When Mo Fan walked out of the Fire Phoenix Cave Heaven, the demon power that had been sealed on his body finally recovered. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
However, as soon as he looked up, he saw the two demons at the entrance staring blankly at him.
“What is it? Do I have flowers on my face?”
Mo Fan spoke irritably to the two demons. To his surprise, both of them nodded very seriously.
“Not only do you have flowers on your face, even your mouth is covered in mud. You did not just eat shit, did you?”
Feng Gu, with his long crimson hair and a face as handsome as a jade crown, spoke first. His words instantly made Mo Fan’s face darken.
Even Old Ancestor Bai Lu could not help chuckling when he heard this. Seeing Mo Fan’s unpleasant expression, he quickly said, “Come on, Treasure, the Holy Son has always been straightforward and speaks his mind. Do not take it to heart.
But with your face full of ash, you really do not look very presentable.”
Straightforward and speaks his mind?
Is this fellow really straightforward?
He is clearly just unhappy with this king!
Mo Fan thought to himself, though he did not show it outwardly. He knew very well why Feng Gu kept targeting him. In short, it was because last time he made that guy take the blame.
So much time had passed. It was normal for the other party to have figured everything out.
Thinking of this, Mo Fan’s mood suddenly improved quite a bit. He gently activated the Nether Ghost Pearl inside his body. The Nether Ghost Fire instantly covered him from head to toe.
When Feng Gu saw this, a flash of surprise appeared in his eyes. Then he asked curiously, “You are clearly a toad. By logic you should be close to water. How can you have the power of fire?”
Mo Fan’s face twitched. Sure enough, he never heard anything good come out of this guy’s mouth!
He simply ignored Feng Gu’s words. The Nether Ghost Fire withdrew, and not a speck of dust remained on his body.
“Old Ancestor, this time when I leave I do not know when I will return here again. So I want to go see Granny one more time.”
After burning away the ash on his body, Mo Fan looked toward Old Ancestor Bai Lu.
Feng Gu had originally been a little annoyed that Mo Fan ignored him. But when he heard these words, he suddenly fell silent.
Old Ancestor Bai Lu frowned and said with some difficulty, “Granny Sparrow has been placed by the Holy King in the Nirvana Pool precisely because she does not want other demons to disturb her. If you want to go in, you still need the Holy King’s written permission. Otherwise that fire spirit will not let you enter.”
“I know that, and I have already received the Holy King’s permission!”
Mo Fan smiled, then glanced at Feng Gu and frowned slightly. “Your Highness the Holy Son, the Holy King has already told me everything. So I hope that from now on you can control your own demon temper and stop looking for trouble over nothing!”
“You…!!”
Feng Gu immediately became angry when he heard this. He was about to say something, but Mo Fan turned and left without looking back.
“This toad really thinks that just because he is the inheritor of the White Tiger Holy King, this Holy Son would not dare touch him?!”
Feng Gu was instantly furious. Old Ancestor Bai Lu beside him curled his lip and thought to himself, “You really might not be able to beat that little bastard!”
But on the surface he persuaded, “Holy Son, I know Demon King Come Treasure quite well. He means well too. Also, I have heard that he hates it most when others call him ‘toad’.”
“But he is a toad demon to begin with!” Feng Gu rolled his eyes.
A moment later.
Mo Fan returned to the Nirvana Hall once more.
“You… why are you back again?”
“Do you really think this place is your backyard, that you can come and go whenever you please?!”
The fire spirit with the human face, who had been dozing off, suddenly jolted awake. When he saw clearly that it was Mo Fan, he spoke rather irritably.
“I want to enter the Nirvana Pool one more time!”
Mo Fan ignored the fellow and directly stated his purpose. Then he added, “The Holy King sent me here!”
“You say the Holy King sent you and that makes it true?”
“Show me the Holy King’s written permission. Otherwise this ancestor will not let you in!”
“Of course, if you are sensible and offer me some personal tribute, this ancestor might consider it! But this time, do not even think about fooling this ancestor with low-grade spirit stones again!”
