Chapter 211 Who is Lucian Evans X (Second Update)
——The chapter of nearly 4,500 words is not divided into evening updates, asking for support from monthly passes and recommendation votes.
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Swan Lake, Rose Manor.
Towards the end of the day, each speaker received applause and recounted their presentations, which were followed by time-consuming discussions and comments from advanced magicians, helping them refine their research and inspiring other arcanists.
Among them, Larry's research and definition of atomic valence states after lunch was the most enthusiastic and well-received part of the entire conference.
Because there are many arcanists who need to talk about their research results, the meeting is very tightly arranged, otherwise five days will not be able to satisfy their enthusiasm, so even though it is past four o'clock in the afternoon, there are still many arcanists waiting in line, and today's meeting is far from coming to an end.
The pale yellow-haired, ordinary-looking but robust Ulysses stepped onto the podium, activated the magic circle that displayed the scene, and began to share the results of his research with other arcanists: the critical temperature of the gas discovered when trying to improve the five-ring magic "Gaston's Poisonous Mist" into the form of a water arrow, that is, if the temperature exceeds, no matter how much pressure is increased, the gas cannot liquefy.
This discovery is quite novel, and it can effectively guide the improvement of magic structure, basically all arcanists are interested, listening very carefully, even if Lucian knows this theory, it can be verified by Ulysses, showing that it is suitable for this other world, and Lucian is most concerned about how the basic theory maps to the details of magic structure.
At this time, a tawny owl flew in, landed on the table in front of Gaston, and gently pecked the back of Gaston's hand as he listened intently to Ulysses' speech.
As a famous "postman" with elemental will, the magician and knight guarding the gate knew that it was Matthew of the Gaston director, so they did not stop him.
Gaston amusedly pulled out his hand, touched the feathers on Matthew's back, then took off the few papers hanging on it, put them aside, and prepared to wait for today's meeting to be reviewed.
Following Matthew was a budgie, proudly hovering above Lavendi's head for two weeks before falling, with several papers hanging from its chest.
At the same time, several other birds also flew in and landed in front of the other three members of the Arcane Review Committee, bringing the papers assigned to them. However, they are not in a hurry, not to mention that the current assignment or review is disrespectful to Ulysses who gave the above speech, just some papers that require complex experimental demonstration may take a month or two to review, there is no need to worry at all - big people like them will never let the review work interfere with their research, magic practice and life, unless it is a very important paper.
With Ulysses' in-depth explanation, the other arcanists became more and more focused, only the ninth-level arcanist and nine-ring magician Lavendi was a little leisurely, because he was Ulysses' teacher, and he had read this paper carefully after passing the review, and the content had already been thoroughly understood.
After listening idly for a while, Lavindi picked up several papers in front of his pet, flipped through them, and looked at the titles of the papers in turn.
Suddenly, a striking topic jumped into his eyes: "A New Element Discovered Based on the Periodic Table and Its Determination".
The meaning of this question made LaVenti frown, "discovered according to the periodic table" means that this periodic table has a guiding role, and what does this mean, as a ninth-level arcanist, a nine-ring magician, as a big man who has studied the laws of the elements, LaVenti knows very well!
Pulling out this paper, Ravendi looked at it carefully, looking at it, his face suddenly changed, and the loud voice of Ulysses coming from the podium through the amplified magic circle seemed to completely disappear.
The paper in his hand turned to the last page, but Lavindi's eyes did not take it off for a long time, and then he used his strong self-control to keep himself calm, and turned his head to signal Rebecca, who was in charge of the hospitality, to come over.
Rebecca listened carefully to Ulysses' speech while keeping an eye on the situation of the arcanists—she was cautious after being reprimanded by Andrew Leonardo and did not dare to make any mistakes again.
As soon as her eyes met Lavendi's dark gray eyes, Rebecca straightened her back as if she had been struck by lightning, and then walked towards Lavindi anxiously, what is the matter with Your Excellency Vice President? What mistake did I make again?
"Find me the paper "On the Periodic Relationship between Elemental Properties and Atomic Weights and Predictions of Some New Elements", written by Lucian Evans X." Lavindi ordered succinctly.
When Rebecca heard this name that seemed to be cursed today, she subconsciously looked at Lucian who was standing with Lazar in the corner. Could he be X? Could it be that the paper angered Mr. LaVenti? Mr. Ravendi's face is not very good!
