215 Ring of Holm Crown Prize (1/2)

Chapter 215: Ring of Holm Crown Prize

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

Hearing Lucien’s words, most arcanists first felt a bit confused, then they smiled and started applauding again. What a humble but appropriate beginning!

Raventi, Ulysses and other arcanists who once studied the distribution of elements smiled, as they felt satisfied to know that their work was never a waste, and it was their work which laid the foundation for Lucien’s great finding.

”Elegant, humble and direct,” Timothy said to Larry when he was applauding. ”I have the feeling that what Evans just said will be remembered by the world.”

Larry touched his chin a bit and grinned, ”Come on, this is Holm Crown prize, and Evans’ the twenty-sixth winner in this more than two hundred seventy years. Whatever he sayd would be remembered. But… well, yes, what he just said definitely showed the charm of his personality, and maybe it would even inspire some poets.”

”Unfortunately, Larry, we played some quite stupid roles in Evans’ impressive story. And we’ll be remembered as well in this story, although not for such a nice reason.” Timothy patted on Larry’s shoulder.

Larry smiled and shrugged a bit, knowing that Timothy was only joking. Both Timothy and he never really minded, as they were more confident than this and would never hate a person only because of their great accomplishments.

But when Timothy looked at Lucien standing on the stage and watched him being surrounded by the warm applause, his desire for Holm Crown prize was greater than ever.

Lucien’s success definitely inspired many young, ambitious arcanists.

However, among those pairs of eyes filled with passion and admiration down the stage, there was one pair that was calm and cold, ”Although he’s being humble, is he also trying to salute Professor, his teacher, when he said the word giants?”

However, only Lucien really knew who he wanted to salute.

After a few seconds, Lucien continued, ”If Mr. Douglas had not raised the ten questions leading us to explore the truth of this world, we would not be present here. If the arcanists before me had never revealed the truth that the elements are composed of atoms, we wouldn’t be able to go this far in the study of elements. If the arcanists had never introduced us all the new methods of doing experiments, it would be impossible for me to study the distribution of elements. Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, without you all, I would not be able to present you the periodic table of elements.”

All the arcanists present were touched, and again, their warm applause cut in Lucien’s speech.

”However, knowing the fact that we are standing on the shoulders of giants does not mean that we can just enjoy this glory and reputation, but we need to see further and dig deeper,” Lucien said to the arcanists sincerely. ”As what I said the other day, our most urgent need right now is not to find more new elements following the periodic table, but to take a step back and seriously think about why there is a periodic order in the distribution of elements. I have this feeling that the discovery in this field will lead to a great storm in arcana, through which we will be able to get closer to the truth and the essence of the world.”

Watching Lucien giving the speech on the stage, Lazar could not stop thinking of those great masters in history. In the world of music, someone like Christopher could be called a master, while in the world of magic, only those very influential arcanists could be regarded as masters. Right now, Lucien was on the stage and he was being so elegant and confident, as if he was already very used to the occasion.

”Where shall we start then?” Lucien paused a bit, then continued, ”I believe that everyone has noticed the most obvious problem in my periodic table: why the atomic weight of the several elements still do not fit the law of distribution? The discovery of the two new elements can support my assumption that the measurement of these elements are not correct, but why?”

Standing beside Lazar, Rebecca’s eyes were shining when she was looking at this young man on the stage.

Seeing that most arcanists were nodding, Lucien smiled, ”I have a guess, actually. I think that it is because the measured samples of the elements were not one hundred percent purified, but, at the same time, those impurities won’t affect the characters of the elements, which is also why the impurities were hard to be found and separated. In order to do a better work on refinement, I think we should focus on the fact that there’s a difference between the atomic weight of the element itself and the impurities.”

All the arcanists including those very talented ones were shocked, as they would never expect any arcanists to just directly share with others his or her ideas or inspiration like Lucien just did. It seemed that Lucien did not feel concerned at all that this idea, which might lead to another great finding, might be stolen by any arcanists present.

In addition to this, what impressed them as well was Lucien’s strong logical thinking ability. Although he did not have very in-depth arcana knowledge, his guess sounded very reasonable.

While many arcanists were still feeling frustrated with those wrongly measured elements in the past several days, Lucien was already again way ahead of them!