Seeing that Mo Fan and Feng Gu were speaking with hidden meanings in their words, White Deer could not help but feel a headache coming on. He understood that there was most likely some grudge between these two fellows.
With the Holy King about to meet them, he did not want these two young ones to start clashing with each other. So he quickly stepped between the two demons. “Holy Son, why are you here?”
“Mother told me to wait here to receive him!”
Feng Gu shrugged his shoulders. Then he said to Mo Fan, “Follow me!”
“Alright!”
Mo Fan nodded. He then turned to White Deer and said, “Ancestor, I will go in first!”
“Mm, go ahead!”
“This old man will wait for you here.”
White Deer nodded with a smile.
Seeing this, Mo Fan followed Feng Gu toward the crimson gate inside the hall.
Coming here once again, the Coin in Mo Fan’s mind stirred once more. This left Mo Fan quite frustrated. He had no choice but to split off a thread of his attention to “reason” with it properly.
There was no other way. He did not dare act recklessly in this place. If he offended the Fire Phoenix Holy King, he might really get slapped to death.
At the same time, Mo Fan was very surprised. Counting this visit, this was already the fourth time the Coin had become restless inside the Fire Phoenix Palace. This suggested that the Fire Phoenix Holy King likely possessed a considerable number of top-grade spirit stones!
Although Mo Fan was astonished by this, he did not dare show too much of his thoughts.
As for borrowing top-grade spirit stones from the Fire Phoenix Holy King, he admitted he did not have the courage for that yet.
“I wonder if, with the Coin’s current abilities, it could replicate top-grade spirit stones?”
Mo Fan muttered inwardly, a glint flashing in his eyes.
He could not get his hands on the top-grade spirit stones the Fire Phoenix Holy King possessed for now, but the one in the Nirvana Pool was something he could try to approach when the chance came.
Just as Mo Fan finally managed to calm down Uncle Coin with great difficulty, Feng Gu also pushed open the crimson gate. Mo Fan quickly followed him in.
After entering the crimson gate, the light before Mo Fan suddenly brightened.
He looked far ahead and found the scene was just as he remembered from last time. Everywhere his gaze reached was a sea of crimson.
This was a world formed entirely of flames!
Whether it was the grass and trees on the ground or the clouds in the sky, all burned with roaring fire.
Feng Gu showed no novelty toward everything here. He flew straight ahead on his own, clearly having come here often.
Mo Fan did not speak. He silently followed behind.
“I heard Mother mention you. She said you are the inheritor of the White Tiger Holy King and possess the battle power of a Holy Son. If there is a chance, I would like to fight you once!”
Feng Gu’s voice suddenly reached Mo Fan’s ears.
Mo Fan looked at Feng Gu but saw that the fellow had not even turned his head. He had only transmitted the message just now. This made Mo Fan furrow his brows slightly.
This guy was treating him as a rival?
“Sorry, but I do not want to fight you!”
Mo Fan directly refused through transmission, causing Feng Gu’s body ahead to stiffen slightly.
“What, you do not dare?” Feng Gu snorted coldly.
“I really do not dare!”
“You are at least a Demon King with Holy Son-level battle power. How can you be so cowardly?!” Feng Gu felt secretly annoyed.
The corners of Mo Fan’s mouth lifted.
This fellow was getting anxious!
“You are the Holy Son who grew up with a golden spoon in his mouth, backed by the Fire Phoenix Holy King. Who would dare fight you?
If I injure you, would not the Holy King skin me alive?”
Mo Fan curled his lip. Then his eyes rolled as he said, “Besides, fighting you brings no benefits. This king does not do things that waste effort without reward!”
“Hmph! So in the end, you just want benefits?”
Mo Fan did not reply. His silence said everything.
“What exactly will it take for you to fight this Holy Son?”
“Well… this king’s appearance fee is quite expensive. I am afraid His Highness the Holy Son cannot afford it!”
Mo Fan suddenly accelerated and came to Feng Gu’s side. He looked at him with a beaming smile.
“You dare look down on me?”
“I am the Holy Son of Phoenix Cry Mountain. The resources I possess are enough to smash you senseless!”
“Just say it!”
Feng Gu frowned and glared fiercely at Mo Fan.
“This fellow… why does he look more and more like a female seductress?”