A series of questions arose, but at that time there was only one Lucian Evans at Douglas School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and Rebecca really couldn't determine whether the letter was X, so she could only recall the name of the paper, which sounded somewhat familiar.
"Mr. Lavindi, this paper is just a few pages away from the Elements journal in your hands." Soon, Rebecca suddenly said, with a little joy in her tone, she would definitely be praised for being able to complete Mr. Lavindi's request so simply and smoothly, and she would be able to make up for her previous mistakes a little.
Fortunately, the title of this paper is long enough for me to feel impressed when I distribute the paper.
When Lavindi heard this, he did not lose his grace and turned the "Elemental" journal directly to the last article, muttering: "The review arcanists of the "Elemental" journal are not always fools.
This is a famous quote of praise from the Storm Lord, when Lavindi was in a turbulent mood, he failed to maintain his self-cultivation and learned to say it - although his cultivation was only a little better than that of the Storm Lord.
Without getting the words that Vice President LaVendi could leave, Rebecca continued to stand beside him, and then peeked at his face and the paper in his hand with strong curiosity, why did His Excellency suddenly want to find this paper, is there anything strange or important about it?
Not daring to look too obviously, Rebecca couldn't get a clear glimpse of the main content of the paper, but she was surprised to find that Mr. LaVenti's face had become extremely solemn. This made her panic and fear, could it be that something big was about to happen?
"If you don't consider the atomic weight of those elements that didn't give experimental data......" Lavindi muttered to himself, and then quickly turned his head to Rebecca and said, "Give me the elements I am preparing to purify...... These are the few that are missing in his alchemy hut for a while.
After saying that, he spoke a little faster and ordered the budgerigar "Harry": "Go to Odonko to buy a few amphibole mines, which are the grandchildren of the big grizzly bear, and come back in the shortest time. Harry, you can't be lazy."
"Am I like a lazy gentleman?" Harry muttered dissatisfiedly, his voice was round and beautiful, and then he spread his wings and flew away.
Although Rebecca didn't understand Lavendi's request, she couldn't ignore the instructions of His Excellency the Vice President, and after telling the other low-level magicians to pay attention to the situation in the venue, she hurried to the second floor of the main building of the manor.
The other arcanists were listening intently to Ulysses' speech, not noticing what was happening here, because things like instructing the low-level magicians next to them to get some white paper and bring a cup of black tea appeared from time to time.
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Ulysses ended his speech, and then had an in-depth discussion with the arcanists who asked questions, and when he left the podium, warm applause rang out without exception, and most of the arcanists felt that they had gained a lot just now.
The applause slowly subsided, Ulysses bowed again, and Leandru looked around at the arcanist sitting below, ready to invite the next speaker.
Suddenly, he saw His Excellency the Vice President stand up without warning and walk up the half-height metal platform with a slightly rapid pace.
All the arcane magicians' surprised eyes were projected on Ravendi, I don't know why he did this, could it be that something big happened? Or was Mr. Lavendi inspired by his thesis speech?
How could Leandru have the courage to stop a nine-ring magician with many prominent identities, watching Lavendi stand behind the podium, open the magic circle of the scene, take out his alchemy hut from the space storage bag, and enlarge it into an exquisite and complete magic laboratory.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to disrupt the arrangements of the venue." LaVenti tried hard to make his voice appear less agitated and irritable, after all, he still needed to experiment with his own hands to verify it, "Please turn to the last paper in the journal "Elemental" in your hand.
The puzzled arcanists opened the "Elemental" journal one after another, only Igna, who was sitting in the middle, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, his hands trembled, and his heart beat violently.
"On the Periodic Relationship between Elemental Properties and Atomic Weights and Predictions of Some New Elements" jumped into the eyes of the arcanists, and both Larry and Timothy frowned slightly, because this was a paper they had reviewed, and what was Mr. Lavindi preparing to do alone?
The author's name and arcanist level also made Larry associate with him, and he glanced back at Lucian: "Is it his thesis? He thought his paper was valuable enough to be invited to the annual conference and came without suspicion?"
Lucian looked at Lavendi suspiciously, what happened? Could it be that Mr. Ravendi has discovered a new element that can fill the periodic table?
