Chen Yi picked up the star stone because of a flash of inspiration in his mind.
This inspiration was not even fixed in my mind, but a sudden idea.
"Is it... the influence of copper coins?" Chen Yi muttered, identifying the spots on it.
Then, Chen Yi was surprised to find that when he connected the spots on the stone, he immediately thought of several corresponding constellations.
"It should be...the Fox and Rabbit constellation?" After careful consideration, Chen Yi selected the most similar one, turned his head and said loudly: "The Fox and Rabbit constellation, this star stone."
The people around him looked over and saw that Chen Yi was not dressed like a scholar. After he put the starlight stone in the hand of the maid and handed it to everyone to read, they all shook their heads.
"This should be the Spring Hare." Roman questioned, staring at Chen Yi, a true believer with a broken spiritual eye.
After a cursory look at the constellation, three of the other scholars agreed that it was the Rabbit, and one said it was the Elk.
They did not deny Chen Yi's words, but just smiled at him. After all, he was only an apprentice, and mistakes in speculation were common. What's more, he's not his own apprentice.
Munro turned his face, stared at Chen Yi, and asked: "Do you think it is the sixteen-star Fox-Rabbit constellation?"
"Yes." Chen Yi felt a little uneasy, but still said.
"I hesitated between the elk and the fox and rabbit for a long time," Monroe smiled and laughed at himself: "So I changed one and acted like an old man to preserve my reputation."
Hearing Scholar Munroe say this, everyone looked at Chen Yi with confusion and disbelief.
Even Kasim, who had been watching, turned his attention.
"Cut it open." Chen Yi said to the maid.
The maid handed over the knife, and Chen Yi took it, placed the blade on the side of the starlight stone, took a deep breath, and cut slowly.
The starlight stone is softer than pebbles, and the blade did not encounter many obstacles. Under the eyes of everyone, the cross surface of the starlight stone was divided into two, and silver spots were exposed on the surface.
"One, two..." Chen Yi counted and said with a little surprise: "Fourteen, fifteen, sixteen."
The arrangement of silver spots, with the upper six stars outlining the two lower corners, and the remaining ten stars outlining the tail and body, looks like the constellation Fox and the Rabbit in the spring astrology.
"You have great vision and talent, apprentice." In surprise, Scholar Monroe said with a smile.
The people around him didn't expect that it was really a fox and rabbit. Their eyes widened with surprise and sigh. The scholars just discussed looked at each other, then lowered their heads to cover up their embarrassment. Roman even walked away quietly.
Chen Yi smiled and said modestly: "It's nothing, Scholar Monroe. I just got lucky, and you have profound knowledge."
Hearing this, Scholar Monroe said humorously: "The study of occult science can be separated from knowledge, but it cannot be separated from luck. Here, knowledge is never better than luck."
After he finished speaking, he picked up another starlight stone that he had also observed for a long time, and said to the maid: "Cut it open, the thirteen-star Black Elephant."
The maid handed over the knife, and Scholar Monroe skillfully cut the starlight stone in half.
Removing the starlight stone on top, Scholar Monroe lowered his head and counted the stars.
"One, two..." He was stunned and said, "There are only eleven stars. It seems like I'm dazzled."
Chen Yi turned her head, realized what she was doing, and felt sorry for herself.
When he was tossing coins, Scholar Monroe was the one closest to him.
As the scholar apprentices cut pieces of starlight stones and served plate after plate, the entire entertainment activity came to an end.
Although they failed at the beginning, Monro scholars finally guessed the fifteen constellations correctly based on their rich experience and knowledge.
Kasim came close to his wife and asked: "Zoe, how many pills did Chen Yi guess correctly?"
"My Qasim," Zoe said softly: "Ten, the third most."
Kasim opened his mouth and looked at Chen Yi in surprise: "It's surprising, maybe it's just like what the Monroe scholar said, he has great vision and talent."
Afterwards, he regretted: "It's a pity... something happened when inducing spirituality. I don't know if other schools besides the Platinum School have any way to remedy it."
Zoe blinked and reminded: "You can ask during the transaction. I think it won't be very expensive."
"But the problem is... maybe no one knows." Kasim shrugged helplessly.
Zoe stopped talking to her husband. She stepped forward and announced to everyone that after the entertainment, it was the time for an "academic atmosphere." That's a reference to "occult study time."
