In the depths of winter, the cold wind is steep and slaughtering, but there are still many flowers in Lucien's garden villa, which are beautiful and fragrant.

Lucien put his hands in the pockets of his long dress, and did not directly talk about the progress of the research, but asked about the promotion of several magic apprentices: "I heard Lazar say that you are all very confident in becoming official magicians, and you think that you can purchase the 'Silver Moon' potion to assist in the promotion with a few months of spiritual power accumulation at most?"

Annick, Heidi, Reilia, and Katrina glanced at each other, not knowing whether Mr. Evans wanted to praise himself and the others for their rapid improvement in magical strength, or if they were too arrogant, so they were all a little nervous and didn't know how to answer.

And Sprint, who has always been full of confidence, nodded affirmatively: "Our mathematical level and magic analysis ability, under the teaching and teaching of Mr. Evans, are already comparable to other formal magicians, so the requirements for advanced spiritual power are relatively not so high, and we can try to be promoted after a few months of accumulation." Well, that's what we came to from talking to a few low-level mages. ”

At the mention of Lucian's teachings, Sprint couldn't help but pause with palpitations, those staggering numbers of test papers with terrifying exercises still seemed to linger in his mind, and he couldn't get rid of them.

Lucien walked forward leisurely, and said casually: "In the ancient magic empire, it was difficult for a formal magician to appear among a hundred magic apprentices, and after the establishment of the council, although the arcane has developed several times, it has become more and more perfect, and the training form has gradually matured, but in a high-level apprentice class, it has reached the bottom. There are still only three or four people who can be promoted to the official mage rank. ”

Ah, is Mr. Evans criticizing our pride and complacency?Annick and Leilia blushed slightly, subconsciously wanting to apologize, while Sprint, Heidi, and Katrina were about to say a few words of defense when they were vaguely aggrieved.

Lucien waved his hand: "But you are different from them, your own talents are above the level, and you have also undergone my strict teaching, and the basic abilities of mathematics and magic are quite solid, hey, this is the benefit of repeated practice." And you work at the Atomic Institute, which represents the cutting edge of elemental magic. What you hear, see, learn, and come into contact with every day is something that ordinary low-level arcanists can only see in journals and may not understand, and if any of you fail to advance under such conditions, it must be because of your own mistakes and carelessness. Far from being anything else. Do you understand?"

"Understood. Teacher Evans!" Heidi, Katrina, and Splinter all replied with smiles and confidence, while Annick and Reilia dispelled their worries and uneasiness. I was excited and confident that Mr. Evans was encouraging us!

Promoted to magician is the first difficulty on the road to magic, even if they have self-confidence, and then boast that their mathematical level and magic analysis ability can be comparable to that of formal magicians, they will inevitably have worries and worries in their hearts, especially when they see their acquaintances who graduated from the first two classes of magic schools fail to be promoted one by one and become depressed and decadent, this emotion is even stronger, even a confident and arrogant guy like Sprint is not immune.

At this time, Lucian's words of first suppression and then promotion, and the clear analysis of their advantages, made the hidden haze in their hearts disappear, and they no longer had any fear of promotion, only a strong desire remained.

After cheering up the apprentices, Lucien felt the cold wind blowing, and said with a slight smile: "What have you found in your recent research, or in which direction do you plan to study?"

Sprint, who was still the most rebellious as usual, replied, and he said with a little annoyance: "Mr. Evans, you asked us to study the phenomenon of gas discharge, because we wanted to figure out the essence of gas conduction, but we discovered cathode rays and electrons, and Lord Brooke came to the conclusion from the lightning clouds that free electrons in the air are the cause of gas conduction, so we don't know what to study next, so we can only go back and continue to study cathode rays and electrons to see if we can get results in this new field." ”

Brooke's research method this time is simple and crude, and it is difficult for a leader such a legendary magician as a non-Grand Arcanist to complete, even if he is not careful, he has to be resurrected by reserved means, so Roque, Sprint, Heidi and others can only watch Brooke publish the paper, and there is no way to preemptively do this experiment.

"Cathode rays and electrons are things that concern the internal structure of atoms, and the study of them will help you to truly step into the microscopic realm, and even if Lord Brooke does not come up with the cause of the conduction of electricity in air, I would advise you to delve deeper into this direction. A whole new field, like a warehouse full of treasures, can be reached with the results of the past unimaginable at the height of your hand. Lucien said solemnly, like a real teacher.

Heidi and Sprint nodded, renewed enthusiasm and anticipation. It has been proven that when a new realm opens its doors, the first arcanists to set foot are rewarded with the envy of others, while the old timid and stagnant arcanists can only be chagrin and jealous.

"Teacher, can we study cathode rays and electrons on our own in addition to cryogenic experiments?" asked Katrina, a little anxiously.

In the experiment of charcoal adsorbing air at a specific low temperature, she and Reilia played a large role as Jerome's main assistants, but the first author of this experimental project arranged by Lucien must be him, and the second author is undoubtedly Jerome who is responsible for the specific experiment.

However, in this regard, Lucien is quite atmospheric, except for the arcane points calculated by the council itself, there is no way to distribute them to them, and the patented technique of creating a vacuum with low-temperature charcoal is to give them a certain percentage of arcane points, although this is not much for Lucien, a high-level arcanist who has "raised" a dragon, but it also allows Katrina and Reilia to quickly save enough money for the Silver Moon Elixir, and there is no shortage of materials for their own experiments.

