"Hmmmm...
Jian turned to his right as he tried to findn a more comfortable position to sleep, but It was strange. The somewhat prickly hay bed he was used to was not as comfortable anymore , even colder than usual. "What is going on...." mumbled Jian as he tried to open his heavy eyelids, and after much trouble he did so. When greeted him was the dusty floor and a pair of feet wearing a pair of good quality leather boots.
"Nice boots." unconsciously said Jian, but as soon as he said it everything came together. He was was supposed to be sleeping on his bed, and no one he knew wore boots like that.
"You're finally awake, I thought you would be out for longer." casually said a deep voice and Jian was immediately yanked up like a little toy. He didn't even manage to speak a single word as his mouth was shut by a hand. He tried to resist, but a punch to his solar plexus made him immediately forget about it.
"Cough...cough...
"Hey hey, calm down and breathe. I haven't even begun, so it's better if you don't force yourself."
"Cough...who are you?" angrily growled Jian as he tried to stand up. He was in such a pathetic state as he struggled to get in his feet that the one who punched him helped him get up.
"Ahh, sorry about that, I sometimes forget how fragile mortals really are. " spoke the figure once again, and Jian finally got a good look at him. It was definitely a man going by his well trimmed gote and his adams apple, but his face was very feminine. He stood about as tall as Jian, more leaner, and was clearly wearing a very expensive blue robe with red edges. By the looks of it it cost more than half the yearly salary of a normal person, but that was nowhere close.
"That's right, breathe deeply.....don't you feel better now?" slowly and calmly said the man, but Jian had anger boiling in his blood.
"Who are you...
"Hey....let's keep it quiet, there are people sleeping. We don't want to ruin their sleep, do we?" Jian looked to where the man pointed and saw his sister leaning against the wall of the room. His blood immediately went cold as the worst possible situation came to mind.
"Tsk tsk, how touching, the love between simblings is strong . You don't have to worry about her though, she is fine , just sleeping. If you want to keep it that way, you shall answer a couple of my questions first. If you understand, nood your head....hey are you listening?!"
Jian snapped out of his stupor and then slowly nodded at the man, but he still kept an eye on his sister. "Good, good to know that you understand the situation. If you truthfully answer my questions then I'll let you go without any harm. Believe me , I'm a man of my word" smiled the man as he patted Jian on the shoulder, but Jian didn't believe him one bit.
'As if I would believe you. You kidnapped me and my sister, and expect me to believe you!? Fat chance...' of course Jian didn't say that and only nodded. The man smiled and removed his hand from his mouth making Jian breathe freely again.
"Good, now tell me the reason the nun came to talk to you? Are you some relatives of her, or did she come here for something else? And don't lie to me, I'll know." the man took Jian's left arm and put his big finger on his wrist as if he was to measure his pulse or something, and Jian immediately froze. He looked once again at his unconcious sister and worry begun to creep up. The situation was very bad, and he couldn't see a way out.
"Hey, I asked you a question, you better answer it if you want to have a good hand still." with a twist of his hand sharp pain was felt from his hand. "Aggh....okay okay! She is not our acquaintance or relative. It's the first time I saw her today."
Jian felt the pressure on his wrist vanish, and he felt that the smiled the man was showing was that of a psychopath. "Good, was it that hard? Now tell me the reason she came here."
"....she came for me."
The man was somewhat taken aback by that answer "For you...hahaha...it's such a ridiculous answer, but it seems you're are not lying . The nun left the 'three peaks' in such a hurry that it made me curious, but for the reason to be you....it's so fascinating. Hearing that made this trip worthwhile.....ahhh, please continue."
Jian looked at the face of the man and felt as if he was not facing a human. His demeanor made it look as if this was just a prank, and not him threatening him with bodily harm. Still, who was he to make sense of mad man, so he just continued his rant. He thought used the old trick he used when he wrote essays on his old world and crammed as many words in his explanation.
"I didn't really understand what she told me, but she mentioned something about me being an old soul...something about my karma....maybe that I was the reincarnation of a cultivator....." Jian's rant continued for some minutes, and with each passing minute the man's expression became more and more serious. His calm demeanor had become a thing of the past as he was now dead serious. If what Jian was saying was true then he was indeed a great find for the nun, and a threat for people like him. He immediately wanted to take this young man away and refine his soul into a ghost puppet, maybe even a ghost warrior, but he couldn't help but feel it was to easy. He was someone who wasn't accepted by the wide cultivation world, and only caution had kept him alive for so long.' If this is a trap by that nun, then I may even loose my life, but if it isn't....I could double my power in less than a month. Still...it's best that I lean in the side of caution.'
As the man was thinking about what to do with Jian, the later was thinking about his escape plan. During the time he stalled he had prepared and ran a plan he haphazardly made up in his mind more than ten times. It wasn't a perfect plan by any means, but the alternative was certain death.He firstly filled his lungs with as much air as he could, and then he snapped into action.
"Hmmm... "the man was immediately startled at Jian's movement, and stated at an object materialized from thin air into Jian's hand. He first thought it was some kind of weapon so he tried to back up, but it was to late."Cheese....." were the last words he heard before he was flashed point blank.