Death... and me

Chapter 2918: Great Deals

After that, Rean and Suzumaki had a meal together. Finally, it was time for Rean to leave. "I'll meet you again in three days. By then, I should already be in the Foundation Establishment. I'll bring you the three Foundation Breakthrough Pills."

Hearing that Rean would have his breakthrough made it a lot more believable for Suzumaki. "Now that I think about it, you also got to the Energy Gathering Realm, didn't you? Alright, I'm looking forward to your progress. However, I will warn you in advance. I can't pay you for your pills straight away. I will need to test them, and if the results are as you mentioned, only then can I pay you."

"That goes without saying," Rean nodded with much of a concern. According to Roan, the items necessary to make the Foundation Breakthrough Pills were quite easy to get and could be bought in the Clan's Market. His recipe was very different from the Foundation Breakthrough Pill the Gondel Clan used as well, so no one would suspect the reason for Roan to acquire those items. Above all, even if Suzumaki didn't pay Rean, it wouldn't be as if Rean and Roan lost much in the process.

Once Rean came out of the restaurant, he contacted Roan again. 'I'm near the market. Do you need me to buy the materials for you to concoct the pills?'

'Only half of them,' Roan answered. 'Even if the recipes are different, it would be better if all the items didn't end in just one of our hands. I need to buy a cauldron as well anyway.'

With that, Rean and Roan went to different parts of the market and bought the items necessary for Roan's pill. The database from Kuslau's residence truly helped a lot in this sense. Later, Roan returned to his room as Rean did the same. Immediately, both of them released some of the suppression they were doing in their cultivations, now allowing anyone who watched to see they were both in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

From there, Rean focused on cultivating for the next three days with the Rank One Spiritual Stones while Roan concocted the pills. Even with the poor quality of equipment and his low cultivation, Roan was still able to concoct Peak Level Foundation Breakthrough Pills in a single try, taking just a day to do so. He then spent the next two days cultivating as well.

By the time Rean and Roan came out of their rooms, they were already in the Peak Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Well, they suppressed it to look like they were in the Initial Stage, though.

Rean had acquired Suzumaki's contact the day they talked, so he quickly called the guy after taking Roan's pills. They set up a meeting in the same restaurant, where Rean passed him the pills.

"Hum?" Suzumaki looked at those pills and narrowed his eyes. They were Black and White, and the patterns on their surface were very different from the pills he knew about. Because he was going to have a deal with Rean, he also took his time to know more about this pill and even saw a few images of the real Peak-Level Foundation Breakthrough Pill that the Clan had. "Are these truly Foundation Breakthrough Pills?"

Rean shrugged. "Why are you even asking? You know very well that I won't get paid until it is proven legit. Just take them and try one out. I can guarantee their efficacy."

"That's true..." Suzumaki. "However, what if it causes a different effect? Or what if it actually kills the user? Wouldn't I be in a lot of problems instead?"

"If that happened, you would bring me down with you, especially since you have this High Elder backing, wouldn't you?" Rean answered with another question.

"That's also true." Finally, Suzumaki put the pills away and had another meal with Rean. He quickly left right after finishing, though.

As for Rean, he went out in the open to show his Foundation Establishment Cultivation. He even commented with a few friends he made in the arena that he had bought the pill, and it worked for him. Many of them sighed at that sight, though. Rean was destroying his foundation by using those pills, or so they thought.

In any case, now that Rean was in the Foundation Establishment, he could put up new challenges or accept other people's challenges as well. He didn't have a single Rank Two Spiritual Stone yet, so he went to the exchange market, where Suzumaki's rate proved to be real. In the end, he had to pay 12 Rank One Spiritual Stones for each Rank Two. He got twenty of them.

Back on the arena website, Rean posted his challenge and his 20 Rank Two Spiritual Stones and restarted his methods. He became quite famous within the Energy Gathering Realm cultivator's circle, but it was a different story in the Foundation Establishment's one. If anything, the fact he 'used' a Low-Level Foundation Breakthrough pill to get to that level only made him a target once more.

Roan watched everything from outside and placed his own bet like he always did, not even bothering to watch the fights anymore.

The first day went without any mishaps; Rean 'barely' won three fights and lost one. The Energy Gathering Realm cultivators looked at that and couldn't help but sigh. They had seen it way too many times. Of course, none of them would warn those in the Foundation Establishment Realm. They are all cultivators competing with each other, after all.

*Zrum...*

Back in his room, Rean felt his CD activating, and a smile appeared on his face. 'Just in time.'

Back together, Suzumaki had a much more respectful tone in his voice, although he couldn't hide his excitement. "The pills my little friend provided are indeed a step above any pills you can get in the market. All three cultivators who took the pill had breakthroughs into the Foundation Establishment Realm. Even better, the side effect on one's foundation wasn't as harsh as you would expect. Truly a marvelous pill."

Right after, he touched his Spatial Ring, and two hundred Rank Three Spiritual Stones appeared on the table. "Here's the payment."

Rean faintly smiled. "You sure know how to make a profit."

Suzumaki said that those pills would be worth around 100 Rank Three Spiritual Stones each, and yet he only brought out 200. Naturally, he was taking his cut of the payment. Well, Rean didn't mind it. The total cost of the materials to concoct the pills wasn't worth even 10 Rank Two Spiritual Stones, after all. Now he got 200 Rank Three. What was there to complain about? If anything, such a profit would guarantee that Suzumaki would stay quiet.

"Alright, I will take these two hundred. But from now on, I need you to pay me half the value with Rank Four ones, 10 to 1. Are we still in agreement?" Rean was certain Suzumaki wouldn't

complain.

"Hahaha!" Suzumaki was certainly pleased that Rean didn't bother him about his cut. "We definitely are. I have a market to fulfill even outside the Gondel Clan, so just keep sending them. For now, forget about the other pills; I only want the Foundation Breakthrough ones." "Good!" Rean was happy to hear that. "I'll bring you another ten in a week. Remember, only you know me."

"As you wish," Suzumaki accepted without thinking twice.