Mo Fan and Old Ancestor Bai Lu’s sudden falling out left Bai Feng stunned, and it also scared Yu Er senseless.
He was genuinely worried that these two great demons would start fighting, and if things went wrong, he would most likely end up as the sacrificial victim.
Bai Feng also watched the two demons with a face full of worry.
In fact, she had quite a favourable impression of Mo Fan. After their experience in the Dragon Ruins, Mo Fan had saved her life, so she regarded him as a friend. Naturally, she did not want her own ancestor to fight him.
Old Ancestor Bai Lu glared at Mo Fan with a gloomy expression, while the latter stared back impassively, showing no intention of yielding.
For a moment, the scene fell completely silent. All the demon generals swallowed hard in unison.
They had just witnessed Mo Fan’s strength with their own eyes, so they naturally understood how ferocious this demon king was.
As the atmosphere grew quiet, the tension between Mo Fan and Old Ancestor Bai Lu became increasingly thick.
However, just when all the demons were worried that the two great demons would come to blows, Old Ancestor Bai Lu suddenly burst into loud laughter.
Seeing Old Ancestor Bai Lu laugh, Mo Fan also began laughing.
“Good lad, worthily a monstrous genius with Holy Son-level battle power. Now you even dare to challenge this ancestor!”
After laughing heartily, Old Ancestor Bai Lu shook his head. There was some emotion in his words, along with a hint of dissatisfaction. He snorted coldly and said, “In this Bai Yu Mountain of mine, you do not know how to restrain yourself at all. Does this ancestor not want face?”
“I gave you face from the very beginning!”
Mo Fan shrugged, then curled his lip and said, “If I had truly restrained myself, I am afraid Brother Yu Er would not have survived. So how could I dare?”
The words of the two demons caused all the demons present to breathe a sigh of relief. The invisible tension gradually dissipated.
Yu Er quickly raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
“This old man accompanying you to Bai Sheng Mountain is no problem, but if you think you can use this old man’s reputation to simply demand the person back, that is probably a bit too naive.”
After the joking, Old Ancestor Bai Lu’s expression immediately turned serious. He spoke solemnly to Mo Fan.
“What does the ancestor mean by these words?”
Seeing this, Mo Fan also put away his smile.
Old Ancestor Bai Lu did not rush to speak, but instead asked in return, “How much do you know about Bai Sheng Mountain?”
“I know nothing about it.”
Mo Fan smiled bitterly and answered honestly. Then he respectfully said to Old Ancestor Bai Lu, “This visit is also to learn some information about Bai Sheng Mountain from the ancestor.”
“This old man has not set foot in Bai Sheng Mountain for many years. The last time was over a hundred years ago, accompanying the Holy King to attend the demon clan grand assembly. Therefore, what this old man knows about Bai Sheng Mountain may not reflect the current situation.”
Old Ancestor Bai Lu smiled bitterly, then began to tell Mo Fan what he knew about Bai Sheng Mountain.
“Because of the White Tiger Holy King, the strength of Bai Hu Mountain far surpasses that of the other eight great demon holy king territories!
Back then, the White Tiger Holy King came from the Divine Domain continent and was besieged by many great demons, but in the end, he defeated them one by one.
He proved his strength through victory after victory, and eventually, with the help of the Blue Lotus Holy King, he established a firm foothold in Bai Sheng Mountain.
At that time, Bai Sheng Mountain was not yet called Bai Sheng Mountain, but Black Tiger Ridge. It was ruled by a black tiger demon king leading a group of lesser demons. After the White Tiger Holy King subdued him, Black Tiger Ridge was renamed Bai Hu Mountain.
In the long years that followed, the White Tiger Holy King’s fame rose, shaking the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains. Just after breaking through to the late Ancestor Realm, he could suppress all the other demon holy kings. Thus, he subdued one powerful demon clan expert after another, and even Ancestor Realm great demons pledged allegiance to Bai Hu Mountain.
What shocked the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains the most was that, shortly after breaking through to the peak Ancestor Realm, he went straight to the Bitter Sea and single-handedly killed the Bitter Sea Demon Monk, who was also a demon holy king at the time!
From then on, all demon cultivators in the Hundred Thousand Mountains subconsciously regarded the White Tiger Holy King as the foremost powerhouse of our demon clan!
It was precisely because of the White Tiger Holy King’s prestige and power that Bai Sheng Mountain surpassed the other demon holy mountains!
Therefore, in some respects, Bai Sheng Mountain can be called the foremost holy land of our demon clan!
As a result, the number of Ancestor Realm great demons within it is far greater than in our Feng Ming Mountain!”
At this point, Old Ancestor Bai Lu paused slightly. Mo Fan frowned and quickly asked, “How many more?”
“From what I knew a hundred years ago, there were no fewer than six Ancestor Realm great demons!”
“Whether any other Ancestor Realm great demons have emerged in the past century, I am not sure.”
Old Ancestor Bai Lu’s words shocked Mo Fan to the core, making his scalp tingle.
Six Ancestor Realm great demons!
This force could no longer be described as merely powerful. It was simply terrifying!
“Now you should understand why, even after the White Tiger Holy King disappeared, no demon holy king dared to covet Bai Sheng Mountain, right?”
Old Ancestor Bai Lu sneered.
Mo Fan fell silent. He had indeed wondered about this before.
The reason the nine great demon holy mountains were called demon clan holy lands was simply because they were guarded by demon holy kings. After the White Tiger Holy King fought the heavenly beings and vanished without a trace, Bai Sheng Mountain was effectively without a holy king guarding it.
Although at first everyone feared whether the White Tiger Holy King was still alive, as time passed, many great demons must have formed their own guesses.
Therefore, in Mo Fan’s view, Bai Sheng Mountain’s current situation should be very dangerous. Without a holy king guarding it, it had become a tempting prize in the eyes of many great demons.
But after hearing Old Ancestor Bai Lu’s explanation, it seemed to make some sense.
When all was said and done, a demon holy king was just an Ancestor Realm great demon. Although called invincible in the Ancestor Realm, facing several times their number in peers of the same realm would still cause some headache.
Bai Sheng Mountain, with its six Ancestor Realm great demons, had undoubtedly turned from a tempting prize into a tough bone to gnaw. Naturally, it would make many great demons wary, and for the time being, no one dared to act rashly.
Mo Fan found this easy to understand. With so many demon holy kings in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, none wanted to be the first to stick their neck out. Instead, they all chose to watch and wait, seeing who would lose patience first.
But once a demon holy king did make a move, regardless of the outcome, Bai Sheng Mountain would eventually fall into danger.
However, this also gave Mo Fan a bit more confidence. He could not help smiling and saying, “The stronger Bai Sheng Mountain appears, the less they dare to casually offend other demon holy kings. One move affects the whole situation. Those great demons are not fools. If the ancestor accompanies me, we will represent the Feng Ming Mountain demon domain!”
With that, Mo Fan repeated Bai Yi’s claim that Princess Blue Lotus was among the Black Wind Mountain demons.
Hearing this, Old Ancestor Bai Lu looked at Mo Fan with newfound respect. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and said, “If things are as you say, we do indeed have reason on our side. But reasoning with that group of tigers will probably be difficult. So if you truly want to rescue the person, you will need to find some more external help!”
“Now that Feng Ming Mountain is sealed, I cannot seek help from Granny Que. So for the moment, we can only rely on you, ancestor!”
Mo Fan smiled bitterly, then asked Old Ancestor Bai Lu, “If I use fortune-telling as bait, would it be possible to invite that one from Golden Domain Mountain to come along?”
