Chapter 144 - 106: About the Cut-off Score

Su Junyu's call had drawn the attention of the other two toward Wang Qi. Under the gaze of the "Green Robed Guest" with a suspicion of Ancient Method about him, Wang Qi took a seat across from Su Junyu and handed over the questions he had prepared. In the past three months, the studious Wang Qi hadn't just been living the blissful life of eating, sleeping, and defeating minor monsters. As a studious individual with ideals and aspirations, who had moved beyond low-level interests, he still learned many things each day. Since he had decided to choose the Wanfa Sect, his studies naturally took a mathematical direction. Su Junyu had the highest level of mathematical ability among all the people Wang Qi could meet, so he often came to seek advice. Su Junyu took Wang Qi's problems and examined them carefully, "Hmm, you've made quite some progress—Ah, there's a big issue with this move here." Wang Qi looked at the part Su Junyu pointed out and nodded, "I always have trouble connecting the 'Ten Thousand Army Formation' with the 'Heaven and Earth Rules.'" Su Junyu intertwined his fingers like a knife and gestured, "Try doing it this way, and then follow up with this..." The Green Robed Man appeared to be in his early twenties. Seeing Wang Qi, he smiled and asked, "And who might this Junior Brother be?" "Allow me to introduce him, this is the future disciple of the Wanfa Sect, a genius who may even become a True Inheritor, Wang Qi. He's my junior now," after introducing Wang Qi, Su Junyu pointed to the Green Robed Man, "This is the second eldest—Alright, alright, don't get upset. Let me introduce him again properly, Zi Xiaopeng, a classmate of mine and your Senior Sister Xiang. Back in the Leiyang Immortal Institute, I was always the top scorer in exams, while he was perennially the runner-up, hence the nickname 'Number Two.' He was promoted to a True Inheritor in Yangshen Pavilion's Inner Sect the year before last." Wang Qi was astonished, "Senior Brother ranks above Senior Sister Xiang? But I recall that Senior Sister Xiang had already entered Burning Gold Valley and became a True Inheritor?" Xiang Qi covered her face, "Let's not bring up the fact that the passing score for Burning Gold Valley is lower... being the bottom among the Five Greats and all." Zi Xiaopeng explained, "I was rather unlucky back then. The Meng Family, Moh Family of Jiyin, and the Lin Family of the Spirit Beasts all had descendants joining. As a result, Tianling Ridge took in three True Inheritors all at once and couldn't afford to support them." Su Junyu said, "See, that's why I hope you can avoid this year's recruitment at the Wanfa Sect. Those born in the Bo Family are naturally skilled calculators, and their heirs are definitely stronger than those from the Meng and Moh Families. Those three families just rely on the fact that they had a Carefree ancestor. Just look at the Bo Family; they've produced so many Carefrees." Zi Xiaopeng was taken aback, "This kid knows there's a disciple from the Bo Family applying this year and still wants to join the Wanfa Sect and become a Carefree?" Su Junyu said, "He's someone with high aspirations... Wang Qi, your stance is wrong, the defensive position for 'Bai Ze True Formation Slash' shouldn't be like that in this instance, move your hand three inches downward." Wang Qi's face turned awkward. He had been practicing to the point of obsession these past days. With some wariness towards Zi Xiaopeng in his heart, he had unconsciously adopted a defensive posture. Xiang Qi asked, "You've been on guard since just now. What's wrong?" Wang Qi spoke truthfully, "The old man in my ring said he has the aura of Ancient Method Mysterious Sect on him." The philosophy of Ancient Cultivators was in opposition to that of Modern Cultivators, so "being on guard against an Ancient Cultivator" was easily understandable. Zi Xiaopeng looked astonished for a moment, then replied, "According to the principle of bivalence, I can say yes and no. But if we follow the law of the excluded middle..." Su Junyu couldn't take any more, "This has nothing to do with the principle of bivalence or the law of