Exploring Immortality Cultivation
Chapter 483 - 237 Law, Inspiration, Behavioral Science

Wang Qi felt that this day had been utterly awful. In the morning, he had ventured outside only to discover a major disaster had befallen him, and then in the evening, Chen Feng had crammed his head full of preposterous theories, leaving him thoroughly exasperated.

He returned to his room, intending to bury his head under the covers and sleep. But just at this moment, Sage Zhen Chan popped up wanting to discuss a thing or two, "Tsk tsk, the mindset of you Modern practitioners and the Ancient Method really are completely opposite. Ancient Method Practitioners mostly feel oppressed just by abiding by the rules, which then causes them mental barriers, but you lot only have problems when you don't obey the rules..."

"Old man, let me sleep first, we can talk about any problems later," Wang Qi mumbled in response, and then fell into slumber.

The connection with Jarvis was severed, and all his thoughts and spirits converged into one. Wang Qi's consciousness began to sink. However, he tossed and turned, unable to find restful sleep.

For some reason, knowledge from his previous life kept churning in his mind.

The strictness of modern laws in fact surpasses that of any time period in history. For example, certain countries that prided themselves on freedom actually had the world's most intricate legal systems, complete with case law and supplementary stipulations.

In terms of the sheer volume of text, the law books of modern nations, with just the "constitution" as the general outline, could instantly surpass many ancient codes of law. So, why do ordinary people feel like they are bound by fewer restrictions and enjoy more freedom in modern times, while the slightest severity in ancient laws would pressure the populace into rebellion?

Why is that?

And it's just the opposite for the "knights" who "commit violations through the act of valor." They feel that modern society leaves no room to demonstrate their skills and think that ancient times were freer and more exhilarating.

Why is that?

Ancient laws were carved out of bold strokes, brutally defining a "restriction" for the Human Dao. Yet, this "restriction" did not fully adhere to the Human Dao. The thoroughly tempered modern laws, on the other hand, are a fit with the natural laws of the Human Dao. The difference between the two is like that between a cage and armor. Criminals seeking to escape naturally find the cage easier to break and the armor harder to shed.

From a physical perspective, this is the difference in the amount of information and Shannon entropy between ancient and modern laws...

The law really is negative entropy...

Can this truly serve as the foundation for cultivation...

Wang Qi became increasingly restless in bed. It seemed as if he remembered something, but that fleeting inspiration was quickly submerged in an endless stream of thoughts.

Human memory isn't segmented, but a complex and interlinked tree. Because of advancing to Foundation Establishment, his brain had been developed anew, and memories from his previous life buried deep within Wang Qi's mind were easily stirred. Although Wang Qi didn't usually ponder these things, Chen Feng's words had triggered this curious train of thought.

Finally, Wang Qi woke up. Clutching his head, he let out a bitter laugh, "I've finally figured it out..."

He finally understood why transmigration was the ultimate cheat.

The societal structures and patterns of knowledge transmission between Earth humans and the Shenzhou People Clan were similar. In modern times, issues debated by the wise have been continuously discussed and refined through generations. A modern person, if willing, could always learn much. He might disagree with these ideas, but the wisdom distilled over time greatly broadened their horizons. Modern-day people could absorb ancient knowledge systems much faster than ancient people could adapt to modern knowledge. Perhaps ancient sages could shine beyond their times in the modern era, but they'd need to first learn modern things.

Because the gap between the two was a gap of time.

Just as Sage Zhi Long himself admitted he was no longer a match in Mathematics compared to Wang Qi, it wasn't that Wang Qi's wisdom surpassed that ancient great sage, but rather the difference was due to the accumulation of a myriad of years of collective wisdom.

Wang Qi tapped his head but couldn't figure out what that momentary inspiration he had tried to grasp was. He smacked his head forcefully, only to realize that what had tumbled out of his mind from his dream were memories of his time spent traveling across Europe in his last life.

More precisely, visits to Europe's universities.

In his past life, when he wasn't working in the research institute, he had enjoyed doing this sort of thing. To visit the most prestigious universities, to attend the most renowned lectures, to discuss the most celebrated scholars and theories.

Wang Qi felt that it was truly a matter that combined pretentiousness and wisdom.

"I was just trying to grasp something... The university I visited... It wasn't Copenhagen, it wasn't Göttingen... It seemed to emphasize social sciences, could it be Frankfurt? Damn... I was just there to boost my pretentiousness, where exactly I went, what lectures I heard, now who remembers..."

But why did he feel that inspiration was so important?

"Why... where exactly... did I hear that theory?"

Perhaps that theory was just a tiny part of Earth's academic system, but in Shenzhou, maybe it was different.

"Konrad Lorenz?" Wang Qi struggled to sift through his memories, but he only came up with one result, "Which university was it... I've forgotten. But... the biology Nobel Prize in the seventies, behaviorism... behaviorism..."

Wang Qi felt utterly bewildered. Chen Feng's inexplicable theory had triggered his past life's memory of pretentiousness. That past life's memory of pretentiousness had inexplicably brought up the name of a Nobel laureate.

He wasn't at all familiar with any theories of this person, only having audited a lecture on behaviorism at the university where he taught...

But he vaguely felt that behaviorism was indeed very important.

Wang Qi shook his head, deciding to ignore the doubts in his mind. Since behaviorism was important, he would then allocate several threads of thought to understand it.

Thus, in the Illusion Guardian Storage Room, Wang Qi spread his arms and called out several keywords, "Modern Magic Theory, Life Path, behaviorism."

With the rearranging of a large number of bookshelves, one shelf with a few books floated over to Wang Qi.

"What's this..." Wang Qi flipped through them. Apart from some shared materials from the Empirical Department, there were only free textbooks and self-study introductory books.

"No choice, let's read..."

Eight Wang Qis came over and split the books from the shelf. They read for an entire day.

It wasn't until the following night that Wang Qi pushed open the doors and windows and walked toward the study.

The more he read these books on behaviorism, the more he felt that he grasped something. He felt he must look into it more.

In the study, Wang Qi rifled through Chen Feng's books at an extremely fast pace. His eyes were Jarvis's scanning device. A page glanced over by his eyes, a page would be generated in Jarvis's database. Spending a few minutes to finish a book, another book would be added to the library.

At the same time, Jarvis also logged into my child's account, downloading all the free materials about behaviorism.

Still not enough...

Wang Qi was startled by his own thought. He didn't feel the urge to help Chen Feng prove anything, but why... why...

He gritted his teeth, preparing to dive into the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm. He still had over a thousand Merit points in his account, specially approved by Feng Luoyi, letting him first go and clear Chen Feng's debts. But now...

"Sorry, Boss."

He was going to exchange for paid materials. The content for exchange was about life forms which were poles apart from what he had learned in his previous life.

It was at this moment, a dubious voice entered his ears, "What are you doing?" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, we welcome you to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)