Death... and me
chapter-3011

Kuslau looked at Rean, who was completely different from the winners of the contest. "Elder Ernan, are you perhaps mistaken? He isn't anything like the participants of the contest."

Rean quickly nodded. "Indeed. How could a Foundation Establishment Cultivator like me possibly do anything in the contest? I was there, watching it from afar, but I didn't even register to participate."

The others around agreed with Rean. Quite a few of them saw the winners and knew there weren't any Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators in their midst.

Ernan didn't seem bothered by the confusion. "Is that so? How come you have the same CD as the one used by Asterix to enter the competition? Your brother just so happens to be carrying the one used by Obelix as well."

Rean froze for a moment. Indeed, he does have that other CD with him. He didn't keep it in the Dimensional Realm but in his Spatial Ring instead. It is not that he left it there because he wanted, but mostly because the Dimensional Realm only appeared after the twins recovered Sister Orb. Simply put neither Rean nor Roan thought about transferring the other CDs into the Dimensional Realm.

'Are you seeing this?' Rean asked, sharing his view with Roan.

Roan, obviously, was watching everything. He took a look into his Spatial Ring and saw the CD inside. After opening it, Roan didn't notice anything out of the norm. 'Yes. I didn't know they could track the CDs inside the Spatial Rings.'

Rean agreed with that. However, he could guess how it happened. 'The signal from the CDs. They are always connected to the network. Once we returned to the Gondel Clan, we obviously connected to the Gondel Clan Signal towers. That's the only way they could have found out about you and me. Asterix and Obelix's CDs, which were used to register in the contest, suddenly appeared in the Gondel Clan. The rest of the story is pretty obvious.'

Rean wanted to send the CD into the Dimensional Realm now. There, nothing can pass through without Sister Orb's approval, including the CD's signal. But for that, Rean would have to take the CD out of his Spatial Ring first. Unless, of course, he sent the Spatial Ring itself into the Dimensional Realm. The problem was that many Spiritual Senses were focused on him. Regardless of which option he takes, everyone would notice the moment the Spatial Ring or the CD disappeared.

Kuslau looked at Rean, finding it hard to believe Rean was truly that Asterix. Not only was their cultivations different, but so was their appearance and even height. Rean was slightly smaller than Asterix as far as he remembers.

"What is it?" Ernan continued. "Did I say something wrong? If you aren't Asterix, then you wouldn't mind me taking a look into your Spatial Ring, now would you? I'm pretty sure the CD used to enter the contest is inside it... or so it shows in my own CD."

Rean narrowed his eyes and looked back at Kuslau. Kuslau naturally noticed that and felt things were too strange. It was then that Rean sent him a message. 'Master, he is not lying. I am indeed Asterix. However, try to keep calm. I will explain everything to you if you help me with this now. It would be quite bad if they found out even you didn't know about me. Above all, I've never had any ill intentions towards you or the clan. I hope you can trust at least that bit.'

Kuslau didn't feel the least bit happy with Rean's words. It was true. Ernan was definitely holding himself back exactly because Rean was Kuslau's disciple. In Ernan's eyes, Kuslau knows everything and is simply hiding the truth together with Rean.

Kuslau now had a choice to make. Tell the truth and say that he also didn't know about Rean... or follow Rean's plan and pretend he did know about it. Both sides had their ups and downs.

If he told the truth about not knowing anything, his own image in the clan would plummet. Which master is unaware of his disciple's own abilities? Rean had been deceiving him for all these months. Would it sound ridiculous? Above all, he is supporting Dancio in his bid for the Clan Master seat. Anything could spell trouble for his own master.

On the other hand, if he said he knew everything, he would be lying to a higher elder of the clan. If the truth came out later, his punishment wouldn't be light. At the same time, it also could cause trouble to Dancio.

Kuslau struggled for a few seconds, and in the end, he decided to go with Rean's plan. In the end, he simply couldn't risk tarnish his own and Dancio's image. Of course, there were more problems. For example, everyone heard how Asterix accepted Diliy's offer to be Diliy's direct disciple.

In any case, there was no coming back now. "Rean... I told you to get rid of your CD once the contest was over. Look at what you have done. I guess there is no point hiding anymore."

At the same time, he received Kuslau's Spiritual Sense Message. 'You better have a very, very good excuse later.'

Rean sighed in relief. "Sorry, master." Rean then took his CD out, the same one he used to register as Asterix in the contest. "I thought it would be a waste, so I just kept it inside my Spatial Ring. I never thought I could be tracked even though it was inside my Spatial Ring."

Immediately after that, Rean's cultivation was released, going far above what it was a moment ago. Core Formation Realm Initial Stage, Middle Stage, Late Stage, Peak Stage... Core and Soul Fusion Realm Initial Stage, and then it stabilized in the Core and Soul Fusion Realm Middle Stage. That was the cultivation Realm Rean, and Roan had back during the contest not long ago.

Rean's cultivation release took everyone by surprise. He was still so young, and yet he was already in the Middle Stage of the Core and Soul Fusion Realm. That definitely put him in the midst of the biggest geniuses of the entire country!

Ernan nodded, satisfied. "Good! Good! Now, let's talk."