Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 895 - 224: The Ring Old Man Finally Comes in Handy
On the night Lu Xiaoqian read Wang Qi's letter, she did nothing else all night, just read the letters she had sent to Wang Qi in the past.
"I hope I didn't enjoy writing too much and accidentally revealed sect secrets!"
Some ideas can be shared with others, but some cannot.
The project Lu Xiaoqian is working on is not hers alone! It involves the participation of countless predecessors. Currently, these ideas are only circulated within the core of the Mysterious Palace and are considered sect secrets.
How did Wang Qi know this conjecture, which should only be known to the core level of the Mysterious Palace?
Regardless of Lu Xiaoqian's perplexity, Wang Qi was quite looking forward to the reply from this senior sister of the Mysterious Palace.
There is an important principle in Shenzhou's empirical evidence; any phenomenon sensed by the cultivator themselves can only be supplementary and not serve as decisive evidence.
This is to avoid the anthropic principle interfering with results and prevent inherent notions from hindering, making it impossible for new theories to emerge.
The immortals who devoutly believe in the "River of Time" can truly manifest an illusory spiritual power river and employ great power to influence and change the flow of time, but this does not mean the "River of Time" really exists.
Gravity waves are the same. Ai Changyuan can manipulate gravity to create Gravity Wave Blades, but this does not prove that gravity waves truly exist in the cosmos. According to the thinking of Modern Cultivators, this kind of spell can only prove that "this universe allows the existence of gravity waves." They must observe natural gravity waves with instruments.
Some high-precision empirical evidence requires even more.
Due to the concept of "eliminating the interference of spiritual energy," the cost of establishing a laboratory in Shenzhou is far greater than on Earth for a laboratory of the same specifications.
Wang Qi wanting to conduct experiments in microscopic fields is currently unrealistic.
He could only rely on Lu Xiaoqian to acquire some information.
He decided to use the Higgs mechanism as his first "attempt" for his new ideas.
Researching "where mass comes from" and "why spiritual energy exists."
Since before transmigrating, the Higgs mechanism was still incomplete and flawed, Wang Qi expected that he might have to strive for a long time.
But for those seeking Dao, is there anything better than "seeking Dao"?
After sending out that letter, Wang Qi cheerfully returned to his own rhythm. Every day, he spent half of his time tackling the Forcing Method. To Wang Qi, this "Forcing Method" is the foundation of his success. Whether it's gaining reputation or developing mathematical tools for the physics of the essence of spiritual energy, the Forcing Method is essential.
Without this Forcing Method, many of his subsequent plans would be impossible to carry out.
Moreover, he also devoted half his day to deducing his own cultivation method. Cultivation is the basis of immortality. He must ensure that he can live to witness the "ultimate theory" one day.
Besides that, his schedule also included a new daily task.
Learning the swordsmanship of Luochen Sword Palace.
And he had to do it without using the methods he already knew.
"Hah!" Lian Xinjie shouted loudly, his long sword in his hand transforming into a single point of a lonely star, the tip of the sword dazzling, overshadowing the horizontal frost blade, hiding his own lethal intent. The sound of several sword blades slicing through the air overlapped, almost like a buzzing.
Wang Qi was not afraid at all, his wrist turning, the three-foot blade in his hand dimming yet freely twisting in space, parrying Lian Xinjie's long sword every time it was necessary. It was as if an invisible wall stood in front of Wang Qi, solidly blocking the sword glows like a shooting star.
Both sides were deadlocked for as long as it takes to drink a cup of tea. Lian Xinjie suddenly took a step back and said, "Daoist Fellow Wang, you made another mistake."
"Another mistake? What the hell?" Wang Qi was puzzled: "This move, I meticulously followed the sword manual of your Luochen Sword Palace!"
"That defensive move just now did have the meaning of the Unstained Snow Technique from the Detachment Sword Scripture. However, none of us would use 'Six Snowflake Emergence' that way."
"Why? Isn't this a variation of Six Snowflake Emergence?"
Zhen Chan sighed: "You ask... Ancient Method Practitioners wouldn't use the sword like that because they couldn't. The ultimate level of this particular Sword Technique of Luochen Sword Palace condenses six cold dragons with Sword Qi, the six dragons guiding the weapon, flying with the Sword Momentum, mingling truth and falsehood, striking at where the enemy must defend, locking down their movements. When masters use this move, it combines offense with defense, not like your purely defensive move."
Wang Qi retorted, "This defensive move is essentially a variant of the Six-Flower Snow. Over all these years, has no one in the Luochen Sword Palace thought of it?"
Lian Xinjie hesitated, "It's not that no one thought of it, it's just... using it this way is generally reserved for seniors with exceptionally high cultivation to guide juniors."
Wang Qi frowned, "Just say I'm a swordsmanship genius, would that work?"
"It's not about unwillingness; it's about inability. If your adaptability doesn't keep up, it's all futile," Zhen Chan said. "Don't think everyone has your level of adaptability, or the Unity of Magic and Self. If your adaptability lags behind peers of the same level, you can't use the move as a defensive tactic. This move, inherently, can't match the speed of cultivators of the same level."
