Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 328 - 82: Listening to Teacher Feng Talk About the Past

"Mathematics Lord Pang Jialai, Master of Calculation Xi Baiche, successive Sect Leaders of two generations. Unlike Sect Leaders like Chen Jingyun who retired carefree and were the so-called 'tall ones among dwarfs,' they became the Masters of Wanfa Sect only after dominating all cultivators of their generation.

Two generations of Sect Leaders, two generations of legendary figures.

But unlike Master of Calculation Xi Baiche, whose disciples were all over Shenzhou, and had Daoist Fellows in every corner, the fame of Mathematics Lord Pang Jialai was built upon the absolute crushing of his peers.

In the past, Vice Master of Wanfa Sect, Ke Lanyin, engaged in a Great Dao dispute with Mathematics Lord Pang, using the most perilous methods to debate the way of mathematics. Initially, their exchange of math problems started with minor Daoist principles, but as their wisdom clashed, both ascended toward deeper realms in solidarity, their problems becoming increasingly profound. Ultimately, Sect Master Ke brought forth a central theorem. Failing to solve this problem not only exceeded the boundaries of this genius but also triggered changes in his Cultivation Body, leading to Deviation, the collapse of his Primordial Spirit, and he became almost a spent force in the realm of mathematics.

And before that, Ke Lanyin was known as 'a man like a god.'

An exceptional genius, unparalleled in the world.

Feng Luoyi laughed and said, "The mathematicians of the Pang lineage have been busy with some matters recently and couldn't check the updates of the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm's theses, so they will notice you a bit later. But 'later' would at most be half a month. I estimate that around October, Mathematics Lord Pang will come for you."

"'Come for me'..." Wang Qi's expression stiffened: "Isn't that a bit exaggerated?"

Feng Luoyi said, "It's exactly that exaggerated. Mathematics Lord Pang is one of the most fanatical among mathematicians, and to him, the way of mathematics is his life."

"That's... rather serious, haha..." Wang Qi forced a laugh: "But I'm only at the Qi Cultivation Stage, while Mathematics Lord Pang, at least, is Carefree."

"But Mathematics Lord Pang won't see it that way," Feng Luoyi spread her hands: "Mathematics Lord has always believed that matters such as cultivation and magic are minor paths; only mathematics truly elucidates problems. In his eyes, there are only two kinds of people, one kind is the mathematician with some level, and the other is the disabled unversed in mathematics. And your thesis has lifted you from the disabled category in Mathematics Lord's view, making you a mathematician with some level."

Wang Qi still held onto a sliver of hope: "I heard that Ximen Master is quite temperate..."

"Vice Sect Master Ke Lanyin felt a sense of gratitude and received teachings from Ximen Master. The Deviation of Vice Sect Master Ke is probably the most serious incident that hit the Carefree since the establishment of Modern practices," Feng Luoyi shattered Wang Qi's last bit of fantasy: "For Ximen Master, this is a chance to settle old grudges and personal animosities together."

Holy shit, two pinnacle Carefree clashing... life beings will be in dire straits... rivers of blood... the sky collapsing and the earth splitting...

Numerous phrases about "natural and man-made disasters" swayed before Wang Qi's eyes.

Feng Luoyi chuckled: "Alright, I won't scare you anymore. To tell you the truth, Mathematics Lord and Ximen Master will indeed have a showdown, but it will only be a theoretical debate, they won't take action, and they definitely won't take action against you."

Wang Qi sighed: "We're all out here Seeking the Dao, why must we fight to the death?"

Feng Luoyi said, "It wasn't always about fighting to the death, but thirty years ago, Wanfa Sect planned something big, making it a must to fight."

"What is it?"

"Wanfa Sect wants to compile a 'All Laws Mathematical Collection,' integrating all current mathematical reasoning into one whole," Feng Luoyi explained: "This is the Supreme Mathematical Canon, which holds an supreme position in the heart of every cultivator within Wanfa Sect, but... both the Li Sect and the connecting sects believe the other's doctrine should not be included in this Supreme Mathematical Canon."

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"This is indeed... a sufficient reason."

The struggle for the Great Dao is relentless and unforgiving.

Feng Luoyi continued, "Actually, the Mathematics Lord and Ximen Master have been fighting for many years now, and your thesis is just the fuse for a new round of debate. Ximen Master will support you—looking back, sending you to Divine Capital was an unexpectedly wise decision, keeping you far from the internal turmoil of Wanfa Sect."

