Chapter 515

As Gao Yang lowered his head in thought, time ticked away bit by bit.

Soon, the sand in the hourglass was about to run out, and the arrogance on Suan Wudao's face grew even more intense.

A mere Living Yama, nothing more!

To dare to provoke him, Suan Wudao, with this level of mathematical skill—how naive and ridiculous!

The unease in Chu Ningyu's heart also began to diminish with time.

But only Wu Zhao, Shangguan Wan'er, and Gao Feng remained calm, not panicking in the slightest.

"Lord Gao, time is almost up!"

"Admit defeat!"

"When people are pushed to the limit, they can do anything, but not math problems. This stuff is either you know it or you don't. Give up!"

Suan Wudao's voice echoed through the Jin Luan Hall, filled with triumph.

Upon hearing this, Gao Yang glanced at the sand in the hourglass.

He turned to look at Suan Wudao, a smile appearing on his face, and his voice slowly rang out.

"Master Suan, this official has a 'foot-chopping method' that can crack this question!"

"Foot-chopping method?"

"???"

Upon hearing this, Master Suan's eyes widened.

"Lord Gao, are you joking with me?"

"This is a perfectly good math problem; why are you chopping off feet?"

The officials were also completely bewildered.

In the mysterious realm of mathematics, is there such a simple and crude way to solve a problem?

Wu Zhao smiled and then said, "Gao Yang, I am actually quite curious: what is this so-called foot-chopping method?"

Gao Yang first bowed to Wu Zhao, then looked at the civil and military officials in the Jin Luan Hall.

"Simply put, this question is a math problem about chickens and rabbits in the same cage. We only know the total number of heads and feet, and each chicken has two feet, while each rabbit has four!"

"Each chicken and each rabbit has only one head, so the variable lies in the feet!"

"Knowing this, it's simple. This official will take out a forty-zhang-long blade from my pants and chop off two feet from every rabbit. This achieves a balance!"

"Then, at this moment, the chickens and rabbits in the cage both have two feet. The total number of heads is sixty, so the total number of feet in the cage is 120!"

"But according to your question, Master Suan, the total number of feet is two hundred. Where did the missing eighty feet go?"

A faint smile played on Gao Yang's face as he looked at the officials in the hall. When he saw the completely bewildered Wang Zhong, Gao Yang paused specifically.

Seeing Gao Yang's gaze, Wang Zhong said with some annoyance, "Lord Gao, why are you staring at me for no reason? I didn't steal these eighty feet!"

Gao Yang's mouth twitched.

He looked at Lu Zhen, who immediately flicked his sleeves and said, "I would never do such a thing either!"

Gao Yang's heart stirred, and he turned to look at Wu Zhao.

Wu Zhao gave Gao Yang a deep look, rolled her eyes, and didn't follow the script at all. She asked, "Are these missing eighty feet the feet chopped off from all the rabbits?"

Gao Yang looked disappointed. He had been expecting Wu Zhao to wave her dragon robe and haughtily say it wasn't her who stole them, just to see the little expressions on the face of a generation's empress.

"Your Majesty is wise. The total number of feet of the chickens and rabbits in the cage was correct; the culprit behind all this is that I chopped off two legs from each rabbit, which is why there are eighty feet missing!"

"So, each rabbit lost two feet, and a total of eighty feet were lost, so the number of rabbits is 40, and the number of chickens is 60 minus 40, which is 20!"

"This question is solved!"

Following Gao Yang's voice, the officials all gasped.

Immediately after, a noisy sound suddenly erupted, as if it were going to overturn the entire Jin Luan Hall!

"Wonderful!"