Currently, Lian Xinjie counted as an ally. Zhen Chan did not hide his existence. However, Wang Qi didn't fully trust Lian Xinjie, so he simply mentioned a "residual soul of an ancient method expert" without revealing Zhen Chan's true identity.
Seeing Wang Qi take his advice, Lian Xinjie nodded and returned to the edge of the arena to rest. This was the underground martial arts arena of the Immortal Alliance's Langde Branch, isolated from external influences, with no unauthorized personnel allowed, saving Lian Xingling and Lian Xinjie from the trouble brought by their Ancient Method Practitioner identities.
After Lian Xinjie walked away, Zhen Chan secretly communicated with Wang Qi using Spiritual Sense Transmission, "Kid, remember, don't forget the tactic of using that move as a defensive one. You can pretend to 'reluctantly' use it at some 'critical moments.'"
Wang Qi said indifferently, "Explain."
"That method of using offense as defense greatly contradicts the Sword Intent of all the sword manuals of Luochen Sword Palace, but if viewed from the perspective of the Luofu Xuanqing Palace's Luo Tian Nine Mystical Sword Manual, it's a brilliant move."
"I see..." Wang Qi nodded, understanding the insight.
Wang Qi did not cultivate the Martial Arts True Intent, so his understanding of swordsmanship was fundamentally different from that of the Ancient Method Practitioners. This change, he indeed couldn't see through.
What he had to disguise was "posing as a disciple of Luochen Sword Palace who is actually an inheritor of Luofu Xuanqing Palace." The overt identity of a "disciple of Luochen Sword Palace" naturally couldn't have many flaws, otherwise, as long as the Holy Emperor Venerable wasn't a fool, he would suspect it as deception. The best Wang Qi could achieve was having this identity only bear small suspicions.
At this time, Zhen Chan's role finally became apparent. This dear grandpa who had been a couch potato for almost ten years now played his role as a professional in the ancient method, helping Wang Qi perfect the "two-layered fake identity."
That day, the dear grandpa on the ring who had been a couch potato for nearly ten years was almost moved to tears with gratitude.
After having a couple more sword duels with Lian Xingling, Wang Qi suddenly noticed a suspicious hint. He privately asked Zhen Chan through Spiritual Sense Transmission, "Hey, old man, you seem almost too familiar with the Law Gate of Luochen Sword Palace. Did you perhaps, once have a mistress serving as an elder at Luochen Sword Palace?"
"Bah!" Zhen Chan jokingly scolded, "How do you think the countless scriptures of Luofu Xuanqing Palace came to be?"
"According to our previous conversation's logic, should I guess... they were ****?"
"Seized." Zhen Chan said calmly, "Five generations back, one of my ancestors found the swordsmanship of Luochen Sword Palace to be peculiar, so he seized it."
Wang Qi suddenly realized he might have overlooked an issue, "I say, old man... among the overseas ancient method immortal sects now, how many haven't been seized by Luofu Xuanqing Palace?"
"Many. Back then, we Luofu Xuanqing Palace didn't seize all the time. In most cases, we just asked directly."
"Asked directly..." Wang Qi closed his eyes, "Let me put it another way, among the sects currently following the Holy Emperor Venerable, how many haven't been oppressed by Luofu Xuanqing Palace?" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
"Definitely not the Heavenly Book Tower. They have a similar approach to us in Luofu Xuanqing Palace, but the level of their methods is far inferior to us, so we didn't even bother seizing from them. As for the others... let me think..."
"You need to think about that?" Wang Qi suddenly realized his plan might have a huge flaw, "I feel like I'll be trapped to death by the identity of a Luofu Xuanqing Palace inheritor..."
"Not necessarily. The forceful seizures by Luofu Xuanqing Palace were over ten thousand years ago. After so many years, any grudges should have faded. Now, the ancient method immortal sects are bordering on collapse, and are absolutely more concerned with interests. As long as you have no intention of reviving Luofu Xuanqing Palace, or are even willing to contribute your cultivation methods, even Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao would be willing to accept you." Zhen Chan leisurely gave advice, "Then, I need not say more, right? Tampering with cultivation techniques is perhaps what you excel in most?"
Tampering with cultivation techniques...
Wang Qi had a flash of inspiration, "Oh right. When the identity of 'Luochen Sword Palace disciple' is exposed, and the identity of the 'Luofu Xuanqing Palace' disciple is unveiled, I can directly offer a large amount of Luofu Xuanqing Palace's cultivation methods to gain the trust of others, or even voluntarily hand over the 'cultivation methods obtained from adventures'..."
Since acquiring the Wanxiang Diagram, the elders never had to worry about me creating cultivation techniques anymore!
As long as those ancient method practitioners accepted Wang Qi's cultivation techniques, it meant their lives would be at Wang Qi's mercy!
"Looks like I'll need to spend time studying how to add something extra to Luofu Xuanqing Palace's cultivation methods, and what exactly to add!"
With this, Wang Qi had one more thing to handle.
