Exploring Immortality Cultivation

"Showing off, huh..." Wang Qi glanced upwards, indeed noticing the Spirit Light Mirror and other magic artifacts used for recording images. These devices, already linked to the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, were broadcasting everything happening here to the myriad cultivators in Shenzhou in real-time.

Thinking of this, Wang Qi sighed in disappointment. The physical laws of this universe greatly facilitated the creation of technological black boxes; Shenzhou's theoretical system was similar to Earth's, yet their technology trees had climbed very differently. Computers and the internet had actually appeared before telephones and television. If there had been a mature media system, he could have become famous overnight.

Su Junyu had noticed these devices long ago. Seeing that Wang Qi had spotted the "cameras", he laughed and said, "You now know what you're really taking, don't you?"

Wang Qi's ears perked up, "Inside information?"

Bai Ze God Monarch is a judge, and Su Junyu is a disciple of Bai Ze God Monarch. Wang Qi was the first one not to believe if someone said Su Junyu didn't have inside information.

"Congratulations, congratulations. To achieve such success before you're even fully grown, you're truly unique," Su Junyu said with a low chuckle.

"Ah!" Bao Xiaoya let out a short, sharp scream, "For real! Senior Brother, congratulations!"

Su Junyu, dissatisfied, said, "Your relatives have won plenty of Dao Artifact Awards; no need to make such a fuss."

"Dao Artifact Award! The highest honor for an arithmetician!" Bao Xiaoya's expression was practically infatuated.

Perhaps the volume of her voice had been a little too high, and the surrounding cultivators cast annoyed glances their way. Wang Qi suddenly felt a chill over his body.

In this world, "glares" could kill. Chen Feng had said that the optic nerve is directly connected to the brain, making the eyes more suited than the hands to cast Illusion Techniques.

A faint blue glow emanated from Su Junyu's hands, dispelling the discomfort from Wang Qi's body. Wang Qi asked in confusion, "Why would anyone here… make a move?"

"It's not about acting out. If someone harbors intense anger in their heart, their soul emits a particular fluctuation. With eye projection, following the line of sight to affect your body, it would just be considered a natural reaction," Su Junyu said with a smirk, "You've seen the Spirit Light Mirrors above, right? Then you should also understand the true brilliance of what you've taken."

Wang Qi scratched his face, "Don't really understand."

At that moment, a Primordial Spirit Master had noticed the juniors' eagerness to put themselves forward. Someone emitted a profound force that isolated the minor movements of many people. Su Junyu dispersed the Spirit Light from his hands and pointed at a man not far away, speaking in a cutting tone, "Look at that guy, you see him."

The man, feeling someone's gaze on him, glared back at the three with malice before turning his head away. Su Junyu was unfazed, instead laughing, "Just this guy, suppressed his own cultivation for ten years for a shot at the Dao Artifact Award, all for that 'only awarded to cultivators below the Primordial Spirit Stage' rule. And it was him who glared at you the hardest a moment ago."

An elite practitioner generally spends about twenty years in the three stages in the Human World, and the Dao Artifact Award is given every twenty years. Most disciples of Wanfa Sect only have one chance in their lifetime to receive this award.

"Tsk, tsk, to think he puts on the look of a middle-aged man, yet has the cheek to join our gathering of the young," Wang Qi spoke without courtesy of someone like that.

Ten years of silence, hoping to stun the world with a single feat, only to be thwarted halfway by an unexpected challenge, making that decade of suppression futile—this grudge was significant.

Once again addressing Bao Xiaoya and Su Junyu, Wang Qi said, "The two of you, it's good that I didn't compete with you."

It's really great that we can all still play happily together.

Bao Xiaoya smiled, but Su Junyu exclaimed, "Pah, are you underestimating me? Your senior brother was also nominated, okay?"

Wang Qi was taken aback, as he had originally thought that Su Junyu had come along with Bai Ze God Monarch. To convince him, Su Junyu pulled Wang Qi's head around, pointing towards a woman in red in the midst of the crowd, "See, see, I do have the qualifications to bring someone in."

