Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation A chapter with nearly four thousand and five hundred words.
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Rose Manor, Swan Lake.
It was the second half of the day's meeting. Every speaker was applauded, and after they finished presenting their papers, there was still time for discussion and comments from senior-rank sorcerers, which helped them to improve their research results and inspire other arcanists.
After lunch, Larry's research and definition of atomic valence was the most popular part of the meeting.
Since there were so many arcanists who needed to share their research results, the meeting was arranged very quickly. Therefore, even though it was already past four o 'clock in the afternoon, there were still a lot of arcanists waiting in line. Today's meeting was still far from ending.
Ulysses, who had blond hair and an average-looking but strong body, stepped on the podium and started to share his research results with other arcanists. When he tried to improve the fifth-circle spell, Gaston's Poisonous Fog, into a water arrow, he found that if the temperature was higher than the critical temperature of gas, the gas would not be liquefied no matter how much pressure was put on it.
It was a very novel discovery, and it could effectively guide the improvement of magic structures. Therefore, almost all the arcanists were interested in it and listened very carefully. Even though Lucien already knew about the theory, since it was verified by Ulysses, it meant that it was suitable for this world. At the same time, Lucien was more concerned about how to map the basic theory to the details of magic structures.
At this time, a tawny owl flew in and landed on the table in front of Gaston. It gently pecked the back of Gaston's hand, who was listening attentively to Ulysses' speech.
As the famous postman of the Will of Elements, the sorcerers and the Knight who were guarding the door all knew that it was Matthew, Gaston's manager. Therefore, they did not stop it.
Gaston was amused. He touched the feathers on Matthew's back and took down the several papers hanging on Matthew's back. He was going to arrange for someone to review them after the meeting.
Following Matthew was a budgerigar. It hovered above Raventi's head proudly for two weeks before landing. There were also several papers hanging in front of the budgerigar's chest.
At the same time, a few other birds also flew in and landed in front of the other three members of the Arcana Review Board, bringing the papers that were assigned to them. However, they were not in a hurry. First of all, it would be disrespectful to Ulysses if they were to assign or review the papers. First of all, some papers that required complicated experiments would take one or two months to review, so there was no need to be in a hurry. For important people like them, they would never let the review work disturb their research, magic practice, and life, unless it was a very important paper.
As Ulysses continued his explanation, the other arcanists became more and more attentive. Only Raventi, the level-nine arcanist and ninth-circle sorcerer, was a bit relaxed. After all, he was Ulysses' teacher, and he had already read the paper carefully.
After listening for a while, Raventi picked up the papers in front of his pet, flipped through them, and looked at the titles of the papers.
Suddenly, an eye-catching title jumped into his eyes: A New Element Discovered According to the Periodic Table of Elements and Its Measurement.
Raventi frowned. "Discover according to the periodic table of elements" meant that the periodic table of elements could be used as a guide. As a level-nine arcanist and a ninth-circle sorcerer, Raventi knew very well what it meant as he had once studied the laws of elements!
Raventi picked up the paper and read it carefully. Suddenly, his face changed. Ulysses' voice, which came from the magic circle on the podium, seemed to have completely disappeared.
When he turned to the last page of the paper, Raventi's eyes were fixed on it for a long time. Then, with great self-control, he turned around and asked Rebecca, who was in charge of the reception, to come over.
Rebecca was carefully listening to Ulysses' speech and paying attention to the arcanists. After being scolded by Leandro, she was very cautious and did not dare to make any more mistakes.
As soon as she made eye contact with Raventi's dark gray eyes, Rebecca straightened her back as if she was struck by lightning. Then, she walked to Raventi anxiously. "What's the matter, Mr. Vice President? Did I make a mistake again? "
"Find me the paper 'On the Periodic Relationship between the Nature of Elements and Atomic Weight and the Prediction of Some New Elements'. The author is Lucien Evans X." Raventi said concisely.
Hearing the cursed name, Rebecca subconsciously looked at Lucien, who was standing beside Lazar in the corner. Could he be X? Did the paper irritate Mr. Raventi? Mr. Raventi's face did not look so good!
