“Youuu!!?”

“Ehhh, what are you doing???”

“Swish”

However, before he could do anything or get an answer, Urger was assaulted, by the mass of consciousness that made Levis, as a fist almost took form and then the sloppy shape of a fist crashed into his figure.

Yet, to his disbelief, Levis felt as though having crashed into a rock, while he was made by smoke, and not affecting him in the slightest.

“Aha-hah. Kid, did you think you could harm me? I was surprised when you formed a fist, but it was so flimsy it just disassembled upon impact, aha-aha.”

“Why can I not touch you?”

“Touch me? What can an ant do, to harm the sun in the sky? You have no chance to make me feel, even the slightest discomfort, as you are right now. So, as I have just said, stay put and listen.”

Yet, while Levis’s question was answered with another question, he froze again, as he was forced still by Urger once more.

“You should stop this, and celebrate, the first time we see each other face to face like this. Well, only you are not a face, and just a mass of mental energy. But not to worry, I have seen your face far too many times by now, so take a good look at your "Master".”

Even as he was enraged and furious, at the one that had desecrated the corpse of his grandfather, Levis was nonetheless, forced to stay in a locked position, as to look at Urger, as he was trying different postures to express his grand overestimated self-importance.

“Alright---, this is enough. I will free you, so do not attack me again or this time I will make you suffer a bit, we should focus on your friend right now if you still intend to save him, that is, if your revenge on me, is now more important than him.”

“Agrrhh, we save him now.!”

“Good, now follow me.”

As they ended the argument between them, by Urger’s sly move of putting the need to save Adrian ahead of him, in order to placate the anger, that Levis was having towards him at the moment, they began to move through his body.

Although, as Levis was following the moving figure, he had a grasp of the direction of where he was going, as he had begun to have, a partial understanding of his internal body parts, such as the muscle, bones, and organs, through his every day self-introspection of his cells, and the feeling that he was receiving when the strands of energy were moving, cell by cell.

And yet, it did not take long, because once he had the understanding of himself moving through his arm en route to his hand, which was on Adrian's forehead, Urger stopped and faced him.

“Listen up! Consciousness, is the most ethereal and soft form of energy in the universe, as far as I could observe through my long research, it can not be destroyed easily, however, it can be dispersed with no trouble if it is not maintained in a vessel, your material mind, the brain that is. Under normal circumstances, a normal cultivator, a Ranked cultivator can barely move it, let alone examine its own body with it. However, what you will be doing now is the far more dangerous act, of exiting into the outside world. To do such a thing, would mean the dispersants of the consciousness, that is why cultivators mix it with energy from their dantian, to act as a vessel, for their long scanning of the place far away from their eyes sight. This is as well to help you if you are attacked, as it will not damage you severely if you take a strong hit. This can only be done in the Immortal stage, as the consciousness of the Ranked cultivators is simply too weak and too rigid, maybe those at the limit with the Immortal stage, but those are already half a step inside the stage. However, in your case, the consciousness is far more exotic, as it is more refined than you can even understand, as well as it is distributed in innumerable infinitesimal parts, that even the trillions of cells that make your body, are nothing more than an insignificant number when compared to it. Because of this, you can afford to send your consciousness into the world, even as it gets dispersed, or damaged, as it can be overlooked when you can mend your injury quicker than anyone can understand or do. Do you understand it, kid?”

However, as Uger questioned the mass of conscious energy in front of him, even without a face to put on, he could get the feeling the boy had either been lost or did not understand him completely.

“Tsk, only idiots here!?”

Yet, as Urger was answering his own question, at the boy who did not give him any answer, his eyes began to change, as well as his demeanour, and body language, as a smile appeared on him making him look much more approachable when compared a moment a go, as the arrogant and condescending appearance was gone and replaced by one much mellower and benevolent.

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As a fact, the mass of consciousness that was Levis, was shocked as it was trembling, at the strange shift that had just occurred with Urger.

“Aha, disciple, disciple, no need to worry because I am here, to your rescue.”

Yet, it began to tremble even more, at the tone of the voice coming from the “Man” before him.

“You are—, the happy voice? Wait you are Urger?”

“I am and I am not, and happy voice? Well, I am happy, but not from—. It does not matter, I will explain it easily, so you can understand, what the rock wanted to say. Aham, consciousness in the world bad, consciousness and energy in the world good, You are special, so it is fine in both cases, you understand?”

