal world safely?"

Xu Zheng's cultivation was at the third level of Qi Refining, while Jing Yu, with the rare elixirs provided by Heng Cheng, had advanced to the fourth level.

Jing Yu said with a touch of melancholy, "If we had a flying boat, it would be fine."

Even the cheapest flying boat cost four to five thousand spirit stones, far beyond what the two could afford.

After a moment of silence, Xu Zheng sat up with a determined look and said, "Otherwise, we should find a way to get some spirit stones from Heng Cheng."

Jing Yu's eyes lit up with interest, and she asked, "Do you have a plan?"

Xu Zheng's gaze turned toward the window, where the innocent young boy was playing with toys.

His eyes were as cold and bloodthirsty as a beast hunting in the dead of night.

"The little bastard is Heng Cheng's only child, and Heng Cheng adores him. Only by threatening him can we force Heng Cheng to comply."

Jing Yu's eyes were filled with hesitation. She said, "Although I don't like this child, he is still my flesh and blood. I can't bring myself to harm him."

Xu Zheng reassured her, "Don't worry. We won't harm him, just use him to threaten Heng Cheng."

After much hesitation, Jing Yu finally succumbed to Xu Zheng's intense gaze and tender persuasion.

"Fine! But how should we proceed? Heng Cheng is a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator; he could kill us as easily as slaughtering chickens or dogs."

"With the child in our hands, does Heng Cheng dare to act against us?" Xu Zheng sneered.

TL: How the fk did this idiot survive in the cultivation world, for as long a he has?

The two then began to discuss their plans in low voices.

The innocent child played happily in the courtyard, completely unaware that his own mother and her lover were plotting a scheme around him.

Song Wen, who had seen all this through his dark-gold bug, turned and left. Before he departed, he placed three spirit sense marks on the three individuals: the two adults and the child.

Song Wen was also preparing to use the two people to lure out Heng Cheng and to acquire the silver horned grass and Beast Refining Pills. Seeing this scene, he came up with a new idea.

Three days later, in the afternoon.

A refined middle-aged man appeared outside the gate of the 87th courtyard in the eastern district of the market.

He was Heng Cheng.

Having not seen his son for many days, Heng Cheng missed him greatly.

That morning, he learned from his partner Rong Jingyun that Rong Jingyun was going to refine Beast Refining Pills. After Rong Jingyun left the cave, Heng Cheng also left his cave and headed for the market.

It takes at least two days to refine a batch of Beast Refining Pills, which was enough time for him to spend with his child and concubine.

However, upon arrival, he found that Jing Yu was not at home. The gate was locked with a large padlock, and Jing Yu's whereabouts were unknown.

Heng Cheng leaped over the courtyard wall and entered the small courtyard.

Everything in the courtyard and inside the house seemed normal, but he deduced from the leftovers in the kitchen and the dust that no one had entered the kitchen for at least two days.

Heng Cheng's brow furrowed, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.

Jing Yu, with her weak strength, living alone with the child in this expensive eastern district, wouldn't have been targeted by a thief or harmed by a cultivator, would she?

The more he thought, the more worried he became. Heng Cheng carefully searched every corner of the house for any clues.

Finally, he found a letter on the back of the door.

From the handwriting, it was clear that the letter was written by a man. The letter stated that Jing Yu and her child had been kidnapped by a group of men and that Heng Cheng was to meet them alone at a cultivator's tavern.

Heng Cheng's face turned extremely ugly, and his concern for Jing Yu and the child transformed into towering rage.

The letter in his hand suddenly turned into a pile of shredded paper, fluttering around in a gust of wind.

Heng Cheng soared into the air and headed toward the cultivator's tavern mentioned in the letter.

The tavern was small, with only five or six tables in the main hall.

It was past mealtime, and there was only a young man sitting at a table in the corner, sipping tea.

The young man was Xu Zheng.

Heng Cheng quickly approached Xu Zheng and, with anger, said, "You're the one who kidnapped Jing Yu and her child!"

Feeling Heng Cheng's fierce aura and overwhelming anger, Xu Zheng was momentarily tempted to kneel and beg for mercy. However, suppressing his fear, Xu Zheng replied, "Indeed, the child and Jing Yu are in our hands."

(End of the Chapter)

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