roccoschili Chapter 65: Counting Air
Chapter 65: Counting Air
Chapter 65: Counting AirThe first spell Anji encountered near the teapot’s mouth was a simple water element spell. There was nothing fancy about it. The assumed purpose was to conjure water into the teapot after activating it. Without any other gate symbols, that was all there was to it.
The spell at the bottom of the teapot was a different story. There were several gate symbols drawn around the fire spell. Assuming that her teacher used it to boil the tea in the teapot, why would the spell be so complex? She understood the need to contain the fire element. Unlike conjuring water, it would be insane to have flames spewing out from the bottom of the teapot. Instead, Anji confirmed with her book that her teacher included a logic gate to identify certain properties of fire and remove them upon activation. However, there was one other gate that she had never seen before.
Flipping through the book, Anji
Oh! Realising that she made a mistake, Anji quickly corrected her answer.
"A little!"
Nodding along, Yan Ping now pointed at herself.
"What about shifu?" she asked. "How much air is in me?"
Remembering that humans breathed, Anji replied confidently that Yan Ping had a little more air than her.
Pleased that Anji understood the concept of comparison, she finally dropped the bomb.
"Assuming that we are both breathing the same air in the room from the same forest outside this hut, how many breaths would it take for you to empty all the air in this room? And how many breaths would it take me to empty all the air in this room?"
Blinking, Anji wasn’t sure if she heard the question correctly. She had never heard anyone breathing all the air in a room until it was empty. In the first place, was such a thing possible? Yan Ping did not appear to be joking either.
What a weird lesson!