Goals

In the Village a huge house was on fire and corpses were scattered around the place, I went close and stopped at the entrance of the house, there were some other villagers outside and watched at the distance, I went close to one of the villagers and tried to ask.

"What happened here?" I said

"Someone was taking revenge!" the man said

I immediately understood what he means, I flicked my wrist and all of the villagers fell asleep, I turned my head and looked at the entrance again, I saw two silhouettes supporting each other came out of the burning house, they were bathed with blood and injuries were all around them, one was a male and one was a female they were too young, the girl was about 10 years old and the boy was 11 years old.

They saw the villagers lying on the ground and thought they were dead, they turned their heads around.

When the two noticed me the girl immediately went in front of the boy and tried to protect him, "I won't let you hurt him" she said as she took out a dagger, I was surprised that this two didn't have any cultivation on them but they still managed to take down their enemies.

I stepped close then the girl immediately charged at me, they were actually fighters, the girl leaped on the air and spun her body and swung the dagger at me, I didn't bother to block or dodge the attack.

'Clang'

When the dagger hit my body, it broke like a fragile glass, these two were fighters and they don't have any cultivation which means the only thing that had grown to them was their bodies and polished their skills.

And it seems like the boy was already weakening, more blood loss and he will die, they were both shocked by what they saw, the girl immediately jumped away from me and rushed beside the boy, I raised my hand and said "Are you done with your revenge?", the boy looked at me and nodded.

It looks like they can be my disciples, "Then do both of you want to be my disciples?" I asked, the girl got on her guard and became warier and the boy held her shoulder and spoke "Why? we killed people".

"The loneliest people are the kindest,

the saddest people smile the brightest,

and the most damaged people are the wisest.

All because they don't wish to see others suffer

like they do."

"I saw you guys are one of them and I can see that you have some future" I replied, the two paused and tears streamed down their eyes, "I, I already stained my hands, I had already finished my revenge" he then looked at his hands that were stained with blood he then turned his head and looked at me, "What else do I have to do?" he asked, I looked up to the sky

"If you think that you have nothing else to do, find another goal, It doesn't matter what we want. Once we get it, then we want something else, Dreams without goals, are just dreams, now tell me young one, what else do you think you have to do" I said as I raised my voice in the end.

The boy turned his head and stared at the girl, "My goal?" he muttered, After a while, he turned his head to me and tried his best to get close to me and bowed, "Master, please accept me as your disciple", the girl was still wary of me but she immediately dropped it when she saw the boy bowed to me, she understood what I meant and the boy actions, she also bowed beside the boy.

I turned my head back to them and asked "Tell me what is your goal", what I said was true a dream without a goal was just a dream, it won't reach anywhere, as time goes by a leap of faith becomes a routine and then you jump again, so why not make new goals to motivate yourself.

"I..." the boy clenched his fist and yelled "I want to be strong enough to protect those who were important to me, I won't let anyone be hurt them again", I stroked my chin and nodded, it came out of his heart, then I turned my head to the girl "How about you? what is your goal?" I asked.

"I..I don't have any," she said, I shook my head, this girl needed some push, "You don't have any? then do you want to be the burden of this boy? just clinging on him watching by the side?" I said with a strong voice.

She also clenched her fist and yelled "No!",

"Then tell me what is your goal!" I said as I raised my voice.

"I want to be useful to him, I want to be alongside him!" She said as she kept crying.

Fuuu

I sighed as my acting finally finished, It was hard for this old man to act you know, thankfully I became younger, Sirius how are my acting skills?

[It was Splendid Host!]

Don't act like a robot Sirius, act like you are my friend an old friend.

[Okay!]

Good, I then turned my head on the two kids kneeling in front of me, What are your names?", the first one to speak was the girl "My name is Jen, Master" and "I am Blaze, Master", then with the flick of my fingers they were instantly healed. (A/N: Thx for the votes <3)

"Rise, follow me" I said to them, "Yes" they both answered, I plan to go to another village to look for other disciples, my goal right now was to get 5 disciples before I go back to the Sect.

"I will both ask you something, How many lives do we, have?" I said as we walk, They both looked at each other and the first one to speak was Blaze "One Master" he said, I shook my head and signaled Jen to speak, "I also thought One Master"

I turned around and looked at them and said "You see, We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize that we only have one." They were both confused, I didn't say anything anymore and continued walking.

After a while, we finally reached the next village, it was actually not that far it only took us an hour to reach it, and again something strange was happening.