On the second day, everyone was back on track. Other than the silver-bearded dwarves who felt a little awkward, everyone else went back to their regular, or rather monotonous, lives.
Although Lin Li's math class had been open for three days, fortunately, Fen was there to take over. With her level, of course, she could destroy the entire class. She could also destroy the entire class with her words. She could also crush all the mages in the class with her words. In short, no one dared to raise any objections against the former devil king.
Lin's return made the mages and great mages who were math students, as well as those who did not have magic talent but were not inferior to the mages, breathe a sigh of relief. Listening to Lich's math class was too stressful for them.
This was because math was not like other fields of study where there was a vague space between right and wrong. The right and wrong in math were quite clear. This also caused Fen, who teaches math, to not hesitate to trash talk other people's mistakes.
Although it was still far from being vulgar and humiliating, there weren't many mages who would be able to endure it. Compared to Lin Li's attitude in class, although some of the words were unpleasant, it was simply gentle and graceful. Everyone could not help but miss it.
After returning to the normal teaching schedule, the mathematics and life courses progressed in an orderly manner.
Of course, Fen, who taught life classes, continued to instruct a group of people who were happily observing the microscopic world. She taught them how to record more effectively and gathered everyone's strength to explore the mostly unknown world of microbes.
As for the mathematics course, even though the class was calm and peaceful, the person teaching the mathematics course was just following his own schedule, step by step, teaching the knowledge that he knew. But in fact, under the table, the discussion about math was turbulent.
However, Lin Li had not really stepped into the top academic circle of the Holy City of Estali, so he was not interested and did not know about the existence of math. Of course, he did not know about the big disputes caused by math. This was because most of the trouble was blocked by Great Mage Kabambai and the other mages who came to study here.
The mages who came to math classes were from all levels of the academic circle. In terms of fame and influence, their combined strength accounted for about a third of the top academic circle in Estali. When this kind of energy moved, there was no doubt that it was earth-shattering.
This also meant that two-thirds of the people still stood on different sides. Although these people were not necessarily of one mind, when the matter did not produce a satisfactory result, and it was related to their own interests, these people would join forces to exert pressure.
For example, on a certain day near the end of summer, Grand Magician Kabanbai had asked Lin Li to stay behind after his classes ended. He came to the teachers' lounge in the mathematics building and formally extended an invitation.
"So, there's a banquet I can't refuse that I have to attend?" Lin asked.
Perhaps it was because of the hot weather or his guilty conscience, but Kabanbai wiped his sweat and said, "Saying that I can't refuse may be a little too much, but if you attend, it will be beneficial for your future development in the Holy City."
"Well, may I ask, who are the people attending this banquet?"
"In the Holy City, all the deans of the academies will be present, and some elders have also received invitations. Of course, I will be there as well. Some of the mages you know from your math class will also be there. Including … "Kabanbai gave a list of names.
These people were considered regular students in the math class, so Lin had an impression of them. What they had in common was that their beards were very white and they were quite old. In terms of status, they would be surrounded by their underlings whenever they went out.
The elders mentioned by the grand magician referred to mages who were very old, powerful, and had a high status in the society. It was a kind of honorific used in private. Those who were old would not be able to get such a title.
"It feels like a banquet at Hongmen," Lin muttered to himself.
"Banquet at Hongmen? What's that? "
Lin was too lazy to explain too much to people with different cultures, so he asked again, "Then, what's the theme of this banquet? Can you at least reveal it to me?"
Unlike the banquets held by the nobles to pass time and cultivate relationships, the mages in the Holy City held banquets with a clear purpose. According to someone's understanding, it could be called a "seminar with food and drink" in a nicer way. In fact, it could be called a "battle arena." It was a common occurrence to start a fight at the slightest disagreement.
It could not be helped. After all, this was the magic of the land. No matter how many words there were, in the end, strength spoke louder.
Therefore, it was very important to know the theme of the mage banquet.
Grand Magician Kabanbai smiled bitterly and said, "It's because of the mathematics that you have been teaching for the past few months."
Lin Sheng was stunned. Only then did Kabanbai explain everything that had happened in the past three months.
First of all, the Murat family behind Shang Murat, who had accused Lin of stealing her family's knowledge, really did have an ancient book related to mathematics. This was also why there were people who supported them to come forward and do such things.
In the end, they were trampled on by someone, and with the help of the other big shots, those cannon fodders who stood out were all defeated. However, this matter was not over. The big shots were still fighting over that ancient book, and it only stopped a while ago.
