The history of the Magic Council is as old as the Evar Gallery.
The number of members of the Parliament consists of twelve full members and an indefinite number of reserve members. The twelve official members, also known as the Inner Council, are the real owners of the Violet Library.
According to the founders' regulations, the term of full members is twenty years, with a maximum of three consecutive terms. All official members must come from different cultural backgrounds, must serve as magicians and emperors of different magical disciplines, and must be elected by public elections by the Outer Council.
Since Percival retired from the Inner Council, the current Inner Council is composed of twelve formal members headed by Durermond. The eldest Liszt is 120 years old this year, and the youngest Cherub Only forty-four years old, it can be said that he represents the identity of the three most important generations in the magic world today.
Lu Ning turned over a page.
There is no doubt that Dulemond's talent was on display during Percival's tenure. Although he eventually became a formal member of the parliament with the qualification of the emperor and saint in the largest system of elemental magic, no one will ignore that he also possesses The three rare magic types of time and space, crystallization and summoning are at the imperial level.
In the early days of Dulemond's tenure, many people were worried that such a powerful person entering the Inner Council would have a bad impact on Evarang due to his overly iron-clad approach, but it turned out that they were overly worried. Dulemond did not make a lot of adjustments to the teaching management policies left by Percival. He only optimized many details and rectified the city's guard team, making any emergency response measures more timely and professional. No doubt a good thing.
Looking at the reviews of this book, it seems that there are no negative comments about Dulemond except that he is a bit inhumane and unapproachable. After all, this is the magic category, and the biggest difference from the technology category is the great prominence of personal strength. No matter how well the world popularizes magic, the strong will have more say.
Lu Ning pinched her eyebrows and temporarily put the book away.
At this time, she had left the Opal District and had just entered the Topa District. She was sitting in a small restaurant eating breakfast. The Oriental style is at least closer to her original taste, although the meals are sometimes too refined.
I closed the book because the waiter had already served a breakfast set.
She came here to see if there were any differences in how different areas responded to emergencies, and to attend a class. The morning in Ketopa District was peaceful, and nothing special seemed to happen.
He took a sip of the soup to warm himself up and get rid of the fatigue of not sleeping all night. Some people say that once you stay up late, you will become extremely awake. Now Lu Ning is in this state. On the one hand, she wants to sleep, but on the other hand, her thoughts are extremely clear.
The course we are going to listen to today is Zaaph-Ohho’s elemental magic class. Elemental magic is the most popular type of magic among learners. Even the Magic Emperor can count it on two hands. Under this premise If Evarang recognizes the academic talents of a great magister and allows him to give lectures, there must be something special about it.
Unlike the first two courses, for any elemental magic lecture, you can't get a seat if you arrive an hour early. People like Lu Ning, who arrived early after staying up all night, found that there was already a long queue at the entrance of the Shinto College, the target location, and some people were even hurriedly putting away their bed rolls or tents on the ground.
This... you really can't steal it from others.
Fortunately, although the queue was not despairingly long, Lu Ning stood at the end of the queue, waiting for the door to open. You can tell from the name that the Shinto College is an oriental-style college building with walls and gates. It will not open the door before the specified time in the morning.
"Miss Lillian?"
While waiting in line and taking a nap, Lu Ning suddenly heard someone calling him. When she opened her eyes, she saw Kamo Tomaki standing next to her holding a box of sushi.
"Ah, Mr. Kamo." Lu Ning remembered this young man who didn't talk much.
"Which class are you here for?" Kamo glanced at the team and asked.
"Elements, Zafi's Lessons."
"When will this queue end? Come with me." Kamo Zhiming pointed at himself, and Lu Ning walked out. At this time, some people turned their heads before and after, and a few showed dissatisfied looks.
"What are you looking at? Do I know you?" Kamo Zhiming immediately turned cold, not caring about the faces of those people at all, and led Lu Ning towards the school.
