Hydrogen and Oxygen

"I have only a wisp of Divine Sense left, and it is extremely fragile. It needs time to gradually repair itself before all my memories can slowly return. Just now, when I faced that existence filled with an aura of light, it gave me a feeling that was very familiar to me, waking me from my slumber. Child, rest assured. Once my Divine Sense has recovered somewhat, I will do my best to help you. All right, this old man must continue sleeping and repairing my Divine Sense."

Just as the gray presence in the Sea of Consciousness was about to leave, Huo Yuhao suddenly stepped forward and called out to stop him. "Wait, don't go yet! I don't know who you are, Grandpa, but I can tell that you mean me no harm. So how can I help you?"

The gray mist paused before saying in a deep voice, "Your Spiritual Power is somewhat helpful to my recovery. Originally, I expected it would take at least another half year before I could briefly awaken, but now it has improved considerably. Little girl, don't worry about this old man. Just study hard and temper your will. That will be enough."

"I understand." Huo Yuhao nodded with all her might.

In just a moment, the gray receded like a tide, and everything around her returned to normal. The Gray Pearl remained in its original place, and Huo Yuhao withdrew from the Spiritual Space as well.

"What did Brother Sky Dream say? You were spaced out for so long." Lin You leaned against the doorframe, holding a sheet of draft paper as he scribbled and drew on it without even looking up.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao immediately grinned and sidled up to him. Blinking her adorable eyes, she told him everything about the old man's existence, then said that she really wanted to help him. She could hear the loneliness in his voice, after all. Only a remnant soul of him had survived.

"All right, the old man was right. With your abilities, the only way you can help him right now is by studying hard. Don't overthink it. Come in and see what the dorm looks like."

Lin You opened the door, and a wave of foul, stale air hit them head-on.

"Cough, cough~"

Huo Yuhao coughed twice and poked her head inside for a look. She immediately became somewhat discouraged. "It's so dirty in here. This is supposed to be the best academy in the world? And it doesn't even have a toilet. It feels worse than the Duke's Mansion."

"You-ge, no one has lived here for a while. Let me help you clean it up!"

The little girl immediately got to work with great diligence. She opened the windows for ventilation, took out a towel, then quite matter-of-factly handed it to Lin You, signaling for him to wet it.

"..."

The corner of Lin You's mouth twitched slightly. Helplessly, he said, "Now that you know I can make water, you're not even pretending anymore?"

A drop of water had a volume of roughly 0.05 milliliters. Multiplying that by the density of water, then dividing by twenty, gave a mass of approximately 0.0025 grams.

Dividing that mass by the mass of a single water molecule gave roughly 170 trillion trillion water molecules.

And one water molecule consisted of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.

Simply put, after Lin You awakened his first element, hydrogen, and his second element, oxygen, the combination of those two elements had already granted him the authority to create water from nothing.

That was why Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had said Lin You would be able to wield both Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice in the future. With just this one move alone, Lin You could already roam the Far North unhindered!

What was the ice of the Far North? It was when the movement of water molecules slowed, the spacing between molecules changed, and the water molecules began arranging themselves in an orderly manner, forming solid ice.

Water and ice were both made of water molecules. They were different states of the same substance. During freezing, what changed was the spacing and arrangement of the water molecules.

Therefore, since Lin You could form water through the arrangement and bonding of atoms, he could naturally rearrange those atomic bonds and turn ice back into water.

However, by his estimation, if he truly melted the entire Far North, the sea level would likely rise by quite a bit. Besides, he did not have the ability to affect such a vast region.

"Hurry up. After I finish cleaning your place, I still have to go upstairs and clean mine. You can't go up there. It'd be embarrassing if you got caught." Huo Yuhao rolled up her sleeves, revealing clean, fair skin that was nothing like the rough skin one would expect of a maid's daughter.

With a casual wave of his hand, the previously dry rag became moist in the blink of an eye. Trillions upon trillions of water molecules clung to the cloth. The two elements drew upon Lin You's Soul Power and created water from thin air. Yet with such a small amount, he did not even feel any loss of Soul Power.

Before long, the two of them finished cleaning together. Huo Yuhao then left and headed upstairs.

Lin You glanced at the two neat, fresh beds and suddenly felt like he had nothing to do.

"Should I talk to that old man? It wouldn't be good to let outsiders benefit from this method of mine that can speed up cultivation. Should I bring her down here to live with me? Or should I go upstairs?" Lin You stroked his chin and pondered quietly.

After thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

The girl was not that young anymore. He still understood that men and women should keep their distance. Maybe living together had been fine when they were younger, but now there would be too many wagging tongues. There was no need to damage her reputation and give people something to gossip about.

With nothing else to do, Lin You darted out and completed his registration as an official Soul Master, receiving one extremely precious Gold Soul Coin.

It was like going back to the village to collect a gold bar, except it was not even enough to cover one-tenth of the tuition.

And he had heard that second-grade tuition was even higher.

"Good thing I'm connected now, hahaha."

On his way back, he brought over a stool and placed it beside the reclining chair beneath the Dormitory Building. Then he plopped down on it and smiled as he looked at the old man beside him.

Mu En's mouth twitched slightly under that burning gaze.

"Young man, if you have something to say, say it." Mu En had his eyes half-closed, looking as though he were about to fall asleep.

"Old Man Mu, tell me—if my Soul Power Level doesn't meet the requirements when I advance to second grade and I get expelled, would you stand up for me?" With nothing better to do, Lin You wanted to tease this legendary Dragon God Douluo.

He was truly hanging himself on a birthday star's noose—tired of living.

"If I get caught by the dorm supervisor for going to the girls' dorm and they want to expel me, could you keep me around?"

"..."

Mu En closed his eyes and pretended not to hear him.

He could already tell that this brat had come over purely because he had nothing better to do. If he answered, Lin You would immediately throw out even more questions.

After laughing and fooling around for a while, Lin You finally mentioned it casually. "Old Man Mu, after specially developing my Air Martial Soul, I came up with a new cultivation method. It can greatly increase Soul Power Levels. My Innate Soul Power was only half a level, and it can also help other people cultivate faster."

Mu En slowly opened his eyes and looked at this seemingly unserious little fellow in surprise.

With only half a level of Innate Soul Power, yet possessing fifteenth-level Soul Power at this age—and Mu En could tell that he had not taken any miraculous pills or medicines to improve his physique—Mu En instantly understood the value of this cultivation method.

He saw seriousness in the other party's eyes.

"You want the two of you to live together?" The old man immediately saw through him and spoke with interest.

"What do you mean, live together? It's cultivation. Cultivation, understand?" Lin You argued righteously.