Chapter 172 Learning brings progress
Seeing Mr. Evans' serious appearance, Annick, Leilia, and Heidi all nodded in confusion. The learning and casting of apprentice-level magic requires repeated analysis and practice, they have experienced it firsthand, and now it seems that the learning of arcane basics is the same, but why do you feel a bad feeling in your heart?
"Mr. Evans, your first encounter with these arcane books, we won't disturb your studies. When you understand something, we will ask you again." Annick stood up and said politely, "We just took this time to meditate and learn magic."
There is nothing wrong with Lucian teaching them now, but a magician who has never been in contact with arcane arts can reach the level of instructing others by reading the basic books of arcane and magic, which is really unbelievable, even the legendary great arcanist can't do it, so be cautious, Lucian smiled "kindly" and said, "Probably at this time tomorrow, I can guide you." And I have prepared a special gift for you.
"Tomorrow? Mr. Evans, do you think these arcane books are very simple?" Leilia asked in surprise.
Lucian pondered the language: "I will teach you what I understand today. From now on, I will be like this while studying. Hehe, this can also put pressure on me to study."
"Then we will thank you Mr. Evans in advance." Heidi replied cheerfully, anyway, it was very difficult for her to read those books by herself, so she was not worried that Mr. Evans would delay her arcane studies, and thanked Anne and Leilia on behalf of her.
Watching the three apprentices return to their respective rooms to meditate, while the other apprentices were divided into two small groups to discuss, Lucian finally felt that the surrounding environment was calm and there was a good learning atmosphere, so he leaned leisurely on the back of the sofa, took out an arcane book left by Heidi and read it:
"The Mathematical Principles of the Philosophy of Magic, hey, it's very similar to the name of Sir Newton's work." Lucian's eyes lit up, and he was patronizing the quick flipping just now, ignoring the book, "Hehe, and judging from the table of contents, it also talks about 'force', it also uses calculus, and it is also bold assumptions and strict proofs. However, the examples it gave seem to be all about the need to combine magic, such as the problem of astronomical magic."
After reading the catalog, Lucian went back and looked at the preface: "...... In the end, all magic research ultimately boils down to finding answers to abstract questions, such as: What is 'I'? What is the 'world'? How did the 'world' appear, and how did it become the beautiful 'system' we observe? What is the relationship between 'I' and 'the world'? So I added the word philosophy after magic as the title of this book."
「…… We explore the world, try to summarize laws from phenomena, and then use these laws to deduce other phenomena and explain, construct, and create magic......"
"Your friend Douglas."
"It turns out to be the work of Mr. Douglas, the great arcanist. Well, the preface and the content are different from Sir Newton's." Lucian is not surprised by the emergence of calculus, not to mention the "Arcane" journal he saw at the Alto Magic Gathering before, just starting from the intermediate level, the abundance of irregular lines, faces, etc. in the spell model means that there will definitely be pioneers seeking accurate calculation mathematical methods, especially after the magic principle is named Arcane.
Lucian began to look at this arcane book seriously, and a quill on the round table in front of him flew up, writing and drawing on the blank paper without anyone holding it, verifying the deduction inside.
Compared with the book with a similar name on Earth, the mathematical methods of "Mathematical Principles of the Philosophy of Magic" seem to be more systematic and systematic, and the various symbols and various concept definitions are quite clear and accurate, making it easier for Lucian to read.
Time flies, and it is not until the light from the window becomes dim that Lucian realizes that he has forgotten to eat lunch, because this arcane masterpiece also bridges the connection between the laws of the world, mathematical methods and magic, allowing Lucian's much knowledge to finally connect with magic.
"If it weren't for the lack of soul strength, after reading this book in a few days, as well as "Mapping of Magic Principles to Model Construction Process" and "The Significance of Structural Figures", I would be able to start analyzing and constructing the spell models of second-ring and even third-ring magic. I really hope to get Felipe's better meditation method that used to be used by high-level magicians soon!" Lucian thought regretfully, then stretched out and stood up from the sofa.
"Good evening, Mr. Evans." Splinter, Katrina and other apprentices in the living room saw Lucian sober from his studies, and they all greeted him in awe, regardless of whether he had no arcane foundation or not, whether it was worth following and learning, but the status of a formal magician was worthy of this attitude.
Lucian burst out of his hand and burned the manuscript paper he had just deduced, nodded, and said, "Where are you having dinner?"
"The restaurant on the first floor." Katrina replied respectfully, Mr. Evans had been studying continuously for almost a day, and he had used so much blank paper to calculate, just such hard work and serious attitude were worthy of respect. I had to be as diligent and diligent as he was, and become a full-fledged magician as soon as possible, so that I could help my parents get rid of the situation that had troubled them for a long time.
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In the restaurant.
"Evans, I have heard of your seriousness and diligence, no wonder you can become a full-fledged magician before the age of twenty. If you become an intermediate magician and have a good level of shadow and light, I will consider asking you to be one of my assistants." Astal expressed the praise of the elders on the magic path, and the latter sentence was just an incidental form of praise, not a real promise. Not to mention the difficulty of becoming an intermediate magician, the study of shadow and light can make him feel that he is also a good level of intermediate magician, and he can count on one hand in the entire magic council.
