"how is your progress?" a strange voice rang out, echoing in the black stone room. "i still can"t do it." the voice of young boy was heard, however, this voice was frigid. " are you even trying? i know that you have the talent, the pill proved it." the voice said. "so that pill wasn"t so that "the sect"s gathered could stay at peace", but so that you can find somebody with "talent". and just why are you searching for talent?" levi"s cold voice was heard once more, as he looked at the man."the reason i"m searching for talent? you will soon find out. now watch, i will demonstrate how to do it once more." after he said that, a pale golden flame appeared in front of his forehead, between his eyebrows. "aghhh!" levi groaned in pain, he felt like a giant hand was crus.h.i.+ng his body. "mental energy can be used in a number of ways. you can enter and destroy someone"s mind. you can look at or steal their memories. or, if you"re strong enough, you can harm their physical body, like i just did." the man explained.
"i will come back in a few days, do not disappoint me." he said as he dissapeared. levi clenched his teeth tightly as he glared at where the man just stood.
A month ago.
"come with me." the man walked out the room and started to walk down hall. "who are you?" levi, still in the same place, asked coldly. from the time he saw this man, he found him strange. the man stopped. "the person who saved your life." the man said, with his strange voice.
levi followed at a distance, he didn"t trust this man. after walking for a while, they found themselves in a small dome made of black bricks. these bricks had strange runes carved into them. in the middle of the dome, a lectern stood. with an old dilapidated book on it.
chiiii!
when the man picked up the old book, the carving on the bricks began to light up, while making sizzling sounds. with a wave of his hands, the light began to fade. " this book is a mental energy skill, you will practice it." the man handed the book to levi and said. "where is this? and why would i practice this skill just because you told me too?" levi"s asked.
"where this is isn"t important. as for why you would practice the skill?" peng! levi was sent cras.h.i.+ng into the wall at a frightening speed. "akk!" the impact caused all of the air in his lungs to rush out at once. he was pinned to the wall, not able to utter a word. "obviously, it is because you are weak. if i tell you to practice the skill, you have no choice, because in this world, only the strong are free to do as they please." the man released levi and left.
"huhff hahhh!" levi dropped to the ground and began gasping for air. he clenched his fist, his fingernail buried into his palm. "he"s too strong, so i can"t kill him. i"ll have to find a way to get out of this place first, i"ll come back to kill him when i"m stronger. but while i"m here, i have to at least make him think that i"m doing what he want"s me to do." levi mumbled. he picked up the old book and opened it.
after reading the first page, he went back to the room he woke up in. "haaaah." sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, he breathed out, his eyes closed. the first page of the book said to calm yourself and clear your mind. "hmmm? nothing is happening?" levi opened his eyes. he picked up the book and looked at the first page again.
since he already did everything the first page said to do, he turned to the second page. " after clearing your mind, try to feel the energy being released by the mind and body." it said. "feel the energy being released by the mind and body? qi?" levi was confused but still closed his eyes and tried. he was getting immersed in the skill, forgetting that it was supposed to be an act.
failed. "so it wasn"t qi. let me try again." he cleared his mind and tried again, but failed once again. he opened the book again "try to feel the energy....." he put down the book and closed his eyes. his breathing was slow and long, his heartbeat was clam. he was sitting quietly for about 20 minutes, before finally begining to feel something.
a silky smooth energy, it felt like smoke. this energy was nothing like qi, which was aggressive and hard to control. it felt volatile, like you would be able to do more complex things with it. "huuu, so that"s what it feels like." levi opened his eyes and breathed out, he had to look at the next page. "calmly try to attract the energy, don"t try to force it. guide it to the point between your brows and break the barrier blocking the path to your yin tang point . after breaking the barrier, you will be able to store and use mental energy." it said.
levi once again closed his eyes and did as the book said. boom! a low boom resounded as levi"s body shook, but the barrier did not break. he tried again and again, but the barrier didn"t break. exhausted, he decided to stop for the day. in the following weeks he tried numerous times to break the barrier, but all attempts ended in failure.
present.
"i feel like i will be able to break the barrier this time." levi mumbled. he sat cross-legged and closed his eyes. he gathered all of the energy in front of his forhead, then slammed it against the barrier. crack! a crisp cracking sound was heard as the barrier cracked slightly, but levi couldn"t relax because the crack was being mended at a frightening speed.
pling!
after trying a few times, something which sounded like gla.s.s breaking was heard. levi"s body trembled and his eyes rolled up, his cloths were soaked with sweat. after a minute or two, he stopped trembling but his eyes were still rolled up. puff! suddenly, a tiny, pitch black flame, with the texture of a thick smoke, appeared in front of his forehead.
the flame radiated a black light and caused the temperature in the room to drop. levi"s eyes went back to normal and he looked around as if trying to find out where he was. seeing the black bricks, he remembered his situation and what he was doing. only then did he notice the small black flame. "so this is...." he mumbled. as he was lost in thought, a voice brought him back to reality.
"i see you have finally succeeded." the man appeared in the room out of thin air. levi looked at the man warily. "dammit!" he shouted in his head. "if i recall, you wanted to know why i was looking for talent. since you"ve succeded, i"ll tell you." the man started to walk towards levi, the latter taking steps back. "there is this skill, it allows you to survive even when your body dies." step step, thump. levi found his back against the wall of the room.
"but, you would only be able to survive without a body for at most 100 years.." step step. "that is why it is important to find a new body, but you can"t just choose any old body. it has to be one that can use mental energy! i"m sure you already know where i"m going with this hehe..." the man sn.i.g.g.e.red with a warped expression.
"but i"ll still explain it to you..." he had a terrifying grin on his face. "i will be taking your body!" as he said this, he reached out his hand and used mental energy to stop levi from moving. "you...bas..tard..." levi forcefully said as he stared at the man with anger and hatred.
"come now, it"ll all be over soon!" the man shouted as he turned into a beam of light and went into levi"s body. levi shook uncontrollably as his eyes rolled back, this happened for few minutes before stopping."hehehe..hahahaha..HAHAHAHA! I, THE DEMON SAINT, AM ALIVE ONCE AGAIN! AFTER 90 YEARS OF HIDING! JUST WAIT FOR ME BRILLIANT STAR SECT! YOUR END IS SOON TO COME!" a strange voice came from levi"s mouth.