"Nothing happened..."
"Is it another failure?"
"In my opinion, among the human generation, the only ones who can pass the God's Will List are the Kong family and the Li family's young master. Is this a poor boy from an unknown origin also trying to open the God's Will List? He really doesn't know how to live or die."
"Anyway, having such courage is worthy of appreciation."
"Hmph, I just don't know if I'm being foolhardy or not. Which family's disciple is this time?"
In front of Wensheng Palace, the surrounding discussions gradually increased.
Wen Jianxiang secretly looked at Zhang Cang. The other party seemed to have used some kind of method, and those onlookers did not notice their presence.
But when he heard people talking about which disciple was facing the Heavenly Will List, Zhang Cang suddenly opened his eyes, and the holy power could not help but spread.
Everyone who felt the power of the saint couldn't help but be surprised. They looked at the source and found that it was the newly promoted semi-sage Zhang Cang, and they saluted quickly.
"I've met Master Zhang Sheng!"
"I've met Master Zhang Sheng!"
"I've met Master Zhang Sheng!"
Without returning the greetings to these people, Zhang Cang just said calmly: "The ones who entered are my disciples of the numeracy master."
"What?!"
Everyone was shocked, and someone asked cautiously: "Lord Zhang Sheng came to the scene in person, but I don't know if your disciples are inside? If so, please forgive me for our offense."
"He is indeed a disciple of my numerologist, but I did not accept him as my disciple."
Everyone was even more confused. Since he was just an ordinary disciple of the numerologist, why was Zhang Sheng so interested in it and came to watch it in person?
You must know that even the Central Empire respects the semi-saints very much. There is a palace here specially designed to entertain semi-sages, and although the scene inside Wensheng Palace cannot be seen from there, you can also see Wensheng Palace directly. But Lord Zhang Sheng was waiting in the square like them. Why would the semi-sage Zhang Cang be so concerned about an ordinary disciple?
Zhang Cang glanced at everyone: "Can't I come here if I'm not my disciple?"
"Don't dare!" Everyone hurriedly bowed and apologized tremblingly.
Zhang Cang suddenly smiled: "There's no rush, everyone. The one who faces the Heaven's Will List this time is a rare genius among my numerologists. Just take good care of it."
Everyone didn't know why Zhang Cang had so much confidence in that person, so they turned to look at Wensheng Palace.
At this moment, thousands of rays of light bloomed, rumbling sounds resounded throughout the imperial capital, and the entire sky seemed to be infected with gold!
"What, that person has reached the last step?"
"Is there really going to be another peerless genius who passes the list of facing God's will?"
"No, the last step is the most difficult. Don't you understand the principle that a person who travels a hundred miles can only take half a mile?"
"How do you know? Could it be that you have gone to face the Heavenly Will List?"
"My guess."
In a dark secret room deep in Tianxiang, a man in robes lit an oil lamp, adding a glimmer of light to the small secret room.
He is holding a scroll of scriptures with the word "无语" written on the cover.
——Volume 21 of The Analects of Confucius, which is sealed in the deepest part of Tianxiang, is silent.
Shock in my arms. He took out a jade pendant hidden in his arms and took a look, with a look of extreme surprise on his face.
He put down the Silent Scroll, walked out of the secret room, and looked at the golden sky.
in silence.
And in a secret realm controlled by Taoism.
Next to a waterfall, there is a small pavilion. The green grass around the pavilion is fragrant and decorated with countless flowers, making it even more green. The sound of the waterfall is crisp and moving, and fish often jump out of the water, which is quite vibrant.
In the small pavilion, there were three men and one woman.
Three men and one woman were sitting in the pavilion, and the one who seemed to be the leader of the four was wearing a white robe without any lining. He was lying in the pavilion with his chest open and his head resting directly on the woman's thigh, looking like he was enjoying himself. look like.
The three men talked about everything, from ancient times to the present, and quoted from many sources. If they were not profoundly knowledgeable, they would not even be able to understand what they were talking about. However, facing the man lying on the woman's lap, the other two men had no clue. The reaction was as if he had been used to this scene for a long time.
Suddenly, the man raised his head from the tenderness, causing the woman to exclaim, but he didn't pay attention and looked into the distance with a solemn expression.
"Someone is actually one step ahead of me... I didn't plan to go to Tianxiang at first. Could it be that the Kong family member went there first? But now it's obviously not time to try..."
He stood up and walked towards the outside of the secret realm.
"Get ready to fly a boat, I'm going to enroll in Tianxiang."
