"So, young man, this is how we are gonna do it. First, one of us asks a question and we discuss, then the other gets a chance to ask a question to see how knowledgeable you are, and we vote to determine a winner."
'ow, that's a simple game, but it tests both of us. I like it. This old man, Lu, is interesting.
"Okay, I like it, so you are the guest, so you can go first. What is your question?"
Old man Lu laughed out loud.
"Hahahahaha, I like how eager you are, and I will take you up on your offer.
Cinder here is travelling with me to find a way to absorb more energy from the dragon core. We heard this world in olden times had found a way to absorb 100 percent of the energy without any of it going to waste. What do you think of this?"
Cinder looked in the direction of old man Lu.
'What is the master thinking, disclosing this information, and how are you gonna discuss something even you don't know about?'
Haku crossed his arms and was silent for a few breaths before he finally decided to answer.
'What don't tell me they have flying machines but aren't that far advanced yet to know something so simple, I don't know what the dragon core is, but most likely it's some type of flying system.'
"I'm sorry to tell you this, sir, but you'd better give up."
Old man Lu raised his eyebrows in disbelief
"Why is that young man? "
"To put it simply, in theory, it could be possible, but there are problems
Energy can't be created or destroyed, only converted, so one would assume that the answer would be yes, but the process becomes the issue."
Old man Lu leaned forward for the first time, taking Haku more seriously
"How come? "
Haku again was in thought, not knowing how advanced this world is, trying to find a way to explain.
Cinder looked at him silently and clicked her tongue
. he is lying. How would he know more than the primordial beings of old? Look at him trying to come up with a way to weasel himself out.
"Hmm, let's take a campfire as an example."
Old Man Lu was surprised that he would compare the dragon core to a simple fire and couldn't wait to hear his explanation.
"Fire, you say?"
"To be more precise, the process itself that creates the fire.
Imagine you light a fire with some wood. The wood has energy stored in it
When you burn it, that chemical energy gets converted. Some of it turns into light, that's the flames. Some of the energy becomes heat and that's the warmth you feel, and some into the movement of air, the flickering, rising smoke, and wind."
The room fell into total silence once again
Haku was wondering if they would understand
After a good minute, the old man spoke again
"So they lied, it seems."
Cinder stood up, letting go of yet another bottle in complete and utter shock.
"master, what do you mean they lied? Are you saying energy is always lost?"
Haku chuckled
"So you understand I would not expect less from a good teacher, I'm glad."
Old Man Lu looked into the eyes of his disciple.
"No, when he said energy can't be created or destroyed, I was wondering why it didn't sound like a lie, but given his simple example, he was able to tell me what he meant.
For you see, energy is never lost, it's just that part of the energy becomes something that we can't use in the process of it all, it's simple yet profound."
'Just who is this Haku? I can't feel any energy in his body to suggest he is anything special, truly mortal but yet ?'
"Young man, no, I should call you Sir instead. You have opened my eyes. This round goes to you. I can't dispute anything you just said. After this, we shall return to our home, but first, it is your turn to ask a question."
Pleased with how the old man was acting, Haku thought of a follow-up question to teach the old man some more.
"Since you can turn something physical into energy, like wood into heat, and energy can neither be created nor destroyed, as we have established, what does that tell you about the universe?"
'The universe is he talking about, all heaven and earth, the great dao, to think that he would ask such a question to a cultivator like me, whose life is understanding the dao. Normally, we would never disclose our findings to strangers, but maybe he is ...'
"If energy is as you say, that would mean that all the energy in the universe always existed.
Hmmmm, if it always existed, could it be that the physical realm was created but that exacts energy?
Another cackle came from Haku sitting proudly in his chair
"Good, good now if that's the case between you, the chair you sit in the table, this land the stars, what is it you have in common?"
"Just like wood turns into fire, the stars turn into me, and this table we are the same yet different by the form of the elements that made us take "
The room became as bright as the brightest day as the old man suddenly glowed in golden light, as his body reshaped itself, becoming much younger and handsome with long flowing black hair.,
'What the actual ... what is going on'
"master is ascending to the next major realm in his cultivation, unbelievable."
As the light dimmed
old man Lu
No, just Lu now looked at Haku with hands put together, bowing
"Thank you for your insights, great one to think I would meet a God here is truly a blessing."
Cinder, Alexander, and Haku were thinking the same thing
'GOD?'
"If it's not too forward, I would like to know what brings you here ?"
'Okay, Haku, relax. You read something like this before, but why did it have to be one of those cultivation worlds I was sent to? Couldn't it have been a sci-fi world instead?
"I don't understand your question, Lu. This place belonged to my family, and now that they are gone, it would be destroyed without me, so I decided to take over the place."
'After all, it is the family's bar '
"I see, so it won't be destroyed. It seems I will tell of it to my sect
Thank you, benefactor. I must leave to solidify my realm, but once I'm done, I will return. Come, cinder, we should go and let Master Haku return to his business."
Then, before Haku could even reach the door opened and they flew away.
Haku, still in his chair with sweat on his forehead, tried to process it
'they dont have flying machines f*ck is wrong with this world '
"master, who was that man? Is he a god?"
"he must be, and if I'm correct, he is here because this world is nearing its end. To fight off what's coming, I truly believed that this world couldn't even be saved by all the major realm sects working together, but now I'm certain it has a fighting chance.
If I'm correct, the reason why he didn't want to discuss history is because for him it would be too simple to talk about his life and wanted to give me a chance, truly, this encounter is the greatest blessing our sect has had since the founder."
"master is the vice leader of the Yang sect, so it must be true. I hope I did noy offend that god ",