Chapter 191 The World of Mathematics Masters

“Calculate the heavens, calculate the earth, calculate nature, and there is nothing between heaven and earth that cannot be calculated.” This is the first sentence of the “Mathematical Classic”.

"All things in the world are not supernatural. They all have shapes that can be inspected, numbers that can be deduced, methods that can be calculated, and principles that can be relied upon. When things are categorized, each has its own destination. Each branch is different, but they all start from the same end. We can use arithmetic to analyze the principles and observe the origin of the world, so as to understand the origin of all things in the world." - Excerpt from the first chapter of "Arithmetic".

Later, "Suanjing" opened a treasure house leading to the palace of mathematics for Li Zhi.

After reading three chapters in succession, Li Zhi felt inexplicably familiar, as if he had reviewed all the knowledge points from elementary mathematics to advanced mathematics.

By the fourth chapter, Li Zhi temporarily couldn't understand it.

However, Li Zhi had great admiration for the predecessor who wrote the "Mathematical Classics".

The "Mathematical Classic" does not involve any magical powers, but it encompasses a series of principles of the existence of heaven and earth, such as quantity, structure, change, space, and information.

It seems to be a fusion of mathematics and physics, examining the universe from a third-party perspective and calculating the laws governing the operation of the universe.

Everything from the movement of stars to walking and running can be included in the calculation scope of the "Mathematical Classics".

Even in the last chapter of "Mathematical Classics", the method of calculating the offset of the myriad ways of heaven and earth is recorded.

"He is truly a god." Li Zhi exclaimed after closing the "Mathematical Classics".

The world of mathematics masters really exceeds the imagination of ordinary people.

He actually took everything in the world into his heart with his own strength.

I dare not imagine what kind of astonishing skills the predecessor who wrote this "Mathematical Classic" possessed.

Although cultivation is not mentioned anywhere, cultivation is everywhere.

Does calculating the speed of falling leaves count as enlightenment?

Does calculating the mass-energy equation count as enlightenment?

Does calculating the time it takes for clouds to rise and rain to fall count as enlightenment?
There is Tao and law everywhere between heaven and earth. As long as it is Tao and law, it can be included in the calculation category of "Suanjing".

"Master Li, are you satisfied with this "Mathematical Classic"? " Jin Yuming was afraid that Li Zhi would be like other monks he had met before, and would return the "Mathematical Classic" to him intact after reading it.

Li Zhi said: "Before I leave the Immortal Mansion World, you should follow me."

"That's great." Jin Yuming said excitedly, and then asked: "Master Li, where are we going next?"

Li Zhi said: "Don't worry, the Mathematical Scripture written by your master has given me great inspiration. I plan to study here for a while."

Jin Yuming nodded and said, "I will listen to you, Taoist Priest."

Afterwards, Li Zhi and Jin Yuming stayed on the top of the mountain.

For the next half month, Li Zhi studied the calculation methods in mathematics, as if he had returned to his youthful days when he was studying mathematics.

Now, Li Zhi, who has been reborn and even his soul has been cleansed, is no longer the same student with ordinary qualifications.

He is a peerless mathematics master.

Although they may not necessarily be able to create new mathematical methods, their learning ability is already much better than before.

In half a month, Li Zhi had learned the contents of the 36th chapter of "Mathematical Classics" to the progress of the 33rd chapter.

This learning speed is quite fast.

Millions of sheets of scratch paper were used just for practice.

Li Zhi drank more than 30 pots of tea brewed with Wudao tea leaves, consuming a total of more than 100 pieces of Wudao tea leaves.

This way, you don't experience swelling in the head, dizziness, or the feeling that your brain is being drained.

If outsiders knew that Li Zhi had spent more than a hundred pieces of enlightenment tea leaves in order to learn mathematics, they would probably go crazy with jealousy.

Jin Yumingye also benefited from this and was fortunate enough to drink the enlightenment tea brewed with the sacred spring water for half a month. His cultivation level was directly raised by a small realm and reached the fifth level of Dragon Transformation. However, although his realm was raised, he did not attract any thunder tribulation.

It seems that the foundation of the Great Dao is still a little bit lacking, not enough to attract the thunder tribulation in the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

In fact, ordinary genius disciples trained in holy places will not be baptized by thunder until their cultivation reaches the secret realm of dragon transformation.

Ordinary cultivators often need to enter the secret realm of the immortal platform before they will be struck by thunder.