A sense of anticipation suddenly emerged in my heart.
"Mr. Lavendi, this periodic table is very interesting, and the regularity is obvious, but the atomic weight error he predicted is unconvincing." After watching quietly for a while, another member of the Arcane Review Committee, the Eight-Ring Arcanist and the Eight-Ring Magician Lockliny, took the lead in questioning, and the other Arcanists all looked almost the same.
Seeing that everyone had basically skimmed through the paper, LaVenti amplified his voice: "Please skip several elements such as Temiric first, and let us look at the back."
As he spoke, he took out the purification elements, opened the alchemy array in his magic laboratory, etc., purified it again, and then witnessed the next measurement data for everyone to witness.
Although Timothy and other arcanists were confused, Lavendi was an authoritative gentleman, so they quietly watched him experiment live.
The atomic weight data were corrected by several new methods, and the four members of the Arcane Review Committee, Gaston, Ofry, Lockeline, and Lydia, began to look solemn, picking up quills to record something, and the other magicians also clearly showed shocked emotions.
Larry and Timothy rubbed their foreheads at the same time, they should have verified the data first, and now where to find the magic ore described to satisfy their strong curiosity, anticipation, and vibration that seemed to explode.
Ulysses looked at the periodic table, as if in a daze, what he had given up three weeks ago because he discovered the critical temperature of the gas seemed so strange.
As the archmage's experiment of more than forty minutes was over, most of the arcanists began to pay attention to the thesis in their hands, but they were equally conflicted and confused.
Ulysses was the first to speak: "Mr. Lavendi, these atomic weight corrections are not conclusive evidence, because the atomic weights in the previous part are difficult to explain."
"Why isn't it difficult to measure our existing methods?" Lavendi said his reasons.
Offery shook his head: "This can only be an assumption, there is no data to show that LaVerdi is correct for the time being."
In arcane research, it is difficult to convince most arcanists without conclusive evidence.
After seeing the hateful name, Leandru inevitably left a negative impression in his heart, and at this time he also interjected: "Mr. Ravendi, this is just a fairytale fantasy of a first-class arcanist."
Lavindi was about to express his point when a budgerigar, "Harry", flew in from outside the manor, with a magic vessel hanging from it.
Lavindi laughed: "Ladies and gentlemen, let's start a wonderful experiment."
Removing the magic vessel, revealing a few pieces of amphibole ore, Lavendi took the most convenient method to separate the substance according to the description of Woods' paper, so that there was no need to find the correct separation step after several attempts like Woods, avoiding wasting time.
After the matter was separated, Lavindi said to all the Arcanists: "This is a magical mineral that is similar to the characteristics described in the "Periodic Table" paper.
All the arcanists, including Gaston, Lockliny, Gary, and Ulysse, vaguely guessed what would happen, and they held their breath and watched excitedly as La Vendi put the separated matter into the splitter.
At this time, the early night of winter had already made the outside dim and blurred, and the beautiful spectrum was clearly displayed in the eyes of every arcanist.
The unprecedented spectral line was like a raging fire burning their eyes and hearts.
It's really a new element!
Lavindi didn't say much, and opened the corresponding magic circle to purify new elements.
With the guidance of the right way, in a quiet and oppressive hall, Lavendi quickly extracted the silver-white crystal.
The night outside was dark, and the atmosphere in the hall was tense and frozen.
Ravendi began to measure the atomic weight of the new elements, and the opening of the magic circles seemed to shine into the hearts of each arcanist.
"The atomic weight of the new element is 69.8." Lavindi said solemnly, he had great confidence in the correctness of the paper.
The arcanists all bowed their heads and looked at the corresponding column of the paper.
"The atomic weight of this aluminum-like element is 68~70."
It was like lightning erupted in their minds, and then LaVine's first data and property measurements echoed in their hearts like a series of thunder.
What does this mean? How could Larry and other elemental field arcanists who are eligible to participate in the annual meeting not think of it!
They were all hot, as if their blood was boiling, and they couldn't calm down and say anything.
Ravendi knocked on the podium, calming the arcanists down a little.
Then, he said in an almost roaring voice:
"I don't think there is any need to talk about the great significance of this paper!"
"The question now is, who is Mr. Lucian Evans X? Where is he?!"
(End of this chapter)