chapter 3198: up to you

rean checked on roan's progress in the dimensional realm and could tell that it would still take a very long time until he finished. after all, what he got wasn't proper dragon blood but a refined one. adapting his methods to fit the blood had to be done with patience.noÌv(el)b\\jnn
instead, rean checked on tomoe's location once again, deciding to go pay the new sect master a visit. he had to find his fake parents in this world. "kentucky and i will go out. what are you two planning to do?" rean asked rifindio and zangeshu.
zangeshu didn't have anything he wanted to do outside. "let me go back to the dimensional realm. i want to analyze all the information i gathered more closely. there is much to learn from this still."
"sure," rean nodded and waved his hand. immediately, zangeshu disappeared without a trace. that left only rifindio behind. "what about you?"
"hum..." rifindio didn't really have much to do at the moment. "you still haven't told me what you are planning to do. i know i can follow you, but what are your plans for real?"
now that rean thought about that, he hasn't told rifindio about sister orb, the void shattering pills, or his origins. it should be pretty obvious rean wasn't from this planet, but did rifindio know he wasn't from this universe altogether? "come with me then. let's have a real talk this time."
"anyway, as you can see, it turns out we didn't die. when we recovered our consciousness, we found ourselves inside these new bodies, and our cultivations were gone... except for our souls. our souls are still in the divinity realm. not only that, they went through a breakthrough after the events back then, so they are at the peak stage instead of the late stage now."
rifindio took a deep breath. "no wonder you cultivate so fast. the soul is one of the things that has to improve with one's cultivation, regardless if one trains the soul or not. but since your souls are already at such a level, you only have to train your bodies and cultivations. the soul, which is arguably the main reason for one's cultivation speed, is already far ahead."
rean nodded. "now you know the truth here."
rifindio was still curious. "this is a big deal, you know? i'm not under any contract or anything. i could totally take a chance to escape and tell about you. being the one who found the invaders would definitely be a big deal for me. my status might even change in the supreme palace. just what makes you trust me this much? you said to foliana that you knew what you were doing after all the red flags she pointed out about me. it makes no sense." rean faintly smiled. "didn't roan say it? you are a juicy piece of information."
"stop that bullshit!" rifindio turned serious. "so what if i have something to do with this universe's owner? that doesn't eliminate the risks of me spreading your secrets. there has to be a reason!"
rean, however, looked at rifindio with a gentle expression. "trusting someone because you want to... is it really that hard to accept?"
"this..." rifindio didn't know much about trust in his life. nonetheless, he steeled his resolve, following what he had learned so far in his life and inside the supreme palace. "it is hard to accept, indeed. i'm following you, but that doesn't mean i trust you. keep that in mind."
rean laughed. "hahaha! sure, up to you."