Exploring Immortality Cultivation

Wang Qi finished speaking, and Bai Ze God Monarch said a few obligatory words. Then, the "Banquet of Completion" truly became a pure celebration.

After the awards ceremony concluded, most of the Wanfa Sect cultivators vanished in a flash, leaving without a trace. A mathematician's time is always precious, particularly after having just listened to a valuable presentation, as inspiration was steadily overflowing. Even those arithmeticians whose research fields were far removed from Wang Qi's felt a sense of enlightenment by analogy. They couldn't wait to hole up in their quiet rooms, holding a mathematics book and draft paper, lost in deep thought alone.

Wang Qi was initially pleased about this. The more arithmeticians who focused on this topic, the greater the influence of the Bourbaki School's thought. Even if these people only managed to chip away at the edges of this great project, it still promoted mathematics and would lead to the Bourbaki School's theories re-emerging in Shenzhou sooner.

By then, Wang Qi could utilize the Shenzhou mathematics intimately integrated with the Shenzhou Immortal Path, along with the martial arts derived from these mathematical studies, to outline a skill tree for the cutting-edge theories of Earth's physics.

However, Wang Qi's mood took a turn for the worse when he noticed that even Su Junyu and Bao Xiaoya seemed to be hinting at leaving.

Isn't the time after such banquets meant for young people to go out and have fun and then casually say "Shall we meet up?" to each other? Why don't you two know how to enjoy yourselves?

Wang Qi hurriedly grabbed them both, then began to prove that he was the most suitable person to discuss the ideas he had just articulated. Persuaded, Su Junyu and Bao Xiaoya changed their minds and stayed to talk about mathematics with Wang Qi.

However, pleasant times are always short-lived. Xiang Qi soon came over. She patted Wang Qi on the head as soon as she arrived: "You little rascal, not bad!"

Xiang Qi was the first cultivator Wang Qi had met. He was also happy to see his senior sister: "Senior Sister, weren't you supposed to be at Xinyue this year?"

"This friendless homebody here felt too embarrassed to not have any friends to invite, so I came along with him," Xiang Qi said while slapping Su Junyu on the back.

At that moment, Wu Chengdao and Huangfu Lian walked over. After getting acquainted, Wu Chengdao finally brought up a very constructive suggestion, "Let's first see what the Seeking Dao Jade really looks like?"

Wang Qi opened the box, revealing a walnut-sized jade pendant. The front of the pendant was inlaid with gold Yin Yang Yao counting rods, while the reverse was engraved with the character "Dao," followed by a line of small text— "With the law of completeness, construct a flawless ground. This jade is presented to thee, to honor the virtue of casting artifacts."

This Seeking Dao Jade was a top-grade treasure artifact, and a true calculator at that. Treasure Level calculators were enough for a cultivator to use up to the Primordial Spirit Stage – perfect for processing data like a supercomputer or for setting up a super internal network as a main server. Not to mention, this was also a personal calculator.

Treasure Level personal calculators represented the limit of Immortal Alliance technology. Only larger, more advanced calculators could surpass this.

"Seeking Dao Jade is always the most cutting-edge concept machine, always fraught with technical challenges that prevent mass production, and yet its performance is even stronger than calculators of the same rank," Wu Chengdao explained. He was very familiar with this, as it was a product of Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.

Su Junyu's eyes lit up: "Does this thing have any special functions?"

"The previous Seeking Dao Jade already had the function of directing magical treasures on its behalf, such as some small Mechanical Beasts, which could all be entrusted to the personal calculator's wisdom. This generation, if I remember correctly, should have added automatic spellcasting?"

Wu Chengdao wasn't too certain about these cutting-edge gadgets. He was only in charge of developing low-level calculators for the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion and was still unclear about what those technical madmen at the Daqi Tower, who didn't consider costs, were up to.

The Seeking Dao Jade in Wang Qi's hands was said to have an automatic spellcasting feature that could command the holder's mana instead, automatically constructing spells. It's said that the app for constructing spells... ahem, the application of Path Rank can also be downloaded automatically. Given the memory capacity of this gadget, Wang Qi could easily download three to five hundred in one go.

This feature made Su Junyu quite envious and resentful—someone's single calculator overshadows his entire set of magic artifacts! He immediately inquired Wu Chengdao about the price of such a calculator. Then... unusually, Xiang Qi didn't tease him for being a "rich tycoon."

Being able to download apps to cast spells automatically, command Mechanical Beasts and other magic artifacts, calculate Array Formations quickly, and connect with other calculators to borrow their computational power... It was simply the most perfect and all-encompassing magic artifact!

In the following days, Wang Qi purchased or custom-ordered many small Mechanical Beasts under Wu Chengdao's guidance, filling the gaps in his reconnaissance and long-range attack capabilities.

Over these days, he extensively sparred with Su Junyu, Bao Xiaoya, and even Xiang Qi, sharing insights into spellcraft. Xiang Qi was no longer at the same level as Wang Qi in swordsmanship, but her specialty was spellcraft. In terms of the diversity of spells, almost no one among Wang Qi's friends could match her. She also broadened Wang Qi's horizons in terms of spellcasting tactics and spell combinations. Meanwhile, Bao Xiaoya, with guidance from the Carefree Great Cultivator, was slightly behind Wang Qi in swordsmanship but outmatched him in spellcraft.

It was also during these days that Wang Qi realized the essential difference between Su Junyu and the Wanfa Sect's True Inheritor he had defeated before. When facing off against Su Junyu, Wang Qi's every move seemed to be anticipated by his opponent, while each of the opponent's moves steered the duel toward an advantageous situation for him.

However, in these few days, there were few Wanfa Sect disciples who actively challenged Wang Qi. After his speech at the Banquet of Completion, many fellow sect members subconsciously regarded him as a Grandmaster—even though he was still merely at the Qi Cultivation Stage. Those who doubted the words spoken during the cream puff talk and suspected they were not his own began to be wary of Wang Qi's "backers."

Of course, there was one exception.

During the Banquet of Completion, a middle-aged True Inheritor who had been heavily mocked by Su Junyu came looking for Wang Qi on the third day. First, he stared intently at the Seeking Dao Jade on Wang Qi's waist, as if trying to etch it into his eyes. Then, he looked at Wang Qi with a disdainful smile, "You won this round, but it doesn't matter. Without Breaking the Heaven Barrier, the path of Immortal Dao amounts to nothing. I will wait for you above the Primordial Spirit—if you can ever get there."

He had suppressed his cultivation for ten years for the Dao Artifact Award. In those ten years, he had deeply studied Mathematics and had already found the path to the Primordial Spirit. Perhaps in another three to five years, he would have initially formed the "Primordial Spirit's Magical Domain" and then, in one fell swoop, would Break the Heavenly Barrier. As for Wang Qi... there was never a Banished Immortal who had stepped past the Primordial Spirit Heaven Barrier.

Wang Qi didn't feel angry about this provocation; instead, he was quite interested and learned of that Wanfa Sect True Inheritor's name.

What kind of expression would he have if he saw me achieve Void Refining or reach Nirvana before him?

Wang Qi never doubted his ability to cross the threshold of Nirvana.

Then another day passed, and Wang Qi also embarked on the return journey aboard the Spirit Boat. (To be continued. If you like this work, your support with recommendation tickets and monthly votes on Qidian.com is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)"