Wang Qi said awkwardly, "I definitely won't thank Chen Jingyun for this."

Feng Luoyi continued, "Your winning the Dao Artifact Award would be advantageous for Ximen Master's and my faction, so we will spare no effort in supporting you. But conversely, Mathematics Lord's faction will certainly suppress you—even though you truly possess the caliber to win the Dao Artifact Award."

"It seems my chance of getting the Dao Artifact Award is hanging by a thread."

Feng Luoyi said, "At this time, the attitude of Bai Ze God Monarch becomes very important. Thus, I hope you can adjust your subsequent research plan, delaying the Big Number Law, and give priority to logic, statistics..."

"Hold on a minute." Wang Qi interrupted Feng Luoyi, "Teacher Feng, I'm a bit confused, what does this have to do with Bai Ze God Monarch? Why such an adjustment to the research plan?"

Wang Qi then realized, since the older generation of Carefree cultivators are still very much alive, many of the debates here differ greatly from those on Earth. In this regard, he was completely in the dark.

"The Dao Artifact Award naturally has its review mechanism, and Bai Ze God Monarch is one of the Carefree reviewers residing in the world and one of the adjudicators for this session of the Dao Artifact Award. Also, he holds great prestige in the review committee," Feng Luoyi explained further. "Though ideologically, Bai Ze God Monarch is closer to our side, he shares a bond of incense fire with the Mathematics Lord, so the likelihood that he will support us is very high, but it's not guaranteed."

"Incense fire?" Wang Qi was puzzled. He had never heard of a direct link between Laplace and Pang Jialai?

Feng Luoyi explained, "Cultivators form factions primarily based on ideology, but uniting based on hometown geography is not unheard of either. Geting is rather well known in this regard. Do you know the history of the Immortal Alliance from your Snow Country before it unified into Da Lian? You're mostly aware of the various countries of Shenzhou, right? Early on, the cultivators that formed Geting were all from the Great Virtue Dynasty. There are a few other notable ones, such as those from the North's Daluo Imperial Dynasty, making up the Snow Country faction. And now, competing with Geting, which is represented by Ximen Master, is the Li Sect, represented by the Mathematics Lord, whose members are mostly cultivators from Xilan."

Xilan... France...

As Feng Luoyi clarified, Wang Qi gradually understood the love-hate relationship spanning thousands of years between Li Sect and Geting.

Li Sect got its name because the capital of Xilan, Lijing, was prosperous, and many cultivators from Xilan hailed from around Lijing. The Bo Family's eleven Carefree cultivators, Sword Madman Grangri, Bai Ze God Monarch Apuna, and the students taught by both Bai Ze God Monarch and Sword Madman, Ke Xi, were all early representatives of Li Sect.

Later on, Wanfa Sect produced another unparalleled genius, called Abel. The first thing Abel did after achieving Dao was challenge Lijing with his sword. By that time, the Bo Family had withdrawn from world affairs, Sword Madman Grangri, with a broken heart, had ceased fighting, and Bai Ze God Monarch did not wish to fight a junior, leaving only Ke Xi to withstand Abel's unmatched Divine Sword and his four High Order sword techniques.

After Abel's challenge to Li Sect, the entire sect fell into decline. Another young individual, whom Bai Ze God Monarch intended to mentor, began to shine. That person was the beginning of the Geting legend, Calculation King Gao Si. Geting's lineage was also not entirely unrelated to the early Li Sect.

On the other hand, as Li Sect fell into decline, the new cultivators from Xilan did not align with them, but instead formed another group. This batch of cultivators was also known as Li Sect. To distinguish them, the boundary was set with Abel's challenge to Lijing: the group before was called the Old Li Sect, and the one after, the Shaoli Sect.

The main proponent of the resurgence in Shaoli Sect's magic was the Mathematics Lord, Pang Jialai.

The early friction between Shaoli Sect and Geting was actually quite simple, amounting to a clash between "My Great Virtue Dynasty's Immortal Dao is the best in the world!" and "The battle flag of Lan shall never fall!" However, as the conflicts between Mathematics Lord Pang Jialai and Divine Venerable Ke Lanyin emerged, the dissensions between the two factions evolved from regional prejudice into a feud more intense than national hatreds—no, it's actually more severe than that. Although Xilan and Great Virtue became history five hundred years ago, the contention between Shaoli Sect and Geting persists to this day.

Wang Qi covered his face, "That's truly enough…"