Death... and me

Wamil then explained through a Divine Sense Message, telling Rean, 'Although they say that, the fact is that the Qianbel and Lukimira Sect are located very close to each other. The cliff where our Lukimira Sect is located extends for over 600 kilometers. We are on the left side of that cliff. As for the Qianbel Sect, they're on the right side. We both used the cliff to build our sects inside since it was a cheap way to do so.'

Rean immediately understood the issue. 'Simply put, it's a territorial dispute as to who should be using that place as their home, right?'

Wamil nodded, saying, 'Yes. The point is, both Lukimira and Qianbel Sect are small sects at a pretty similar level of power. With that being said, it's not worth going to war against each other since we would just hurt each other. Nevertheless, we frequently clash on other things, and the main one...'

'The centennial power assembly...' Rean could see why they were both acting that way. 'Do they have some agreement that uses the assembly's final scores or something like that?'

Wamil looked at Rean with surprise on his face. 'So, you've already guessed that, huh? Indeed, we do have one agreement. There's one other reason other than being cheap for us to select that cliff as our home. The cliff is also considered a very small Divine Stone deposit. Lukimira and Qianbel have an agreement to protect the cliff together since we're both weak. However, only those who finish ahead of the other in the centennial assembly will have the right to extract the Divine Stones for the next one hundred years. Although the Divine Stones that could be mined are of the lowest grade, they are extremely valuable for sects of our size.'

'I see...' Indeed, that was a very important thing considering their power. 'Who has the rights to extract the Divine Stones this century? Also, how many Divine Stones can you make during this time?'

Wamil then explained, 'Qianbel got it in the last assembly. I wasn't born back then, but I heard they were just ahead up of us by a small margin. From the looks of it, both our sects often end somewhere close to each other every year. It's not wrong to say that we're rivals...that no one other than ourselves cares about.'

Wamil continued, 'As for Divine Stones, it's just as I said. It's a very small deposit that renews itself with time. I've been in the mine before on duty, so I can tell you that we don't mine more than a few tens of them every year. Of course, a few tens of Divine Stones is very good for sects of our size.'

Rean couldn't help but sigh after hearing that. 'Indeed, that's very low. Well, considering that they get a hundred years of mining, it can become a big amount in the end...if they didn't have their own sect to run, which cost Divine Stones as well.'

As the conversation was done through Divine Sense, it only took a moment.

The leader of the Qianbel Sect was called Ranmgues. Surprisingly, he was from the Lakure Race as Rean and Roan could easily identify the red veins above his skin. "Wiped out? Hehe! If that had really happened, I wonder if you would still be living inside our cliff instead of someone else taking it away from you."

"Your cliff? Hmph!" Kayla snorted in response, saying, "We were obviously the first sect to arrive there. Just be happy that our dignified Lukimira Sect is allowing you to live there with us. If not because of the agreement made by our ancestors, we would have taken it for ourselves already."

"Hahaha!" Ranmgues laughed out loud in response. "Why don't you try, then? Of course, I want to see how you'll protect the cliff once we're gone."

Of course, Ranmgues knew that it was exactly the same situation for him. Neither sect could live without the other, even though they didn't like the other part. Because of that, their clashes were always like that, all bark but no bite. However, there was one thing Ranmgues had always been jealous about, the Divine Vein that the Lukimira Sectgot 500 years ago. After all, he was alive during the time they got it.

However, it was at that moment he flashed a grin. "Hehe! Five hundred years have already passed! How is your Divine Vein doing?"

Kayla narrowed her eyes in response. Everyone knew about the lifespan of the veins offered by the Royal Family, so there was no point trying to hide it. "Hmph! As if you didn't know already. However, don't you worry, we will get another one this year...and also take the next one hundred years of ownership over the Divine Stone deposit."

The one to narrow his eyes now was Ranmgues. He then looked at the Lukimira Sect's disciples and recognized eight of them. They were very close to each other, so he obviously kept tabs on the Lukimira Sect. However, he had never seen Rean and Roan. Because the twins were very new to the sect, Ranmgues hasn't gotten information on them yet. "Who are those two?"

Kayla shrugged her shoulders, telling him, "Oh, just two new disciples of our sect. Don't worry, you will come to know them during the assembly." Without even waiting for Ranmgues to talk, Kayla turned around and said, "Let's go. We can't let the teleport formation run forever."

A few moments later, they were gone.

Ranmgues didn't seem to care too much, though. "Hmph! Just pretending to be high and mighty." Right after, he looked at a disciple of his sect that was hidden behind his sect elders. "Tuly, we are counting on you this time. Make sure you finish at least ahead of Lukimira. We kept you far away during all these years to not raise any suspicion, so I hope you won't let us down."

Tuly, who happened to be a human as well, nodded in response. "Yes, Sect Master." He was a cultivator at the Peak Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm. Too bad for him, but he didn't know about the twins.