Chapter 20: Jane (Part 3)

Jason told her everything that had happened between him and Reed, how he met him in an orphanage, how he took good care of him, and later, how he brought him here.

"Hmm, it seems like this old fogey is really interested in you. But why?! Do you have any idea?" Jane asked.

"I am sorry. Though I had a feeling that he has no good intentions, I have absolutely no idea why he would care for me so much or bring me here.

"Ah, alright." Jane sensed that there was no point in discussing this matter any further as she felt that it was highly unlikely to figure anything out.

"Anyways, do you have a plan to escape this place? After listening to all that about Reed, I really do not want to stay here and I am sure that neither would you." Jason asked.

In fact, when Jason had told Jane about his story, there was one important detail that he had essentially missed. It was about the evil Skull Tattoo that he had on his chest. But Jason had almost forgotten all about that tattoo ever since the soul shield had eased away all the pain. That was the reason he missed speaking about it.

"I really don't know if we can escape this place unscathed. I think that my people should have found some traces of me, but I do not know when they will arrive. I also do not want to leave before freeing my mother's soul from that bastard."

"Do not worry, next time when I am near Reed, I will try to look for your mother's soul Could you tell me what kind of a thing would he be using to store something like a person's soul?" Jason responded sincerely.

This time, it was Jane who was surprised. "Are you not afraid of Reed? You have no idea what he has in store for you, but you want to help search for my mother?" She asked.

"Ah, it is nothing. It is not like I could do anything by being afraid of him anyways. So I thought, why don't I try to help you? Didn't you yourself take a huge risk by talking to me in the first place? In any case, there is no guarantee that I can actually find your mother's soul."

"An equipment that can store a soul is very rare even in this plane. You simply cannot hope to find such a thing in any lower plane. Even storing it in a high grade storage pouch can be dangerous because storage pouches can be stolen. My guess is that such rare equipment would generally be in the form of an ornament that someone could wear and keep close to himself. " Jane said before warning Jason once again strongly, "Do not do anything that would put you in danger. You understand?"

"Do not worry about it," Jason said as he waved his hands, but he felt really touched when he heard Jane say that to him. After all, he had never experienced anyone showing genuine concern for him and hence, he did not know how to react.

"By the way, I had a question for you. How did you figure out my position last time? I made sure that I masked my presence by using a top grade illusion technique. Yet you were able to break it in a few minutes. How did you do that?"

"I don't know... I Just thought calmly about who was it that was trying to help me, and somehow, the illusion faded away and the surroundings became clearer. Soon I was able to trace the location of your voice." Jason said honestly. Even he did not have a proper idea as to how he managed to accomplish it.

"What? Just like that?" Even though Jane expected a similar answer, she couldn't help get astonished by how simply Jason broke her technique.

"Perhaps there is something unique about you that allowed you to see through that illusion. Maybe that is the reason why Reed is so interested in you. Hmm..." Jane thought for a bit before she proposed. "Listen, why don't I send a very tiny bit of my soul energy to probe if there is something strange about you? Maybe I will be able to sense something."

"Will that not affect you? I have heard that soul energy is very difficult to cultivate in."

"Haha, don't worry. Even though I am not one of the strongest in this plane, I still have a lot of strength. Even though I am using all my universal energy right now to maintain the barrier in this room, I still have a lot of soul energy. It is definitely difficult to accumulate and cultivate soul energy, but this tiny bit won't affect me at all." Jane laughed as she explained it to Jason.

"Just act normally and try not to think about it." said Jane as she tried to persuade Jason.

"Ok, let's do it then." Jason nodded.

"Great! Now hold out your hand."

"Like this?" asked Jason as he stretched out his hand.

Suddenly, Jason felt intoxicated. He felt a very soft and warm hand slowly reach out and take the hand that he had extended. He was so lost in this heavenly feeling that he even forgot to breathe. His hands involuntarily twitched as well. Ah, how good having her as a waifu would be?

"Calm down. Just breathe normally. Don't worry it won't hurt at all," Jane said as she noticed Jason's reaction. But she felt that this was because Jason was scared about the process and not because of any other reason. After all, she was very sheltered at home and did not have any knowledge about the interaction between a man and a woman.

Jason took a deep breath as he calmed down. 'Ah, I can't act like a pervert. This is neither the time nor the place for this.'

"I am sorry, please go ahead now."

"Alright," Jane responded as she sent a tiny spec of her soul energy into Jason's energy channels.

She slowly manipulated her soul energy throughout Jason's body, but could not find any oddities. Jason had never absorbed any universal energy, so his lower and upper dantians, as well as his energy channels, were completely empty.

'Only the middle dantian is left. That is supposed to be the reservoir of soul energy. It seems that there is indeed nothing odd about this boy, or at least I am unable to find anything.'

But just when her soul energy reached the middle dantian, she was suddenly felt... afraid.