Chapter 659: Yao Ji

The conversation with Zhu Fengdan ended quickly, and the flow of Time also began to resume.

Li Qi watched as time started flowing forward.

By now, he actually knew that this was not a cessation of time, because time did not exist; time was merely a man-made measure of matter, a unit used to describe the movement of matter.

To stop Time, its essence was to stop the movement of matter, sever the Karma of matter, and prevent matter from affecting the outside world.

In fact, it was 'time dilation'; from the outside, the internal time seemed to have stopped.

But in the eyes of the person experiencing time dilation, it was the external time that had stopped.

However, in reality, neither had stopped. They obtained their own relative time from their respective relative perspectives, but because their light cones could not reach each other, it resulted in an inability to observe each other, affect each other, or establish Karmic connections, thus creating the illusion of 'time stop'.

These were all methods of a Third Rank.

This made Li Qi sigh involuntarily.

He had already learned too much about the Third Rank. Ever since he understood 'light cones' and grasped the relationship between light speed, Karma, and space-time, he even felt that he had, to some extent, touched upon the Dao of the Third Rank.

However, while he understood the Third Rank, he still hadn't found the Dao of the Fourth Rank.

Currently, Li Qi had no idea how to proceed with the Fourth Rank.

Nevertheless, when the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally straighten.

Let's deal with the Immortal Heaven matter first, one thing at a time.

Zhu Fengdan disappeared, and Li Qi also disappeared with her, but where Li Qi was originally, 'Li Qi' was still there.

That's right, this was the Little Heavenly Master who came to take his place.

Although the Little Heavenly Master didn't know why he had to substitute, insisting on maintaining the appearance that Li Qi was still in his original spot, since there was compensation and his Master had agreed, he just went along with it.

Isn't it natural for a disciple to be commanded by his Master? Just do whatever he points to or tells you to do.

As for the young girl Qin Lan, she didn't notice anything unusual at all. She continued to drive diligently, completely unaware that the adult Li Qi beside her had been replaced by someone else.

"Sir, the next battlefield is almost here. Shall we have a drink before we go?" Qin Lan asked while driving.

The 'Li Qi' coughed twice: "No water, let's have tea. Oh, by the way, throw away your old tea set; I'll give you a new one."

"Ah? Sir, don't you usually drink water?" Qin Lan was a little surprised.

"I just suddenly fell in love with tea, probably influenced by Zhang Zong. It's a whim, go brew some," said this 'Li Qi', then took out a brand new tea set.

But Qin Lan didn't think much of it. Although the adult was a bit strange, drinking water or tea didn't really matter; either was fine.

However, 'Li Qi' leaned back.

Don't ask, if you ask, it's Zhang Zong's doing.

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Meanwhile, on the other side, Li Qi didn't know he had been replaced. He was just led by Zhu Fengdan into a special 'space'.

Was it space?

Li Qi wasn't entirely sure.

But what he could confirm was that here, True Knowledge Dao Resonance saw many bizarre information flows.

Is this... imaginary numbers?

On the spatial coordinate axis, the coordinates seemed to have expanded from a one-dimensional real number Domain to a two-dimensional complex number Domain, and then...

However, before Li Qi could even think of what came next, he had already exited this world.

Before him was the familiar Star-Mansion Array.

The world had returned to normal.

"Just now... what was that? The mathematical rules, they seemed to have changed?" Li Qi was terrified, breaking out in a cold sweat, and quickly turned to look at Zhu Fengdan beside him.

Although he didn't have time to analyze it through True Knowledge Dao Resonance, still...

The rules in that space just now displayed completely different mathematics.

The mathematics of the Reality Universe only had real numbers.

One was one, two was two. Three-dimensional coordinates could only start from 0 and then extend outwards.

But in that world just now, that space—

The number line was inverted.

In real life, there is nothing that needs to be expressed using a complex number axis.

But in that world, such things were everywhere.

The physical rules of that world were still consistent, the Heavenly Dao limit was also consistent, and even the scenery was similar, but the position, the coordinates, could not be described with 'real numbers'.

Two extremely similar scenarios, one could even say identical, but they could only be described by two fundamentally different functions.

Real numbers and imaginary numbers drew a certain boundary.

It was simply the two sides of Yin and Yang.

Or perhaps, these two functions inherently had an internal connection?

Li Qi didn't know what was going on, so he could only look at Zhu Fengdan.

