In the depths of winter, the cold wind was steep and slaughtering, but there were still many flowers in Lucian's garden villa, competing with each other and fragrant.
Lucian put his hands in the pockets of his long dress, and instead of talking directly about the progress of his research, he asked about the promotion of several magic apprentices: "I heard from Lazar that you are all very confident in becoming official magicians, and you think that you can buy the 'Silver Moon' potion to assist in improving with a few more months of mental power accumulation?"
Annick, Heidi, Leilia and Katrina looked at each other, not sure whether Teacher Evans wanted to praise himself and others for their rapid improvement in magical strength, or if they criticized them for being too arrogant, so they were all a little uneasy and didn't know how to answer.
And Splinter, who has always been full of confidence, nodded affirmatively: "Our mathematical level and magic analysis ability, under the teaching and teaching of Teacher Evans, are already comparable to other formal magicians, so the requirements for advanced mental power are relatively not that high, and we can try to advance in a few months of accumulation. Uh, this is the conclusion we came to from communicating with several low-level magicians."
At the mention of Lucian's teachings, Splinter couldn't help but pause, and those staggering number of test papers with terrifying exercises seemed to still linger in his mind and could not be shaken off.
Lucian walked forward leisurely and said casually: "In the ancient magic empire, it was difficult to find a formal magician among a hundred magic apprentices, and after the establishment of the council, although the arcane arts have developed several times, become more and more perfect, and the training form has gradually matured, but in a high-level apprenticeship class, in the end, only three or four people can be promoted to the official mage rank."
Ah, is Mr. Evans criticizing our complacency? Annick and Leilia's faces turned slightly red, and they subconsciously wanted to apologize, while Splinter, Heidi, and Katrina showed grievances and were about to open their mouths to defend themselves.
Lucian waved his hand: "But you are different from them, your own talents are above the level, and you have also undergone my strict teachings, the basic abilities of mathematics and magic are quite solid, hey, this is the benefit of repeated practice, and you work in the atomic research institute, which represents the most cutting-edge level in the field of elemental magic, and what you hear, see, learn, and come into contact with every day are things that ordinary low-level arcanists can only see in journals and may not understand. If some of you failed to advance, it must be because of your own mistakes and carelessness, not other problems, do you understand?"
"Understood, Mr. Evans!" Heidi, Katrina, and Sprint all smiled and answered confidently, while Annick and Leilia eliminated their worries and uneasiness, and their expressions became quite excited and confident, it turned out that Teacher Evans was encouraging us!
Even if they are confident, and they boast that their mathematical level and magic analysis ability are comparable to that of formal magicians, they will inevitably have worries and worries in their hearts, especially when they see the familiar classmates who graduated from the first two classes in the magic school one by one failing in the promotion and becoming frustrated and decadent, this emotion will become stronger, even a self-confident and arrogant guy like Splinter will not be spared.
At this time, Lucian's words first suppressed and then raised, and the clear analysis of their advantages made the haze hidden in their hearts disappear, and they no longer had any fear of promotion, only a strong desire remained.
After cheering up the apprentices, Lucian felt the cold wind blowing and said with a slight smile: "What research findings have you made recently, or in which direction do you plan to study?"
As usual, Splinter, who was still the most unruly, replied, and he said with a little annoyance: "Mr. Evans, you asked us to study the phenomenon of gas discharge, to figure out the essence of gas conductivity, but we discovered cathode rays and electrons, and Lord Brooke came to the conclusion from the lightning clouds that free electrons in the air are the cause of gas conductivity, so we don't know what to study next, so we can only go back and continue to study cathode rays and electrons to see if we can get results in this new field."
Even if he himself, if he is not careful, he will have to be resurrected through reserved means, so Rock, Splinter, Heidi and others can only watch Brooke publish the paper, and there is no way to do this experiment first.
"Cathode rays and electrons are things related to the internal structure of atoms, and the study of them will help you really step into the microscopic world, and even if you don't have a reason for air conduction, I would suggest that you go deeper into this direction. A whole new field is like a storehouse full of treasures, and you can touch the unimaginable results of the past with just a few hands." Lucian said solemnly like a real teacher.
Heidi and Springton nodded, renewed their enthusiasm and anticipation. Countless facts in the past show that when a new field opens, the first arcanists to set foot in it are rewarded with the envy of others, while the old-fashioned, timid, and hesitant arcanists can only be annoyed and jealous.
"Teacher, can we also study cathode rays and electrons on our own in addition to low-temperature experiments?" Katrina asked a little anxiously.
In the experiment of charcoal absorbing air at a specific low temperature, she and Leilia played a big role as Jerome's main assistants, but the first author of this experiment arranged by Lucian must be him, and the second author is undoubtedly Jerome in charge of the specific experiment.
Although this is not much for a high-level arcanist like Lucian who has "raised" a dragon, it also allows Katrina and Leilia to quickly save enough money for the Silver Moon Elixir, and there is no shortage of materials for their own experiments.
Therefore, Katrina is full of enthusiasm for the new atomic field, hoping to realize her dream in this field and get a certain highest honor like Ms. Evans and Ms. Isabella.
