The Omniversal Merchant-Chapter 178: The Seeds of Enlightenment

Everyone stared at the half-submerged branch in the lake, their expressions shifting from curiosity to surprise.

The scene before them was exactly as Luo Chuan had described.

At the boundary between the water and air, the branch appeared bent, as if distorted by some unseen force.

"Why... is this happening?" Gu Yunxi muttered, bewildered.

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The same question echoed in everyone's minds.

Why did the branch look bent?

Luo Chuan, now feeling like a teacher, answered calmly.

"Simply put, this happens because light moves at different speeds in air and water."

Silence.

Everyone was stunned.

What did the boss just say?

They didn't fully understand, yet his words carried an undeniable sense of truth and wonder.

Luo Chuan knew how difficult it was for cultivators to grasp an entirely different system of knowledge.

So, he didn't expect them to comprehend it instantly.

His voice remained steady.

"It may sound ordinary, but in truth, it holds the mysteries of the world."

"Why does the sun rise in the east and set in the west? Why do leaves wither in autumn? Why does the ocean appear curved from afar?"

"Do any of you know the answers?"

The students frowned.

At first, these questions seemed like common sense.

But the more they thought about it, the more unsettling it became.

Yes... why was it so?

"The answers," Luo Chuan said, "are for you to discover on your own."

With that, he left the game.

The seeds of knowledge had been planted.

Now, it was up to them whether they would grow.

—

Even after Luo Chuan left, the group remained deep in thought.

But no matter how much they pondered, the answers did not come easily.

"Damn it! The boss asked so many questions but didn't give us a single answer!" Gu Yunxi gritted her teeth in frustration.

The others nodded in agreement.

Xia Yuan, however, looked thoughtful.

"I have a feeling..." he mused, "that if we truly understand the answers, combined with our mastery of spiritual energy, we might touch upon the very laws of the universe."

And something about Luo Chuan's words... felt profound.

Ying Wuji nodded. "That makes sense."

—

But for now, there was a more pressing problem.

They were starving.

And they still hadn't figured out how to cook the fish.

One by one, they caught their share, using the method Luo Chuan had taught them.

But now, they sat staring at their catch, confronted with another dilemma.

There was no fire.

"What do we do? Eat it raw?" Gu Yunxi wrinkled her nose in disgust.

As a student of Soaring Cloud Academy and a princess of the Dragontree Empire, she had never been in such a situation.

Even though this was a virtual world, she had no intention of eating raw fish!

The rest of the students felt the same.

Yet, without cultivation, they had no way to start a fire.

In the real world, a simple technique would have solved the problem in seconds.

But here? They were just ordinary people.

Xia Yuan finally sighed. "I give up."

He had joined casual mode purely out of curiosity.

But it seemed too much effort was needed just to survive.

And with only three hours a day in the game, he didn't want to waste them struggling over something as basic as fire.

Without hesitation, he logged out.