Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 314 - 68: Purchase [Bonus - for recommendation tickets]

Pure academic pursuits offer few opportunities for exchange because in this field, talent and luck both play significant roles. If one must put it into words, it would boil down to "rigorous study." Scientists exchange ideas and inspirations.

Wang Qi walked out of Chen Feng's yard when the sky had completely darkened. He carried a spirit pool in his arms, no less than five thousand stone spirit qi, staggering along the street.

Chen Feng's yard hadn't finished its renovations, so there were no spare rooms to host Wang Qi, who still had to rush back to the Wanfa Sect headquarters. However, before that, Wang Qi needed to make a trip to the Immortal Alliance warehouse in the north of the city to purchase some materials with spiritual energy. Apart from experimenting with his magic foundation, he also needed to procure experimental consumables and reagents for Chen Feng—as Chen Feng put it, he would take care of the shopping duties before Wang Qi's foundation establishment.

It was like a new graduate student serving both advisor and seniors.

Thinking about it, Wang Qi found it both absurd and preposterous. Heaven help him, he never thought to engage in biology in his previous life. If it weren't for the theoretical physics giant Schrodinger writing "What is Life?" he wouldn't have even considered this field. Even so, he hadn't been tricked like Watson back in the day, who ended up studying biology and genetics. But now, he was about to join a biology lab?

That was simply unscientific!

But on second thought, Chen Feng's proposal seemed to be the most beneficial for him at the moment. After all, he was suspected of being a banished immortal, making it unlikely for him to pass political reviews or enter top-tier labs, and getting funding would probably be difficult. Chen Feng's research area was unpopular in Shenzhou, but Wang Qi, familiar with Earth's academic system, knew the field had its merits.

Moreover, the route from Keynes' economics to chaos mathematics to chaos physics was a good strategy for gaining reputation and clearing suspicion.

Additionally, his main study was the Heavenly Calculation Atlas, and his strongest divine skill was Holy Light. It'd be a shame to give it up, and learning a bit about biology couldn't hurt—currently, even if he genuinely couldn't overcome the Primordial Spirit Heaven Barrier, he was still a Golden Core Cultivator, and living a few hundred years wouldn't be difficult. He didn't want to repeat his past life, where, as a scientist, he only had a lifespan of fifty years or so, and studying a bit of other fields wouldn't hurt drastically.

Not to mention these thousands of stone spirit qi. Damn, the Core Formation Cultivators of ancient times weren't this luxurious!

And most importantly, the most secretive reason...

"Why did I transmigrate?"

This question had troubled Wang Qi for a long time.

Souls are thinking organs generated in a spirit energy environment, which means, the universe where Earth is located doesn't have the conditions to produce souls or the possibility of "soul transmigration." But an Earth scientist's consciousness transmigrated into an infant in Shenzhou, resulting in the present Wang Qi, whose soul was naturally stronger than others.

Why?

Perhaps researching the soul could provide an answer?

"The only difficulty now is... well, there are actually two difficulties. Many in Shenzhou view probability theory as meaningless research, believing that the Laplace Demon must manifest. Besides, Keynes' prerequisite is Carl Marx, unavoidable since damn, I'm a science student..."

This revelation made Wang Qi couldn't help scratching his head. Zhen Chan couldn't help teasing, "You've been scratching your head too much these days. Planning to convert to the Buddhist Sect?"

"No, it's just that today's thoughts are somewhat overwhelming."

"Was that Chen Feng's invitation ill-intended?"

Wang Qi shook his head, "At its worst, it's mutual use, but in Modern terms, we prefer a nicer term called 'win-win.'"

"So what are you sighing about?"

"The journey is long and far, I will search up and down..." Wang Qi rareuly quoted some intellectual poetry.

It's quite far indeed... Next time I see Bao Xiaoya, I must work with her on promoting Bao's Law of Large Numbers, and then I also need to publish a somewhat substantial paper in the field of mathematical logic.

"Stop looking into the future and come back to reality," Zhen Chan reminded Wang Qi, "We're here."

The Divine Capital Warehouse looked like a colossal rectangle with no decorations on the outside. Its sharp edges, combined with its vast size, gave it a kind of special minimalist beauty.

As Wang Qi approached the warehouse, an Immortal Alliance Cultivator came to receive him. Before entering the warehouse, every cultivator needed to hand over their Storage Bag and other such Magic Artifacts to the Immortal Alliance Cultivators for safekeeping, then enter with a different Storage Bag.

"This really looks like a supermarket," Wang Qi muttered after entering. The first thing he saw was countless shelves filled with goods, with only a few people buying items. This shopping method indeed resembled a supermarket, but the shopping experience was far from comparable.

The materials Wang Qi needed were low-level heavenly treasures, while the experimental materials Chen Feng needed were ordinary substances, specially treated to maintain a Spiritual Energy Value of one. The two types of materials couldn't be stored together and were kept at opposite ends of the warehouse; Wang Qi had to run around for more than an hour inside the warehouse before he gathered everything.

When he returned to the Wanfa Sect's residence, it was already late at night. Since he was carrying a bunch of useful materials, Wang Qi was in a great mood.

And Wang Qi had a particular way of expressing happiness. When he was in a good mood, he tended to be extra considerate of others' feelings rather than wildly jubilant. Not to disturb his resting fellow disciples, he leaped over the rooftops intending to circle back to the courtyard.

However, as soon as he stepped on the rooftop, he nearly bumped into a head wrapped in a plain white scarf. Looking closely, it turned out to be Mo Zhenzhen.

"Junior Sister Mo, what are you doing…" Wang Qi began to ask but swallowed his words midway because he noticed that all his fellow disciples from the Wanfa Sect, alongside a few Outer Disciples from Tianling Ridge, had gathered there. They were not only there, but a few were also surrounding a barbecue grill with two shredded roasted chickens on it. The unsophisticated young swordsman Lin Feng was earnestly grilling two big yellow croakers.

"What's all this?" Wang Qi was stunned. What was this scene about?

"Senior Brother Wang," Mo Zhenzhen reacted to the etiquette first and tried to stand up to greet him, but her greasy hands nearly touched Wang Qi. Embarrassed, the girl said, "We're just... gathering."

"Today, Junior Brother Lin Feng broke through to the Mid-Stage of Qi Cultivation," someone chimed in.

Wang Qi understood. These guys were just looking for an excuse to celebrate. Of course, the core duty of cultivators was still cultivation, and a breakthrough indeed constituted a happy event. Even progressing from Qi Refining Early Stage to Mid-Stage was worth a barbecue. But he still wondered, "Why on the rooftop?"

"Junior Master Liu loves his peace…" Mo Zhenzhen had not finished speaking when Liu Yunxiang's chiding laughter entered everyone's ears: "You little rascals, knew it yet didn't bring down a roasted quail!"

Right, this one was clearly enjoying it too.

Mo Zhenzhen didn't know what to do with her hands, so she asked, "Senior Brother Wang, do you want to join?"

"I haven't eaten all day, I'm actually hungry." Wang Qi picked up a chicken carcass that was almost torn apart and started gnawing on it.

Wang Qi's addition made the group even more boisterous. Mo Zhenzhen quietly asked, "Senior Brother, weren't you out 'working' today? Why did you come back so late? Is Junior Brother Chen really that strict, keeping you until now?"

"Strict, perhaps not," Wang Qi laughed, "But following him definitely has its perks."

"You seem very happy."

"Yes, I got some benefits after all."