The mages who supported Lin had obtained a copy of the ancient book through some unspeakable channels. When they flipped it open, everyone laughed awkwardly. It was not only because the language in the book was not the same as the mathematics that Lin Sheng was teaching, but also because there were a few fallacies. Basically, those who listened seriously in mathematics class would not make logical mistakes. Grasping these points, everyone started to fight with the big shots who were looking for trouble.
But the real reason why the big shots gave up on continuing to argue was because Lin Sheng's mathematics class had progressed beyond the scope of the ancient book. Previously, they could still use the argument that the knowledge was similar and that the source was questionable to attack the legitimacy of Lin Sheng's mathematics teaching.
But when the knowledge was no longer limited to the knowledge in the ancient book, this argument was difficult to continue. Therefore, the big shots who had ideas about mathematics could only find another way.
Secondly, how should the study of 'mathematics' be defined?
The reason why the mages were so conflicted was because mathematics was not magic! Not only did it have nothing to do with magic, as long as a normal person had a clear mind, they could still understand the most basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division and apply it in daily life.
Of course, if Lin Sheng handed over this knowledge to the Society of Sorcerers according to normal procedures, the Society would have a reason to intervene. But it just so happened that the person who came out to cause trouble made a wrong move. That was to let the clerk in charge of undertaking the knowledge review of the association reject Lin Sheng's application for mathematics on the grounds that 'mathematics has nothing to do with magic', and only accept other magic knowledge for review.
Their original intention was to make it impossible to determine the name of the mathematics creator, so that other people would have room to do something. Who would have thought that the whole plan would be disrupted later, and that knowledge would become a hot potato that no one could touch. Because there really was no one who knew more than that person!
The academic atmosphere in the Holy City had a long history. Two parties who did not get along with each other would use various methods to obstruct, steal, and preempt the publication of the other party's research topics. It was not unheard of for people to steal other people's work. But all in all, there was still an unwritten rule.
The person who turned in the knowledge to the Society first was the winner. But it did not count just because you handed in the title or the name of the magic. At this time, the person in charge of the review was quite important. Whether the magic knowledge turned in was complete or not; whether the other party cast the spell according to the steps and correctly used the magic effect. If the thing was incomplete, then why would the Society accept it?
If there was a case of being accused of preemption, then the party who had the better understanding would be the winner. After all, the person who claimed to have the magic knowledge turned out to be not even familiar with it. How could they convince others in such a situation?
Of course, the rules were dead, and people were alive. There would always be some shady deals on the table. But on the table, at least they had to be able to convince the public. Only then could it be justified.
However, the dilemma faced by those who were interested in mathematics was something that they had never encountered before. Even if they took possession of the mathematics knowledge that had been half-made public, that is, the mathematics knowledge that had been taught was still being thrown out, and they could only turn in the knowledge to the Society one step later and claim that it was their own research results … Even a pig would know that there was something fishy going on behind the scenes!
Even if you want to steal something, you should know how to wipe your mouth. This was the most basic requirement of the sorcerers for dirty academic disputes.
The most important point! It was absolutely not allowed to blatantly steal other people's research results. Today, they turned a blind eye to other people blatantly stealing other people's research results and did not help the injured party. Then, when it was their turn tomorrow, would anyone help them?
In addition, if such blatant theft was allowed once, would there be a second or third time? In the end, would everyone be wary of others and be unwilling to disclose their own research results? Then, wouldn't the hundreds of years of hard work of the Society of Sorcerers and the mutual trust and system that they had painstakingly built be destroyed overnight?
Therefore, this was a red line that could not be touched. Whoever touched it would die. The Society had a bunch of inspectors, and they were not only used to tyrannize outside. Among the sorcerers, there was no such thing as a suspended death sentence or a suspended sentence. Once they made a move, they would kill their whole family. There was no need to be polite or pretend to be merciful.
And in the case of mathematics, what made people vomit blood was that a certain straightforward person actually stopped trying to turn in the relevant knowledge just like that. According to the clerk who was sent to work, a certain person had sent in a whole set of knowledge! Just the paper alone was a thick stack. It was because the person in charge of the project had been instructed by the higher-ups, and because he did not understand the whole thing from beginning to end, that he returned the ticket.
Now, the only legal source of mathematics knowledge in the Holy City was to go to Kabambai College to listen to the lectures of that class and put it on the forum. Then, the lecture notes could be set up with a password to view it. And only the content of that class could be accessed.
In these days' maze forums, there was no one who would put paid things on the public forum and still consider themselves as heroes. Of course, this was also related to the fact that everyone logged in with their real names, and from time to time, there would be real-life PK on the forum.
The current situation, simply put, was that those who did not attend mathematics classes could not keep up with the progress, and those who wanted to take advantage of the situation could not sit still.
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