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Chapter 630: Three Levels Up, the Artifact Spirit Emerges (4)_1

Chapter 630: Chapter 630: Three Levels Up, the Artifact Spirit Emerges (4)_1

Later, a catastrophic disaster struck the "Cultivation Continent," devastating both the Cultivation World and the Mortal Realm. Eventually, the "Cultivation Continent" broke apart into countless new continents of varying sizes. On some of these new lands, people could continue cultivating, but on others, they could not. By chance, the Mo Clan People, with the Ancient Jade Space, landed on one of the new continents where cultivation was impossible.

"The Ancient Jade Space might be nothing special in the Cultivation World, but on a new continent where cultivation is not possible, it is a defiance of the heavens! However, it does not have life of its own and cannot assist its master in cultivation. Moreover, it is upgraded through the accumulation of merits. These merits, accumulated over generations are enough to bend the new rules of heaven and earth, allowing its existence! The space is also conditioned to recognize its master through bloodline and soul, so apart from the descendants of the Mo Clan, no one else can open or use it." Xue tuanzi explained earnestly, his mature voice finally matching his tone.

Heh heh, it wouldn’t tell Yanyan that not just any descendant of the Mo Clan can open the space, a detail it covertly altered after gaining Spiritual Wisdom and having been tricked countless times. Only those recognized by it are qualified to use the space!

It didn’t tell Yanyan for fear that she would become arrogant!

Mo Yan suddenly realized why, in both her lives, she had the surname Mo, and why the space had followed her after her death in her previous life—her family in that life and in this one must both be descendants of that powerful female ancestor!

With that, all the confusion she had about the space was resolved, yet Mo Yan now had a new question, "Since the rules of heaven and earth allow the space to exist, you, as the Artifact Spirit of the space, even if you started without clear consciousness, shouldn’t have only appeared now; and in my previous life, when the space rose to the fifth level, I never saw you!"

This question hit Xuetuan’s sore spot, and it complained indignantly, "Who knows what whims the new rules of heaven and earth had! Anyway, once we arrived at the new continent, I was sealed within the Merit Pearl and fell into a deep sleep. The space reverted to its state as if newly made, and only after accumulating enough merits to rise to the Sixth Level, was I able to regain consciousness and, with the help of my master, break the seal and be reborn."

After listening, Mo Yan pondered, "If the rules of heaven and earth can allow a lifeless space to exist, yet you are a living being and they have sealed you, they probably feared you would cause mischief. The fact that they exchanged your rebirth for merits shows this."

Soon after, she curiously asked Xuetuan, "Do the rules of heaven and earth truly exist? Does it really mean ’good is rewarded with good, evil with evil’?"

Xuetuan, mulling over Mo Yan’s earlier words, heard her subsequent question and rolled its eyes dramatically, speaking with an air of exasperation, "Of course they exist! These rules are more akin to your own moral norms, like praise for good deeds and condemnation for unethical acts, than laws imposed by human rulers. However, they don’t actually punish! Of course, ’causing one’s own destruction’ is also part of the heavenly rules. Those who do bad things and act immorally will sooner or later repay what they owe in other ways."

Mo Yan, once again snubbed, shot back with irritation and flicked Xuetuan’s plump belly, "I’m hearing about the rules of heaven and earth for the first time, how would I know what they are? You’re probably the only old creature around who knows, having lived for who knows how many years!"

The term "old creature" instantly ruffled Xuetuan’s fur, "I’m obviously a newly born little princess, you’re the old creature—an old creature who has lived two lifetimes!"

Mo Yan was amused by Xuetuan’s thick skin, but she couldn’t argue that it had indeed just been born. As for the term "little princess," she chose to ignore it!

Annoyed Xuetuan was quite amusing, and Mo Yan, with a lack of scruples, "bullied the small" making Xuetuan squawk wildly in protest. If it were not forbidden for an Artifact Spirit to harm its space’s master, it would have longed to bite her for three days and nights.

Seeing Xuetuan’s powerless demeanor, Mo Yan finally felt a twinge of conscience and hugged it close, gently poking its soft belly, "You mentioned earlier that only when the space rises to the Sixth Level will you break the seal, so this time the space rose by two levels at once!"

Xuetuan wanted to roll its eyes at her again, but the recent torment by Mo Yan had caused it deep psychological trauma, so it huddled up and spoke in annoyance, "This time, you saved the life of a Crown Prince, a future... ah, the secrets of heaven must not be revealed. Anyway, the merit you accrued for this deed is far deeper than you can imagine, allowing the space to rise by three levels this time! As for the benefits that follow... there’s too much to explain in just a few words. You will find out eventually."

Upon hearing this, Mo Yan didn’t delve deeper but instead inquired about Xiao Ruiyuan. After all, it was by saving him that the space had abruptly risen to the Second Level.

"You ask about him—" Xuetuan drew out the note, the two little dots on its head spinning frantically, its voice carrying a hint of innuendo, "His fate is now linked with yours and that Crown Prince’s. If one suffers, both suffer; if one prospers, both prosper! His act of saving you and your family was a great deed of merit; and encountering you allowed the Crown Prince to survive, another great merit! If not for his heavy karma from killing, most of his merits would have been canceled, and the space would not have just risen by one level at that time."

Mo Yan, startled and a bit sweaty, quickly asked, "What would have happened to his fate if he hadn’t saved us then?"

Xuetuan snorted, "If he hadn’t saved you, he wouldn’t have been touched by your good fortune. He would have died on that first injury!"

Mo Yan’s face paled as she thought about Xiao Ruiyuan’s subsequent life-threatening crises. One was when he was chased and fell off a cliff while searching for the Red Python, and the other was this year when he was ambushed on his way back to the capital after a battle, narrowly escaping death... Weren’t both incidents close to taking his life?