After entering the vortex, the scenery before Mo Fan instantly became blurred. When he stepped out, all the hazy images suddenly turned completely clear.
The colours in the sky were no longer glaring. Instead, they became somewhat dim. Everywhere his gaze fell was a scene of quiet serenity. In the distance stood a cluster of palaces.
“Follow this old man. Que Granny is in the Nirvana Pool!”
White Deer spoke. He immediately rose into the air and flew toward the distant palace complex.
Mo Fan took a deep breath to calm his chaotic thoughts, then followed along.
Not long after, he arrived with White Deer at the palace where the Nirvana Pool was located.
“Do you have the Holy King’s written order?”
Inside the palace, a creature with a human face and lion body, its entire form wreathed in flames, spoke without lifting its head.
Mo Fan recognised this creature.
It was none other than that greedy Fire Spirit from before!
What surprised Mo Fan, however, was that this Fire Spirit seemed to have grown even stronger. Its aura was now so profound that even he could not see through it clearly.
Thinking of this, Mo Fan immediately used his Azure Eyes to look over.
Fire Spirit, human-faced beast, early Ancestral Realm!
“Hmm?”
The Fire Spirit seemed to sense something. It instinctively raised its head and looked toward Mo Fan.
When it saw Mo Fan’s appearance clearly, it immediately roared in fury, “So it is you!”
“Senior, it is not me. You must have recognised the wrong demon, right?”
Mo Fan’s heart skipped a beat. He quickly winked at the creature.
“You damned dog! Even if you turn to ash, this old one would still recognise you, you little toad!”
“Last time you caused me so much misery. Now that you have delivered yourself to my door, do not blame me for being impolite!”
The Fire Spirit was furious. It was born with a divine ability to see through other demons’ true forms, so Mo Fan could not fool it at all!
Just as the Fire Spirit was about to attack, a terrifying Ancestral Realm aura suddenly descended!
“Human Face, we come on the Holy King’s orders. Do not cause trouble, or this old man will not mind skinning you alive!”
White Deer Ancestor snorted coldly. His cultivation was far higher than the Fire Spirit’s, so his words naturally carried great weight.
Hearing this, the Fire Spirit immediately shrank its neck. It then turned its head to look at White Deer and snorted, “I wondered who it was. So it is you, you old fellow!”
“Lai Bao is Que Granny’s grandson, so the Holy King ordered me to bring him to the Nirvana Pool. Open the entrance for us!”
White Deer furrowed his brows slightly and spoke calmly.
“White Deer, have you gone senile in your old age?”
“Que Granny is a peacock demon. This kid is just a toad. How could he possibly be Que Granny’s grandson?”
The Fire Spirit rolled its eyes. It felt White Deer was trying to trick it, so it immediately became wary.
“Que Granny had no descendants in her life, but she uniquely accepted this boy Lai Bao as her god-grandson. Believe it or not, that is the truth!
If you still try to block us, do not blame this old man for being rude!”
White Deer frowned. He had not expected this fellow to be so difficult.
Although the Fire Spirit’s cultivation was lower than his, it was the guardian of the Nirvana Pool. In the future, anyone wanting to use the pool would still have to look at its face. Unless absolutely necessary, White Deer did not want to make an enemy of it.
“Old White Deer, do not threaten me!”
“I am a demon entrusted with important duties by the Holy King. Threatening me is the same as threatening the Holy King!”
The Fire Spirit was not intimidated by White Deer at all. Instead, it stood up to him, looking arrogant and completely unafraid of whether White Deer would actually attack.
“You…!!”
White Deer was furious. This damned Human Face was making him lose face. Just as he was about to truly take action, Mo Fan suddenly took out a storage bag and tossed it toward the Fire Spirit.
“Senior, I understand the rules. This storage bag contains my personal offering. Please be accommodating and open the Nirvana Pool entrance so we can go in to see Granny!”
