Pastor's Tantra

"Come back first, Vines."

Aiwass touched the little crow's head and took it back into his soul.

At any moment they might meet Hypatia's daughter.

According to Haibasa, she cannot come into contact with the phantom, otherwise she may turn into a phantom at any time. Just in case, Aiwass took back the phantom Vignes.

Not long after, the space in front of him collapsed again, and Euler walked out with a man from Taichu wearing black clothes, a rough appearance, and a jade crown on his head.

After he saw Aiwass's antlers clearly, his eyes suddenly lit up and his expression became happy.

"My Excellency, Zhu Shijie, I have met you."

The man's voice was loud and he saluted Aiwass. Three bows and nine kowtows are the sacred numbers of the candle-sister.

Unlike the physical world - the dream world does not require language to communicate normally. Because language is only a carrier of information, and the dream world itself is composed of information. People's communication seems to be talking, but in fact it is a direct communication of spirit.

This is why all kinds of weird phantoms in the dream world can communicate directly with people, but in the material world, you need enough inspiration to communicate normally with phantoms.

However, Aiwass didn't have much reaction to this. He just gently helped the great mathematician from the beginning.

Aiwass had previously talked with the wizard Zhu Tang about the beliefs and customs of Taichu——

Si Zhu, Snake Father and Sand Timepiece are the three main beliefs of Taichu people today. Coupled with the dragon clan's belief in the Lord of Scales and Feathers, it just happens to be the four elements of wind, earth, water and fire, and the four elements of heaven and earth.

The other five pillar gods all belong to secondary faiths... not the state religion.

The people of Taichu were not like the people of Herasl, who worshiped the Nine Pillars at the same time because of the elf's preaching. In fact, most countries - such as Parthia or Horus, do not worship the Nine Pillars at the same time. After all, advocating everything means advocating nothing, which will make society chaotic to a certain extent.

However, according to Zhu Tang, the people of Taichu had another lost belief in ancient times - the Lord of Scales and Feathers was not included among the four gods worshiped by Taichu at that time. However, one of the leaders still had no miracles, so his position was removed and replaced by the second-ranked Sand Clock, and the faith of the Lord of Scales and Feathers was added to the fourth position.

Aiwass also roughly guessed who it was.

Obviously, that is the belief of the Scaled Ones and the Winged Ones... Taiyi, the Sun Path Pillar God who created the Scaled Ones and the Winged Ones in the past.

Since the sun fell and the beast master came to power, this belief has gradually been lost. It can be seen that... before the arrival of the giant dragon clan hatched by the God of Scale Stealing and Feather Stealing, those who lived in the ancient Taichu realm should be descendants of those with scales or wings. Only these races that were born earlier than the elves could record the secrets of Taiyi.

For today's Taichu people, the person who symbolizes the southern fire god is Sizhu.

The ideal Taichu Emperor is a man with scales and horns - that is, the successor of Snake Father and Sizhu. Relying on the power of the Sand Clock to balance the power of transcendence and devotion, it was transformed into the dragon body of the Scale Feather Lord.

The heir to the throne will develop the unique characteristics of one of deer antlers or snake scales in accordance with the tendency of dedication and transcendence. The first one to show both characteristics at the same time is the prince, which is the first in line to the emperor. heir.

If the emperor dies but there is no crown prince yet, the dynasty is called "Kingless". He is either called the "Deer King" or the "Snake King". And if he succeeds to the throne normally, he will be called "the perfect king".

In the concept of Taichu people, deer is auspicious.

What this means is that "perfect kings" are rare and "deficient kings" are common. While the Deer King is always kind, the Snake King is even more harsh. Most dynasties follow the cycle of snake and deer... Only in a few peaceful and prosperous times will the perfect king appear. Therefore, people believe that those with deer antlers are saints, and those with snake scales are heroes.

Obviously, Aiwass satisfied Zhu Shijie's worship and imagination of "saints".

Although it is somewhat inappropriate for a sage on the path of wisdom to come out and join in the fun... But Aiwass can understand it. If someone told him that there was a Dragon Prince outside when he was at work, even if his life was on the line, he would still go over and take a look.

