Starting from the second day, everyone was back on track. Except for the somewhat awkward feeling among the Silverbeard dwarves, the others were living a regular, or rather monotonous, life.
Although someone's math class was closed for three days, luckily Fen came to take over. With her level, she can of course destroy an entire class to ashes, she can turn the whole class into ashes with her talk, and she can crush all the magicians in the class to ashes at the same time despite her hard work. In short, all aspects of suppression were suppressed, and no one dared to raise any opinions against the former Demon King.
Lin's return relieved a lot of magicians and great magicians who were students in mathematics classes, as well as some people who had no magic talent, but their intelligence was not inferior to that of Master Fa. Listening to Lich's math class is too stressful for them.
This is because mathematics is not like other subjects where there is fuzzy room for right and wrong. In mathematics, right and wrong are quite clear. This also caused Fen, who teaches mathematics, to talk trash unceremoniously when faced with the mistakes made by others.
Although it is still far from the humiliation of vulgar words, not many masters can endure it. Compared to someone's attitude in class, even though some of his words were unpleasant to listen to, he was simply gentle and graceful, and everyone couldn't help but miss him.
After returning to normal teaching, the progress of mathematics and life courses is advancing in an orderly manner.
Fen, who teaches life lessons, of course continues to instruct a group of people who happily observe the microscopic world. Instruct them how to record more effectively, and pool their efforts to explore the mostly unknown world of microorganisms.
As for the mathematics course, although it was calm in the classroom, the person teaching it only taught the knowledge he knew step by step according to his own schedule. But in fact, behind the scenes, discussions about mathematics are turbulent.
However, for someone who has not really entered the top academic circle of the Holy City Estari, who is actually not interested and does not know about such things, of course he has no idea how much controversy mathematics has caused. Because most of the troubles were blocked by the great magician Kabambai and the magicians who came here to study.
The magicians who regularly attend mathematics courses are found in academic circles at all levels. Simply speaking, the total strength of those who are famous and influential accounts for about one-third of Estali's top academic circle. When such energy moves, it will undoubtedly be of a world-shaking level.
This also means that two-thirds of the people still hold different positions. Although these people may not necessarily be united, when things continue to fail to have a satisfactory result and their own interests are concerned, these people will tend to unite to exert pressure.
Just like one day at the end of summer, after the course ended, the great magician Kabanbai left Lin behind. Came to the teachers' lounge in the mathematics building and made a formal invitation.
"So, there is a dinner party that I can't refuse and I have to attend?" Lin asked.
I don’t know whether it was because of the hot weather or a guilty conscience, but the great magician Kabanbai wiped his sweat and said: "The statement of 'cannot refuse' may be a bit too much, but your attendance will be beneficial to the future development in the Holy City. .”
"Well, can I ask, who are the people attending this dinner party?"
"In the Holy City, the deans of all the colleges will attend, and some elders have also received invitations. Of course, I will also attend. And some of the magicians in the mathematics class that you know will also attend. Including..." Kaban I asked for a list of names.
These people were considered regular students in math class, so Lin also had an impression of them. What they have in common is that they have very white beards and are very old. In terms of status in the world, when traveling there will always be surrounded by younger brothers.
The elders mentioned by the great magicians refer to magicians with high age, strength and status in the world. It's a kind of honorific used in private, and it's hard for someone even old enough to get such a title.
"It feels like the Hongmen Banquet." Lin murmured to himself.
"Hongmen Banquet? What is that?"
Too lazy to explain too much to people with different cultures, Lin asked again: "Then what is the theme of this banquet? The dean can always reveal it."
Unlike the banquets held by nobles to simply kill time and cultivate interpersonal relationships, the banquets held by the magicians in the Holy City all have a clear purpose. According to someone's understanding, a nicer way of saying it could be called a 'symposium with food and drinks', but in fact there is no problem in calling it a 'fighting arena'. It's a common occurrence to start a movie when there's a disagreement.
There's nothing you can do about it, that's what the magic of Midi is all about. No matter how many wars of words, strength will speak for itself in the end.
Therefore, it is important to ask clearly what the theme of the magician's banquet is. bookstore
The great magician Kabanbai smiled bitterly and said, "I am here just for the mathematics you have taught me these past few months."
Someone was stunned for a moment, and then the great magician Kabanbai explained everything that had happened in the past three months.
First of all, Jean Murat, who had previously accused Lin of stealing his family's knowledge, actually owned an ancient document related to mathematics. That's why there are people who support them coming out to do that kind of thing.
Although in the end they were stepped on by someone, and with the efforts of other big guys, those few cannon fodder-like early birds were all defeated. However, this matter is not over yet. The fight between the big guys still revolves around that ancient document, and it did not stop until a while ago.
