I'm Really Not the Demon God's Lackey Chapter 125: Burglary?

Lin Jie's eyes followed the dazzling and brilliant sword blade up to its tip.

Ash-like snow landing gently on the sword melted rapidly.

Aether?

Naturally, as a folklore researcher that was frequently exposed to occult beliefs, Lin Jie had heard of such a concept before.

Aether, ether, or akasha.

These all referred to space or sky, the first basic element in the creation of all material, and the fifth element alongside earth, air, water, and fire which existed in all things in the material world.

This, of course, was the more mysterious explanation of it.

In Ancient Greece, aether was a kind of matter thought up by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, an imaginary material concept that ancient physicists used to aid them when pondering over certain physics phenomenons.

Later on, scientists came up with a variety of explanations about aether, but with the development of science, the theory of aether was gradually dismissed.

Lin Jie didn't have a great understanding of all these as he didn't have too much interest in physics and merely read such stuff just for the sake of reading.

Under these circumstances, Silver's slightly cryptic question was likely philosophical.

But, it probably was a literal one.

Lin Jie thought for a bit, then replied, "Is this dream... aether?"

Aether was the fifth element, and at the same time, one of the four basic elements of creation, omnipresent and a fundamental of all things.

Perspectively speaking, the place he was at right now wasn’t a dream of his, but a very real space that existed beyond the material world.

And space... Isn’t it aether?

This made Lin Jie come up with a conjecture.

Could it be that in Azir, aether isn’t purely a philosophical concept but a true existing form of energy, or ‘a stream of consciousness’?

Wait a minute. Azir!

Lin Jie was momentarily stunned. The name of this land was Azir, but it was only a transliteration of Chinese characters.

Its actual pronunciation was Azure, meaning sky blue or the heavens. Which represented the aether!

This was no coincidence!

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