"Outside of the work of the institute, it is your freedom to do what you want, and I also support you to have your own research direction, allowing you to borrow the magic circle and alchemy circle of the institute." Lucian expressed an affirmative opinion.
"Great, Mr. Evans, I also plan to study cathode rays and electrons like Katrina." Leilia cheered excitedly, "In the past two or three months, there has been no practical gain in the nature of materials under low temperature conditions, only a little bit of data accumulation, which occasionally makes people feel boring and frustrated."
"The research on alchemical materials originally requires boring experiments again and again, data accumulation again and again to bear fruit, this is the most necessary foundation, but also the most time to accumulate, don't think about getting huge gains immediately, and don't belittle your own work, well, every data record is of great significance, maybe in the future, due to breakthroughs in materials, it can make first- and second-level alchemy items popular, so that the price of high-end items can be greatly reduced, so that you can get the Holm Crown Award." Lucian was moved.
After exchanging around, Lucian looked at Annick, who had been shy and silent: "What research have you been doing recently, is there any direction you want to go forward?"
Annick's face turned slightly red: "Mr. Evans, I have also been studying the problem of electrons recently, since air conducts electricity because of free electrons, is the current also related to electrons?"
"Well, good idea, go ahead." Lucian slowed down and walked side by side with Annick, while the rest of the apprentices looked at Annick curiously.
Annick rarely received so much attention, and became more and more shy and slightly stammered: "I wanted to design experiments to prove it, but my knowledge of electromagnetic systems was too shallow, so I couldn't find an idea, so I looked through Lord Brooke's book "Electromagnetism" and several of his recent papers, in which the experimental results of the photoelectric effect contradicted the theory to inspire me."
"Hey, have you found a basis for explaining this contradiction?" Lucian asked amusedly, he believed in his quantization theory so much? This is a theory that has been deliberately forgotten by most arcanists and treated indifferently, they all directly use the thermal radiation formula without thinking about why.
Annick shook his head violently: "No, no, even the question that stumbled His Excellency Brooke, how could I think of a way, I just saw that some frequencies of light irradiating metal will generate electric current, so I got the inspiration: the metal itself is not electrified, but after being irradiated by light, there is an electric current, excluding the possibility that light is converted into current, so what is the current generated?"
"If, according to my previous conjecture, the current is related to electrons, does this mean that the exposure of light causes the metal to produce electrons? If this can be proved, does it verify that electrons belong to the internal structure of atoms from another aspect?"
"Good, very good, quite bold assumptions." Lucian did not skimp on his praise, "Next, you need to be careful to verify, you need to design rigorous experiments to prove that the photoelectric effect produces electrons."
After receiving the praise, Annick blushed with excitement and shyness, and nodded desperately: "I will definitely design the experiment well and will not be afraid of failure."
He was not worried about Teacher Evans snatching his idea, he was not an arcanist who had few honors, had not won awards, nor was he an old magician who had won many awards, but for various reasons he had not been able to produce results for a long time, and urgently needed new achievements to prove himself, Teacher Evans was the one who did not lack honors among the younger generation of magicians, and he had only had several different achievements in recent months, winning the Holm Crown Award and the Immortal Throne Award respectively, and was about to win the Arcane Scepter Award.
Such a teacher will be greedy for the idea of an apprentice?
With Mr. Evans' testimony, others did not dare to design experiments to complete the idea unless they invited them to participate or gave up because they failed.
Seeing Annick being praised, the other apprentices were quite envious, and some bad thoughts flashed through their hearts, but they all disappeared under Lucian's gentle smile.
"It won't take long for you to become an official magician......" Lucian deliberately paused, and continued with the happy expressions of the apprentices, "But don't think that you don't need to learn after being promoted to a formal magician, on the contrary, there is more knowledge waiting for you to acquire, so I have prepared a lot of calculus exercises, as well as a complete set of mathematical analysis exercises, so that you will not be at a loss and live an empty life after becoming an official magician."
The apprentices' faces immediately collapsed.
"Well, I will also organize the content of the ten major factions such as electromagnetism, light and darkness, force field, heat, elements, alchemy, illusion, astrology, transformation, and necromancer into preliminary knowledge points and exercises for you to learn and absorb." The summoning system is Lucian's weakest point, and he doesn't plan to delve into it for a long time.
The apprentices had become quite frustrated, and Heidi whispered to herself, "Suddenly I don't want to be promoted......"
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When the apprentices left, Lucian's villa welcomed a new visitor.
"Commissioner Evans, my teacher, His Excellency Douglas, invites you to go to his half-plane to discuss the issue of artificial planet experiments." The visitor was a young man under thirty years old, with black hair and blue eyes typical of Holm-style, wearing a monocle and handsome eyebrows, but a row of badges on his chest clearly told everyone that this was a sixth-level arcanist, an eight-ring magician, and a member of the Affairs Committee.
Ready to start? Lucian was a little in a trance.
Sorry, I only wrote one chapter in the afternoon, and I had to go out to eat and go shopping with my family in the evening.
Since I failed to keep my promise and broke my promise, the chapter I owed became two chapters, plus five chapters of thanksgiving, for a total of seven chapters, which I will make up for after my National Day! I'm very sorry!
(End of this chapter)