I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

The instructor said with emotion, "It's ridiculous that we study magic for the church, but we can't get these things, Edward. You've been running around for the lab all these years. It's really hard for you."

Roland put down the books and had a rough idea of ​​what was going on.

These books are all worthless printed items. They are everywhere in the East, but because their content is too retro, people will not read them unless they are interested in the history of magic.

The East has always been open to the spread of magic, especially about how to spread magic to the South.

Baiqi Academy has always maintained exchanges with the South, and often sends many good books over there - but no matter who the wizards give the books to, the church will screen them thoroughly.

Merchants in the South would also collect magic books from the East for profit, and then try to secretly sell them to the South - but without exception, they were all confiscated by the Church.

Edward must have left Angel River before and studied abroad in some coastal cities in the south. In such cities, if you find a way, you can still get magic books.

He studied in the laboratory here when he was a child and knew what his mentors were researching.

When he saw these books, he knew their value. However, the church was particularly sensitive about books from the north, so it was not easy for Edward to get these books back.

Roland thought to himself, "From what my mentor said, Edward has brought back more than just a few books over the years."

However, no matter how many books he brought back, the books that could be circulated in the south were all popular reading materials in the East.

Just like these books written by my senior sister, although they are very well written and can be used as reference books, they don’t make everyone respect Edward so much, right?
If the East Region popular reading material can lead to a major breakthrough in this laboratory's project, isn't that too exaggerated?

Roland had no idea what the "popular reading materials" in the eyes of the wizards in the Eastern Territory were - they were equivalent to the ancient scriptures treasured by various major religious sects!
The two largest wizarding groups in the East are the White and Twilight schools. The philosophies of these two schools have a profound influence on the entire East.

The White Wizard believes that the meaning of knowledge lies in inheritance and sharing, so the wizard's mission is to spread the truth.

Therefore, in Baiqi's view, unless it is something that will harm society, it should be shared for free - even if it is black magic, they will regulate it rather than absolutely prohibit it.

Twilight/Abyss Wizards advocate equal exchange - the mentor's knowledge is clearly priced, and as long as you can afford the price, you can exchange it.

Therefore, Eastern wizards all share the truth. In fact, the Twilight lineage is even more thorough than the White lineage in sharing knowledge, because they don't even prohibit black magic, or even insane magic!
The knowledge Edward was able to acquire was considered outdated junk by the East Territory. It was far inferior to something like the Path of Truth.

However, in the 'primitive magic society' in the eyes of wizards, they are all like old scriptures!
In Roland's opinion, the books Edward brought back from the north were like "Gravity," something you could buy at the library for a little money.

But in the south, people are still studying which one is the center of the universe, the earth or the sun!
After getting the book on universal gravitation, everything became clear.

The magic technology trees in the north and south are completely different. The south follows the "Classic Magic Basics" route, and the senior's book is just right for them.

The North has already stepped into the 'Chaos Mystery System' from the 'Basics of Classical Magic' and has flown out of the Earth on this branch!

If you ask them to go back and study the basics of classical magic, no one will go back to study or read it.

Therefore, they will never be able to discover that there is a new branch in the "Classical Basics of Magic" that has never been discovered by anyone!
The senior student was about to discover this new path, but because no one in the north was studying "Classic Basic Magic" and there was a lack of a good environment for studying such things, she stopped the experiment.

But in the South, everyone is working on this stuff!
The most important thing is that the senior sister summarized and concluded all the research and discoveries on "Classic Basic Magic" in the history of the Eastern Territory.

When these secret treasures spread to the south, Edward's mentors filled in the gaps that had been missing!
It seemed that Edward had merely mailed some books to the laboratory over the years, but this was no less significant than Roland translating the Old Testament and spreading it to the East.

The Path of Faith emerged after wizards in the East began to come into contact with the Old Faith.

After Edward managed to get the "popular reading materials" from the north to the laboratory, a new major discovery of "Classic Basic Magic" emerged!
There was a great collision of knowledge between the two civilizations, which resulted in a huge explosion that no one had expected.

The Church would never have imagined that something like the "Path of Faith" would appear when the Old Testament spread to the north.

Roland couldn't have imagined the dramatic changes that would occur after popular reading materials from the north spread to the south. Not only him, but even his senior students and the old Heiyuan believed that if they wanted to shake the foundation of faith in the south, they would need at least a super-nuclear bomb like "Path of Faith".

