Time passed in a flash, and another three months went by.
During these three months, the demonic energy on Black Wind Mountain became far denser than ever before, yet the number of patrolling little demons actually decreased.
Instead, more question-and-answer sessions along with the sound of reading echoed from the mountain top and carried far into the distance. This left passing idle demon cultivators and the spies deliberately sent by other demon mountains deeply puzzled.
In the past, they had only heard that human clans had private schools and academies, so occasionally the sound of reading could be heard in human towns.
But was Black Wind Mountain not a demon mountain?
How could reading voices come from here?
Could it be that the great demons of Black Wind Mountain had robbed a large group of human scholars and brought them back?
All of this left the demons baffled. It was not only them who felt confused. When these demon mountain spies passed the information back, the great demons behind them were equally at a loss.
Reading voices?
What new trick was that toad on Black Wind Mountain up to now?
Although Mo Fan had not made a grand show of holding lectures and teaching the Law, it still could not escape the eyes of some demon mountain forces.
After all, the ones he invited this time were idle demon kings from the entire Fengming Mountain demon domain. It would be hard not to attract the attention of other demon mountains.
So whether it was Golden Domain Mountain or White Feather Mountain, both had sent spies to scout around Black Wind Mountain.
Mo Fan naturally knew about all of this, but he had no intention of hiding anything from the start.
In order to spread the demon clan script more widely, he even ordered his little demons to directly “invite” those demon mountain spies up to the mountain top. Not only did they receive good food and drink, they were also allowed to listen to Fang Ru’s lectures for free.
“I know you all come from the Seven Great Kings’ territories, or from Golden Domain Mountain and White Feather Mountain.
But it does not matter. This king does not care. Go back and tell the kings behind you this.
The purpose of this king’s lecture and teaching this time is mainly to promote the demon clan script. If they are interested in it as well, they can bring their great demons to Black Wind Mountain to learn!
By the way, it is free of charge for the rest of this year!”
Mo Fan showed a kindly smile to the group of little demons.
The demons looked at each other upon hearing this. In truth, they were not little demons at all. Most were at the demon general realm, and one or two were even at the king realm.
But in Mo Fan’s eyes, their low strength made them no different from little demons.
“Black Wind King, what do you mean by ‘free of charge’?”
One demon spoke up on behalf of an early-stage king realm great demon.
“Uh… this king almost forgot that you are all still illiterate. I really need to explain it properly.” Mo Fan helplessly rubbed his head.
But these words made the faces of the spies twitch.
Although they had not studied much of human principles, had they never seen a pig run even if they had not eaten pork?
“Illiterate” was not a nice word at all!
Mo Fan completely ignored the rather ugly looks on the spies’ faces and continued with a cheerful smile, “What this king meant is that for the rest of this year, if the powerful ones behind you wish to come to Black Wind Mountain to learn about the demon clan script, this king will teach them for free.
Once this year passes, anyone who wants to come and learn will not get such good treatment anymore. They will have to pay a certain price to study.
Do you understand now?”
The spies nodded one after another upon hearing this. Then, at Mo Fan’s invitation, they listened to more than half a day of the lecture for free.
Just when the demons were listening with great interest, Mo Fan directly started to send them away, telling them to go back and inform the great demons behind them.
When those great demons learned that Mo Fan had actually created a script unique to the demon clan, they were very shocked. At the same time, they all guessed that the strange phenomenon on Black Wind Mountain last time was most likely related to this!
Although these great demons were not particularly interested in so-called script, the fact that heavenly phenomena had manifested because of these characters was enough to explain many things. So they immediately sent groups of trusted great demons to Black Wind Mountain to learn the demon clan script.
Three months passed, and Fang Ru’s lectures finally came to an end.
This time, all the great demons who came to attend gained a great deal.
Not only did they learn many useful principles from what Fang Ru taught, but quite a few great demons completely mastered the demon clan script. Many demon kings even began using the learned script to write their own king titles and names, which made those who had not fully mastered it very envious.
But precisely because they had learned the demon clan script, the great demons finally came back to their senses at this moment. They asked Mo Fan to bring out that beast skin sign-in sheet again for another look.
In order not to dampen the demon kings’ enthusiasm for learning, Mo Fan took out the beast skin. Yet as soon as the demon kings saw it, they fell completely silent, not uttering a single word.
The reason was simple. This beast skin was not a sign-in sheet at all. It was a joint declaration.
The general meaning of the joint declaration was that from the moment they left their fingerprints on it, all demon kings who signed would advance and retreat together with the Black Wind King!
From then on, anyone who attacked Black Wind Mountain would be the common enemy of all these demon kings. The declaration also stated that from the moment of signing, all demon kings must put aside past grudges and support one another!
The contents of the joint declaration made the demon kings give bitter smiles.
It sounded quite reasonable on the surface, but in reality it could be summed up in one sentence: they had all been forcibly and passively bound to the Black Wind Mountain war chariot by Mo Fan!
In the past, they could simply have refused to acknowledge such a so-called declaration. But after more than three months of study, their way of thinking had changed. They now considered matters far more long-term than before.
They knew very well that since the Black Wind King had made them leave fingerprints, and there was even blood as proof, once this matter spread, other demons would naturally assume the worst from the start.
They would subconsciously believe that these demon kings who came to Black Wind Mountain for lectures and teaching were definitely allied with Black Wind Mountain. At that point, even if it was not true, it would look like it was. This was an open scheme!
Of course, they could also return to their own demon mountains and deny the whole thing. But doing so would surely lead to retaliation from Black Wind Mountain.
Just think about the current overall strength of Black Wind Mountain. Not to mention them, even forces at the level of demon ancestors would probably suffer quite a headache if they encountered it.
So that idea was extremely unrealistic. Their only choice was to accept this declaration. In doing so, they could at least gain Mo Fan’s favour.
At this moment, Mo Fan’s lips curved upward. His gaze swept across the expressions on the demon kings’ faces. Seeing that they had more or less accepted it, he spoke again, “This beast skin serves as both the sign-in record and a joint declaration. More importantly, it is proof that we will support and protect each other in the future!”
After he finished speaking, Mo Fan immediately ordered a little demon to bring blood clay. He pressed his own fingerprint onto it as well and left a drop of his blood.
Then he had little demons bring several bowls of wine and distribute them to every idle demon king.
The demon kings held their wine bowls and looked at Mo Fan in confusion.
“This king knows that although you have accepted this joint declaration on the surface, you still feel quite dissatisfied with my actions in your hearts.
This king has nothing to say about that.
But in order to promote progress in the entire demon clan’s order, this king had to use some small tricks. I hope you can understand!
Of course, if you cannot understand, please keep it in your hearts. Never let this king know, so as not to harm the harmony between us!”
Mo Fan’s words made the demon kings’ faces twitch. They thought to themselves, what kind of explanation is this?
Do you talk to people like that?
No matter how you listen to it, it feels stifling…
“Of course, this king truly wants to make friends with all you brothers!”
Mo Fan paused, then raised the wine bowl in his hand and shouted loudly, “From this moment on, if all you brothers drink this bowl of wine with this king, it means you forgive this king’s earlier rude behaviour!”
“Come, drink this bowl with this king, and from now on we shall be sworn brothers!”
“From this day forward, this king and all you brothers will share honour and disgrace, and support each other through everything!”
