Cultivation Through Artifacts

Walking inside with slow but confident steps, Khal looked around the room with eyes that were a-flicker with curiosity over a genial smile. 

The interior of the vault was about as big as half of a basketball court or maybe a little bit bigger. However, although the size was not large compared to a normal vault, the number of items inside it was, in fact, ridiculously immense!

Gold, Silver, and Bronze Coins in vast amounts, the amount above the millions for sure! Pills, scrolls, and other treasures, each of them seemingly above thousands of Gold Coins in value could be seen thrown all around the place together with some weapons that anyone would wish to obtain if had the chance!

"Quite a wealth, not gonna lie," Khal admitted that the number of riches inside this vault by no means was a joke, but still, compared to the Moon Goddess' wealth back in the First Realm, it was nothing but a fraction; one couldn't even compare the two, that's just how large the difference truly was!

"However, this does not mean I won't take them away. I mean, if I have come so far, it would be absurd not to, right?" Khal asked loudly even though he knew he won't get an answer and without a second thought waved his hand, putting everything inside his spatial ring.

"Huh?"

Though not even after he put half of the vault inside his spatial ring, Khal found it with great surprise that he could fit nothing more inside, confusing him quite deeply.

And just like he had been hit by a train, Khal facepalmed himself and groaned.

"How could have I forgotten something so basic? "

Indeed, the reason Khal felt the urge to hit himself several times was because he forgot that although spatial rings had the ability to store many things, including stuff like a spaceship or things of similar size, they still had their limits just like anything else in existence!

Thus, seeing as his spatial ring was getting filled up at the end of the day, Khal couldn't help but blame himself for his own stupidity and obliviousness.

"I need to buy a bigger spatial ring after I leave this planet." Khal sighed and started to throw out things from the spatial ring he thinks he does not need or won't have a reason to keep it with himself.

After selecting things he needs and separating the rest he does not want, Khal put everything else from the vault inside his spatial ring, filling it up to the brim with almost no space within!

"It seems I am done here." Khal turned around once he checked everything he will leave behind for one final time and walked away.

Once outside, Khal raised his head toward the full moon above, mesmerized by the breathtaking sight he couldn't help but admire whenever he saw.

"Oh... Really! The Moon Token! I almost forgot about it!" Khal said with sudden haste and took out a circular-shaped object from his spatial ring.

"Jas told me I can only use it when I reached the Second Realm, so I guess now I can..." Khal examined the Moon Token in his hand and began to pour a bit of his essence into it.

And as he did...

Whoosh!

In a single blink, a strange but not threatening power engulfed his body before a white light engulfed his whole body before causing it to vanish into thin air!

"Oh? And just as I thought I could capture him... Well, whatever. At least I know where to find him." an indifferent voice appeared the moment Khal disappeared, while a figure emerged from among the trees' shade in the distance, revealing a stunning image that seemed both threatening and charming at the same time, just like a rose.

"I can't wait to see what that old man will do when he learns the truth that his men were slain by a little boy from a lowly human sect. Hehe!"

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Whoosh!

"Huh? Where am I?" Khal looked surprised when he saw that he was teleported away from Planet Thov and found himself no longer in a paradise-like landscape but instead right before an entrance that was seemingly crafted from white jade!

"Oh? Another disciple from Moon Academy?"

While Khal stared at the jade entrance in front of him with slight shock and awe, a voice suddenly appeared on his side, pulling his attention away from the jade gate and the jade wall around it.

'...Humans?' Khal widened his eyes in surprise when he saw two human figures in real flesh standing in the distance, both of them looking at him with curious gazes.

"What is your name, boy?" one of the guards who stood on the left and had a bigger figure with a huge greatsword attached diagonally onto his back asked, his bright nut-brown eyes below his sharp eyebrows staring at Khal calmly.

'He is on the Fourth Cultivation Stage, but...' Khal narrowed his eyes when he noticed the big guy's aura being at the Limit Breaker Stage, feeling that something was slightly off.

It felt like he just used something to boost his aura to make himself look like someone on the Fourth Cultivation Stage while originally being on the Third Stage, on the Body Temperer Stage!

'So this is the result if one enters the next Realm only at the Ninth Cultivation Stage? No wonder everyone thinks we are a weak race...'

Seeing that the human in front of them was not speaking but examining them with narrowed eyes in silence, the other guard next to the big one, who had a smaller figure but wore the same silver robe as his friend took a step forward and pointed his sword which was seated in its scabbard until now at Khal.

"Hey, are you deaf or what? We have asked you a question! Tell us who you are and how you got here or don't blame us for being rude!"

Hearing what he was told, Khal raised a brow as he shifted his gaze at the other guard on the right, but before he had a chance to see the guy's face his eyes widened slightly in shock while his gaze froze on the sword abruptly.

'Spiritual Weapon! He has a Spiritual Weapon!'