The portable lamp is very hot, and the spiritual lamp is rarely asked.

From the very beginning, the light war presented a one-sided situation.

However, the market of Shenjiao City itself is so large, and the total population of the entire Heijiao River region is only 9 million, even if each person has a portable lamp, the sales of lamps and lanterns are limited.

So the real battlefield is in the whole field of wind breath.

Duke started this business war, but he didn't follow up on it, the plan was already set, and now it just needs to be executed step by step.

He can't do everything himself.

It's time to collect your mind and focus on the practice itself.

"I've been asking for leave a bit a lot lately, but it's also strange, and the tutor doesn't seem to mind your leave at all."

From time to time, Vikas would come to Duke's office to share some information with him.

Duke sighed: "At first, I thought that the tutor was unkind, but after in-depth contact, I realized that the tutor was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and he could tolerate anything I did outside the tower, as long as I could keep up with his teaching progress, everything would not be a problem." ”

He really thought Penrose was a good mentor.

Originally, Penrose was very cold to him, even if he showed good talent, it didn't change anything, and once made him think that Penrose didn't like him.

But now.

All it takes is one Thursday afternoon a week to be taught by Penrose, and the rest of the time whatever Duke does, Penrose can tolerate.

Very good talking.

"That is, you, with good talent, the mentor will tolerate you so much, and he doesn't even mind you studying with His Excellency Sukhtara." Vikas shook his head and said, "If it were the former Shanfeis, eighty percent would be directly expelled from the mentor." ”

"However, Shanfiz can also be regarded as lucky, I heard that in the Scott Mage Tower, the study went very smoothly, and he successfully showed his medical talent."

"But medicine is just a trail, and the future of treating ordinary people is really limited."

"Perhaps." Duke said perfunctorily.

Although the Seven Towers Federation has gradually abolished the aristocracy, Master Ao is still an uncrowned nobleman, high above him, and does not look at ordinary people in his eyes.

Even polymaths who claim to benefit the lower strata of society and promote social development are only exploring spiritual mysteries through naturalism. As for whether the study of naturalism can benefit the common people, the polymath did not care very much.

If it is said that opening the three seas and becoming a monk is a rebirth.

Then becoming an arcane mage is another qualitative leap, basically completing the otherworldly change, and no longer living in the same world as the public.

"By the way, how is your Arcane Card making now?" After chatting for a while, Vikas began to inspect Duke's studies.

"Attempts are underway to make a 1-ring Arcane Card - Mage's Hand, and it is expected that in another month, it should be able to be successfully made."

During this time, although he was half-hearted, doing research, opening a company, and learning alchemy, he still practiced his card-making skills every day.

Common 1-ring civilian cards, spirit dragon cards, spirit storage cards, slide cards, drive cards, magic cards...... There are more than thirty kinds of total, and he has successfully made them all, but there is only one proficiency problem missing.

Compared to civilian cards that only need to be painted with psionic energy, Arcane cards are a bit more complicated, so he hasn't succeeded in making one yet.

In each production, there are countless variations in the use of spiritual power with different attributes, which requires a lot of exploration.

Xiaoyi is certainly super powerful, just like a supercomputer.

But after all, it is only artificial intelligence, not real intelligence, and all kinds of analysis of spirituality are based on big data.

In other words, Xiaoyi is the ultimate embodiment of rationality.

It's just that the spiritual arcane law studied by the arcane master is not all composed of rational parts, and there are also a large number of emotional parts.

For the analysis of this part, Xiaoyi is a little clumsy, and Duke needs to grasp it.

And then.

Duke deeply felt that in fact, there was a huge gap between himself and the title of "genius arcane mage".

According to the example given by Tutor Penrose in his teaching, the arcane mage who has the talent of card making will follow the spiritual guidance in the process of card making, and choose the most accurate one among thousands of combinations.

This is the sensual part of spiritual arcane.

It is also the reason why the spiritual mystery is called "spiritual".

Without this part of the perceptual ability, you can't become an excellent card maker, and Duke is precisely weak in the emotional part.