But no one could have imagined that the real cause of the earthquake in the south was the "classical basic magic"! It was the "element theory" abandoned by wizards!
Roland thought to himself, "Edward must have brought back more than just a few books. He must have provided other important assistance to the laboratory. Otherwise, everyone wouldn't be so grateful."

In addition, it seems that Professor Edward and his classmates are not really familiar with him. He must have been out there trying to fund the laboratory over the years and rarely went home.

It is even possible that he only returned to Angel River in recent years.

After returning to the river, he did not return to the castle immediately, but immediately devoted himself to the revolutionary cause.

In recent months, he and his wife returned to the castle and secretly took charge of the revolutionary work in Grey Falcon City. Then, the couple's deeds were discovered by their father and they were sacrificed.

He never had time to go to the laboratory to take a look - no, he had time, but he was probably afraid of implicating his supervisors!
Edward's life has little intersection with this laboratory, but there are important intersections.

His classmates and teachers only knew Edward as a child. I should be able to communicate some things on his behalf with his teachers.

Even if my identity is discovered, I must protect this magic system!

It can completely destroy the rule of the gods and completely change the world!'
After thinking for a moment, Roland looked up and said, "Teacher, Olivia is not here to investigate heresy, nor is she here to invite the Crusaders to enter the city.

She's here for your experimental project!"

The instructor said with some doubt, "Ms. Olivia is indeed very concerned about our project and she can see its value. But you know, there has always been a lot of controversy within the church regarding the spread of magic.

The entire reform movement has been promoting policies under the leadership of the Pope for so many years, but many of their policies have failed to be implemented.

Our experiment has just yielded some results, but even many reformist bishops have overlooked its value. Although Ms. Olivia has a long-term vision, she should also be aware of the difficulties in promoting our results within the church.

So, even though she said she would help us convince the Congregation of Cardinals, she couldn't have come here specifically for this matter, right?

In contrast, the Church should be more concerned with heresy and rebellion."

Roland said, "Teacher, you didn't understand what I meant. Olivia didn't come here to help you apply your research results to practice. She came here to extinguish the flame of truth!"

The supervisors do not seem to have a truly deep understanding of the significance of their research results.

So, after listening to this, he was very confused and said, "You mean, Olivia is conservative? No way, she is a reformist.

Even the conservatives, although they do not support our research, think that this is a good thing that benefits all of humanity, and there is no reason for them to be so extreme.”

Roland thought to himself, "Old scholar, you are wrong! The reformists serve the gods, not mankind."

They are anti-human!
Whether Olivia is a reformist or a conservative is irrelevant. What matters is that she is a god! 'If a few insects in the garden suddenly appear that know how to learn and use forbidden magic, the wizards must completely clear out the entire nest of these insects!'

Grey Falcon City is now such a nest!
This is what the wizards agreed to at the Well of Faith. If the church occupied the Well of Faith and was able to launch the Great Judgment, they would definitely clean up the entire Angel River!

Roland was actually overthinking it. Although the gods and the Church knew what was being researched and were wary of it, they still didn't know what had been discovered.

It was only after Olivia came here that she confirmed the progress of the research here.

The instructor continued, "Besides, we've only just achieved a preliminary level of success in our research—we've only just begun to develop a direction for how to use magic to strengthen our own 'position.'"

"Use magic to strengthen your stance?"

Roland was stunned for a long time and said, "Like a knight-like biological stance? And then improve the realm?"

The instructor said, "It should be called the Magical Stand."

Roland said in disbelief, "You're saying that you not only figured out how to let ordinary people use magic, but you also developed a new cultivation system?!"

The instructor nodded and said, "It's theoretically feasible. Judging from the research results, at least our direction is correct—the Knights of the Temple can elevate their realm through the grace of God. The priests can also elevate their realm through the grace of God.

These forces do not come from human beings themselves, but from the outside world.

Divine grace is everywhere, and magic is even more ubiquitous in nature.

Priests and knights can strengthen themselves through divine grace, so why can't others strengthen themselves through magic?

Believers in the God of Magic must also have a way to go."

The instructor briefly explained the principle of 'applying magic to biological positions'.

To conclude, the magic power is not gathered in the body, but gathered outside the body.

Wizards practice by constantly transforming themselves through magic and then improving their realm.

The new thing that the mentors are researching is to improve one's realm by constantly strengthening one's own position.

