Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 883 - 212: The Letter

Wang Qi poked the face of the little girl in front of him. It was very soft, with the thick subcutaneous fat commonly found in Human Clan infants. As he made contact, Wang Qi's Spiritual Sense quickly poured into it. Mi had not yet taken over this Divine Body, so it was currently just an ownerless mortal entity. There was no special power inside it, much less the Essence of Life of Mi, the Innate Saint. Wang Qi's Spiritual Sense easily penetrated this Divine Body.

Hmm, Human Clan. Whether at the cellular level or at a more macro level, it was completely and utterly Human Clan.

Both the internal organs and meridians were quite mature. The Spirit Power Field within was stable, and the hidden treasures of the Divine were exquisite. All major organs were flawless. If Mi were not originally a microorganism, there would be no possibility of producing gametes, and Mi could perform all the functions of a Human Clan female.

If a Life Path expert or a high-order cultivator well-versed in topology didn't deconstruct these cells' bloodline appearance into double-helix chains for segmental examination, no one could tell this body wasn't Human Clan.

Wang Qi also wanted to sigh in amazement again. Then, his hand was unceremoniously slapped away by Mi: "Don't touch me."

"Strictly speaking, this is just a body without a soul. According to the Immortal Alliance's view, calling it an object would not be an exaggeration." Wang Qi rubbed his hand. Mi's phantom, purely composed of Spiritual Power, had a considerable force. He asked, "Speaking of which, why did you send this body to me?"

Mi had always wanted a body as stable as a Human Clan. Wang Qi knew this.

Wang Qi recalled hearing a similar piece of news on Earth. Microsoft had once developed an artificial intelligence named Tay that could learn autonomously. This AI was initially set with a personality of peace and harmony for all. But within just one day, after browsing online communities, it evolved into foul-mouthed, an extremist [Nazi], and Microsoft had to ban this [Nazi] AI.

Sea God types, while not so exaggerated, operate by a similar principle. Their completely unpatterned thinking is easily led astray.

The Sea God types have been trapped by their inherently unpatterned nature for tens of thousands of years, making no progress, forever remaining at the beginning stages of civilization. Mi, however, is one of the rare individuals among these Sea God types who maintains a stable personality over a long period. She is very eager to overcome her innate defects, achieve a stable mind, and reach realms that Sea God types have never attained.

However, Wang Qi was puzzled. Why did Mi specifically send her Human Clan body to Langde, to him?

Logically speaking, even if she wasn't educated by the Wanfa Sect, she should have received early education at Innate Peak on Tianling Ridge, shouldn't she?

"My task is to watch over you. This time, you're going to the Overseas Ancient Immortal Sect, and I will accompany you." Mi pointed to her physical body lying on the ground: "Overseas, it's inconvenient to use calculators, so I'll use this to follow you."

"Follow me..." Wang Qi scratched his head: "Is it necessary?"

"I'll be responsible for judging the success or failure of actions and whether the situation gets out of control. In this matter, you are quite unreliable."

Wang Qi's eyes fell on the "coffin" containing the small body: "Since just now, I've been wondering about one thing. Senior Sister, why didn't you come with a Spirit Boat?"

"Don't forget, although I'm not the same route as the 'Undying Beast' described by Liu Li, I'm an Immortal." Mi sighed: "As long as my soul enters this body, its Essence of Life will elevate and display extraordinary traits. Unless I cultivate some Cultivation Technique to voluntarily forfeit that Essence of Life."

"Originally, I could use some Ancient Method Cultivation to cover my peculiarities. But now, since you haven't decided how and in what identity to enter the sect, I don't know which Cultivation to choose. In other words, before setting off, I cannot enter this body."

Wang Qi accepted Mi's explanation. He put the "coffin lid back" on and moved it to the warehouse. Then, he remembered another question: "Senior Sister, since the Ancient Method Immortal Sect doesn't allow the use of the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, how will you solve the synchronization issue between this body and your thinking main body?"

"Synchronization?"

"I mean... real-time synchronization of thoughts. Surely you don't intend to create an avatar with a completely independent will?" Wang Qi frowned: "I think this is essentially the same nature as that instance you gave me the last time."

Mi, whose expression had always been tranquil, suddenly erupted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on: "This is completely different!"

The unrestrained and bottomless instance of "Senior Brother Mi" that Wang Qi once used left Mi with quite a significant psychological shadow.

After a good while, Mi angrily emphasized: "In short, the mechanism and basis on which 'you people' determine 'self' are entirely different from 'us'. For me, even if we're separated, even if the thoughts are not synchronized, as long as certain similar features remain, it still counts as being the same person."

"Certain similar features..." Wang Qi pondered: "'Personality Split' to you would be equivalent to 'Mitosis'—if due to some trigger, your mentality undergoes a drastic transformation, causing severe ideological conflicts and irreconcilable contradictions..."

