Chapter 043: Knowledge is Power

Although the classrooms of the Poetry and Literature Department of Imperial Capital College are not richly decorated, they are much better than the decorations in ordinary people's homes.

Today is a peculiar lecture in which the protagonist is a well-known fool who talks about the core secret of the kingdom's sworn enemy - the relics of non-existent gods.

As William Lee's teacher, Professor Macaron was reluctant to be the host of the day, but it was the outsider Wren who took on the chairmanship.

The decadent-looking, sharp-eyed thin middle-aged uncle Wren, he is a freewheeling person, he is not afraid of making a fool of himself, and he is not afraid of being ridiculed by his colleagues in the academic community, even if there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance of getting a fruitful return, he will do it, let alone invest in young people.

He finished the opening ceremony in a deep voice, and then began to transfer his right to speak to William Lee,

"Today's speaker, William Li with his topic of today [My Struggle], in the next time, there may be something that you find difficult to accept, and it still exists but you keep denying it."

Wren didn't know how to continue to introduce, he originally wanted to tout William Lee's identity or representative works or something like that, but after thinking about it for a while and failed, how to say it? Can a person who has no achievements in the academic world still blow flowers?

He paused and said, "Well, this speaker is wearing his black dress, and I'm going to invite William Lee to the stage to speak." ”

Although William Li prepared a prop, Wren still heard the enthusiastic laughter of the audience, obviously a new audience who only came after hearing the news.

He was helpless, who didn't start giving a lecture after the book was released, and a discussion like William Li, which was originally an internal exchange meeting, was suddenly enlarged into a public lecture, which was definitely a rare thing in the academic world.

The lecture was literally filled with more than 200 seats, and even as many as 60 seats were set up in the adjacent corridor.

After William Lee came to power, ridicule and sarcasm were indispensable.

"Look at what, a notorious fool in the imperial capital, and a bloodstained black dress, this is a shame in the academic world."

"Who's to say it's not, sit back and wait for him to be bombarded and step down."

The students of the Department of Poetry and Literature in the distance raised their eyebrows when they heard their sarcastic eyes, looking like fools,

It's just that this time there are many more fools than last time, and they can't support William Li, so they have to sit and watch William Li slap them in the face.

After William Li came to the stage, he patted Wren on the shoulder, shook his head and signaled that the other party didn't need to say any more, after all, the last time he gave such a successful speech, this time he would definitely not be bad there.

Everyone in the audience felt a little bored when they heard the harsh voices around them, and they didn't know if William Li was as they said, he had no knowledge and just gave a speech to cheat the entrance fee.

But after the explanations of the scholars who had listened to the lectures before, other colleagues or friends suppressed their inner roars.

Val was already deeply impressed by William Li's background and insight, and looked at the same ridicule in front of him as last time, smiled slightly, and gave William Li a thumbs up.

He knew that only when he was lively would he get attention, and scholars like those who had been unknown all his life would only die in silence, while William Lee would explode in silence and release his immense power.

William Li saw that there were many people leaving his seat, smiled faintly, and said:

"Everyone is welcome to listen to my speech, and the theme of my speech this time is my struggle."

Everyone frowned, and found that William Li was no different from those speeches that started with nonsense, and they were about to leave, but who knew that William Li's next sentence made them almost want to kneel.

"We're all wasting our time sitting here today, but the time we're wasting here today can be rewarded with something of extraordinary value.

For example, why I can give such a grand speech, and why I can get a lot of money by talking about it. ”

The few people who were leaving their seats heard William Li's shameless words, what is it called getting paid by mouth, and they were surprised by William Li's cheeky behavior.

But there were also many people who wanted to learn from this famous fool in the imperial capital, so they returned to their seats.

William Li glanced at Christine not far from the left, walked to the right side with his hands behind his back and said lightly:

"I didn't prepare much content for today's speech, so I will briefly talk about my struggle."

"Everyone knows that this world is full of fierce beasts, cruel mountain bandits, evil demon kings, and all kinds of existences that can threaten you, and in this unknown world, we only occupy a small part, just the continent south of Asland,

For the outside world, there is no information at all about how much information is known.

So I wasn't happy with the environment I was in, so I started my journey to become stronger.

Why do you have to avoid ferocious beasts, mountain bandits, and demon king believers, and not fight back? Of course, you will say that you are weak.

But in fact, are we really weak? Not necessarily! ”

The academics in the front row suddenly became somewhat interested in William Lee's speech, and most of them, who were helpless academics, also wondered how to fight back.

William Li looked at the concentrated expressions of the audience, pursed his lips and continued:

"The so-called ferocity, cruelty, and evil are all because of the fear of the unknown in our hearts, when we really understand them, and even know their intentions, are we really weak?"

"For example, when I was eight years old and did not reach adulthood, my father sent me to cut wood on the hills, but I was afraid of a fierce boar and did not dare to go up the mountain, so my father immediately changed his mind and asked me to go to the towering and dangerous trees to pick fruit, and I immediately agreed.

But in fact, my father just wanted to train my courage, and his initial goal was to climb trees and pick fruits, and I finally did it.

You may think it's nothing, but if you think about it, if my father had asked me to climb a tree at the beginning, I would have been afraid to do it, but compared to the difficulty of the ferocious wild boar, climbing a tree is not so difficult.

Hey...... As you should know, my father taught me how to wield an axe and a crossbow arrow, and took me to hunt beasts and tigers. Of course, it didn't work, and then I relied on my hunting memories to hunt and kill the wild boar on my own, and completed the plan of the weak and the previous goal, and the killing of wild boars was my father's own goal. ”

"Do you understand this? Are we weak? No, we are not weak, and through training and mastering experience again and again, we will slowly become strong warriors. ”

Bang Bang Bang ......

The crowd applauded, and some of them grew up like this – by setting big goals and working towards them.

Even if you can't accomplish your goals, you'll actually be much better than the small goals you've set before.

William Li then talked about the iconic characteristics of the bandit and the demon king believer, and through explanation and prediction, he gave that sense of steadfastness to the audience, and also made these well-informed scholars realize the important role they have - knowledge is power!

This is also the meaning of William Lee's speech.

The scholars of the Windhelm Kingdom may be as iron-blooded, witty, and resolute as other kingdoms, but they have a pride in their hearts that cannot be matched by any magnificent power and wealth, and their personalities are as tolerant as the sea and as warm as water.

Hearing William Lee continue to talk about his struggles and affirm the great role of knowledge, the scholars were satisfied with William Lee's unusual angle of speech and applauded again.