I ascend to the throne of God with arcane magic.

Chapter 779 Preparation and Application

Mysterious Palace

With Minos's announcement, the voting meeting of the Pancontinental Mage Association's Legendary Council finally came to an end.

For many lawmakers, the voting session was quite "exciting".

Compared to the previous dull and routine voting meetings, this meeting truly brought many members of parliament a "surprise".

Of course, all these surprises came from the newly joined member of the Legendary Council, Mr. Lis Kane!

His declaration of establishing a new school of thought, the "source of all laws," indeed brought a completely new shock to many members of parliament.

Some people dismissed Li Si's declaration, thinking it was just wishful thinking on the part of a young man.
Some people remained silent in response to Li Si's announcement, seemingly pondering its meaning.

But no one can deny that Li Si's declaration did bring about completely different changes to the Legendary Council.

It was as if Li Si had suddenly violently opened the gates of a long-closed castle, and fresh, vibrant air rushed in.

Although many people are unsure whether Li Si will ultimately be able to fulfill his arrogant declaration, it has already made many people realize Li Si's extraordinary nature.

He became more interested in establishing the "Source of All Laws" school.

Of course, even though Li Si made that arrogant declaration that could be described as a provocation to the entire Legendary Council, the subsequent vote still passed unanimously.

Regardless of what Li Si did, he was indeed on the side of wanting to lead the entire Legendary Council and even the Pan-Continental Mage Association to a better future.

In this situation, even if someone holds opposing views, they will not openly confront Li Si.

If that's the case, wouldn't that mean they'd be jumping out on their own initiative and becoming the kind of stubborn old fogies who, as Li Si declared, are hindering the development of the entire Pan-Continental Mage Association?
There are no simple fools among those who become legendary mages, and they naturally wouldn't oppose Li Si at this time.

Moreover, those who witnessed Li Si's declaration were even more curious about what Li Si would do next.
Will he really disclose all his magical knowledge free of charge, as he stated in his declaration?

Will they really provide more precious magical resources to mages below the legendary level, as mentioned in the declaration?
Or was Li Si simply trying to use this declaration to compete for resources with other legends and schools of thought while maintaining a moral high ground?

After Li Si announced that, the atmosphere of the entire meeting became somber.

All the members of parliament were whispering amongst themselves, and almost no one was interested in the other bills announced by Minos.

Many people looked at Li Si with complicated expressions, including Aurelion standing beside him.

In fact, Aurelion's Star Ring is an ally of Li Si.

But among those whom Li Si just struck with his staff, there must have been someone with the Star Ring.

Although somewhat annoyed, Aurelion didn't say much.

Li Si came to the Pan-Continental Mage Association because he was invited by Li Si from Kane Floating City.

Still in the name of the Third Speaker!

Moreover, prior to that, Aurelion had never discovered that Li Si had such thoughts during their communication.

Aurelion had a vague idea in his mind that Li Si's actions were very likely at the behest of the Third Speaker, Tarindra.

If that's the case, then even if Li Si's declaration is a bit more arrogant, it won't matter to Aurelion.

Originally, Li Si was a disciple of the Second Speaker, Stephens, the "Flame of Judgment," and had also received instructions from the Third Speaker, Tarindra.

With two powerful chairmen standing behind him, wouldn't Li Si be able to do whatever he wanted in the association without any problems?

Aside from First Speaker Osiris personally appearing to veto Li Si, Aurelion couldn't think of anyone else who could stop Li Si's actions.

Of course, Aurelion would never tell anyone else about these speculations.

Whether it's true or not, Li Si was invited by the Third Speaker, Lady Talindra.

He didn't want to offend the Third Speaker.

However, Aurelion had made up his mind.

Whatever Li Si decides to do, the Star Ring will follow.

It may seem arrogant and unrealistic, but it's actually a sure-fire way to make money, and Aurelion certainly won't miss it.

If Li Si really intends to dissolve all schools of thought, Aurelion, as their leader, is not prepared to resist.

Since there's no way to resist, you might as well lie down and enjoy it.

