The guy currently behind me was the last guy on this land that i wanted to meet, Deacon Lu, the man who was responsible for the calamity that befell Tian Long, he was also the one who framed him for something he didn't do and all that for a 4 silver taels, if he would have waited seconds, he most certainly could have gotten .
I was gritting my teeth so hard to the point that they were beginning to make a squawking sounds because of this, my whole vision was dyed red, i was beginning to close my clarity all just because i heard his voice, i was afraid that i really might jump on him the moment i turn and see his ugly face .
Hey slave, the young master here is talking to you, you better answer or you might find yourself dead without a burial place .
The shouts of his underlings or best to describe them as his dogs weren't helping, if anything it kept the resentment that i was currently feeling even more intense than before, the original Tian Long was quite the prideful guy, even though he was a slave, he didn't believe for even once that he was inferior to anyone, much less a servant that was more closer to being a slave than him and didn't he know that by labeling Deacon Lu as a young master he was almost like pushing him through the gate of hell with his own hands .
That was the sole reason to why he didn't change his surname to Lu due to not wanting to be a slave, so him being called a slave by someone that he considered inferior to him, not to mention it came from someone he considered as an enemy, it agitated the feeling of loathing and resentment which he left in this body .
I was trying anything and everything that could help me regain control, if somebody were to pass by me and look at my eyes, he would find that the white in it had become red, i could pretty much be associated with being possessed or a demon .
He seemed to be too scared to even look at us in the
Silence .
The moment he told them to be silent, they like good dogs complied to his orders, for the first time i actually felt grateful towards him, but just as the thought crossed my mind, i felt the heartache in my chest suddenly become more intense, i really wanted kill the original Tian Long, how much resentment could he have had for that Deacon Lu, that even the fleeting thought of mine agitated the body by this much .
Okay he is the enemy whether i like it or not, at me thinking this, i felt that my agitated emotions have calmed down a little, my heartache thankfully had vanished as if it weren't there, i couldn't help but curse the situation I find myself in and once again i strengthened my resolve on dealing with that Middle aged man, if that what would it take to get rid of this curse on me, i'm all for it .
As i thought of this, the berserk state i was in was lifted all of all of a sudden, i took that as a confirmation of the thought that was in mind, i understood that to remove this cursed state of me, i might really need to get ready of Deacon Lu and seek revenge on behalf of the original Tian Long, but knowing was something achieving it was a complete different thing .
The man i need to get rid of was a Deacon in the family and from how everything looked, the guy seemed to have some backing here in the family, so it might take some time before i'm really able to get rid of him, i hope i won't keep losing my sanity every time i encountered him or mentioned his name .
I was really beginning to feel that the resentment inside me seemed to actually have a mind of its own and was listening to me, now that i was released and relieved from the state i was in, i was beginning to think of the best course of action i could go with in dealing with that guy, if i had the choice, i would have acted as if i hadn't heard them and hurried out of this place .
But unfortunately i didn't have any choice at that, i almost puked at the thoughts and memories that were being transmitted at me, and the reason was for that was quite simple actually, my stomach was churning at the hypocrisy of this family and this world .
Hypocrisy, the thoughts that were transmitted suddenly to my mind was telling me that i'm forced to greet the man who called me and ask if he needed anything from me, the reason to why i was obliged to do so was because in the family and this world both focused on cultivating the ethics and morality, i almost cursed out loud the person who made this joke, the original Tian Long died for 4 silver taels, damnit .
Hey, why was he acting weird, do you guys think he had become crazy ?.
Those words instantly brought me back to reality, i was involuntarily kicking the ground beneath me, it was an old habit of mine, it was my mind way of trying to release some of the accumulated frustration i had in me, but i didn't expect to be seen by others doing this, i turned around and noted the guy who said that in mind .
I saw 5 people in front of me, it wasn't difficult to determine who was Deacon Lu among them, i already identified him thanks to the memories of him living rent free in my mind, i till this moment still feeling pain in my lower body just thinking of the beating he gave me .
He also was the only one out of the 5 people who wasn't dressed in the Lu family servant's uniform, the copper colored loose fitting clothes, that had the words Lu Family on the back of them, they were made of linen it seemed, mine was mud like in color, another indication of my status of my status as a family slave, that was the reason to why the instructor asked me to buy a new clothes .
I didn't go to them, they were the ones to catch up with me, the Deacon Lu was dressed in a more luxurious clothes than us servants, but the family name was still stitched to the top left of his clothes near his heart, i don't know if he did intentionally or was it a must .
But anyway the guy appeard in front of me and even though we both know that what happened between the two of us can't be forgotten nor forgiven, i cupped my fist and with a little bow, i greeted him and only him respectfully, he snorted and frowned at my response, i believe that he didn't expect me to still act like this after what happened, if the original Tian Long was the one who was here instead of me .
I believe he would have torn all face he had with that guy and directly bounced him, earning him another lashing session, due to the so called ethics and morality, those who of lower ranks must be respectful towards those who were superior to them .
I have to keep doing these superfluous things like bowing and greeting him once i saw him or else if it was witnessed by someone that i had disrespected him, i would earn another lashing session for nothing, i was beginning to think that this was the reason to why he came here in the first place .
