May Cicadas

Xinyue Mountain, Divine Continent A famous northern mountain, home to the Immortal Alliance headquarters.

According to the map drawn by the Mysterious Star Observatory, the Divine Continent is larger than the Eurasian continent of Wang Qi's previous life. Its southernmost tip extends beyond the equator, while the northernmost part is quite far from the North Pole. The Divine Continent encompasses about eighty percent of the planet's landmass. The monsoons here are stronger than on Earth, so although the interior of the Divine Continent is somewhat dry, it is not barren.

The area of Xinyue Mountain, despite being in the northern region, resembles the scenery of southern lands due to the climate adjustments made by Liuyun Sect and City of Mountains and Rivers.

The atmosphere here is controlled by the formations of Liuyun Sect, and the temperature on the mountain is similar to that at its base. It is now the end of May, approaching midsummer. A hint of summer heat can be felt on the mountainside where Immortal Academy is located. Outside the dormitory area, cicadas, stimulated by the heat, shed their final skins and emerge from the ground, chirping loudly in the trees.

It is early morning, and the cicada's song is somewhat disturbing. A few new disciples, unable to bear the noise, couldn't help but open their windows and cast a few spells at the trees.

Since they were all novices and hadn't practiced spells much, the cicada's chirp didn't diminish much. However, the disciples who cast the spells were immediately apprehended by the disciplinary officers of the Operations Department. The officers then promptly used "deducting academic credits" to sober up these sleepyheads.

It must be said that disciplinary committees are universally hated, regardless of the world.

Wang Qi sat cross-legged on his dormitory bed, silently circulating his internal energy.

He had woken up early, and the commotion outside did not disturb him at all. If a cultivator of the modern school were present, they would not fail to notice that all the spiritual energy circulation within the room was being deflected and directed towards the meditating young man. A large amount of spiritual energy was being absorbed by him as he practiced his cultivation.

This anomaly was proof that Wang Qi had a preliminary understanding of the concept of "fields." Most cultivators would only encounter this level of understanding upon reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Modern cultivation emphasizes breathing in harmony with heaven and earth. At this moment, Wang Qi felt as if he himself had become the breath of heaven and earth!

Wang Qi was currently practicing the cultivation technique of the Returning to One Alliance, known as the "poetic masterpiece," Tian Ge Xing. A stream of Magical Power flowed through his dantian and all his acupoints. Unlike other cultivation methods, Magical Power did not flow directly but acted more like a medium. The Magical Power generated in the dantian **moved and flowed ceaselessly through the acupoints.

Maxwell's electromagnetic theorem states that all electrical and magnetic interactions between discrete charged bodies or currents are transmitted through the intermediate region between them, regardless of whether the intermediate region is vacuum or solid matter.

The fluctuations generated in his dantian not only propelled the circulation of Magical Power but also caused some Magical Power to overflow, forming a field around Wang Qi. For disciples practicing Tian Ge Xing normally, this overflow of Magical Power was considered a reasonable loss. However, Wang Qi had long since discovered a trick to harness this part of the Magical Power. His dantian had already generated a force of convergence, causing this overflow of Magical Power to form a "magnetic field" around him, gathering more of the breath of heaven and earth.

Maxwell's electromagnetic theorem states that electrical or magnetic energy exists not only within charged bodies, magnetized bodies, or current-carrying objects but is also largely distributed in the surrounding electromagnetic field.

At this moment, Wang Qi's application of "magnetism" far surpassed that of cultivators practicing the Middle Yuan Magnetic True Qi of the same level.

Feeling the Magical Power within him grow at a visible rate, Wang Qi was still not entirely satisfied.

"The 'field' formed now is modeled after a static electric field, which is open. If I could form a closed vortex field, my cultivation speed should increase even further!"

Over the past month, the more Wang Qi cultivated, the more he felt that something was wrong with his practice.

Firstly, he still severely lacked the ability to connect theory with his cultivation techniques. Maxwell's electromagnetic theorem: a small part belongs to high school curriculum, while the main part is university level. For Wang Qi, a former academic prodigy on Earth, he could draw the image of a vortex field with his eyes closed. However, he couldn't apply this understanding to his cultivation.