"I have Xiaoyi's help, the emotional part is a little worse, as long as the rationality is strong enough, I can still be skilled in card making...... A real card maker, the spirit will guide him to draw the spell model in the most appropriate way, and I rely on Xiaoyi to calculate in a stupid way, each other! ”

He sighed in his heart.

Vikas didn't know why, but he also sighed: "Although I think you are too distracted and don't put enough energy into making cards, you have performed better than any student I have ever met." ”

After a pause, he continued: "So a genius arcane mage like you, you don't need me to make decisions for you, you can just allocate your study energy by yourself. ”

"You have helped me a lot, and my success cannot be separated from your teachings."

"Haha, I don't dare to be." Vikas said that he didn't dare to take it seriously, but the expression on his face was quite proud.

If Duke succeeds, he can follow no matter what he says.

So.

In the blink of an eye, it was the middle of October, and the sales department of the Giant of Light continued to attack, and achieved certain results in the eight regions under the jurisdiction of the Wind Breath Domain.

However, along with the 3-ring arcane mage Clelinda, he visited Spike City in the soaphorn region and had a good relationship with the 3-ring arcane mage Mesta, and there was a large area of spiritual lamps in Spike City, and low-price dumping generally hit the sales of portable lamps.

Subsequently, Rainbow Bay City in the bubble area, Nujiao City in the oil area, and Daofeng City in the Knife Mountain area all had a large number of spiritual lamps dumped at low prices.

It has a bad impact on the sales of the portable lamp of the giant of light.

"My lord, Runwanjia has already made a move, and five of the eight regions have been strongly blocked by Runwanjia." Vial came to Penrose Mage Tower to report to Duke, "However, our legal department has already sued Runwanjia for infringement in each of the eight cities in accordance with your previous instructions. ”

Duke flipped through the newspaper and responded: "Then according to the established plan, we will fight with Runwanjia with real swords and guns, don't be afraid of anything, as long as Runwanjia can't cover the sky with one hand, we will fight with him to the end, and spread the stall as big as possible." ”

"Understood."

"Go ahead, if you don't have enough money, tell me, it's a big deal and we'll raise another round."

"Don't disturb your work, sir, I'll go back and arrange, and strive to achieve sales victories in more than four regions as soon as possible."

After finishing work in the evening, Duke went straight to Tower 1 after eating.

Before the teaching began, Sukhtara asked, "Is there anything I need help with in the competition between the Giant of Light and Runwanjia?" ”

She is the internal director of the United Tower, although she is no longer in charge of things personally, but the big and small things that happen in Shenjiao City, as long as she thinks about it, no one can hide it from her.

"Teacher, everything is under control, and I haven't deviated from my plan yet. If something unexpected happens, I will ask the teacher for support. ”

"It's good if you have faith." Sukhtara said gently, "Oh yes, I asked Lord Erwin when I was meeting at the Union Tower today. He said that the Polymath Tower has applied for the title of Erudito for you, and at present, the Erudition Tower has been accepted and is in the investigation period. ”

"Applied for my Erudito title?" Duke was pleasantly surprised, "No, just inventing a portable lamp is eligible to apply for the Erudito title?" ”

"Don't underestimate the portable lamp, Lord Erwin has a high opinion of it. And I found that there are already many people in the castle who have bought portable lamps, especially the knights who patrol at night, and each has a portable lamp, which shows its influence. ”

"It was a real bonus." Duke laughed.

In fact, it is not surprising that the invention of naturalism focuses on two aspects. One aspect is value, and the other aspect is practicality.

Inventions of great value naturally do not need to be repeated.

Practicality is also the focus of naturalism, an invention may not be so technical, but it can be popularized and benefit the public, then this invention is also one of the major inventions of naturalism.

The value of the portable lamp lies in its practicality.

"The competition between the Giant of Light and Runwanjia, and the infringement of the portable lamp and the spiritual lamp, may bring a certain negative impact to your Erudito title." "But once you take out the technique of the strong hand lamp, there will be no more obstacles. ”

"Having said that, if you don't hurt Runwanjia, Lord Clelinda will have to attack the Giant of Light sooner or later, so I can only wait and hide a hole card."

"Klelinda, this man is used to being domineering."

