Yong Zian

Origin

Yong Zian was born a poor peasant. He was happy though...in his village. He thinks. At one time. He might have even worked on the Great Wall...or some wall. 2000 years of memories are hard to keep track sometimes. He remembers being brought forth before the Emperor. Emperor Qin or was Qing...there were too many Emperors. Too many leaders. Too many memories. Too many people loved and lost. It was the Emperor who started it all. Commissioned him to find the path to immortal life. "Find the Mount of the Immortals. Find the path to the moon and steal the elixir from the White Hare. Find some foolish deity and steal their crown. I don't care how, just bring me immortal life and I will spare your life and your village."

Many men have been lost or died sent on the same mission but Zian's village could not afford to pay their taxes or tributes and the Emperor had no use for a village who could not pay. Zian spent the next 40 years searching and walking and following dead leads until finally. He found it. A great mountain, easily seen but only found by following the moon path. He got lead astray so many times by the false ways but centering himself and focusing on his feet to guide him, he found the true path...and old man on the mountain in a small cave.

This man was older than time, and frail looking, but remembered all things from the times before time. He was also an asshole. He didn't like being disturbed, especially by anyone beneth him...which was pretty much everything but the Gods (well most of the gods).

The old man's price was high. But poor Zian had nothing. The old man was impressed that Zian had found him in the first place so he made him a deal. He would teach him the powers of agelessness but only if he returned to train and be molded as his apprentice. Zian, having no other choice, agreed. The old man on the mountain gave Zian a small stone to give to Emperor Qin and took a vial of blood as insurance of Zian's return.

Zian's journey back seemed quick and eerily blessed. When he finally presented himself before the Emperor, Zian said little and just presented him with the stone. The Emporer inspected the stone and then offered it to one of his guard who touched his tongue to the very edge of the stone. Within seconds the guard collapsed on the ground, every muscle in his body twisted and pulled in impossible angles and a horrific, inhuman scream emitted from the guard. A mere moment that felt an eternity the scream was cut short leaving a deathly silence.

Emperor Qin stared coldly at Zian as the guard lay twitching, a deformed, grotesque statue between them. With a flick of a finger the Emperial guards were on Zian, but not before the old man of the mountain pulled his new puppet Zian back to his cave.

"Some call me Anqi Sheng. Some call me one of the Immortals. To you I am Master. You are bound by blood to serve me, my needs, and my desires. If you serve me well I will show you wonders beyond belief. If you fail me you will suffer a far worse fate than that guard. Yes. I know you failed to kill Emporer Qin. I expected it. But a seed has been planted and foolish peasants are meant to sow."

Zian stood and glared at the old man who suddenly seemed to tower over him and have the bulk of giant, but Zian did not back down. "My family and village need me. Only I can warn them--" The old man took Zian's voice with the wave of a hand.

"You are more foolish than I thought. Did you not realize they were all destroyed not a week after you left to find me. Did you think Emporer Qin would abandon his entire phylosiphy he built this Empire on for...you? Come you can push this from you mind as you familiarize yourself with my potions."

It was over a thousand years before Zian earned the right to start training under Anqi. It was another seven hundred years or so before Zian was able to formulate a plan to escape. It was a mere fifty years after that Zian found himself, vial of blood in hand, at the bottom of a mountain, finally free and in a world completely foreign to him.

He wasn't sure if Anqi would pursue him. He wasn't sure if Anqi let him go because of how clever his plan was. He wasn't sure if Anqi is or was ever human. In any case, he had a new life and much to learn about what had changed in the last two millennia.

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