Simply put, his mind was full of E=mc², but his practical skills were only at the level of "knowing how to swing a hammer," far from being able to build an atomic bomb.

As for the second problem...

Wang Qi suddenly felt a surge of Magical Power, and the spiritual energy within his body surged, making his entire body feel as if it were in a sea of fire!

"As expected," Wang Qi sighed, interrupting his Tian Ge Xing practice and switching to Tian Shang Jue.

Tian Shang Jue is a cultivation technique derived from thermodynamics, controlling temperature and heat through entropy. Unlike ancient fire-based techniques where the power of true fire for each realm is fixed, Tian Shang Jue focuses on heating and cooling. Even a Qi Refining stage cultivator can use it to increase the temperature of a Free and Unfettered cultivator's true fire. Moreover, as long as there is enough Magical Power, one can avoid being burned or frozen to death. Tian Shang Jue's heating or cooling capabilities are limitless.

Tian Shang Jue gathered the heat around Wang Qi. Under the effect of "entropy reduction," the agitation of Magical Power gradually subsided.

Just as Wang Qi was about to begin his cultivation, an anomaly occurred again. The power gathered into his dantian by Tian Shang Jue suddenly erupted, sweeping through his entire body!

Gritting his teeth, Wang Qi began to perform a set of palm techniques.

The accompanying palm technique of Da Xiang Xiangbo Gong, the Wave Fist Sword.

The foundation of the Da Xiang Xiangbo Gong technique is the theory of phase waves. Phase waves, also known as matter waves or de Broglie waves on Earth, are the wave forms of all matter derived from wave-particle duality. Da Xiang Xiangbo Gong can transform Magical Power into invisible waves, which can then form all tangible objects, embodying the meaning of "the greatest form has no shape," hence the name.

After transforming the redundant power within his body into a wave using the Wave Fist Sword, Wang Qi let out a loud shout and pointed to his right. A blade-shaped wave shot out from his finger. The trailing end of the wave blade swept across Wang Qi's bed, splitting the pillow in half and sending cotton everywhere.

"How many is this?" Wang Qi frowned, thinking.

When he first entered Immortal Academy, Wang Qi heard the saying, " Immortal Academy is a place for you to make mistakes." Driven by impulse, he actually went and practiced most of the peerless cultivation techniques in the Hall of Bestowed Techniques.

Once cultivation techniques enter the right track, they form their own internal cycles. If two cycles operate simultaneously, one must ensure that the techniques do not interfere with each other, otherwise, it's easy to get qi deviation. Initially, Wang Qi practiced too many cultivation techniques at once, and there were too many conflicts between them.

Yao Ding Suanjing and Geometry Book only had different focuses, and their contradictions were not hard to reconcile. But Da Li San Cantong Qi and Tian Ge Xing, Tian Ge Xing and Tian Shang Jue, Da Xiang Xiangbo Gong and Da Li San Cantong Qi, as well as Guang Ding Qian Kun based on relativity and Tian Ge Xing, Da Li San Cantong Qi—almost all had huge contradictions. While practicing these techniques concurrently, there were no major issues in the early stages. However, as Wang Qi's cultivation deepened, their contradictions became increasingly apparent, almost driving him to qi deviation .

Wang Qi found a way to gather the scattered cotton and then picked up the ring on the table, putting it on his finger.

Zhen Chanzi erupted in a boisterous laugh, completely losing his composure: "Ah ha ha ha! I warned you long ago not to practice so many cultivation techniques at once. You've suffered, haven't you?"

Wang Qi curled his lips. At first, he thought that with Earth's advanced theories, the "superstring theory" that explained everything, coupled with his decent mathematical skills, he could integrate those cultivation techniques. Unfortunately, he later realized how severely lacking he was in "connecting theory with practice." Even if he understood higher-level theories, he couldn't apply them.

