Exploring Immortality Cultivation

Wang Qi sat before a steaming bowl of tofu pudding, the fragrance of honey just discernible. There was a plate of sweet and sour pork, thickly coated in a tangy sauce, and sugar-coated glutinous rice cakes, also heavy on the sweetness…

Wang Qi looked at Chen Youjia with a puzzled expression, "Well, I don't particularly like sweets, except for the tofu pudding…"

And who knows how this guy manages to carry so much food around all the time?

Chen Youjia's expression didn't change, "Eating something sweet or some meat can improve your mood."

The human brain produces a sense of fulfillment from the intake of calories; it's instinctual.

"Thanks, junior sister," Wang Qi honestly slurped up a spoonful of the tofu pudding.

"How many times have I told you, it's senior sister."

"Yes, yes, yes," Wang Qi nodded lightly and said, "Honestly, you don't need to treat me like 'this guy is going to lose control' or 'this guy is going to break down.' I'm quite fine and calm right now."

Chen Youjia didn't respond but looked past Wang Qi, focusing on the space behind him.

"Ha ha… ha ha ha…" Wang Qi gave a guilty chuckle as he looked at the mess he'd made in the study.

He only remembered to record the information, forgetting to tidy up.

"Once you're done eating, let's clean up together; remember to file everything. Chen Feng is a stickler for discipline and can't stand to see a mess like this. If you leave his study this way, he'll go mad."

Wang Qi didn't dare to speak any further and silently continued to eat.

Before long, the late-night snack was gone. Then, Chen Youjia and Wang Qi started arranging the books scattered on the floor. Seeing the titles Wang Qi had been consulting, Chen Youjia sighed, "It's useless."

Wang Qi was startled, "What?"

"Chen Feng told me, you know why that murderer hasn't been brought to justice yet, right?"

Wang Qi hesitated, then nodded.

The Divine Capital murderer touted himself as a "righteous partner," a "dark hero," intent on purging what he saw as trash. However, his killings were utterly random.

Whenever he felt like it, he'd go out and kill, and at other times, he seemed to wish for a peaceful life. Most people didn't even know that such a Golden Core Stage practitioner from the Ghost Path existed.

This type of psychopathic killer was actually the hardest to catch.

Any premeditated murder wasn't so difficult in the eyes of investigators. Especially in modern Earth society, where everything you do leaves evidence behind, the dynamics of a relationship—whether amiable or hostile—leave traces somewhere. No matter what weapon was used, there could be a record of its purchase. The more meticulous the plan, the more clues are left behind.

These extravagant murder methods and "impossible crimes" often seen in detective dramas are generally cases that real-world police could solve in a few days.

Spur-of-the-moment killings are the challenging ones. It's hard to know who, for what reason, or with what weapon the victim was killed. For instance, if a person rapes and murders a woman out of a momentary sexual impulse, there is no necessary connection between the victim and the perpetrator.

But these random killings are even more terrifying than the impulsive ones. Every crime is simply the result of the murderer's whim, and the victims have no connection to this murderer. No one knows under what conditions they will commit a crime.

The Divine Capital Criminal Law Department tried to have people pose as potential victims or placed rigorous surveillance on the thugs of Divine Capital. However, the killer was extremely cunning and never got caught.

"You're trying to analyze the murderer's behavior based on the existing evidence, right?" Chen Youjia's tone was filled with sympathy yet laced with sarcasm, "Do you have such confidence in your mastery of the Life Path and behavioral studies that you think you can surpass Chen Feng? Even he hasn't been able to figure out that guy's patterns."

Wang Qi was taken aback.

Do I?

No, that wasn't it at all…

What exactly is my inspiration?

Seeing Wang Qi zone out again, Chen Youjia's face showed even more sympathy. In a low voice, she said, "Don't be too hard on yourself."

Wang Qi looked towards Chen Youjia bewilderedly, feeling utterly confused.

In the following five days, Chen Feng only returned a few times. The Divine Capital murderer's attack on Spirit Awakening Village, resulting in the annihilation of demon creatures, was already a major malicious case. He simply did not have the time to come back. Research at the Empirical Department also had to come to a halt. In the vast courtyard, only Wang Qi and Chen Youjia remained.

The day after finishing a late-night snack, Wang Qi continued as usual, studying Probability Theory with Chen Youjia at fixed times every day. They began at sunrise and stopped at sunset.

But the more Wang Qi did so, the more worried Chen Youjia became.

"This guy, is he just bottling it up like this..."

Wang Qi, on the other hand, was becoming more and more serene. One of his consciousness processes had already completed organizing the data.

It was a map. The map marked each murder committed by the murderer and the time it occurred. Additionally, there were surveillance records from Divine Capital in chronological order.

Yes, surveillance records.

The Immortal Alliance had magic artifacts to monitor the world, similar to cameras. The Immortal Alliance did not have the financial resources to set up surveillance in every corner of Shenzhou, and the local cultivators of Divine Capital did not allow the Alliance to install too many cameras in the Divine Capital, so only the main roads and some intersections in Divine Capital had surveillance.

However, these surveillance cameras were linked together. To go from one area to another, the murderer would have to pass through the surveillance areas. And his crime scenes were scattered all over Divine Capital. The Divine Capital Criminal Law Department was certain that among these surveillance videos, there was footage of the murderer.

Pity they didn't know who it was.

Wang Qi did not know what use such data had, but he was sure that it was significant.

Meanwhile, Wang Qi, with more than twenty threads, divided up the behavioral studies materials. Multi-threading wasn't a personality split; in fact, the thoughts of all threads were unified. With Jarvis's help, Wang Qi could read more than twenty books at the same time. These books often cross-referenced each other and provided mutual explanations. This allowed Wang Qi to learn about behavioral studies at an incredible pace.

It should be noted, Wang Qi was still only studying the basics.

On the seventh day, Mo Zhenzhen knocked on the door of Chen Feng's courtyard. She peeked around the Empirical Department, seemingly perplexed as to why this usually busy place had become deserted.

As Wang Qi was engrossed in his studies, Chen Youjia received her. Mo Zhenzhen was a bit intimidated by the always serious Senior Sister, so she did not ask much. She shrank her head and handed over the journal, "I'm just here to deliver the journals to Senior Brother Wang and Senior Sister Chen."

"Did you come all this way to deliver it? I'm really sorry," said Chen Youjia without any sincerity.

The Divine Capital Station delivered journals to her and Wang Qi every month.

Mo Zhenzhen spoke timidly, "There's also... a congratulatory meaning..."

"Hmm?"

"It's just... the paper you and Senior Brother Wang co-authored was cited by the Carefree Practitioner, and it seems to have led to some remarkable development..."

Chen Youjia glanced at the journal and was shocked. However, her first reaction was—"Come with me to see Wang Qi with this journal."

She knew Wang Qi's character all too well. He was buoyed by praise.

"What's up with Senior Brother Wang?"

"Ran into a bit of trouble."

When Wang Qi took the journal, he felt a mix of being flattered and surprised. He wasn't too concerned with Carefree's citation, as he had already received many of these from the Genting Sect. However, Chen Youjia's unexpected attentiveness was rare.

"Let me see, the title of the paper..." Wang Qi pretended to flip through the journal and then he froze.

The paper's title, "An Extension of Chen Wang's Law of Large Numbers," authored by Wanfa Sect, Chebyshev.

"The field of Probability Theory... this is..."

Gears of inspiration whirred into rapid engagement. Wang Qi finally remembered his wild brainstorm.

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