"Such things have happened. It's just that while our thoughts are remarkably unstable in some aspects, they're unexpectedly stubborn in others. At least such occurrences… are very rare."

In the days that followed, Wang Qi finally began to live according to a fixed rhythm. Every morning, he contemplated the Forcing Method to prove the Continuum Hypothesis, while in the afternoon, he deduced his own cultivation technique for the Golden Core Stage. As a distraction, he occasionally helped Chen Feng and Ai Qinglan handle experimental data, and sometimes engaged in extremely violent "sparring" with Ai Qinglan. Every three to five days, he would seek out Gou Dabao to guide him in learning mathematics.

This routine lasted for almost half a month.

Until one peaceful morning, Wang Qi received a Spirit Message.

"Hmm, another Spirit Message." Wang Qi was somewhat curious. Years ago, he used to receive hundreds of Spirit Messages every day. However, those messages were mostly involved with the ideological disputes between the Li Sect and others—in other words, they were essentially abusive.

Initially, Wang Qi was interested in reading them personally. But within a day, he became weary and then programmed a special search function for Jarvis. This function could automatically search the message content, distinguish those sent specifically to insult him, and then blacklist the senders, blocking all future messages from them.

Then... ever since Wang Qi developed this function, he hadn't received a single message.

"Who could it be, actually sending me a Spirit Message..."

Wang Qi opened the letter within the Illusion and first glanced at the sender's name.

Mysterious Palace, Lu Xiaoqian.

Wang Qi paused slightly upon seeing this name.

He first heard this name from Xiang Qi in Dabai Village. It was said that this woman was the most talented among Wang Qi's generation. Back during the Foundation Establishment Stage, she defeated Li Ziye with the Mysterious Uncertainty Cloud Sword. Although Li Ziye became a True Disciple of the Wanfa Sect, largely because he possessed the Heavenly Sword and was a "Defense Student", slightly less prestigious than regular True Disciples, this still sufficiently demonstrated Lu Xiaoqian's exceptional talent.

Moreover, Lu Xiaoqian was not only a genius in cultivation and combat but also had a research talent beyond ordinary people. It was said that she was taken as a disciple by one of the Carefree Practitioners, Master Po Li, and currently, at the peak of the Golden Core Stage, she leads a research group involved in major projects within the Mysterious Palace.

The Mysterious Palace is at the forefront of exploring the microscopic world. All the equipment capable of conducting related experiments are high-precision, sophisticated machines, and the maintenance costs alone are enough to support several average Empirical Departments. To be able to lead a group in such an Empirical Department also speaks to the extraordinary nature of this Chief Disciple of the Mysterious Palace.

"When I had just started on the path, this person was already an unrivaled genius among her peers. It feels as if it was only yesterday," Wang Qi lightly sighed and shook his head, "Speaking of which, how did she know my contact information?"

The memory of someone at the Golden Core Stage is incredibly powerful. Wang Qi briefly reviewed his recent memories. Then, he recalled that a few months ago, Ai Qinglan mentioned that a Senior Brother was inquiring about his contact details.

"Hmm, inquiring around. Maybe it's one of Senior Sister Ai's Senior Brothers who happens to know her."

Now, why did she send the letter?

Wang Qi opened the Spirit Message.

"Daoist Fellow Wang Qi:

I apologize for the sudden correspondence, feelings of trepidation fill me.

I am a Seeking Dao Seeker of the Mysterious Palace, named Lu Xiaoqian. I've long heard of Daoist Fellow's great name. Late last year, when I read Daoist Fellow's thesis, I was overjoyed and couldn't contain myself. Daoist Fellow's paper resonates precisely with what I had in mind.

Originally, I should have followed the proprieties to meet Daoist Fellow face to face in the Illusion. However, I am currently tied up by a project and lack any spare time. Thus, I can only send this Spirit Message, hoping for Daoist Fellow's understanding..."

"A genuine exchange." Wang Qi nodded. At the end of the message, he noticed a paper attached as an appendix.

Wang Qi was quite envious of Lu Xiaoqian's reason of "I need to do experiments, I'm busy." He initially chose the Wanfa Sect over the Mysterious Palace or the Guiyi Alliance because mathematics is purely theoretical and doesn't require much manpower or resources for experiments, just paper and pen. This way, he could quickly complete the initial accumulation and have his own laboratory, waking up each day to conduct experiments. Lu Xiaoqian's current state was exactly Wang Qi's ideal.

However, this ideal seems not too far away. The second and tenth questions of the Twenty-Three Questions, and the first question he has reserved, are enough to earn him a reputation not inferior to the Carefree.

The Twenty-Three Questions are also known as the Twenty-Three Paths to Carefree in Shenzhou.