Death... and me

Govin wasn't heading to Jhiod Sect by flying, though. Even with his control over space, it would take several weeks for him to arrive like that. Instead, he went straight to the nearest city to the tunnel between Jhiod and Lebgram, Kikas.

Kikas was a big city exactly because of the tunnel between the continents. Other than the recruits passing through it, that was also a hub for goods coming from outside to inside and goods going from inside to outside. As the main power in the entire continental region, it had a lot of deals with many continents. It wasn't just the Jhiod Sect, but many of the smaller powers inside Jhiod as well.

Govin didn't stay for long there, though. He went to the Jhiod Sect's private teleport formations and left Kikas straight away. Of course, Jhiod wouldn't just waste Divine Stones if they could help it. With that being said, Govin used many teleport formations in many cities to teleport to the Jhiod Sect in the center of the continent.

Lihan Region's Jhiod Country. That's the name of one of the central regions of the Jhiod Continent. That's also where the country of Jhiod and obviously its sect was located. Well, to be more specific, it was where its headquarters was located. Jhiod Sect had many branches around the continent and even outside it. The Jhiod Sect's recruitment building that the twins used to pass the twelve tests could be said to be one of those branches.

There was no such thing as a city near Jhiod Sect. The Jhiod Sect alone already covered an area of over a thousand square kilometers in range. It's just that most of it was not occupied. Nonetheless, no one would dare to build anything inside that area. The Jhiod Sect itself occupied just a hundred kilometers of that total. Well, a hundred kilometers was still a very huge place since it was just a single entity.

Just outside the protection barrier that covered the Jhiod Sect, there were a few buildings used for dealing with outside things. For example, receiving visitors and new disciples that haven't entered the sect yet.

A teleport formation within a building with hundreds of them suddenly flashed with silver light. Soon after, an elder and quite a few Transition and Void Tempering Realm beings appeared. Naturally, it was Govin and the recruits from the last test. Govin could have teleported straight into the Jhiod Sect itself, but he had to follow the procedures.

As everyone looked around, they could see teleport formations activating everywhere, sending and receiving people and demon beasts. The majority of them were not related to Jhiod, though. Instead, they were other powers that had some partnership with the Jhiod Sect. In any case, it looked several times busier than the teleport formations in the Formation Guilds inside big cities.

"You guys have a lot of things to deal with, don't you?" Rean couldn't help but say.

Govin nodded, replying, "We're in control of the strongest power of our continental region, after all. Unlike other continents, we do have to meddle with other continents all the time. Can you see those guys with blue clothes on the right?"

Rean nodded and waited for Govin to continue. "Those are a few elders of one of the Sutura Continent's main powers, the Uvolste Clan. To get there, you need to pass through five other continents. But even with that, here they are, doing some business with our Jhiod Sect. And that's only considering the things that can only be resolved in our main sect. If we count the branches of our Jhiod Sect spread out in other continents, then the number of deals we do is several times higher than what you see here."

Govin shrugged his shoulders as he added, "Believe it or not, you will find more people, demon beasts, and spirits that aren't part of the Jhiod Sect here than those actually related to the Jhiod Sect. After all, we need a lot of manpower to run everything... or demon beast power... or is it spirit power? Well, you get the point."

Govin then led everyone outside the teleport formations building, bringing them to another one sometime later. "Here we are, the registration office. It's here where you'll make your badges. They will be bound to your blood, so only you will be able to use them. Without those badges, you can't enter the sect's restricted areas."

"Oh! Isn't that Govin?" Suddenly, a voice came from the side as another group appeared from another teleport formations building.

Govin looked over to the voice, and his eyes immediately narrowed. "Tch, and here I thought I was going to have a good day. What do you want, Timao?"

Timao laughed in response, saying, "Hahaha! As always, your Yume Clan doesn't know how to treat others. Are just two sect leaders really that big of a deal?" Libraia mentioned that her Yume Clan was also the birthplace of two of the previous Jhiod Sect leaders of the past.

"Hmph!" Govin didn't seem to like the guy at all, saying back, "Aren't you doing the same? Ever since your Truman became the sect master, your Gileria Clan has been acting quite overbearing. You even prohibited the exceptions for Jhiod Sect entrances, making everyone who joined from the outside need to pass the twelve tests regardless of their future. Isn't that the same as saying you're afraid of losing control over the power you have at the moment?"

Timao's smile disappeared after hearing that. "So what? You talk as if your Yume Clan hasn't done anything similar in the past. We still remember how Hantis stopped the easy access to the mines of the eastern continents. Those were the places where our Gileria Clan and quite a few other factions took most of their resources. We had quite a hard time during his reign."

Govin shrugged his shoulders in response. "Do you think we're idiots? Even if previous Sect Master Hantis had continued to be the master ten times longer, all your pockets wouldn't even shake after all the wealth you had accumulated."

Govin and Timao then went silent for a moment. It was obvious that their conversation wouldn't go anywhere like that.