After they began studying under Feng Cheng, the siblings finally learned what studying truly meant.
Across both lifetimes, thirty years in total, it seemed they had never properly studied at all.
Their earlier days had been like playing children's games—nothing more than playing house.
"Introduction to Numbers," "Physical Phenomena and Simple Principles," "Geometry Beauty," "Composition of the Material World and Chemistry," "Mysteries of the Human Body," "Infinite Fantasies of the Universe and Starry Sky," "Elementary Mathematics and Principles"...
According to Teacher Feng Cheng, these were merely the most basic of basics. They could only give them a rudimentary understanding of the world and help them form a proper worldview.
They still had a long road ahead before they reached true learning.
The siblings swore to heaven that when they heard Feng Cheng say he would teach them, they had thought he would impart some incredible secret art that would let them instantly gain immense power, crush heaven, crush earth, crush air, crush everything!
Yet the gulf between reality and ideals was simply that enormous.
What surprised them even more was that the world they had lived in for so long was actually so wondrous.
So many fascinating phenomena around them had been ignored. They had never deeply considered why things were the way they were, only assuming they were gifts from the Creator.
Now, after studying under Feng Cheng for a while, everything they saw had utterly overturned their former understanding of the world.
This truly was, as Teacher Feng Cheng had said, "the gate to a new world." They were immensely glad they had made the right choice in taking him as their teacher.
Only...
Teacher Feng Cheng seemed a little unhappy.
What Feng Cheng often said went like this: "You two have decent learning ability and willingness, but