The demons left, leaving only Mo Fan behind.
This left Mo Fan both puzzled and a bit anxious, but he quickly calmed down.
In his view, since Hei Zi the Demon Officer saved him yesterday, it seemed unlikely he would harm him, so there was no need to worry too much. Instead, he hadn't properly thanked him for the rescue.
"This is a good opportunity to give a few pieces of Milky White Stone to this Lord Demon Officer as a token of gratitude for saving me, and also to find out from him what exactly those stones are."
Mo Fan thought to himself, and then heard a voice from the cave dwelling: "Laibao, come in!"
"Yes, my lord!"
Mo Fan responded respectfully and then walked towards the dark cave dwelling.
Upon entering, Mo Fan frowned slightly because he found there was almost no light, which made him somewhat uneasy.
"Are you looking for me?"
Suddenly, a voice sounded in Mo Fan's ear, startling him.
Immediately, Mo Fan saw a figure emitting a faint green glow appear in his sight—it was Hei Zi the Demon Officer.
"Laibao greets my lord!" Mo Fan greeted.
"No need for formalities."
Hei Zi waved his hand, and the pitch-black cave was instantly illuminated by bright lights, allowing Mo Fan to finally see the interior clearly.
Inside, there was a wooden bed and several chairs, and the furnishings looked no different from a human dwelling, unlike the cave dwellings of Ox Demon Dali and those minor demons.
"Do you know why I saved you yesterday?" Hei Zi asked, sitting down on a chair and pouring himself a drink from a jug on the table.
"I don't know, my lord. I hope you can enlighten me!" Mo Fan replied respectfully.
He was indeed curious about why Hei Zi had saved him.
If it weren't for Hei Zi yesterday, he would have died at the hands of One-Eye, and he wouldn't have been able to easily avoid the schemes of the Red-Robed Demon General Poison Fang.
But no matter how he thought about it, Mo Fan couldn't understand why this scorpion demon saved him.
"You are a clever little demon. I hope your wit can be of use to me, so you can survive long on Black Wind Mountain, and I happen to lack a true confidant. I hope you will be that one!"
Hei Zi smiled, handing the cup of wine to Mo Fan, and said with a smile, "This is Spirit Wine given to me by the Third General, said to be acquired from the Human Territory, called Bone-Forging Wine. You can try it!"
"Thank you, my lord!"
As he brought the cup to his lips, he indeed smelled the unique aroma of Bone-Forging Wine, along with a slightly familiar scent, though he couldn't recall what it was at the moment.
Without thinking much, Mo Fan drank the Bone-Forging Wine under Hei Zi's watchful gaze.
"I mentioned saving you yesterday. Besides my conflict with the Fourth General, there is another important reason—I need something from you!"
Hei Zi suddenly changed the subject, looking at Mo Fan with a grin.
What?!
Mo Fan was shocked, instantly realizing that Hei Zi might not have good intentions, and he wanted to escape the cave dwelling.
But at that moment, he suddenly felt his whole body go limp and collapsed to the ground.
This is... the Demon-Drunken Pill!
Mo Fan finally understood the familiar scent in the wine—it was the scent of the Demon-Drunken Pill!
He had once killed an Old Hunter and obtained half a bottle of Demon-Drunken Pills from his corpse, so he was familiar with the scent, but he hadn't connected the dots earlier.
"Damn it!"
Mo Fan felt bitter. He hadn't expected that just as he had a chance to turn his luck around, he would end up at someone else's mercy again—truly miserable.
"No need to be so afraid. I won't take your life; otherwise, I wouldn't have saved you yesterday."
Seeing Mo Fan's terrified expression, Hei Zi chuckled and calmly said, "The Bone-Forging Wine I gave you contained a pill called the Demon-Drunken Pill, specially made by human Demon Catchers for us demons. It dissolves easily in wine, and once consumed, it makes us demons go limp.
I happened to kill a Demon Catcher once, so I got some of these."
After speaking, Hei Zi approached Mo Fan and smiled, "Don't blame me. I did this to avoid unnecessary trouble."
"Since you don't want my life, what do you want?" Mo Fan asked, his fear gradually dissipating.
Since the other party didn't want his life, he naturally wasn't as afraid.
"You're not afraid of me anymore?" Hei Zi looked at Mo Fan with some surprise.
"If it weren't for you saving me yesterday, Laibao wouldn't be alive today, so why would I be afraid of you?"
"Besides, you said you wouldn't take my life, so there's nothing to fear."
Mo Fan spoke calmly, though a nameless anger surged in his heart.
But he knew that the more critical the moment, the less he could show anger, or he might not leave the cave dwelling today.
"You really don't resent me at all?"
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"Not at all!"
"My life was saved by you, my lord. Whatever part of me you fancy, feel free to take it. I certainly won't blame you, let alone resent you." Mo Fan said with a bitter smile.
"Hahaha..."
Suddenly, Hei Zi laughed, though the laughter sounded somewhat harsh and frightening to Mo Fan's ears.
"As expected of the little demon I fancy. Rest assured, I said I wouldn't take your life, and I won't."
"The reason I kept you is that I need to refine a pill, and the venom in your body happens to be one of the ingredients, so I just want to extract some of your venom!"
Hearing Hei Zi's words, Mo Fan truly breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid this guy would suddenly take some part of his body.
If it was just extracting some venom, that was fine.
"So it's venom. My lord, you can bring an empty bowl, and I'll extract some venom for you!" Mo Fan offered eagerly.
"No need for that trouble; I'll extract the venom myself!"
Hei Zi smiled sinisterly, and a large, slender scorpion tail suddenly appeared behind him, with a sharp stinger half a meter long, which made Mo Fan break out in a cold sweat.
Before he could react, the stinger had already pierced his body.
To be precise, it pierced a bulge on his skin, which was one of Mo Fan's venom glands.
Soon, a strong suction force emanated from the stinger, and Mo Fan could clearly feel the venom being rapidly extracted from his body.
The entire process lasted for nearly half an incense stick's time.
When Hei Zi withdrew the stinger, Mo Fan collapsed to the ground, feeling utterly exhausted and dizzy, as if he had been seriously ill.
Mo Fan carefully sensed his body and found that almost all the venom had been extracted, and his entire body was a size smaller, even more emaciated than after drinking the Bone-Forging Wine.
Damn it, this wasn't just extracting venom; it was extracting his life!
"It turns out to be a mental-type venom, a very good toxin. I like it a lot. Go back and rest well. With your current physique, you should be able to regenerate the venom in a month, and I'll come to extract it again then!"
"Dismissed!"
Hei Zi waved his hand contentedly.
Mo Fan bowed respectfully and almost crawled out, filled with anger and humiliation.
This grudge, I will avenge!!
Mo Fan shouted in his heart, finally understanding that the scorpion demon saved him to keep him as a venom source, making it convenient to extract venom for refining pills!