Early the next morning, everyone woke up on time when the tower bell rang. Everyone changed into gray sorcerer-apprentice robes and hurried to the Wizard Tower on the cliff.
The white stone steps led to the top step by step, just like a pilgrimage path. Everyone ran while looking up at the tower above. Everyone was panting as they reached the top step. When they stood in front of the wizard tower, they could feel its grandeur.
A thousand Ant-Man craftsmen worked tirelessly, and it took them half a year to complete the construction. If it had been done by humans, who knew how much manpower and resources it would have taken, and who knew how much time it would have taken.
Everyone passed through the hall on the first floor and came to a room on the second floor that faced the sun. The room was like a small theater, spacious and comfortable. Everyone took their seats around the podium.
Lu Zhiyu immediately appeared on the podium. After scanning the audience, he found that all forty-six wizard apprentices were present. A few wizard servants carried a large number of textbooks and began to distribute them. Everyone was given a thick stack of textbooks. Among them were books on linguistics, mathematics, geometry, the concept and existence of wizards, the magic net, and the understanding of mind power!
Lu Zhiyu stood on the podium. "From now on, I will give you one lecture every month. You can ask questions. For the rest of the time, you can read and research. The library on the fifth and sixth floors are open to you. The library on the seventh floor is off limits. You need permission to enter!
"The ninth floor is the botanical garden. There are common plants, as well as special plants. The eighth floor is the beast prison. There are all kinds of animals and magical beasts. I will show you around when you attend these lectures!
"The tenth and eleventh floors are the official laboratories. Once you become official apprentices, they will be opened to you. Each of you will be assigned a laboratory.
"The second, third, and fourth floors are classrooms, activity areas, and conference rooms. You can move around freely there. You are not allowed to wander around the seventh floor and above. Oh, from the fifth floor onwards, there will be magical beasts guarding the floors. You'd better wear your apprentice badges. Otherwise, the magical beasts will attack you and eat you. I won't come and save you!"
All the apprentices listened attentively to Lu Zhiyu's opening remarks and introductions. Finally, they got down to business. "Our first lecture is: What is a wizard? How to become a Magus! "
"Wizards are existences that explore the truth of the world. We are not magicians, nor are we here to learn supernatural powers. We are prophets that explore the truth and thirst for knowledge. Witchcraft is just a byproduct of our understanding of the world and the rules. Omniscience is omnipotence. If you understand how the wind, rain, thunder, and lightning are formed, you can control them at will. If you understand the structure of life, you can create life. When you understand the operation of all the truth and rules in the world, you will be God!"
"What is a god? Omniscience is God. What I'm teaching you now is how to embark on the path to becoming a God. This is what it means to be a Wizard! "
Immediately, someone stood up. Akkad shouted, "Tower Master Anthony, I don't agree with you. What you are saying is blasphemy against the gods!"
Wendy of the elf race also stood up, "The Master of Natural Order will never tolerate your words!"
Lu Zhiyu laughed. "If you don't agree, then what are you? What was God? Do you think you're believers of God? Do the gods need you to believe in them? To God, you are nothing. Do the high and mighty Gods need ants on the ground to look up to them? Do they care about what the ants on the ground think? Is it reverence or anger? "
"Your beliefs and sacrifices, to God, are like two pieces of moldy black bread that a beggar on the roadside takes out from the garbage dump and offers them to the king. To God, you are not even worth a copper coin, because he can't see you at all. The whole Maria's World, everything you have, is like rotten stones on the ground to God. You are just a group of self-deceiving idiots, liars in the name of God!"
"To me, you are also a group of garbage. The only bright spot is your wisdom. Without wisdom, what is the difference between you and rotten meat on the roadside? What do you have? Beautiful looks? Noble status? Inexhaustible wealth? No, to me, you have nothing! "
"Only wisdom, only knowledge, only that bright spot in the soul, is your only precious existence!"
Lu Zhiyu's opening speech shocked everyone present. It was no less than a spiritual storm. After listening to Lu Zhiyu's demonic words, everyone trembled uncontrollably. Many of them wanted to stand up and refute Lu Zhiyu, but found that they were too scared to even stand up!
Become a god? How could anyone dare to say such treacherous words? Whether it was in the human kingdom, the orc kingdom, or the elf kingdom, no one would dare to say such words. But Lu Zhiyu dared to. He needed these people to help him, regardless of the consequences.
Lu Zhiyu was many steps ahead of them. With a cheat code and a golden finger, Lu Zhiyu believed that by the time they became gods, he would already be much further ahead. In fact, if he could figure out the basis of the existence of the Map of the World, he would be able to freely travel through dimensions and create worlds. The Map of the World would then be useless to him!
Lu Zhiyu had the guts and ambition to do so. The more daring a person was, the more productive he would be. If he did not have the guts, he would have tried to transform the two-dimensional space into a painting world. Then, he might still be using the Scroll of the World as a space that he could store as he pleased. He might even be a poor smuggler, earning tens of millions of dollars a month.
Without those daring attempts, Lu Zhiyu would have died of cancer. Even if he did not die of the disease, he would be in his fifties and dying of old age. He would not be able to run more than two steps. So what if he had the Map of the World? He would still die and grow old. Lu Zhiyu would never be able to escape the truth that he was a fake God of Creation. Hiding in his own fantasy to deceive others and himself? Lu Zhiyu did not want that. Even without the existence of the Map of the World, he was still a god. This was what he wanted!
He should not be afraid of others surpassing him. He should be confident that no one could surpass him. Even if there was no existence that surpassed him within the crystal wall, what about outside the universe? What about outside the dimensions? Were there no higher beings that surpassed the rules? Were there no hidden secrets on Earth? There would always be someone stronger than you. Instead of suppressing others, it was better to find a way to go further.
Instead of being a coward in his own crystal wall, Lu Zhiyu wanted to explore how far life could evolve and where the limits of knowledge and wisdom lay. This was the reason why he had built the Wizard Tower. He wanted to gather the wisdom of all living beings and create a path of evolution!
Moreover, this was a path that required the accumulation of materialism and knowledge. No one could achieve success overnight. It was impossible for someone to suddenly become enlightened and surpass Lu Zhiyu. As for the accumulation of knowledge, Lu Zhiyu could monitor the entire world and control the Wizard Tower. Who could accumulate knowledge faster than him?
Lu Zhiyu's first lesson was about the concept of wizards. He wanted them to understand what a wizard was and how to become one. He also wanted them to know what the so-called mind power and the magic net were. He also wanted them to know what meditation was and how to connect to the magic net through meditation and extract magic power.
Lu Zhiyu lectured for the entire morning, then personally handed out a booklet. "This is the basic meditation technique that I have prepared for you. After you go back and read the three books on the concept and existence of wizards, the magic net and mind power, and geometry, you can try to meditate!"
"By the way, these books are all in Phinks. For those who don't understand Phinks, you can attend the language class organized by the wizard servants tomorrow. You can also borrow some language books from the library. Please learn them by yourself within a month. Every day, there will be various classes organized by the wizard servants. These are elective classes. You can choose to listen to the classes you want to learn. However, every one of you must attend my class. You are not allowed to miss or be late. Violators will be severely punished. Repeated violations will result in expulsion from the wizard tower!"
"If you have any questions, you can ask me next month. If you don't learn the basic meditation technique in three months, or connect to the magic net and awaken your mind power, you will be expelled from the wizard tower!"
After Lu Zhiyu finished speaking, he immediately left. Everyone in the room suddenly felt a sense of urgency. Many of them who didn't understand Phinks were anxious. Frank, who understood Sophocles and Phinks, was surrounded by a group of people who wanted to learn from him!
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