Reborn?!

"Forget it. Once I break through, I'll be able to gain another trait slot..." Mo Shang thought, no longer dwelling on the fact that Innate Traits could not be changed.

The cultivation system of this world was divided into Body Tempering, Qi Gathering, Spirit Condensation, Return to Origin, Dao Inquiry, True Method, Heavenly Connection, Immortal, and Dao Lord...

After so many years of cultivation, Mo Shang had already reached the ninth level of the Body Tempering Realm. Breaking through to the Spirit Gathering Realm was within reach.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

Someone knocked on the door, pulling Mo Shang back from his thoughts.

Mo Shang did not open the door immediately. Instead, he peered outside through the crack in the door.

The next instant, an eyeball appeared before him. Their gazes met, and the air fell silent for a moment.

"Fuck!"

Mo Shang cried out and jabbed into the crack in the door, hitting the eyeball outside with unerring precision.

"Ow."

The next moment, a wail came from outside. Hearing the commotion, Mo Shang abruptly pulled open the door and saw a familiar figure sitting on the ground.

The visitor was none other than the young man Mo Shang had previously rescued beneath the cliff.

"Why are you following me?" Mo Shang asked helplessly as he looked at him.

"Brother Mo, I need to talk to you about something." The young man rubbed his aching eye and grinned.

"I don't even know you. Don't act like we're that close, alright?"

They had clearly only met once, yet the other man acted as though they had known each other for years. Mo Shang was beginning to wonder whether they really had been close all along.

"It's fine. Don't we know each other now?" The young man did not care in the slightest, acting like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.

"Alright, alright. If you have something to say, say it." Mo Shang waved a hand.

"Can we talk inside? This is rather important," the young man said again.

"So mysterious. Come in, then..." Mo Shang gave him a suspicious look, but in the end stepped aside and let him into the courtyard.

After entering, the young man first looked around. Seeing no one nearby, he immediately wiped the playful grin from his face, gently shut the courtyard gate behind him, and turned so serious it was as though he had become another person.

Leaning against a corridor pillar, Mo Shang said impatiently, "Get to the point. Stop dragging your feet."

The young man took a deep breath and looked up at Mo Shang, seriousness in his eyes as he lowered his voice. "Brother Mo, you may not believe what I'm about to say... but I swear, every word is true."

"The reason I know you is because... I was reborn!"

Mo Shang did not react much to the young man's words. He merely gave a soft "Oh." "And? Do you need me to give you an award?"

"Huh? That's all you have to say?" The young man could not help but stare in astonishment at Mo Shang's reaction.

"What else? Are you about to say that you were once the number one genius of the Mystic Heaven Continent, blessed with peerless spirit roots and admired by all, only to be plotted against and have your soul scatter and spirit dissipate?"

"Then, by some twist of fate, you were reborn and returned to the beginning of your cultivation. In this life, you'll reclaim everything that belongs to you?"

Mo Shang's words left the young man utterly dazed. His solemn expression turned blank. "Brother Mo, how did you know? Were you reborn too?"

"That cliché has been done to death. Are you going to tell me next to send you fifty gold coins so I can hear your grand revenge plan? Do I look that easy to fool?" Mo Shang said again, his face full of helplessness.

Why did Mo Shang not believe him? Because someone had previously swindled fifty gold coins from him with those exact same words!

"Uh, what are you even talking about? I didn't really understand. Are you short of money? I have some here..." The young man spoke again as he pulled a pouch of gold coins from his robes and stuffed it into Mo Shang's hands.

Looking at the heavy money pouch in his hand, Mo Shang fell silent for a moment before slipping it into his pocket. Then he smiled. "You really are a good judge of character! Please, continue your story. I shall be your most loyal listener..."

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"I really was reborn," the young man said, caught between laughter and tears, before speaking again.

"You were reborn. I believe you." Mo Shang casually echoed him. For the sake of the money, the other man could be as happy as he pleased.

"I feel like you still don't believe me..."

The young man's mouth twitched, his expression full of speechlessness. Then, as though remembering something, he said again, "You came from Huaxia."

"Who exactly are you?"

The moment he heard the word Huaxia, Mo Shang's eyes sharpened. He had never mentioned Huaxia in this world. There was no way this man could know!

"In the future, we are friends. You mentioned it by accident. By the way, what kind of place is this Huaxia?" the young man asked with a smile.

Mo Shang said nothing. He activated the system and inspected the young man's traits again.

As the traits surfaced, a flicker of emotion appeared in Mo Shang's expression.

To his surprise, he discovered that the traits on the other man had changed.

[Purple-Gold Fortune Trait: Reborn]

[Blue Trait: Loyal and Righteous]

[White Trait: Wealthy]

The original one White Trait and one Blue Trait had now become three, with an additional top-grade Purple-Gold Fortune Trait!

Staring at that trait, Mo Shang was deeply shocked and quickly checked its details.

[Purple-Gold Fortune Trait: Reborn]

[Description: This time, I will reclaim everything that belongs to me. Send me 50 to hear my tale of revenge...]

"Reborn? A special Fortune Trait! And it's Purple-Gold! Good heavens, his cheat is even bigger than mine!"

Looking at the dazzling golden trait above the other man's head, Mo Shang now completely believed that he truly was a Reborn.

Besides ordinary traits, there was another kind of special trait.

Fortune Traits were exceptionally rare and appeared only on a tiny number of people. Even Mo Shang had only seen them a few times, and their grades had never been high.

This was the first time he had seen a Purple-Gold Fortune Trait like the one on this man.

Anyone who possessed a trait of such quality was a darling of heaven and earth, commonly known as a Child of Fortune—or, in other words, a protagonist!

"You needn't know that. Why did you come looking for me?" Suppressing his shock, Mo Shang raised his head and asked the young man.

"In the future, a disaster will erupt across the Mystic Heaven Domain. We lost last time. This time, I want to change everything." The young man looked at Mo Shang and spoke earnestly.

"Thanks for the invitation, but I only want to lie flat..."

Mo Shang was completely unmoved by those words. Saving the world was something protagonists did. He was merely an ordinary person with the Mediocre trait. No matter how he looked at it, saving the world had nothing to do with him...

His Mediocre trait was not an ordinary trait, but a Fortune Trait.

[White Fortune Entry: Mediocre]

[Description: You are an utterly Mediocre passerby. You will not attract too much attention, and your life will not experience great upheavals.]

[Note: This trait is an Innate Trait. It cannot be changed, and it takes effect first.]

Innate Traits could not be changed, and they took effect first. Even if he later acquired a Fortune Trait like Child of Fortune, it would not change the fact that he was a passerby...

Therefore, saving the world was something best left to the protagonist. It was not the turn of a mere passerby like him.

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