After throwing out his "guess" half-coveredly, the study room was quiet, and it seemed that even the air was completely solidified, without transmitting the slightest faint sound.
Lucian thought that his too crazy "ideas" would be met with roar and accusations, but Fernando kept smiling, staring at his eyes as if he could see through people's hearts, and did not say a word for a long time.
Just when this unspeakable pressure made Lucian a little out of breath, Fernando, the storm lord, nodded slightly: "In fact, after you discovered the elemental periodic law, after a long period of discussion, Hathaway and I have reached a consensus that if we want to continue to study related issues in the field of elements and atoms, we must temporarily forget some of the inherent understanding, among which atoms are the definition of the most basic components of matter, they do not help solve problems, but will bind our ideas. And the premise of our consensus is based on the concept that 'the most basic should be the most concise' that you just mentioned."
"Huh?" Lucian didn't expect that the two great arcanists had already taken an early step on the road of abandoning the partial definition of atomism, were they not afraid that the cognitive world would be shaken and subverted, and their heads would be blown up?
Perhaps feeling the doubts in Lucian's heart, Fernando showed that cynical common smile: "Lucian, do you think that we great arcanists are stubborn fools who refuse to accept any new ideas and are unwilling to admit their past misunderstandings?"
Before Lucian could answer, he smiled to himself again: "To be able to stand at the top of this world and get close to the essence of all things, we all understand that if the truth is an incomparably vast starry sky, then we have only seen some of the stars. Since we see the problem, we can't pretend to turn a blind eye, but we should study why."
"To cause the cognitive world of legendary magicians to collapse, it must completely subvert the foundation of their knowledge, and come with strong evidence in a sudden shock posture, otherwise at most part of the legendary cognitive world will be damaged and solidified, making it difficult to improve further. Of course, perhaps we haven't explored enough, and there has been no new understanding that makes everyone confused, shaken, and incomprehensible."
Fernando's description of the cognitive world seems to be somewhat different from what Lucian knew in the past.
"On the other hand, the legendary magicians are also very insistent on their views, and without complete, rigorous, tangible and powerful proof, they cannot shake their attitude at all. Hathaway and I also slowly reached a consensus with the deepening of research, the discovery of problems, and the contradictions in philosophical speculation."
Regarding the somewhat inconsistent, Lucian nodded thoughtfully about Fernando's description, which was the two contradictory words that the teacher had said before: persistence and modesty.
Fernando concluded: "In the heart of every great arcanist, there is a saying, 'Sometimes, past experience and knowledge are the obstacles to our progress'."
When the storm lord finished speaking, Lucian quietly breathed a sigh of relief and showed a "sincere" smile: "Teacher, since you and Your Excellency Hathaway are so similar to me in terms of atoms, can you support me in establishing the 'Atomic Research Institute'?"
"Just one point of view seems a bit insufficient, Lucian, do you have any novel understandings?" Fernando smiled like an old fox, feeling that Lucian's mind was full of novel ideas, and maybe an enlightening point could pop up if he squeezed it a little more.
Lucian shook his head resolutely: "Teacher, there is no more, so we have to establish the 'Atomic Research Institute' to explore slowly."
"Well, Lucian, before you become the Fifth Rings, I'll see how well you learn from me, otherwise the atomic research institute I support won't be able to come up with anything and will be ridiculed by other legendary magicians." Fernando had a lewd smile of "young man, behave well".
Lucian understood that this implied the meaning of the school examination, and nodded solemnly: "Teacher, I will work hard."
At least before being promoted to an advanced level, my mathematical foundation and knowledge of elements, electromagnetism and other magic are definitely sufficient, the main problem is that the star system I am better at is entangled in fate, blessings, and curses, which are somewhat difficult to integrate with celestial mechanics.
The two sides reached an agreement, and Lucian took the opportunity to ask: "Teacher, how do you think my application should be modified, it is really too grandiose, big and empty."
"Why change it?" Fernando showed exaggerated surprise, "Only your signature, of course, is high-sounding, large and empty, if you add the support signatures of me and Hathaway, it is a far-sighted and profound idea, making up for the shortcomings of the council's arcane research project and opening up new forms of research."
Lucian was immediately speechless.
"Okay, Lucian, you read these letters and read them one by one." Fernando leaned back on the high-back chair, his eyes closed, as if lost in thought.
Although he didn't understand why Fernando didn't choose to read the letter himself, which was more trouble-free, but let himself read the letter, he was not the kind of person who put on a show, but Lucian, who was full of doubts, still picked up the first letter.
Juanxiu's beautiful handwriting caught his pupils, and Lucian casually glanced at the envelope, which had the name "Yalo Blue Hathaway Hoffenberg" written on it.
"Let me read the letters between the great arcanists, aren't you afraid of leaking secrets?" The strong surprise made Lucian a little stunned.
"Read quickly." Fernando urged.
Lucian withdrew his surprise and doubts, and read from the beginning: "Fernando, according to your opinion, I tried to improve the design of the magic circle so that it can separate the weaker differences, the following is the improved magic circle......"
As he read, Lucian was both surprised and amused.
