6 yrs passed with no sign of Anh Wu.
A bright, peaceful, calm day, beautiful weather. Sitting in that Village, one can only hear the birds' singing and the wind blowing, the sound of leaves dancing with the wind ...
Anh Wu opened his eyes as the sunlight fell on his face from that one little window in the room. He yawned and stretched his hands and legs as his body felt super stiff. He tried to sit up, but his whole body started aching.
* Ah! I feel like I am lying like this for years. Ahh!!*------He thought in his mind.
After several tries, he was able to sit up. He stretched his hands and legs again, turned his head from one side to the other, and rubbed his shoulders and legs to loosen up a bit more.Where am I though? It doesn't look like my room. He inspected the room from the corner of his eyes.
Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind.
WAIT!!!! WASN'T I ALREADY D-DEAD????? From what I remember, I already died!!!! -----He touched his hands and face while thinking if the body is even his or not.
"IS IT HEAVEN OR SOMETHING????" He asked himself while turning his head to look around the little room he was in.... "No... It looks like a normal little village house."
BUT WHAT IS THIS?? HOW CAN I STILL BE ALIVE?? DID I POSSESS SOMEONE'S! But how can I possess without even me knowing.... Did... Did someone sacrifice?? Or Am I alive? AHHHHH, I am confused....
While thinking and doubting himself, he saw a little mirror at a corner of that room, he crawled to that mirror and picked it up hurriedly the moment he saw it and started looking at his face...
"I-It is my body and my handsome, beautiful face only. B-BUT I DIED. Didn't I??....or that's what I think...AGHHHH!!!! I AM SO VERY CONFUSED.... AM I DEAD OR ALIVE????"
While he was scratching his head like a mad man, in confusion, The door of the room opened, and he saw a young lady standing, She looked at Anh, rushed inside the room, kneeled down, bowed and said,
"Master Wu, you are awake!!"
"M-MASTER?"
"Who... master??" asked Anh in a shocked voice
"You, young master Wu" said the young lady with a soft smile.
"And who are you?? Where am I?? How am I alive?? Weren't I dead already?? Is it heaven?? Are you God or Are you Angel??..." Anh keep asking random, absurd questions before even letting the lady answer any.
"Ah! Master, please listen to me... You will get answer of most of your questions" she said with a soft tone.
The moment she ended her sentence...the door of the small room opened again...now...it was an old woman. She looked at Anh, gave the same expression as the young lady, came to him and bowed like the young lady did.
Anh sat there silently for a moment in shock and confusion. Then the young lady again spoke up....
"I am Shuan Bei and this is my mother, Rui Bei. The fact that you died is true but, we saved you we have revived you. And this place is our house not heaven (a little giggle) and this is village is 'THE MASKED VILLAGE' where we are right now. And it has been 6 years and 1 month since you died."
"Wh-What?????IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN 6 YEARSSSSS? An-And how can you revive a dead person??"
"Young master. It was thanks to our special medicines and skills that we were able to revive you. Our treatment was for exactly 6 years and 1 month. We knew that if you don't wake up in exactly 6 years and 1 month, you would never wake up again. It was not totally our credit. If you didn't have a slight wish to live, then may be all our treatment would have gone in vain." ---Replied the young lady.
"WHY ME??? I died so peacefully, why did you have to revive me??Ahuhhh!!!"
Anh whined a little.
"It's mainly because of our selfish wishes. We saved you because we need your help, Young Master Wu." She said with a soft tone with a bit of guiltiness.
The old woman then added,
"We are a family of Yangzis. All of our ancestors were Yangzis. Our family treated many patients over the years, but we were specially employed by and for the Meng Clan since my great-grandfather. We used to live there along with the other servants."
Anh listened to her with all his attention...
"But one of our ancestors did something wrong, for which we were thrown out and given warning. If any of our descendant does anything wrong again which might cause the clan any loss or harm, then they will execute the whole family." Included the young lady.
"WAIT! WHAT?? HOW CAN A CLAN LEADER GIVE EXECUTION?? I never heard anything like this!! But I certainly have heard and also have.... Seen a little that... Meng Clan can indeed be cruel and heartless. But... Wait! What does it have to do with me??"
"Please listen to all we have to say, Master Wu." exclaimed the young lady.
"We want you to take revenge for my eldest daughter and her son." the old woman spoke up in a deeper and a serious tone.
"HUH!!! WHY ME?? There are so many better and nicer cultivators out there, who could have helped you better than I can. Why did you have to go to such an extent and treat me for over 6 years to revive me, just to get revenge for your daughter and your grandson?"
"Because.... Only you can do it, Master" ----exclaimed the young lady.
"Huh!?".... Anh Wu sat more shocked and confused....
"We can't tell you everything here. Most of our memories were erased by someone. Just, Young Master, you have to know that you have to end that person's life who ended my daughter's life and made my grandson's life like a living hell." ----The old woman ended her words, failing to hold her tears anymore.
Anh looked at the young lady and saw she was also unable to hold her tears. With a little curiosity, he asked...
"Both of you treated me for all these 6 years and one month, and I am really grateful for that, but I think you got the wrong person. If any person from any Clan recognizes me wandering in the streets, they would definitely kill me without any second thought."
"Master, we ask for forgiveness to give you such a big trouble but if you don't help us, the curse will kill you eventually. We ask for forgiveness for applying 'THE REVENGE CURSE' on you. Forgive us." The young lady ended her words with a guilty tone.
"WHAT? C-CURSE? Uh-huh!! I never said I wouldn't help you... Why a curse?? You guys are so cruel... And isn't curses only can be applied by the cultivators?"---- Anh said with a frowning voice.
"We know, Young Master, that we saved you for our own purpose....but that's because we were helpless. There is only one person who can help us....and that is YOU, young master. We were scared that you might not want to help us, being desperate, we put the curse on you."
The lady ended her words looking at Anh. Her eyes filled with hope and guilt.
Anh didn't know what to do. He wanted to help, but didn't know how.
"We are extremely sorry, Young Master Wu. I learned some cultivation. I gave you the revenge curse, for which I am extremely guilty. The revenge curse increases a person's will for revenge and only can be given from one person to another (can't be given to their own self). And we are not of much use. If you receive this message, remember we were executed the day before you wake up." ----The Young lady ended with a slight smile.
Suddenly, Anh saw the vision getting blurry and blurry.....
"Wh-What do you mean by execution?? Wh-What is happening?" ----Anh turned his head around, being totally clueless of what was happening.
Everything started getting dark when he heard a faint voice of that Old woman.....
"Your brand-new life, and the people you will meet again, will be the path to the revenge. We wish you take the revenge, Young Master Wu. We know, Only you can.... Only you can..."