Everyone perked up, and they could roughly guess what Wang Qi wanted to do now.
In truth, after He Wai'er spoke with Wang Qi that day, even Myriad Dharma Sect disciples who were utterly dull in dealing with people had vaguely begun to suspect something.
Wang Qi clearly possessed a level in Algebraic Topology far beyond his peers, yet he had always called himself a beginner, discussing problems with them in the manner and mindset of a beginner. What was that for?
Was it not to spread his own theories without anyone noticing?
This was also a fairly popular approach. A cultivator's disciples naturally stood with their teacher. Whether in research direction or other matters, they could complement their teacher, and some disciples simply became extensions of their teachers.
The "Gottingen Sect" was a famous example.
This was what was known as an "academic lineage."
And such academic lineages were another kind of power structure within modern immortal cultivation, aside from sects. In terms of influence and internal coordination, these academic lineages even surpassed traditional blood-bound families—after all, families like the Bo family, which passed mathematics down through five generations without decline, were still rare.
Within an academic lineage, all individuals' interests were highly aligned, and academic lineages did not conflict with sects.
Academic lineages usually existed in the form of "schools." The core of some schools was a single academic lineage.
The means by which academic lineages were passed on was teachers guiding disciples.
But Wang Qi had not yet reached the Primordial Spirit stage. Under Immortal Alliance law, he was not qualified to teach disciples.
So he was using the name of "studying together" to guide others and make them accept his theories!
Those who had come to exchange ideas were already quite aware of this.
Wang Qi