Death… And Me

Roan's eyebrows rose a little when he heard that. "Oh... you changed your thoughts pretty quickly, didn't you?"

Foliel looked at the pill in his hand before saying, "You have no idea how many times I've tried already. You could say that this is what it means to be desperate." After saying that, Foliel took the pill and swallowed it.

Immediately, the pill melted in his mouth before the properties entered his stomach. From there, they spread like wildfire, quickly reaching every single meridian in his body. 

*Arrgh!*

It was then that an intense pain filled his meridians as if the Fire Element from the pill was burning everything in its path. "Did you really poison me?!"

Roan shook his head, saying, "Don't be such a kid. It's just some pain, so bear with it. The healing properties should kick in in a moment."

"He-Healing properties? Fire Element Meridian Stabilizing Pills don't have such a thing!" Foliel complained as the pain increased. He even considered using his spatial powers to leave this place as soon as possible before trying to get rid of the pill's effects.

However, just as he was about to do that, the healing properties really did appear. They washed over his meridians like a tide, quickly bringing relief to the pain. Of course, Foliel was still worried that the result of the previous attack would have permanently damaged his meridians. 

"This..." However, he quickly noticed that not only were his meridians fine, but the instability of the Fire Element due to overflowing in the past was quickly disappearing. Above that, it seemed like his meridians were gaining new life while the Fire Element further integrated with them. It was way better than just stabilizing his meridians. 

Foliel then calmed down and concentrated on letting the pill do its work. Pain washed over him from time to time, just to disappear a moment later through the pill's healing properties. It wasn't before ten minutes had passed that the pill's effects finally wore off. "Phew..."

Foliel then tried to control his Fire Element and was able to tell that it was much easier than before. Better than that, his meridians could support a higher level of Divine Energy as well. "What a wonderful pill. It did way more than I expected."

Roan wasn't surprised by that. "All the pills I make that have something to do with meridians have this rejuvenation effect in them. I didn't make it just for you." Roan then warned Foliel and said, "However, only a single pill shouldn't be enough to fully stabilize the Fire Element inside your meridians. You will need two more of them to get the best effect. However, don't take the second one right now. Give your meridians a few days to rest before you take the next ones. Same thing for the third. As for the last two pills, you can do whatever you want with them."

Foliel took Roan's warning to heart. "Kekeke! Very well. I will make sure to remember this." He then looked at Roan, who didn't seem very concerned. "Aren't you afraid I will flee with your pills?"

Roan snorted in response, saying, "It's one thing to use my background to threaten others. Our elders prohibited that. However, it won't be a problem to use its name to get rid of some idiots who can't keep their own words. I just hope you won't complain if your Citaxin Sect goes down with you."

Foliel felt a chill on his back after that. He didn't know if Roan was telling the truth or not, but he definitely didn't want to risk it. Roan proved that at such young age, he was already that strong and was even able to concoct a batch of Golden High-level pills. Only an idiot wouldn't believe that Roan was just some random cultivator with no backing... well, that was exactly the case, but Rean and Roan wouldn't tell Foliel that. 

"Hmph! I won't lie. If it was anyone else, I would have taken these pills with me straight away. However, in your case, I would rather not risk it, so here you go." Foliel then took 11 Molten Divine Rock Flowers from his spatial ring, just like he mentioned he had before. In the end, it was still a very profitable deal. "Now, I need to go back. You should also leave since I'm not the only Void Tempering Realm cultivator looking for these guys." Without waiting for Rean and Roan's answer, Foliel used his spatial ability and movement technique to dart into the distance.

Rean quickly pulled the flowers into the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm and smiled, saying, "That really helped a lot. I didn't expect to get the rest of the flowers through this deal."

Roan nodded in agreement. "In fact, we have one extra. In any case, let's get out of here first."

The two then jumped on Kentucky's back before the Minokawa flew high in the skies. This time, Kentucky went much higher than normal so that it would be harder to bump into any other cultivator, even those at the Void Tempering Realm. Thanks to that, the twins' journey back to the settlement was smooth.

Rean and Roan didn't stay in the settlement for long, though. They quickly changed direction once again and flew back to Gaios City. Just like before, Kentucky and Roan were sent back into the Dimensional Realm, and only Rean took the teleport formation. Obviously, he used a different appearance once again.

The entire journey took around a week to be completed. That was enough, though. After all, Rean paid the hotel worker for two weeks. 

Back in the hotel, Rean reverted to his normal appearance. The worker was there as well, so he quickly recognized Rean. "Welcome back, sir. Everything was kept as you asked."

Rean smiled in response, nodding in satisfaction. "Good. Here, these are for you." He then gave the worker five Rank One Divine Stones, which was a lot for someone like him.

"If sir needs anything else, please let me know." The worker then happily left after leaving Rean in his room.

Rean smiled and entered the room, where he found Falangia teaching both Luan and Rafatia how to write and read. 

However, before Rean said anything, Roan quickly came out of the Dimensional Realm. "Seems like you did as I asked. Good.. Let's see how much you've learned."