It wasn't concerned about Fell's well-being, but more about her own future potential. She knew based on the game's system info that he had dealt with three of his first five matches, but she had no idea about the actual result.
"They were… Interesting!" he responded with a beaming smile. "I've met several great opponents, I think I like this game. It's called Battle League, right?" As he began talking, his eyes glowed with passion and he began a long monologue about the game's realism, about the sensations he had felt. He even described how it felt when he had gone through long-distance transportation.
Tahlya was surprised when she saw this side of Fell's personality. She smiled inwardly as she thought that in the end, he was just a normal youth, and the fact that he was a talented individual wouldn't change that. Fell kept going on for a minute before the elevator finally came to a stop.
The metallic door frame split in half revealing a new floor to Fell's sight. The first thing he saw was the luxurious red carpet that was on the floor, he noticed that there were several other furniture inside the hall in front of the elevators. Several paintings hung on the walls to the sides, and one of them contained an image of a man's back. The painting took Fell's attention for a short time as the background couldn't be described as anything but gorgeous.
The man in the painting was standing on a large chunk of rock. He was wearing a classic eastern dress, and his torso was naked as his back could be seen. The muscles on his back were well defined and even seemed to form a strange array as he noticed that there was a strange pattern. He focused his eyes on the man's back and noticed that his dorsal muscles formed a strange face. A demon's face.
Not only was the man's pause grandiose, but the background behind as impressive and incredible as the man in the painting was standing in the middle of space. The huge chunk of rock that he stood on, seemed to be drifting in the middle of space, and the rest of the painting was filled with a near-infinite number of stars. He squinted his eyes as he tried to appreciate the details in the painting and noticed that the stars were actually planets. They were drawn on such a small scale that they only seemed to be colorful dots. Fell's eyes rose from surprise as he couldn't help but feel respect for the artist that made it.
"It's one of Battle League's forefathers. One of the most respected men in the universe, legends foretell that he is nearly as old as the world we live in", seeing that Fell was interested in the picture with the man's back. She began explaining the painting's origin.
"You mean as old as Earth?" He asked while doubting his own comprehension. He didn't dare to believe that the man was as old as the universe, but if his age could be counted in billion years that was already beyond frightening.
Tahlya nodded confirming Fell's question. Fell's heart thumped in his chest while his limb shook for a moment. She laughed as she saw the youth's reaction, she didn't want to tell him that those were just legends that were passed through New Casablanca's Battle Center. She never found if it was true, neither did she learn the opposite. Thus, she simply passed on the legend to Fell and didn't explain more.
"Incredible, I never thought that cultivators could live on for so long?!", he thought as he imagined how a person's psyche would change after existing for so long. "Are they even the same person as when they were mortal?" question filled his mind as he began drifting in his imagination. "Maybe… I'll find the answer someday! Maybe… I can also… attain the peak!?", his blood coursed through his veins as his determination was ignited. He stopped looking at the paintings on the walls, and Tahlya resumed her steps while Fell followed behind her.
Fell didn't speak for the rest of the short journey on the luxurious floor. He quietly followed her and seemed to be lost in his pondering. She assumed that his spirit must be shaken from the information and a small grin appeared on her face as she was satisfied to get a little revenge.