NOVPUBWang Qi dropped some harsh words and then strode forward, soon reaching the residence of the Wanfa Sect—he hoped that would be the case because being stopped for a fight after issuing threats would be quite embarrassing.
A sword light stretched out in front of him, fierce and brilliant. Every detail of this sword light was familiar to Wang Qi, but the power it produced after stacking was utterly beyond his reach.
After the sword light dispersed, Chen Youjia revealed himself, his sword pointing at Wang Qi: "You are too arrogant."
"Tsk tsk, if being able to fight meant being right, then there would be no need to seek the Dao," said Wang Qi nonchalantly, flicking Chen Youjia's sword, "Move your sword, will you?"
Chen Youjia remained unmoved: "Don't think that just because you can spar with me for a few rounds, your level is very high and your theories are really useful. I have never truly exerted myself."
"Nonsense! A Foundation Establishment Stage fighting a Qi Cultivation Stage seriously, are you even the True Inheritor of the Wanfa Sect anymore!"
"And your words earlier were too much."
"Please pay attention to the logic of the conversation, or at least keep the conversation linear so that people can understand," replied Wang Qi. "Besides, in such ideological conflicts, both parties see each other as worthless, so what I said still matches my ideology."
"Ximen Master might say that, but you are not there yet." Watching Wang Qi, who still sported a playful grin, Chen Youjia sheathed his sword: "It's no use talking to you... others will not be as patient as I have been."
"Uh... I think you're quite hard to converse with you know, can't even find common topics."
At that moment, Xiang Chenfeng suddenly used Spiritual Sense Transmission to say to Chen Youjia: "I say, would it kill you to use a more normal expression?"
"Hmm?" Chen Youjia paused in confusion. He didn't notice that behind him, Wang Qi also looked towards Xiang Chenfeng in confusion.
The message was actually meant for both of them.
Maintaining a composed exterior, Xiang Chenfeng was internally multitasking as he said: "Why don't you just tell this guy, 'There will soon be other disciples from Wanfa Sect causing you trouble, be careful,' isn't that more normal?"
"You're being arrogant, do you know how many cultivators from Wanfa Sect you've offended! Would it kill you to just say 'I have considered it' or 'I cannot agree' nicely?"
"The master doesn't care." Wang Qi expressed indifference and turned away.
After walking a few steps, Mo Zhenzhen and Huangfu Lian still followed nervously. Mo Zhenzhen whispered, "Senior Brother Wang, were your words just now too arrogant? That, what you just said about it being nonsense... it was written by the Mathematics Lord!"
"Many people have wanted to say similar things for a long time, but they just can't bring themselves to say it out loud," Wang Qi shrugged. "The extremists of Zongli Sect are seen as madmen by Li Sect."
"Madmen… that's a bit too..."
Wang Qi sighed: "Indeed, this is the case. The divergence between the two sides is so vast—this is mathematics, where brothers turn their backs on each other, fathers and sons become adversaries, and mentors and disciples become enemies, just because its modes of thought are not singular."
Mo Zhenzhen hesitantly said: "I feel like these disputes are somewhat meaningless..."
"Disciple Sister, that's your own problem. You're not strong enough yet, so you don't understand its significance—this is a fundamental contemplation of mathematics itself by an arithmetician, all the top arithmeticians will have this contemplation, and no one can..."
"No, she's not wrong," Wang Qi interrupted Huangfu Lian. "Zongli Sect and Li Sect have developed against each other for so many years, fought countless times, but no matter who wins, it doesn't really benefit mathematics. On the contrary, every time there's a dispute, the most outstanding arithmeticians have had to step back from the forefront of mathematics."
Huangfu Lian frowned: "Then you..."
"Human Clan ah, after all, is not purely rational, every time achieving what Yitian Calculation seeks—a harmonious, win-win situation—is impossible—especially the matters of Zongli and Li Sects." Wang Qi explained: "Since that's the case, it might as well follow the thinking of the Mathematics Lord and fight it out, letting 'the side that I think is more beneficial for the development of mathematics' win."
"You think..."
"There's actually a statement by the Mathematics Lord that I find quite good. Non-Euclidean geometry and Euclidean geometry are both self-consistent, but, our Human Clan always uses Euclidean geometry to construct our sense of space, to understand this world, just because it's more convenient." Wang Qi stopped walking, looking at Huangfu Lian, "In this way, for my convenience, for the convenience of mathematics, leaning towards the side of the Master of Calculation isn't bad."
Huangfu Lian was speechless.
Wang Qi continued walking: "The radicals of Zongli are madmen, rejecting this, forbidding that. 'Tianji' Senior Kang's mentor, another representative of our sect, Carefree Luo believed even the Heavenly Element Formation wasn't necessary—damn, the Heavenly Element Formation! Can you imagine what mathematics would be without it?"
Huangfu Lian asked: "But isn't the Mathematics Lord one of the great powers in the field of algebra?"
"The Mathematics Lord is just another extreme," Wang Qi shook his head. "A house is built from bricks, so I ask you, for this house, is it the bricks that make it, the method of firing these bricks, or the method of stacking these bricks that are the essence of the house?"
"Ah?" Mo Zhenzhen was completely confused: "This, um, this…"
"Mathematics is composed of conceptual arrangements, so is the order in which these concepts are arranged important, or is it the common denominator— the most basic concepts—that's crucial?"
Wang Qi explained to the two while his expression became more serious.
The Mathematics Lord believed in the 'order's' spirituality—the intuition of mathematics, which not everyone possesses. Therefore, naturally, two classes emerged among the Human Clan: arithmeticians and monkeys.
This was somewhat unacceptable to Wang Qi.
In his view, even if the essence of mathematics was intuition, this intuition must definitely be quantifiable, expressible, and replicable.
Perhaps a person's IQ is insufficient, requiring hundreds of years of practice to master this intuition, but this intuition can ultimately be replicated.
Moreover, regarding concepts like limit and infinity, the Mathematics Lord was equally dismissive. But in Wang Qi's eyes, the introduction of these concepts into the field of mathematics was inevitable.
The closed circle must be broken, and mathematics must inevitably experience Nirvana.
In the end, even just from an application perspective, Hilbert's Program was intricately linked with computer science. From the perspective of the history of technology, it should not be thwarted halfway.
He had too many reasons to lean towards the side of the Master of Calculation now.
"So, for now, let's think about how to respond to this declaration of war, shall we?"