I was surprised because the problem that the two great arcanists were discussing was one of the research directions planned by their "Atomic Research Institute": separating isotopes!
Through the application of the periodic table in practice, more and more arcanists realized that the atomic weight, which does not change no matter how the data is measured, is indeed an error, but the current method is difficult to correct, while Fernando and Hathaway noticed that the problem was focused on atomic weight. Because atomic weight is reflected as the mass of an object, they try to remove "impurities" through electromagnetism, centrifugation, etc.—and only legendary magicians can build applicable magic circles under current conditions.
Lucian found it funny because Hathaway's writing level was a bit inconsistent with her status as a great arcanist, often the words were incomprehensible, the language was dull and confused, and she had to rely on a large number of magic symbols to describe.
When Lucian finished reading, Fernando smiled urgently: "Every time I read Hathaway's papers and letters, it is always very painful, it is said that when she was a princess, she never failed the literature class. Every paper she has to be polished by her students or little guys like Morris, otherwise it won't be published in a journal."
This is the secret of the great arcanist, will it be silenced? Lucian thought humorously.
"Lucian, what do you think of the contents of this letter? I remember you mentioned the possibility of this." Fernando asked coldly.
Lucian organized the following language: "In this way, the greater the difference in mass, the easier it is, and heavy elements should be selected for experimental ......."
After speaking, Fernando asked Lucian questions about several places in the paper, and if Lucian couldn't answer, he explained in detail, and even combined with the magic circle experiment he had arranged casually.
After asking again, Fernando slowly dictated, and Lucian wrote a reply.
At this time, Lucian finally understood why Fernando wanted to read the letter, he was using the most cutting-edge exchanges between legendary magicians to guide himself by the way, so that he could broaden his knowledge and horizons while studying.
Such guidance must be based on the premise that the disciple has a solid foundation in his own arcane skills, otherwise it will be purely "playing the piano to the cow", so when Lucian read the second letter, he was full of energy and became focused, so as not to be left speechless and roared when asked.
…………
The author of the second letter is even more famous, with meticulous and calm handwriting that reads "Derek Douglas".
「…… All arcanists know that the propagation of waves requires a medium, but what does light and spiritual power rely on to transmit in the starry sky of the universe...... As long as a substance exists, no matter how hidden it may be, it will eventually manifest its characteristics, and we will discover that the medium of light, 'ether', has been proclaimed since before I was born, and has not been proven until now."
In the magical empire, the mysterious "ether" is also used to name an alchemical material, which is often confused by beginners.
「…… Brooke and the others think the wave theory has completely won the battle, but I don't see it that way. I designed a simple and intuitive experiment to verify. If there is really an ether and it is densely covered with stars, there must be a relative resistance when our world revolves around the sun, which will change the speed of light ......."
After listening quietly, Fernando commented casually: "Douglas has made a lot of efforts in the particle theory of light and spiritual power, delaying the victory of the wave theory. His persistence in this regard exceeded anyone else's, and it also forced more arcanists to face up to the medium problem of the fluctuation theory. What do you think of this experiment, Lucian?"
"Even if it is proven that there is no 'ether', Your Excellency's efforts will not be taken seriously, because this experiment is based on the establishment of his cosmic model, but so far we have not found a single star. Experiments based on a hypothesis are difficult to convince." Lucian expressed a pessimistic view.
Fernando nodded lightly: "I have a clear understanding, but I can't convince Douglas, an old stubborn, that he will continue to experiment. However, such experiments also have certain significance, at least proposing a direction to verify the existence of 'ether', and there will definitely be similar experiments in the future that are not based on hypotheses."
Then, he asked a series of questions about the particle theory and wave theory of light and spiritual power, which put Lucian under great pressure, and he had to work hard to open his mind to answer smoothly.
By the time Fernando finished asking, Lucian found himself a little tired, and his high-intensity thinking was too consuming his brain and spirit. As for Lucian's less perfect answers, Fernando slowly recounted and explained them using specific light and darkness and spiritual magic, which made Lucian gain a lot.
After the two great arcanists, there were letters from more than ten legendary magicians and archmages, covering the content of eleven factions. Such all-round guidance made Lucian both tired and excited, and he didn't expect that Teacher Fernando also had unique insights into transformation, summoning, and necromancer.
After reading the letter, it was almost noon, and Fernando took Lucian to the laboratory to build a spherical shell-shaped cavity painted black, which was an ideal model of thermal radiation.
"Okay, Lucian, tomorrow I will still read the letter first and then start the experiment." Fernando signaled Lucian to leave.
Lucian walked out of the laboratory with a sense of weakness, hours of thinking was really exhausting, and the assistant's life was harder than he imagined.
At this time, Tang Pu came towards him, and when he saw Lucian's face, he smiled very understandingly: "Evans, thank you for your hard work, but this will be of great help to your arcane improvement."
"It's really painful and satisfying." Lucian sighed, and asked with a little regret, "Why has electromagnetic communication been invented, but the teacher and other Excellency still rely on letters?"
"On the one hand, letters can carry more arcane content that is difficult to express verbally, and on the other hand," Tang Pu paused, quietly looked at the laboratory, and smiled, "Other Excellency would rather choose letters."
(End of this chapter)