"Teacher, can you tell me about Your Excellency Clelinda, there are not many descriptions of him in the book "The Spirituality of the Black Jiaohe Land".

"Klelinda ......" Sukhtara fell into memory.

Born into a family of Arcanes who were not nobles, Klelinda was a generation younger than Sukhtara, and showed great talent from an early age, and after being promoted to Arcanist, she chose Arcanist as the direction of her future evolution.

Smoothly advanced to the 3rd ring, and made outstanding achievements, and made a great name, and was considered to advance to the 4th ring sooner or later.

It's a pity that the heavens don't fulfill people's wishes.

During a field exploration war, Clelinda was severely damaged by a wurm, and even the spirit core in the spirit sea was shattered.

Although it was later rescued, the spirit core was recondensed.

However, the broken and reorganized spirit core is already difficult to make progress, especially in the cultivation of arcane arts, it is difficult to move an inch.

As a last resort, he retreated to the next best thing, trying to find a way in the arcane realm.

It's a pity that he didn't have the talent of an arcane law scholar, and he didn't study one, two, or three in any field, and finally inherited the family's Runwanjia Spirit Weapon Factory, and focused on making money.

"Maybe it's obsession, I guess he wants to get a scholarly title to prove himself." Sukhtara shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the patents he can buy can't meet the standard of the title of scholar, after all, who will sell really good inventions, this is the foundation of the promotion of polymato." ”

said.

Sukhtara mentioned a joke: "Anyway, a few years ago, Clelinda went to the Erudite Tower to make a fuss, and almost got into a fight with Lord Erwin. ”

"What do you say?" Duke came interested.

"It seems that Klelinda bought a patent called the technology of continuous supply pulping from somewhere, and asked Erwin to apply for the title of polymath for him, but Erwin thought that the invention was not of sufficient grade and refused to apply for him, so he made a fuss."

"Ahh Duke exclaimed.

Suktara gave him a strange look: "What are you, Master Ao is also a human being, and naturally he also has seven emotions and six desires, and it is normal for some friction to occur." ”

"No, teacher, how do you say that...... Your Excellency Klelinda, the source of this is still with me. ”

"In you? What do you mean, you weren't an arcane mage a few years ago, just a child who didn't grow up, right? "Sukhtara doesn't know why.

Duke smiled and said, "To be precise, when I was fifteen years old, I worked in a card repair shop, and I didn't have half a penny in my pocket. ”

He recounted the story of the time: "I saw the card repairers, using the pulp box to pick and search, and I wondered if I could ...... I sold the idea to the shopkeeper at the time, who later told me that he had resold it to someone else......"

"It's such a coincidence, this technology of even supply slurry was also invented by you?" Sukhtara was amazed.

"I invented it well, but I've already sold it, and since it was bought by Klelinda, it's his technology."

"Haha, you're quite open-minded, but you don't mind if the teacher shares this fun thing with friends outside, right?" The Sukhtara people are old-hearted, smiling like an old naughty boy, obviously having some bad idea in their hearts.

Duke smiled heavily, "I don't mind. ”

Going around and around, even the slurry technology fell into the hands of Clelinda, which just gave Duke the opportunity to taunt the other party.

"Want a polymath title?" He smiled in his heart, "You can come and beg me, but I don't necessarily give it." ”

After chatting about mundane things and collecting their hearts, the master and apprentice began to teach, one taught sincerely, the other studied sincerely, and time flew by.

……

"Felibel, how are you doing?"

"Teacher, I live in Faling Pagoda every day, but you get what you want, find a suitable successor, and keep smiling." Felipel, the director of the Faling Tower, smiled and took the arm of his former teacher, Sukhtara.

After helping Sukhtara to sit down, she smiled again, "I also heard that you are so ruthless that even Sorel was driven away by you. ”

"That boy of Sorel, alas, what a pity to say, I originally thought that if I could not find a successor, I would make do with him...... But who would have thought that spirituality brought me Duke, a child born to be an arcane. ”

"You are full of praise at the mention of Duke, and it seems that Duke really calls your old wish."

