Enter the Immortal Cultivation

"Have you ever thought about it, if our clan, the dragon clan, the demon clan, the Poseidon clan, and even the Chan clan all perish one day, then who will record that we have spanned 200 million years and countless light years? Have we ever come together? This tombstone can prove that we have communicated as a 'civilization'. This universe is not just an individual immortal, at least there was a civilization."

Wang Qi's words gave Chenfeng a moment of feeling that transcended his short life.

Maybe the inexplicable obstacle cannot be overcome after all, maybe the dragon clan will collapse one day, maybe several planets will suffer disasters, or even the disaster of all the stars in the entire universe losing light and heat at the same time 200 million years ago will happen again, and all life will be destroyed. There is no escape.

Even those who are working hard for the coexistence of multiple races and civilizations in Nanming Academy today will not be around in that dark future.

But after all, there is something that records the attempts of several civilizations - trying to transcend the eternal class as a civilization rather than as an individual.

The Dragon Clan’s characters and the Chen Clan’s rope-knotting method have a strong pronunciation function. As long as the Dragon Clan’s alphabet is spread, it will not be difficult for other civilizations to decipher its pronunciation. The Chen people's rope-knotting method can even use three-dimensional knots to express the positions of the lips, teeth, and tongue. As long as this stone tablet is passed down, these words will eventually ring in another distant future time and space.

——The key is this sentence...

Thinking of this, the touch of emotion rising in Chen Feng's chest was shattered. He sighed: "Such good thoughts are used here... It's like being eaten by a dog."

Wang Qi is adjusting the knot. Among this string of knots, four are purely musical. He originally set the sound of "Wang Qi". In any case, the pronunciation of "Wow" and "Wang Qi" are too different. Hearing Chen Feng's words, he was a little confused: "What's wrong with this sentence? I thought about it for several days before I came up with it."

"The problem lies in this sentence." Chen Feng fell to the ground and poked at the tombstone with his fingers: "'At first, the knot of heaven and earth was hidden in the darkness. Later, the threads of heaven and earth twisted into knots, wow bang. When he was born, all the mysteries were unlocked'? What would future generations think if they saw this? They would probably think that there is such a Shinto sect worshiping the great god Watanabe, or that there is simply a powerful person named Watanabe who rules several species. Genus, several civilizations—that’s right!”

Wang Qi said in surprise: "Is there such an effect?"

"History is a puzzle. Excavators can only unearth part of the fragments at a time. They don't know how many fragments are missing and what their original appearance is... They may be able to piece together any shape." Chen Feng once again thought of his childhood. That piece of porcelain: "You are misleading future generations!"

"It's interesting..." Wang Qi's eyes shone with admiration: "Wow, great god..."

Chen Feng couldn't bear it anymore: "That's enough! A lunatic like you is simply the enemy of the ancient collector! Give up this idea immediately!"

"Damn, one day I will die for the Immortal Alliance, and I won't even have the right to choose my own tombstone?" Wang Qi was also angry.

"Aren't you planning to donate your body?"

"Isn't it too much to set up a cenotaph or a monument? It's not too much, isn't it? I am a person who changed the world!"

Chenfeng held his forehead: "I feel something is wrong when I think about the world being changed by a lunatic like you - forget it, this thing is definitely not as solid as immortal porcelain anyway, so it probably has no chance to be passed down..."

There are countless immortals from the human race, dragon race and monster race. The Dragon King is even the most powerful immortal among the individuals confirmed by the Immortal Alliance. It is difficult to imagine that this stone will continue to exist after the death of the Dragon King.

Wang Qi rubbed his chin: "Actually, I plan to make this thing into a magic weapon to entrust the soul, and use my own cultivation methods to slowly change his - it is worth what I do..."

"This is the first time I've heard of someone having such feelings for their own tombstone." Chen Feng shook his head and sighed.

"After all, it uses the language of the seven tribes." Wang Qi said: "It may become a witness and evidence for the establishment of harmonious situations among many civilizations."

"Yes, yes, you are amazing..." Chen Feng sighed: "By the way, how on earth did you learn so many different languages?"

Wang Qi nodded his head: "Use this. Brain is a good thing."

Chen Feng didn't understand: "If you have a good mind and can conquer the world, then you are no match for me."

Yangshen Pavilion's method of training the soul and mind is very advanced. In terms of basic qualities such as reaction ability and thinking speed, Chen Feng may really be stronger than Wang Qi.