Mo Fan spoke with a sincere expression. He knew exactly what kind of character this Fire Spirit had and could not be bothered to waste words with it.
If something could be solved with spirit stones, then in his eyes it was not a problem!
Sure enough, the Fire Spirit caught the storage bag. After sweeping its divine sense inside, its face immediately lit up with delight.
“You really know the rules, kid!”
The Fire Spirit spoke with a beaming smile. It then opened its mouth and swallowed the storage bag whole. Only then did it say to the two demons, “This time I will let you off. Next time, if you dare provoke this Ancestor again, not a single one of you will get in!”
With that, it began using its own demon energy to draw out the entrance to the Nirvana Array.
In an instant, array patterns emerged on the ground. At the same time, the entrance to the Nirvana Pool appeared reflected in the void.
Although White Deer felt unhappy inside, he said nothing more. He only sent a voice transmission to Mo Fan, asking what exactly he had given to make this damned Fire Spirit back down.
Mo Fan’s answer left him quite speechless.
“Just a bag of low-grade spirit stones. Nothing valuable!”
“Ancestor, do not get angry with it. This lion-dog is the greediest thing around. Sometimes you do not need to waste words with it. Just give it some spirit stones, and it becomes obedient at once!”
Lion-dog?
White Deer’s cheek twitched. He wondered what strange new breed that was.
After that, the two demons said no more and flew together toward the Nirvana Pool entrance.
Coming to the Nirvana Pool once again, Mo Fan felt the abundant spiritual energy here once more. A certain fellow in his sea of consciousness immediately awakened.
This greatly surprised Mo Fan. It meant new top-grade spirit stones had appeared in the Nirvana Pool!
However, this time Mo Fan did not dare let Uncle Coin do anything reckless. He immediately manifested his spiritual body inside his sea of consciousness to explain the reason to it.
“What is wrong with you?”
Seeing Mo Fan pause slightly, White Deer instinctively turned his head to look at him.
“Oh, it is nothing.”
Mo Fan came back to his senses, shook his head slightly, then looked at the Nirvana Pool before him. He felt somewhat astonished.
“This Nirvana Pool seems to have grown much larger!”
Last time he came here, the Nirvana Pool was only about a zhang across. This time it was at least ten zhang across!
“This old man knows about that. I heard there was some problem with the Nirvana Pool last time. The Holy King rearranged it completely, even changing the rules.
In the past, only one demon could enter the Nirvana Pool at a time. Now it can hold up to ten demon cultivators at once!” White Deer explained with a smile.
“So that is how it is!”
Mo Fan nodded. He then asked, “Where is Granny?”
Because he had not seen Que Granny’s figure in the Nirvana Pool.
“She is below!”
White Deer sighed. Demon energy surged from his body, directly splitting the spiritual liquid in the Nirvana Pool in two. This revealed the mirror-smooth surface below.
Mo Fan looked down. Sure enough, among the many figures, he saw Que Granny’s corpse.
At this moment, Que Granny had her eyes tightly closed, a faint smile on her lips. Apart from having no trace of life, she looked no different from when she was alive.
“Granny!”
“Fan’er is late!”
Mo Fan’s eyes immediately turned red. His voice carried a slight choke. He then knelt down in the Nirvana Pool.
White Deer watched this scene and gave a soft sigh. He said, “The Holy King did her best, but Que Granny’s injuries were simply too severe. Her foundational origin was almost completely destroyed. Even this Nirvana Pool was powerless to save her!”
Mo Fan remained silent in the Nirvana Pool for a long time. Finally, he kowtowed heavily three times toward Que Granny’s corpse and solemnly swore, “Granny, rest assured. Those who harmed you that day will not escape, not a single one!”
With that, he took a deep breath and stood up. His gaze returned to calm.
“White Deer Ancestor, are you saying the Holy King has also been here?”
Mo Fan’s eyes flashed. He suddenly thought of the scene from You Er’s divination before coming here.
This instantly filled his heart with many questions.