However, Zhu Fengdan patted Li Qi's shoulder and said, "Kid, you still have a lot to learn."

With that, Zhu Fengdan didn't wait for Li Qi to react and directly activated the Star-Mansion Array.

Li Qi once again entered the Star-Mansion Array.

This time, he had a clearer feeling.

The world that the Star-Mansion Array traversed was the 'Fast Universe', which had been mentioned before. (See Chapter 275 for details)

In this Fast Universe, the mass of matter was an imaginary number, and the square of the mass was a negative number.

In other words, another manifestation of the space Zhu Fengdan had just taken him to appeared in the space traversed by the Star-Mansion Array.

However, the matter here was still real.

Li Qi was confused.

How many layers does the Universe have?

That's not right, the Universe shouldn't have multiple layers...

But it's not absolute, after all... two number axes have four quadrants, and there's also the complex number Domain, which can be further divided upwards.

Is this what 'phase' refers to?

Phase refers to the position in the cyclical undulation of a wave, corresponding to the angle of vector rotation, and this kind of vector rotation is actually the Domain of imaginary and complex numbers.

If this description is extended to the entire Universe, one can obtain another Universe completely different from the real number Universe.

And this Universe is generally considered non-existent, meaningless, just pure mathematical reasoning.

But what if such a meaningless Universe was created by a Great Power?

After all, as long as its properties can be described mathematically, then creating it is not incomprehensible.

Is that why Shen Shuibi said at that time that the Great Powers 'created' the Fast Universe and then superimposed it onto the Reality Universe?

Li Qi suddenly understood those words from back then.

But there was still one problem...

Slap!

At this moment, Li Qi's head was slapped askew, and his thoughts were forcibly interrupted.

This made Li Qi look at the person who slapped him.

Who else could it be?

It must be Zhu Fengdan.

"Why think so much?" Zhu Fengdan rolled his eyes: "Go out and think about it slowly yourself, you're bothering me."

Li Qi was speechless, silently clearing his mind, preparing to discuss it later.

The world is vast, but Master is the greatest.

After a while, the Master and disciple appeared from within the Star-Mansion Array.

Then, Li Qi saw a young girl with a veiled face standing before him.

She wore neat robes, dreamlike and ethereal, her body and clothes seeming somewhat translucent, as if not truly existing in this world.

And, so rosy and tender...

She was indeed very rosy and tender, looking like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, with a fluffy, soft feeling.

But her demeanor was not approachable; she didn't have the feeling of a sweet girl, but rather was quite aloof.

Li Qi knew this person; he had seen her before, just hadn't been able to speak to her.

At that time, the Demonic Prince had challenged her and successfully defeated her; she was only a Seventh Rank then.

The Shaman Mountain Goddess, Yao Ji.

She was hailed as the most promising individual of this generation in Shaman God Mountain. When Li Qi was a Sixth Rank, she was only a Seventh Rank, but even then, the methods she displayed were already stronger than Li Qi's Sixth Rank. (See Chapter 523 for details)

At the Seventh Rank, she achieved 'turning the void into reality', which could be said to be absolutely true to her name.

In this world, it's actually very difficult to be unworthy of one's reputation, because people will expose you.

Therefore, under a great reputation, there are no empty boasts, and Yao Ji was naturally no exception.

Before, Li Qi wanted to talk to her, but she just turned and left. Li Qi only saw her back from afar. Now, he finally faced her directly.

Moreover, she had also progressed to the Sixth Rank.

Now truly seeing her, Li Qi immediately activated True Knowledge Dao Resonance and scanned her.

The enhanced True Knowledge Dao Resonance could clearly reveal almost all of a Sixth Rank's secrets.

But this still made Li Qi let out a surprised gasp: "Eh..."

She was not a common Human Race or demon race, nor even a True Dragon or exotic beast.

This thing was a God!

Not a Star Official, but a 'First Gods' composed of Chaos Qi.

But she wasn't entirely a God; she seemed to be a hybrid of God and Yao, and not the First Gods of the 'Universe', but rather the First Gods from 'this world'.

"Shaman God Mountain Spirit?" Li Qi asked with a surprised expression.

Then, he immediately answered himself, saying, "No... not a Mountain Spirit, but a branch of a Mountain Spirit. You are a plant spirit that became a Yao, and because you are an extremely ancient plant, you became half a Mountain Spirit, and coincidentally you are on Shaman God Mountain, no, that's not right, either you are a part of Shaman God Mountain, or you are a descendant left by the First Gods, there should be no other possibilities."

