Chapter 2430

Everyone felt that the fairy artifact had not yet fully manifested; there must still be remaining trials that had not been passed.

It did not fully conform to the unique rules of this immortal artifact space.

But just as everyone was whispering, suddenly the cluster of purple‑gold light blazed, and a message quickly surfaced in everyone's minds.

After receiving this message, everyone was stunned, their faces showing strange expressions.

"Selecting an artifact spirit? This fairy artifact still has no artifact spirit?"

This message told everyone that although the fairy artifact had taken shape, its spiritual awareness was not complete.

And fairy artifacts always possess their own consciousness; they are born artifact spirits, with awareness no different from that of an adult, and even more astute.

They have their own thoughts and can choose their master on their own.

But now, this fairy artifact actually has incomplete spiritual awareness; the most absurd part is that the artifact spirit must be chosen from among the crowd.

The person selected by the fairy artifact will merge into it, becoming the artifact spirit and uniting as one with the artifact.

Only then will the fairy artifact be considered fully formed.

And the cluster of purple‑gold light that everyone had previously guessed at is actually the fairy artifact's true form—this turned out to be exactly what the Heavenly Family's elder had guessed.

"So, we can only wait now for the fairy artifact to choose its artifact spirit?"

"That should be the case; under the rules of heaven and earth, whoever the fairy artifact chooses cannot refuse."

"This………………"

Being unable to refuse, everyone's faces changed in an instant.

Especially Huang Lao, the Heavenly Family's elder, and Miao Cuihua—these three supreme experts—had even uglier expressions.

Huang Lao even furtively glanced at Ye Zhangqing with a worried look.

For everyone, the fairy artifact's selection of an artifact spirit is completely passive—whoever it chooses is the one.

If it selects Ye Zhangqing this brat, what then? He would become an artifact spirit.

In a sense, that would be tantamount to death.

Moreover, the requirements for selecting the artifact spirit were not mentioned in that message just now.

Whether it is based on talent, foundation, or other aspects, everyone knows nothing.

However, by normal reasoning, since the fairy artifact is going to select an artifact spirit, it will surely choose the best.

In terms of cultivation, Huang Lao and the other two supreme experts are undoubtedly the highest, but if we consider talent and foundation, Ye Zhangqing is certainly not weak either, and he has a chance of being selected.

If he really were selected, would we just have to watch helplessly as this brat merges with the fairy artifact?

No, we cannot just sit and wait for doom.

Thinking this, Huang Lao secretly resolved that if the fairy artifact truly chose him, he would join forces with the Heavenly Family's elder and Miao Cuihua and, no matter what, overturn this fairy artifact.

Ye Zhangqing must absolutely not become that damn artifact spirit.

Many others who share Huang Lao's view also do not want to see themselves or those around them selected by the fairy artifact.

The title "fairy artifact spirit" sounds impressive, but in reality it is like being trapped in a drawn circle—one must spend a lifetime confined within the fairy artifact.

Even if one gains the fairy artifact's power, ultimately it is still just a weapon in a cultivator's hand.

Others simply lack Huang Lao's boldness; having decided that if it comes to that, they would not hesitate to destroy the fairy artifact outright.

They can only silently pray in their hearts, hoping that neither they nor those nearby will be favored by the fairy artifact.

Just as everyone harbored their thoughts and felt secretly tense, streaks of mysterious power descended like from the heavens, enveloping every person present.

This power is formless and substanceless, impossible to block; it felt as if the body had been scanned from inside to outside.

Sensing the anomaly, everyone realized this was likely the fairy artifact's method, and it was doing so to select a suitable artifact spirit.

For a moment, everyone became tense.

Wanting to block this mysterious power from outside, but being utterly unable to do so, they could only let it permeate everywhere.

After roughly a full quarter of an hour, this power gradually dissipated from everyone's bodies.

Yet this only made everyone present even more nervous, for the moment to decide the outcome was now at hand.

Who exactly had been selected as the artifact spirit.

Huang Lao had already secretly prepared himself; if either Ye Zhangqing or he himself were chosen as the artifact spirit, the old man would surely overturn the table.

At worst, he would abandon the fairy artifact and simply destroy it.

But the feared event did not occur; the fairy artifact did not select either of them, and likewise the Heavenly Family's elder, the Heavenly Family's people, as well as Miao Cuihua and the Wushen Palace's people, were not selected.

This let the three families breathe a sigh of relief; that was good enough.

So who was the final result?

Everyone's gaze swept around, and they soon saw that Tie Dan and Tianxing Lao Ren, this father‑son pair, were instantly enveloped by a purple‑gold light pillar descending from the heavens, which covered them completely.

"Are they the artifact spirits?"

"Two artifact spirits?"

"What exactly is the standard for selecting the artifact spirit?"

While Tianxing Lao Ren and the two were stunned, the crowd already exclaimed in surprise.

First, the artifact spirit actually chose two people; second, the selection criteria for the artifact spirit are completely incomprehensible to everyone.

After all, from any angle, there are better candidates for the artifact spirit than this father‑son pair.

This father‑son pair's cultivation is inadequate, and their talent is pitifully weak.

What point of this father‑son pair could the fairy artifact possibly have taken a liking to? It makes no sense.

But at least in the end it did not select oneself, which relieved many people.

As for why the fairy artifact chose this father‑son pair, everyone is merely curious, not feeling compelled to investigate thoroughly.

Meanwhile, Tie Dan and Tianxing Lao Ren, enveloped by the light pillar, suddenly awoke, their whole bodies going numb.

"Has this fairy artifact gone mad? Why pick me? I'm just a good‑for‑nothing."

The father and son never even thought they'd be chosen; they're just trash—how could a Fairy Artifact pick two trash as its artifact spirit? What's the point of this?

But the fact is right before them now—they father and son have truly been chosen as the artifact spirit, and in an instant they both went stupid.

This Fairy Artifact is sick, seriously sick.

With so many powerhouses present, the Heavenly Pride wasn't chosen, yet they instead picked these two loose cultivators.

Huang Lao and these three supreme experts, Ye Zhangqing this generation's Yāoniè are all here, and you don't want them—you want us two trash?

In a moment, Tianxing Lao Ren and his son both thought this Fairy Artifact wouldn't be one that picks on the weak and fears the strong.

What the heck, picking on the soft persimmons, huh? Seeing they're easy to bully, you just picked them?

Damn it.

Unable to hold back, he cursed loudly in his heart while also wanting to struggle; at that moment, among the Heavenly Family crowd, a Heavenly Family's Heavenly Pride disciple seemed to suddenly think of something and blurted out.

"The Fairy Artifact chose them father and son—doesn't that mean they're doomed?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Upon hearing that, a Heavenly Family Elder beside him hadn't yet come to his senses, and he asked doubtfully.

In response, that Heavenly Family disciple gave a weird reply.

"These father and son aren't the ones chosen by the Fate-Changing Tablet, are they? If they become the artifact spirit, then the Fate-Changing Tablet would be gone."

Huh???