Before i ask if he need something from me, he beat me to talking and said :
You seemed to have recovered well in this short period of time, you aren't practicing Martial Arts in secret to make your body stronger, do you ? .
At his vicious accusation, the wind seemed to be strong all of a sudden, the strong wind passed by a tree that was planted next to us and ended in making the leaves sway strongly, i was already paranoid enough from the words the instructor told me earlier about being under surveillance, so my body shook slightly at his baseless accusation, thinking that someone might really be on the tree just now and went to relay that news .
In response i shouted loudly :
" Don't go around slandering people, i didn't do such a thing, now do you need me for something, if not i will be taking my leave .
Grab him .
He suddenly said and even i didn't understand the meaning behind what he was currently doing, i was aware that it wasn't something beneficial to me that's for sure, so the moment his lackeys began to move i made a distance between me and them and held the sword in front of me and stood in a defensive posture .
Ummm, Deacon Lu, this guy is umm....
They seeing me like this began to hesitate and turned to ask the Deacon's help, but all they got was a sneer in return and said :
Useless, all of you are bunch of usless .
They kept their heads low, staring at the ground ashamed of themselves, but not one of them dared to come forward .
I thought that would be it, bu i then saw that guy Deacon Lu was about to do something, i took a deep breath of air and shouted a top of my lungs, saying :
" Someone is commiting a murderer .
I kept repeating it over and over, he stopped what he was trying to do after recognizing where we were, he just snorted and said in a threatening manner :
Your life isn't that tough as instructor Lu San think, so wash your neck and wait for me .
" Even without you telling me, i will be washing my neck anyway .
After i blurted that out realization of what he meant by that hit me, no wonder the other 4 guys were looking at me weirdly, but wait why did he suddenly mentioned instructor Lu .
As i was about to ask him about it some more, he began to retreat after people beginning to appear on the area we were in, all looking left and right for who was commiting murder, before he left he gave me one last massage, he said :
Your will work in the stables for today, be sure to report in time, old man Sun will be the one responsible for you today .
He said this and left me who was still bewildered, but i suddenly sensed someone glaring at me, so without even looking at who he was, i hurried on my way back to the house, i entered the house and saw that the small chair that i was put in front of the rodent hole, seemed to have been carved and made into a new entrance hole, i was shocked at how powerful the claws of these things were .
At least it seemed that they went out, so more food for me i guess, as i was having a feast, i kept on trying to recall the old man Sun who was responsible for the stables from my mind but it was to no avail, either Tian Long hadn't had the chance to meet him, or it was discarded like all the other important piece of information, i had memories of ethics and morality, but no actual memories of him training or fighting with others, just my luck .
I still had some time before my relentless work shift start, i will make the best use of it, Martial Arts relied on the body, if that was the case, then i will use that free time to do the basic training that i know of, squats, push-up, sit-up and a bit of stretching, i was intrigued to run as well, but i noted that the scene would be quite weird and i might brought unnecessary troubles to my doorstep unintentionally, so i discarded that thought, i was intrigued to try to do Horse Stance for a bit more time, but was afraid of it being considered as practicing Martial Arts in secret .
I'm really glad that i hadn't got hurt before even though i broke my stance and just have gotten even a little bit of injury, I'm feeling like I'm missing something here, but i just can't seem to recall it, what exactly was i forgetting, it had nothing to do with the late Tian Long memories, my own memories seemed to be the one, I'm having problems with recalling something of it .
If i had completely forgot about it like this, then it must have not been something important, probably .
I finished eating then stored the leftovers of my food and prepared to take it with me wherever i go, leaving it in the room was the same as handing money to a thief, i still left them something they could eat out of goodwill and some kind of bribe, so that they refrained from clawing my face while i was asleep, it hasn't been even two days yet since i arrived in this world and i'm paying taxes and to a rodent .
I finished doing my workout and even though i went and did much more sets than i did before, i couldn't help but feel that they have no effect on me, or maybe the amount of sets were just not enough to show any effect on my current body, or maybe I'm just hastily assuming that they will magically boost my power like how Martial Arts do .
I was intrigued to do more sets, but i remembered that i had work to do, so i better not tire myself out, not to mention that i would be going to buy a new set of clothes and then i will head to find the Solid Rock Fist Dojo, talking my first step of practicing Martial Arts, aiming to at least the third or the fourth Realm and get enough strength and qualifications to call myself a Martial Artist .
As i was fantasizing about how my life would be like after i succeed in practicing Martial Arts, time kept passing by me as i was getting more and more engrossed in my thoughts, then I heard the rooster crow, then i was startled at first by it, then remembered that this sound was the signal of the start of the day or work for us servants .
I hurried out of the room and i wasn't the only one, others were swarming the inner gate, all trying to be the first to arrive first to their job, i found the scene quite funny, but i wouldn't probably have felt like that if their struggle were my struggle as well, but luckily it wasn't, the stables weren't in the inner area of the mansion .
No it was outside of the house completely, or it was more accurately to say that it was connected to the mansion through a door on back of the courtyard, that door linked the stables which was in a different separate area next to the family mansion, through that door the two area were connected .
I went to the stables and thought that it seemed that no one else was going to the stables, i opened the door and with heart full of hope, i wondered how much would the life of me change from now on .