Mo Fan felt goosebumps from Feng Gu’s glare. It was truly because this fellow was far too beautiful. Yet the words he spoke carried a hint of petulance, with none of the domineering air one expected from a Holy Son.
Thinking of this, Mo Fan could not help but shiver.
This guy did not have some special preference, did he?
“Ahem… I need one top-grade spirit stone!”
Mo Fan finally stated his condition. As a result, Feng Gu’s cheek twitched. He immediately accelerated and flew forward.
“Hey! Just one top-grade spirit stone. You, the grand Holy Son of Phoenix Cry Mountain, cannot possibly lack one, right?”
Mo Fan quickly chased after him while teasing.
“You just shut up!”
“Do you think top-grade spirit stones are some low-grade spirit ginseng?”
Feng Gu transmitted back in annoyance and no longer mentioned fighting Mo Fan.
“What the heck, looks like this fellow is also broke!”
Mo Fan rolled his eyes. He had originally thought Feng Gu would have top-grade spirit stones on him. Turns out he was just as poor as himself!
Soon, the two demons landed on the peak of that crimson mountain.
Feng Gu looked up and said respectfully toward the two blazing suns in the sky, “Mother, Lai Bao has arrived!”
“I know. You may withdraw first!”
The Fire Phoenix Holy King’s voice rang out, instantly echoing through the entire Fire Phoenix Cave Heaven.
“Yes, your child withdraws!”
Feng Gu furrowed his brows slightly, a trace of helplessness in his eyes. He glanced at Mo Fan once more before flying back the way he came.
“Lai Bao pays respects to the Holy King!”
Mo Fan looked toward the two blazing suns in the sky and gave a slight cupped-hand salute in that direction.
This was not his first time in the Fire Phoenix Cave Heaven, so he understood that the Fire Phoenix Holy King resided within those two blazing suns. Or rather, one of those two blazing suns was the Fire Phoenix Holy King herself transformed!
“Little toad, you have caused quite a stir these past days. Even little Que’er died because of you. So you are not planning to explain yourself to this king?”
As the Fire Phoenix Holy King’s voice sounded, one of the blazing suns in the sky suddenly vanished.
A figure quietly appeared about a zhang away from Mo Fan, with her back to him.
Looking at the crimson-skirted back before him, Mo Fan took a deep breath. After a slight pause, he finally spoke, “Holy King, everything I have done was for the demon race, and also for you, Holy King!”
“Granny’s death was something I did not anticipate. I truly cannot escape blame for this matter. Please, Holy King, pass judgement!”
“Pass judgement?”
The Fire Phoenix Holy King sneered coldly. Then she spoke in a quiet, eerie tone, “Little Que’er followed this venerable for several hundred years. This venerable watched her cultivate from a little peacock all the way to the Ancestral Realm!
To this venerable, little Que’er was not merely a subordinate. She was the one closest to this venerable.
You speak of judgement?
Then tell me, how many times would you have to die to quell the anger in this venerable’s heart?”
As the Fire Phoenix Holy King’s words fell, she suddenly turned around. A terrifying pressure instantly surged toward Mo Fan, forcing him to his knees on the ground almost in an instant!
“Holy King, please calm your anger!”
Mo Fan’s entire body tensed. A flicker of resistance had just risen in his heart, but he immediately gave it up voluntarily.
The Fire Phoenix Holy King was too powerful, so powerful that he could not even muster the slightest thought of rebellion. Because if he truly resisted, death might not be far away!
So he could not resist. He could only silently endure the Fire Phoenix Holy King’s fury.
At least for now, the Fire Phoenix Holy King showed no intention of acting against him. Otherwise, she would not have wasted so many words on him.
“Calm my anger? How do you expect this venerable to calm down?!”
The Fire Phoenix Holy King snorted coldly. Her gaze toward Mo Fan was somewhat complicated. With a sweep of her wide sleeve, the overwhelming pressure like a tsunami instantly receded completely. This allowed Mo Fan to breathe a slight sigh of relief inwardly.
“If little Que’er had not still been pleading for you even at the moment her soul scattered, this venerable would not have allowed you to remain at large for so long!”
The Fire Phoenix Holy King’s words struck Mo Fan’s heart like a thunderbolt. He had never imagined that Que Granny had still been speaking up for him even as she died. This moved him deeply, and his eyes could not help turning red.
“Granny…”
