Chapter 49
Kuan Ti Took a deep breath the taste of the spirit worlds air appeased his senses, he took a look around the strange environment surrounding him "Where to start" he mumbled to himself.
Something caught his attention "Ommm...Ommm"
He smiled to himself and followed his ears, he soon came to a small clearing "well well" he called out "If it isn't old Wukong, still focusing on you're ten thousand year meditation"
"If the Jade emperor was able to pass three thousand two hundred trials each lasting three million years I'm sure I can handle a measly ten thousand" came Wukong's reply.
"how many year's have you passed so far"
"Nearing my six thousandth year, but i must take off twenty years due to unexpected disturbances"
"Disturbances really" Kuan Ti asked skeptically
"Five year's ago the child avatar bothered me, and a few weeks ago some young ruffian who should not have been here in the first place held a blade to my throat"
Kuan Ti laughed "Well what can I say, he is my protege"
The large monkey turned around and faced Kuan Ti "That ruffian is your's, and what about you then how come you didn't stop him"
"I wasn't aware or awake at the time"
Wukong stopped meditating "What do you mean, where have you been for the past two hundred or so years"
"Trapped in vessels that were unworthy, and put to sleep by the goddesses, the vessels then followed the goddesses will and suffered greatly due to me not being able to commune with them thus leaving their mental states ruined which then lead to their deaths"
"So this boy"
"Yeah he's the real deal, and he's sent me to find out more about the goddesses plans and if it comes down to it I have a strong feeling that he's gonna take matters into his own hands"
Wukong chuckled "It seem's the boy is much like you, and not because you tend to share the boy's personality, I mean he's a lot like when you were once a mortal"
Kuan Ti remained silent
"What's the matter" Wukong asked
"My mortality is a thing of the past, best not to dwell on it" he replied without emotion.
Wukong sensed that he was treading into unknown territory and quickly changed subjects "So my friend what brings you back to the spirit world"
"I already told you the kid wants me to spy on the goddesses and find out what their plans are, he said that they were supposed to keep in contact with him but he hasn't heard from them in a while but i can't do it personally because they'll just recapture me with their power and repeat the cycle"
"I see the other spirits and I have all noticed a growing disturbance over the years, I'll tell you this the goddesses have a mortal's spirit working for them as an assistant, do not ask me what they need him for they just do, I'd say he is your best bet" Wukong replied
"And where can I find this guy"
"You will need to travel to the realm of yin and yang to meet with him but be warned that is their territory and if they spot you, you're capture rate is very high, speak with the mortal spirit and convince him to help"
Kuan Ti nodded "Just point the way old friend"
Wukong raised his furry arm and flicked his wrist opening what looked like a tear in the ground "This is one of several doors to the goddesses realm be careful it is not a journey to be taken lightly, unknown horrors await anyone who dare tread this path"
"When have you even known me to take the safe path anyway" Kuan Ti replied looking over his shoulder "I'll see you when I get back" with that he jumped into the tear and disappeared into the darkness.
Even though he was one of the older spirits Kuan Ti had never before experienced a situation like this, he looked around the darkness all he could see were small twinkles of light and a crystal platform on which he was standing "Well this looks promising" he mumbled to himself "Now which way do I go", he took a step forward and before his foot hit the crystal platform it expanded a foot or so "So it grows as I move forward huh" he heard the sound of something shatter behind him, turning he saw part of the path behind him break away and fall into the darkness, "guess I won't be going back that way"
"Assistant Where are those essences of fate I asked for"
"I put them right where you asked damned fooll" he whispered in reply
"What was that" came a dark reply
"Nothing Master Xie e, I placed them right where you asked"
Shén nǚ xié è placed her hands on the assistants shoulders and whispered "If you ever repeat those words again boy, you're beloved father and cousin will pay for it"
"Apologies Master it won't happen again" he bowed deeply
"Good now go check on Shén nǚ zhuān see if she requires you're assistance with her new little project"
"Master Zhaun has asked for no disturbances"
"Oh I know my sister when she stay's hidden like this it means something has not gone well, now go"
The assistant bowed again and made his way to Shen nu zhaun.
The young assistant made his way to the other half of the realm, the journey itself becoming more of a chore since the realms began dividing, he followed the path the goddesses had laid out for him, a small weave of spirit energy linking the two realms was his only means of crossing, one wrong step and he would fall into the abyss.
