Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 808 - 137: Wang Qi Ascends the Steps

Wang Qi pushed open the door and then closed it again. At this moment, Zhen Chan whispered: "Kid, did you notice..."

"Youjia is following us." Wang Qi sneered, "I've noticed long ago."

Wang Qi is now at the Golden Core Stage, and the Xiangyu Heavenly Position Technique is already taking shape. He only needs to observe the "partial" to deduce part of the "whole picture." In Hilbert Space, the disturbance of a point or a line is really obvious. This level of acuity even surpasses that of an average Primordial Spirit Cultivator.

And when Mao Zimiao mentioned "Senior Sister Ai," Wang Qi realized that Chen Youjia must have already met Mao Zimiao. After all, Chen Youjia is still doing research with Ai Qinglan.

"Why don't you go back and pledge your loyalty in front of that little girl Chen Youjia?" Zhen Chan laughed, "Maybe tonight you can finish the things you didn't complete in the Divine Capital."

"Oh, come on." Wang Qi sneered, "Am I stupid to go now?"

"Not stupid." Zhen Chan teased, "So you're just saying this to not make that little girl sad and to bluff that cat-eared girl?"

Wang Qi took off the ring and asked, "I've worn you for years. You know everything I've done and thought. So, let me ask you, do you think what I just said was true?"

"Mostly..."

After a while, Zhen Chan whispered, "Were you really crazy as a child? I thought you were just a recluse."

"And you still took me in as a disciple?"

Zhen Chan laughed, "That's not really a big issue. If you can't even endure loneliness, then don't talk about seclusion cultivation. If you can't go into seclusion, what's the point of cultivating immortality?"

Wang Qi suddenly laughed: "Damn it... I just realized the Ancient Method is practically designed for shut-ins..."

Staying at home, not needing to talk to others, if bored, there's an online game called "Kill and Loot" to play, and it's fine to play it like a single-player game—just think about it, aside from the life-threatening aspect that makes shut-ins unable to make up their minds, there really aren't any drawbacks to this world!

Then, Zhen Chan suddenly asked: "Speaking of which, since you are inherently so unruly, why not just deal with that cat-eared girl too? With your abilities now, it wouldn't be a problem to hide it from the little girl."

"You know, old man. There are two kinds of 'tests.'" Wang Qi said, "One is 'assessment,' and the other is 'verification.'

"Assessment is meant to perfect the assessed object. In this case, the examiner often tells the assessee what is right and what is wrong with their answers." Wang Qi said casually, "But the other, 'verification,' is purely to test the level of the assessee. This test does not stand on the side of the assessee but on the side of the examiner. The examiner won't tell you if your answers are correct or where you got it right."

"In the first kind of test, you have many chances and can repeat it countless times. But in the second, once you submit your answer, you shouldn't choose again. If you submit two answers at once, both will be wrong."

Just like he said in the Divine Capital, he went through very precise calculations, then in a game called "love," made a choice called "Chen Youjia," expecting "happiness."

This was clearly a "non-repeatable" choice. Even if he and Chen Youjia separated, their relationship couldn't return to the beginning. Therefore, this kind of choice cannot be repeated.

Zhen Chan remained silent, "Kid, you can actually say these things."

— Nonsense, I wasn't deeply touched by anything in my past life, except I remember exams.

"I even thought you were a complete madman."

Wang Qi gently laughed, "My creed is not 'If heaven opposes me, I will defy heaven'..."

— True freedom is not doing what you want, but not doing what you don't want to do.

— To do as you please without overstepping boundaries.

He didn't know how far he was from that realm, but he could still yearn for it.

Thinking this, he sat back at his desk and started to write vigorously.

And then, a night passed just like that.

The next day, Wang Qi formally visited Ai Changyuan again. Ai Changyuan marvelled at his Golden Core Stage cultivation.

He casually tapped Wang Qi's dantian, "Old Wang, you didn't form a wasted pill, did you?"

When one is at the third stage in the Human World, cultivation is still a reversible process. Mana can be wasted, the magic foundation can be damaged, and the Golden Core can crumble. But after that, the wisdom of combining life and mana becomes increasingly tight. Once at that stage, the only outcome for a wasted effort is "death."

The three stages beyond the Primordial Spirit Heavenly Barrier of a Great Grandmaster, therefore, are fundamentally different from the Human World.

Being forced to form a core at a critical moment is not something irreparable.

As for the changes in temperament caused by rapid cultivation, Ai Changyuan doesn't seem too worried about Wang Qi.

In the face of his friend's doubts, Wang Qi simply revealed the Qi Intent of his Virtual Form Xiangyu [Virtual Hilbert Space], which was enough to explain everything: "Sorry, perfect Core Formation, and the slight changes in temperament are still evolving."

