Immediately, an expert who made an ingratiating smile opened the grand formation for Ning Fan to enter.
Ning Fan kept his proud expression and walked into the Devil Prison Palace without even looking at that expert.
The groups of experts seemed to have gotten used to the Fourth Elder’s unfriendliness which he always showed to others. Hence, they were not bold enough to harbor any dissatisfaction against his behavior.
Inside the palace, King Lan Ling gently opened his eyes and stared at Ning Fan. Then, he opened his mouth and said calmly.
"I wonder what made the Fourth Elder of the Ghost Eye Clan come here."
"By the Old Ancestor’s order, I’ve come to examine if your dark golden pagoda has any flaws or defects. After the Old Ancestor discussed the matter with the others, many of them found it hard to believe that the proud and mighty King Lan Ling will actually use an excellent and undamaged treasure to exchange for the slate instead of directly seizing it from us. We have to make sure whether the pagoda is truly in good condition!"
King Lan Ling’s expression turned gloomy and his eyes flashed with killing intent. He could clearly hear the hint of sarcasm from Ning Fan’s voice.
The mighty King Lan Ling had always seized whatever he wanted through force. Since when would he go through a fair and square trade?
If it wasn’t for King Lan Ling’s severely injured true body brought by his failed attempt to achieve the Void Fragmentation Realm and his second primordial spirit which had suffered a great loss in the Giant Devil Clan, why would he fear a mere Ghost Eye Clan? Why would he even use a supreme treasure like his dark golden pagoda to exchange for the devil statue slate?
King Lan Ling was clearly aware that he had already lowered his ego and tried to get the slate through a fair exchange. He already gave the Ghost Eye Clan a great deal of respect.
However, the Ghost Eye Clan still dared to suspect him of using a broken magic treasure to exchange for the slate. What they did was way beyond his expectations.
Very well. The Ghost Eye Clan had once again stirred up his dissatisfaction.
King Lan Ling repressed his discontentment and coldly uttered.
"I wonder what the Fourth Elder wants to do in order to ascertain the quality of the pagoda?"
"Just one look at the magic treasure and it’ll be enough!"
"Very well. Since the Fourth Elder is executing an order from You Guihou, it’s not a big deal to let you have a look at it!"
King Lan Ling did not intend to create trouble. All he wished right now was to gather the four pieces of devil slates as soon as possible. Because of that, he did not have any doubts on the identity of the Fourth Elder standing in front of him.
The Fourth Elder whom Ning Fan impersonated did not have any flaws in terms of appearance. Moreover, his qi was directly extracted from the primordial spirit of the Fourth Elder, making his impersonation even more authentic.
The most suspicious detail on Ning Fan that one might argue was his cultivation level that has yet to truly achieve the Void Refinement Realm. However, under the concealment of his Heaven Deceiving Cloak, his qi appeared to be unstable and illusory, making it difficult to truly determine. This fits the characteristics of the Fourth Elder’s cultivation base quite a bit.
Well, the Fourth Elder was originally an expert who was on the verge of attaining the Void Inquiry Stage. It was completely normal for his qi to be unstable.
King Lan Ling patted his storage pouch and fished out the dark golden pagoda. After placing it on the table beside him, he closed his eyes disdainfully and continued to meditate. His actions implied that Ning Fan could take away this pagoda as he wished to assess whether it was in good condition.
Ning Fan reached for the magic treasure. Just as his hand came into contact with it, the two traces of Blood of Time within his body became burning hot all of a sudden.
He was inwardly surprised. As the Blood of Time inside of him reacted to him touching the pagoda, he realized that the flow of time within that magic treasure actually became more slower than it was.
Initially, the dark golden pagoda could slow down the flow of time by up to 16 times. At this moment, however, the pagoda could slow down the flow of time by at least 32 times and still showed signs of slowing down some more.
It turns out that if one uses this dark golden pagoda for a cultivating session while possessing the Blood of Time, the effect on the flow of time was in fact more than just 16 times!
Ning Fan wanted to study this magic treasure carefully right then and there but he also understood that it was not the right time.
"Fourth Elder, did you find any sign of defects or damages on my pagoda?" King Lan Ling opened his eyes and spoke calmly.
"From what I see here, it really has no defects. But..."
Imitating the Fourth Elder’s expression, Ning Fan’s face suddenly became extremely domineering.
"But this pagoda will belong to my Ghost Eye Clan from now on. What Old Ancestor You Gui meant was this – there’s no way you can have the devil slate... Little Lan Ling, you can now get your butt out of my clan!"
Ning Fan activated his Heaven Deceiving Cloak and turned completely invisible along with the dark golden pagoda. In an instant, both he and the magic treasure were nowhere to be found.
King Lan Ling was stunned at first as he could not grasp what had happened and only came to his senses a few seconds later.
He stood up swiftly, seething with rage.
How dare the lowly fourth elder of the Ghost Eye Clan humiliate him like that?!
How dare the Ghost Eye Clan be so greedy as to take his dark golden pagoda without giving him anything?!
He had already swallowed his pride and offered his dark golden pagoda in exchange for the devil slate. What he had done already showed enough respect to the Ghost Eye Clan.
On the contrary, the Ghost Eye Clan not only refused to give him the slate but also used his initial offer to trick him into giving them the pagoda. They had really gone too far this time!
"Give me back the pagoda!"
*Bang*
King Lan Ling’s vigorous aura force swept over the entire Devil Prison Palace, carrying an unquenchable killing intent.
The whole building as well as the several layers of formation light outside were all reduced to ashes under the violent pressure of his aura force.
Each and every one of the clan members standing guard outside the palace were also instantly killed by that incredible pressure before they could even understand what was going on!
All of a sudden, King Lan Ling’s killing intent enveloped the entire Guan Tian City but he still could not discover the Fourth Elder’s whereabouts.
Then, a trace of the Fourth Elder’s qi suddenly appeared on the sea current above the city.
King Lan Ling’s eyes flashed like lightning and he pointed a finger at its direction. Countless orchids formed into a ten thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) long sword light which cut the sea domain above the Ghost Eye Clan into two parts.
The Fourth Elder’s primordial spirit that was still unconscious was shredded to pieces by King Lan Ling’s attack. A mist of blood spread across the area!
At this very moment, the Fourth Elder’s life plate in the ancestral temple of the Ghost Eye Clan cracked!
All the experts including You Guihou spread out their spirit senses and detected that the Fourth Elder was turned into a mist of blood. As for the massive baleful qi from killing the Fourth Elder, it coiled around King Lan Ling’s body!
"King Lan Ling, why did you murder the fourth elder of my clan?!"
You Guihou burst into anger, sternly questioning him about the murder. He soared into the sky with nine other Void Refinement Realm experts of his clan, dashing towards King Lan Ling.