“I think I got it.”

“Good, now let us go!”

“Where?”

“Into the body, and mind of your friend.”

“Eh!? Into Adrian's head?”

“Yes, now move, focus on your consciousness, and imagine a finger or a long stick, extend that out of your hand and into his head, you ready, go!”

“Ahh, wait—, a finger, a finger, a Finger!!!”

Though in a hurry, as the Happy “Urger” had prompted him to move at a moment's notice, he began to extend a part of his mass of consciousness, to the outside of what was supposed to be his hand, and as he was exiting, into the outside world that was the small gap between his hand and Adrian’s body, his consciousness appeared to begin dissipating, as though it was diluting in water.

“Use the energy, and mix it with your consciousness!”

Yet, the reminder was beneficial, as once the energy began to mix with his consciousness, the dispersants of his consciousness was stopped, although small signs of instability could be glimpsed.

However, as he pursued “Urger”, and entered Adrian's head, they immediately arrived, at a flashing mass of ethereal and pulsating energy, that gave Levis the feeling of looking at Adrian, and not just a shapeless and strange assembly of energy.

“What is this?”

“I believe you already understand what this is?”

“This is---, this is Adrian’s consciousness?”

“Correct, can you see how he differs from you?”

“Is this how the consciousness should be? All accumulated in one place?”

“Yes, this is how you, me, and all other beings with a form, that had developed a sense of being, begin. Now, I will reveal to you, what the rock wanted, to teach and show you.”

As “Urger” finished his words, he extended his arm towards the mass of consciousness, as a sense of trembling of the body was registered by Levis, as both the body and mind of Adrian were shaking minutely, if one was to observe, the boy and the guard at the moment.

Yet, the trembling lasted for just a moment as “Urger retracted his hand a moment later, as a strange thing was happening to the mass of energy before him.

“Now come and touch his consciousness with me!”

Although unaware of what the Happy “Urger” was trying to make him do, he could not find any reason to doubt him, as his distrust was mainly of the Stern Urger.

And yet, as he approached the consciousness with his own, he had a moment of hesitation before touching it, yet at the moment of touch, a slight pain reverberated through his whole being, as pieces of information were flowing inside of him.

[ [What!? What is this? Is this me?] ]

Nevertheless, a moment later, the moving image of himself sleeping and breathing in the hall of the village formed in his mind, only to change to that of Hubert, the other guard, and the scout, as a hand sign to exit the hall was made by the being of whom sight, was borrowed.

[ [What is this!!!] ]

[ [Calm down, this is the memory of the boy prior to him leaving the village. Before I heal his injury, we are going to look at how he got his wounds, and we might get a chance to see, who it is that you have to get vengeance on, in the future, at the same time----, great idea, right?] ]

[ [---, yes.] ]

However, as the word revenge was brought up, the nervousness, and unsettlement felt by Levis at the strange experience, was brought down, as a more serious version of himself seemed to manifest, as his being and voice was slightly colder.

Though at the same time, Hubert, the other two, and the one to be the eyes were outside of the Hall, preparing the horses, as the first rays of the sun, were coming from beyond the tall hill to the east.

“Hubert, keep an eye on Levis, and if he tries to follow us stop him.”

“Yes, yes, yes, how many times do you have to tell me, after all, how much trouble, can one kid from these boonies, bring me!?"

Though, as the lazy Hubert who was still sleeping, gave a half-hearted response, his face changed immediately, as he looked directly at the speaker, as Levis was seeing and discerning the distress given by Hubert through the "eyes".

“Alright, alright, I will keep him here, stop staring at me like that, it is off-putting. Now go, and return quickly, or you will not find us here.”

“---.”

Yet, the scene abruptly changed, as in front was the head of the horse, the trees that were moving fast, and the mountains in the far north, that seemed to never move or grow closer to them.

“Adrian! Why did we take the kid, and even used Hubert to babysit him, I still do not understand.”

“This is the captain's intention, if you want to know more, you have to ask the captain yourself.”

“---.”

And yet, the scene was abruptly cut again, and the place changed once more, as the location seemed to be in a valley, while he was looking at a rather small cliff in the distance, where many windows and a large stone door entrance could be seen, opened, for all to observe.

“Is this a trap? Or is their hold really empty?”

“I do not know. Eighter way, prepare to make camp here! We will do surveillance in cycles, while the other two will sleep. I will be the first to begin.”

“Alright.”