After safely crossing he entered the realm, "Master Zhaun" he called out "I have been sent to assist you"
"Ah Lu-ten, as always my sister knows me best, I need you're help with understanding the mortal way of thinking I have been keeping an eye on our young experiment and have noticed many strange things"
Lu-ten cocked his brow "Such as"
"After his beloved fell in combat he began acting unpredictably purposely throwing himself into danger not only this but he has allowed himself to be captured by his enemy"
"I can think of two things Master the first is revenge and the second to punish the man responsible"
"What ever for, he already killed the man responsible during the battle, what could he be thinking"
Lu-ten began thinking about how Serj could be acting on his own to protect the others "Maybe he's just looking to vent out his anger" he lied
Zhaun nodded "Yes you could be right I have seen many mortals act very differently when angered, perhaps our worries are not all that great"
"Master that could not have been what was bothering you something so trivial, there is something else isn't there"
"Astute as always my little assistant, you are correct it's the other mortal we have been watching he is progressing well but at a slower rate than Serj and I can't figure out why"
"Well I don't know if I can be of help there master" Lu-ten responded "We mortals progress at different rates"
"How so"
"Our physical capabilities may be different, we maybe more naturally gifted, our will to progress and succeed are unbreakable and lastly our goals are what separate us. It could be one or all of those possibilities but unfortunately it is impossible to determine what it really could be"
Zhuan crossed her arms and closed her eye's "Lu-ten you may leave, I need to meditate on how i should continue "
"Understood, I shall take my leave"
Kuan ti wandered in the darkness "Damn it I can't see anything" he stared off into the darkness and noticed a small speck of light it was so small that he blinked several times to make sure he wasn't seeing things. Slowly he made his way towards this little light.
For what seemed like hours he reached the light it just hovered in the darkness, Kuan ti studied it, it was no bigger than his fist he reached out and touching it, he placed his hand in the light and it recoiled away from him.
"Woah hey there sorry" he apologized, he was in the spirit world so anything could have been a spirit even this little ball of light.
"Where am I?" the light answered
Kuan Ti looked around "I really can tell, somewhere in the spirit world" he replied
"The spirit world that must mean I'm..."
"Dead, yeah sorry about that" Kuan ti replied sympathetically "Do you remember anything before coming here?" he asked.
The ball of light moved again this time coming closer to Kuan ti "just bits and pieces" I was in a huge room, with two women one wore black and the other wore white, they were talking to each other but I could only make out a few word's"
"What were they, please I need to know those women are the goddesses of good and evil"
The light remained quiet "...what should we do with her she has played her part, throw her in the chasm. Was what they said"
"So you were a her, huh do you remember anything from you're life"
"Only that I died protecting someone that I loved"
Images flashed from the light showing a familiar face hugging a woman "He saved me once it was my turn to save him"
Kuan Ti realized what the light was or rather who the light was "You, your the kids girl...you're Li Mei"
"That name it sounds familiar" the light responded
"Do the names Qiao jie, Yi-Min and Serj sound familiar" Kuan Ti asked almost desperately.
The light began to grow and shift "Qiao jie was the name of a child no older than 6 months...my child"
"And Yi-Min"
"She was my aunt"
"And Serj"
"He...he was my partner" The light grew larger and larger changing from a ball to a humanoid figure before finally focusing into a familiar looking woman. "I...I'am me I'am Li Mei"
Kuan Ti practically jumped "The kids gonna be so happy to hear about this"
"No" Li Mei responded "He must not find out not yet"
She was right it would only distract Serj from his plan and that kid of distraction could cost him his life, Kuan ti nodded "You're right" he replied
Li Mei looked around "You said you were looking for those women?"
"Yeah that's right"
Li Mei clasped her hands together "I also heard another thing" she began chanting "Dark paths full of shadow reveal to us Lights hallowed farrow" Almost instantly a beam of light shone through the darkness "They chanted this before they threw me in looks like it works both ways"
Kuan ti ran towards the light "Come with me once I retrieve the Info I need I can talk you to some spirits that will take care of you"
Li Mei stood in place "Are you sure"
"I'm not going to leave you in this darkness for the rest of eternity kiddo, you'll go crazy so come on"
Li Mei ran up to Kuan Ti "alright lead the way".
Lu-Ten sat reading his new instructions, he sighed, Being forced to work for the goddesses was not pleasant but he new the stakes if he refused. As he read his instructions something else caught his attention he saw a hole of light appear not to far from where he was sitting and out of it emerged two spirits.
Kuan ti looked around "We're to exposed here, we need to find somewhere to hide"
"What are you two doing here" came a hushed but exited voice
Li mei froze but Kuan Ti turned around quickly grabbing the owner of the voice and forcing him to the ground "Who are you?, where are the goddesses?"
