Chapter 22

Today's 6,000 words, presented.

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When Xiang Qi found Wang Qi, she was startled. She followed her locator device and found Wang Qi wandering aimlessly down the street!

"Are you... drained of your essence?"

It took Wang Qi a couple of seconds to react. He slowly turned to Xiang Qi and smiled, "Senior Sister, you've lost your dignity with just that one sentence."

"Huh?" Xiang Qi was puzzled.

In the神州 (Shenzhou), there are many evil techniques that absorb others' essence and true energy, so in the ears of Shenzhou cultivators, Xiang Qi's words would have no double meaning.

These evil techniques are not widely spread, and Xiang Qi was just asking out of curiosity. Zhen Chanzi quickly recounted the events that happened at the White Horse Tea House for Wang Qi.

The girl's expression was strange: "You actually played the Indeterminate Cards with a Myriad Methods Sect disciple who specializes in the White泽 (Zé) Calculation? And he's even at the Foundation Establishment stage?"

Wang Qi nodded dumbly, "Yeah, yeah."

Zhen Chanzi added, "And he refused to admit defeat."

Xiang Qi shook her head, deciding to ignore the situation: "You're a monster... Seeing you so exhausted, forget it, I'll take you to rest. I'll send you to register tomorrow."

As she spoke, the girl released her magical tool, supporting the unsteady Wang Qi, and walked towards the Immortal Alliance Inn.

Midnight. Immortal Alliance Inn.

Wang Qi lay on the bed, breathing evenly, seemingly asleep. However, his spiritual consciousness quietly contacted the ring: "Old man, old man. Is anyone still paying attention here?"

Zhen Chanzi replied, "At least I can't sense anyone."

"Ha!" Wang Qi threw off the blanket, jumped out of bed, "Finally, I can do some underhanded things!"

As he spoke, he picked up his clothes from the window, and from them, took out two stacks of paper.

One stack was the manuscript of Daoist Hai Senbao. The other was the white paper he bought today. Wang Qi also took out an ink stick, an inkstone, and a brush. All of these were bought today.

"But these things are really cheap." Wang Qi ground the ink while sighing, "Even if bought as a set, it only costs one percent of a stone of spirit energy."

A stone is the standard unit of measurement for spirit energy, representing the average spirit energy content of hundreds of millions of low-grade spirit stones.

One percent of a stone is considered the lowest consumption standard in the Immortal City. While laboratories can measure the smallest unit of spirit energy similar to Planck's constant, the portable spirit pools used for transactions, akin to POS machines and credit cards, do not require such precision. One percent of a stone is the maximum precision of portable spirit pools.

"Secular items are hard to intersect with cultivators. Even if they really need secular items, cultivators earn silver a hundred times easier than ordinary people. And items like spirit stones are completely useless to ordinary people, so since ancient times, the Immortal Path and the secular world have not exchanged goods." Zhen Chanzi said, "It's already quite good that a place like Xin Yue sells ordinary paper and pens."

Wang Qi suddenly smiled, "Right, old man, you used to have the title 'Heavenly Master of Luo Tian'? Sounds pretty cool, majestic and awe-inspiring."

Zhen Chanzi was not in a good mood, "What's the point of being majestic ten thousand years ago? Today, I'm just a card in a game."

In the illustrated book that Su Junyu lent to Wang Qi, in the expansion pack "Supreme Heavenly Luo," several famous cultivators and most of the Luo Fu Xuan Qing Palace's techniques were made into cards.

"Right, according to that Lu Renjia weighted algorithm, what would your weighted value be?"

Zhen Chanzi carefully calculated, "This algorithm should not be based on what techniques you can use, but what techniques you can use in battle. In my prime... around six to eight. If only considering the best state, the 'Great Chaos Heavenly Scripture' combined with various techniques could reach ten."

Wang Qi shook his head, "The theoretical limit for the Great Perfection stage is also ten. You should know, the higher the cultivation, the higher the weighted value."

The higher the cultivation, the stronger the mana, and the more profound the techniques that can be used. Additionally, the cultivation level is tied to lifespan, the longer one lives, the more time there is to practice and refine techniques, and the more battle experience one gains.

"This is already a rare achievement. Many ancient techniques are actually penalized in this algorithm." Zhen Chanzi was somewhat angry.

"The Ethereal Indeterminate Cloud Sword, Dual Spiral Power, Great Phase Wave Hand, Great Rectangular Heaven Diagram, and Heavenly Sword, each of these alone is a top-notch technique with a weighted value of ten, a powerful weapon in battle. The Intolerable Lightning Sword, Dual Spiral Lightning Power, Unpredictable Body Technique, and the Seven Circles of the Heavenly Sequence Sword Disc, each of these alone has a weighted value of nine."

Zhen Chanzi sighed, "I still find it hard to believe..."

After a while, Wang Qi finished grinding the ink, "Alright, old man, be quiet. I'm starting."

As he spoke, Wang Qi began to write rapidly on the blank paper.

