In the past, if one wanted to learn magic or nurture the young people in one's family to learn magic, one had to rely on connections and give a large sum of money in order to have the opportunity to be apprenticed to a mage.
Even so, there were many restrictions after being apprenticed, as well as additional requirements that could be added later. Sometimes it was from the teachers, and sometimes it was what the young people in one's family needed.
It could be said that training a mage was like a bottomless pit. It was fine if one had good talent, but the most terrible thing was that if one's talent was extremely low, they would have to rely on financial resources to achieve success.
But in the academy, perhaps the treatment they received was still not as good as those who were carefully nurtured by the mages, but how many people could receive such treatment? Most apprentices went through untold hardships to become a mage's disciple, but in the end, they were still mediocre until they died.
Countless people who were active in all walks of life with the identity of a mage apprentice, nine out of ten regretted walking the path of magic. Because what they were doing now could be done even if they did not learn magic. To put it simply, they felt that the initial investment was not equal to the returns.
But with the existence of the academy, the path of magic was no longer as obscure and difficult to understand as before. Even those who had suffered setbacks on this path would not forcefully stop the talented people in their families from trying to walk on this path.
The emergence of the academy system was a blessing for all who were interested in magic. Under the flourishing academic atmosphere of the Holy City, many academies were established, and the academy founded by the great mage Kabanbai was one of them.
In Kabanbai Academy, there were more than two hundred children and young men and women who were receiving elementary education. There were thirty-seven official mages in charge of education, and twenty-two great mages. In terms of scale, Kabanbai Academy was already one of the best in the Holy City. But what was even more amazing was that there were four hundred and seventy-seven mages who were continuing their studies in the academy.
These four hundred mages who were continuing their studies did not live in the academy and only studied for one or two days a week. But they were all learning more profound knowledge and magic theory from the great mages in the academy. They even challenged the unknown and studied the unsolved mysteries of the world with the strength of a group.
The fields involved were all-encompassing, and astronomy and geography were not a problem. It was related to the summoning and using of natural life, fairy creatures, elemental life, and so on. The theory of elemental attacks with the enhancement and restraint of the environment. The simplification and strengthening of magic arrays, the enhancement of enchantments, and the creation and specialization of magic golems. The research and development of more potent potions, and the search for alternative materials.
There were even those who only raised a question, and then focused on this question to find possible solutions, and then searched for the best answer.
Hearing this, a certain someone was dumbfounded. I'm just building the framework of an elementary school dormitory. He had actually created a university and a research institute in one go. What was this? If there was another thesis hell, then it would be complete.
According to Balta, his teacher, Kabanbai, had extended the invitation in hopes that he and another Lich could enter his academy to teach.
Perhaps from Balta's words, it was clear that his teacher only hoped that some precious knowledge could be spread more widely. However, as a certain someone listened to the introduction, he had a feeling that the Holy City's academic community was in a state of battle. Whichever school had the most Great Magicians and the courses they taught were tricky, they would be qualified to look down on everyone else and treat everyone else as trash.
Barriers and confrontations between the academies were also gradually forming. For the time being, he didn't know if such an atmosphere would bring good or bad things. However, competition was one of the driving forces for progress, so it could be considered a good thing for the time being.
Secondly, those who came to ask for these profound knowledge were not little brats who didn't know anything and still had two lines of snot hanging from their noses. All of them were Magicians who were not satisfied with the status quo and did not have a clue to break through the status quo, so they chose to enter the academy to ask for help from their seniors.
The common characteristic of these people was that they were rich!
Thinking about the various MBA classes on Earth, they chatted for a semester, and there were not many classes in a week. The tuition fees were very high, and almost an MBA student was almost equivalent to an ordinary college student's graduation.
Of course, the high fees paid by these people did not all become the lecturers' remuneration. If experimental materials were needed in the classroom, the academy would also do its best to choose the most suitable materials, regardless of the cost. The Magicians were pragmatic and would not superstitiously believe that the most expensive was the best. That was a problem that only the aristocrats had.
In short, the higher education of the Maze Academy could not be simply seen as a university or research institute on Earth. The people who came here, using the image of Earth as an analogy, were all successful people in society. Their own skills and knowledge were also incomparable in the industry.
In the Maze Academy, if one wanted to go to the podium without some ability, one might even be challenged by the students below when teaching these advanced knowledge, and then be scolded with a face full of tofu pudding. Here, the professors did not have the audacity to say things like "I'll f * cking kill you." If they were too arrogant, it would not be news that they were killed by the students.