the excluded middle!" "Typical Wanfa Sect obsession," Zi Xiaopeng scoffed, "According to the law of the excluded middle, I can only say no." Wang Qi was baffled by the other's highfalutin terms and just couldn't understand what he was getting at. Xiang Qi, in exasperation, explained, "Ignore his nonsense. He means to say 'My Mana indeed has characteristics of the Ancient Method.'" Wang Qi was startled, "A True Inheritor of the Five Greats, practicing Intermediate Skill?" Intermediate Skill involved making minor changes to the Ancient Method's mental methods to adapt them to the breathing rhythm of Heaven and Earth. It wasn't an official term, but both Su Junyu and Xiang Qi would scoff whenever they mentioned it, which was telling of how ordinary Intermediate Skills really were. Zi Xiaopeng proudly said, "This really could be explained using the principle of bivalence..." Xiang Qi elucidated, "It means it can be interpreted either way." "My main study mental method is indeed transformed from an Ancient Method, but it is one of the very successful ones. Were not the predecessors of Wanfa Sect's Yibi Calculation Scripture, Yao Ding Calculating Scripture, and Book of Geometry all Ancient Methods? The Three Pure Heart Technique of my Yangshen Pavilion is similar." Wang Qi inquired, "Three Pure Heart Technique? Why haven't I heard of this mental method among those collected in the Transmitting Technique Hall?" Zi Xiaopeng explained, "This mental method was proposed only a decade or so ago, not quite refined yet, so of course it wouldn't be included in the Transmitting Technique Hall. The Ancient Method's Three Pure Righteous Skill was uncovered over a hundred years ago from relics. Several decades ago, the predecessors of Yangshen Pavilion formulated the notion of 'the threefold self' borrowing from the concept of The Three Pure Ones, and found that the Three Pure Righteous Skill coincidentally dovetailed with this framework, so they boldly reformed it." Saying this, Zi Xiaopeng patted his chest, "It's not just bragging, I'm among the first to have mastered the Three Pure Heart Technique." Wang Qi asked, "What is the 'threefold self'?" Geng Peng explained, "The thoughts of the heart have three layers. The lowest layer, the source of thoughts, is innate, hence called 'Primordial,' referred to as 'Yuqing.' The highest is 'Dao Morality,' known as 'Taiqing.' The thoughts and mindful activities one can control are called the 'Spiritual Treasure,' referred to as 'Upper Pure.' The Three Pure Heart Technique is..." Hearing this, Wang Qi realized it was Freud's theory of the threefold self! But the timing didn't match up... According to Earth's history, this theory should have been proposed hundreds of years ago during the era of Mathematics Lord Pang Jialai and Master of Calculation Xi Baiche, not just several decades ago. Moreover, in the field of learning, psychoanalysis generally isn't considered a natural science and is a separate discipline from psychology. According to Wang Qi's previous understanding, Shenzhou had a very primitive conception of the social sciences, with the scant progress being derivatives of mathematics, and Yangshen Pavilion's studies on the human heart also started from psychophysics and topological psychology. Seeing Wang Qi fall silent and assuming him to be overwhelmed by his sect's sublime techniques, Zi Xiaopeng triumphantly said, "Junior Brother Wang, based on the law of the excluded middle, you should carefully choose your sect. But by the law of reason deduced, Wanfa Sect isn't a very good choice. I see you have some proficiency in the Heavenly Calculation Atlas, how about it, would you like to join my Yangshen Pavilion? The entry score for Tianling Ridge this year shouldn't be too high." Su Junyu angrily said, "Scram! Stop trying to poach from our Wanfa Sect!" —————————————————————————————— The first cameo provided by one of our readers makes an appearance! Important notice! The message brought by this cameo is closely related to Wang Qi's future development path! As the story progresses, the need for more cameos will gradually increase, so I encourage everyone to eagerly sign up in the cameo section!