Chapter 240: The Stone of Fate

"Could this be the so-called Stone of Fate?"

Li Mochen examined the object in his hand with a gaze full of doubt and speculation. He had never seen anything like it before, nor were there any records of it in the catalogs of mystical items he had read. There might have been, but blue gemstones like this were extremely common among the vast array of magical materials and mystical items—who knew which one it was!

However, he guessed that this object must be related to fate or fortune, which narrowed down the possibilities considerably.

In the era of Ragnarök, a bloody war broke out between the Olympian gods and the Norse pantheon, leading to the fall of countless deities. Among them were the six Fates from both sides, whose divine essences were shattered into over a hundred fragments scattered across the European continent.

Thus, in the magical history of Europe, the Stone of Fate had a very high frequency of appearance, closely tied to European history, guiding the destinies of many heroes and nations.

Li Mochen did not delve deeply into the origin of this object. After carefully examining it, he tossed the stone into the sword bag behind him.

He had no choice—the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' inside the bag was extremely hungry, continuously vibrating and transmitting thoughts of 'hunger' and 'urgency' to him.

Earlier at the gymnasium, Li Mochen had been under the watchful eyes of many powerful outlaws and dared not make a move.

Now, although he knew it was not the best time—with many guards including Chu Siguo around him—he suspected that if he did not satisfy the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda''s demand, the treasure would jump out of the bag on its own.

As expected, when Li Mochen sent the Stone of Fate into the sword bag, the vibrations inside became more intense, emitting a powerful wave of magical energy that made several of the outlaw-level guards in the car glance at him sideways.

"What's going on?"

Even Carl Holton sensed the anomaly and looked toward the sword bag behind Li Mochen: "It's moving, looks like it's about to burst open?"

"It's nothing, just one of my magical artifacts. Don't worry about it."

Li Mochen replied without changing his expression: "Personal privacy, please keep it confidential, okay?"

"OK."

Carl was very curious, but he still turned his head away: "Got it, it's none of our business."

Fortunately, the commotion inside the sword bag lasted only about a minute before it stopped, and the turbulent magical tide gradually subsided.

By then, Carl and Chu Siguo had stopped paying attention, but Li Mochen himself became increasingly curious. He wanted to know what had happened inside the sword bag and what changes had occurred in the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' after all that activity.

He held back until he returned to the Unicorn Apartment, then hurried into his training room and took out the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda'.

On the surface, the pagoda seemed unchanged—still the karmic filth spreading to the base, the light golden hue covering the second floor, and a total of five strands of multicolored spiritual light.

But when Li Mochen entered the state of 'Heavenly Mind Illumination' and viewed the world with his 'Heavenly Mind', he discovered that the pagoda had indeed undergone some subtle changes.

Mainly, on the surface of the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda', some faint mystical patterns had appeared, extremely subtle and almost invisible. Also, at the tip of the pagoda, something seemed to be condensing, drawing pure spiritual energy from the world at a very slow, almost imperceptible rate.

When Li Mochen focused his spirit on sensing this condensing 'thing', he suddenly felt a pulling force that drew his 'spiritual soul' inside.

Then his spiritual 'vision' underwent a great change. He felt as if he were in an infinite void, with strands of energy gathering around him from all directions.

Li Mochen identified that most of it was pure magical energy drawn from his immediate surroundings, while another part came from all directions. If he wasn't mistaken, that was likely the source of the multicolored spiritual light and merit energy on the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda'.

"Hmm? This is?"

Li Mochen's expression shifted slightly as he 'looked' toward a certain direction beneath him—more precisely, it should be inside the pagoda's base.

There was an enormous amount of merit energy, extremely dense. Measured in units of the multicolored spiritual light currently缠绕 on the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda', it was about 3,720 times that amount!

However, this merit energy was condensed inside the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' without any leakage.

Li Mochen found it strange and began to observe carefully. Then he discovered that this merit energy could not leak out. It was subtly rejected by this world, unable to overflow from the interior of the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda'.

Moreover, it was rapidly growing, with large amounts of similar energy continuously pouring in from the same direction.

"So that's it!"

A sudden understanding dawned in Li Mochen's heart. He had wondered why his merit from saving the world in the Primordial Sky Realm had vanished without a trace. It turned out that it was not accepted by this world and could only be stored inside the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda'.

Also, no wonder his luck had been so good. Although there had been some twists and turns along the way, everything had ultimately gone smoothly. He had easily found and recruited top-tier experts like Howard Eisenhower and Dainn Stacy, and elite commanders like Sampson Brut and Thompson Adams. In other aspects, it was almost as if everything went as he wished, smooth sailing.

This must be because the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' was suppressing his fortune.

Although the vast merit from the Primordial Sky Realm could not integrate into this world, Li Mochen guessed that it still had some influence on his luck.

Especially when he noticed that this dense mass of merit energy was seeping into the pagoda's tip strand by strand and then merging into the multicolored spiritual light outside, Li Mochen gained another insight.

"Is it being converted?"

This should be a change resulting from the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' fusing with that Stone of Fate. The latter originated from the European Fates and was a fragment of the divine essence of fate, naturally possessing such authority—converting merit from the Primordial Sky Realm into this world.

After that, Li Mochen withdrew from this peculiar state of inspiration and instead formed hand seals, casting the 'Heavenly Cycle Divine Mechanism Mysterious Pivot Lock Star Secret Art'—he intended to use the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' to divine the true location of Hayer Willenstein and also conduct an experiment.

About half an hour later, when Li Mochen opened his eyes again, both joy and greed appeared in them.

As he had expected, this 'Stone of Fate' had indeed slightly enhanced the abilities of the 'Divine Sky Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda'. The consumption of merit for divination this time was a third less than anticipated!

Thus, he had a new goal in this world—to collect 'Stones of Fate' to the best of his ability!