Chapter 109: Please Spar With Me
Inside the room, Aldrian sat face-to-face with Baek Ji-Min. A table between them held all kinds of snacks and two glasses of hot tea. As they spoke, Aldrian recounted his experience comprehending the Heavenly Demon’s scripture. Though he didn’t share all the details, it was enough to keep Baek Ji-Min entertained.
"You’re incredible. I still can’t understand how you wield two different energies. I suppose you really are that special," she said with a smile.
"Of course. Haven’t you seen me already?" Aldrian teased.
"By the way, when you saw my being’s essence, can you describe it in more detail?" Suddenly, Aldrian changed the topic.
Baek Ji-Min was briefly puzzled but soon responded, "Like I told you before, it felt like I was in a vast void—inside a space of darkness. There was absolutely nothing. But above it, there was a golden light. I couldn’t look at it for long, but I felt drawn toward it. Beyond that, I didn’t notice anything else."
Aldrian pondered her words for a moment.
"The golden light must be that ’star’ as for the darkness... that sounds exactly like what I saw and felt. There was nothing—no sensation, no presence. It was like I was one with the void, yet, at the same time, I was a separate entity from it."
"The only thing that made me realize I was still different from the void was my ability to move, to think. My will as a human was still intact."
Aldrian’s thoughts grew clearer. He was now almost certain, that void was his ’being essence,’ the truth of who he really was.
"Can you visit the ’being’s essence,’ either physically or spiritually?" Aldrian asked, watching as Baek Ji-Min shook her head.
"How can we visit something that’s abstract in nature? It’s not a place, nor does it have a form for you to visit, even in your spiritual state. I could only see and sense your ’being’s essence,’ but that doesn’t count as truly being there. It’s more like witnessing the ’truth’, but I’m not actually present within it. Do you understand what I mean?"