Protector

"What? You don't even know about this? What's wrong with your system!"

For the first time ever since we started talking, the elder's eyes widened up as if he saw some kind of rare, ancient monster right in front of his face. Only after he took his time to calm down did he sit back up on his chair and hid his face with his palms.

"Okay then, it seems it will turn to be a long story."

With a tired sigh, the elder moved his hands and placed them flat on the table before sending me a long, taxing gaze.

"Do you know what lies beyond the realm of sage?"

Just the first question that he asked was enough to put me on the spot. How I was even supposed to tell him that I didn't even reach the realm of sage yet? And if that was taken into the account, how could I know what lied even further on the cultivation path?

"No, I never bothered to find out, as I reach the sage level only recently."