As soon as he heard that Mo Fan wanted to enter the Nirvana Pool, the human face immediately put on airs. He sat cross-legged on the ground, crossed his two front paws over his chest, and the corners of his mouth curled upward to reveal several sharp fangs.
Mo Fan frowned and did not waste more words. He immediately took out the fire feather from the Fire Phoenix Holy King and said in a deep voice, “This is the permission. If you dare to delay me again, this king will report the matter to the Holy King and see whether the Holy King will forbid me from entering!”
“Do not try to scare me, kid. This ancestor is… uh… this is… a phoenix fire feather?!”
The human face, who had been full of arrogance, suddenly jolted when he saw the fire feather clearly in Mo Fan’s hand. Then he gave an awkward smile, winked at Mo Fan, and said, “Young friend, please do not be angry. I will open the array entrance to the Nirvana Pool for you right now. Just now I was only joking with you!”
As he spoke, the human face once again activated the array on the ground. Soon the entrance to the Nirvana Pool opened.
When Mo Fan saw this, his eyes flashed. He did not understand why this fellow changed his attitude so quickly. Was the feather in his hand really so intimidating?
But although the Fire Phoenix Holy King was called a phoenix, in reality she was not a phoenix at all. She was simply an ordinary Feng Blood Sparrow Bird!
The so-called Feng Blood Sparrow Bird was actually one species among the billions of sparrows in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
There was nothing particularly special about them. It was only said that their ancestors had once been tainted by phoenix blood. Because of that, all the sparrows of this lineage afterward became red and were also called little red birds.
Of course, that was merely a legend. In fact, since ancient times, no great demon had ever emerged from this kind of sparrow bird. The Fire Phoenix Holy King was a special case and also the only sparrow bird famous throughout the demon race!
This was what Mo Fan had seen as the true form of the Fire Phoenix Holy King when he left the Fire Phoenix Cave Heaven.
Could the legend be true?
Had the Fire Phoenix Holy King awakened the phoenix blood hidden in her bloodline?
Mo Fan guessed in his heart, but soon shook his head. Even if the legend was true, how many years had passed?
If phoenix blood genes still existed in the bloodline after all this time, that would be truly strange!
Mo Fan did not bother arguing further with the human face. He entered the Nirvana Pool once again. Operating his immortal technique, he quickly found an array eye at the bottom of the Nirvana Pool. Inside it was impressively a seven-coloured crystal stone!
An extreme-grade spirit stone!
When Mo Fan saw it, excitement surged through him. He forcefully suppressed the urge to snatch the spirit stone away. Then he carefully took out the Money Coin, preparing to copy it.
However, as soon as the Money Coin appeared, it flew straight toward the extreme-grade spirit stone. It even began frantically absorbing the other’s energy right away.
Buzz…
Suddenly, array patterns emerged throughout the entire Nirvana Pool. Golden chains appeared out of thin air and shot directly toward Mo Fan, startling him badly!
“This is bad!”
Mo Fan’s brows furrowed slightly. He immediately activated his Nether Ghost Body. Even so, he was still tightly bound by those golden chains!
Mo Fan knew things were not good. He struggled with all his strength, but he could not break free from the golden chains at all.
Then a faint dark glow appeared in his eyes. Two black flames emerged within his eye sockets.
Divine ability, Black Flame Demon Fire!
Whoosh!
Soon the black flame demon fire, which could burn anything, attached itself directly to the golden chains. This made Mo Fan feel a surge of joy!
“It works!”
In just a short moment, the divine chains of the array that had wrapped around Mo Fan were burned to nothing.
It seemed to realise it had caused trouble. The Money Coin instantly became well-behaved again. It stopped absorbing the power of the extreme-grade spirit stone and instead circled continuously around it. At the same time, the three characters on the coin shone with light.
Mo Fan watched with great anticipation. But after a while, the Money Coin flew straight back into his sea of consciousness.
“What is going on?”
Mo Fan was slightly stunned.
Was that it?
The copying failed?!
