Chapter 13

The cold and stern young man Ye Chang was almost unable to contain his excitement at this moment. He looked at the Qi Practitioner cultivator he held in his hand, not bothering to hide the greed in his eyes.

Just now, when he was in a confrontation with the Wanfamen cultivator at the Golden Core stage, he suddenly felt the magical artifact he had been wearing close to his body heat up slightly! This magical artifact was a replica of a semi-immortal artifact in the possession of the sect leader. It was said within the sect that this semi-immortal artifact was seized by the founder of Huangji Li Tian Dao from another sect ten thousand years ago, and it was part of a complete set of treasures. The replica in his possession had little practical use but could sense the location of other treasures.

A semi-immortal artifact!

Unlike a life-bound magical artifact, which can be continuously strengthened as one's cultivation improves, the power of a magical artifact is fixed and hard to enhance. Magical artifacts are divided into six levels: talisman, heavy, treasure, true, mystic, and immortal. Talisman artifacts are mostly used by Qi Practitioners and Foundation Establishment cultivators, a heavy artifact is considered wealthy for a Golden Core cultivator, a treasure artifact is enough to make an Essence Infant cultivator fight to the death, and only the Separation and Union stages can possess true artifacts. As for mystic artifacts? Only those who have transcended can obtain them. As the top ancient method cultivator and the personal disciple of the sect leader of Huangji Li Tian Dao, Ye Chang only had an exquisite treasure artifact!

And now, he, Ye Chang, was about to obtain a semi-immortal artifact!

Thinking of this, his gaze became even more intense. When he caught this small Qi Practitioner, he had already probed and found that although the cultivator had switched to modern methods, there were still traces of spirit body cultivation in his body, and his cultivation method matched exactly with the one his master mentioned from the sect that was destroyed! This young man had almost evaded his spiritual sense, and if it weren't for the magical artifact's感应, he wouldn't have discovered this small Qi Practitioner. This indicated that the other party's lineage was also extremely excellent!

As long as he slowly tortures this young man, he can get the clue to the immortal artifact and a lineage of ancient methods! Such luck is truly a gift from heaven!

However, the immediate priority now is to get rid of the Wanfamen disciple behind him!

"Leave the person behind!"

Li Ziyu sped forward on his sword, firmly biting down on the tail. He was also secretly surprised. Modern methods were comprehensively stronger than ancient methods, and a modern Golden Core cultivator killing an ancient Essence Infant was not even considered a "hard battle." However, this ancient Essence Infant cultivator could actually contend with him, who wielded the Heavenly Sword, indicating that he must be a core figure among ancient method cultivators. Such a person specifically capturing Wang Qi must be strange!

Ye Chang's hands changed in magical seals, and several spells with a golden glow rushed towards Li Ziyu. But Li Ziyu slightly swayed his body, and the several killing moves were all evaded by him.

"Truly worthy of being a Wanfamen disciple, ordinary attacks can't hit him at all." Ye Chang was secretly annoyed. Wanfamen was a major modern method sect, and its disciples were most skilled in "one method breaking all methods" and "one method deriving all methods." Even the simplest martial techniques could be used to great effect in their hands, and even the most miraculous spells had numerous flaws in their eyes. He feared that as soon as he made a move, Li Ziyu would already see through his techniques.

Li Ziyu suddenly accelerated, thrusting his sword swiftly. Ye Chang gritted his teeth and activated three talismans. Three spells formed a triangular pattern and rushed towards Li Ziyu. Li Ziyu changed his thrust to a slash, exhaled, and shouted, "Break!" The Heavenly Sword emitted a blinding golden light, accompanied by a powerful force, and slashed towards the spells triggered by the three talismans. This strike hit the critical part of the spells' operation, and the three spells were actually shattered by him!

But this also gave Ye Chang the opportunity to pull away to a distance of about thirty zhang.

At this moment, Wang Qi could only watch Ye Chang and Li Ziyu clash, unable to move his entire body. Every muscle and every meridian in his body were restrained by Ye Chang's technique, making it impossible for him to even blink. He was rigidly wrapped in Ye Chang's escape light.

"What is going on?" Wang Qi's heart felt as if it had been filled with several pounds of lead, sinking straight down.

No matter how he shouted in his spiritual sense, Zhen Chanzi did not respond. This was the first time since Zhen Chanzi guided him onto the path of immortality.

"Damn! Damn! What is going on?"

Wang Qi roared in his mind. He really couldn't understand why he was caught up in this high-level cultivator's conflict.

"Calm down. Anxiety will not help you escape."

Suddenly, Zhen Chanzi's calm voice appeared in Wang Qi's mind.

Wang Qi was furious: "Old man, explain!"

Zhen Chanzi got straight to the point: "This guy is here for this ring. He is a true disciple of Huangji Li Tian Dao, the sect that destroyed our Luofu Xuanqing Palace ten thousand years ago. This ring is of great importance."

"Hey, you never mentioned this to me before." Wang Qi was almost amused to the point of laughter—if he could laugh.

