As Sam and the old man conversed more, Sam felt comfortable enough to ask questions to the old man while the old man same as before answered his question calmly
"Senior, I have often wondered how big is this world and will I be able to see it all. How big do you think this world is senior? "
"How big do you think this world is? " the old man asked a question instead.
Sam though for a while seriously. It took him a while to compose his answer.
"Until now, I have always been living in the northern region of the Nepmartial continent. I have always thought the northern region as my world. I have never been outside of it. people say that the Nepmartial continent is so huge that a person might not be able to explore it fully during their whole lifetime. But, I wonder if there are other similar continents out there. Am I just a frog living in a well looking at a narrow sky? ".
The old man nodded as he asked again,"If you think like that then, even if you travel to the end of the world, you will still wonder the same thing again. How big do you think the sky is? Is there any end to the sky? "
Sam was dumbfounded by the question. The sky was there since the beginning of mankind. As they went from hunting wild beasts for living to socialization and cultivation, the sky was always there like it was eternal. People also believed the sky was the heaven. But no-one has seen what it really looks like or it's end. Now the words of old man got him wondering if there is end to the sky?
Seeing Sam tongue-tied, the old man said in a profound tone, "Never be limited by your thoughts. The world is as vast as your heart. Make your heart as big as the sky and the world you see will get wider too. When you grow stronger, you will definitely travel and know about the vastness of the world. As for this Nepmartial continent you are living on, it is a just small corner of the wide world. Cultivate diligently and grow stronger, you will experience how vast the world is then. You will get surprised then, about laugh when about the time when you thought this northern region was your world".
Sam cupped his fists and thanked the old man again. He understood that the old man was telling him that there were other places with more stronger cultivators out there. Sam felt his vision getting bigger and truly felt like a knot inside his heart listening.
He wanted to travel this world but he was always worried about his sect and leaving it behind. It was his responsibility to take care of the sect and return it to its former glory. But if there are other places with even stronger cultivators, he must visit it. By becoming strong, he could easily revive his sect and be a deterrent force for others with bad intention.
Now, he finally resolved his heart to follow it's wish and travel the world freely.
The old man smile while looking at Sam. With his cultivation, it was easy to see through the thoughts of Sam. He had just casually answered Sam to see if his answer to undo his knots and make him free like a bird who just wishes to soar to the blue sky.
"So old man, what is your reason for inviting me inside this place talk? "
Sam smiled as he even change the way he addressed the old man. The old man had been sincere since the beginning and even helped him a great deal. He now truly felt like he could trust him.
The old man laughed loudly as he patted the shoulder of Sam as he said:
"Good Good Good. This is how an young man should behave. Free and without any restraints. Follow what your heart desire and act to achieve your goal. As for things such as consequence, deal with them when it is time to deal with them. This is the way of cultivation. If you are tied down by small things, how will you achieve anything big".
Sam smiled as his words and waited for him to answer his question. As expected the old man continued:
"As for me wanting to talk to you, one of the reasons was the immortal slaying sword and devil decapitating saber. When I sensed their presence, I truly wanted to have a chat with the person wielding them and see what kind of person he was. I just wanted to make sure they are in the right hands".
Sam smiled. "I guess that is the just a small reason. The other reason might be the real reason why you want to met me, am I right old man? "
"You brat, you were so timid earlier but now you are talking like you are inside your own house and I am your guest".
Sam laughed at his words. He was indeed a bit timid and little scared that he would die in this place. But after talking to the old man, he was now assured and comfortable in this place.
The old man also smiled as he said:
"As for the other reason, that is indeed why I invited you to have a talk inside. I have a favor to ask of you. I don't know if you will help or not".
"Old man, you have helped me untie my knot and widened my horizon. If not for you I would have always consider the northern region as my world and probably live my whole life inside my sect and die of old age there. You helped me see the world in a user vision and showed me a path to reach higher. Ask away. As long as it is anything within my reach, I will definitely help you".
"I am sure you will eventually realize everything without my help. I just told you things sooner".the old man smiled.
Sam shook his head. "Old man even though I might have know about it later, I am grateful that you told me about them. Tell me what is the favor that you ask of me".
Old man become serious when Sam mentioned about the favor. He seriously said:
"I want you to take a undead out from this place".
"Taking a person out? Is that it? " Sam asked surprised.
The old man still had the serious expression on his face as he said:
"We undead are born from the corpse. That is possible only inside this city due to its special environment but there is one thing that I didnot tell you previously. Any undead born in this city will have their life bound to the city. Although the city gives us life, it also prevents us from leaving it. Any undead who leaves the city will die after a few hours. The stronger ones will probably survive for a day but that's it. Our undead race were meant to be imprisoned inside the city".
"We, the intelligent ones, did not want to accept the fate of being a flower inside the greenhouse. Thus, we searched for ways. We researched the law of nature, observed the birth of all kinds of demonic beasts and tried different measure. We even tried the reproduction method of different demonic beasts. We tried mating with each other to produce an offspring ,a hope for our race to see the sunlight".
"The heaven's did not let us down. We finally produced a baby after countless experiments. He was born from two undead. He was born like a normal human being with normal human features. We noticed he could cultivate properly but he could only cultivate death energy. He was born with the gifts of an undead and body of a human. An unique being in this whole world. A person with endless lifespan. Death has no meaning to him. Unless he dies on the hands of enemy, he will continue living. Thus we placed all of our hope in him hoping one day he could leave this place and return to free up from this city after finding a measure".
The old man looked at Sam sincerely as he said:
"Thus, what I want from you is to bring him to the outside world. I want you to help me bring the hope of our entire race to the outside world. He will not know the situation of the outside world. He will be ignorant. So, please help me take care of him until he learns the ways of the world. We the undead race will forever be in your debt".
Sam finally felt pressure after learning the whole thing. But he had already gave his word. He wasn't one to back out from his own word. Still, he felt some pressure. If he somehow couldnot take care of him properly and got him killed, he will be the sinner of the undead race.
He smile wryly at this point. "You old fart. You made it sound like a normal favor and I already gave you my word. Now you are putting all this pressure on me".
Sam sighed and said, "Fine. I will help you by bringing him outside and take care of him like a little brother. I will do my best as for other thing leave it to fate".
The serious expression of old man finally losened as he smiled, "With your words, I am finally assured and have the resolve to send him to experience the outside world".
Sam smiled as he looked at the old man and asked:
"Old man you asked me a favor and I accepted it. But you never answered my question from the beginning. Why me? Why did you choose me? "
The old man laughed boisterously. He laughed so hard he began to cough. He looked like someone who finally succeded with his evil plan as he looked at the Sam as he said:
"Because you are a natural born supreme being. You have the destiny of a ruler, a sovereign".
"I am a.. What..?"