194 Wonderful World (1/2)
Chapter 194: Wonderful World
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
This time, the Djinn did not give Lucien the list immediately. Pausing a bit, Alex asked, ”Mr. Evans, what about those papers published but later proved wrong, and some assumption papers?”
”Of course, all of them.” Lucien nodded, ”Failure is also something precious that I can learn from.”
”Ha… If that’s what you want,” said the old librarian, ”or if you just want to have an overall impression of the development of the school of Element, I’d recommend you History of Element, edited every ten years by the grand arcanists. Similarly, we also have History of Necromancy, History of Astrology… and History of Arcana and Magic.”
At the same time, Alex’s book list was also ready, ”History of Element, from the highest council.
”New System of Element, from Yaroran Hathaway Hoffenberg, grand arcanist.
”Atom - Molecule, from Oliver Constantine, grand arcanist.
”Several Ways to Measure Atomic Weight and the Latest Atomic Chart, Octave in Elements, from Fernando Brastar, grand arcanist.
”Multiple Relationship Identified in Magic Potion Experiments, Spiral Rule in Elements, from Ravendi, level nine arcanist.
”The Common Features Shared by Some Metallic Elements and the Application, from Gaston, level seven arcanist.
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”Common Rules among Elements and Assumptions, from Ulysses, level four arcanist.
”Comparison of Mythril and Silver and the Measurements, from Timothy, level four arcanist.
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”The Nature of a New Element - Mo, from Meredith, level four arcanist.”
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The papers presented in the list were not all the latest, but the most relevant according to Lucien’s requirements. Several papers were done many years ago.
”Paper from Mr. Ulysses.” Lucien looked back and said to Lazar.
”Not surprising at all.” Lazar’s words were filled with admiration, ”Mr. Ulysses wrote this paper when he was only a level one arcanist. Although his theory of elements’ characters has been overthrown by further study, this paper was still a great shock at that time. Mr. Ulysses is very creative and good at thinking out of the box, and his spirit of exploration has inspired many elemental sorcerers, including Mr. Brastar and Mr. Ravendi. If it weren’t because Ms. Hathaway was exploring the secret dimension, she might have become one of them as well.”
”But from the name of the papers and books, I see nothing really about the shared law among all the elements.” Lucien put forward his question.
”Because all of these theories have failed.” The librarian cut in seriously, ”Since spectral analysis was introduced, more than ten new elements have been discovered. And they have also overthrown all the assumptions or theories put forward previously by many arcanists. For more details, you can find them in the books recommended. Young man, this is a serious topic.”
”That’s right,” said Lazar, feeling quite sorry. ”Even the theory of Octave put forward by Mr. Brastar failed as well. Later, Mr. Brastar switched to another research direction in studying electromagnetic wave, and this announced the failure of the exploration of the shared law among elements. Right now, study in this field is still suspended.”
”Any reflections on the failure, then?” asked Lucien.
”There are. Some arcanists argue that no enough elements have been discovered so far, including Mr. Ravendi, and many junior or middle-ranked arcanists insist that there are no laws among the elements.”