Next to him, Meredith was squatting on the dining table with her tail held high, with a white napkin tied under her plush neck, and was fighting fiercely with a fried fish, meowing from time to time and rubbing her tail against Astar.
Lucian smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Astar, for your compliment, I have just come into contact with arcane, and I can only make up for the lack of time with diligence and hard work."
"Your attitude is really satisfactory, but," Astal changed his subject, "Evans, don't study blindly, the mathematical method of "Mathematical Principles of Magic Philosophy" and calculus are what only formal magicians need to learn, hehe, I mean with an arcane level official magician. What you need to read now is other arcane and magic basic books, and then add a "Magical Creatures"."
"Actually, I have already learned most of the content of "Mathematical Principles of Magic Philosophy" today......" Lucian replied silently, and then nodded, "I will start reading "Fundamentals of Magical Geometry" and "Common Algebra Problems" in the evening. He also made some "preparations" for guiding the three apprentices tomorrow.
Lucian probably looked at it, and with his previous impression, he was sure that it was a book containing European geometry, analytic geometry and equations, and he thought in his heart without doubt, "European geometry is called tower geometry here, and the fifth article causes the derivation of non-Euclidean geometry content is exactly the same, it really feels like being on Earth. But there are also many strange things, such as the soul, such as spiritual power, such as stars that cannot be found, such as different 'too' elements, is there a difference somewhere at the micro level and the macro level?"
Most of the 30 articles are the application of complex functions in various fields, such as the study of intercepting mental spheres into plane fields, and a small number of articles are spectral analysis to discover new elements, which can be seen as the latest research hotspots.
This kind of question involving the deepest mystery of the world could not be explored at Lucian's level for the time being, so he could only temporarily suppress it and asked Astar: "Mr. Astar, I wonder if you can teach me the meditation method that the council will definitely give me in advance?" If you can learn it one day earlier, you can become a second-ring magician one day earlier.
"This is just a restriction from the council to prevent you from not instructing magic apprentices, and a magic contract will be signed at that time." Astal laughed, "But for high-level magicians, there is no problem with properly violating it. However, you need to show the potential that is worth my investment, hehe, I've been in Sturk for a long time, and I'm a bit used to using their business language."
Lucian is used to this kind of negotiation: "Then Mr. Astar, what potential do you need to see?"
"You became a full-fledged magician not long after you became an adult, and I am very satisfied with your spiritual talent, if you show good potential in your arcane learning or teaching these days, I will give you the Brook Meditation Method in advance." Astal put down his knife and fork and said with a gentle smile
Brooke seemed to be a great arcanist, and Lucian replied with a smile while thinking: "After watching "Mathematical Principles of Magic Philosophy" all afternoon, I think I still have a lot of arcane talent.
"I hope so." Astal nodded slightly.
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At ten o'clock the next morning, Lucian's room.
"Have you all understood the derivation of these axioms?" Lucian raised his head and looked at the three and a half children with a smile.
Annick nodded heavily: "Mr. Evans, you said so well, I was dizzy about a few axioms before, but now I completely understand their meaning and connect them with the structural figure."
"Me too. Mr. Evans, it's hard to imagine that you only came into contact with arcane yesterday." Leilia looked adored, and she explained what seemed profound to her so thoroughly, which made her feel that Mr. Evans was really great.
"Mr. Evans, I understand too, you are so great!" Heidi spoke out loud with Leiyria's unspoken compliments.
Lucian nodded slightly, with a gentle smile, and took out a stack of white paper from behind: "These are exercises on these axioms that will help you better understand structural shapes and learn magic better."
"Thank you, Mr. Evans." The three apprentices innocently took the blank paper and happily picked up the pen to calculate or derive.
Lucian took out "Mathematical Principles of Magic Philosophy" and continued to look at the latter part.
Every minute and second flowed like a stream, and the little faces of Annick, Leilia and Heidi gradually became solemn, and sweat slipped down from their foreheads from time to time.
It was almost noon, and Annick stood up first and said with relief: "Mr. Evans, I'm done. Although the questions are difficult and tiring, after making them, I found that my understanding of axioms and constructed symbols and shapes is really profound!" Under the relaxation of emotions, he was not as dull and plain as usual.
Lucian put down the book in his hand, took it and looked at it, pointed out a few places that were not rigorous enough, and then Leilia and Heidi finished almost at the same time, they both breathed a long sigh of relief and handed the blank paper to Lucian: "Mr. Evans, through practice, we have indeed mastered it better."
The three of them looked at each other, both saw each other's relaxation, and then asked together: "Mr. Evans, would you like to go to the restaurant for lunch together?"
Lucian said with the gentlest and most handsome smile: "It's good to be able to understand and master it deeply, but this level is far from enough, you can continue to practice after lunch."
Watching Mr. Evans take out another stack of white paper from behind, Annick, Leilia and Heidi's faces turned white, as if they saw the devil's smile in a trance.
(End of this chapter)