"I'm their assistant and if you keep making this much noise they are going to notice"
Kuan Ti released his grip "good I've been meaning to talk with you"
"Lu-ten, What's going on what was that noise?" Came Zhuan's voice
"Quick Hide in here" Lu-ten opened a small portal "get in I'll come back for you soon"
No time to spare Li Mei and Kuan ti followed Lu-ten's instruction and jumped into the portal
Zhuan opened the door to her study "What's going on"
Lu'ten grabbed his notes "sorry master Zhuan I tripped and almost fell into the chasm, you really have to fix it"
"Foolish child" Zhuan chuckled "You must watch your footing how many times have I warned you"
"To many master" He replied bowing "If I'm not mistake the chasm is getting wider and wider"
"You are imagining things child now please be quiet I must continue my meditation"
"Apologies" Lu ten replied bowing again.
After Zhuan returned to her study Lu'ten opened the portal "Sorry about that but If you get caught you get erased"
"Erased?" Li Mei asked
"They completely destroy your spirit" Lu'ten replied "I've seen them do it a few times to spirits that ventured here before, not pretty"
"Thank's kid" Kuan Ti replied
"Now if you don't mind who are you two and how did you get here"
"I'm Li Mei and this is Kuan Ti"
Lu'ten froze "Kuan...t...ti as...as in the spirit of puinshment"
"Yeah" Kuan Ti replied "How'd you know"
Lu'ten pushed both Li Mei and Kuan Ti back into the portal and jumped in after them closing it behind them "are you serious how, how is this possible you're supposed to be in stasis, you're supposed"
"To be sealed?" Kuan Ti finished Lu'ten's sentence
he nodded "Yes... if you are here then...then that mean's"
"That The goddesses screwed up and put me into a worth host, then yes that's what me being here means"
Lu'ten stared in shock "This is incredible to think that they miscalculated this badly means you have a chance of stopping them, I don't know why but both goddesses have changed for the worse they stopped performing their proper roles and have begun interfering with the lives of living souls"
"That's what I'm here for my host sensed something was wrong and sent me to investigate I need to know what they are planning, anything to figure out what's going on" Kuan Ti replied
"Even I don't know their plans but I do know a few things, for example that goddesses have brought over another person from Serj's world his mission is to kill Serj, which confuses me because they need Serj alive to achieve what they are planning"
"That make's no sense" Li Mei spoke
"I know but nothing the goddesses do make's sense they are just doing whatever comes to mind sometimes acting so irrationally that they often leave themselves confused, no matter how hard I think about it I can't find any point to what they are doing"
Kuan Ti rubbed his chin "How long have you been their assistant"
"At least ten earth years"
"Over the years have you noticed any kind of changes"
Lu'ten crossed his arms "Besides the fact that nothing they do makes sense, I have noticed that their aura's have become more darker"
Kuan Ti frowned "That is not good"
"Why, what do you mean?"
"It mean's that both the goddesses have already succumbed to the evil energy, You know that both goddesses are both actually good and that Shen nu Xie e's role was to cleanse the evil karma"
Li Mei nodded "yeah I read about that, the book said something about Shen nu Xie e cleansing the negative aka evil karma and Shen nu Zhuan rewarded those who had good karma or performed good deeds"
"That's right but the world has been at war for one hundred years not only this but if you factor in the increasing crime rates, chaos has already begun engulfing the world meaning only one thing the goddesses have been tainted and that this realm is steadily dividing" Kuan ti faced Lu'ten "Kid we are relying on you to give us any info you can on whatever the goddesses are planning right right now the main thing Serj has to worry about is living and ridding the world of as much chaos as he can, it doesn't have to be much just enough to stop the realm from dividing after that we can worry about repairing it and cleansing the goddesses"
Lu'ten smiled the one good thing about living in this realm is that no matter what ideas the goddesses come up with if you know where to look you can find them just think of this realm as a giant piece of paper one side is black and the other white meaning anything that Shen nu Xie e plans can be found on Shen nu Zhuan side and visa versa, It will take me some time to learn more but I can give you some info now"
"Good what ever you got now fill us in and we'll used this little area you've made as a meeting point for the future" Kuan Ti replied
"Alright here's what I know right now"
AND AFTER WHAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN LIKE FOREVER I FINALLY UPDATED, MAN THIS SUCK SO BAD I HAD A MASSIVE CASE OF WRITERS BLOCK I THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO GET ANOTHER CHAPTER UP WITHIN THE WEEK. BUT I REALLY HAVE TO WORK ON ORGANIZING MY IDEAS.
ALSO I'M THINKING OF GOING BACK AND EDITING ALL PAST CHAPTERS I'M PLANING ON REMOVING EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN SERJ'S WORLD NO MORE NATURAL DISASTERS AND WARS, IT'S JUST TO HARD FOR ME TO COME UP WITH IDEAS FOR IT AND ALSO IT BECOMES TO CONFUSING TO FOLLOW SO MY IDEA IS TO CUT ALL THAT OUT LEAVING IT AN UNKNOWN UNTIL SERJ FINALLY MAKES IT BACK HOME.
