Erha was frightened away, but the real culprit was not some so-called ghost cultivator. It was Mo Fan.
He had not used demonic power or divine sense to tease Erha. Instead, he employed a divine ability.
This divine ability was the main gain from his recent enlightenment.
The enlightenment did not increase his cultivation level. Instead, it allowed him to awaken this divine ability.
King Realm Domain!
The King Realm Domain, along with the Dharma Manifestation Demon Body, were both divine abilities that only King Realm great demons could comprehend. Among them, the Dharma Manifestation Demon Body was relatively simpler. Almost every great demon who stepped into the King Realm could grasp it immediately.
The King Realm Domain was different. Although it was a King Realm divine ability, not every King Realm great demon possessed it. If not for this sudden enlightenment, Mo Fan would not have been able to awaken this divine ability either.
The so-called King Realm Domain meant transforming a certain power of oneself into a large-scale domain. This allowed one to control the domain to restrict or attack enemies.
This method shared similarities with the domains of ancestral realm great demons. The only difference was that the domain covered far less range than a true domain, and its power was naturally much weaker.
Nevertheless, it could still be considered a shrunken version of a domain.
The King Realm Domain that Mo Fan had just displayed was an ability to manipulate the free-floating water vapour in the air within a radius of about one li. This allowed him to use the power of the domain to attack enemies invisibly.
At present, his main body’s comprehension of the power of water was not profound. Otherwise, he could directly target the blood inside an enemy’s body. That would be truly terrifying!
Of course, besides controlling water vapour, his domain could also form a highly toxic life-and-death domain using the poison of creation and destruction!
It could form a destructive thunder domain using the power of lightning!
And it could form a ghost fire domain using nether forces to burn the spirit!
The four major domain powers of water, poison, thunder, and fire could transform into one another. This was enough to elevate Mo Fan’s strength to an entirely new level!
It was precisely because of this that Mo Fan discovered the Dao De Jing did not seem capable of directly increasing his cultivation. Instead, it could assist him in comprehending divine abilities and promote cultivation in terms of techniques.
This came as a pleasant surprise to him.
From a certain perspective, the Dao De Jing seemed more like a scripture that aided cultivation and insight.
With a thought from Mo Fan, the King Realm Domain slowly retracted. Only then did he hear footsteps outside the stone chamber.
“Reporting to Great King Grandfather, Commander Erha came earlier, but for some reason he left. Commander Erha said that tomorrow is the day of the sermon and transmission of the law. Right now, dozens of demon kings have already arrived at our Black Wind Mountain. They all wish to witness Great King Grandfather’s grace!”
The little demon’s voice rang out from outside the stone chamber.
“This king understands!”
Mo Fan replied. Then he muttered to himself, “I did not expect this meditation session to actually take more than a full month!”
“But what were those scenes I saw during the meditation?”
Mo Fan still did not fully understand this matter. He was unclear whether he had seen those scenes through some means or if it was due to the Dao De Jing.
If those scenes appeared because of studying the Dao De Jing, that would be far too terrifying. It would almost qualify as an invisible rule power.
It was worth mentioning that Mo Fan still had a relatively deep impression of the old man riding the green ox.
However, he was not certain whether that figure was the extremely mysterious sage’s teacher from the history of his previous life!
Mo Fan shook his head. These things were still too distant for him at present. Then he looked at the Dao De Jing in his hand. His gaze instantly changed.
This scripture was far more mysterious than he had imagined!
Mo Fan first put the scripture away carefully. Then he walked out of the stone chamber, preparing to head to the mountain peak to see those demon kings who had come to attend the sermon and transmission of the law.
At the same time, far away in Tianlu Holy Land, Mo Fan’s Shuiyue clone also opened his eyes.
“I did not expect that not only the main body gained insight, but even this clone felt something as well. My understanding of various techniques has advanced another great step!”
Mo Fan murmured. Then with a thought, a streak of golden light flew out from between his brows. The golden light constantly changed shape in the air, sometimes turning into a sharp sword, sometimes into a bell or cauldron. Finally, it transformed into a small golden figure that took one step and returned to his sea of consciousness.
This was the mental assault technique of the Tianlu Divine Derivation Art. It was the true great killing move within the Tianlu Divine Derivation Art!
Originally, Mo Fan had made limited progress with this technique over the past year. But after this enlightenment, he gained a much deeper understanding of this great killing move. He had almost stepped into the minor achievement realm!