Zhen Chanzi's voice showed no emotion: "I intended to tell you after you stepped onto the path of immortality. Putting that aside, I am now secretly extending a thread of my soul into your body, and this method is very draining for my residual soul. No more nonsense. The Huangji Li Tian Dao and Luofu Xuanqing Palace have been in conflict for a thousand years, and they understand each other's techniques. I will now teach you a method to break through restrictions. Once you master it, you can secretly mobilize a thread of your magical power when this guy is not prepared."

"A thread of magical power? What... Do you mean I should activate the talismans in my hand?"

Wang Qi, with his quick thinking, immediately guessed Zhen Chanzi's intention.

"Exactly. Li Ziyu and this guy are at an impasse. You just need to find the right moment to activate the few talismans still in your hand. However, the gap in strength between you and him is too large. Once he notices, your method to break through restrictions will be useless. Additionally, I must not let the Huangji Li Tian Dao discover my existence, so I won't extend my spiritual sense this time. You have to grasp the opportunity yourself."

"My strength is almost depleted. I will teach you this method! Although it is complex, it is your only hope for survival now, and you must master it quickly!"

Before Wang Qi could react, he felt a pain in his head, and a method directly appeared in his mind.

However, when he saw this method, Wang Qi almost cursed.

"This, this actually requires simultaneously controlling thirty-seven threads of magical power, each running independently in different meridians! Old man, why don't you just let me die directly!"

Multitasking is not a big deal for cultivators, but making a Qi Practitioner focus on thirty-seven tasks is indeed too much to ask.

"It's impossible to learn this in such a short time. Even if I memorize the routes, I can't make thirty-seven threads of magical power run independently."

"Unless... the thirty-seven threads of magical power can run according to the same rule!"

"But, the thirty-seven routes are too different... wait, if this problem is transformed into a mathematical problem, it seems... to describe a system of thirty-seven points..."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration appeared in Wang Qi's mind.

"Right! Hilbert space! This method does not involve complex changes; the only difficulty is the operation of thirty-seven threads of magical power! Use the Hilbert space algorithm to describe the system with a function!"

Hilbert space is a generalization of Euclidean space but is not limited to three dimensions.

In simple terms, to describe the trajectory of a point in three-dimensional space, three vectors are needed to form a three-dimensional coordinate system. To describe two points as one, six vectors are needed to form a six-dimensional coordinate system. By extension, three points require nine dimensions, and four points require twelve dimensions...

"Thirty-seven threads of magical power require a 111-dimensional Hilbert space! Don't be intimidated by the number of dimensions. In the field of mathematics, describing a point in 111-dimensional space is much simpler than describing a system of thirty-seven points in three-dimensional space!"

"Hilbert space is something I was familiar with in my previous life. Moreover, in my previous life, quantum physics required six vectors to describe a point, and now it only requires three dimensions. After practicing the main cultivation method, my soul is several times stronger than in my previous life, and my computational power is naturally much stronger!"

"Mental calculation of a 111-dimensional Hilbert space is not impossible!"

After making the decision, Wang Qi calmed his mind and began to calculate.

"Set the dantian... no, the Zhongshan point as the origin and start calculating..."

Just as Wang Qi began to calculate, Li Ziyu launched another attack.

"No, I can't retreat anymore! If I retreat further, the secret base might be exposed." Ye Chang waved several layers of light barriers, but Li Ziyu quickly broke through them with his sword.

"This kid's one sword breaking all methods is too troublesome... I need to think of a way!"

Ye Chang's heavy sword struggled under Li Ziyu's Heavenly Sword, and he was hard-pressed to continue. With no choice, he slapped his chest and sprayed a mouthful of essence energy onto the heavy sword, using the greatly increased sword qi to force Li Ziyu back.

Li Ziyu was about to charge forward again when Ye Chang suddenly stopped, used his power to grab Wang Qi, and shouted, "Don't come any closer! If you do, I'll crush this kid!"

Wang Qi's heart skipped a beat, and he even stopped calculating.

What a joke! This situation is completely outside of any calculation!

Although through a few days of interaction, Wang Qi had some admiration for Li Ziyu's character, he wasn't foolish enough to believe that Li Ziyu would sacrifice himself for a Qi Practitioner!

Li Ziyu paused his attack and smiled, "What, do you think I would let you go for a small Qi Practitioner and let a big Essence Infant fish escape?"

Ye Chang sneered, "I don't know what kind of people you modern method cultivators are, but you should know yourself. You all have messed up brains and believe in that fake righteousness, calling yourselves 'protectors of the world.'"

Li Ziyu shrugged, "Alright, you win."

Ye Chang grinned, "Then, put down the Heavenly Sword in your hand."

Li Ziyu smiled bitterly and threw the Heavenly Sword upwards, which then transformed into a silver ribbon and returned to the sword case. Then, Li Ziyu took off the sword case he always carried and threw it to Ye Chang.

Is this guy stupid?

Wang Qi was shocked. It couldn't be denied that there were indeed selfless people in the world, but it also had to be admitted that such people were few and far between, whether in his previous life or this one. To encounter a Golden Core cultivator like this as the first one he met? The odds were enough to win the lottery several times.

[Just a note, I'm going out tomorrow, so the updates will be adjusted to two in the evening.]

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