However, thinking of Zhu Tang...

Aiwass took a closer look at Zhu Shijie and found that he looked somewhat similar to Zhu Tang!

——Could this be Zhu Tang’s ancestor?

It's not impossible - they look similar and even have the same last name.

"Speaking of which, sir... I may even know your descendants."

Thinking of this, Aiwass said hello to Zhu Shijie in a friendly manner.

"oh?"

Zhu Shijie cheered up after hearing this: "Then may I ask... what research is he still engaged in now?"

"He now occupies a position of great importance."

Aiwass replied: "He governs the etiquette of ancestral temples across the country."

——As for the fact that he annoyed the emperor and was sent to the border, and then sneaked out of the country, but he has not returned yet, there is no need to talk about it.

"Taichang...the head of the ceremonial officers and the head of the priests."

Zhu Shijie's expression was a little subtle: "I actually embarked on this road..."

At least he didn't look particularly happy, but he wasn't disappointed either.

He shook his head and smiled politely at Aiwas and the others: "I will take you to find Haibasha's studio. Euler knows the location, but he may not be able to open the door. I will take you there... Remember to follow me closely and don't look around. Otherwise, you may get lost in an unknown equation."

As he spoke, Zhu Shijie led the others into the staircase with "paradox" as the core. He walked in front, and Euler walked in the back.

Although it was a staircase with no ups and downs, under the guidance of the two mathematicians, they turned into spirals downwards.

Yasen tried to look around, but he almost immediately got lost in the staircase again. Fortunately, Sherlock quickly grabbed him, otherwise he would have no idea where he would have run to after taking that step.

Seeing this, Euler asked Sherlock with interest: "Can you see the formula?"

"Yes."

Sherlock nodded: "It's not difficult... but it will be a bit tiring to solve the problem at this speed. If it's slower... I think I can keep up by myself."

"Formula?"

Yasen was a little surprised.

"Each of these connected steps is a formula. The longer the steps, the more difficult the formula. The fact that you can see the formula means that you have at least the fourth level of wisdom path affinity."

Euler said, pointing to the steps that continued to go down in front: "You can give an answer on any step. If it is correct, this section is "real"; if the answer given is wrong, then you will immediately step into the "false" dislocation space. The space here seems to be limited, but it is actually infinite. Each step may enter the false land... In the repeated interweaving of truth and falsehood, the snake vortex has opened up endless space.

"If you continue to look around and step forward, it is actually equivalent to "giving up the current problem". Therefore, it will be judged as wrong, and thus step into the false space. "

"But sometimes you have to deliberately give wrong answers," Zhu Shijie in front said, "After all, it's not the case that the lower you go, the better... It's not like you have to meet the Geometry God. Haibasha's studio switches between real and fake steps every time you answer wrong or right, starting from the zero floor, and they are 43, 1, 24, 1, 44, 4, and 6. Follow this order to reach her workshop..."

As he spoke, Zhu Shijie walked down the 43 steps and suddenly walked up one step. From the perspective of Yasen behind him, his figure suddenly disappeared.

But then Aiwas also disappeared.

Fortunately, he could always see Sherlock in front of him, so he followed Sherlock closely into another space.

After walking up one step, he went down again.

When Yasen took another step down, he saw his companions in front of him again.

Even Zhu Shijie's voice, which had been cut off, sounded again: "...There are also many people who like to set various special number sequences as their house numbers. We sometimes visit each other. There are also some powerful people who don't even need to go back to the zero floor to find a reference point, but can directly perform spatial calculations to deduce specific coordinates, so as to reach the other party's workshop by another route.

"——Our kind of 'teleportation' is actually a similar ability. It is not teleportation, but just folding the space between two points."

After the twenty-four steps, there is another step up. Then there are forty-four steps down, four steps up, and six steps down.

After the "password" was entered correctly, they arrived in front of a blue triangular house. There was obviously no one inside, and the door was covered with dust.

"This is Ms. Haibasha's workshop."

Zhu Shijie stopped and said.