Frandin sighed in relief as he sent a Spiritual Sense Message to Rean.
'Everything went quite well.'
Rean smiled and shook his head.
'The items for sale are there now. However, we did catch some attention. It seems like even your pure bloodline isn't enough to keep prying eyes away.'
Frandin was taken aback.
'What do you mean?'
Without showing anything on his face, Rean replied.
'Someone's following us. Th guy is quite good, though. His cultivation is low, which makes his Spiritual Sense blend with the other people around us. Also, he only uses it once every few seconds to find our location while following from far away.'
Unfortunately for the guy, with Roan as a teacher and Rean's own Spiritual Sense Bending Skill, it would take much more than that to follow Rean without being noticed.
Rean then entered an alley with Frandin when suddenly, the two of them disappeared from the guy's Spiritual Sense.
"What?!"
The guy quickly ran to the alley just to find that Rean and Frandin had disappeared without a trace.
"How's that possible?"
Somewhere else, a new Rean and Frandin came out and joined the crowd once more. Naturally, Rean changed his and Frandin's appearance once more before releasing Frandin from his Spiritual Sense Bending.
'This skill of yours is just too convenient. How do you do that?'
Rean shrugged his shoulders as he replied.
'It isn't that hard when you're born with Light Element Affinity.'
'What?! You're joking, right?'
Rean smiled but didn't say anything else.
Seeing that Rean didn't want to talk about it, Frandin asked something else.
'What do you plan to do now?'
Rean had already achieved his objective to come here. One of them was to get as many Spirit Stones as possible for their group to cultivate.
'Where can we find a map? If possible, one of the entire continent.'
'The entire continent? That's gonna be hard. The best thing would be to buy the countries' maps, which are already expensive. Then we can guide ourselves in the Tuvaro Empire's direction.'
Rean shook his head.
'That's the problem. You told us that the Tuvaro Empire was on the other side of the world. However, in which part is it located? We can't travel without aim.'
Frandin had to admit that Rean was right. The only thing he knew was that it was on the other side, that's all. He never cared about where it could be found.
'Hum... In that case, we can try the Shaz Treasures Hall. However, anything they sell there is extremely expensive. As for a map of the entire continent, it won't be any cheaper. Well, your Earth Middle-Level Weapons are definitely worth a fortune too. Still, we don't have the Spirit Stones from them yet.'
'Is this Shaz Treasures Hall some big organization?'
Frandin nodded.
'They are present in quite a few countries. Of course, there are many other Treasure Halls from other organizations. However, in our Tasman Country and the surrounding ones, the Shaz Treasures Hall is the most famous.'
Rean smiled after hearing that.
'In that case, we can use those weapons of mine to trade for the map, correct?'
'This... In theory, yes. Weapons of that level would definitely be worth a map of the country at the very least.'
Rean still had a few of these weapons in the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm. Since he could get a map with one of them, it was perfect. It would be a problem if he needed an Earth High Level one, though. He had many of those materials available, but it would take time to forge them into equipment in this world.
'Now that I think about it, I'm already in the Peak of the Core Formation Realm. Considering the Spiritual Pool that Roan and I have, I should be able to push for a breakthrough in my blacksmith skills.'
The more Rean thought about it, the more he liked the idea. The Black and White Stars that Rean and Roan used were even better than ordinary Earth Peak-Level Weapons. Nevertheless, they were still considered High-Level ones due to their material. Rean couldn't make a Peak-Level one before simply because he lacked the cultivation for it. As for the material, he got quite a lot of it in the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm.
'Anyway, let's go to this Treasure Hall you talked about.'
It was then that Rean remembered something.
'Oh, right! How come people have decided to follow you even after discovering you had a Pure Bloodline with a Bloodline Mark? I thought that Pure Bloodlines were supposed to be something sacred, and few would try to find problems with them.'
Frandin shook his head as he explained.
'They aren't very common. However, it's not as if they're extremely rare either. First of all, our Pure Bloodline Marks have ranks. Mine, for example, is only a Rank Two Bloodline Mark. It's only rarer than a Rank One. Still, Rank Two ones are considered common between them.'
Rean nodded as he said.
'Because of that, your Bloodline Mark doesn't cause as much fear as the higher-ranked ones.'
Frandin didn't deny that.
'Exactly. There are nine Ranks of Bloodline Marks. The lords of small towns at the borders of the countries are eligible for Rank One Marks. My father is the lord of a somewhat bigger city. Because of that, he and his family were able to get Rank Two ones. Of course, they're far from being as notable as higher ones.'
'Who are the ones with the highest bloodline marks?'
'Who else would they be? They are the Royal Families and Imperial Families.'
'Royal Families can have up to Rank Six Bloodline Marks. The Imperial Family can have up to Rank eight, with the Emperor alone holding a Rank Nine Mark. As you can imagine, the higher your Bloodline Mark Rank, the purer your bloodline. Also, the rank of the mark can draw your bloodline power to a greater extent as well. That's why one could say that the Imperial Family, who already have the purest bloodline, can be almost unbeatable due to their higher Bloodline Marks as well.'
Rean was quite impressed with the mark system.