Chapter 261

261 Perfection Needs Sacrifices (1)

(Tom’s PoV)

I took a deep breath as I tried to stabilize my self. The whole process of cleansing my body and mind took a lot of time and effort, but it wasn’t in vain. I questioned myself a lot and answered a lot of questions myself. It was a dialog with myself and the universe.

As soon as it had done, I could feel and sense everything in full clarity. My whole body and mind felt unbelievably light. Was it the peak of cultivation a human could achieve? I had no idea. I only knew that what I was feeling couldn’t be felt by ordinary people.

I had just finished the last step of the meditation when my connection with Jane shook in urgency. The image of Jane collapsing filled my mind. My heart thumped loudly in my chest. It wasn’t painful but it was uncomfortable. Something was telling me that something bad had happened to Jane, that I needed to be by her side as soon as possible.

So, I got up and crossed the dimension, heading straight ahead where my connection to her brought me. The link between us brought me to a place I found familiar yet unfamiliar at the same time. Physically I didn’t recognize the place, but the aura was familiar.

Only after pondering a second, then I remembered. It was that kid’s place; the Death Volcano.

Sure enough, I saw him sobbing near a body that looked like Jane. From our connection, I could sense that Jane was alive. She was nearly a goner but she was alive, nonetheless. Her breath was weak, but her vitality was charging up slowly. However, if I didn’t have this connection between us, I would have assumed that she was dead by now only by seeing Putra’s reaction.

Whatever she did that led her to collapse like this must be big. It pained my heart that I was useless to her, that I let her become like this just because of my own stupidity to think that I was already invincible.

Turns out I was wrong. I was far from invincible, even after my meditation. I was just a small creature in the universe. I realized that too late and brought harm upon Jane in letting her do anything all by herself.

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“She is not dead. Stop crying.” I smacked his head hard enough to pull himself together and stopped acting like an abandoned child. Putra’s eyes lighted up when he saw me, but he didn’t say anything.

I sat beside her, took her hand in me, and gently transferring my energy to her. It took an hour for her vitality to return to a safe level and her breath to gradually get better. Both Putra and I heaved a sigh of relief. After making sure that she didn’t have any physical injury that would make the moving tricky, I picked her up carefully and brought her out from that dimension.

Putra followed me out without saying any words, but I could see his worry reflected in his eyes. He was even being proactive with helping out. He pushed the door open, fixed the bedsheet, and prepared a comfortable room for Jane.

He was acting suspicious but knowing him, my questions wouldn’t get satisfying answers.

On the day Jane woke up, Putra was the first person who found out about it. His series of usual cursing and crying even made the Kuntilanak nearby jolted in fright. But, I finally understood one thing after hearing his usual tsundere action.

He was either feeling guilty or worried about Jane, that’s why he didn’t act spoiled and arrogant as usual. He was behaving well, which made me questioned myself in silence for several times whether this kid was still the same Putra Semesta or an imposter. Well, no one could fake the spirit of Death Volcano, so I rejected the idea.

Now that Jane had woken up, he had returned to his usual self -even though the first word he said to her was an insult.

“That woman also said that she wouldn’t die, but she died in the end!”

That woman? Who is he talking about?

Sitting on the other end of the bed, I looked at the gorgeous girl in front of me. “Welcome back.” I smiled at her.

Her soft smile blended with her aura made her glow beautifully, like the description of angel in the movie or novel. “Welcome back to you, too. You’ve leveled up.”

“Well, things happened. Still, I felt bad that you had to close those portals alone.”

“It couldn’t be helped. I could challenge myself to a new limit by doing so.” She shrugged her shoulders lightly.

“And you almost died because of that!” Putra interrupted with a glare.

“Stop saying that. I’m fine now, can’t you see?” There was a hint of helplessness in her voice, but she tried to glare back at Putra.

“Hmph. You’re just lucky. Don’t overly stretch your limit next time, woman, or you’ll die without knowing why!” Putra pushed himself to stand properly while scolding her again.

“Stop jinxing her.” I flicked his forehead lightly. How dare he used that word repeatedly? Didn’t he understand how sacred he was that he might have jinxed her to her death?