Chapter 327
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"The Sage Council's evaluation of the Weave is actually positive. That surprises me."
Josiah listened to the grey-robed man's description of the Sage Council. What worried Josiah the most was that the Weave seemed to have obtained the approval of the higher-ups.
"That's not surprising." The grey-robed man waved his hand and opened the Weave. Large numbers of the Weave's interfaces circled around him, practically surrounding the old man.
The Weave could operate on multiple interfaces, but Josiah had not taught this function to anyone until now. However, this sage had discovered it himself.
The hundreds of interfaces in front of the grey-robed man were all different threads from the spellcaster forum. The grey-robed man waved his old fingers as he clicked on the interfaces at an extremely fast speed.
Large amounts of words quickly appeared in the reply section below the thread. When the grey-robed man waved his hand again, the interface that had been emitting a faint blue light turned into tiny particles and dissipated.
Josiah began to understand why the 'Grey Owl' was able to become the spellcaster forum's top user with the most replies.
Ordinary spellcasters could only use one 'computer' when browsing the forum, but this old man used hundreds of 'computers' to browse the forum. There was no comparison at all.
"Ever since the Weave and the spellcaster forum appeared, I would enter the forum every once in a while to browse through other people's' letters'. This has almost become a habit of mine," the grey-robed man said.
"Uh … I can already see that."
Normal people would not open hundreds of windows to browse the forum …
"Although it's a little embarrassing to say this." The grey-clothed man reached out to rub the owl on his shoulder, "If the Weave were to disappear now, I'd go back to the days of the Owl Pen Club. I'd go crazy if I continued to use the method of passing letters."
Josiah could basically diagnose that this sage was suffering from the legendary disease of forum poisoning. He could be considered to be beyond cure, and the other users of the Weave were more or less suffering from the symptoms of the spellcaster forum poisoning.
It had become a habit of many Noland residents to check the forum every morning to see if there were any new posts in the various' camps'.
"I think this is also the reason why the Spell Caster Forum couldn't be abolished by the sages," Josiah said.
This was just like how no one could forbid people from eating and drinking. Of course, there was the possibility that some tyrants would do something so extreme, but fortunately, it wasn't a tyrant who ruled over Noland, but a group of wise spellcasters.
"But Crowhill wishes to ban the magic-guided machines known as' television '."
The grey-robed man finally revealed the purpose of his visit. He shook his head helplessly.
"The 'television' in the magic arena has indeed affected the young spellcasters. Whether it's my academy or the other three advanced magic academies, a large number of students have been absent during classes."
"Just to watch TV?"
After listening to the grey-clothed man's narration, Josiah didn't expect that the appearance of a 'television' would cause such a big mess.
In Josiah's expectation, the situation of high school students skipping classes collectively should have been at least after the emergence of the Internet Cafe, but the students in this world were surprisingly unable to resist the temptation.
After all, this was a method of entertainment that was centuries ahead of this era.
"The situation was the most serious this afternoon. Many students even fled during classes. This has never happened in the advanced magic academies."
"Well …" Josiah was certain that it was because of the short film 'Beauty and the Demon' that had been broadcasted this afternoon.
"But grey-robed man, isn't it the academy's responsibility for students to miss classes?" Josiah didn't intend to take the blame for this.
"Yesterday, Crowhill, who you call the man in yellow, discovered a brand new inscription. It was a great discovery, but when he was about to announce the news to everyone, not a single person went to his lecture hall."
"Did they all go to watch TV?" Josiah guessed where his students had gone.
"That's right."
The grey-robed man's words were filled with disappointment and sighs. This sage was sincerely sympathizing with his friend.
"I can understand Crowhill's anger. If no one pays attention to the results of my lifetime's research, and my own students go to listen to a bunch of opera singers, it's a feeling of disappointment."
As a sage, the grey-robed man should have stood on his friend's side. However, the Weave had changed his outdated views. Programming had opened up a whole new door for him, and all of this was brought about by the person in front of him.
"Crowhill is very stubborn and cares about his reputation. The worst thing is that he used to work in Noland's law enforcement department. Though he's retired for many years, he's practically the mentor of all the law enforcers in the department." The grey-robed man's tone became solemn and heavy as he spoke.
"I can't protect you like last time, Josiah … Crowhill has allied with two other sages, and their authority is far above mine. Even though he knows that this will damage his reputation, he won't care with his stubborn personality."
"I think this problem is very easy to solve."
Josiah found a pen and a piece of paper in the Hall of Silence, and wrote a line on it.
"Easy to solve?"
The grey-robed man had wanted to remind this youth that Noland's law enforcement department wasn't easy to deal with, but when he saw the words Josiah had written on the paper, he suddenly understood Josiah's thoughts.
"As you can see, although television has already spread across Noland, I still don't have enough programs on hand to keep it running twenty-four hours a day."
Josiah had written the name 'Spellcaster Parliament' under the title of 'Philosopher's Lecture'.
"That's why I need to prepare more programs for the audience. Grey-Robed man, surely you don't think that television can only broadcast opera singers or actors' performances?"
"I used to think so, and I believe Crowhill thinks the same …"
"However, television isn't just used to provide entertainment, it can also be used to spread knowledge … The sages of Noland shouldn't be stingy in sharing their knowledge with the citizens, right?"
Josiah felt that a program similar to Earth's' Lecture Room 'was feasible. The elders would share their experiences and wisdom on television. This would definitely be a popular program in Noland, the capital of magic that revered knowledge.
"Only a portion of the sages would be so generous, but I believe that Crowhill would be very happy to share his discoveries with the citizens of Noland." The grey-robed man took the program proposal from Josiah. There were only a few short program names written on it.
However, this proposal was equivalent to an invitation for the old and conservative spellcasters of Noland to step into the media of the new world.
"Do you need me to pass this on to Crowhill?" The grey-robed man asked.
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