"Senior Sister Xiang?" Wang Qi immediately understood. To overshadow a friend's honor with knowledge from a previous life wasn't something to be happy about.

Bao Xiaoya wanted to break the awkward atmosphere, "What's the title of your paper, Senior Brother Su?"

"'Tactics Algorithm of the Indeterminate Card and the Methodology of Spell Performance,'" Su Junyu suddenly regained his leisurely demeanor, slinging his arm around Wang Qi's shoulder, "Quit worrying about irrelevant things, that one's just a game to me anyway."

Wang Qi heaved a small sigh, accepting Su Junyu's kindness.

A game, huh, for a mathematician there really isn't such a thing as a game. Just like Probability Theory, which at its inception was merely about researching surefire ways to win at gambling.

At that moment, the lengthy prelude finally ended. Master Turing concealed his figure, and following that, another elder took the stage. With high nose and blue eyes, he had the look of a Barbarian, and indeed, it was Bai Ze God Monarch whom they had seen earlier.

The highlight was about to begin!

All Wanfa Sect disciples straightened up, waiting for that final result.

Of course, with the exception of certain privileged individuals privy to insider information.

"I believe everyone is aware of the main purpose of today," Bai Ze God Monarch's voice boomed, audible throughout the entire hall without the need for a sound amplification spell, "This year can truly be described as tumultuous, witnessing a debate about the very foundations of Mathematics unfold before us. And this debate began with a young man, a young man who was only at the Qi Cultivation Stage."

Gasps resounded simultaneously throughout the hall. Among them were surprise, envy, and zeal.

"Yet, it is this young man who has preliminarily established the completeness of our Mathematics, demonstrating the unity of the Art of Calculation with the Dao of Heaven. Such an achievement is certainly enough to be recorded in history. For this reason, after decision by the Wanfa Sect, we will bestow upon this young man the Dao Artifact Award, in memory of the 'Seeking Dao Artifact' he created!"

"True Disciple of Wanfa Sect, Wang Qi! With the concepts of a genius, he has forged a solid foundation for Mathematics! Wang Qi, please come to the stage!"

Mo Zhenzhen and Huangfu Lian looked at Wang Qi, realizing that they were starting to feel like they barely knew this friend, who was also an Outer Disciple from Divine Capital. On the other side, Xiang Qi had a complex look in her eyes, "Really, both of them are so strong... being with geniuses always makes one feel so inferior."

When Wang Qi stood up, the entire hall fell silent. Bao Xiaoya, playing her part well, began to clap her hands, and then sparse applause followed. By the time Wang Qi reached the stage, the applause in the venue had swelled into a continuous wave.

Bai Ze God Monarch quelled the applause and then took a brocade box from the hands of a Grandmaster behind him, placing it into Wang Qi's hands, "I hereby present you with this Seeking Dao Jade to honor the virtues of your craftsmanship."

Wang Qi's expression turned wonderfully vibrant in an instant. Okay, unearthing a Heterodox Demon Statue in the demon clan's ruins, so the Immortal Alliance creating a Seeking Dao Jade was understandable, right... Does this world have a Divine Tree?

Bai Ze God Monarch, oblivious to the change in Wang Qi's expression, spoke to him, "Wang Qi, looking at your fellow disciples now, do you have anything to say?"

Bai Ze God Monarch stepped aside, letting Wang Qi take the forefront of the stage. Wang Qi composed himself and spoke solemnly, "From the standpoint of axioms, Mathematics manifests as abstract forms—a warehouse of mathematical structures; it also appears that the experiential reality itself fits these forms as if they were custom-made. Naturally, it cannot be denied that most of these forms originally had a very concrete intuitive content; but it is precisely through abandoning this content thoughtfully that it becomes possible to endow these forms, and the power they reveal, with ease of acceptance to new interpretations and to fully unleash their strength—this is my conception of Mathematics." (To be continued. If you like this work, you're welcome to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)