The ring was a celestial artifact, otherwise the space within wouldn't be called a celestial abode. Unfortunately, when "spirits" devour each other, they only receive each other's energy, not their memories. Therefore, Xiao Hei didn't know the ring's origins, let alone its previous owner.
Treasures above the Immortal rank needed to be branded with divine consciousness before they could recognize their master. Just like when the Chaos Pearl recognized its master, Heavenly Dao suppressed the Chaos Pearl, allowing Zhou Yuanyuan to brand the Chaos Pearl's spirit with a glittering golden mark on its forehead.
When Liu Jingyun got the ring, Xiao Hei was already the only "spirit" in the ring.
Legend has it that treasures above the level of Immortal Artifacts will automatically choose their owners. In reality, it is the "spirit" within the Immortal Artifact that chooses its owner for it.
Liu Jingyun is just a small Qi-cultivating cultivator with ordinary qualifications, and Xiao Hei really looks down on him.
In order to fool Liu Jingyun, after Liu Jingyun "dropped blood to recognize his master", Xiao Hei pretended that he had been successfully recognized as the master by Liu Jingyun.
At first, Xiao Hei, in order to thank Liu Jingyun for letting it see the light of day again, stuffed a "Spirit Cleansing Grass" into Liu Jingyun's ring when Liu Jingyun wanted to take something out of it. With the help of that "Spirit Cleansing Grass", Liu Jingyun improved the purity of his spiritual roots and his cultivation level increased rapidly.
Xiao Hei actually had other plans for this. Every step in a cultivator's journey to immortality was dangerous, and no one knew when Liu Jingyun would die. Even if Liu Jingyun wasn't a good person, he was Xiao Hei's benefactor, allowing him to see the light of day again. Otherwise, even the best immortal artifact would lose its "spirit" without the nourishment of spiritual energy.
Moreover, in order to open the ring space, Liu Jingyun stole the spiritual energy of most of the spiritual stone vein of Yushan Sect and transferred it to Xiao Hei. If Xiao Hei did not show any gratitude to Liu Jingyun, his benefactor, Xiao Hei would owe Liu Jingyun karma.
Xiao Hei planned to spend more time observing Liu Jingyun. If he was honest, diligent, and motivated, Xiao Hei would officially acknowledge him as his master once he reached the Nascent Soul stage and help him soar. Of course, if Liu Jingyun turned out to be a hopeless case, Xiao Hei would be prepared to make plans and cut his losses in time.
It is precisely because of Xiao Hei's selfishness that Liu Jingyun thinks his ring is very "high-end". Liu Jingyun, as the owner, cannot take things from the ring at will, and the fairy palace cannot be opened at will. As for how much inventory is in the fairy palace, Xiao Hei gave Liu Jingyun a rough look in order to motivate Liu Jingyun's practice.
Before the Liu family incident, Liu Jingyun was relatively normal. Apart from completing his sect missions, he would spend the rest of his time cultivating.
In order to make Liu Jingyun feel that the treasures were hard to come by, and also to control Liu Jingyun from making excessive demands on the Immortal Palace, Xiao Hei would ask Liu Jingyun to drip a drop of his heart's blood every time he took something from the Immortal Palace.
As time went by, the weaknesses in Liu Jingyun's character were exposed.
After obtaining the Immortal Mansion, Liu Jingyun, on the one hand, felt that he was extremely lucky and became a little arrogant. On the other hand, he kept things secret and was reluctant to share the things in the Immortal Mansion, even a pill, with his relatives.
Xiao Hei felt that Liu Jingyun was too selfish and was definitely not the wise leader he had in mind.
Especially after Liu Jingyun kidnapped Wen Ziqing, Xiao Hei's disdain for him reached a new peak. A cultivator actually kidnapped a mortal? Could Liu Jingyun be any less pathetic?
Xiao Hei was completely disappointed with Liu Jingyun.
The world of cultivation emphasizes cause and effect. In order to sever ties with Liu Jingyun, Xiao Hei specially made a stone tablet with words on it, telling Liu Jingyun that his relationship with the Immortal Palace has ended.
But Xiao Hei did not treat Liu Jingyun badly. He gave Liu Jingyun some magic weapons and elixirs in the fairy palace, as well as a large number of cultivation techniques.
What Xiao Hei hadn't expected was that Liu Jingyun, having acquired so many cultivation resources, hadn't settled down to cultivate properly, but instead was obsessed with rescuing his people. After Liu Jingyun found the "Ten Miles and Eight Wastelands Star Shifting Formation" among a pile of jade slips, he was overjoyed and immediately began preparing to reverse time and space by eighteen years.
Xiao Hei regretted it deeply. If he had known that Liu Jingyun had such evil intentions, he should have carefully selected the jade slips before giving them to Liu Jingyun. However, he had already authorized the entire Gongfa Building to Liu Jingyun, and there was no way to stop Liu Jingyun from rushing down the path of "evil".
"Ah? So it was you, this idiot, who gave Liu Jingyun some formation that could reverse time and space? That means so many lives lost by Liu Jingyun were caused by you! Master, don't pay attention to this little black charcoal. It is involved in the karma of human lives and will be struck by lightning. It wants to find you, the master, to ward off disaster for it!" Xiao Hei had just finished speaking, and before Zhou Yuanyuan could say anything, the Chaos Pearl jumped up again.
If a spiritual treasure with an owner commits an act that harms the heavens, half of the sin will be placed on the owner. Liu Jingyun killed so many people because of the formation provided by Xiao Hei, and Xiao Hei has already been tainted by karma. When the time is right, the heavens will send down thunder to punish Xiao Hei.
If Zhou Yuanyuan became Xiao Hei's new master before Xiao Hei was punished, Zhou Yuanyuan would have to bear half of the thunder for Xiao Hei.
"I, I, I... beautiful sister, I didn't think of asking you to help me block the thunder. I really like you. You have a scent that makes me want to get close to you." Xiao Hei was dumbfounded and quickly defended himself.
It has to be said that Chaos Pearl's words were very sharp. Even Xiao Hei himself felt that if he continued to pester Zhou Yuanyuan to recognize him as his master, the label of "sinister and cunning" would immediately be put on his head.
Close? How is that possible?
Zhou Yuanyuan raised her white, tender palm and looked at it. That's right! Sister is still a living cultivator, without any trace of death in her body. How could Xiao Hei, who looks so sinister, feel close to her?
Is this the charm of my rebirth? No, no, even if I was reborn, my soul and body are still alive! This little black man shouldn't be able to smell it.
"Master, master, Zhuzhu remembered it, the jade token, that dark jade token." Chaos Zhu was afraid that the master was fooled by Xiao Hei, so he quickly tried to recall whether Zhou Yuanyuan had something similar to Xiao Hei's aura.
This thought really reminded me of the Chaos Pearl.
Half a year ago, Zhou Yuanyuan visited the Nawa tribe's settlement and obtained a black jade token there.
It was quite a coincidence that Zhou Yuanyuan had obtained this jade token. Back when she was at the Nawa tribe's settlement, the Chaos Pearl had devoured all of their Yinming Water, even the cobblestones at the riverbed. That's how she found this black jade token at the bottom of the stream.
Where did the jade token go? Zhou Yuanyuan wondered.
"Master, master, you put it in a jade box." Chaos Pearl reminded Zhou Yuanyuan.
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