Exploring Immortality Cultivation

Wang Qi returned to the courtyard, and found that Chen Feng and the others had just finished their morning work. Several Outer Disciples from Tianling Ridge were stretching or basking in the sun. Two were nibbling on dry food. Wang Qi walked to the center of the courtyard and called out loudly, "Everyone, stop what you're doing for a moment, I have something to say."

All the experimental assistants hired by Chen Feng knew that Wang Qi was a True Inheritor of the Wanfa Sect and one of Chen Feng's deputies, so they looked over respectfully. "Senior Brother Wang, what do you need?" "Anything you need help with, just say the word!"

Wang Qi waved his hand and then threw the box Du Bin had just handed him onto the ground, "This box contains a bunch of Innate Divine Seals. Help me sort them out. It's best to sort them by their functions—afterwards, I'll treat you all to a meal."

"There's no need for formalities; it's also a good way to practice their classification skills." Another one of Chen Feng's deputies, Li Zhengguo, opened the box. Inside, there were countless Innate Divine Seals, all jumbled together. Some were sealed in small bottles, some in semi-transparent solids similar to amber, some wrapped in Spirit Talismans, and some were simply enveloped in Spirit Light. Li Zhengguo looked intrigued, "So many... almost ten thousand, right? Where did you get these?"

"I swindled some materials for actual proof from a noble of the Divine Capital." Wang Qi casually picked one up, looked at it, and felt it was not very strong.

Li Zhengguo nodded in understanding. The descendants of Ancient Cultivators and Divine Capital nobles were such inexplicable creatures. They stubbornly reject the systems of the Modern Cultivation, clinging to their "traditional glory" which is beyond reason but covet the power of Modern Cultivation. Sometimes, they ask Modern Cultivators to improve a spell or two, or to craft a few convenient Magic Artifacts for them. This was also a peculiar perk specific to the Divine Capital.

However, this quantity was indeed large.

Li Zhengguo casually grabbed a handful, trying to identify them, "Such a mixed variety. Junior Brother Wang, are you planning to use these on yourself for Combat Skills?"

"How could that be? Innate Divine Seals that could increase my combat power? Those would have to be from the Dragon Clan." Wang Qi threw the Divine Seal he was holding back into the box, "If there were just a few Dragon Clan seals in here—that would be great. Just three would suffice."

Li Zhengguo chuckled, "How could that possibly be? If the rest of the seals in this box are similar in quality to the one in my hand, then the entire box together might not even match up to a single Dragon Clan Innate Divine Seal."

The Dragon Clan, lords of the four seas, like the Human Clan, are born with spirits and are one of the only two clans in Shenzhou that possess Innate Spirit Awakening. The Dragon Clan, like the Human Clan, has its own complete civilization and unique culture. Unlike the relatively weak physical bodies of the Human Clan, each member of the Dragon Clan is strong in combat, comparable to a Demon God Stage Great Demon at adulthood! With a little training, they could advance to Mahayana. And the Mahayana Dragon King was the only creature right now that could directly confront a Modern Carefree Cultivator.

The Dragon Clan's Innate Divine Powers were pure and powerful, and some principles were still unexplained. They were very popular both for research and practical use. However, hundreds of years ago, it seemed as if the Immortal Alliance had reached some strange agreement with the deep Sea Dragon Abyss. Primordial Spirit level Modern Cultivators and Transformation stage members of the Dragon Clan rarely appeared, only several Carefree Cultivators from the Heavenly Sword Palace and the West Sea Dragon King stood in mutual confrontation. There were very few Dragon Clan Divine Seals in existence, and it was improbable they could be swindled by a few words from Wang Qi.

After giving a few instructions, Wang Qi pushed open the door and walked into the study. Chen Youjia was bent over the desk, writing feverishly, his head raised not even once as he said, "Taking leave like this, it's not good."

"Recently, after we updated the mathematical methods, you've been much more relaxed managing Chen Feng's data, right?" Wang Qi sat down opposite Chen Youjia and picked up a document. "Plus, I contributed a lot to updating the mathematical methods, so taking a little time off is quite fair to the salary from Chen Feng, right?"

Chen Youjia continued writing morosely. After a while, he couldn't help but say, "You're playing with fire."

"Am I?"

"By doing these actual proofs, do you think the Immortal Alliance are fools?" Chen Youjia questioned.

Wang Qi smiled and pointed to a jade token-shaped calculator hanging around Chen Youjia's waist, "You didn't try to stop me, did you?"

This low-level personal calculator was originally given to Wang Qi by Su Junyu. After acquiring the Seeking Dao Jade, this jade token gradually became less useful. Once Jarvis was born, Wang Qi transformed it into one of Jarvis's terminals.

Just yesterday, Chen Youjia forcibly took it away. Wang Qi knew her intentions but decided not to interfere.

Chen Youjia still didn't look up, "What are you talking about?"

Wang Qi snapped his fingers, "Jarvis, did user Chen Youjia use any of your functions today?"

"Yes, sir."

"See, you didn't interrupt me then, which proves I didn't cross the line," Wang Qi said. "I don't need to have Jarvis report what functions you used, do I?"

Finally, Chen Youjia looked up and said, "You crossed the line."

Though still indifferent, Wang Qi felt that her expression seemed somewhat pouty.

"Crossing the line means there was manipulation!"

Wang Qi wasn't feeling tremendous pressure. After all, what had he done? He had formed a small group, designed a logo, given this logo a special meaning, and then shared his own ideas. None of this involved Cultivation or any Spell-related matters. How could it be Divine Tao? At worst, it was akin to running a pyramid scheme or deceiving people.

Cults faced capital punishment, pyramid schemes fines. Although essentially the difference between the two might not be vast, their nature was worlds apart.

Chen Youjia sighed, "You better talk about this with Chen Feng. Using his name without informing him wouldn't be right, would it?"

Wang Qi wasn't avoiding Chen Youjia's implications. He never intended to act covertly, for 'everyone having Immortal Cultivation' was a huge subject, and he didn't want to handle all the theoretical and technical work alone. Bringing in Chen Feng and Chen Youjia seemed an excellent choice. However, from Chen Youjia's words, she hadn't told Chen Feng yet? Weren't they old friends for many years?

Chen Youjia felt uneasy under Wang Qi's gaze, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Wang Qi said. "Since you haven't told Chen Feng, we can just tell him later."

"Why? You don't plan to hide it?"

Wang Qi sneered, "If I make some breakthroughs, heh, I bet that guy won't be able to resist jumping into my pit."

The idea for this experiment had only emerged a few days ago, so it was not yet mature. Whether it was research direction or project division, it wasn't very sound. Wang Qi didn't have the confidence to persuade Chen Feng, the good-hearted man, to join this somewhat inhumane and unconventional research.

But Wang Qi was confident that it wouldn't be long before he could perfect the plan.

After talking to Chen Youjia, Wang Qi buried himself in work again. This time, he canceled half of the learning threads set up and dedicated them to refining this proof of concept, meanwhile seeking useful ideas from the Life Path texts of Shenzhou to improve the experimental design. On the other hand, he also looked for the necessary equipment and Magic Artifacts in the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm online store.

Moreover, he kept his habit of visiting that courtyard daily, mainly to repeatedly emphasize that the members of "Circle of Reason" and "Silver Dawn" must not interact with each other, ensuring they were independent systems, and to have them recite the "speech" he had written.

Half a month later, Chen Feng knocked on Wang Qi's door, holding a bill. (To be continued. If you like this book, please visit qidian.com to cast your vote and support me. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)