Zhen Chanzi couldn't help but ask, "Again, these strange symbols. I wanted to ask in Da Bai Village, where did you learn this?"

This question was hard to answer, so Wang Qi pretended to be fully focused on the analysis and didn't hear the question.

The special symbols from Daoist Hai Senbao's manuscript gradually transformed into the universal symbols used on Earth.

Gradually, familiar formulas began to appear before Wang Qi.

"This symbol has always been there... it should be a constant, and this one too..."

"Another one is probably Planck's constant, but what is this one?"

"This part of the manuscript lacks data... makes sense, Old Hai has always been wanted, he probably didn't dare to conduct experiments boldly."

"Lack of data, no conditions to perform blackbody radiation experiments, can't confirm the value of Planck's constant in this world."

"Another constant... wait, this symbol often appears with three other formulas."

"These three formulas are used quite frequently, but I've never seen them before. Are they unique to this world?"

As the analysis progressed, Wang Qi began to bite the pen.

These three formulas were unclear in meaning but used very frequently, presenting a challenge to the analysis.

"Let's not think about what they represent for now, just analyze them purely mathematically..."

Wang Qi put aside the copied manuscript and took a few more sheets of blank paper, starting to calculate.

Due to his穿越 (穿越, time travel), Wang Qi's soul was much stronger than an ordinary person's. As a former genius in mathematics and physics, Wang Qi's advanced calculation methods were very powerful. Even so, this step took him an hour.

"These three formulas are equivalent..."

"So these three formulas can be represented by a single symbol."

After substituting the "formulas Wang Qi didn't understand" and the "constants Wang Qi didn't understand" into the familiar formulas...

"Yep, as expected, matrix calculations are needed here."

The simplified equations invigorated Wang Qi, but he also began to secretly complain.

Matrix calculations are very complex and tedious, something every student of quantum physics dreads.

"Matrix mechanics and wave mechanics are equivalent... no, the missing conditions are too many, and new unknown conditions have been introduced, can't rashly convert..."

Wang Qi bit the pen, thinking, "Moreover, Old Hai's ultimate technique is the Unpredictable Body Technique, which is said to be impossible to simultaneously see through her speed and distance. This undoubtedly integrates the uncertainty principle into the technique. Schrödinger's wave function doesn't intuitively reflect this..."

What to do?

What to do?

Wang Qi looked at the sky, feeling the time was particularly insufficient.

"The advantage of matrix mechanics lies in the description and processing of discrete spectral lines, handling large amounts of data... there isn't much data here..."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, "Right, Dirac's method! Use Poisson brackets to simplify. If the core here is really the uncertainty principle, then Poisson brackets, which also do not satisfy the commutative law of multiplication, can also be used! This greatly simplifies the calculations!"

Zhen Chanzi had long entered a meditative state in the ring. For him, these incomprehensible formulas were undoubtedly a torment!

Finally, before dawn, Wang Qi completed his calculations!

He casually picked up a piece of paper to wipe the sweat, then gathered the first copy of the manuscript, the draft paper, and the remaining ink, brush, and paper, and carefully formed a fireball. He used his spiritual power to tightly wrap the fire, preventing it from going out while also preventing it from burning the room.

After finishing all this, he couldn't help but burst into laughter, "Hahahaha! From now on, I can do whatever I want!"

Zhen Chanzi was startled awake, shouting, "What are you going crazy about!"

Wang Qi laughed, "Guess what's on Old Hai's manuscript?"

Zhen Chanzi was curious, "What did you analyze?"

"At least it includes the Ethereal Indeterminate Cloud Sword and the Unpredictable Body Technique. If I can supplement the experimental data, I might even be able to analyze the method of refining the Great Rectangular Heaven Diagram!"

"Also, since the Ethereal Palace lineage is from the same school, the Intolerable Lightning Sword and Dual Spiral Lightning Power are not impossible to comprehend!"

Old Hai is really generous! This manuscript, which is still over twenty pages long after significant simplification, is about how to integrate the uncertainty principle, probability clouds, and matrix mechanics into cultivation techniques!

Zhen Chanzi originally wanted to laugh to show disbelief, but Wang Qi's tone was very confident. His voice was a bit hoarse, "You... have already learned it?"

Wang Qi's expression remained unchanged, answering firmly, "No."

Zhen Chanzi hesitated, "Then... do you know how to cultivate it?"

"Also no."

Zhen Chanzi was angry, "Are you messing with me?"

Wang Qi shrugged, "You can't practice sword techniques without the main principles! The accompanying mental techniques, the Ethereal Palace's introductory sword techniques and spells, these are the foundations of these techniques."

"In other words, you just might learn these in the future?"

Wang Qi shook his head, "Not just might, but definitely—just these techniques are too advanced, I can't cultivate them all at once."

After saying this, he stretched, pushed open the window. The cool morning breeze mixed with the faint light of dawn, enveloping Wang Qi.

The young man whispered, "Now, I look forward to the Immortal Alliance even more."

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