"Ah, I hope everyone knows how to use it." Wang Qi led Chen Feng to his first desk. There are several jade slips on it. These are the "word dictionaries" sent by the Dragon Clan. Although it is not as magical as the jade plate magic weapon that Wang Qi came into contact with from Fan De in the morning. As long as he holds it, he will naturally master the knowledge, but it also contains a lot of information.

Wang Qi said: "The so-called language is composed of two aspects. One is the conventional usage. The other is the logic that connects those 'conventional contents'. The former can be understood as words words, which are the rules of language.”

"By the way, many people, including people from Tianlingling, believe that those conventional words also contain a set of logic. However, this logic is vague and nonlinear. It is difficult for us humans to summarize it. The sea gods seem to have their own way of thinking, which can interpret this logic. Unfortunately, we humans cannot learn it now."

"I have gone too far. Anyway, if you understand these two points, learning a language will be very simple. As long as you have a good memory, you can remember a lot of conventional usages in a very short time. And as long as your thinking is agile enough, it is not difficult to grasp the inherent logic of the language."

Wang Qi raised a few fingers: "Phonetic and semantic, referent and signifier, diachronicity and synchronicity... If you grasp these concepts, language and writing will be very simple for you."

What Wang Qi said was the concept of linguistics that once circulated on Earth. Modern linguistics was once dominated by logicism, and the source of logicism was the mathematician Russell, and it originally came from his mathematical work "Principles of Mathematics". It can be said that linguistics and mathematics also have a certain origin.

Wang Qi's understanding of these concepts is only at the level of "understanding". He does not know whether there will be new developments in linguistics, but these concepts have undoubtedly opened up his mind. And his current mathematical level has already reached the top level of the world, and there is no problem in following this line of thought.

Due to the existence of monks, Shenzhou completed the great unification in ancient times. The communication between various regions has never been cut off from ancient times to the present, and the language has no chance to differentiate. The same is true for other races. In this universe, any ethnic group that can develop immortal technology often has only one language.

Before formal contact with other civilizations, perhaps many individuals cannot imagine the concept of "foreign language".

For the Shenzhou human race, Wang Qi's statement is indeed very impactful.

Chen Feng was stunned by what he said: "I do know a poet from the Nan tribe..."

"Ahem." Wang Qi coughed twice: "Just to make it clear, the 'very simple' here refers only to daily conversations. As for literary creation, that is another field. The abstract, vague and subjective 'beauty' is probably not a concept that can be precisely defined now."

"How long does it take you to learn a language?" Chen Feng weighed the jade slip.

"One or two months?" Wang Qi was not sure about this, and he had never learned so many languages ​​before: "I am not sure... But there is one thing I can be sure of. Communication and understanding still have to start with language. When learning a foreign language, you can indeed feel a 'wisdom' that is different from your own civilization, and when logic connects different wisdoms, anyone can feel a grand beauty - as if scattered jades were pieced together."

"What you said makes me want to learn it." Chen Feng sighed.

Wang Qi sighed: "However, we can't just study language... We also have to maintain a good teacher-student relationship. My heart aches when I think about pretending to be a good gentleman in front of those little beasts who beat up their teachers."

Chen Feng also sighed: "Since you can't help, I won't keep it either - 'scattered jade'?" He took a last look at the "tombstone": "It's still a bit interesting."

After Chen Feng left, the remaining half jar of wine was still slowly heated on the scabbard of the Heavenly Sword. Wang Qi's room was filled with an indissoluble sweet wine aroma.

Wang Qi closed his eyes and put one hand on the stone pillar: "'History is a puzzle, and the excavators can only excavate part of the fragments at a time. They don't know how many fragments are missing and what the original appearance of the fragments is'... Interesting metaphor."

-But, scattered things are not just history. Those who dig up the fragments are not just archaeologists.

In Wang Qi's mind, another picture was lingering. There was a hazy illusion attached to his room. In this illusion, countless psychedelic gems were scattered on the ground. They are all fragments of truth. Some are called "algebra", some are called "geometry", some are called "topology", and some are called "logic".

And the stone pillar in his hand is in the center of these scattered jades.

"After all, it may be the biggest one that can be pretended in the last few hundred years. I really want to entrust my soul to it and let it stay forever."

The wisdom that connects all wisdom, the language that makes everything understandable to each other...

Just thinking about it makes people feel excited. (To be continued ~^~)