Longzang

Chapter 945: Just do the exercises!

With a clear and lucid mind and a flowing stream of inspiration, this is the current state of Wei Yuan after meeting with all the cultivators.

Wei Yuan had just returned, and with countless matters to attend to, he still needed to guide Qingming, regardless of whether the other cultivators were willing or not. Therefore, he was stretched thin and couldn't spar with each one individually like Ji Liuli had when he first achieved Dharma Body. However, this opportunity was lost forever; sparring again in a few months would seem forced, requiring another excuse.

Fortunately, although Wei Yuan also cultivated the Heart of Invincibility, since the beginning of the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains, his combat and fighting style has not followed the route of one-on-one battles and meticulous combat. Therefore, he does not care much about the Heart of Invincibility, as long as he cannot lose.

Fortunately, he did not deliberately pursue the invincible heart; otherwise, during his time studying mathematics, especially his time with the Molten Dragon, his Dao heart would probably have been shattered several times over.

Wei Yuan's top priority now is calculating the trajectory of the third grotto-heaven. Inspired by Zhang Sheng, Wei Yuan has now realized that the original two grotto-heavens are not enough; a third grotto-heaven is needed to create the myriad things that arise from the three realms, thus achieving a perfect mental world and a complete Dharma body.

Having experienced life and death in the Desolate Realm, Wei Yuan's physical body has been tempered to perfection, both internally and externally. Now, once the third grotto-heaven is formed, he can officially begin his tribulation and attempt to advance to the Ascendant Realm. With his current physical body, Wei Yuan is not afraid of the heavenly tribulation at all. He can withstand anything, regardless of the Five Elements, the Four Saints, or the yin and yang of the stars.

Whether a third grotto-heaven exists is important; what that third grotto-heaven is is less important. Now that Wei Yuan has the Central Thick Earth and the Yellow Springs Underworld as his foundation, the third grotto-heaven could be a place teeming with the vitality of wood, nourishing all things with water, and imbued with the primordial spirit of fire; it could also be a place of deep darkness and stillness—anything is possible, even a Pure Land or a Buddhist kingdom…

Wei Yuan suddenly felt a chill and immediately put the idea aside.

If the attributes of the grotto-heaven aren't particularly important, there are many more options for the foundation of the grotto-heaven. There's no need for deliberate preparation now; simply return to the Taichu Palace's main mountain, open the sect's treasury, and Wei Yuan can further enhance the fortune. Whichever one he chooses will suffice. As for the offerings to the sect, the Qingming family is now large and powerful, so that's not a problem at all.

Now everything is ready, except for the path to the grotto.

This was quite simple; it was just a test paper. So Wei Yuan began with full confidence and finished with full confidence twelve hours later. Then the third grotto-heaven track remained true to its original purpose with full confidence, without any difference from twelve hours ago.

Wei Yuan suddenly felt a pang of nostalgia for the Molten Dragon. He realized that this track would be a very good problem, one that could stump the Molten Dragon for several days.

Two more days passed, and Wei Yuan's expression gradually became serious.

The third grotto-heaven orbit is not only influenced by human affairs, but also disturbed by the central thick earth and the Yellow Springs Grotto-heaven, making it extremely unpredictable. After a hasty calculation, Wei Yuan realized that with his current mathematical methods, he would probably have to calculate several thousand years into the future.

The only solution at present is not to increase computing power, but to optimize the algorithm. However, the latter is the domain of Ronglong, Yanshi, and Tinghai, and Wei Yuan, out of respect for his predecessors, does not plan to join them for the time being.

Wei Yuan never expected that his boast would be stuck on the simplest orbit calculation.

Wei Yuan put down the jade paper filled with writing, walked outside, flew into the sky, and looked down at the earth under the night sky.

At this moment, the azure moon hangs high in the sky, a gentle breeze blows warmly in the wilderness, and the sounds of insects and frogs echo each other. Thousands of seedlings sprout and grow ears of grain, and vitality and hope rise with the spiritual energy of the earth.

Back then, in his youthful impulsiveness, he seized Qingming with only a surge of passion, willing to fight to the death against a powerful enemy. Unbeknownst to him, more than ten years had already passed. Wei Yuan sighed inwardly, drawing a circle in front of him with his finger. Within the circle, a mirror of spiritual light appeared, the Spirit Void Mirror, capable of reflecting a cultivator's own primordial spirit and soul.

Wei Yuan in the mirror had a deep and imposing face, exuding a fatherly aura. The only redeeming quality was his fiery and lively gaze, like that of a young boy.

Wei Yuan was startled. Was this really him? This looked exactly like a greasy, middle-aged man in his two-hundreds-years-old dharma form!
But then he remembered that the Spirit Mirror reflected not his physical appearance, but his true nature. From the perspective of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, he was indeed over two hundred years old.