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…
Xu Kai was very surprised. This huge, empty palace is actually the Heavenly Will List?
“Didn’t you say that the God’s Will List is a list?”
"The human race's most precious treasure is naturally ever-changing." The golden figure smiled, "You can call me your name."
"I've met Lord Yi." Xu Kai bowed his hands and saluted, "I wonder how this final test should be conducted?"
"Debate."
Xu Kai felt like scolding his mother.
Did you agree to only take math questions?
Seeing what Xu Kai was thinking, Yi chuckled and said: "Don't be nervous. The thing you and I are discussing is only about the art of numbers."
After saying that, he waved his hands, and the scene kept changing. There were towering mountain peaks, wide and passionate waterfalls, green grasslands, clear and quiet lakes...all kinds of elegant and unique scenes flashed by.
"Actually, before you and I debate the scriptures, you should do some questions outside the palace before entering here. However, in the previous test, I tried my best to raise the difficulty of the test questions to the highest level, but I couldn't even stump you for a quarter of an hour. Come on, then there is no need to do any more test questions. You are the first one in five thousand years to come up to me and debate scriptures. Such elegant things should be accompanied by elegant scenery, which one do you like?"
"The starry sky just now was pretty good."
"Oh?" Yi was a little surprised, "Do you want to fly among the stars again?"
"The starry sky is truly vast. Those scenes just now, if you look at the starry sky, they are not even as big as dust."
Yi palmed his hands and laughed: "Okay, okay, okay! Many people have debated scriptures with me, but no one has ever chosen the starry sky. Xu Kai, you are still the first!"
After saying that, Yi slapped a palm on the ground, and the majestic palace instantly transformed into an endless starry sky. They sat cross-legged in the starry sky, and the stars in the sky looked like things beneath their feet.
"What is numerology?"
"Those who practice numerology are all responsible for Mingtang, Xihe, Shi, and Divination."
Yi shook his head: "This is the job of a numerologist, not the way of numeracy. In your understanding, is this what you think?"
Not all mathematicians are mathematicians like Zhang Cang. In fact, some of the knowledge of numerologists is related to superstitious magic. The so-called "fortune telling" is actually inseparable from numerologists. In addition, numerologists are mostly related to Yin Yang and Fang Ji. There is a connection, but sometimes the boundaries between the three are not clear, and later generations gradually merged.
Xu Kai chuckled and said, "Because I also think you asked the wrong question, sir."
"This is a debate on scriptures. When debating scriptures, you and I are equal, and there is no need to add the title of human being." Yi waved his hand, "Why did I ask the wrong question?"
"Because I believe that numeracy is not a 'skill', but a science. If I were to take charge of the numeracy department in the future, I would rename numerologists as 'mathematicians'."
"Oh? This is a very interesting view." Yi became interested, "Confucianism, Taoism, Law... they are all knowledge, but mathematics is just a calculation technique, so how can it be worthy of the word 'learning'? ?”
"I mean, you should have seen the space rectangular coordinate system I established in the second question."
"Indeed. A very novel idea, combining pure numbers with graphics, and expressing graphics with numbers. No one has thought of it before." As he said that, he drew three straight lines to form a space rectangular coordinate system.
"When I was in the secret realm of demon refining, I saw the military's map. Their map had strict coordinate divisions. At that time, I was thinking, why can't this method be used in mathematics? The so-called geometric figures are nothing more than points, Composed of lines and surfaces, if coordinates can be used to express points, lines and surfaces, numerology will enter a new realm."
Yi nodded, he naturally knew that Xu Kai was the Xu Kai who had returned from the Demon Refining Secret Realm.
"Since geometric figures can be represented by numbers, why can't other things be represented? Or, in other words, why can't mathematics abstract away actual things and become a pure subject?"
Yi's expression became serious, and he somewhat understood what Xu Kai wanted to say: "Do you want to use numerology to analyze all things in the world? Or do you want to combine numerology with the study of things to achieve knowledge, and try to combine numerology with knowledge of things?" Will the family be merged into Confucianism?"
"Who wants to merge with the Confucianism that has lasted for centuries? Mathematics should be its own department. It is better to say that other departments should be dependent on mathematics."
Yi always felt that what he wanted to say was idiot.
However, he still said: "This can be called extremely arrogant. Have you ever thought about how other departments will react?"
"There is no need to make it public for the time being. Only you and I know about it." Xu Kai spread his hands, "Although Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism's 'Studying Things for Knowledge' has certain similarities with my method, there is one thing that determines that the two cannot coexist. "
"What is it?"
