Mo Fan chatted at length with the Black Water Old Demon. He invited the other party to tour the current Black Wind Mountain. At the same time, he allowed the Black Water Old Demon to bring the six great demon kings to the demon academy to watch Fang Ru lecture on the dao.
When they saw the golden light radiating from Fang Ru as she lectured, they were all startled.
“Strange. This king cannot detect any spiritual power fluctuations from this woman at all, yet the aura on her body is no less than mine. What is going on here?”
The Black Fish King frowned slightly. His gaze fixed suspiciously on the graceful figure atop the distant stone mountain.
“This woman is from the human race. What she cultivates should be the Confucian dao of the humans. The power of cultivation is different. It is normal that you cannot discern her depth.” The Black Water Old Demon said calmly.
“Old Ancestor, can you tell what kind of power she is cultivating?”
The Black Fish King turned to look at the Black Water Old Demon.
“…”
The Black Water Old Demon was immediately rendered speechless. Then he said somewhat irritably, “This old man asked you to follow so you could learn, not to dig into every detail!”
Seeing the Black Fish King being scolded, the various demon kings could not help but chuckle. They then looked at each other and finally nodded in unison.
In this way, this group of big shots from the Black Water River temporarily settled in the demon academy. Every day, they listened to Fang Ru’s lectures alongside the children and the wild beasts summoned from the mountains and forests.
This was also part of what Mo Fan and the Black Water Old Demon had discussed.
Since they were to promote demon race writing, these great demons naturally had to learn the writing first, as well as new principles.
Under Mo Fan’s deliberate arrangements, the direction of Fang Ru’s lectures shifted from the natural world to demon race writing, along with some human principles and ways of thinking. At the same time, she promoted the essence of the four characters: propriety, righteousness, benevolence, and virtue.
The reason for teaching these things to the demon race was to subtly influence the thinking of demon cultivators. In this way, they would be less resistant and rejecting when accepting the new order in the future.
Though it involved some tricks, the starting point was good. In the end, the entire demon race would benefit. In Mo Fan’s view, it was worth it.
At the same time, upon learning Mo Fan’s purpose, Fang Ru felt deep admiration. She thought Mo Fan wanted to use this to teach the demon race to be good, so that in the future they could live in harmony with the human race. Naturally, Fang Ru gave her all and shared as much of her ideas about goodness as possible.
In fact, besides the little demons who needed to learn demon race writing, even Fang Ru would occasionally receive private lessons from Mo Fan.
As a great Confucian, Fang Ru’s ability to learn characters was not much inferior to Mo Fan’s. Especially now that she had become a genuine Core Formation great powerhouse, her memory and comprehension were terrifying. Almost as soon as Mo Fan taught something once, she mastered it.
In this way, time passed, and a month went by in the blink of an eye.
In this month, the group of great demons from the Black Water River finally mastered the demon race writing completely.
At this time, the Black Water Old Demon was with Mo Fan in a wooden hut, looking at the hexagram manifested on the destiny compass in front of You Er.
Previously, when going to White Sacred Mountain to rescue Yun Rou, Mo Fan had used “divination” as an excuse to invite the Black Water Old Demon to accompany him and help rescue the person.
Though the person was rescued afterwards, the demons did not rush to perform the divination. Instead, they let You Er return to Black Wind Mountain with Mo Fan to rest properly before seeking divination from him.
Who knew that this wait would last more than a year? It just so happened that the Black Water Old Demon was visiting Black Wind Mountain, so they simply used the divination opportunity directly.
Thus, the scene before them unfolded.
At this moment, on the compass was a green curtain of light. Within the light curtain, there was only one scene: a mountain.
And this mountain was very familiar to the several demons.
It was none other than Black Wind Mountain!
However, in the hexagram, the current Black Wind Mountain was radiating golden light. Numerous demon race characters were densely projected upon it.
“What does this mean?”
“Do not tell this old man that my great opportunity lies in this Black Wind Mountain?”
The Black Water Old Demon frowned tightly. He looked at You Er with puzzlement. In his heart, he felt this was somewhat unreliable.
Mo Fan was also very surprised by this. After all, he had just convinced the Black Water Old Demon to help him reform the demon race, and now the divination showed that the other’s opportunity was in Black Wind Mountain…
This was a bit hard to explain!
“Senior has keen eyes!”
You Er chuckled, then said, “The hexagram shows that your opportunity, Senior, is indeed in Black Wind Mountain! However, it is different from what you think. Your opportunity is not some specific treasure, but related to the demon race writing!”
“This ancestor fully learned the demon race writing half a month ago. I even listened to a month of lectures along the way. Yet up to now, this old man’s cultivation has not changed even a little!
Are you sure you are not fooling this old man?”
The Black Water Old Demon looked suspicious.
He even began to wonder in his heart if this was a setup by Mo Fan, just to ease his mind and make him willing to stay at Black Wind Mountain.
However, upon hearing this, You Er’s little face immediately hardened. He raised his hand and put away the destiny compass, then snorted coldly. “Senior, you may insult my character, but you absolutely cannot question my divination art!”
“Uh… On this point, I can testify. If this little fellow’s divination art claims second place on the Nine Provinces Continent, I fear no one would dare claim first!”
Mo Fan nodded timely, smiling awkwardly.
“Fine. Then this old man will stay at your Black Wind Mountain a bit longer.”
Hearing this, the Black Water Old Demon also realised that his doubt was somewhat hurtful to this little fellow. However, for him, the grand Lord of the Black Water River, to apologise was absolutely impossible.
Anyway, this little fellow could not beat him, so he could not be bothered with the other’s dissatisfaction.
“By the way, Great King, there is progress on the matter you asked me to watch last time. Early this morning, I performed a divination and indeed discovered an inauspicious omen shrouding our Black Wind Mountain. Moreover, it is greatly ominous. It should happen today!”
At this moment, You Er seemed to remember something. He suddenly looked at Mo Fan and spoke solemnly.
“Is there a more detailed interpretation?” Mo Fan asked.
“From the hexagram, I can only see that this ominous sign comes from two great mountains and a golden Buddha. As for more, I do not know.” You Er shook his head.
Two great mountains, one golden Buddha?
Mo Fan’s eyes immediately narrowed. Then he sneered. “They are coming much slower than I imagined!”
After You Er broke through to the Core Formation stage, his divination art had made new progress. From once per day before, it increased to twice per day.
Mo Fan had long told You Er to perform a divination on Black Wind Mountain’s fortune every so often, precisely to prevent sudden disasters from arriving.
Just a month ago, You Er had suddenly come to Mo Fan, saying he had calculated that Black Wind Mountain’s fortune was declining, with a vague trend of an ominous sign approaching. It was just not very clear yet, meaning it was still far off in time.
Thus, over this month, under Mo Fan’s instructions, You Er frequently used the destiny compass for divination. As the time drew near, each calculation’s result became clearer, leading to the final outcome.
“You mean other great demons are coming to our door?”
The Black Water Old Demon understood from the side. He looked at Mo Fan and frowned. “Is it related to the heavenly merit descending last time?”
“It should be!”
Mo Fan nodded, then sneered. “However, those coming this time are not merely great demons. I estimate there are some other forces as well.
But it does not matter. The current me is no longer that timid little demon who had to submit and compromise!
Any force that tries to reach its hand into my Black Wind Mountain must first see if this king agrees!”
