The old man had a cloudy expression. He had been locking on the little girl with his spirit sense, worried about the safety of the girl. Fortunately, Ning Fan didn’t do anything to the girl.
As a matter of fact, he was reluctant to show up, but after witnessing Ning Fan breaking through to the Fifth Revolution of concoction technique, an idea began to rise in his mind.
He wanted to catch Ning Fan, make him stay in Dark Sparrow’s Grave to become the personal Pill Master of the little girl! With the help of a Fifth Revolution Pill Master, the Void Poison in the girl’s body could probably be…
Given his Void Fragmentation cultivation base, he wasn’t able to come to the fifth level due to the suppression of the grave. So, he could only send his root clone to capture this man.
However, when he arrived, he discovered that Ning Fan was holding the horrifying earth vein demonic fire – a Fifth Grade Demonic Fire. If it was his true self, he wouldn’t be afraid of that, unfortunately, it was merely his clone. The body of Ming Luo Tree was unusual. Once it was shone by the fiery light, it would wither to death instantly.
Therefore, the old man had eliminated the idea of holding Ning Fan captive. Instead, he would use his fruit to lure Ning Fan into a trap while secretly unleashing his true aura. First, he would force Ning Fan into agreeing to his request. Then, he would bring Ning Fan to the ninth level. By that time, everything would be in his control! It was then up to him whether he should give rewards to Ning Fan. Also, it would be impossible for Ning Fan to leave Dark Sparrow’s Grave by himself!
A threatening word from the old man was no doubt hidden with infinite danger. If it was an ordinary person, he would probably already succumb to the Void Fragmentations’ might, lost his composure and calmness and got caught in the old man’s trap.
Unfortunately for the old man, the Void Fragmentation old monsters Ning Fan had met included Bone Sovereign, Moksha Sovereign, Small Sable and Yun Bushu. Ning Fan also had the inheritance of an Immortal Emperor. How could he be deterred by an old man with an aura of Void Fragmentation?
Ning Fan didn’t panic. Instead, he discovered the flaws from the old man’s words, gestures and Qi.
Ning Fan smiled at the old man, not saying another word. He would like to hear what the request of this old man was. If it wasn’t too difficult of a request, he would be most willing to get a few Ming Luo Fruit out of it.
But, if the old man wanted him to enter the ninth level of the grave, don’t even think about it!
Also, it was impossible for the old man to threaten him with death!
“Grand-grandpa…don’t be angry. Cookie Brother is a good person…” The little girl said timidly. Only by looking at the girl did the old man showed a trace of affability.
“Bright Sparrow, you are still young…when you grow up, you will know the perilous heart of humans… If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have come into contact with the human race!”
Anger stirred inside of him when his eyes met Ning Fan’s.
Despite being threatened by him, instead of showing an angry look, Ning Fan smiled… Sure enough, humans had an extremely deep shrewdness. They were mean and had no sense of shame. No emotions of theirs were written on their face.
In fact, the old man didn’t understand why Ning Fan smiled. Smile was a kind of expression. It was a way to keep one’s countenance, totally unrelated to mood or even happiness and sadness.
“This old man is Ming Luo. Just like what you saw, this old man is merely a root hair clone that won’t do you any harm. I do have something to ask from you…about the details of it, I would like to invite you to the ninth level of Dark Sparrow’s Grave. We can have a proper discussion over there.”
“I’m not going into the ninth level… I will not even go to the sixth level!”
Ning Fan’s smile faded. He retreated three paces and stamped one of his feet, stamping the Black Demon Flame into the ground.
Immediately, a sizzling sound was heard from the ground. A root under the ground was burned to ashes. The old man named Ming Luo let out a groan, as though he had suffered a minor injury.
Sneak attack?! The old man took advantage of the time conversing with Ning Fan and then attacked with his root!
“You wanted to lure me into the ninth level and sneak-attacked me with your roots. How shameless… In that case, I don’t need your Ming Luo Fruit anymore, it’s done… For the sake of Bright Sparrow, I won’t kill your clone, but if you continue to block my way, I have a way to kill your clone and cause your true body to suffer a heavy injury!”
Ning Fan’s eyes turned cold. He kept the Pill Cauldron and extinguished the earth fire. If it wasn’t because this place was under the old man’s control, with countless Spirit Severing demonic beasts watching him, he would never be so courteous to this old man and would’ve killed this clone by now.
“Humph! Wanting to leave?! It’s true that this old man can’t do anything to you, but all the demons on this level listens to my command. Perhaps, this old man may not be able to kill you, but if I won’t let you leave, do you think you can leave?!”
