Seven days later, in the evening, the restaurant.
Astal listened intently to Lucian's explanation, and gently stroked the neck of Mercides, the tiger skin cat, with his left hand, making it lie comfortably on the dining table, yawning lazily from time to time.
When Lucian finished speaking, Astal withdrew his left hand and clapped softly: "Yes, very good, in just seven days, Evans, you have mastered the axioms and theorems of the first part of "Fundamentals of Magic Geometry", and you can skillfully derive and apply them, and you have also connected them to constructing shapes and outlining magic traps. This speed shows that your potential in arcane skills is excellent even in the entire council. I am very satisfied with this, and I will give you the "Brook Meditation Method" in advance later."
After dinner, since he was leaving late at night tonight, Astal casually asked a few questions about the basics of arcane to examine Lucian, and Lucian naturally answered accurately and smoothly, without the slightest mistake, which won his appreciation and praise.
Lucian smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, Mr. Astar, for your kindness."
Properly displaying one's "talent" and "potential" in arcane and spiritual power will help cover up the problem that one's strength may improve rapidly in the future. If you keep a low profile and hide your clumsiness, when you are promoted to a middle or advanced level that is not much worse than those magical geniuses, it will raise suspicions, cause a lot of unnecessary trouble, or require great effort to cover it up.
A blank piece of paper and quill popped out of the shadow in front of Astar, and he wrote in mid-air. He folded his hands and said, "Evans, your potential in arcane is unquestionable, so I won't examine your ability to guide the basics of arcane and magic. Hehe, a knowledgeable arcanist, a powerful magician, may not be a good teacher."
He wrote very fast, and as soon as he finished speaking, the quill floating on the dining table stopped, and a page full of white paper flew towards Lucian.
While Lucian looked at this meditation method carefully, Astal continued: "This is a meditation method improved by the Grand Arcanist Brook based on the theory of mental power fluctuations, which is suitable for most factions' meditation environments, including the Destiny Starry Meditation Environment of the Star System and the Four Elements of the Elemental Meditation Environment. Of course, at that time, you will need to change to other advanced meditation methods."
He didn't make any demands, it was just an emotional investment in a potential magician.
The theory is complex but relatively simple to use, and it is very suitable for formal magicians.
If its effect is really as good as Astal and Felipe said, you won't have to wait a year to become a second-ring magician, as long as you have enough knowledge to analyze and construct second-ring magic, you can advance in one to two months.
"Mr. Astar, tonight we are leaving for the Kingdom of Holm and going to Alinge, I have some questions I want to ask you." Lucian burned the paper with the meditation method written on it in his hand and looked at Astal sincerely.
Astal smiled gently: "Evans, do you want to ask the council about the general situation?"
"Yes, Mr. Astar, the unknown and the unfamiliar are always scary, and I am about to become a member of the council, and of course I am very concerned about the general situation of the council, such as the difference between arcanists and magicians, what organizations are in the council, what factions are currently divided into magic, how many legendary magicians, how many great arcanists, and so on." Lucian said many questions accumulated in his heart in one breath.
Astal smiled with some surprise: "The magician who introduced you is really irresponsible and didn't say anything. Then let me briefly tell you that since the concept of arcane was proposed by His Excellency the Speaker, gradually, there have been the emergence of arcane levels, which are also divided into levels one to nine, and can be improved by publishing papers on arcane and magic research, creating and improving magic, proposing new magic potion formulas, and the number of times research results are cited."
"Since the council is very strict in reviewing arcane points, exploration and research are not so easy, and their own arcane knowledge is often lagging behind the growth of spiritual power, so basically every magician's magic level is higher than or equal to his arcane level."
"Although the arcane level seems useless, judging from hundreds of years of experience, unless ancient magicians rely on various materials and rituals to frantically improve and transform their souls and spiritual powers, a magician's arcane level basically determines the upper limit of strength he can reach, for example, I am a level five arcanist, which means that my current knowledge level is far from the level of being promoted to an archmage, at most I am wandering among high-level magicians."
"Therefore, within the association, arcane ranks are a little more valued and respected than magic levels. Hehe, of course, since the magic level represents one's own strength, no one will discriminate against a gentleman with a high magic level and a low arcane level in person, and he is likely to be secretly killed by all kinds of strange magic."
Lucian listened with relish, and then asked curiously: "Is a ninth-level arcanist or above a great arcanist? How many great arcanists are there in the council?"
