Death... and me
chapter-3016

"Does that mean I can't go learn?" Rean asked again, dejected.

Yet, Kuslau and Dancio looked at each other. Obviously, they thought about the same thing. Diliy's Sword Intent was incredible... If they could get Rean to learn from Diliy and pass them the information... couldn't they also manage to improve their own Sword Intent? They are sword cultivators, so it was definitely worth trying.

"Ahem..." Dancio coughed before continuing. "As a Sword Cultivator, I guess there is no helping it. I won't lie to you since you are under the Soul Binding Contract. It wouldn't be fair if I did. I can let you go to the World Splitting Sect. However, you need to tell us what you learned from Diliy later."

"Really?!" Rean's eyes lit up. "I'll do it! Master Kuslau helped me a lot, so I didn't have any intention of abandoning him anyway. If I can repay him by helping him improve his Sword Intent, that will be great!"

Kuslau narrowed his eyes. "Stop trying to kiss my ass. I'm still pretty mad that you hid so much from me. If my master hadn't come, we would be in quite big trouble with Ernan." Even though he said that, he was internally happy since the contract 'guaranteed' the veracity of Rean's words.

"Sorry, master." Rean quickly calmed down.

"Sigh..." Dancio used his Spiritual Energy and caught Rean. "Then that's decided. I just don't know how you will get to be Diliy's disciple now. Many people now know that you are actually a member of our clan, and this story will definitely reach his ears."

"Don't worry," Rean spoke back. "Senior Diliy wants me for my sword skills. I did accept to be his disciple, but I also mentioned that I wouldn't join the World Splitting Sect. Being part of the Gondel Clan does not go against our agreement."

Dancio was surprised Rean had thought that far when he accepted Diliy's offer. Of course, that was good for him and Kuslau. "Then so be it."

"Kuslau," Dancion turned to his disciple. "I'm going out with this idiot to check the area where he found the Jade Slip. If anyone asks you anything, especially those related to Willot, just ignore them. I will resolve the rest of this issue later. Also, find this idiot's brother and keep an eye on him."

"Yes, master." Kuslau accepted the orders without complaining.

'See, everything ended well,' Rean commented through the twins' connection.

'That was just ridiculous,' Roan didn't seem the least bit happy. 'Now you created more ties with this bunch, meaningless ties. Besides, your story was such bullshit that even a kid wouldn't believe it. Thank the heavens these fucking Soul Binding Contracts exist because your excuses were terrible. I still think you should have just entered the Dimensional Realm and escaped to my side.'

'You don't need to talk like that,' Rean complained back. 'I know the stories I invented won't get any best seller spot anytime soon, but it was still someone believable. For example, can you guess where I'm going tell Dancio we found the Jade Slip?'

Roan nodded. 'Near the mountain where we woke up for the first time.'

Rean faintly smiled. 'Exactly. Hex's pods and the circuitry formations are still there. They should be very convincing. They are the best proof that I wasn't lying in case Dancio is afraid of me having some method to nullify the contract.'

[Rean...] Even Sister Orb spoke. [Not that I don't like a good story. However, I think all this conversation was an unnecessary risk as well.]

Roan was surprised to hear Sister Orb on his side for once. 'Sometimes you aren't completely useless, it seems.'

[Forget what I said! Great story, Rean! It was perfect! Keep going! Ignore the block of ice.] Rean and Roan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Sister Orb sure knows how to strike back. 'Whatever,' Roan began to make his way back to the Clan. Since there was no need to leave, he would rather spend his time cultivating. Besides, Kuslau would be looking for him soon, so he had to be back.

Rean still understood why they thought that. After Roan got out of the Clan, they truly didn't need to create any more stories. Escaping would be easy. He just thought it wasn't right to pretend nothing happened. If he truly disappeared, Kuslau would have to answer for it in the clan. Rean couldn't let that happen after Kuslau showed such favor to him.

Still, Rean felt a little guilt. After all, he truly intended to teach Kuslau and Dancio about Sword Intent, but that also meant he would be betraying Diliy, who wasn't that bad either. 'I will try to repay Diliy somehow...' Rean thought to himself.

Dancio and Rean teleported away, and it didn't take long to arrive around the mountain where the twins first woke up. With Dancio's Spiritual Sense, he easily found the cave with the Circuitry Formations. That truly made Rean's story a lot more believable, even without the contract. "Such advanced formations, but they are all mostly destroyed and lost their initial capabilities. I will need to send a Formations Master to take a look into this place and see if he can find anything else."

"Oh!" Rean continued his pretense. "Do you think the jade Slip we found came from here, senior Dancio?"

Dancio nodded. "It probably did. This is the only place near your village that has something like this. I'm not good with Formations, but I can tell the Formations in this cave are very different from the ones we use in our country."

Dancio then came out with Rean and used an item from his Spatial Ring to seal the cave. He couldn't allow others to find it before his people investigated it first. Finally, Rean and Dancio returned to the Gondel Clan.

Dancio didn't stay with Rean for long, though. He quickly left to deal with the situation regarding the Jade Slip Recipes, giving Rean back to Kuslau.

Kuslau sent people to watch Roan, who sneakily made his way back into the Sect as well. As for Kuslau himself, he was in the Formations hall, talking to his other disciples. Let's not forget the Cleansing Pond was still going to open, and he needed the Algae.

Seeing Rean approaching, everyone in the Hall looked at him with interest. Obviously, they all knew about Rean being the winner of the contest by now.

"Did you finish?" Kuslau was asking about his little journey with Dancio.

"Yes, master." Rean nodded. Right after, he used his Spiritual Sense to tell Kuslau about what they found.

Kuslau sighed in relief. Now, it was guaranteed that Rean wasn't lying, even if they didn't believe the contract. "Good. Now, since you are this good, you are also going to the Cleansing Pond. But you won't just use it to Clean and Fortify Foundation. I also want you to get the Algae for me."

Rean was surprised that Kuslau would let him leave the Clan after all of that. "Are you sure?"

"I am," Kuslau gave no room for doubt. "Hiding it would be impossible anyway now that so many in the clan know about you. Since that's the case, we might as well go all out and let everyone see that Asterix is actually Rean from the Gondel Clan. Now, don't fail me. I want

those Algae."

"Understood!" Rean happily accepted the order. Finally, around an hour later, everyone arrived, and they were all teleported to the Galapadien Organization.