The old man’s eyes were cold. His spirit sense permeated the surroundings, seemingly passing some kind of orders. Immediately, each of the Spirit Severing demonic beasts revealed a ferocious look, stepping towards Ning Fan’s direction. This was a threat! And this threat was obviously harder to deal with than the old man’s clone!
Under this stalemate situation, the little girl stamped her foot urgently. For some reason, she didn’t want to see the Cookie Brother whom she had just met having a fight with Grandpa.
“Enough! Grandpa, if you harm Cookie Brother, I-I won’t take the ‘Pill’ anymore!”
A trace of black light flickered intensely in her eyes. Agony was emerging on her face. Then, a pair of black wings sprouted out from her spine and clothes!
There was pain, heart-wrenching pain. At the moment when the girl sprouted out wings, she passed out with a painful wail.
The abrupt change in the girl left the old man dumbstruck.
“Not good. She has exerted the demonic force. The symptoms of the Void Poison is beginning to manifest. She has to be fed with medicine now!”
Void Poison was an extremely fierce poison during ancient times, originating from the immemorial Dark Sparrow’s black feather tail wing. It was a lethal poison that had combined with Dark Sparrow’s spatial force. The Void Poison of a full-grown Dark Sparrow could easily poison a true Immortal to death.
Long ago, the old man has discovered the Void Poison in Bright Sparrow’s body. He had done everything he could to suppress the poison, but the fierceness of the poison was far more powerful than he had expected. He was unable to clear it off her body even with his Void Fragmentation cultivation base!
The old man had used various kinds of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs to create some sort of medicinal liquid to bring the Void Poison under control. As long as Bright Sparrow didn’t exert her demonic force, the poison would be under control. Only by taking these pills every once in a while could the poison be suppressed.
Due to his lack of knowledge in alchemy, the medicine he made couldn’t cure the poison inside of her, and gradually, the poison seemed to have created its own immunity against the medicine, making it harder to suppress. Once the poison broke out in her body, she might die…that was why the old man had the idea of capturing Ning Fan after learning that he had broken through to the Fifth Revolution Concoction Technique.
It was just that he hadn’t expected that Little Bright Sparrow would exert the forbidden demonic force just to protect Ning Fan, causing the Void Poison inside her body to manifest ahead of time!
The old man’s heart was burning with anxiety. At this moment, he had lost all interest in detaining Ning Fan… This time, he had no idea if Bright Sparrow could survive this outbreak.
His eyes were blazing with fury, as if he was going to eat Ning Fan alive!
“If Bright Sparrow dies, this old man will rush out of the Dark Sparrow’s Grave and shred you to a million pieces even if that means that I have to burn my own soul and fall into an irrecoverable state. You son of a b*tch! Get out! Get out of the Grave!”
The old man picked up the unconscious girl and prepared to fly back to the ninth level.
However, Ning Fan didn’t seem to be going anywhere. He knitted his eyebrows and called out to the old man. He had very little affection for this old man, but he couldn’t help but care for the little girl.
“Wait!”
“What do you still want?!” The old man turned his head angrily, but after seeing a trace of concern in Ning Fan’s eyes, his fury reduced slightly.
“She isn’t being poisoned by the Void Poison… If I’m not mistaken, the force she exerted earlier should belong to the Immemorial Dark Sparrow of Royal Clan – the Dark Demon Force. I don’t know what kind of medicine did you feed her, but I know that the most it can do is to suppress the effect of the poison. Suppressing it isn’t helping her, but harming her instead!” Ning Fan’s eyes were solemn.
“Dark Demon Force! Dark Sparrow of Royal Clan! Not possible! She’s just a tiny Pill Devil. I have seen her grew up with my own eyes!” The old man felt a tingle in his heart. As one of the demons here, there was no way that he wouldn’t know who the Immemorial Dark Sparrow was and the horror of the Dark Sparrow.
He had witnessed the formation of the Pill Devil and how it grew into a nice and obedient little girl. How could she be an Immemorial Dark Sparrow? How could she be a leading figure? This was nonsense!
But after listening to what Ning Fan said, the old man also felt that the mysterious force in the girl’s body was similar to the force of the legendary Dark Sparrow of Royal Clan – the Dark Demon Force.
The Immemorial Dark Sparrow or the Dark Sparrow of Royal Clan was the head of demon race and a rare existence. Only the Royal Dark Sparrow could produce Dark Demon Force. The other demons could easily be deterred by using this force alone.
When Bright Sparrow was born, she had an inexplicable restraint against demons. Perhaps, this was the thing that made him feel good about her. If this force was the Dark Demon Force, everything seemed to make sense now.