"The origin of the First Gods of this world, combined with the foundation of a plant spirit, ultimately led you to the Shaman Dao. How strange, no wonder they call you the Shaman Mountain Goddess; I always wondered why they didn't call you the Shaman God Mountain Goddess." Li Qi stepped forward, initiating the conversation, saying this.

"You're quite impressive. For a first meeting, I'm Yao Ji. To recognize me so clearly on our first meeting... If I didn't know that Third Zhu wouldn't tell you my background, I would definitely think you were told in advance." Yao Ji replied to Li Qi, her tone quite mature.

This, in turn, stunned Li Qi.

Hey, hey, hey, big sister, you're a Sixth Rank, calling him by his full name is one thing—I'll assume you're being formal—but why call him Third Zhu directly?

Are you asking for trouble?

Seeing Li Qi's expression, Yao Ji smiled: "It's embarrassing to say, but I actually watched Third Zhu grow up..."

As soon as she said this, countless thoughts immediately popped into Li Qi's mind.

Is she some ancient existence, like Li Shiwei's stone, who didn't cultivate before but always watched the outside world?

Or is she a Great Power who Reincarnated and cultivated again?

Or a special cultivation method?

All sorts of ideas burst forth in Li Qi's mind, leaving him momentarily speechless. Various thoughts competed for his language System, ultimately causing him to freeze in place, sputtering and unable to utter a complete sentence.

But at this moment, Zhu Fengdan reached out, swiped to the side, and pushed Li Qi away.

Then, he rolled up his sleeves and walked forward.

Yao Ji's pupils dilated, and then, she frantically tried to escape!

But how could Zhu Fengdan, a dignified Third Rank, let her run away? He simply reached out, covering the sky with one hand, and with an irresistible mighty power, directly grabbed Yao Ji back.

Li Qi originally thought he wanted to teach Yao Ji a lesson about respecting elders, but he never expected Zhu Fengdan to directly clench his fist and punch Yao Ji in the face! Then he pressed Yao Ji to the ground, straddled her, and gave her a flurry of old punches, punching her in the face repeatedly, savagely beating the rosy and tender Yao Ji.

Li Qi was dumbfounded!

Hey, big shot, don't hit the face!

And this is a Junior, and a woman, and most importantly, a child!

Li Qi quickly stepped forward, grabbed Zhu Fengdan, and dragged him back: "Teacher! Teacher! That's enough, decency, decency, mind your decency!"

Li Qi quickly pulled him away and looked at Yao Ji again. Her face was swollen from the beating, and her body was still restrained in place, unable to move.

The originally rosy and tender little girl was beaten into a pig's head by Zhu Fengdan.

Barely pulled away by Li Qi, Zhu Fengdan shook his hands and still grumbled unsatisfactorily: "Damn it, if I don't give you a few punches, you really won't know your place. You think I wouldn't dare hit you just because your father is the Heavenly Emperor? I'm telling you, even if Hao Tian himself came, though I couldn't beat him, I'd still slap him twice!"

Li Qi was sweating profusely beside him, not daring to speak.

What kind of grudge is this...

But at this moment, Zhu Fengdan suddenly looked up.

Then, he patted Li Qi: "Something came up, I'm leaving first. You two can get along slowly after this. There are some things I haven't told you yet, you can figure them out yourself later. Smart people don't need too many words."

After he finished speaking, Li Qi watched as a terrifyingly powerful suction suddenly descended from the Void Realm.

Zhu Fengdan clearly wanted to resist, but just as Yao Ji couldn't resist him, he also couldn't resist the suction from the Void Realm. He was directly pulled away, disappearing without a trace.

Leaving only Li Qi standing there, looking at the restrained Yao Ji beside him.

Li Qi stood there, stunned.

Finally, he could only take a deep breath, close his eyes, and calm his mind.

Then, exasperated, a stone suddenly appeared in his hand, and he threw it out forcefully, turning into a shooting star across the sky.

What the hell is this all about?!

I still don't know how to get to the Immortal Heaven! And what exactly am I supposed to do? I'm completely in the dark here!

Sir, can you please be more reliable?!

However, after throwing the stone, he ultimately sighed.

No matter what the situation, things still had to be done.

First, let's help Yao Ji up from the ground.

Hopefully, this Young Miss is smart enough to know that misfortune doesn't extend to family. It was Teacher Zhu who hit her, it has nothing to do with me...