WHAT ARE YOU

"Do you believe in reincarnation?", Ren Qian asked, after a long moment of silence.

The soul burst into hearty laughter, "I am the living evidence of reincarnation, kid. This soul has reincarnated multiple time, you know?"

'Oh, so that's why he sees me as a kid', Ren Qian thought.

"Do you have memories of your past lives?"

"If I did, life in itself would have been boring. It's better to slowly find things out, don't you think?", the soul said.

Ren Qian nodded in understanding.

Then he thought, 'Perhaps, I was reincarnated as well, and I've lost all my past memories. That makes me curious who I was in my past life.'

Unfortunately, Ren Qian didn't know he was not reincarnated at all and in actual sense, his body was being preserved until his soul was found and placed back into his body.

"One more question. Do you have memories of your past lives?", he asked.

"I don't know. Maybe I do. Maybe I don't.", the soul said blankly.

"No doubt. Some of the things I know are as a result of experiences from the past but all of my memories are wiped anytime I enter a new body."

"Alright, I've satisfied your curiosity enough. Give me your soul essence and let's get on with it. This body is still not awake.", the soul dissipated the chair and went into his formless shape.

This was necessary for the refinery process as it required a lot of energy and his soul energy was at its strongest in his formless form.

"Alright", Ren Qian said and raised his index finger.

He did as the soul told him. At first, he could not do it, leaving him slightly frustrated.

He looked exasperatedly at the soul, seeking his opinion.

However, the soul only cast a glance and said, "Try again."

Then on his second try, he was able to conjure a ball of soul energy at his finger tip.

The soul stared wide-eyed in shock and slight trepidation.

The ball was pure white and extremely dense.

He looked at the soul and said uncertainly, "This should be it, right?"

"My soul essence seems to be white. Do you know what that means?", Ren Qian asked innocently.

The soul was silent, awfully silent.

"Ummm…are you still there?", Ren Qian said.

He was surrounded in darkness all over since he was in the dark soul's domain, so he could not 'see' the soul but could only talk to him.

"You…what are you?", the soul said, his fear was evident in his voice.

Ren Qian furrowed his brows slightly as he thought, 'What is going on with the soul?'

'Why does he seem afraid?'