Chapter 1575: Are they the same person?

He went offline, had a meal, kept company with his family for a while, then returned to the game world.

Xun Shuang Xianzi had not moved from her spot; she was cultivating there.

Seeing him arrive, she said, "Please guide me from now on, fellow cultivator."

"I dare not take credit; we should discuss together. If I say anything wrong, I hope the fairy maiden will forgive me," Xiao Feng said humbly.

He summoned Da Bai, tossed it out to graze, then sat on the Enlightenment Stone himself, only a meter away from the fairy maiden, so close he could even smell the faint fragrance emanating from her.

"The Way of All Things that I have comprehended originally comes from a discipline in my native world called physics."

"Of course, I only know the basics; I am not specialized."

"Merely after coming into contact with All Things Source Qi, I combined its properties with the particle structure of the physical world, deducing an ability to analyze the essence of all things, enabling me to decompose or reshape them."

"As for the specific procedure, you have already seen it before, fairy maiden, so what I will mainly explain is the composition of these particles."

Xiao Feng delivered an opening remark, telling her his line of thought in comprehending the Way of All Things.

Xun Shuang Xianzi listened, then asked, "What is meant by particle structure?"

Xiao Feng replied, "It is an image of what a body looks like when broken down to extremely fine particles."

He casually chipped a small piece of stone from the nearby cliff, used the stone as a prop, and said, "Look at this stone; it is currently visible matter, very clear. If we grind it into powder, it becomes very small. Yet within this amount of stone dust, less than the size of a sesame seed, there actually reside hundreds of millions, even billions, or more particles."

"That many?" Xun Shuang Xianzi also crushed a piece of stone, pinched a speck of powder between her fingers, and an interested expression appeared on her face veiled by mist.

"Hmm, they come in many types; for this stone, it should mainly be iron and silicon, also containing oxygen and sulfur particles, which combine to form larger particles."

"I know iron and sulfur, but what are the silicon and oxygen you mentioned?"

"Explaining that gets rather complicated..."

"No problem; our lifespans are long, we can take our time. Fellow cultivator, you surely wouldn't refuse to teach me, would you?"

"Not at all! Since the fairy maiden wishes to listen, I will tell you everything I have learned from beginning to end."

Xiao Feng also mustered the courage to act as a teacher.

Originally his understanding of the natural sciences was not much, but lately, perhaps because his intelligence points increased, combined with his deep study of All Things Source Qi, he gradually seemed to have grasped more knowledge than before.

He began to explain to Xun Shuang Xianzi the concepts of particles such as atoms and neutrons, as well as the periodic table of elements that he knew.

Combining these with the path of cultivation, and speaking of All Things Source Qi, understanding them is rather complex.

Xun Shuang Xianzi did not grasp it instantly upon hearing, but she was eager to learn; if she didn't understand after one listen, she would ask a few more times and soon comprehended.

Xiao Feng knew his learning was limited, so he did not dare to pretend profundity; when he truly did not understand, he would promptly go offline, make a phone call, and consult an expert.

Now that his status is high, finding someone is still easy; he can quickly obtain the answers he wants, then go back online to continue communicating with Xun Shuang Xianzi.

Time flowed slowly.

The two progressed from basic academics to discussing the essence of all things, then began attempting to use All Things Source Qi to analyze matter.

In this regard, Xiao Feng's experience is richer; after a hundred years of enlightenment, he has accumulated at least over a thousand ways of composing various bodies, demonstrating them repeatedly for Xun Shuang Xianzi.

The latter started learning later, but her comprehension is not slow; gradually she also mastered some methods of decomposing and reshaping matter.

From shallow to deep, they made daily progress.

After three months, she was also able to easily decompose or reshape common rocks, gases, liquids, plants, and even some weak little animals.

One day, she suddenly said to Xiao Feng, "If you were to study me thoroughly, could you annihilate me with a single thought?"

Xiao Feng startled, shook his head, and said, "The more powerful a living being, the more complex its fleshly body. I cannot even solve a chief deity, let alone a god-king like you."

"Then... what if I understood you?" she asked again.

Xiao Feng gave a wry smile and said, "You wouldn't be thinking of using this trick against me, would you?"

"I do have that idea... but I won't kill you; at most I would separate a small part of your body," she answered frankly, without any reservation.

Xiao Feng shook his head helplessly.

This is worse than a disciple starving his master to death; if she mastered it, future spars and battles would likely be even harder to win.

"Actually... I have another idea," Xun Shuang Xianzi said again.

"What idea?" Xiao Feng asked her.

She opened one hand; purple qi gathered in her palm, and a clump of All Things Source Qi was drawn out.

Then she reached her hand toward Xiao Feng and said, "Try to see if you can take it for your own use."

"What do you mean?"

Xiao Feng, as if suddenly comprehending, reached out and absorbed the All Things Source Qi from her palm into his own body.

The result... was extremely smooth, with no obstruction whatsoever!

The two looked at each other, both somewhat astonished.

Their cultivated power is of the same kind; this had long been known.

Yet that their divine power can be freely exchanged and used is quite astonishing!

Even if two individuals have identical divinity and laws, their souls differ, giving their power a unique quality that prevents mutual borrowing.

To be able to exchange it so casually is truly rare!

Xiao Feng also condensed a strand of All Things Source Qi and handed it to her.

Xun Shuang Xianzi received it and likewise absorbed it directly into her body, with no sign of rejection.

"How amazing; there should be very few such identical powers in the world," she exclaimed.

Xiao Feng, pondering, said, "You say, is it possible... that we are the same person?"

"Ah?"

Xun Shuang Xianzi startled, shook her head, and replied, "That is certainly impossible. What I think is that our powers share the same origin; we both have touched the most fundamental application of the Way of All Things. Perhaps someone is secretly pulling the strings, wanting us to join forces to accomplish something."

Xiao Feng frowned slightly.

The meaning of her words is that her master's transmission of the Primordial Scripture, and his own acquisition of the Origin Book, were not coincidental but deliberately arranged by someone.

One of them comes from the real universe, the other was born in the virtual universe; one is real, the other virtual, and they are not exactly alike.

But if one masters exactly the same power and can work together, perhaps they could achieve something unexpected!

"The 'someone' you mentioned is very specific. Only your master, our clan's Fuxi Ancestor, and the owner of the Myriad Heavens Tower, the Creator God, have the ability to control your fate and my ordeal." Xiao Feng said.

He spoke the names of two Dao Ancestor-level beings in one breath, feeling his breathing grow slightly difficult, as if he had been gazed upon by two pairs of eyes.

Hearing this, Xun Shuang Xianzi also felt a slight panic, looking around.

But soon she relaxed, saying: "Perhaps so. Dao Ancestors walk the river of time, having seen the past and knowing the future. Everything that happens to us has already been calculated by them."

Xiao Feng instantly felt a bit depressed.

If everything is arranged by the Dao Ancestor, then all his efforts so far would be meaningless, wouldn't they?

Just to be a boat, letting others push along with the current?