Mo Fan looked towards the large red bridal sedan and saw a graceful figure step out from within.
A crimson robe swayed gently in the breeze, perfectly outlining her exquisite silhouette. Just like the first time Mo Fan had met her, a white veil still covered her face, lending her an air of mysterious beauty.
This was Princess Qinglian, Yun Rou!
At this moment she was barefoot. Unlike the others who floated in the air, she seemed to tread upon solid ground even in the sky, quietly gazing down at Mo Fan below.
Mo Fan was starting to feel a little awkward under her stare when Yun Rou finally spoke again.
“Congratulations. You have finally become a King-realm great demon!”
“From now on the sky is high enough for birds to fly, the sea wide enough for fish to leap. Among the King-realm experts of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, there shall be a place for you!”
“Thank you!”
Mo Fan smiled in response, then invited her. “Since you have all come to celebrate with me, please take your seats as well!”
“No need. I still have matters to attend to.”
Yun Rou shook her head and looked at Mo Fan with a teasing glint in her eye. “Besides, I might not be used to the food at your Demon King banquet.”
“I came for two reasons. First, to congratulate you on breaking through the great King-realm barrier!”
“Second, simply to see you.”
As she spoke, her gaze swept across the assembled demon kings, lingered on Old Ancestor Bai Lu and Granny Sparrow, and finally settled upon Bai Yaoyao.
“But it seems you are living quite comfortably now.”
“I do not have any particularly fine gift for you, so I will give you this lotus seed.”
With that, Yun Rou opened her mouth and exhaled a gleaming golden lotus seed. She flicked her hand, and the golden seed flew straight towards Mo Fan.
“Young miss, you…”
Soldier One and the others were greatly shocked and tried to speak, but Yun Rou cut them off. “This lotus has no extraordinary effects. It was merely something my adoptive father once gave me. It is said to preserve one’s life at a critical moment, but I have carried it for so many years and never needed it. I might as well let you have it!”
Preserve one’s life?
Mo Fan’s eyes instantly lit up. He had not paid much attention to the rest, but he heard that part crystal clear!
Bai Yaoyao, standing beside him, frowned slightly. She had caught a different key point.
This golden lotus had been left to Princess Qinglian by her father!
Mo Fan did not think too deeply about it. He raised his hand and caught the golden lotus in his palm, then said with slight embarrassment, “Since this lotus seed is so precious, how could I possibly accept it?”
“Then give it back.”
Yun Rou’s reply left Mo Fan stunned. He thought, “Stuff that’s already been given, who takes it back?”
It’s like spitting on the ground. Are you going to lick it up again?
“Cough cough… since it is Princess Qinglian’s kind intention, I shall accept it with thanks!”
Mo Fan chuckled and swiftly put the golden lotus away.
“Shameless!”
Bai Yaoyao rolled her eyes at once.
The demon kings below were also stunned by Mo Fan’s brazen manoeuvre, though most felt more envy than anything else.
For example, the six great demon kings of Black Water River were practically green with jealousy.
In just this short half-day, they had watched Mo Fan receive gift after gift. Every single one was enough to make them drool!
“Bloody hell!”
“We’re all Demon Kings. Why is there such a huge difference in fate?”
“One demon really can anger another demon to death!”
Black Fish King grumbled through voice transmission, venting his frustration to the others.
Blood Eel King raised an eyebrow and sneered coldly. “Some demons are born as dragon horses, others are born as oxen and mules. Every demon has his own destiny. You can’t envy it. You can only fight for it with everything you have!”
“Sigh!”
The other five demon kings all sighed.
The problem was, could you even fight for something like this?
The guy had Granny Sparrow, a heavyweight Demon Ancestor, as his sworn granny and was eating soft rice with gusto. Which Demon Ancestor were they supposed to become the sworn grandson of?
Naturally, the six demon kings kept their complicated feelings to themselves.
Seeing Mo Fan act so shamelessly, Yun Rou did not get angry. Instead she was amused, though her expression quickly returned to normal.
“Cough cough… now that the gift has been delivered, I shall not linger!”
Yun Rou cleared her throat, then frowned slightly. “By the way, you are my adoptive father’s inheritor. In the future you could compete for the position of Holy Son of White Tiger Sacred Mountain. Therefore I hope you will devote more energy to cultivation and less to carnal pleasures!”
