Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 248 - 2: With Grain in Hand, No Panic in Mind

"Hey, wait a second."

The person who called out to Wang Qi was not one of his friends, nor a familiar Foundation Establishment Stage Teaching Assistant with whom he was on good terms—it was indeed a teaching assistant Wang Qi knew well.

Wang Qi hadn't seen Geng Peng in a long time. Although that guy had caused him quite a bit of trouble before, Geng Peng had quieted down six months ago. Su Junyu seemed to have intervened, asserting that the guy wouldn't be bouncing around anymore, and Wang Qi had almost forgotten about him.

However, now that the guy had jumped out, Wang Qi wasn't too scared anymore.

After nine months, Geng Peng spoke with an unpleasant tone. Seeing that the other party was unfriendly, Wang Qi's tone wasn't very friendly either, "Yo, Senior Brother Geng? What's the matter, you want to kick me while I'm down?"

It was as if Geng Peng hadn't heard Wang Qi's words, he simply grabbed Wang Qi's shoulder, "You're declining the True Inheritor position of the Yangshen Pavilion for an Outer Disciple treatment at Wanfa Sect? Are you sick?"

Wang Qi brushed off Geng Peng's hand, "Hey, watch your language. Even if the Sect Leader doesn't let me return to the Mountain Gate, I'm still a True Inheritor of the Wanfa Sect! Do you, an Inner Sect member, really have the nerve to lecture me?"

Geng Peng didn't let Wang Qi go, "Tell me, are you just thinking that since there's no chance of crossing the Primordial Spirit Heavenly Barrier, you might as well spend your life in some remote place?"

A True Inheritor of Wanfa Sect, even one that isn't highly regarded, could still do whatever they wanted for the rest of their life in the local area without doing anything.

Wang Qi stared at Geng Peng's face for a long time, then suddenly laughed, "I never realized before, but Senior Brother Geng, you're actually quite the tsundere."

Although not highly emotionally intelligent, Wang Qi could tell that Geng Peng was worried about him giving up on himself and had come especially to motivate him... even though the approach indicated low emotional intelligence.

—Speaking of which, such a grown man being a tsundere is really disgusting!

"What the hell is a tsundere?" Geng Peng, looking at Wang Qi's smirking face, was infuriated, "Do you know that your life was saved at the cost of someone else's? Seeing you so down and out, I... I really feel sorry for Senior Brother Li!"

Wang Qi laughed and turned to wave at Geng Peng, "Just watch and see. In a few years, your Sect Leader will be kneeling and begging for me to come back."

After saying farewell to the last person who had come to see him off, Wang Qi boarded the large Spirit Boat. He didn't go into the cabin but stood on the deck, leaning against the railing, saying, "Old man, if you have something to say, just say it quickly. Once the boat sets sail, I can't guarantee I'll be able to communicate properly."

Zhen Chan's voice sounded strangely muffled, "You call yourself a cultivator, how can you still get seasick?"

"When I use a movement technique or control a sword myself, I can anticipate the fluctuations in the movement—but it's different on a Spirit Boat." Wang Qi wasn't interested in dwelling on this topic, "Come on, say it. Do you have a problem with me choosing Wanfa Sect?"

Zhen Chan said, "I really can't understand. The Yangshen Pavilion values your Mathematics, wouldn't you still be doing Mathematics if you entered the Yangshen Pavilion?"

Wang Qi shook his head, "It's different."

His specialty in his previous life was theoretical physics and mathematics. If he wanted to quickly turn his theories into practical applications, his only options were Wanfa Sect and Mysterious Palace. But according to Chen Jingyun, neither Wanfa Sect nor Mysterious Palace welcomed a Banished Immortal, so he had to choose the lesser of two evils.

Scientific research requires a lot of investment. Don't be fooled by the word "theoretical" in theoretical physics; it is closely tied to experimental phenomena. And after research developed to the point of Shenzhou, every experiment needed massive investment.

First of all, the equipment—if Wang Qi wanted to conduct an experiment to verify parity violation, he would need to use instruments with atomic-level precision, and to study fundamental particles or quantum fields, he would need an array collider spanning several kilometers. According to Su Juyu, the Immortal Alliance had such equipment, but they were strategic level, not even a Golden Core Level Five Exemplary True Inheritor could necessarily borrow them, let alone Wang Qi, who was suspected of being a Banished Immortal.

Fortunately, this world was filled with Spiritual Energy, and the Technology Black Box was substantial. If he really couldn't borrow the equipment, he could still conduct experiments by hand—as long as he reached the Cultivation of the Primordial Spirit Stage or above.

As for consumables, those costs were astronomical. To mention one, an agent that almost completely negated Spiritual Energy Value and was nearly ideal was not a small sum.

If Wang Qi couldn't complete an experiment, he would still need to spend a lot of Merit to exchange for others' experimental reports.

Researchers on Earth would face this dilemma as well—by the 19th century, scientific research was no longer something one person could do alone. The real academic giants would often complete their education as academic prodigies before the age of twenty, and then directly enter research institutions.

It was unlikely to find fair treatment anywhere. At this time, one of the advantages of mathematics became apparent.

"Ten years of studying unnoticed by the Mortal World, instant fame in one day known worldwide." Such a thing could only happen to mathematicians.

India's Ramanujan and China's Hua Luogeng are representatives of such mathematicians.

After all, mathematics research doesn't rely much on experimentation.

Skeptical of Wang Qi's explanation, Zhen Chan still didn't quite believe it, "That might be so, but... the Mathematics that impressed the Sect Leader of Wanfa should not be simple, right? Aren't you being too confident?"

Wang Qi scoffed dismissively, "That's because I have ample supplies which keep me calm."

Having knowledge of a vast number of classic mathematical theories that had yet to appear in Shenzhou, Wang Qi genuinely didn't think impressing Chen Jingyun was a big deal.

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The top-tier scientists change theoretical systems and steer the direction of research. The second tier either translates basic theories into technologies or focuses on a specific problem within a larger system. As for the third tier, they can hardly be called scientists anymore; those individuals generally handle applied problems.

Chen Jingyun, that guy, is actually on the second tier, focusing on a specific problem within a domain. Moreover, when he solved the Bright Pearl Calculation, which is the Goldbach Conjecture on Earth, he used a method, the Daisu Technique, that wasn't his own idea, and he didn't complete the final step.

Moreover, the Goldbach Conjecture is referred to as the "Pearl of Mathematics" not because of its high status but because of its highly topical nature.

As for its status within the field of mathematics, it's estimated to be lower than Fermat's Last Theorem. And as for Fermat's Last Theorem... "Prince of Mathematics" Gauss commented, "I have no interest in squandering my time on such a pointless problem."

And in Wang Qi's mind, there were more than enough papers to rewrite the mathematical system!