"The Grand Arcanist is an honorary title that can only be awarded for theoretical contributions in the field of magic that have changed the development of magic and the times. However, because the Excellency who has obtained this title is either a legendary magician himself, or it didn't take long for him to become a legendary magician with the full support of the council, and in the field of legendary magic, those with the title of Grand Arcanist can grow faster than ordinary legendary magicians, as if there are not too many obstacles to advancement, so the title of Grand Arcanist represents the most powerful legendary magician, even if it is not now, it will definitely be in the future!"
Astal has great respect and respect for the Great Arcanist.
Then he saw Lucian's curious eyes and laughed softly: "There are only seven Excellency in the entire council with the title of Grand Arcanist."
"The creator, founder, and perfector of arcane and modern magic systems, one of the founders of calculus, the Speaker of Parliament, the 'Arcane Emperor' and 'Magic Chosen Member' His Excellency Derek Douglas."
"The pioneer and perfector of electromagnetic magic, the definer of 'field', His Excellency Edwin Brooke, the 'Poetry of the Goddess'."
The ancient magical empire described the essence of magic as a goddess.
"Both of them are the pinnacle powerhouses of the legendary magic field, and they are big people who can dominate the entire world, only a little worse than the Pope who can use the power of 'God'."
"The rest is His Excellency Oliver Constantine, the 'Hand of Annihilation' who redefined the four elements and linked them to force field magic and electromagnetic magic."
"One of the founders of calculus, redefined and classified the elements, explained most elemental magic, and discovered the 'elemental ruler' of seventeen elements other than the common elements, His Excellency Jalo Blue Hathaway Hoffenberg. Although her legendary profession is still an ancient name, it is fundamentally different."
"Separate the concept of hot and cold to create the 'storm lord' of heat and heat, His Excellency Fernando Barista."
"The discoverer of the law of conservation of energy, the perfector of calculus, the 'Ice Witch' His Excellency Helen Paris, her legendary profession is also very different from the ancient name."
"His Excellency Vicente Miranda, who has cracked some soul mysteries and initially entered a small realm in the study of the human body"
Astal only briefly introduced the seven great arcanists, without mentioning the magic they were good at, their personalities, etc., and then concluded: "At the same time, they are also the seven most powerful of the eighteen legendary magicians of the council.
"There are only eighteen legendary magicians in the council?" Lucian said subconsciously.
Astal laughed and said: "What do you mean only? Even the Southern Church, not counting the Epic Knights, has only nineteen legendary spellcasters, and they are the strongest organizations in the entire world and other xenoplanes. Of course, there are several legendary magicians from ancient inheritance who have not joined the council."
"It's because I don't know enough." Lucian smiled self-deprecatingly, "These eighteen legendary magicians are the highest level of the council?"
Astal shook his head: "Seven great arcanists, eleven legendary magicians, and six archmages of the Nine Rings with high arcane levels and the strongest strength together form the highest council of the Magic Council to decide all major matters of the council."
Before Lucian asked a question, Astal continued: "At present, in addition to the eight major factions of force field, elemental, necromancy, summoning, alchemy, astrology, illusion, and change, there are also new electromagnetic systems, heat systems, and the 'light and dark systems' that try to explain holy light and shadows with magic. Before the advanced level, there was nothing to do with all factions, but after the advanced level, as the knowledge to be mastered expanded, every magician would choose to concentrate on a few of them. Evans: If you dream big, it's best to focus on your studies before the advanced level."
"Thank you for your advice, Mr. Astar." Lucian actually wanted to take the route of an all-line archmage, but the advice of a high-level magician still needed to be taken into account.
Astal talked a lot about the common sense of the Magic Council, and when he saw that the night had darkened, he coughed softly and said: "There are indeed many large and small organizations within the Council, you don't have to worry about the small ones, just remember the big ones, there are the Royal Magic Académies of the four countries, the House of Wizards, the Tower, the Elemental Will, the Pale Hand, Palmera's Hut and the Silver Moon Song Alliance, they more or less master the advanced rituals of legendary professions, and even a few legendary professions are unique, not even the council."
"Actually, Evans, as long as you concentrate on research and study, and follow the arrangements of the council, you don't need to take care of those organizations."
He seems to be a pure parliamentarian.
Lucian nodded and smiled: "No one likes trouble and whirlpools."
"Haha." Astal was gentle even when he laughed, "It's getting late, you go back and prepare, Tom will take you away. By the way, at the Magic Council, periodicals, low-level materials, magic, etc. can be purchased with money, but the more special and high-level ones require arcane points, which are obtained together when obtaining arcane points, and can also be obtained by selling magic items, intelligence, etc. to the council and completing the council's tasks."
Lucian moved the corners of his mouth, virtual currency is more advanced than paper money, and then said goodbye politely: "Mr. Astar, thank you for your explanation, I want to see how the three apprentices I am in charge of guiding are now."
(End of this chapter)