This made Mo Fan inexplicably delighted. It meant he could now truly use this great killing move in actual combat.
Although he could use it before, its power had still been too weak.
“With the Tianlu Divine Derivation Art at minor achievement, there is no need for me to stay in Tianlu Holy Land any longer. It is time to leave this place!”
Mo Fan thought silently. Then he put away the personally written Dao De Jing. With a casual wave of his hand, the sealed stone door rumbled and opened.
But the moment the stone door opened, Mo Fan felt a chill run down his spine!
Because at some point, a figure had appeared outside the stone door, sitting cross-legged.
This person was none other than his current nominal master, one of the five Nascent Soul ancestors of Tianlu Holy Land, Situ Yunzhen!
Looking at Situ Yunzhen sitting cross-legged like a ghost with his eyes closed, Mo Fan took a deep breath. He immediately bowed respectfully and said, “Disciple greets Master!”
“Mm, you have finally come out of seclusion!”
Situ Yunzhen slowly opened his eyes. His gaze casually swept over Mo Fan before he smiled and said, “Originally, your master came more than a month ago. I did not expect to find you in a state of meditative absorption. That is an extremely rare cultivation state, so I did not disturb you.
A month of meditation. You must have gained something, yes?”
Hearing Situ Yunzhen’s words, Mo Fan’s heart jolted. He had not expected this old fellow to have arrived more than a month ago, yet he had never noticed!
He cursed the old fox inwardly. Then he nodded and said, “Reporting to Master, this disciple has indeed gained a little.”
“Mm, gaining something is good. While you were in meditation, your master used divine sense to detect that you had a book on you. May I take a look at it?”
Situ Yunzhen narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Mo Fan with a half-smile.
“Master must be referring to this item!”
Mo Fan casually took out the Dao De Jing and handed it over with a smile. “This item was something this disciple saw at a small stall in a mortal kingdom during my last trip out. I found it somewhat interesting, so I bought it to read in my spare time to pass the hours. If Master likes it, this disciple will gift this book to Master!”
Situ Yunzhen frowned slightly upon hearing this. He had thought it was some treasure. He did not expect it to be a mere mortal object. Still, he subconsciously took the Dao De Jing.
The book had no cover, and the paper was very ordinary. It was unlike beast hide used by cultivators. It also emitted a faint scent of ink, so it was clearly not an ancient item.
Thinking of this, Situ Yunzhen felt somewhat disappointed.
He flipped open the book. When his gaze fell on the lines of text, he was stunned to find that he did not recognise a single character. He immediately asked Mo Fan, “What is written here? Do you recognise it?”
“Master, this disciple does not recognise these symbols either. Back then, I just thought they looked interesting, so I bought it. I thought they might be some ancient runes. Now it seems they were probably just random scribbles by the stall owner to give travellers a sense of mystery.” Mo Fan smiled helplessly.
“That makes sense. These are indeed not ancient runes.”
Situ Yunzhen nodded. He casually handed the scripture back and smiled. “Zheng Dao, you have been under my tutelage for some time now. Since you have become a direct disciple of the holy land, you naturally need to fulfil the obligations of a direct disciple!
This time, your master came to find you because I want you to go out for training and complete a few tasks for the holy land along the way!
Only in this way can your cultivation be truly tempered!”
Mo Fan put away the Dao De Jing. While shocked inside, he also felt a surge of pleasant surprise.
He had been worrying about finding a good excuse to leave Tianlu Holy Land. He had not expected this old fellow to already provide him with one.
But soon he understood Situ Yunzhen’s intentions. The old man probably wanted him to leave Tianlu Holy Land and begin cultivating the Tianlu Thousand Illusions Seed demonic technique. Then he could madly plant Heavenly Demon Seeds in other cultivators.
After all, within Tianlu Holy Land, Nascent Soul cultivators were always watching. It would not be easy to act against fellow disciples.
Thinking of this, Mo Fan felt a chill in his heart.
This Situ Yunzhen really had cunning calculations!
He wanted Mo Fan to harvest the dao foundations of other cultivators. Once Mo Fan grew strong, he would then come to harvest Mo Fan’s dao foundation!
He thought quite beautifully. But Mo Fan was not a lamb he could slaughter at will.
After agreeing to Situ Yunzhen’s arrangements, Mo Fan soon collected a series of tasks for exterminating demons and upholding justice from the sect. Then he left Tianlu Holy Land.
