Death... and me

Dipsy nodded, saying, “Oh, I thought that was pretty obvious. Yes, there is. No one above the Void Tempering Realm is allowed to take part. It’s simply because the tests were not made with this kind of strength in mind.”

”What if someone of that level decided to join Jhiod?” Rean just asked that out of curiosity.

”Hmm… the best way would be to go talk with the representatives of the Jhiod Sect. As to what they will ask that person or demon beast to do in exchange, I don’t know. Well, in the case that they allow you to join at all. Whoever is in that situation will have to try by themselves and see what happens,” Dipsy explained.

Rean nodded before he looked at the couple of cultivators that arrived. No, Rean quickly noticed that one of them was a demon beast in human form due to its demonic aura. “Sorry for bothering you when you were in the middle of your introduction.”

The man shook his head. He was the humanoid race in the duo, although Rean couldn’t tell which humanoid race he was from exactly. “There’s no problem, my friend. My wife and I have just arrived here as well. We’re all new to this.”

”Wife?” Rean then looked at the female demon beast by the side. At the moment, all he could tell was that she was some demon beast related to aquatic demon beasts because of the gills that still slightly appeared even in her human form. Then again, he had to pay very close attention to even notice their presence. “That’s quite rare. You don’t see couples of demon beasts and humanoid races every day.”

The man and the woman narrowed their eyes, thinking that Rean was probably judging them. Well, they were used to it anyway. However…

*Pa, pa, pa…*

Rean patted their shoulders as he laughed. “But who cares? Hahaha! Love goes beyond boundaries, doesn’t it? As long as you’re happy, anyone else’s opinion means jack shit. Besides, she’s really beautiful in her human form.”

Rean then nodded, suggesting, “Hey, there are quite a few groups forming here to take the tests. How about we go at it together? I’m like very, very, very, very good at healing. By the way, my name is Rean. How should I call you?”

The couple was a little baffled by Rean’s sudden reaction. It went totally different than the normal interaction they usually had when they talked about being a couple. “Err… I’m Min…” said the man, absent-minded.

”Y-You can call me Erla.” The female demon beast also answered in a slight stupor.

”No, wait!” After that, the man came back to himself. “We haven’t decided to try it yet. We only came to this city to check things out first.”

Dipsy’s eyes lit up after that. His job was to get as many people and demon beasts to take the tests as possible, after all. Whether they were a couple or not couldn’t matter less in his eyes. “Oh! Then please, take a look at these jade slips. This is all that awaits you in the Jhiod Continent as part of the Jhiod Sect. It obviously isn’t a life without worries. Then again, your chances of growth are much, much better.”

Rean agreed with Dipsy. “He’s right! Look at everything we can get from it. Can you imagine how good it will be?”

Rean also thought at the same time, ‘Well, I haven’t even checked the jade slip yet, though… meh! Who cares?’ In the end, Rean just had a good feeling about this couple. That was all. Since he was going to join some group already, he might as well create his own.

Meanwhile, Roan also walked around the hall. There were many types of groups. Mixes of demon beasts and humanoid races, only humanoid races, only demon beasts… there were even groups made with only a specific race on both sides. However, Roan suddenly made a stop when he noticed a certain group.

All one could see in that group were one human and one demon beast. However, Roan could see more than that. It was basically the same thing as Rean and Faeries. He could see a conglomeration of Yin Energy standing close to those three… or the effects it caused to the Yin-related elements around it. ‘A Spirit? Hmm… well, I’m definitely not the only one who can see it. Void Tempering Realm cultivators and demon beasts can feel them as well with their natural spatial detection.’

In any case, Roan didn’t really have a choice in mind, so he decided to give it a try. “Are you looking for more members?”

The human looked at Roan and saw his Middle Stage Transition Realm cultivation. Both he and the demon beast were in the Initial Stage of the Void Tempering Realm, so they obviously thought Roan came to take advantage of their cultivation. “We are, but only those who can be of help. If you want to be carried, go find someone else.”

Roan then looked at the conglomeration of Yin Energy after that. “The Spirit Race member over there. Do you also think the same?”

Sure enough, Roan’s words caught their attention. However, they quickly understood. Someone in the Void Tempering Realm probably told Roan about the spirit.

The spirit snorted and only let his voice appear. “Hmph! And what could you even do for us?” At the same time, it began to move around Roan.

However, Roan’s eyes followed the spirit wherever it went. “First, I would advise you not to fly around me like that since I could kill you straight away.”