Chapter 121 - Challenges
Rean arrived back in the sect by the end of the day. Once again, when the distance between him and Roan was reduced to a certain point, their connection was reestablished. Both twins noticed it at the same time.
'You took quite some time.'
Roan said.
'There was no helping it. Contracts, teaching, agreements, all of that takes time. I was even intending to stay there two or three more days to observe the first days of forging and sales. But in the end, I was broke, so I came back. Did anything change while I was out?'
Roan's first sect duty arrived, so he was now working as... teacher!
'Wait, what?! How come you became a teacher?'
'The other elders had seen us during the Sect Entrance Exam, so they know my skills with the Sword, Spear, and even the Staff. Now they put me in charge of the sword training for the new disciples at the Energy Gathering Realm.'
Rean felt like he was given a worse treatment.
'That's not fair, they put me to take care of the Demon Beasts in my first duty, how come you became a teacher?'
Roan snorted, though.
'As if I cared. Besides, you might have more free time than me in the end. Just use it to train more once it starts. Also, I know that you quite like animals too.'
'Well, that's true.'
Rean then changed the topic.
'What about Malaka, did you see her at all?'
Roan immediately answered.
'No, it seems like she is completely locked inside the Blue Orchid District. In fact, other than those two girls guarding the Blue Orchid area's entrance, I haven't seen any other girl with the same badge and robe as them.'
Rean narrowed his eyes. However, it seemed like it wasn't something targeted at Malaka alone, but all the Blue Orchid Faction's girls. Because of that, he doesn't know if she was doing well or not.
'Is there a way I can check it?'
Roan shook his head.
'I looked for it already. It seems like this district and faction loves to stay isolated from the other sections. They would only appear once they leave for a mission or when they enter the arena to challenge an Inner Sect disciple.'
Rean didn't like how it was going.
'What about Elder Hulian or Elder Guliva, have you tried any of them?'
'No. We can't forget that we are just new disciples, that would be overstepping our boundaries. The Dalamu Sect isn't a place where we can simply do what we want. Nor are the elders here that tolerant to those who break the rules. I doubt they would go out of their way to ask favors to other factions.'
Rean had to admit that Roan was right. Otherwise, how could they let a bunch of kids fight the demon beasts by themselves? It's just that due to the talent Rean and Roan showed, they were being a little more favored. Rean then thought for a time when suddenly, his eyes lit up.
'Don't worry, there is still a hand that we can play.'
Roan's interest got picked instantly.
'What is it?'
'Simple, the arena. As long as we pay the necessary points, we can challenge any disciple, right?'
Roan immediately understood what he meant.
'I see, but it can't be us, it has to be Lenna. Our cultivation is too high, and we are considered to be 12 years old. It goes against the rules of the sect.'
'Isn't Renna 11 years old? She won't be able to challenge Malaka either.'
Roan disagreed.
'She is not that older. Malaka is becoming 10 years old next month, but I doubt that Lenna is the same. As long as she isn't really two years older, which means a complete 24 months, she is still eligible for the challenge. We can use that chance to ask Malaka what is happening.'
Rean agreed with that plan.
'Very well, how many Sect points we need to challenge her? She isn't an Inner Sect disciple, so it shouldn't be that much.'
Roan nodded.
'I looked into it before. To challenge an Inner Sect disciple, you would need at least 2000 points. But to challenge someone in the outer sect, 200 points is enough.'
Rean pondered a bit before asking.
'Can points be transferred? We can't simply ask Lenna to give away her points.'
Roan nodded.
'It is. The disciples often use their own points to buy or sell things. We could simply do the same. By the way, my teaching duty will last another two weeks, and it will give me 100 points in the end. How long will your duty take, and how many points is it?'
'Give me a moment, I'll go to the affairs office to ask.'
A few minutes later, Rean used their soul connection to answer Roan.
'It will last one week, and it gives me 50 points in total.'
Roan pondered a bit before saying.
'We will more or less finish our duties at the same time. In that case, we better take a mission to amass a big bulk of points at once. We can use it to have Lenna challenge Malaka and for other things as well.'
Rean immediately agreed with the idea.
'That's good enough. Besides, we might receive some information in the meantime as well.'
Rean's duty day quickly arrived. The place where the demon beasts were treated was localized on the back of the sect. One must understand that Dalamu's Mountain is enormous, expanding for over 50 km in all sides. Even with the thousands of disciples, it still had a lot of unused areas. The back of the mountain had another forest with more mountains in the distance.
Rean easily noticed the building where the Demon Beasts were treated. In general, each one of them was several times bigger than his room. But that was to be expected since it held Demon Beasts from Stage Two to Stage Five!
*Kraaa!*
Rean almost had a heart attack when he approached the Demon Beasts' section. That cry came from one of the enormous buildings that probably housed the Stage Four and Five ones. It also just had to happen when he was passing by it.
"Holy Shit, this thing made my heart stop for a second."
Rean then took a deep breath and continued forward. Everywhere he looked, there were demon beasts and disciples taking care of them. He had never seen so many of them in the same place.
He didn't have time to look at all of them for long, though.
"You there, where you came from?"
Rean looked at a middle-aged man who came walking his way. From the looks of it, he was also an Outer Sect Elder.
"I was assigned to this place for the next week, my name is Rean Larks from the Iron and Blood District."