The fire spirit, having received the so-called bribe, beamed with delight, swallowing the storage pouch whole before praising Mo Fan. “Not bad, little one. You know how to handle things!”
“Senior, may I now enter the Nirvana Pool to cultivate?” Mo Fan asked.
“Not yet!”
Mo Fan nearly choked on his own breath, his face darkening as he said gravely, “Senior, I’ve already given you the bribe!”
“Why the rush, toad? This king agreed to let you in, so I will. But you cannot enter just now,” the fire spirit said, pursing its lips, clearly displeased with Mo Fan’s tone.
“Why not?” Mo Fan frowned.
“Do you think the Nirvana Pool is vast?”
“Each opening allows only one demon to cultivate inside. Someone is already there, so you must wait until they leave,” the fire spirit explained.
“There’s such a thing?”
Mo Fan frowned, scrutinising the fire spirit for a moment. Seeing no sign of deceit, he sat down opposite it.
He then realised the fire spirit had been tricking him from the start. It wasn’t about the bribe; the pool was occupied, which was why it had ignored him.
“Damn that sly lion dog!” Mo Fan cursed inwardly, swallowing the loss.
Seeing Mo Fan’s sullen expression as he sat on the ground, the fire spirit ignored him and dozed off.
Time passed, and just as Mo Fan’s patience wore thin, the fire spirit jolted awake with a start.
A powerful aura erupted from it, its surrounding flames surging wildly!
“Hum—”
Golden patterns emerged on the ground, gradually forming a massive array.
The next moment, space above the array rippled, a black vortex expanding within until it stabilised fully.
A teleportation array?
Mo Fan eyed the enormous black vortex overhead with uncertainty.
Then, a figure emerged from it, materialising before his eyes.
It was a handsome youth with cascading red hair, much like the Fire Phoenix. He wore black tight-fitting robes, a flame mark on his forehead, and his aura was completely concealed, making his cultivation level impossible to gauge.
Upon entering the hall, the red-haired youth merely glanced indifferently at Mo Fan before brushing past him toward the exit.
“This fellow… seems incredibly strong!” Mo Fan thought, his expression growing solemn as he watched the youth depart. His gaze lingered on the youth’s distinctive red hair.
Such crimson locks were rare across the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, yet Mo Fan had recently encountered another great demon with the same hue!
The youth’s identity was thus self-evident.
“Toad demon, come here. This king will send you into the Nirvana Pool!” the fire spirit’s voice pulled Mo Fan back.
Turning, Mo Fan saw the patterns beneath the fire spirit glowing brighter, emanating dazzling golden light. The black vortex overhead began to rotate slowly.
“Get in already!” the fire spirit growled.
Mo Fan hesitated no longer, leaping into the vortex and vanishing from the Nirvana Hall in an instant.
Upon landing, Mo Fan found himself in a vibrant, multicoloured spring pool.
The pool was small, about a zhang square.
The moment he touched the spring water, the dormant power of his Great Five Elements Immortal Body boiled over, circulating wildly on its own.
At the same time, the golden coin in his mind conveyed waves of delight. An inexplicable force, using Mo Fan’s body as a conduit, began greedily absorbing the five-coloured energy from the pool.
Stunned for a moment, Mo Fan roared, “You dare steal my fortune?!”
“No way, this is mine!”
“All of it is mine!!”
Enraged, Mo Fan sat cross-legged, frantically operating his Great Five Elements Immortal Body cultivation technique. He then unleashed the Great Sun Breathing Method, devouring the five-coloured energy from the pool voraciously.
The entire pool transformed dramatically, a massive vortex forming around Mo Fan.
Strands of visible five-coloured spiritual energy poured into him ceaselessly. Beyond that, he sensed a vast demonic energy, filling him with joy.
So that’s it!
The Nirvana Pool contained demonic energy too!
No wonder Yunque and the other demons envied it. This was a true holy land for demon cultivators!!
Sensing the abundant spiritual energy and the terrifying demonic energy no less potent, Mo Fan’s heart raced with elation. He absorbed even more recklessly.
Yet how could he compete with the golden coin in his mind?
Fully ninety percent of the five-coloured energy was siphoned by the coin. Furious, Mo Fan unleashed the Heaven-Swallowing Divine Ability, swallowing the entire five-coloured spring pool in one gulp!
Hum—
In his mind, the golden coin trembled violently, shaking as if in protest.
“Burp…”
Mo Fan belched, a sense of fullness washing over him.
Though the spring water had been stored in his inner space, it still left him sated.
This was the first time he had felt full after using the Heaven-Swallowing Divine Ability. Ignoring the coin’s complaints, he examined his inner space with divine sense.
What he found far exceeded his expectations.
The vast inner space was nearly filled to the brim with the five-coloured spring water!
The items inside were all submerged in it.
Fortunately, none were ordinary; Mo Fan needn’t worry about them dissolving.
“I’m rich! Rich! So rich!!”
Mo Fan muttered ecstatically.
“With this much five-coloured spring water, I can at least break through to the peak of Demon General, and there’s even a chance to reach Demon King!”
His heart soared, but sensing something amiss, he looked down.
The pool had run dry, yet the sight below made his scalp tingle.
The pool’s bottom was a gleaming transparent mirror, and beneath it lay a massive five-coloured crystal—almost identical to the one he had seen in the immortal’s fall site in the peach grove!
But now, the crystal was dim, riddled with cracks, as if on the verge of shattering.
What chilled Mo Fan most were the countless demons crowding around the crystal!
They packed in tightly, their numbers uncountable, but all shared one trait: a flame mark on their foreheads!
Clearly, these were fire-cultivating demons!
Yet for some reason, they had perished here!
Recalling the demonic energy he had just absorbed, Mo Fan shuddered.
“Those demonic energies came from these corpses!”
“This Nirvana Pool isn’t a holy land at all. It’s a terrifying hell!”
Taking a deep breath, Mo Fan felt an inexplicable panic.
“Run!”
“I must escape this place as soon as possible!!”