"Seeing you this cheap, I feel relieved." Ai Changyuan chuckled, then expressed great interest in Wang Qi's core-formation method: "Old Wang, what method did you use to form your core? Is it reliable?"

Like Wang Qi, Ai Changyuan is also a typical example of one whose realm and knowledge far surpass Mana. He also hopes to quickly cross the three barriers of the Human World.

"Absolutely reliable... uh, can't speak too absolutely, should say perhaps reliable?" Facing Ai Changyuan's eyes starting to shine, Wang Qi could only apologize: "As for the specific method... it's likely impossible to replicate within a few years."

Ai Changyuan frowned: "A new method under trial?"

"That's pretty much what it means, just got to grasp the essence." Wang Qi couldn't help but sigh.

Mi was left with a bit of a psychological shadow by him, and it's estimated that they won't be helping others with Imagined Space happiness for the next few decades. If one wants to recreate the spectacle of him passing through a hundred years in a day, it would have to wait for a breakthrough from Tianling Ridge or Wanfa Sect in both the calculator and Xinling domains, completing consciousness upload.

But by then, the advancement of cultivation might completely separate from combat skills and longevity. The speed of cultivation would completely lose significance.

After bidding farewell to Ai Changyuan, Wang Qi returned to his residence, left a message for Chen Feng, and then did not step out of the room for nine days. During these nine days, aside from writing papers and determining ideas, he was polishing the Golden Core, completely stabilizing the realm, and exploring his abilities.

For him, defeating the Divine Separation with the help of Moonset Glaze was just the beginning.

Back then, Ai Qinglan was also able to face a Divine Separation plus a group of Nascent Souls when she first formed her Golden Core, and at that time she didn't have the Moonset Glaze Sword, nor did she have a hundred thousand Flow Control Five, nor the Heart Demon Curse and Divine Plague Curse Technique.

In terms of personal abilities alone, Wang Qi was actually a bit behind Ai Qinglan of that time.

This made Wang Qi realize that the Mana at the Core Formation Level, when used well, could be very terrifying.

During this time, only Chen Youjia came to see Wang Qi twice.

Instead, Mi began to be very interested in Wang Qi's "love."

"Your Human Clan's mating, reproduction, love, are all too complex concepts for me." Mi asked in puzzlement: "But I think that if you hide it from that individual named Chen Youjia, and have a more-than-friendship relationship with that individual named Mao Zimiao, it might actually be the best choice for everyone. You could gain an additional pleasure, Chen Youjia wouldn't lose anything, and Mao Zimiao would gain something she originally hadn't."

"You don't need to reproduce, so you can't experience topics related to reproduction, right?" Wang Qi always answered this way.

"We're not idiots, of course, we know what reproduction is," Mi said, "If considering from a 'reproduction' strategy, requiring 'loyalty' in 'love' is entirely redundant and has negative effects."

"This is a strategy that only appears advantageous when viewed from the overall perspective." Wang Qi explained: "'Love' actually contains a part of public benefit. Only sufficiently excellent individuals are more easily loved by others. This is beneficial for the optimization of the bloodlines of the group as a whole, even eliminating inferior bloodlines."

Mi immediately pointed out a counterexample to refute: "Your Human Clan's stories aren't short of rich young ladies falling in love with poor guys. The stories about good women falling for bad men."

Wang Qi snorted at this: "Choice isn't simple, although the available results are limited, not every attribute of every result is equally important. For this, the concept of 'weight' is introduced in Mathematics. In the eyes of some rich young ladies, 'family property' doesn't weigh much, 'appearance' weighs more. In some people's view, the attribute of 'appearance' is low in weight and can only be considered later, wisdom is the most prioritized option. Whereas in some people's eyes, whether one is wise is not important, what matters is 'survival ability,' which is the means to amass wealth, with the ultimate index being 'family property.' These choices had already been made before 'love' was formed."

Mi came to a sudden realization: "Oh, so that's how it's used, the teacher's Yitian's Calculation... so you're saying after synthesizing all the weights, compared to Mao Zimiao, Chen Youjia has a smaller 'variance' from your ideal?"

"It's not that simple." Wang Qi shook his head: "This isn't static game theory."

Wang Qi didn't want to explain this to Mi.

However, Mi still looked like she didn't quite understand but threw out another question: "Is your Human Clan truly individual life beings? If so, why would you evolve such group strategies for reproduction? Shouldn't 'love' be one of the basic elements of your minds? Why is it a choice that benefits the group?"

"There are differences among 'individual life beings' and 'individual life beings' too, in this question, you're still far from it, Senior Sister." Wang Qi waved Mi off and then stood up, sighing.

Half a month has passed. It's almost time to go see Chen Feng's side.

Hope seeing Azimiao won't be awkward... (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)