It seems that being a transmigrator doesn't automatically make one a Dragon King!

As Wang Qi pondered solutions, he headed towards the dining hall.

In reality, there were two ways to solve this problem.

The first method was to find a more advanced cultivation technique to be the primary one, forcibly suppressing the backlash from the various techniques.

Da Xiang Xiangbo Gong, Tian Shang Jue, Tian Ge Xing, and Guang Ding Qian Kun were all peerless techniques with a weighting value of four. Yao Ding Suanjing and Geometry Book had a weighting value of three. Where could Wang Qi find a stronger technique?

Oh, there was one in the Hall of Bestowed Techniques, Tianyan Tulu. Although its initial power weighting value was only one, it was essentially a peerless technique with a weighting value of six. But...

"I'm a physicist and mathematician, not a biologist!" Wang Qi roared inwardly. He didn't believe that understanding an evolutionary algorithm was equivalent to fully grasping evolutionary theory and being able to deduce the Tianyan technique on his own.

The second method was to deduce a cultivation technique that could encompass all these techniques through Earth's theories of "Grand Unification Theory" and "Superstring Theory."

However, after looking at Unforgiving Taoist's manuscript, Wang Qi tearfully rejected this option. Even with Unforgiving Taoist's research foundation and Heisenberg's various theories, he himself still couldn't deduce a usable spell.

What about stopping the cultivation of other techniques and focusing on just one?

This idea seemed wonderful, but its practical feasibility was even lower than the previous two—or rather, "approximately zero." Wang Qi discovered that the cycles of the various techniques within his body had already formed a dangerous dynamic equilibrium. If he were to suddenly advance the progress of one technique, this equilibrium would be broken. At that point, Wang Qi would most likely die from qi deviation , and one or two out of ten would be crippled by qi deviation .

"This feeling of lifting a rock only to drop it on my own foot, being in a precarious situation and having no choice but to continue... it's truly heartbreaking!"

The trope that protagonists who mess up their cultivation either unlock special achievements or get saved by a powerful expert and have their powers greatly increased is clearly a lie!

Unconsciously, Wang Qi's mind drifted to the heavens once more, narrowly passing the mess hall.

Because practicing cultivation had taken a considerable amount of time, Wang Qi hadn't left very early, and there was already a long queue in the mess hall. Wang Qi obediently joined the end of the line.

Wang Qi remembered the matter of the pillow, so his gaze swept towards a corner of the mess hall. Along the side of the mess hall, he found that familiar orange.

Mao Zimao, pfft, Mao Zimia's ears twitched, sensing someone looking at her. She looked over, saw Wang Qi's figure, and waved happily.

This cat was naturally kind and didn't hold grudges. Coupled with the fact that there were few people in Immortal Academy during the first few days, Wang Qi and Mao Zimia quickly became familiar.

Wang Qi, holding a small bowl of noodles and a cup of soy milk, sat next to Mao Zimia, habitually glancing at her cat ears.

Mao Zimia敏锐ly covered her ears: "I won't let you touch them, meow!"

Wang Qi almost choked to death on his soy milk: "That was just an accident that day!"

"That just shows you have poor self-control, Xiao Qi, meow!"

"I am speechless..." Wang Qi covered his face: "Alright Zimao, since I have poor self-control, I need your help with something again."

"I knew it." Mao Zimia looked understanding: "I said it, Xiao Qi would never actively seek me out for help if he didn't need anything, meow. What is it this time? Clothes or a blanket?"

After Wang Qi's Da Xiang Xiangbo Gong went out of control, he had to rely on blade-like attacks to expel excess power. In half a month, he had already torn five sheets, seven pillows, and several pieces of clothing. Later, Wang Qi discovered that Mao Zimia was also skilled with needlework and simply asked her to help mend them -- as a result, after a month, Wang Qi obtained the equipment "Beggar's Sheet."

Mao Zimia was happy to help and didn't mind: "Okay. I'll help you sew after practicing body techniques this afternoon."

Chapters and such... sigh, even a goofy youth has moments of artistic soul burning!

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