Death... and me

The house where Roan would meet the person wasn't that big, showing that the customer wasn't that wealthy. Of course, the house was still quite nice since the customer was able to offer ten Rank Two Divine Stones. Not that Roan cared about the Divine Stones, of course.

Soon, Roan approached the door and knocked on it.

A maid quickly appeared to attend the door. "Oh, hi. Can I help you?"

Roan nodded, saying, "I'm from the Mercenary Guild. I got the contract where someone needs a Yin Energy cultivator to help find and fix flaws in a cultivation technique."

"That's the right place, then," the maid responded. "Please, come with me."

The maid was one of the only three workers in that house. Other than them, the house only had a couple living there with their daughter. After being brought inside, Roan was brought to the living room before the maid left to call the person who posted the contract. A few minutes later, a middle-aged woman came out to talk with Roan.

"Hmm?" However, she didn't like what she saw very much. "Are you the one the Mercenary Guild sent to help me? That can't be right. Did you perhaps come here to pass a message?"

Roan shook his head as he replied, "I'm the one that will help with the technique's analysis. Can I see the cultivation technique?"

The woman narrowed her eyes in response. "You? Looking at your appearance, you look to be anything but experienced." However, only then did she check Roan's cultivation. "Peak Stage of the Elemental Transformation Realm? How old are you?"

Roan pondered about the difference in time between the planets he had been and the Realm of Gods before answering, "I'm 65 years old at the moment."

"So young!" The woman was really surprised to hear that. She was already at the Initial Stage of the Transition Realm, but she was over 400 years old already. It went without saying that Roan was several times faster than her. "Then again, your speed doesn't mean you have the experience. Can you really help in analyzing a cultivation technique?"

Roan nodded, telling her, "I've made several cultivation techniques in the past, even some that aren't related to Yin Energy. I can prove it to you if you want."

The woman nodded after hearing that. "It doesn't matter. I will find out whether you're a scam or not once you start to work." The woman then looked at the maid that had attended Roan. "Hantia, go call Magali over."

"Yes, madam." The maid quickly accepted the order and left the room. Sometime later, she returned, followed by a young girl who seemed to be around Falangia's age. Roan immediately saw that she was in the Middle Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, which wasn't bad.

"This is my daughter, Magali. The cultivation technique I want you to help analyze and fix any issues is hers. Due to a certain issue, she couldn't cultivate other techniques than the one she's using right now. However, the one she's using has too many problems, so it'll hinder her cultivation more than it has so far. That's why I need someone good at cultivation techniques to try and improve her manual," the mother explained.

Roan nodded once he heard that. "Very well. Is there a place where we can work it out? I will need to check your daughter's body and her cultivation technique. Perhaps she'll need to go through a quick spar against me."

Magali, who was listening to everything, immediately nodded, telling Roan, "Yes. We have a room with a spatial formation to increase its size. However, the formation is only at the Silver Middle-level, so it isn't any bigger than a few dozen meters. Would that suffice?"

"That's more than enough," Roan said in response.

In the meantime, Rean had finally arrived at the exit of the Under Desert Sea. Well, it was only a way of saying it, though. The Under Desert Sea was enormous, so everything several thousands of kilometers in this place could be said to be its exit. Fortunately, Rean knew exactly where he should be, thanks to the jade slips in the spatial ring.

Suddenly, two aquatic demon beasts appeared where Rean arrived. "Who are you?" They weren't the only ones, though. Rean could tell with his Divine Sense that there were at least another ten. The majority was in the Transition Realm, with three of them being at the Void Tempering Realm.

"Hi. Senior Gigi sent me over. He wanted me to build a teleport formation here at the exit of the Under Desert Sea." Rean then took the token that Gigi passed over to him.

"Oh, so it's you. That's correct. We were waiting for a Formation Master to do this job." Hearing that, the demon beasts opened the way while their leader said, "Come with me."

A few kilometers later, Rean finally arrived at the area where he was supposed to build the formation. However, what caught his attention was the other aquatic demon beast that was waiting there. Unlike the others, that demon beast was in its human form as it looked at the continental barrier. 'The strength of his Divine Sense is as strong as Latros. He's definitely at the Space Bending Realm,' Rean thought.

The demon beast in human form then looked at Rean and especially the token on his hand. "You arrived quite quickly here. Good. You can start your work in this place. If there's anything you need, just let me know. I'll keep guard of this place until Master Gigi comes back."

Rean had no issues with that, saying, "You can leave it up to me, senior. Is there anything else I should know?"

The demon beast shook his head in response. "No, that's all."

Rean nodded and immediately took out the materials from the spatial ring, which fell all to the ground. Following that, Rean looked into the jade slip to see exactly how he should build it. After all, there had to be another formation capable of interacting with this one, so he had to follow the blueprint. "A Golden Peak-level teleport formation, coming right up."