As for academic disputes between different academies, and even things like coming to the school to challenge, although it was not common in today's Holy City, it was not rare either.
If it were on Earth, two old professors would hit each other with their crutches. Instead of looking for the police, it would be better to find a reporter. As long as these cultural hooligans held cameras in their hands, the old professors would be guaranteed to run away like birds and animals. If a few photos were taken and published on the news, even if it was not the front page, they would not be able to live in the future.
But in the Lost Lands … It wasn't too difficult for them to engage in a real-life PK in an open space and fight until the sky turned dark and the earth turned dark. The intellectuals in the Maze Academy were too scary.
But from Balta's words, a certain someone probably realized one thing. Even if he was not at the level of Tripitaka, he was still in high demand, and there were probably many people who wanted to recruit him.
Things were just as a certain someone had guessed. After this salon chat, people from all walks of life came one after another. Some invited sincerely, some went straight to the point and clearly marked the price, and some threatened and tempted him.
Some people did not say anything, but some people from the beginning said what they wanted him to teach. The most, of course, was Language P. After all, it was the foundation of forums and browsers. Although he wanted to tell these people that the people who built the forums and browsers were the predecessors of Language P. That thing was organized by him and the Lich after the update.
In addition to Language P., there were many invitees who took a fancy to the technology used to transform the Tower of the Great Sage. Because all the transformation designs of the magic tower, although the Society of Sorcerers in the Sijia District would be made public, so far, no one dared to say that they could understand it.
It was said that the successor of the Tower of the Great Sage had used the power of the Society to set up a research team and began to research it. There were also a lot of people who did not have a trace of magic talent, but were smart enough to understand Language P.
There were also people who wanted to study Flash, and they called it "the magic that can appear and disappear unpredictably." But there were few people like this, probably because all the correct information about Flash had not been made public, and the people who knew about it knew about it from the descriptions of witnesses. Because of this, there were still many people who did not believe in the power of Flash without a formal evaluation.
Of course, there were also many people who were interested in the hot, fresh Sid technology. There were even great mages who wanted to commission someone to build an airship, and let someone design and lead the construction.
But there were also people who seemed to want to call him over as a mascot, and did not have to do anything. In this regard, a certain someone was puzzled. When did he become someone who could sell his face?
There were also a lot of people who were interested in Fen, who rarely talked to outsiders. But maybe it was because of the Lich's identity, or because the title of "former Demon King" was too heavy, so these people did not dare to be too obvious. Instead, they beat around the bush and hinted at it through a certain someone.
Among these people, everyone was mainly interested in the "Mystery of Immortality." All those who seek knowledge on the path of knowledge will definitely want to challenge the topic. Even if they did not succeed, the next best thing was the Lich's transformation ceremony.
There were many inheritances of undead magic in the Society of Sorcerers, but they were not made public unconditionally. Instead, they carefully selected people who wanted to obtain this knowledge. Even the Lich's transformation ceremony had many methods, but none of them had been verified. This was because most people who became the Lich would break away from the Society of Sorcerers and join the darkness, becoming the enemy of civilization.
This did not mean that after becoming the Lich, one would definitely become a bad person. Instead, since he had already started, if he wanted to continue down this path, he was bound to do a lot of inhumane things. If one wanted to be humane and also wanted to do research, they would have to spend most of their long lives choosing test subjects who committed the most heinous crimes and who no one would feel sorry for even if they died …
Perhaps after becoming the Lich, one's life was limitless, and they could afford to waste a lot of time. However, what they could not bear was that they could only do nothing most of the time.
Furthermore, their values would change due to the transformation of their life. It was very difficult to use a human's point of view to evaluate everything in the world. Therefore, it was very natural for them to do things that were against humanity and civilization. In fact, this was the same for all extraordinary people who had surpassed the realm of mortals.
However, the Lich's undead appearance would easily attract the disgust of others. Some extreme actions would even give the Lich a reason to do all kinds of evil things to himself. Simply put, it would become a vicious cycle until one side was destroyed, or both sides were destroyed.
Fen's situation was a bit different. Most importantly, she had already passed the period where she needed to continuously consume her life to find the answers to her own questions. The knowledge that a certain person brought to her from Earth allowed her to break free from her confusion and advance to the next level.
Moreover, her peaceful behavior these past few years seemed to have made others believe that she was a Lich who could be communicated with. Some people even doubted whether she, who had a human appearance and was so beautiful, could be considered a Lich.
In short, the people who came to find her could feel that the other party still had a lot of uncertainties. Because of this, these people did not make full promises.
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