It seems that Jin Yuming's master has great computing power, but is not good at cultivation.

The martial arts scriptures that Jin Yuming practiced were just ordinary scriptures of the powerful level.

He was able to cultivate to the fourth level of Dragon Transformation at the age of less than 30, which was the result of a lot of external help.

According to his master, cultivation is just a means to prolong life. Whether or not one has the strength to crush others of the same level is not important at all. Having a long lifespan but liking to fight and kill instead of exploring the field one likes is not doing one's job properly.

Li Zhi quite agreed with the ideas of the astronomy master Lu Renjia.

A powerful person has a lifespan of two or three thousand years. As long as he sticks to one path and walks on it unswervingly, he will accomplish earth-shaking achievements in everything he does.

According to Jin Yuming's description, Li Zhi guessed that his master should be a cultivator at the king level.

However, he only has realm and lifespan, but almost no means of fighting.

Moreover, he was unable to break through the barriers of the Saint Path, so he asked his disciples to go out in search of opportunities to become saints, so as not to end up like him, with unfulfilled ambitions and a dying age.

It can be seen from the unsolved mysteries he left in the unsolved chapters after Chapter 36 of "Mathematical Classics" that he was still unwilling to give up.

"Unsolved Chapters" records a series of seemingly incredible questions, such as how to construct a large model of the universe, how to determine through calculations whether there is another universe outside the universe, etc.

Even among those problems, there is the question of how to use chaos algorithms to calculate whether two universes will intersect after they become adjacent to each other due to their respective huge masses.

After seeing this question, Li Zhi felt his scalp tingling.

Isn’t this the question of whether there is a path to becoming an immortal?
How far apart do the two universes have to be before there is a point or a surface where they can intersect?

Isn’t this the question of whether the path to immortality is real or fake?
The world of mathematics masters is indeed incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Li Zhi felt that if he could continue to write the subsequent chapters of "Mathematical Classics" in the future, the world would no longer have any secrets for him.

Let me ask: Based on the redshift data of one's own Wan Dao generated after the two worlds came into contact in the past, can we deduce the mass of the Wan Dao of the unknown world?
Is this kind of question something that a mortal can solve?

However, this type of question is clearly recorded in the "Mathematical Classics", and there is more than one.

The last three chapters of "Mathematical Classics" record the calculation methods of space, time and mass.

Even Li Zhi, who had drunk the enlightenment tea, could not learn these calculation methods involving the origin of the universe in a short period of time.

After temporarily putting away the "Mathematical Classics" and draft paper, Li Zhi stretched his body and came to the edge of the cliff.

Jin Yuming, who was practicing on the hillside, saw Li Zhi and immediately flew over and said, "Master Li, have you finished your studies?"

Li Zhi said: "These days, Brother Jin has been working hard to protect me. Otherwise, I would not be able to study with peace of mind."

Jin Yuming smiled and said, "If it weren't for the Taoist's Enlightenment Tea, how could I have reached a higher level in such a short time?"

The enlightenment tea shared with Jin Yuming was tea that Li Zhi had brewed more than twice. Although there was still some power of enlightenment left, it was far less refreshing than the tea brewed for the first time.

But even so, Jin Yuming felt like he had found a rare treasure.

Li Zhi said, "My studies have come to an end for now. I plan to go for a walk. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Jin is willing to accompany me for a wandering."

Jin Yuming said: "Wherever the Taoist priest goes, I will follow him."

Then the two of them left the barren mountain.

After entering the vast wilderness with lush vegetation, Li Zhi suddenly remembered that he still had eight dragon horses in his hands.

Then the two stopped by a river.

When Li Zhi took out the eight dragon horses with extraordinary bloodlines, Jin Yuming said with envy, "These dragon horses are really majestic. You are really kind-hearted, Taoist priest. If it were me, I would definitely treasure them very much."

Li Zhi smiled and said, "There is a very good saying in the food world, 'Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground', I agree with it. Isn't the dragon horse a combination of the two? It must be a delicacy in the world. Today is a good time to have a big meal, let's have a roasted dragon horse."

Jin Yuming's eyes lit up and he almost drooled. He said, "Master, I have been cooking since I was a child. I can't say that my cooking skills are the best in the world, but they are also above average. Why don't you let me cook these eight dragon horses? From childhood to adulthood, I have never eaten dragon horse meat. Today, thanks to Master, I can also enjoy the delicious taste of dragon meat."

