Death... and me

"Welcome back, Elder Yuivo." Obviously, there were a few members of the Jamai Sect waiting for Yuivo already.

Yuivo nodded before pointing at the four extra participants, telling the members,  "Arrange for them to receive the Jamai Sect helper badges. As per the rules, they are not members of the Jamai Sect but an allied small continent. Make sure the representative of the Rambram Sect comes and takes a look at them to confirm that we're doing everything right."

The disciples immediately nodded before taking Rean's group away. Before they left, Luina spoke to them through her Divine Sense. 'I need to go see my mother, so you'll be on your own for a while. The competition should start in half a year, but we're probably leaving as soon as the Rambram Sect's representative confirms your participation. Be ready to depart at any time.' Soon after, Luina left through another path with Yuivo and Andrile.

"You four, come with me. We already have the helper badges waiting for you. Don't cause any trouble if you know what's good for you." Sure enough, even less important disciples like these looked down on Rean's group, thinking it wasn't worth their time to take care of them. They were basically doing it as it was an order from the sect.

Rean and Roan couldn't care less, though. They were not new to this kind of treatment, after all. "Say, I haven't asked yet, but what's the name of this new continent we're competing for?"

The disciple looked at Rean with an annoyed expression. However, he had to make sure they were ready for the competition, so he still replied. "It doesn't have a name anymore. After the previous power was rooted out of that continent, everyone decided they would simply call it whatever they wanted. Of course, that'll depend on who wins the competition, and you better make sure that the winners are us."

When the disciple said those last few words, the others snorted in response. Rean and the others weren't idiots. If they lost whatever this competition was, chances are that they would pay the price with their lives. Then again, Rean and Roan didn't care. They had their own escape methods if anything went wrong anyway. They weren't even sure if they would take part in the competition or if they would take the chance to simply head to the demon beast territories from there. After all, this new Free Continent was already inside the center of the Realm of Gods. The twins really didn't care much about who would get the continent or not.

Around an hour later, Rean, Roan, Zunti, and Flixa were sent away from the Jamai Sect's office with their new badges. Obviously, they couldn't just walk anywhere they wanted. Instead, they were brought to another place, where they had to wait for the so-called representative to appear.

They weren't the only ones there. Six more 'subordinates' from other members of the Jamai Sect were there as well. It's just that the twins' presence got their attention. After all, it could be said that the twins were the only subordinates that were not at the Peak Stage of the Transition Realm. The subordinates had to be below the Void Tempering Realm, so it went without saying that the other disciples of the Jamai Sect selected the highest possible cultivation when selecting their subordinates.

Neither Rean nor Roan cared, though. As for Flixa and Zunti, they felt quite sorry for those guys who seemed to be looking down on the twins. They had fought Rean and Roan so many times, and they knew very well that the twins' cultivation was far from showcasing their real strength. For Zunti and Flixa, Rean and Roan were definitely their strongest opponents and allies at the same time.

Time passed as several days passed by. Some other disciples took even longer to select their subordinates in the Jamai Sect's small allied continents, making the ones who had already been selected wait there.

The room slowly filled with more of the subordinates, while the Jamai Sect's disciples, that were their 'bosses,' were nowhere to be seen. Even Luina didn't show her face at all. Well, everyone there simply ignored each other and cultivated leisurely.

Fortunately, the room was enormous. It had more than enough space for every single selected subordinate. Thanks to that, once the two hundred subordinates of the one hundred selected disciples were gathered, they were able to stay in the same place.

Eventually, with every single subordinate that would take part in the competition there, the so-called representative appeared in the room. He was followed by the disciples that would also take part in the competition. Luina, obviously, was there as well.

Luina quickly approached the twins while the others approached their own subordinates. Rean, of course, took the chance to ask through a Divine Sense message. 'You really did take your time, huh. We thought we would leave in a day or two at most, but they made us wait for over a week.'

Luina shrugged her shoulders in response. 'That's not my fault. I didn't expect that the selection of subordinates would have taken this long. You probably saw how the disciples of our sect look at you with disdain, right? The Rambram Sect's representative also looks at our Jamai Sect in the same way. He didn't want to come out and check the subordinates' eligibility until they were all gathered together. If you want to complain, go and complain to that guy from the Rambram Sect.'

Rean and Roan obviously wouldn't do such an idiotic thing. 'Whatever. In any case, it seems like we're finally starting.' At the same time, they felt a powerful Divine Sense touching their Divine Sense bending skills. As always, the twins kept it up, just in case.

The Rambram Sect's representative then went to a higher place where everyone could see him before saying, "Alright, I have already checked all the subordinates and confirmed that you're not someone from the Jamai Sect. First, you can call me Hilanshi. Now, let me talk a bit about a few rules."