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”Sometimes, he is not that stupid.” Fernando snorted and intended to criticize his student, but still gave a remark of 'pretty good' - for his standard - in the end. Then, he continued reading the paper.

It was the most intricate and abstruse paper he had ever read. He mumbled, ”If Douglas sees this…”

In Allyn, in Rentato, in Salyvaor, in Cocus, in the Solar Islands and the Pearl Islands, the arcanists and apprentices, no matter how much they really understood, became refreshed and confident again.

Lucien cleared his throat and closed his backup paper. ”This is my opinion on the nature of gravity. It fits the phenomena observed so far, and I have offered a few prophecies to be prove it. I believe that we will have better understanding about gravity and space after the equations of gravitational field are solved.”

Then, Lucien suddenly changed the topic, ”However, I can only say that my paper is closer to the truth, but it is not the truth. Flaws about the theory will be found, and it is only applicable in a certain range. Up until so far, what we can grasp is the relative truth but not the absolute truth…”

Seizing the opportunity, Lucien introduced certain notions he talked about earlier again. Samantha, Blake and other arcanists nodded slightly, gaining a deeper understanding about the development of arcana in the past hundreds of years.

”…I believe that everybody can be confused now and then during studies. I had similar situations myself and I still do. I am often lost and sometimes lose confidence… This is perfectly normal. There's no need to feel that you can't find any field of research. Too many things are out there waiting for us to study.”

”'The more you know, the more ignorant you feel you are.' That's a philosophical proverb, but I would like to add something else to it. 'It is exactly the reason why we should work hard and stop ignorance from becoming our label. Thinking and exploration should be what we are most proud of when we live in this world.”

Clap, clap, clap. The arcanists in the broadcast room applauded. They were already freed from the incident just now. Even if the conversation was real, so what? Everybody could be lost and unconfident now and then, but they could also resume their journey after their mood got better!

Seeing that Samantha was about to talk, Lucien hinted her to wait and smiled, ”As a matter of fact, I finished another experiment just now, which proved the existence of neutrons.”

What?

The arcanists in the broadcast room and other places couldn't close their mouth. While accomplishing such a paradigm-shifting paper, Lucien Evans discovered neutrons?

Was it a night of miracles tonight?

For the sorcerers who were adept at elements, such as Larry, K, Timothy, Ulysses and Annick, they felt blood surging into their heads, and they almost passed out.

The discovery of neutrons meant the fundamental validity of the new alchemy. It meant the age of grand development for the school of elements!

Controlling his body, Raventi listened to the experiment procedures carefully.

After Lucien finished, he rushed into his laboratory as if he had cast Advanced Speed on himself.

Discovering neutrons from the conservation of momentum and energy after collisions had always been his methodology, but the materials had to be tried again and again. He estimated that it would take him three years to finish the experiment. But right now, everything was different. With Lucien's experiment, he touched the edge of neutrons directly.

Finding the materials and making a plate, Raventi turned on the cyclotron and let the Helium atom nucleus hit the metal plate again and again.

When he captured the traces when protons were blown out, he had the feeling that his hands were shaking beyond his control.

When the data was recorded, he felt that his eyes were blurry.

When he calculated that the rays that blew out protons were neutrons, two suns seemed to be rising inside his grey eyes.

BOOM!

Rentato was suddenly enshrouded in clouds and thunder!

”Is somebody's cognitive world half-solidifying because of Lucien's paper and experiment?” Natasha looked at the sky out of the window delightedly and proudly.

Kritonia, after hearing Lucien's introduction, noticed the weather change in Rentato in shock. ”Another archmage's cognitive world is half-solidifying? Is it because of the explanation on the nature of gravity or the discovery of neutrons?”

”Judging from the disorder of elements and the shadow of the atomic nucleus, it's the discovery of neutrons.” Benedict III was also watching Rentato.

Kritonia found it hard to accept. ”Before, I only knew that the improvement of arcana studies could strengthen the sorcerers, but can a single paper and one experiment result in such astonishing effects?”

”Does Lucien's paper and experiment equal five legends?”

”Both the general theory of relativity and the new alchemy are far more valuable than five legends.” Benedict III's voice became cold. ”We did not pay enough attention to Lucien. I will raise his rank on the Cleansing List again and ask 'Night Executioner', the top night watcher, to deal with him in person.”

'Night Executioner', the top night watcher, was a legendary sorcerer. Therefore, the Church never included him when it announced its power, but only claimed that it had nineteen saint cardinals, five divine knights (Melmax, Anthony, Beliel, Stone and Vaharall). However, when the Congress of Magic and other forces evaluate the strength of the Church, they would still include 'Night Executioner' and consider the number of the top experts of the Church to be twenty.

Kritonia found it impossible to understand the consequences of arcana studies, but the consequences had already happened. ”Your Holiness, what's Lucien's rank going to be?”

”The thirteenth. The Fallen Morning Star will be right after all the top legends.” Replied Benedict III unemotionally.

After the explosion of 'Eternal Blaze', the top eleven on the Cleansing List were all experts at the peak of legendary. Ranking from the first to the eleventh were: the pontiff of the northern heretics; 'Emperor of Arcana', Danisos; ancient vampire, Dracula; primordial dragon of time, Danisos; the elvish queen; the Prince of Abyss and Duke of Bronze on the first level of hell; Edwyn Brook, the Emperor of Control; Fernando, the Lord of Storm; Hathaway, Master of Infinite Oceans and Lord of Elements; and Rhine, the Silver-eyed Count, who could borrow the power of the Silver Moon and be as strong as the peak of legendary for a short while.