Therefore, Katrina, who has the conditions, is full of enthusiasm for the new atomic field and hopes to realize her dream in this field. Like Ms. Evans, Ms. Isabella, he received some of the highest honors.

"Outside of the work of the Institute, it is your freedom to do whatever research you want, and I also support you to have your own research direction, allowing you to borrow the magic array and alchemy array of the Institute. Lucien expressed an affirmative opinion.

"Great, Mr. Evans, I'm going to study cathode rays and electrons like Katrina. "In the last two or three months, there has been no practical change in the properties of materials under low temperatures, only a little bit of data accumulation. Occasionally it feels boring and frustrating. ”

"The research of alchemical materials requires boring experiments and data accumulation again and again to bear fruitful fruits. This is an area that needs the most foundation and time to accumulate, don't expect to get great gains right away, and don't belittle your work. Kindness. Every data record is significant. Perhaps in the future, due to breakthroughs in materials, first- and second-level alchemy items will be popularized, and the prices of high-end items will be greatly reduced. Get you the Holm Crown Award. Lucien was impressed.

After exchanging a circle, Lucien looked at Annick, who had been shy and silent: "What research have you been doing recently, and is there any direction you want to go down?"

Annick's face turned slightly red: "Mr. Evans, I have been studying the problem of electrons recently, since the air conducts electricity because of free electrons, is the current also related to electrons?"

"Well, good idea, go ahead. Lucien slowed down and walked side by side with Annick, and the rest of the apprentices looked at Annick curiously.

Annick rarely received the attention of so many people, and became more and more shy, and stammered slightly: "I thought about designing experiments to confirm, but my knowledge of the electromagnetic system was too shallow, so I couldn't find an idea, so I looked through the book "Electromagnetism" by His Excellency Brooke, as well as several of his recent papers, among which the paper on the contradiction between the experimental results of the photoelectric effect and the theory inspired me." ”

"Hey, have you found a way to explain this contradiction?" Lucien asked amusedly, believing so much in his own theory of quantization? This is a theory that has been deliberately forgotten and treated indifferently by most arcanists, who use the formula of thermal radiation without thinking about what it is.

Annick shook his head violently: "No, no, even Lord Brooke is stumped by the question, how can I think of a way, I just saw that some frequencies of light irradiating metal will produce an electric current, so I have an inspiration: the metal itself is not electrified, but after being irradiated by light, there is an electric current, ruling out the possibility that the light is converted into an electric current, so what is the current generated?"

"If, according to my previous conjecture, the electric current is related to electrons, does this indicate that the metal produces electrons by the exposure of light, and if this can be proved, does it prove that the electrons belong to the internal structure of the atom from another aspect?"

"Very good, very good, quite bold assumption. Lucien didn't shy away from his praise, "The next step is to be careful to verify, you need to design rigorous experiments to prove that the photoelectric effect produces electrons." ”

After receiving the praise, Annick blushed with excitement and shyness, and nodded desperately: "I will definitely design the experiment well, and I will not be afraid of failure." ”

He is not worried about the idea of Teacher Evans snatching himself, he is not an arcane master with few honors and no awards, nor is he an old magician who has won many awards, but has not been able to produce results for a long time for various reasons, he urgently needs new achievements to prove himself, Teacher Evans is the most honorable of the younger generation of magicians, and he has only had a few different achievements in recent months, respectively, he has won the Holm Crown Award and the Immortal Throne Award, and is about to get the Arcane Scepter Award.

Would such a teacher covet the idea of an apprentice?

And with Mr. Evans's testimony, no one else dared to design experiments to complete the idea before they were invited, or they were given up because they failed.

Seeing Annick being praised, the other apprentices were quite envious, and some bad thoughts flashed in their hearts, but they all vanished under Lucian's gentle smile.

"It won't be long before you become full-fledged magicians...... Lucien paused deliberately and continued with the apprentices' happy expressions, "but don't think that you don't need to learn after becoming full-fledged magicians, on the contrary, there is more knowledge waiting for you to acquire, so I have prepared many sets of calculus exercises, as well as a whole set of mathematical analysis exercises, so that you will not be at a loss and empty after becoming a full-fledged magician." ”

The apprentices' faces collapsed suddenly.

"Well, I will also organize the content of the ten major factions, such as electromagnetism, light and darkness, force field, heat, elemental, alchemy, illusion, astrology, transformation, and necromancy, into preliminary knowledge points and exercises, so that you can learn and absorb. "The summoning system is Lucian's weakest point, and he doesn't plan to delve into it for a long time.

The apprentices had become quite frustrated, and Heidi muttered to herself, "I don't want to be promoted all of a sudden......"

............

By the time the apprentices had left, Lucien's villa had a new visitor.

"Commissioner Evans, my teacher, Lord Douglas, has asked you to visit his half-plane for a visit to his half-plane regarding the artificial planet experiment. "The visitor was a young man under thirty years old, with black hair and blue eyes in the typical Holm style, wearing monocles, and clear eyebrows, but the row of badges on his chest clearly told everyone that this was a sixth-level arcanist, an eight-ring magician, and a member of the Affairs Committee.

Is it about to begin? Lucien was in a trance. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm sorry.,It's Kawen in the afternoon.,Only one chapter was written.,I have to go out to dinner and shopping with my family in the evening.,It's too late to write.,I can't make up for it today.。

Since I failed to keep my promise and broke my promise, the chapter I owe will become two chapters, plus five chapters of thanks, a total of seven chapters, and I will make up for it after the National Day!