NOVEL WEB Chapter 1207: Top-Student Older Sister
"Can you... guide me again?"
In the world within the Ten Thousand Dao Gate, on the second step of the staircase, Mo Zhi gritted his teeth and spoke.
He felt utterly humiliated!
He, who was known as a learned scholar, second only to The Silent One within the vast Dark Firmament...
But now, he had fallen to the point of... asking advice from a little girl...
For the sake of knowledge, he could only set aside his pride...
"This one is simple..."
Xinning immediately explained.
Finally, Mo Zhi understood, and he managed to manifest the Book of Dao on the twentieth step of the staircase.
On the twenty-first step, Mo Zhi was once again baffled. This time he first looked at the contents page, but he couldn't even understand that. When he opened the first page, it was all like an inscrutable heavenly script.
Helplessly, he turned his hopeful gaze towards Xinning.
Xinning began demonstrating the Dao depicted in the book directly while explaining:
"Creation Profound is the mother of all things, whereas beyond the Profound..."
Mo Zhi hurriedly memorized her words in his heart, pondering them repeatedly until he finally comprehended.
"So that's it... it's truly difficult..."
After Xinning's guidance, he not only did not find it simple but instead deeply perceived its profound difficulty.
No wonder it was related to the Supreme; each Dao explanation and elucidation was unimaginable.
If he had relied solely on himself, perhaps he would never be able to unravel the Book of Dao of the twenty-first step in his lifetime.
He even had a feeling that even if his master, The Silent One, came... perhaps he, too, wouldn't be able to grasp its true essence with such ease?
By comparison, Mo Zhi increasingly felt that this little girl... was far too abnormal.
What kind of innate talent was this, what kind of divine gift?
Most importantly, what kind of mentor could teach someone like her...
Her teacher must be unfathomably wise...
He stared at Xinning, profoundly contemplative, speculating about her origins.
"By the way,"
Xinning suddenly spoke, "I've been teaching you all this, and you haven't even said thank you?"
Mo Zhi paused for a moment, then replied:
"Thank you..."
Xinning laughed delightedly and said:
"No need for thanks."
"Just follow along; I'll blast through the obstacles while you make noise behind me!"
Her words were both commanding and endearing, as she stepped onto the twenty-second step!
From then on, Xinning led Mo Zhi up the Knowledge Staircase at an incredible pace!
"So... this book means that; now I understand!"
"Still need guidance... I didn't quite understand the last part; could you explain it again?"
"What? So it's possible because of the symbiosis of Xuan and Huang? But, where does Xuan come from, and where does Huang come from? Why do they coexist?"
Along the way, Mo Zhi was thoroughly convinced. The higher they climbed, the harder the Daos they encountered. Some were so challenging that he felt even the Quasi-Supremes in the Dark Firmament might not fully understand them.
Yet, Xinning continuously provided clear answers.
Those perplexing books seemed as if she didn't even need to deliberate.
Meanwhile, Mo Zhi's ineptitude shined brighter and brighter...
By then, even when Xinning explained once, he often struggled to understand...
Relying on Xinning's explanations.
Thus, he climbed in greater trepidation.
"Oh my, you can't even comprehend this? Just copy the answers then!"
"Follow verbatim and stop overthinking!"
"Copy the whole process too!"
As they ascended, Xinning stopped explaining much, as Mo Zhi couldn't process them anyway.
Instead, she directly allowed Mo Zhi to copy the answers!
After all, Mo Zhi, despite everything, was a learned scholar in the Dark Firmament, a Great Emperor... his memory was at least reliable.
Thus, Mo Zhi relied on Xinning's answers to muddle his way through...
Because this Knowledge Staircase seemingly had its own limitations; as long as he exhibited corresponding Dao principles, it could determine that he had understood.
Without probing whether he had truly grasped them.
"Am I... A dignified Great Emperor, relying on copying answers to climb the Knowledge Star Vault?!"
Mo Zhi gritted his teeth, angry at himself. He felt that his lifelong knowledge and accumulation didn't permit him to behave this way!
But when he saw the next book, that thought instantly evaporated into thin air!
Made—there were answers to copy! It was glorious!!
As long as he could pass, who cared whether he had mastered the content or not!
Moreover, the most critical part was, as he climbed higher on the Knowledge Staircase, he felt a mysterious power unconsciously nourishing his spirit. His almost exhausted vitality was replenishing!
"Sister Genius, wait a moment; you're manifesting too fast—I didn't catch it clearly!"
At this moment, he transformed into a groveling bootlicker, following behind Xinning with a sycophantic expression!
...
And now.
In the blink of an eye, they had already ascended to the eightieth step!
It had taken them... less than a day!
...
In the shadows.
"This... This is absurd... What is this girl's true origin..."
A Supreme voice murmured.
"Another End of Myriad Paths... she must be connected to That One. Before ascending the first step, the book she read—I took a surreptitious glance—had already touched upon the Supreme, and even I couldn't fully comprehend it..."
Another Supreme whispered with an uncertain tone:
"Those books that remain as sacred texts to us, to her—a mere boxful... And she'd finished that box. These hundred steps of the Knowledge Staircase are meaningless to her."
"Whose child is this? I almost suspect she's using the Supreme Canon as her basic primer!"
A group of Supreme beings, who had survived untold ages, felt deeply disheartened.
The Supreme Canon, something they'd spend their lifetime writing perhaps just one of, was something Xinning casually traveled with in bulk...
"People like her... What is she doing here at the Ten Thousand Dao Gate? It's like wielding a golden hoe to dig for iron ore!"
A Supreme spoke bitterly!
"This girl... must be connected to That One."
And now, a low voice resonated:
"Indeed, to gain favor from That One to such a degree, her position in That One's heart might rival even the End of Myriad Paths."
"For That One to send this girl here, is he warning us?"
At these words, the gathered Supremes were all alarmed!
"Even though the forces of darkness are ascendant, if That One wished for our demise... it would take but a trivial snap of his fingers!"
"For now... we should not lean hastily towards darkness."
"Yes, continue observing... and wait."
The Supremes within the Ten Thousand Dao Gate were cautiously apprehensive.
...
And now.
Xinning had already stepped onto the eighty-first step.
She quickly understood the text once more.
But Mo Zhi, trailing behind her, couldn't even copy the answers this time...
"This isn't right; I can't manifest the corresponding Origin..."
Mo Zhi was dumbfounded. The Dao Xinning had manifested was based on the White Mist Origin, but he... only had the Black Fog Origin.
"Sister Genius... What do I do about this..."
He reluctantly asked.
Xinning replied, "Well..."
She was about to tell him to change a step, but suddenly her large eyes flickered, and she paused for a moment, saying:
"You'll need to replace your Origin with the White Mist Origin."
Mo Zhi froze, replace his Origin???
...
Meanwhile.
Outside, in the Continent of Grey Mists.
Mo Sha's Supreme Killing Array had been completely suppressed by the World Tree, and even the Core Array Banner had been taken by Jiang Xue.
"Kill!"
"The Grey Emperor is about to fully absorb the Origin of Darkness—stop him!"
"We absolutely cannot allow a Dark Heavenly Emperor to appear in our era!"
The members of the Desolate Heaven Alliance roared as they charged forward in fury.
Mo Sha, however, was panicking. Without the Supreme Killing Array, he had lost all confidence.
"Mo Zhi junior brother, hurry back; I can't hold them off any longer!"
He urgently summoned Mo Zhi!
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