"Isn't it, when I think of Duke, I think of a funny thing." Suktara's ruddy face was full of smiles, "Do you remember the joke that Klelinda made in the Erudite Tower two or three years ago, the continuous supply pulping technology he bought, I just knew, was actually invented by Duke!" ”

"Ah, it's a coincidence."

It didn't take long for Felipel, who was a fool, to invite her two good sisters to dinner, and then tell the story as a joke.

Polymath Tower.

The head of the legal department, Azgul, looked at his secretary indifferently: "Is the lawyer of the Giant of Light still making trouble?" ”

"Yes, my lord, those lawyers didn't act out of the ordinary, they just pulled each other when they saw a person, and chatted with each other about the case of the giant of light accusing Run Wanjia, and said that they were staying in a hotel not far away, just waiting for the result."

"Trick of the people!" Azgul sneered, "The arcane mage in the countryside will also be able to use this tricky method, don't pay attention to it." ”

The secretary didn't leave, but hesitated and didn't know how to speak.

Azgul frowned and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

"There's something I don't know if I should tell you."

"Say!"

"Yes, sir, I heard it from the outside...... It is said that Master Clelinda came to the Boxue Tower to make trouble with the continuous offering pulp technology, and the original inventor turned out to be the Lord Duke, and it is said that Lord Duke sold the technology in order to save money to buy the awakening potion. ”

"Really?" Azgul's brows furrowed even deeper, "Even the slurry technology was invented by this Duke?" ”

"I've inquired about the source, and it's said that it came from the mouths of several arcane mages, so it shouldn't be wrong, right?"

"Okay, what a mess, even if it's a Duke invention, the patent is in the hands of Klelinda, that's Klelinda's invention!" Azgul said with a calm face, "Warn those employees who spread the word indiscriminately, shut their mouths for me!" ”

"Yes, I'm going to warn the employees who chew on the root of their tongues." The secretary left in a hurry.

Azgul corrected a few documents in her office, looked at the time, and got up to go to the conference room of the Boxue Tower for a meeting.

In the conference room, Chief Director Erwin had already arrived early.

After seeing Azgul, he greeted with a smile: "Come and sit down first, there are still two people who have not arrived, let's wait." ”

"Okay, Chief Director." Azgul sat upright in her chair.

Erwin, however, leaned one foot on the chair without any image, tilted his body to the other side, and said in a homely manner: "Azgul, let me ask you, you are familiar with Klelinda, there is something you don't know clearly." ”

"Excuse me."

"Recently, Runwanjia has had a lively fight with the Giant of Light, and in the patent infringement case, what does Clelinda think, do you really want to continue infringing?"

"Chief Director, the infringement case is still being heard, and I am collecting relevant evidence, so it may be too early to claim infringement." Azgul is neither soft nor hard to push back.

"You are in charge of the legal department, you have the final say, hehe." Erwin smiled, "I want to ask, when Clelinda came to the Boxue Tower to make trouble, did he buy the continuous supply pulping technology in his hand from Duke, this continuous purchase is quite lively." ”

Several other arcane mages echoed Elwyn and laughed.

The meeting room was filled with the smell of joviality.

"It's groundless, chief director, why bother making fun of it." Only Azgul didn't laugh, and pushed back the joke with a cold face, "Besides, since patents are allowed to be traded, what's so ridiculous about buying and selling patents!" ”

Erwin didn't care about Azgul's attitude: "Of course, patents can be bought and sold, and our Erudite Tower also encourages buying and selling, but if you want to rely on the patents you bought, to hit the title of Erudito, this is a big joke, fortunately I didn't apply for him, otherwise I would be embarrassed to see Duke." ”

"I only know that I have to act according to the regulations, but I am not interested in going back to the source, and the patent sales are all voluntary, and I don't cherish them, so why should others complain for him?"

"That's what I said, it's just that Erudito still has to rely on real skills to fight for it, don't you say?" Erwin looked around the crowd.

Several arcane mages nodded one after another: "That's the truth. ”

Azgul watched coldly, and simply stood up when she saw this: "Am I here for a meeting or to chat?" Chief director, if there is nothing to do, I will retire first. ”

"Okay, you have to be busy, you can not participate in this meeting." Erwin waved his hand.