Li Zhi said: "Then I'll trouble you, Brother Jin."

Then, Jin Yuming began to deal with the eight dragon horses. However, his magic weapon was too poor, and he couldn't even break the dragon scales on the horses. Li Zhi handed him a knife with "Tao" and "Li" interwoven on it, and asked him to use it as a tool to deal with the dragon horses.

Before this, Li Zhi had killed thousands of monks, but he had looted all the treasures from them.

All of a sudden, he went from being a person without source to a person with source.

The harvest is beyond imagination.

Among the cultivators who are able to enter the immortal world for training, almost none of them are absolutely paupers.

Li Zhi even obtained several kingly magic weapons that those people did not have time to use.

There are countless other cultivation resources, including scriptures.

Even thousands of drops of dragon marrow were harvested, and there were even dozens of drops of top-grade dragon marrow. It was estimated that they collected them from the fairy world.

Various resources were piled up in the Hundred Herbs Map like a small mountain, and Li Zhi was too lazy to sort them out.

He planned to find an opportunity to sell all those things after a while and exchange them for divine sources or various spiritual medicines that would be useful for his cultivation.

It turns out that Jin Yuming was not bragging. His barbecue skills had almost reached the master level. He stuffed eight dragon horses with different spices and made eight flavors of barbecue.

As the aroma of meat gradually spread, it even attracted the attention of many strange monks, and some birds were watching from the sky.

Soon, a group of monks with demonic aura flew by not far away. Suddenly, a pretty girl said to another stunning girl beside her, "Princess, look over there. Someone is roasting a dragon horse in the forest."

"Roasting a dragon horse? Who is so bold as to roast a dragon horse in front of the princess?" A burly demon man shouted immediately.

This group of people were none other than the geniuses of the demon clan from Nanling in Qishi Mansion, and that stunningly beautiful girl was none other than Qi Qi, the brightest pearl in Nanling.

"What did Longma do to anyone? It's really infuriating." After seeing the scene by the river, another demon girl with a crystal scale growing between her eyebrows said, "Princess, let me go over and teach them a lesson. They actually dared to eat Longma in front of you."

"Forget it. We have no relationship with those two people, so let's not rush into a conflict. It is more important to persuade the Beast King here and not create unnecessary trouble." When Princess Qi saw the dragon horse that was about to be roasted, she just frowned but did not feel much disgust.

When Jin Yuming, who was roasting the dragon horse, saw Princess Qi and her group, he said to Li Zhi, "Master Li, there are a group of demon disciples over there. Should we drive them away?"

After taking a look at Princess Qi and the others, Li Zhi said, "Ignore them."

Princess Qi seemed to sense that Li Zhi was ignoring them, so she said to the others, "Let's go over and ask where his dragon horse came from."

In another direction, Princess Yudie of Anping Kingdom, accompanied by three monks, two men and one woman, rushed over following the aroma of barbecue.

"It's the smell of dragon horse meat, there's no mistake. Could it be that Brother Ye is eating dragon horse again?" Cheng Hui said curiously.

"It can't be Ye Fan. He is being hunted by the Yin-Yang Sect and the Xiao family. He will not return to the Immortal World." Zhang Wen shook his head and denied.

Li Xinyue said, "Princess, who do you think is roasting the dragon horses here? It is said that the Eight Horses Chariot of the Zhennan Palace of the Ancient Hua Dynasty was smashed to pieces, and the whereabouts of the eight dragon horses pulling the chariot are still unknown."

Princess Yudie said, "Just go and take a look and you'll know. Maybe this time you'll be able to meet a peerless genius who's no weaker than the Saint Body."

Then, the four of them sped up.

"A distinguished guest has arrived. I am sorry for not coming in person to welcome you." Just when Princess Qi and Princess Yudie and others arrived ten miles away from Li Zhi, Li Zhi suddenly spoke.

"Princess, have we been discovered?" Cheng Hui said.

They were flying close to the treetops all the way and did not sense any divine power sweeping over them.

Princess Qi and others came to the river in a swagger.

Looking at the eight dragon horses that were about to be roasted, a demon man beside Princess Qi asked, "Little Taoist priest, where did you get these dragon horses?"

"These dragon horse meats are not for sale." Li Zhi said as he looked at them with a smile.

"Young Taoist priest, are you also a disciple of Qi Shi Mansion? I seem to have seen you there?" Princess Qi finally spoke.

"My princess has a good eye. I have indeed practiced in the House of Strange Men for a period of time. Please take a seat, everyone."