“…”
Mo Fan was rather speechless at this. This girl was minding far too much business, wasn’t she?
Most people only cared about whether you ate properly or took proper dumps. She was actually trying to control who he slept with?
Still, he did not take it to heart. He assumed her lecture came from good intentions and treated it as encouragement to cultivate harder.
“I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you. I have no interest in the Holy Son position of White Tiger Sacred Mountain!”
“I also do not wish to be dragged into that whirlpool. I hope you can understand!”
Mo Fan looked at Yun Rou seriously and voiced his true thoughts.
Ever since the incident at Fengming Mountain when Black Tiger had ambushed him, he had felt no goodwill towards the so-called White Tiger Sacred Mountain.
Black Tiger had attacked him precisely for the sake of the Holy Son position.
Mo Fan himself had never harboured the slightest interest in that blasted Holy Son title.
So what if he became Holy Son?
Could it possibly be more enjoyable than being the Black Wind Demon King?
Yun Rou studied him earnestly for a long while before finally nodding. “I understand!”
“However, sometimes things do not go as you wish. Often we do not seek trouble, yet trouble finds us all the same.”
She said this, then turned to Granny Sparrow and Old Ancestor Bai Lu, cupping her hands towards them. “Qinglian pays her respects to the two Old Ancestors!”
“Mm.”
Both Old Ancestors nodded. Granny Sparrow then spoke. “Holy King White Tiger devoted his heart to our demon race and risked his life to win a hundred years of destiny for us. Whether he still lives or not, he shall forever be the great mountain in the eyes of our generation! We can only look up to him!”
“As his adopted daughter, I hope that in the future you too will contribute your strength to our demon race!”
“Though I am a half-demon, I still count as half of the demon race. I will naturally not stand by and watch the demon race fall into calamity!
Though I do not possess my adoptive father’s heaven-shaking strength, I too harbour great aspirations. If such a day truly comes, I will never sit idly by and let disaster strike!”
After speaking, Yun Rou glanced at Mo Fan once more, then turned around and waved her hand.
“Let us go!”
“We’re heading back!”
With that, she stepped back into the large red bridal sedan and left Black Wind Mountain peak together with Soldier Nine and the others.
The instant Yun Rou turned away, Mo Fan used his divine ability to probe her cultivation.
The result left him wide-eyed.
Late-stage Demon King!
Great Circle of Core Formation!
Just like him, Yun Rou cultivated both paths!
And on either path, she had walked much further than he had!
“As expected of Holy King White Tiger’s adopted daughter. Her cultivation is actually this terrifying!”
Mo Fan murmured to himself. When he thought of her connection to Holy King White Tiger, he felt it was not too surprising after all.
Bai Xiaosu had stepped into sainthood in a single bound and was known as the number one demon of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains. Raising such a powerful adopted daughter was not completely outrageous.
After watching Yun Rou and her party disappear into the distance, Mo Fan picked up the wine bowl on the table before him and began toasting the assembled demon kings.
The atmosphere of the entire Demon King ceremony reached its climax amid flowing wine and sumptuous food.
When the demon kings saw the so-called Nascent Soul flesh, they were utterly shocked. Although its spiritual qi was only equivalent to Demon King flesh, they all scrambled to take portions, terrified of missing out.
Additionally, the novel presentation of ice cream became a topic of delight among the demons. Though the taste was not particularly delicious, it was refreshing and new. Quite a few demon kings declared on the spot that they would make some ice cream when they returned home to change things up.
During the banquet, Mo Fan specially ordered his Demon Generals to drag out the three Wang-family Core Formation cultivators for a cringe-inducing “sunbathing contest” that left the kings roaring with laughter.
Cups were raised and clinked, host and guests thoroughly enjoyed themselves!
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Author’s note: Yesterday I had my wisdom tooth and a molar pulled. The pain was unbearable, half my face swollen. I’d planned to take a break, but then thought better of it and gritted my teeth to write anyway! Can’t let everyone down!
May I humbly ask for a free gift? Not too much to ask, right?
Please also tap that reminder ticket. Just stretch out your little finger, spread some love between you, me, and everyone else, and warm my whole day… whole swollen face for the day…