Several maids collected the starlight stones, carried the table away, and rolled out a long low table. The Yawen people are a people who sit on mats, so discussions among scholars will also be conducted on mats.
The Monroe Scholars are the most famous among them. How did the reputation among scholars come about? Everyone knows that it comes from the debates in every seminar.
As soon as he sat on the mat, he stroked his beard and said, "I am an unbeliever, an unbelieving scholar."
These plain words were like thunder, exploding in everyone's cochlea.
The surrounding scholars were stunned when they heard this, and they all turned their attention to Scholar Monroe.
You must know that among the seven oaths of scholars, the first oath is to believe in God sincerely.
Qasim's expression changed and he stared at Monroe.
"Don't worry, colleagues, I'm just telling you about a newly emerging viewpoint." Scholar Monroe paused, then explained: "It originated from the western mountains and was spread among scholars at Platinum College."
"Platinum Academy...is it really Platinum Academy? What a blasphemous view." A scholar confirmed with hesitation.
"Yes, but I think it still makes sense. They call it atheism...or pragmatism." Scholar Monroe said two unfamiliar words.
In his mind, Chen Yi took some effort to translate them from Platinum to Yawen.
"I made my position clear in advance, and I agree with their views." Scholar Monroe said this, which whetted the appetites of everyone present.
Cassim stared directly at Scholar Monroe and did not speak in a hurry.
Next to Chen Yi, Idlei, who had consulted both the Giant King Cult and the True Cult, folded his legs and showed great curiosity.
"They believe that the gods and the King of Kings are nothing more than gods. Gods have things that God cares about, and people should care about themselves. A lamb can live seven or eight years, and a human can also live seventy or eighty years. Year, then for the Lamb, humans are gods, and in this regard, humans are no different from gods." The Monroe scholar spoke excitedly about the new point of view.
People around me make thinking movements. In the occult seminar, a lot of knowledge is not taboo.
Qasim's breath hitched for a moment, he tapped the floor and continued to listen.
"Of course, this is not the key. The key is..." Monroe paused, like a bard holding on to the last line of an epic poem. After all eyes focused on him, he said: "They believe that the absolute God cannot Existence, God only exists relatively, that is to say, the eternal life of gods is only relative to humans, and is only a moment in the wider time.”
"Monroe Scholars."
Everyone turned around, and it was Qasim who spoke.
Chen Yi also looked at him.
"I want to refute you." Kasim said calmly.
"Oh? Please say it, Scholar Qasim." Scholar Monroe gestured.
"If you ask me, if anyone really believes in it, he will be deceived. From afar, there is Behrend who saves the world because of his faith, and Cato who is willing to be stoned to death because he is the king of our kings. , more recently, it is the true religious priest, Christopher. He was burned alive by the fire and was saved by faith. Without faith, this would not have happened. Is there anything for those who have acquired this precious atheism? Goodness sacrificed by ordinary people who don’t know each other? They deny the gods and get the pleasure of not having to take responsibility and having nothing to do with themselves. Occultism should not talk about mysteries."
"This doesn't convince me." Scholar Monroe frowned and said with a wavering expression.
"This atheism is just a point of view put forward by people. It is measured at the human level, not at the divine level."
Although Cassim's words were brief, they were particularly powerful. Scholar Monroe held his beard and couldn't help but think deeply.
"As for saying 'God only exists relatively.'" Qasim gently raised the sacred painting pendant around his neck, "In this town blessed by God, I once heard the oracle."
As soon as he finished speaking, all the scholars and apprentices present looked surprised.
Scholar Monroe raised his eyes and stared at Cassim.
Chen Yi was stunned for a moment.
"He said: 'To exist is to be perceived.'" Qasim glanced at the crowd and said piously and seriously: "'I think, therefore I am.'"
Everyone's pupils shrank at first. After chewing carefully, their eyes suddenly widened and their mouths opened. It was hard to express the shock in their hearts.
Scholar Monroe seemed to have turned into a statue, standing there motionless.
When he came back to his senses, he lowered his head in panic. After thinking about it several times, he could not find the words to defend himself.
The Munroe scholar, who has always boasted profound knowledge, felt deeply helpless when faced with these two concise and profound words.
"I think that's why." Qasim raised his head and looked deeply upward, "God absolutely exists. It is an absolute existence."