Li Si was naturally unaware that Aurelion had already decided to be the "leader," as his current focus was still on the voting meeting just now.

To be honest, the so-called voting meeting of the Legendary Council did surprise him somewhat.

It is fundamentally different from what he had previously guessed.

Because he discovered that this so-called vote really meant that every member of parliament had equal voting rights.

If that's the case, then even if the three top schools in the association have more than ten legendary councilors, that's still quite different from the nearly two hundred legendary councilors in the entire Legendary Council.

Logically, under these circumstances, it would be difficult for the three top schools of thought to control most of the association's resources through the Legendary Council.

For example, two or three schools of thought like the Star Rings, or seven or eight ordinary schools, can be comparable to a top school in terms of voting rights alone.

However, the resource gap between it and the top schools of thought is even greater than this proportion.

During the voting process, and in the specific voting results that the magical intelligent life form Minos subsequently handed over to Li Si, Li Si discovered that many councilors and schools of thought had consistently followed the same voting results as the three top schools of thought.

Lister singled out these individuals and discovered that they were basically the members of parliament who concealed their identities during voting meetings.

Is he someone who has already been courted by the three top schools of thought?

Perhaps this choice was made because it was difficult to confront the three top schools of thought alone.

Indeed, while Li Si's idea of ​​forming an alliance of different schools of thought was possible, it was ultimately not such a simple matter.

The Pan-Continental Mage Association has existed for far too long, and there are too many conflicts of interest between different schools of thought.

For example, the resources accumulated by the three top schools of thought over countless years are unmatched by other schools.

The benefits they can offer are likely to divide and weaken potential rivals.

"It's really troublesome!"

Li Si rubbed his chin, somewhat speechless.

To be honest, if it weren't for the three speakers above him keeping things in check, Li Si felt that the Pan-Continental Mage Association might split up at any moment.

After all, over the years, both legendary councilors and ordinary mages have become accustomed to distinguishing factions and identities based on the different schools of thought they have joined.

This is what Li Si learned during this period of investigation.

It's no wonder that the Third Speaker, Tarindra, who usually doesn't get involved much, suddenly took it to heart and specifically asked him to handle the matter.

For the sake of the remaining astral spells, Li Si decided to make a good use of them.

If the Pan-Continental Mage Association, this enormous but faltering entity, were to actually take action, it would gain even more support in its fight against the followers of evil gods.

Li Si stood up and went to the window, looking down at the city of Jonas. [The Source of All Laws], the Magic Crystal Tower.

In the days following the conclusion of the voting meeting, Li Si was not idle either.

Now that the base has been determined, it is natural to set up the spatial teleportation array between here and Kane's floating city as soon as possible.

Having made the arrangements many times, Li Si had become quite adept at it and even began to instruct Lisa to do these things.

However, compared to her talent in the four elemental energy manipulation spells, Lisa's talent in spatial magic is rather average.

Ultimately, it was a bumpy road to success.

However, with this experience, it will be much easier to set up a spatial teleportation array on my own in the future.

After the teleportation array was successfully set up, Li Si immediately maintained the space channel open continuously, and supplies were continuously sent from Kane Floating City.

Compared to when he first acquired Kane's Floating City, Li Si has now amassed considerable wealth through developing the small world using the [Philips Crystal].

Although the floating city of Kane cannot be fully repaired yet, it no longer needs to spend all its time trying to get various extraordinary resources from the Church of the Gods and the Elf Kingdom as before.

For Li Si, undertaking the task of establishing a new school of thought was more than enough.

In fact, Li Si directly set all aspects of the new school of thought at an extremely high starting line.

Just as he declared in the legendary council.

Li Si didn't do this on a whim; he considered it for a long time.

The final demand from the Third Speaker, Tarindra, was to get the entire Pancontinental Mage Association active and engaged.

In Tarindra's view, the three top schools and the other first-rate schools have the greatest influence on the Pancontinental Mage Association.

Talindra's idea was that Li Si, as the controller of the floating city of Kane, would have a considerable advantage if he wanted to establish a completely new school of thought.