After practicing this path for a long time, the body will definitely become very fragile. It will not have a significant effect on the lifespan. However, there are many ways to improve the body. As the physical strength increases, the lifespan will naturally increase.

The most important thing is that this is a completely different new path!

The currently known routes, whether it is the path of faith or the path of truth, are all affected by the laws of chaos in the world, and they can easily become strange things after practicing for a long time.

However, this new path does not gather magic or divine power within the body, it is outside the body!
Therefore, it is possible that it is a true path to truth that will not lead people to insanity!

The instructor was still rambling on, but Roland was already excitedly grabbing his collar.

"Do you know what you've researched? This is a new system that's more widely applicable than the existing power system of Eastern Territory wizards!
Everyone can practice it!
And after practicing, you might not turn into some weird, crazy, evil god!"

The instructor felt dizzy from Roland's swaying. He said, "Edward, don't get so excited. This is just a small experimental result based on basic magic. Compared with our new discoveries in basic magic as a whole, it's not worth mentioning."

Roland generally understood that his mentor was not bragging - he was looking at the problem from a wizard's perspective, so he attached great importance to the Path of Truth.

But mentors look at the problem from the perspective of all mankind and the entire civilization - their research results change the entire civilization!
Roland believed his mentor's words, because this world had never had anything like that, combining the properties of the seven elements—it didn't even exist!
Roland had seen the magic that unified the seven elements—his own magic.

However, he had never seen the seven elements' spells, seven elements' magic circles, seven elements' equipment, materials and substances!

No one knows what a fireball spell containing seven elements is like.

No one knows what kind of new technology will emerge when a magic stone possesses seven attributes.

However, as a wizard with seven elements qualifications, Roland roughly guessed that once certain equipment and materials possessed the seven elements, they would at least be able to cast spells as smoothly as he did.

Other magical devices or magic circles would take several minutes to complete. The seven-element devices and magic circles could, like Roland, create a spell in an instant.

Roland thought his guess was too narrow, because this was a completely new and unknown area!

This is a study of 'basic magic'. Its emergence is no less significant than the emergence of general relativity and quantum mechanics!

It will change the original 'classical magic'!
It will also bring about a major earthquake in the magic technology tree of the entire world.

Roland suddenly understood something. He thought to himself, "If the gods are likened to the Trisolarans, then right now is the time when Earthlings have made a major breakthrough in basic physics before the Trisolaran fleet arrives."

The 'new cultivation system' that the mentor mentioned was nothing more than a research result based on physics - similar to the breakthrough in nanomaterials that could build a 'ladder to heaven'.

Therefore, the value of the entire project is not the 'Nanomaterials. Flying Blade' (a new cultivation system) that allows people to reach outer space, but the revolutionary breakthrough in basic physics!

Roland said, "The wizards of the Eastern Territory walked very far along a road on the left. Everyone always thought that this was the only road in the world. But the wild wizards of the South discovered a brand new road in the darkness on the right."

The instructor straightened his collar and corrected them, "It's not 'you,' but 'we'—in the eyes of the arrogant Eastern Territory wizards, we are indeed wild wizards. But the facts prove that we, a group of wild wizards, have also touched upon the 'forbidden' realm."

Roland nodded deeply. In the Eastern Territory, there were indeed many people who were qualified to bear the title of "Forbidden Scholar" or "Forbidden Wizard"—the Thousand-Eyed King was definitely one of them. But the majority were wild wizards like Grandpa Augustus and his own father!
In the Eastern Territory, there are many remarkable theories, none of which were researched by the tower masters or elders, but by a large number of tower apprentices!

Many people's research results are based on the research findings of folk scholars like Grandpa Augustus!

In the realm of knowledge, the wizard's realm is not the decisive factor.

This also indirectly illustrates the importance of popularizing knowledge.

The instructor continued, "Furthermore, my good student, according to Merlin's hypothesis, the two paths you mentioned are theoretically unified."

Roland was completely stunned. He believed that if the teachers of Heiyuan were standing here now and discovered this new knowledge, they would definitely go crazy.

Roland asked, "Which great sage is Merlin?"

Suddenly, Roland pointed at the instructor in front of him in astonishment, wanting to ask if it was someone in the laboratory?
Fortunately, he didn't say this out loud. After hearing that Merlin was the ancient sage, the mentor chuckled and dusted off his chest. (End of this chapter)