Death… And Me

Chapter 1580 The Upgrades

When Roan arrived at the alchemy workshop, he noticed a new box placed near one of the corners. As he got closer to it, he went ahead and read the name written on it. ”Recovery box?”

After that, Roan opened the box, but it was basically empty. ”Sister Orb, did the upgrade fail?”

[Of course not! The upgrade worked as it should have.]

”Then, what is this recovery box?” Roan asked, confused.

[Hehehe! Lo and behold! The recovery box will give you a 50-50 chance of not losing any materials when you fail your concoctions! If you fail your concoction and the perk activates, this box will be filled with all the items used in that concoction. Amazing, right?!]

Roan had to admit it was definitely useful. ”I donʼt know the trick behind this, but Iʼm quite happy with this upgrade. This is the ultimate item for the times I need to train new pill formulas.” Roan was very good at concocting. That was true. However, he was far, far from being flawless. When he tried new pills, especially difficult ones, he would fail many more times than succeed.

Roan then turned around to leave, saying, ”Well, the upgrade is good, but I guess thereʼs nothing for me to do here now. Iʼll check it next time when I start using World Essence with my pills.”

He then went to the Circuitry Formationsʼ Repository, where Rean and Havek seemed to have isolated themselves. ”You two. You can play with your formations another time. We need to think about the people, demon beasts, and spirits we plan to take in.”

Rean looked at Roan and asked, ”Already? What do you plan to do?”

Roan then told Rean about the army he planned to build.

Naturally, that took Rean and Havek by surprise. ”Thatʼs quite the ambitious goal.”

”We have a lot of free time with Destiny Avoidance Mode being on,” Roan said in response. ”We can use some of it to carefully select the members thatʼll join our side.”

Rean pondered over it for a bit before saying, ”In that case, we might as well build a new sect once again. If we tell others that what theyʼre joining is a new sect, then theyʼll take it more seriously. Both you and I are at the Initial Stage of the Transition Realm, which is already the realm for a lot of small sect leaders.”

Roan nodded in response. ”That works. In that case, letʼs head out and check the city for materials to start building the sect in the Dimensional Realm as well. Remember, this sect wonʼt only benefit me but you two as well. After all, youʼll be able to ask the disciples to do the work you usually wouldnʼt have time to do. Since you two will spend a lot of time with these new formations, that will definitely come in handy.”

Havek agreed with Roan straight away. ”Heʼs right. The sect I took charge of back in the Upside Down World was really useful. Most of the materials I needed were procured by the members there. We might lose some time taking care of everything at the start, but the prospects in the long run will make it worth it.”

With that said, Rean and Roan exited the Dimensional Realm with Havek before they went to the city.

Roan also took the chance to go check on Luan. After all, he had set many tasks for Luan to complete to gain experience. Although this continent wasnʼt Treavin, that didnʼt mean everyone was nice. In fact, he had already spent quite a few days running around.

During those days, Luan got fooled, hunted, and betrayed, as all kinds of misfortunes befell the boy. Of course, the twins had specifically picked tasks where such things would most likely happen. But at the same time, it didnʼt mean everyone was like that. Luan was able to make a few real friends as well.

Luan came from Treavin, so he knew what it felt like to be poor. The friends he ended up making were people pretty much in the same situation he was in before. Had no parents, relied on robbery, things like that. Of course, compared to the cities in Treavin, the number of kids Luan found in this kind of situation wasnʼt even a hundredth of what one could find back there. In any case, he formed a small group with the few kids he could find so that they could work on Roanʼs tasks together. Itʼs just that other than Luan, everyone else in his group were kids in the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation Realm.

Roan, of course, watched as all of that happened. Having others to take care of would also help with Luanʼs mental development. He didnʼt intervene at all and kept a very far distance from Luan. That way, Luanʼs eyes wouldnʼt be able to detect him. Since Roanʼs cultivation was much higher, Luanʼs group also couldnʼt feel his Divine Sense.

Eventually, Luan finished the tasks Roan asked for and returned to the meeting point. ”Dad, I got all the things you asked.”

Roan already knew that but received them anyway. ”Good. Prepare to depart. We were just waiting for you to finish the assignments we gave you before we teleport to the next city.”

”Weʼre leaving already?!” Luan was taken aback. He didnʼt bring the kids he got acquainted with to meet Roan. From the looks of it, he didnʼt want to leave them behind. ”Canʼt we stay for a while longer? Iʼm helping some kids in the city at the moment.”

Roan narrowed his eyes as he asked, ”You do know they most likely stuck to you because of your strength and your wealth, right?”

Luan was still young, but he had lived in Treavin before, so he replied, ”Yes... but still, I canʼt just let them go. They remind me of the time I was alone before meeting you, dad.”

Rean then came out after hearing that and suggested, ”Well, why donʼt we start with these kids, Roan? Itʼs just four or five, right? Itʼll be a good thing if we can build their loyalty from an early age.”

Luan was confused by Reanʼs words. After all, he still didnʼt know what happened to the Dimensional Realm.