"So you are..."
"Shinto is a college jointly funded by the Akiyama family and the Kyogoku family."
"...Isn't your surname Kamo?"
"That's why I want to stay away from my master's house, not to mention that my girlfriend is from the Akiyama family, so she just took the opportunity to come here to study." Kamo Tomaki swiped his school badge at the back door, and then led Lu Ning in.
"It sounds like you hate the master's family."
"I can't talk about it. I just don't like the clan affairs, and I don't like the way they give orders. In fact, every family is similar, so I can only choose to stay away."
"But you have a girlfriend, why did you have such a bad attitude towards Pengshan Yuanzi before?"
Kamo Tomaki choked.
"If you say this, we won't be able to continue talking."
Lu Ning tilted her head.
"Me, Riyu, and Yuanzi are the kind of brothers and sisters who grew up, are best friends, and can't be better. As we grow older, there are regional and family issues, and they become more divided. I I really don’t like this.”
"Understandable."
"Really? I still don't understand why when we grow up, we have to put on a layer of masks for familiar people, even though we are all close friends. Of course we know that we should follow some etiquette, but etiquette is not to make people interact more friendly. Is it designed? How come it has become an obstacle that prevents us from maintaining our friendship?"
Kamo Tomaki talked a lot. Perhaps because he was not that familiar with Lu Ning, he was able to let go of his complaints. Lu Ning could tell that this young man had no ulterior motives and was just an ordinary young man with some rebelliousness and confusion.
And Hemo didn't really need someone to answer his questions, so Lu Ning just followed his words and expressed her agreement. Soon the two of them boarded a three-story circular building, where they found A lecture hall on elemental magic.
"Okay, I'm going to deliver breakfast first. Maybe I'll come over and listen to you later. See you later."
"Thank you, but there may be no seats available if you come over soon."
"Haha." Kamo Zhiming waved his hand, turned around and left quickly, looking really anxious.
Lu Ning waited here for a while, and then saw a tall and thin man with long silver hair, wearing a standard magician's uniform, walking from the corridor. He put one hand in his pocket and the other hand. Carrying a briefcase, he found Lu Ning standing here and immediately showed a bright smile. "I didn't expect that there would be students waiting for me here so early? There was no one in the corridor. I thought I was not welcome." "
This person is Zafi Omon.
"I think it's probably because students in this school rarely learn anything related to elemental magic."
The Shinto Academy is different from most academies. It is a complete Eastern-style teaching, and the content is also knowledge from there. Elemental magic is not the same type as the Five Elements Numerology or the Bagua Calculus, so there is naturally a lack of interest in this type of lectures. The people who came here to attend the lectures were all other students, and they were still locked out of the gate.
"I have to say that sometimes Eastern teaching may be too rigid. I learned the word eclectic from them, but it is very difficult to actually do it." Zafi smiled and pushed open the classroom door, "But this lovely students, can I infer that there are actually many students out there who are looking forward to my courses?”
"I saw quite a few when I came here." Lu Ning replied.
"Oh, thank you - sorry, I forgot my first name. Although you may know me, a formal self-introduction is essential. My name is Zafi-Omon. I have some knowledge in elemental magic and I am the lecturer of this course."
"Lillian, the alchemist."
"Then I hope you can use what you learn here in alchemy." Zafi stepped aside like a gentleman and asked Lu Ning to enter the classroom first.
The lecture hall here is not small, it can accommodate about three hundred people, but it is still not big compared to the outside. Zafei walked in behind Lu Ning, raised his eyes and looked at the layout of the entire classroom, and said, "It is not easy to study far away, and students should not be left without a place to listen to lectures, don't you think so? Lilian?"
"Hmm..." Lu Ning was a little confused as to what this polite guy meant.
