Chapter 91

Wang Qi is a person with an extremely curious nature. If he didn't have such a strong curiosity, he wouldn't be able to treat scientific research as a hobby.

After cultivating his mind and tempering his nature, he developed an even stronger desire to figure out all the abnormal things.

For example, Zhen Chanzi mentioned that he had seen the "Yao Ding Calculation Classic."

The "Yao Ding Calculation Classic" was created a thousand years ago, while Zhen Chanzi had been trapped in the ring for ten thousand years, which doesn't add up in terms of time. However, the lineage of the Myriad Methods Gate is measured in tens of thousands of years. Before being enhanced by binary, the "Yao Ding Calculation Classic" was just an ordinary modern cultivation method. Before that, it had an ancient cultivation method as its prototype.

However, the predecessor of the "Yao Ding Calculation Classic" had long been phased out and would not appear in the transmission hall. If one wanted to learn it, they had to exchange for it themselves. As for the ancient prototype, it had long been sealed and prohibited from spreading by the Immortal Alliance—modern cultivators and ancient cultivators were irreconcilable, and the Immortal Alliance would not spread ancient cultivation methods.

Therefore, Wang Qi had to take matters into his own hands and ensure he was well-prepared.

After understanding the situation, Zhen Chanzi carefully examined the cultivation method that Wang Qi had deduced from the characteristic equation. He marveled, "I really don't understand how you deduced it..."

"The number of cycles in the characteristic equation itself represents the route for the cultivation method, and each factor has its own meaning," Wang Qi explained.

Zhen Chanzi sighed and continued to look at the cultivation method provisionally named "Heavenly Stems Base."

"Your explanation makes me feel like I've seen this Heavenly Stems method before... Where did I see it?"

Wang Qi frowned, "No way? Do I have to deduce an identical cultivation method? A characteristic equation can correspond to more than one cultivation method!"

Zhen Chanzi said, "Don't change the subject. This time, the familiarity is very strong... If I think carefully, I can remember..."

Wang Qi crossed his arms and waited silently. Considering that the old man had been trapped in the ring for ten thousand years, Wang Qi suspected that his sense of time was somewhat distorted, so he considered whether he should go eat a bowl of noodles first.

Fortunately, Zhen Chanzi didn't make him wait too long. Soon, the old man said, "Change the eighteenth sentence of your cultivation method to 'One stillness makes everything still,' and change the twenty-second sentence from 'Internal solidification of spirit, external display of ease' to..."

Under Zhen Chanzi's guidance, Wang Qi revised the Heavenly Stems method. In his view, the difficulty of the cultivation method after revision should be at the level of middle school or high school Chinese courses.

It should be able to cultivate to the Golden Core stage, right?

After making the changes, Wang Qi asked, "What did you remember?"

Zhen Chanzi muttered to himself, "How is this possible... Before, this is, this is the method for refining this ring!"

"Ah?" Wang Qi was greatly surprised, "The cultivation method I revised is indeed different in appearance, but its core is still the mathematics of the Myriad Methods Gate! This is something from tens of thousands of years ago?"

Zhen Chanzi said, "About twenty thousand years ago, Luofu Xuqing Palace was still a medium-sized sect. An outer sect disciple bought this ring from a wandering cultivator..."

"Twenty thousand years ago, the Myriad Methods Gate lost a仙器 (immortal artifact)?" Wang Qi was skeptical, "If history is correct, the Myriad Methods Gate was just starting twenty thousand years ago. How could they have refined an immortal artifact?"

"I'm not sure either. But this method of refining was explored by Luofu Xuqing Palace over seven thousand years. The restrictions on it were so miraculous that my seniors even used these restrictions to modify the 'Great Luo Chaotic Heaven Scripture' and discovered many spells."

"This..." Wang Qi couldn't immediately figure out the connection between the Myriad Methods Gate, the ring, and Luofu Xuqing Palace. After some thought, he decided to refine the ring first to see what it was all about.

Zhen Chanzi, hearing Wang Qi's plan, nodded and said, "That's right, it should be done. I'll organize the method."

Wang Qi shook his head and refused, "No need. This cultivation method is just a degraded version of the 'Yao Ding Calculation Classic.' No matter how I deduce it, there won't be any fundamental difference. Binary and decimal are not much different to me; I can just adjust my magical power."

Saying this, Wang Qi ignored Zhen Chanzi, sat down, and began to refine the ring, which was of immortal artifact level.

With Wang Qi's current cultivation at the Qi Condensation stage, completely mastering an immortal artifact was a pipe dream. What he needed to do was leave his magical power and intent in the core.

When the cultivation method and the ring itself do not conflict, and the ring has no owner, leaving one's intent in the core is not a difficult task. Wang Qi was surprised to find that the decimal magical power converted from the "Yao Ding Calculation Classic" flowed into the ring as smoothly as a fish in water, encountering no resistance. He easily left his mark in the core.

Zhen Chanzi's mood was somewhat complex. This ring had been studied by his sect for thousands of years, and now it was to be refined by someone else, which made him somewhat melancholic.

Soon, Wang Qi opened his eyes and said, "I saw two ancient characters in the core of the ring. What's going on?"

Zhen Chanzi explained, "Just like human craftsmen like to engrave the names of their works on their masterpieces, immortals have this habit too. Those two ancient characters are likely the true name of the ring, left by the creator."

Wang Qi picked up a brush and wrote down two characters, "I don't recognize them, take a look."

Zhen Chanzi glanced at them, "Mathematics. Mathematics?"

"Damn? Mathematics?"

This... This is not a world of academic papers, how can there be such an immortal artifact?

Is the Heavenly Dao essentially the Ministry of Education? Is this the legendary one of the three great artifacts of language, mathematics, and foreign languages?

This is unscientific! This does not align with the Heavenly Dao!

Zhen Chanzi, seeing Wang Qi's disheveled appearance, affirmed, "Yes, 'Mathematics.' It seems to be a very important immortal artifact."

Wang Qi was shocked, "You've heard of it?"

Zhen Chanzi was also surprised, "Aren't you planning to join the Myriad Methods Gate? You should at least know a bit about its history! And even if you don't know the origin of this ring, you should know about the Middle Ancient Mathematicians."

The Middle Ancient Mathematicians, one of the hundred schools during the human renaissance, were founded by the Primordial Celestial Lord Bi Gezhi, who believed that the great way is numbers, and numbers are the root of heaven and earth. The disciples of the Mathematicians called themselves mathematicians, and their teachings were known as mathematics.

"Wait, so mathematics is all the teachings of the Mathematicians?"

"Um."

Wang Qi's mouth twitched, "Damn... this thing..."

This thing is equivalent to a magical artifact in a world where all the hundred schools can cultivate, calling itself "Confucianism" or "Mohism." It's easy to imagine how significant it is!

"From the Primordial Celestial Lord Bi Gezhi, it might be the symbol of the leader of the Mathematicians," Zhen Chanzi made a judgment.

Wang Qi suddenly thought of something, "The Myriad Methods Gate inherited the teachings of the Middle Ancient Mathematicians... They also consider themselves the descendants of Bi Gezhi and Ji Mid. This is the symbol of the leader of the Mathematicians—this is equivalent to the symbol of the leader of the Myriad Methods Gate!"