Wei Yuan smiled wryly. But after that scare, he suddenly understood many things. He couldn't always be number one in everything. Since that was the case, why not pool their wisdom and efforts? Otherwise, what was the point of having a community like this?
Wei Yuan immediately focused his divine sense, recording the orbital data of the mortal realm and the two grotto-heavens in as much detail as possible. He then transformed this data into a task: Given a large star and two smaller, stably orbiting stars, their past trajectories are shown below. If another smaller orbiting star is added to the large star, what will its trajectory be? (Detailed process required)

Wei Yuan's desire for a "detailed process" stemmed from his personal bias; without a process, it would be difficult to learn from later.

The question was simple, but the amount of data recorded was massive, and it took quite a while to form a task. Wei Yuan then put the task into practice and waited for the results.

This problem is extremely difficult. Wei Yuan thinks that perhaps after several months or a year, he might be able to come up with some valuable ideas. After all, the orbit of the grotto-heaven is, strictly speaking, already considered the realm of immortals.

After letting go of his worries, Wei Yuan instantly felt relieved, realizing that the past three days had been utterly inhuman. During those days, all he could see when he closed his eyes were numbers.

Now that things were settled, Wei Yuan began to address the second and third most important tasks. Next up was a momentous event: to deliver a sermon to the entire Qingming Dao Foundation!
Wei Yuan particularly enjoyed opening the altar to preach the Dharma, as this method was incredibly effective in gathering spiritual energy. Moreover, the production of Qingming Liquor was currently skyrocketing, so there was no fear of opening the altar.

Wei Yuan immediately went into the mortal world to inspect the entire Qingming Grand Events Schedule and set a date to begin his sermon in ten days.

In this lecture, Wei Yuan's main focus was actually on the Roar of the Wilderness, followed by his biggest insight from the trip to the Wilderness Realm: the physical body. Physical tempering isn't limited to the Body Forging Realm. Those with insufficient foundational talent may find it difficult to advance further in cultivation. However, they can continue to hone their physical bodies. A stronger physical body allows them to overcome many obstacles on their path. For example, a chariot that previously required eight people to drive can now be driven by four.

However, the physical bodies of humans and witches are fundamentally different, so the Wild Roar had to be greatly modified. Wei Yuan cultivated the five notes of the Wild Roar of the Molten Dragon, and although he was still stuck on the third note, he had already grasped the true meaning of the Wild Roar. The Wild Roar prepared for the template Dao Foundations was only the most basic version, and Wei Yuan was able to modify it to a version suitable for humans.

With ten days remaining before the commencement of the Dharma teachings, there was ample time. Thus, Wei Yuan once again went into seclusion to dedicate himself to revising the secret techniques.

A day passed in the blink of an eye. Wei Yuan was so immersed in the world of the desolate roar that he couldn't extricate himself when suddenly the smoke and fire of the human world stirred, reminding Wei Yuan that the calculation of the cave heaven's orbit had been completed.

Like a bolt of lightning striking his head, Wei Yuan was unwilling to accept this reality for a long time. It really was done, in just one day? One day? ???
Wei Yuan took a deep breath, covered the crack in his Dao Heart, opened the research results sent by the Human World, and then saw three tracks, each submitted by a different person.

Two of them were ordinary cave-heaven tracks, with rigorous calculations and elegant structures, clearly quite feasible. Wei Yuan tried simulating them, and the small stone successfully completed a full rotation along both tracks.

Wei Yuan was both happy and worried. Was the path to enlightenment really resolved just like that?! Was it really that simple?
He then began to examine the third track. This track was far more complex and extensive. It intersected with the two existing tracks and involved issues of avoidance between them. After all, the grotto-heaven would continue to grow and would not remain the same size as it was now.

However, the advantages of this trajectory are very obvious: it doesn't consume too many orbital resources, but rather makes the most of existing resources. If all areas were developed using this trajectory, Weiyuan could potentially have several more hidden realms.

Although the document provided a detailed process, it employed many formulas and theorems that Wei Yuan had never heard of before. Upon investigation, Wei Yuan discovered that these formulas and theorems had actually been around all along, but he simply hadn't known them.

Clearly, among the vast ocean of knowledge in the mortal world, there are many things that the Realm Lord may not know, but many others may.

Wei Yuan was engrossed in studying the third chapter on orbits, feeling like he had only just begun, when he suddenly received another reminder from Human Fireworks. Wei Yuan checked the time and realized that another day had passed.

He reviewed the notification again; this time there were six related reports. Four of them proposed potential pathways, and the other two addressed the question itself. Both reports agreed that the massive amount of data in the question was quite cumbersome and complex, indicating that the question setter was not skilled in data processing. Therefore, both articles focused on optimizing data processing and presentation, and offered two completely different and efficient processing methods.

Wei Yuan couldn't understand a single one of them.

Then Wei Yuan got furious and said, "You guys just do the problems, why do you care if my problems are good or bad!"
(End of this chapter)