The Undying Memoirs: Part Three

Following my lovely Sui Mei's entry, I now place mine *winks*

The Undying Memoirs
Part Three: Keepers Unite

[ColdFlare's Point of View]

As I felt the woman leaving, I then sensed the presence of a strong human entering the chamber from whence I lay. He seated himself on a nearby chair and examined me closely. I may have had my sense of sight deprived by the enchanted black blindfold given to me by the Ten-Veiled King, but I can definitely feel my way around.

"Are you well?"

It sounded more of an imposition than a question, but I obliged.

"I'll be fine. I just don't know why I had to be laid back like this when I'm actually better."

"Well, it's necessary, boy. You come from a place where pain knows no deeper meaning. Here, it's important to take care of yourself well. I assume you know why you are here?"

"I was sent here by the Ten-Veiled King of the Underworld."

"And similarly I was called in by the Celestial Monarch of the Heavens. You understand now that we are to work together on the mission that the Heavens and Underworld had set upon us, do you not?"

"Yes, I am aware of that."

"Very well. I am teaming everyone up to ensure that there is enough to defend the Land with when the Soulless attack. You are to join Sui Mei and Qi Xun Jue here."

Sui Mei... a womanly name... the name instantly struck me with greater force than the latter mentioned, for it seemed to strike at places I had never thought existent within my body. Years of pain and agony may perhaps have wiped it off and now the feeling is surprising. Or is it because I have lived a life of bloodlust that I had really never paid any attention to its detail?

Perhaps she was the person who tried her hardest to restrain me from getting up... it felt weird even for myself, for I cannot explain the impact it has given me. But I must not be burdened by it. It will affect my overall objective. Years of intense training, meditation, and cultivation, are not to be wasted by such trifling things.

"You are the soldier once known as Cold Flare, are you not? The mystical Fa Shih who introduced Ritual Sword use?" the man asked once again.

"Yes, I am."

"My name is Zhuan Xu. In the great Immortal Hou Yi's name, I am to oversee all of your actions here in the Perfect Land. I pray with everyone's assistance we can overcome the increasing threat of the Soulless."

"I will do my best."

"Good. I leave you to Sui Mei and Qi Xun Jue now."

As Zhuan Xu left the chamber, the woman returned to the chamber, this time with another man who seemed to have the faint traces of age in his movements.

"Are you all right now? You might still have a fever." Sui Mei said concernedly.

"I'll be fine, I told you that already!" I said, annoyed at the pursuit of my condition. "It's just the fatigue of the long travel here to the upper world."

As silence slowly settled in, I felt the other person, Qi Xun Jue, examining me closely. It was like as if he was reading things in my mind, or the feeling that he knows something deeper than what I have just mentioned. Either way, the feeling was unnerving.