"It's 'reasons'." Xu Kai replied, "The Zhusheng lineage believes that everything in the world has its own 'reasons', but I think that everything in the world should follow the same 'reasons'."
Yi's expression became extremely serious: "You have to know that you can't say this kind of thing nonsense. 'The principle is divided into two parts' is an important thought of Zhu Sheng. If you really use this to establish the foundation of sainthood, it proves that 'the principle is divided into two parts'" It's wrong. At best, Zhu Sheng will never be able to advance further. At worst, the holy way will be destroyed. No one can become a saint anymore, and Zhu Sheng will also fall from the holy position. If your words are made public, you know that you Will you suffer much criticism? No, you may even be directly killed by the literati of the Cheng and Zhu lineage."
"As far as I know, Zhu Sheng is one of the semi-saints who is considered most likely to break through to the sub-sage."
Yi nodded: "That's right. When choosing between a person who is already a semi-saint and is very likely to become a sub-saint in the future, and a scholar of the holy path, everyone knows how to choose."
"Then I will become a saint." Xu Kai said calmly.
Even though he had seen the most outstanding genius in the human race, he couldn't help but be shocked by these words.
Even Confucius never said such a thing. As far as he knew, only Sage Dali had said similar words when he was a child. However, Sage Dali was still young at that time and could not take it completely seriously. However, Xu Kai had already passed the Tongsheng Examination and became a scholar of the Holy Way. , his words cannot be treated as children's jokes in any case.
Yi sighed and said: "If what happened here cannot be spread outside, I would really worry about your safety."
Xu Kai waved, and the stars under them shrank sharply. The sun shining on Tianyan Continent, the moon chosen to surround Tianyan Continent, other planets orbiting the sun with Tianyan Continent, and Tianyan Continent itself also shrank sharply, until finally , even the planets and Tianyan Continent cannot be seen clearly, they are no different from the stars in the distance and are generally small.
"Tianyan Continent revolves around the sun, and the moon revolves around Tianyan Continent. The system composed of these three also revolves around the center of the galaxy in a huge galaxy. If everything in the world has its own principles, why do they behave differently? Must be so unified?”
But Yi doesn't think so: "Each star is different in size and has different rotation periods. How can we rashly think that they share the same principle?"
"If the rotation period, orbit, etc. of each star can be calculated in the same way, can they be considered to have the same principle?"
"Calculating stars is something so huge that even Zhang Cang can't do it. How can you do it?"
"I came to the library this month and collected a large amount of information from the Qin Tianjian's observations of the sun and the moon in previous years. Together with the notes written by the half-sage traveling in the starry sky, I summarized three rules."
Xu Kai raised three fingers: "1. The orbits of planets around the sun are all ellipses, and the sun is at one focus of the ellipse;
2. The lines connecting the planets and the sun sweep out equal areas in equal time intervals;
3. The square of the sidereal time for a planet to orbit the Sun is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of their orbit. "
After speaking, he added: "I call the planets that orbit the sun like the Tianyan Continent a planet, and the planets that orbit the planets like the moon are called satellites."
He stretched out his hand again, pressed it, and returned to the star system where Tianyan Continent is located: "Yi, as the spirit of the Heavenly Will List, you have computing power that is far beyond the reach of even a half-saint. You might as well take a look, what I said Are the three articles established?"
What Xu Kai is talking about is Kepler's three laws. These three laws were summarized by Kepler from the data obtained by the astronomer Tycho's observation of the position of Mars. In Tianyan Continent, the data obtained by the Qin Tianjian were even more detailed than Tycho's, plus the ability to travel in the starry sky With the help of Semi-Saint's notes, Xu Kai determined the validity of Kepler's three laws.
After hearing this, Yi closed his eyes and fell into deep thought. The huge computing power was running wildly, and finally he came to a conclusion.
Xu Kai is right.
He opened his eyes with a complicated expression.
"Confucius said: People are not born with knowledge, how can they be free from confusion? But today I know that there are really people in the world who are born with knowledge." Yi sighed.
"How can anyone know anything from birth? It's all just learned." Xu Kai told the truth.
"The laws of the planet can be summarized, but as you mentioned, concepts such as 'single connectivity', 'unboundedness' and 'compactness' can't be derived just by summarizing?"
"Oh, that. I made that up to lie to you." Xu Kai scratched his head.
"What?"
"I don't even know what I'm talking about, how can I know it from birth?" Xu Kai said sincerely.
