Chapter 42: Conference, Immortal World Style
“Sothing isn’t right about that child.”
Chen Jingyun had everyone frowning. Neumann spoke up: “Sect Leader Chen, that’s not enough to call for a eting. Notifying
would’ve been enough.”
Chen Jingyun shook his head. “That’s not all.”
“Tell us more.”
Chen Jingyun was concise: “rely days after entering the Immortal Institute, the child solved nearly ten complex problems in the back of the Arts Archive.”
Pauli and Goudsmit didn’t involve themselves in the Immortal Institute’s matters, so they did not grasp the severity of the issue, unlike the rest of the people who grew restless. Neumann asked, “Are you certain it’s ten and not finger-counting or so simpler topics? Ancient cultivation can still solve them.”
Deng Jiaxuan supplied, “This was the last issue I addressed before joining the encirclent. The report said the teenager went through Reaching Heaven in just half a day. What if he’s a supre computational genius?”
Chen Jingyun shook his head and said, “Utterly implausible. The ancient arithtics never outgrew finger-counting and simpler problems. Not to ntion those aren’t entirely math problems as well.”
Deng Jiaxuan shook his head. “By ignoring everything and treating the problem as a purely mathematical issue, one can just apply the formula to reach the result.”
Chen Jingyun was blunt. “He can’t make sense of them.”
“What?”
“In the case of Broglie’s Grand Ripple Enigma’s problem, by not understanding Wave-particle Duality, one couldn’t even formulate the problem—the high calculation skills aren’t the issue here, but the Wave-particle Duality.”
Deng Jiaxuan said, “I proposed the question, so how co you know it better than I do?”
“The subject title is cryptic, while the description is confounding.”
[So it’s you who can’t make sense of it!] Deng Jiaxuan dissed him.
Chen Jingyun’s word got Bohr on his side—it was harder for this Unfettered to explain than to comprehend the world.
Neumann whispered to Deng Jiaxuan, who shook his head, “We can’t deny the possibility of him being a genius. Perception and deep insight in the formulation of the problem can enable him to turn it into a purely arithtic problem.
“It’s fine for now. An ancient cultivator is incapable of integrating arithtics into their cultivation, finding no use researching it either. If one such person is willing to go through all the trouble in bringing his calculating skill to such a level, he’d long since turned his ntal art into a modern one.”
Neumann nodded. “Indeed, this way we can remove the possibility of him being a spy—his top arithtic talent would’ve led to the modern system assimilating him with ti even if he were a spy.”
Everyone present picked up on Chen Jingyun’s implication. Goudsmit asked, “Sect Leader Chen suspects…” trailing off as he gave Pauli and Bohr a look.
Bohr grunted, “Insufficient proof.”
Chen Jingyun nodded. “It’s a re conjecture. The odds are he isn’t our enemy.”
Neumann added, “As things stand, the chances of him being a genius and a calamity are even.”
“You forgot two more.” Chen Jingyun said, “I noticed a pause as he read the part about Somrfeld’s death.”
The room exploded in noise, with Pauli outraged. “What did you say?”
“Few know Somrfeld’s real cause of death, but all here do. At that ti, Searing Heaven, Evolutionary Divine Lord, and the seniors worked together and killed the monster, Somrfeld.”
Goudsmit shook his head. “Going by Radiant Divinity Pavilion’s theory, Somrfeld’s soul fragnt has slim chances of taking over a fetus.”
Pauli choked, the words breaking out with bloodthirst. “You an… that he…”
Bohr steadied his master, “It may very well be Junior Brother. Slim chances don’t equal zero. It might be a coincidence.”
Pauli cald down after a while, sitting back down. He waved at Chen Jingyun. “Anything else?”
Chen Jingyun nodded. “The last possibility revolves around him living in the sa village as Daoist Proscribe.”
Goudsmit frowned. “The bastard’s works?”
Marie Curie was pensive: “Heisenberg had studied arithtics under Myriad Arts Sect’s Born. He’s also the founder of the elusive path, understanding wave-particle duality, among other principles. But most importantly, he is Somrfeld’s disciple. If he got close to Wang Qi, it shows how much he cared for Somrfeld.”
Deng Jiaxuan frowned. “Suppose it’s true, including Daoist Proscribe arranging for him to receive the ancient inheritance…”
The room plunged into a chilling silence. For Daoist Proscribe to pull off sothing so complex, no one in the Immortal Alliance could be trusted.
Pauli shook his head. “The sa oblivious fool that got shafted by the Demonic Emperor ca up with such an ingenious plan?”
Bohr agreed.
Deng Jiaxuan pointed out, “I forgot to ntion. I’m the one usually handling these matters in the Immortal Alliance. Thinking about it more, I found one counter to this theory. If he’s the demon’s reincarnation, he should’ve been born centuries ago.”
Goudsmit said, “That ‘thing’ can be blocked.”
Marie Curie added, “Sothing feels off. Our control of ‘it’ is unrelated to Somrfeld.”
Neumann muttered, “So scenarios don’t contradict each other, making it possible to coexist. Wang Qi may be ‘that’ and Heisenberg’s pawn.”
Chen Jingyun raised his voice. “To reiterate, how do we handle this?”
Bohr proposed, “He can still be just a supre talent.”
Deng Jiaxuan clapped, drawing attention. “As I’ve been handling Immortal Alliance’s affairs, I ask that you listen to my suggestion.”
They all nodded. Heavenly Sword Palace defended the Immortal Alliance, at the cost of their future. They were beyond reproach in this matter.
Deng Jiaxuan stood, taking on a grave posture, and said, “My suggestion is to go by the book. We established the Immortal Alliance’s rules and swore to abide by them. If we break our rules, we’re doing nothing more than discredit ourselves.”
Chen Jingyun frowned. “Brother Deng, in short?”
Deng Jiaxuan continued, “He’s to be treated like any other cultivator. We have nothing more than conjectures based on circumstantial evidence, insufficient to conclude what the child will beco. On the other hand, the mont it’s found he’s practicing ancient arts, execute him.”
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