391 Exhaustive Testing (2/2)
If the Headmaster's inhibition targeted unnatural Psyche power or talisman power as well as the aura of cultivators from the Devil's Doctrine, why did the inhibition not react to Sangsang? Sangsang had cultivated under the Divine Priest of Light and carried at least one kind of aura in her body.
Ning Que did not think about this anymore. Instead, he continued to examine how to break out of this place.
Having determined the true meaning of the cliff cave inhibition, he realized that if the Great Spirit in his body were to be modeled as the Qi of Heaven and Earth in nature, then it would not be possible to simulate only one of them, but instead it would need to be simulated into countless kinds of Qi of Heaven and Earth. The quantity didn't matter, but they must all be present.
The problem was that there were innumerable types of Qi of Heaven and Earth in nature. Even if he had the Academy's no-boundary spirit, and the ability to observe the characteristics of various primordial Qi using talismans, how could he make the Great Spirit simulate everything?
The Great Spirit in his body was like a basket of green vegetables. Regardless of how many spices were put in, no matter how precise the control of the fire is, could he make more than 300 dishes using this basket of green vegetables?
And there was a more pressing issue.
”If I give you vegetables, can you make barbecued meat from them?”
Ning Que looked at Sangsang.
Sangsang thought for a moment before replying, ”Of course not, but Mr. First brought some fresh pork over yesterday. If you want to eat braised meat, I can make you some later.”
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Ning Que did not wallow for too long. He immediately devoted himself to study and cracking the problem.
The question left by the Headmaster was really too difficult. There seemed to be only three correct answers. But no matter which answer you chose, you needed great courage. Some of the answers were right before your eyes, but you would only realize that there was a layer of complicated code to crack above the answers.
He could not crack the code at all in his current state and ability. The code pointed to the origins of the world and the structure of nature.
It was then, when he thought of that old woman in blue robes at the front courtyard of the Academy.
At the Mathematics Academy entrance exam, Xie Chengyun used the exhaustive testing method to obtain a near-infinite number. Ning Que had obtained an A+ because he had found the answer just by taking one look at the question.
Ning Que very good at learning, or rather, he tested well. And exams like mathematics were the best opportunity for him to use his talent for using tricks to his advantage. That was why he always looked down on his peers who did not know how to use formulas and answering techniques but only calculated the answers honestly.
He did not have any ready-made formulas and could not find any tricks now. He could only use the method that he had once looked down upon and begin to crack the code using a most violent way.
Cracking a code violently was also known as exhaustive testing.
Exhaustive testing meant gathering all the answers and testing them one by one. As long as one had enough time and patience, he would eventually find the correct answer.
There were some minor differences between cracking the code and Ning Que's attempts to violently break the inhibition at the cliff cave. He had to find the characteristics of several kinds of Qi of Heaven and Earth, and models the Great Spirit into it. It meant that he had to crack several codes and then gather the passwords together.
This was the only way to find the final answer.
This method was violent, but beautiful. But in actuality, it was stupid and there was nothing that one could do about it.
The ”exhaustive” in exhaustive testing meant to limit. It was a characteristic of this method of deduction. However, if you looked at it in another way, it also meant that the solver had already exhausted all his wits and was still unable to solve the question, which was why he had to resort to this method.
In the days that followed, Ning Que began to use the exhaustive testing method to analyze and observe the Qi of Heaven and Earth. He did not know how many types there were, but he was not in any rush to break out of inhibition to try it out.
Because he knew that this was an extremely voluminous project that could even be described as grand. There wouldn't be any results in 300 years, much less three months.
But he continued to try.
Because he had only given himself three months.
If he did not give his utmost best during these three months, he would have many regrets on his deathbed when he thinks back to how he had personally destroyed the Great Spirit in himself.
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Ning Que became more and more silent in the cliff cave. His hair, that he had no time to groom, was scattered behind his back and he looked rather rugged. His face grew haggard, but the luster in his eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Chen Pipi would visit him often. He could not bear to see Ning Que torture himself any further as he looked at him. However, he could not bear to see him give up halfway even more, so he also remained silent.
The other Senior Brothers and Sisters would come by to visit too. They would bring the medicine and food they have gathered to Sangsang and have her cook them anytime to keep Ning Que's spirits up.
Tang Xiaotang cultivated under the direction of Yu Lian and suffered plenty. She complained bitterly to Sangsang when she had the opportunity to head up to the cliff and play. However, she felt somewhat ashamed when she saw Ning Que.
And the days passed. It was now the middle of spring.
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