"As the first student, maybe you are willing to sit in the special seats..." Zafi raised his hand, and powerful but extremely orderly elements were arranged in the palm of his hand. There was suddenly a sense of heaviness in the air, and Lu Ning was slightly To my surprise, this technique is called elemental transformation. Those who master it can use any element to exert the magic they need. In just a moment, Zafi made a large number of air elements in the classroom have the nature of "earth".
"Appear, the white hall through which the north wind passes."
As Zafi groaned, a solid building appeared in the air. It was connected to the four walls, floor and ceiling of the hall through some key points, and was suspended above the original seats.
That was the second seat, which doubled the capacity of the entire classroom. Being able to instantly transform elements and shape earth elements in such a large area was at least beyond the capabilities of his great magister. question.
Lu Ning walked up the translucent stairs to the seats above. She felt as if she was down to earth under her feet, and the seats in the front row were, as Zafi said, special seats where she could watch his lectures from the most comfortable angle. seats.
"Thank you, Professor."
"I'm happy to ask you for help." Zafi smiled, bent down, turned and walked towards the podium.
But just ten minutes later, the door was crowded with students, most of whom were shocked by the classroom arranged by Zafi. There was even an orderly person sent by the seminary to whisper to Zafi.
As for Lu Ning, who was sitting here in advance, she quickly became inconspicuous. Only the few people who grabbed her side looked at her a few more times.
Soon, Zafi’s classes started on time.
"Elements, this aspect of knowledge has existed since the birth of magic. From the ancient earth, water, fire and wind to the discovery of countless new elements in modern times, this magic has not been eliminated with the development of the times; It accommodates countless new theories and becomes more complex, vivid and interesting."
Compared with the two teachers Lu Ning had seen before, Zafei's lectures were simply model teachers. Even though her attainments in elemental magic were quite low, it didn't sound strenuous.
"Every student will have a question during the learning process. Elemental magic has many branches and types. Even the skills have their own merits. So in which direction should I study? Should I specialize in one or two elements? Woolen cloth?"
Many people are nodding their heads at this question, obviously all of them have similar confusions.
"I'm not your real instructor, so it's impossible to tailor a plan for everyone. But if I were to tell you... don't give up any element." Zafi walked slowly on the podium. , using his wand to launch elemental particles into the air. "Elemental magic is our mastery of the rules of the world. It is a miraculous art that we shape according to our own will. This is the characteristic of the arrangement of elements. Many people will say Being knowledgeable but not masterful can easily stagnate progress. However, if you are only good at using the three or five elements, your understanding of the world is actually incomplete, and it is even more difficult to appreciate the beauty of the world. I don’t think anyone You don’t have ambitions to become a Magical Emperor or even a Magical Sage, right? But among all the Emperor’s elemental magicians so far, do you know who is specialized in one element?”
"But teacher, how to solve elemental affinity?"
"That's just the difficulty you will encounter when you are in the novice stage. Let me give you an example. In terms of cooking, everyone is good at dealing with different ingredients. A fish chef with excellent knife skills also has different skills when handling pasta. It is very likely that you will miss. This is related to talent, no problem, but it is ultimately determined by your cognitive ability of elements. The emergence of the technology of elemental metamorphosis is the biggest blow to the element affinity theory. There may be something in this world There are elements that you are not familiar with, but there are absolutely no elements that you cannot use.”
The student sat down with a grateful face, seemingly troubled by this for a long time.
"Well, after talking about so much theoretical knowledge, of course I know that this is not the only reason why you came here." Zafi smiled at the students, "Next, I will actually show you the effect of those theoretical knowledge. Remember , although magic is supported by theory, it is always achieved through practical effects. Don’t close the door and think for yourself, it will be good for you to go to the training ground more often.”
The students smiled knowingly.
Then, Zafi began to verify the theory one by one. His teaching was very detailed, and even the key points of the arrangement of elements were taught without reservation. Compared with Soygo and Geer, he did a better job Quite outstanding, but to Lu Ning, he was a bit... lacking their unique personality.
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