The magicians who supported Lin obtained the copy of the ancient document through some unspeakable channels. When I opened it and looked at it, everyone laughed. Not only is the language used in the book different from the mathematics taught by someone, but there are even several fallacies, which are basically logical errors that people who listen carefully to mathematics classes would not make. With these points in mind, everyone started fighting with the big guys who were looking for trouble.
But the real reason for the big guys to give up the argument was because someone's math class progress had exceeded the scope of that ancient book. In the past, it was possible to attack someone's legitimacy in teaching mathematics by saying that the knowledge was similar and the source was questionable.
But when what is being discussed is no longer limited to the knowledge contained in ancient documents, such an argument becomes unsustainable. Therefore, those who have ideas about mathematical knowledge can only find another way.
Secondly, how should the subject of 'mathematics' be positioned?
What makes magicians so confused is because mathematics is not magic! Not only does it have nothing to do with magic, as long as a normal person with a clear mind can still understand the most basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and apply it in life.
Of course, if someone submits this knowledge to the Magicians Association according to normal procedures, the Association has reason to intervene. But it happened that the person who came out to look for trouble in the first place made a foolish move. That is, the clerk responsible for the knowledge review business of the association was asked to reject someone's application to hand over mathematics on the grounds that "mathematics has nothing to do with magic", and only accepted other magic knowledge for review.
Their original intention was to make it impossible to identify the mathematical creators, leaving room for others to take advantage of them. Who would have known that later all the plans were disrupted, and that knowledge became a hot potato that no one could touch. Because, really no one knows more than that one!
The academic atmosphere in the Holy City has a long history. It is not uncommon for two parties that do not deal with each other to obstruct, steal, or preemptively publish on the other side's research topics in various ways. It is not uncommon for people to seize other people's results. But all in all, there is still a well-established rule.
The first person to turn it in to the association is the winner. But it doesn’t mean that just handing in a title or a magic name will make it count. At this time, the person responsible for the review is very important. Whether the magic knowledge turned in is complete; whether others can correctly use the effect of the magic when casting the magic according to the steps. If the thing is complete, then why should I ask the association to include it?
If there is a case where someone is accused of preemption, the party with the most understanding will be the winner. After all, a person who claims to have knowledge of this magic turns out to be unfamiliar with its use. How can he convince others in this situation?
Of course, rules are dead but people are alive, and there will always be some shady transactions under the table. But on the stage, you must at least be able to convince the public before you can make sense.
However, the dilemmas faced by mathematics for those who are interested are unprecedented. Even if he takes possession of the mathematical knowledge that has been semi-public, that is, the completed lectures, people are still throwing out updated knowledge there, but he can only slowly hand it over to the association and claim it as his own. Research results... Even a pig knows what's going on behind the scenes!
You also need to know how to wipe your mouth when eating secretly. This is the most basic requirement that magicians have for dirty academic disputes.
The most important thing! Absolutely no one is allowed to take advantage of other people's achievements. Today, you turn a blind eye to others' efforts to seize other people's achievements, and do not help the victimized party. Then, when it comes to your own head tomorrow, will anyone help you?
In addition, if such an open robbery is allowed once, will there be a second or third time? In the end, did everyone become wary of others and became unwilling to disclose their results? Then the hundreds of years of hard work of the Magicians Association, as well as the mutual trust and system that was finally established, would be destroyed in one day.
So this is a red line that cannot be touched. Whoever touches it will die. The association has a bunch of inspectors, and they are not just allowed to exercise authority outside. Among magicians, there is no talk of suspended death or imprisonment. Once they take action, they will kill the whole family, and there is no politeness or false mercy.
In the case of mathematics, what is particularly annoying is that an upright person actually stops trying to hand over relevant knowledge. According to the assigned clerk, someone gave him a whole set of knowledge! It’s a thick pile of paper alone. Just because the person in charge of the event had someone from above to explain it, and because I couldn’t understand it from beginning to end, I rejected the ticket.
Nowadays, the only legal source of mathematical knowledge in the Holy City is to attend a lecture at Kabanbai College and obtain the lecture notes of the course, which are posted on the forum and the viewing permissions are set with a password. And it only contains the content of that class.
In these days of the Midi Forum, paid items have been moved to the public area, and no one who calls himself a hero has yet appeared. Of course, this is also related to the forum atmosphere where everyone logs in with their real names and there are real-person PKs from time to time.
To put it simply, the current situation is that people who don’t come to math class, can’t keep up with the progress, and want to take advantage of it can’t sit still.