Azgul got up and left directly.

When the meeting was over, Erwin returned to his office, and after the secretary closed the door, he immediately asked, "Grandpa, why have you offended His Excellency Azgul again?" ”

"What if you offend, you are the chief director of the grandfather, and you were selected by harmony?" Erwin picked up the teacup and stuffed it into the hands of both the secretary and the great-grandson, "Hurry up and pour water for grandpa, you want to mix up any big thing." ”

"Isn't this a harmonious way to make money, besides, there has never been a conflict between our family and His Excellency Azgul's family."

"Actually, your grandfather had already seen that Azgul and Klelinda were unhappy, and the two colluded to snatch patents everywhere by relying on Runwanjia, I don't know if I thought Runwanjia was a erudite tower." Erwyn's face was disdainful, "It's too ugly to eat." ”

"Isn't that what everybody does?" The secretary muttered, in his opinion, it was a matter of course for the Arcane to monopolize resources.

"He can go and grab any bowl of rice, but he can't come to grab the rice of the Erudite Tower, this is your grandfather's territory!"

"Grandpa, when Lord Keystone retreats, you are not allowed to go to the Union Tower!"

"Huh, retreat?" Erwin stretched out his leg and kicked his great-grandson, "Thinking about Keystone all day long, he is really willing to retreat, and if Williams and Stephen Winged Tiger compete with me, besides, heh, he may not be willing to retreat." ”

"But Lord Keystone has said in public several times that he wants to retire."

"It's just talking, whoever is serious is stupid."

"How can you be so discredited......

"Alas, grandpa really thinks that he has to send you outside to hone and hone, leaving you by my side, you have to be windy and rainy, and I feel like raising a fool."

Erwin looked at his innocent great-grandson and couldn't help but shake his head: "Tomorrow you hand over your resignation report by yourself, go outside to find a place to hone, I don't care where to hone, in short, don't appear in front of me before you are promoted to the arcane mage." ”

"Ah, grandpa!"

"Fuck off."

Drove away his favorite great-grandson, and Erwin was still a little unhappy.

Suddenly, he thought of Sukhtara: "This old woman is thicker than me...... I should have been cheeky and asked Duke to come to me, such a good seedling was snatched away by Suktara! When what alchemist, polymath it doesn't smell? ”

If the invention of the portable lamp can only be regarded as a serendipitous inspiration.

Then knowing that the technology of even providing pulp was also invented by Duke, Erwin understood that Duke's talent in naturalism was absolutely unusual.

In addition, there is also built-in spirit card technology, which is also an invention that he praises.

"With the blessing of these three techniques, a polymath title will inevitably not be able to run away, and if I become his teacher, this will definitely be a big plus when evaluating the title of erudite sage in the future!" Erwin rubbed his chin, "Do you want to grab it?" ”

After thinking about it again and again, he finally sighed: "Forget it, the old woman and I are both old acquaintances, and we have known each other for more than 100 years, so I'm really embarrassed to rob students like this." ”

Sukhtara, who didn't know that his student was robbed, was in his mage tower at the moment, sorting out his notes for many years.

This one hundred and sixty years of her life.

Devoted to the field of alchemy, I don't know how many experiments I have done, how many notebooks I have left behind, and some research topics I have long forgotten.

Now take it out and organize it, just right to teach Duke.

"Since fifty years ago, I have devoted almost all my energy to the direction of the ring replication material, alas, the most regrettable thing is that I have not been able to promote the 4th ring and feel the structure of the projection ring for myself"

Sukhtara wiped the dust off her notes and turned the pages, her mind full of mixed feelings.

To the past, to the future.

There are too many thoughts.

After a long time, she slowly closed the note: "When Duke is on the right track, I will give up this old face, and also ask Keystone Fury, Williams, Elwin, Stephen Winged Tiger, and that Bernoulli to cooperate with me to cast the projection ring and do the last experiment!" ”

The valuable experience left by the experiment was her last help to Duke.

It is also her last effort in the direction of ring replication materials.

Ask for tickets~

(End of chapter)