In this situation, as long as Li Si shows his ambition for the top school of thought and takes some initiative, coupled with some of her help, it will soon alert those conservative members of parliament, prompting them to take action.

After all, the reason why the three top schools of thought and other first-class schools of thought are able to occupy so many resources and power in the association is not only due to their own strength, but also because of their past accumulation and management.

The best option to break this status quo is to create a completely new competitor.

Talindra doesn't need Lis to actually bring a new school to the top; she only needs to get all schools moving.

Having taken the first step, the rest is much easier.

Li Si was well aware of Third Speaker Talindra's thoughts.

However, he doesn't intend to stop there.

After all, from any perspective, the Pan-Continental Mage Association is one of Li Si's best allies.

As the Third Speaker stated, the fundamental purpose of the Pancontinental Mage Association is to uphold order and explore higher magical mysteries.

Therefore, Li Si naturally wanted to have greater influence over the Pan-Continental Mage Association and gain as much support as possible during the chaotic period to come.

This is a good opportunity for Li Si to increase his influence in the Pan-Continental Mage Association.

Of course, this does not contradict his purpose of establishing the "Source of All Laws".

After all, the followers of the evil god and the lords of the abyss are also enemies of the Pancontinental Mage Association.

Just as Li Si was preparing for the construction of the [Source of All Laws] stronghold and making preparations for recruiting mages for the association, Minos's voice appeared in Li Si's mind again.

"Your Excellency Li Si, your application has been approved."

"Oh?"

Li Si was somewhat surprised and asked:
Which of my applications was approved?

It's no wonder Li Si couldn't tell the difference; he had submitted quite a few applications to the association recently.

Even though many of these applications do not require approval from the Legendary Council, there is still a waiting period.

"These are your [application for access to legendary-level magic knowledge] and [application for the right to trade magic knowledge that can be repeatedly taught]."

Minos's voice appeared in Li Si's mind, this time without any emotion.

Lee nodded; these applications were submitted after he officially became a legendary senator.

The request for access to legendary-level magical knowledge is Li Si's way of asking what high-level magical knowledge the Pan-Continental Mage Association currently possesses that would be useful to him.

After all, the Pan-Continental Mage Association still has quite a few good things.

For example, Li Si was very interested in the extraordinary knowledge that the association obtained from those two floating cities inherited from the Netheril Magic Empire.

Li Si, who controls a floating city that is functioning properly, naturally knows that a floating city preserves magical knowledge related to the floating city.

This knowledge was also quite useful to Li Si.

After all, each floating city is unique, with its own distinctive magical facilities.

For example, Kane's floating city is based on the control of the four basic elements and the creation of elemental golems.

If Li Si could obtain the knowledge of building the two floating cities from the association, he would not only be able to better repair Kane's floating city, but could even make some improvements to it.

This was quite important to Li Si.

The "Application for the Right to Trade Magical Knowledge That Can Be Repeatedly Taught" is Li Si's way of asking the "Source of All Laws" to grant its members the right to learn the corresponding magical knowledge.

The cost of enabling members of a school to repeatedly learn magical knowledge is much higher than that of learning alone.

Moreover, what Li Si can trade with the association does not include magical knowledge exclusive to those schools of thought.

However, this is more than enough for most mages.

This wouldn't cost Li Si much.

After all, whether from his teacher Stephens, the "Flame of Judgment," or from Kane's floating city and the Elven Land, Li Si had already acquired a considerable amount of knowledge about various types of magic.

Li Si applied for this permission because he wanted to fill in any gaps and enrich the magical knowledge stored in the [Source of All Laws] as much as possible.

Therefore, the price paid will not be too high.

This was also Li Si's preparation for recruiting other mages and fulfilling his promise to make magical knowledge freely available.

Since Li Si is determined to establish the "Source of All Laws," he will not do a half-hearted job.

"Okay, can you give it to me now?"

Li Si asked Minos.

"I apologize, Representative Li Si."

Minos said:
"Due to confidentiality requirements, you need to go to the Minos Floating City to view the relevant information."

(End of this chapter)