With a wave of his hand, Li Zhi turned dozens of stones by the river into dozens of stone benches and tables, and placed them precisely in front of them.

This move made everyone quite fearful.

At this moment, Princess Yudie and her three companions also rushed over.

After seeing Princess Qi and others, the two sides greeted each other.

The moment she saw Li Zhi, Princess Yudie showed a hint of surprise, as if she couldn't believe that she could meet Li Zhi here, and said, "It's you."

"Princess Yudie, long time no see." Li Zhi's figure did not change much, and he did not feel strange being recognized by Princess Yudie.

Cheng Hui, who was standing beside Princess Yudie like a guardian, was also surprised when he saw Li Zhi: "Master Li, you are also in the Immortal Palace World?"

Li Zhi took out a jar containing more than fifty drops of dragon marrow, threw it to Cheng Hui and said, "Fellow Daoist Cheng, this is the remaining dragon marrow I owe you."

Cheng Hui quickly refused: "No need."

Li Zhi said, "I never owe anyone anything, so please accept it, Fellow Daoist Cheng. The dragon horse is about to be roasted, so I'll invite everyone to eat dragon horse meat. They are all dragon horses at the level of dragon transformation, and their flesh and blood are very nutritious."

"Master Li, where did you find these dragon horses?" Cheng Hui asked worriedly.

Li Zhi said with a look of surprise, "I found them on the beach. I don't know who killed them but didn't take their bodies away. Instead, they became a bargain for me."

After everyone was seated, Princess Yudie asked, "Master Li, are you also a disciple of Qishi Mansion?"

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "Strictly speaking, I am not."

Seeing this, Princess Qi asked, "Do you know each other?"

Princess Yudie, as a beauty from Zhongzhou, is famous among the female cultivators in Qishi Mansion, and is no less famous than Princess Qi.

Li Zhi said, "Why do we have to know each other before we meet? We are lucky to meet each other today. I will treat you all to a drink."

After saying that, Li Zhi waved his hand and took out dozens of jars of fine wine, all of which were obtained from those monks.

Seeing that the ordinary encounter had turned into a barbecue feast, Jin Yuming was quite puzzled, so he asked Li Zhi through voice transmission: "Master Li, why did you suddenly invite them to a banquet?"

Li Zhi replied in a voice transmission: "I need to calculate a problem, and I need a lot of help. I will use these dragon horses to entertain them. When I ask them later, they should not refuse."

Jin Yuming said, "I see. I was too superficial." He then transformed himself into a barbecue chef and started serving the roasted dragon horse meat to everyone.

Li Zhi also warmly entertained these twenty or so monks.

Faced with the warm and thoughtful hospitality of Li Zhi and Jin Yuming, everyone had the illusion that they were old friends who had known Li Zhi for a long time. It seemed that this was not a dangerous fairy world, but a fairy banquet specially prepared by Li Zhi for them.

But in fact, it was the first time they sat together.

This strange feeling lasted until the barbecue feast was over.

The eight dragon horses were quickly and completely destroyed by the group of monks from the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Li Zhi said, "I have a small problem here and I need your help. Would you be willing to lend a hand?"

"Master Li, what are you going to do? As long as Yudie can do it, I will do my best." Princess Yudie said with a little excitement. She envied the way Li Zhi forcibly improved the quality of dragon marrow.

Seeing Princess Yudie’s reaction, Princess Qi and others were stunned. What was going on?
But she couldn't weaken the momentum of the Nanling demon tribe, so she said, "Master Li, if you need us to do anything, just tell us."

Li Zhi smiled and said, "It's not a dangerous thing. I just want to invite you to help me measure the data of some places. It won't waste much of your time."

Then they were told what needed to be measured and where they were located, which amounted to hundreds of locations.

Looking at the areas marked on the map, Princess Yudie asked in confusion, "Master, why are you measuring the weight of the stones in these places and the time they fell?"

Li Zhi said: "According to my research, this immortal world is a small world formed by a broken immortal road, and this world is also a living small world, so I want to try to calculate whether there are other small worlds formed by fragments of immortal roads nearby."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

While everyone was still focusing on the fairyland world, Li Zhi set his sights on another world. This kind of pattern and vision was amazing.

"Is this fairyland world really formed from a section of the immortal road?" Someone finally reacted and asked.

Li Zhi said confidently: "Nine out of ten."

(End of this chapter)