A Minute in Hell

After a few hours when the sun is up Lin Cian finally opened his eyes. His whole body is sore. His mind is totally exhausted.

"What is going on here. What is ........aaah why my head hurts again"?

He was not recovered fully. He got up from the floor and laid his butt on the bed and massaged his temples.

'That was so close only if I haven't understood the heart of separation in time I would be dead meat by now

----the last night------

When Cian was in the sea of consciousness he saw two clouds of smoke fighting each other. When they hit the walls of the sea of consciousness Cian would feel a head-busting pain.

"What are these things? why are they fighting?" Cian lamented himself.

He couldn't understand what was going on.

"Ouch ...aaaahh did I eat some poison. Why am I so unfortunate? This is so unfortunate. Why is this happening to me"?

He began to feel pain in his lower abdomen. In his abdomen, he felt like many needles are pricked into the same place.

As a small kid, Cian started to cry. "Father I am sorry..... Mother what shall I do? ..... Tamo please don't miss me. Daoren, Kuo Jian do have a good life"

While saying this he was having flashbacks and he was seeing many events glittering in his eyes.

'Wait, why is my abdomen only hurts when these two smoke clouds col'....."aaaahhhhhhhhh you fu***** freaks do you want to kill me... How dare you..... Pleeeeeeeease stop...Don't kill me.....I don't want to die ....I was just sixteen and haven't yet marr...aaaaahhhhhhh"

'What shall I do. These things don't seem to listen to me...what should I'....." aaaahhhhh".

The environment of a sea of consciousness looked like a lake with unwavering water which has a vast space as a sea has. No matter he moved in any of the directions the only thing he saw is water, water and water. Cian found himself in a translucent body of himself which is called a mental figure. His mental figure stood firmly on the surface of the water and the water is sturdy as land.

Finally, Lin Cian understood that these two smoke-like clouds are actually the soul and the spirit.

'What shall I do they clash with each other like crazy. Father and mother even gave me treasures. I can't die here. I can't ..... wait.....the treasures...I think I can ....aaaahhhhhhh'

His mental figure was standing on the sea of consciousness as he was watching the clash between the soul and spirit. While he is trying to figure out how to stop them suddenly once again the place trembled and Lin Cian stripped over only to see that the sky was shattering and there seem to have cracks and the shards fell over the sea.

Lin Cian understood the seriousness of the situation. He didn't know what to do. The cracks of the sky became larger and larger little Cian was very much afraid. He fell to the ground on his knees as he couldn't take over the pain. After a few moments

"I can't afford to lose, .....do or ... die, ... I won't..... regret"

Lin Cian sat on the surface of the water. He started with his breathing exercise. Even though it is unbearable he chose to ignore the pain caused by the shattering of the shell of the 'sea of consciousness.

The smoke-like clouds of yellow and blue chased and fought each other. Lin Cian noted that even though they both fight each other still they travel in the same direction but clash over the other.

They both looked like fireballs clashing with each other.

Cian was observing them for a while he had something in his mind but he stayed calm and managed to focus some mental energy towards the fighting clouds.

As his sea of consciousness is cracked he would feel heavy pain when he try to use his mental energy but Lin Cian chose to ignore it for a while. Because that is the only way he could try.

When the two smoke-like clouds are yet to collide a silvery orb appeared in between their way. It was small as a grape which is much smaller than the clouds. When the clouds hit the surface of the orb, both the clouds are reflected and thrown in the direction they came. This caused them to hit on the walls of the sea of consciousness and once again the little shards started to fall. The clouds bounced back to collide again at once when they hit the wall.

"It missed... ok once again"

After two attempts the third one------

When the two energy balls are just about to hit the orb, the orb started to rotate at a certain speed which suddenly changed the direction of the energy balls which looked like the energy balls orbit around the orb.

As the soul and spirit energies are domineering there should be a recessive force to guide them towards their road which will reduce the impact and stabilize the situation.

The orb that stopped the collision is the mental energy of Lin Cian formed in the same way as the soul and spirit energy balls collided with each other. The dominant energy that suppresses the other energy and the recessive energy will accept to from a balanced energy cycle.

The balanced energy cycle is formed by the slight imbalance in the balance between soul and spirit. When a person is awakened the dominant energy decides their profession.

As for ordinary people who have no balanced energy cycle like Lin Cian both energies will be dominant or recessive. It is not a threat when is recessive or not trained but if trained it is a life-threatening danger.

Lin Cian saved himself by creating a third energy ball which is the mental energy that he created as recessive energy to come together with the dominant ones.

It looked like two smoke-like clouds overlap because the mental energy that guides them is really very small to be seen.

When Lin Cian came back to his senses he muttered with a sigh "That was so close. It's kind of a minute in the hell"

Then he took a look at the 'Heart of Separation' and said "the heart of consciousness and the heart of spirit and soul huh...if mother didn't give me this book then ..... I am dead meat".

After this incident, Cian was very sacred to go further in cultivation. But he has to take a rest in order to fix the crack in the wall of the sea of consciousness and to increase his mental energy.

After two weeks of rest, he recovered his mental strength and fixed the crack in the wall of the sea of consciousness. Because having a good sleep can help accumulate mental energy.

After having a big rest and thoughts he once again decided to become strong and planned to go to the nearest blacksmith to get a weapon of his type.