227 The Stir Caused (2/2)
”Evans, now, do you understand how important Life Force Theory is in the school of Necromancy?” Woods just spent about ten minutes on explaining the theory to Lucien.
Lucien put on an ”ah ha” look, ”Yes, thank you, Mr. Woods. As I specialize in the school of Element and Astrology, I really had no idea about what it was, not to mention understanding its importance in history. But, Mr. Woods, I still don’t know why this is related to my carbamide synthesizing experiment?”
”…..” Woods was speechless. What Lucien just said proved that he was literally from ancient magic background, as he did not have some common sense in contemporary magic system.
”Well…” Woods tried to make it easy and simple, ”Carbamide is a life ingredient… or say, most people regard carbamide as a life ingredient. There’s no clear definition of life ingredient.”
Lucien said in a half-joking way, ”Mr. Woods, does it mean that my paper’s accidentally overthrown Life Force Theory? Is my paper gonna get a high rating? Maybe I can win the Immortal Throne award?”
”It’s hard to say, as there’s no decisive evidence in your paper. Some stubborn necromancers might not admit that Carbamide is a life ingredient.” Woods frowned, as he was also influenced by the theory, ”If I were you, I would not be looking forward to winning Immortal Throne award, but be rather watchful after the news comes out tomorrow. You know, some stubborn and insane necromancers might…”
”I’ll stay in the manor for the following several days, which is very close to Mr. Raventi and Mr. Gaston,” answered Lucien. ”Mr. Woods, are you still gonna publish the paper?”
”Of course, this is gonna be the first paper on the next issue of Common Arcana, and I think there are gonna be more articles discussing your experiment coming out later, so we can collect those articles and put them there as well.” Woods planned in a smart way.
At this time, Raventi’s voice came in from behind the door, ”Are you in there, Evans?”
”Yes?” Thinking of all those mathematics and arcana exercises that he had not finished yet, Lucien opened the door reluctantly.
Raventi was still wearing his black magic robe, on which the order of the elements had been rearranged, ”Gaston and I have reviewed your paper and the final rating from Arcana Review Board has been sent back. By the way, move into the room next to mine as soon as possible.”
”I will.” Lucien hurriedly nodded, and then he started reading the rating result, ”The paper has successfully provided several solutions with regards to whether and how alchemical products can facilitate the growth of plants. Therefore, it is of some importance and can be quite pervasive. Among the several experiments designed and presented in the paper, the experiment focusing on synthesizing carbamide reveals, excitingly, the possibility that a classic theory, Life Force Theory, might not be valid, and this is overturning, which makes the paper rather worth of great discussion. In conclusion, the paper is overturning and of great value, thus a reward of fifty arcana credits and three hundred arcana points is given to the author.”
”All of your three papers have received very high comments,” Woods said a bit emotionally. As an arcanist who was already close to level five, among so many papers he had submitted, unlike that of Lucien, only a few were spoken highly of. So, Woods was feeling a bit depressed.
After a while, he cheered himself up a little and asked, ”Will the project still go on? It sounds like you’re still staying for a few more days, Mr. Raventi.”
”Yes, Mr. Malfurion has decided to send some druids back, while he and the rest of the druids will stay longer to see if the alchemical product discovered in Evans’ paper can really solve their problem,” answered Raventi, looking quite serious, as Malfurion had made it clear that they would not cooperate with the arcanists to let them study the Mind of Nature anymore.
”By the way, Mr. Lord of Storm and Ms. Hathaway, after reading Evans’ paper, have made the decision that any arcanists who join this discussion can get some credits, and papers cited in the discussion can still get citation credits as well.”
The great significance lying in the periodic table of elements still required more time to reveal itself, and the establishment of a new field also needed time. Therefore, the great return of the periodic table of elements was not there yet.
Meanwhile, overthrowing an old, classic theory could be even more influential.
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The early morning the second day, Menshaque, a necromancer from the Hand of Paleness, was reading the project newspaper with a plate of buttered bread in front of him.
As a senior member of the Hand of Paleness, Menshaque was almost four hundred years old, and he had already turned himself into a lich. He did not need to eat, but he ate for pleasure. Menshaque was a level five arcanist, seventh-circle necromancer, and in this project working with the druids, he was in charge of a research group.
”The Method for Large-scale Production of the Several Useful Alchemical Products Found in Oat Planting Experiment and the Discussion of Their Proper Use?” The paper instantly drew Menshaque’s attention, as he wondered if those guys from the Will of Elements had figured out anything. Although the necromancers also had made some progresses, such as using life force to stimulate the growth of plants or using the undead to farm, the popularity of these methods was still a problem.
After reading the paper for a while, Menshaque’s bony hands with only a thin layer of skin covering them started trembling.