Chapter 34: The City of Learning
"It's not like that, it looks like a huge house. Huge square with your statue in the middle. There are many others, and they are all magicians. Lisa said timidly.
Prophecy magic is the most unresolvable of all magic. It is also one of the most special beings in the mystical test.
If a person learns about his future, will his future still happen? In terms of the observer effect of quantum physics, the moment we know our future, the future has already been changed. But there is another way of saying that the future is immutable, even if you know the future and want to change it. But everything we do will ultimately lead to a final, long-determined future.
Lin Xuan understood Lisa's prophecy. Most of the images are of themselves creating some kind of magic school or something, and a statue was erected as a memorial by their own disciples, perhaps Sassanid, and others. That could have been a long time later.
The question is, is this so-called future certain? If I leave this world now, will everything in the future not happen? Lin Xuan didn't like the definite future very much, so this thought became extremely strong for a while. But then another thought came to him, "Maybe it's not bad to build a magic academy." ”
The school city is a complex of buildings in the Old Town, and is the supreme governing body of the scholars of the Seven Kingdoms. It is here that they meet, study and train newcomers. The school town is also the residence of university scholars. The Hightower family was instrumental in the establishment of the school, and has always been an important sponsor and patron of the school and its fellow students.
Situated on the banks of the Meada River, the school has towers and domes connected by stone arch bridges, and residential halls are built on bridges. On either side of the main entrance is a tall green Sphinx statue, a monster with a lion body, eagle wings, and a snake tail. One of them has a male face, and the other is a female one. It means that this is a symbol of wisdom.
Today's school city welcomed several special guests. A boulder dragon descended from the sky and landed directly on the docks of Raven Island. A man and two women jumped off the dragon's back, it was Lin Xuan and the others. Lin Xuan casually lifted the activation technique, and the giant dragon reverted back to the form of a stone carving.
A few people walked across the overworked and dilapidated wooden bridge and came to the oldest building in the school city. A huge fishbeam occupies almost the entire courtyard. The whole yard is covered with moss and vines, and everything has gone through countless baptisms of time, and a sense of history comes to the face.
An old bachelor who was almost unable to stand walked out tremblingly.
"Who are you, this is the forbidden place of the school city."
Lin Xuan looked at his excited expression, and he was a little afraid that he would lose his breath in the next second and fall here.
"It's true that this is a forbidden place in the school city, but you all ignored one thing. The entire island belongs to the Hightower family. ”
"The Hightower family gifted this land to the school city."
"Then it's time for them to take it back."
A group of knights poured in from behind, quickly surrounding Lin Xuan and the others in the middle. But they didn't do Western medicine. Looks like they've learned about the dragon that fell from the sky. Although it is not a real dragon, in the eyes of the Hightowers, it is probably even more terrifying than a real dragon. A real magician appeared.
Lin Xuan ignored the knights around him, with his current strength, he was able to destroy these guys with a snap of his fingers.
"I want to see the patriarch of the House of Hightower. Tell him I want the island. ”
There was a sudden gasp all around. Lin Xuan's words were obviously going to be in the school city. The school city is one of the cores of the entire continent. This is where all the knowledge of the whole continent of Westeros is kept. Every bachelor who comes out of the school city is the object of competition for countless nobles and even the royal family. The war of the entire continent for thousands of years has never spread here, and no one dares to attack the school city in the face of the world's condemnation. Almost all aristocrats needed the assistance of a bachelor.
Not long after, a middle-aged man passed through the crowd and came to the scene. From the salutes of the surrounding knights, it can be seen that this person should be the patriarch of the Hightower family, Joshua and Hightower. He was quite tall, but his face was extremely gentle and elegant, and he wore armor with him, but he looked more like a scholar than a samurai.
"Raven Island was gifted to the Bachelor by our ancestors thousands of years ago, and I can't take it back. Dear Mage, if you need land, I can build you a dwelling near the Weeping Harbor as your shelter. ”
Joshua's posture was low, but the words did express that this was the place of the Bachelor. There will be no concessions to this.
Lin Xuan didn't turn his face immediately, but just asked Joshua a question lightly. "Duke Hightower, how many bachelors do you have in your family?"
"Well, every family has only one bachelor, this is the rule of the school city. Of course, I am the only one in my family, Maester Jeremy. ”
"Is your family too? Doesn't it feel like it should be? I thought this was your territory, and all the books in the school city must be open to you, and under this condition, any one in your family should have a bachelor's level, right? Could it be that the books in the school city are not open to you? ”
When Lin Xuan asked this question, the old bachelor opposite changed his face in an instant. His body straightened up suddenly, and he no longer looked like he was about to die of old age.
"The knowledge of the school city is shared, and it is only in order to prevent people with evil intentions from learning too much knowledge, so we have made certain restrictions." The old bachelor took over the topic.
"Yes, that makes sense." Surprisingly, Lin Xuan did not dwell on this aspect. Instead, it turned to another topic.
"What was the first thing you saw when you entered the school city?"
"Desk." The old bachelor's face changed slightly, and he already realized what Lin Xuan was going to say next.
"It's the clerical desk. As far as I know, this is a place dedicated to writing letters, reading letters, or wills for civilians. Am I right? This old bachelor. ”
"It is a gift to the poor that the school city serves these poor people free of charge."
"Is it free? It turns out that the school city only costs money, no wonder not many people will. ”
"Knowledge cannot be measured in terms of money."
"Then why don't the poor people on the street even know the words? This is the school city, the most intelligent place in the whole continent. However, in such a place, except for the bachelors of the school, those commoners are not even literate. ”
"You have time to read and write letters for them, why have you never tried to teach them to read?" Without waiting for the old bachelor to answer, Lin Xuan had already answered for him.
"Because you have to maintain your position. Knowledge is your prerogative, and if all of you have this power, you lose the privilege on which you live. ”