Death... and me

3061  Let's Begin

Rean noticed that through their shared connection. 'You managed to add Dark Element to the Red Lightning?'

Roan obviously did. 'Yes. The theory wasn't that hard. After we worked together to make it possible for you to use the Red Lightning, I just had to use your Light Element to act as the bridge between my Dark Element and the Red Lightning Element.'

Rean checked Roan's memories and was impressed. 'I can see the connection now. To think we could use four elements to create a single new power. This Red Lightning is nothing like Foliana's. It is solely existing for destruction power.'

'I told you,' Roan added. 'The cleansing ability of the Red Lightning is only effective in Foliana's body since she has the Red Lightning Hawk's bloodline. We wanted this thing for strength and strength alone. Now, we have it.'

Diliy didn't hear the twins' soul talk, naturally. He just admired the Dark Red Lightning. Even he was having a hard time trying to identify what was present inside. He couldn't be blamed, though. The Dark Red Lightning had Light, Dark, Fire, and Lightning Elements. However, it was a merging process. It was more like the Red Lightning created by Roan was a single element of its own, just like Foliana's real Red Lightning.

Diliy couldn't help but sigh. "Roan... where did you learn to do this?"

Roan didn't mind explaining a little. "Basically, you need to have a good control of both Yin and Yang Energies. Then, you mix the elements. For example, you know that there are cultivators who can use Wood Element, right? Wood Element is basically a mix of Water and Earth Elements. I'm doing exactly the same thing here... but adding more elements to the mix."

Of course, Roan's Dark Red Lightning wasn't a mix, just as mentioned earlier. He wouldn't tell Diliy that, though.

Diliy took a deep breath, now believing Roan was not truly showing all his strength during their fight earlier. Turns out that his much more advanced Sword Intent wouldn't be enough to bridge the gap between him and Roan at the same level of cultivation. "Your brother was already unbelievable... but you are even more so. To be honest, I would like to have both of you as my disciples, not only him. How about it? Wouldn't you accept me as your Master as well?"

"Yes," Roan nodded. "But my terms are the same as Rean's. We know you probably wanted us to succeed you in the World Splitting Sect in the future, but neither of us has any interest in it."

Woterto, who had been watching all this while, couldn't help but intervene. "Diliy, as impressed as you are, you can't forget about the other issue."

"Right..." Diliy remembered that. "Roan, you and Rean seem to be part of the Gondel Clan instead?"

Roan expected that answer. "Is that a problem? Rean told from the very start he would be your disciple, not a member of the World Splitting Sect."

Tassio immediately got enraged. "Preposterous! Then what? You would bring our secrets and share them with the Gondel Clan as you see fit?"

Roan glanced at him. "I know very well how the word of cultivators works, definitely much better than any of you here. Gondel Clan just so happened to be the closest power for my brother and me to rely on after we arrived."

"Arrived?" Diliy obviously noticed that point.

Roan, too, had no intention to sugarcoat it. His powers just now showed very clearly he wasn't just a kid as his appearance suggested. "Rean and I aren't from this planet. If you investigate deeper and go to the village where we first arrived, you should eventually find out this truth. In spite of that, do you still wish to take us as Disciples? We can end this right now and pretend we have never seen each other."

"Hmph!" Tassio snorted. "And do you think we would let you leave after everything you showed us?"

Roan wasn't the least bit concerned. "If I want to leave, I will leave, and there is nothing none of you can do about it."

"You..." Tassio was about to explode already.

"Enough!" Diliy stopped them, though. "I'm the Sect Master, so I make the decisions. I already knew neither of you were simple since the Sunlight Realm when Rean saved my life. It just so happens that you are much more than I expected. Nonetheless, I will take you both as Disciples and teach you everything I know about Sword Intent and how I got this far."

"Sect Master!" Woterto and Tassio tried to stop him.

"You two truly don't understand, do you?" Diliy shook his head, not allowing the two to complain. "Would you ever call it out that you could leave in such a bold manner if you didn't have a way out?"

Diliy then looked at Roan. "Just tell me this. You aren't really a kid at all, are you? Considering how you have been acting so far, your experience, strength, and techniques... You are not as simple as just someone who arrived from other planets. You have gone through much more."

Roan nodded. "It is good to talk with with smart people. I will learn what I can about Sword Intent from you. However, you won't be doing it for free. I will also teach you what I know about sword styles... all of them. You only beat me in Sword Intent, nothing else. From where I came, Sword Intents are extremely, extremely rare. You wouldn't find more than one or two Sword Cultivators capable of using it within tens of billions of Sword Cultivators, let alone Stage Four. Yet, in this place, pretty much any weapon intent is quite common. We have a lot to learn from each other."

"Tens of billions..." Diliy couldn't imagine such a world. On this planet, pretty much any Sword Cultivator with a fairly good background could use at least the First Stage of Sword Intent, Sword Intent Seed. "I see now. Since Sword or any other Weapon Intents were almost nonexistent where you came from, these experts had to focus more on their Weapon Abilities."

Roan faintly smiled. "Truly worth of being the Sect Master. So, shall we start? To show you that I'm not only trying to take gains here, I will start teaching you a few of the flaws you have. How does that sound?"

"Hahaha!" Diliy laughed in response. "Woterto, Tassio, pay close attention. It isn't every day that you can see someone pointing out flaws in my sword style. Roan, from one Sect Master to another, I accept your deal."

Roan nodded. "Nice trick trying to take information from me. But yes, I was also a Sect Master once. Alright, let's begin."

And as always, any Golden Tickets and Stones are welcome. ;)

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