A series of questions popped up in Rebecca's mind. However, at that time, there was only one Lucien Evans in the Douglas Magic School, and Rebecca was not sure whether the letter was X or not. She could only recall the name of the paper that sounded familiar.
"Mr. Raventi, this paper is on the last few pages of the Element journal that you have." Soon, Rebecca realized what was going on. There was a hint of joy in her voice. She would definitely be praised if she could fulfill Mr. Raventi's request so easily and smoothly. She could make up for her mistake.
Thankfully, the title of the paper was long enough for her to leave an impression on the paper when she handed it out.
Hearing that, Raventi turned to the last article of Element and mumbled, "The arcanists who reviewed Element are not always idiots."
It was a famous compliment from the Lord of Storm. Raventi was too excited to maintain his self-restraint and said it like him, although his self-restraint was only slightly better than the Lord of Storm's.
Not getting the permission to leave, Rebecca stood next to Raventi and peeped at his face and the paper in his hands with intense curiosity. Why was Mr. Raventi looking for the paper all of a sudden? Was there anything strange or important about it?
Rebecca did not dare to look too obviously, so she could not see the main content of the paper clearly. However, she was surprised to find that Mr. Raventi's face became extremely solemn. She was panicked and scared. Was something big about to happen?
"If we don't consider the atomic weights of the few elements that have no experimental data …" Raventi murmured to himself. Then, he turned around and said to Rebecca, "Prepare the few elements that I need to purify …" Those were the elements that his alchemy cabin lacked right now.
Then, he spoke faster and said to Harry, "Go to Odonk and buy a few flashes from him. He's the grandson of the grizzly bear. Come back as soon as possible. Harry, you can't be lazy. "
"Do I look like a lazy gentleman?" murmured Harry in his perfect, beautiful voice. Then he spread his wings and flew away.
Although Rebecca did not understand Raventi's request, she had to obey Mr. Raventi's order. After asking the other low-rank sorcerers to pay attention to the meeting room, she hurried to the second floor of the manor.
The other arcanists were all listening to Ulysses' speech attentively and did not notice what was going on, because they asked the low-rank sorcerers next to them to bring some paper or black tea.
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After Ulysses finished his speech, he continued to discuss with the arcanists who asked questions. When he left the podium, the arcanists all applauded. Most arcanists felt that they had learned a lot from the speech.
The applause slowly died down, and Ulysses bowed again. Leandro looked around at the arcanists and was ready to invite the next speaker.
Suddenly, he saw the vice president stand up without any warning and walk up the half-high metal platform with slightly hurried steps.
All the arcanists looked at Raventi in surprise. They did not know why Raventi did that. Did something big happen? Or was Mr. Raventi inspired by the speech just now?
Leandro did not have the courage to stop a ninth-circle sorcerer. He could only watch Raventi standing behind the podium and turning on the magic circles. Raventi took out his alchemy cabin from his space pouch and enlarged it into a perfect magic lab.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to interrupt the meeting room." Raventi tried to make himself sound less agitated. After all, he still needed to do the experiment himself, "Please turn to the last paper of Element."
The arcanists all opened the journal, but Igna, who was sitting in the middle, suddenly felt cold sweat running down his back. His hands were shaking and his heart was beating fast. Was Mr. Raventi going to scold him for allowing the paper to be included in the journal? But why did he have to be so formal?!
Larry and Timothy slightly frowned, as this paper was titled "On the Periodic Relationship Between the Nature of Elements and Atomic Weight and the Prediction of Some New Elements". Why did Mr. Raventi propose this paper? They were the ones who reviewed the paper.
Larry also saw the name of the author and his arcanist rank. He turned around and looked at Lucien, "Is it his paper? Does he think his paper is valuable enough to be invited to the annual meeting? "
Lucien looked at Raventi in confusion. What happened? Did Mr. Raventi find a new element that could be included in the periodic table?
Lucien's heart was filled with anticipation.
"Mr. Raventi, this periodic table of the elements is very interesting. The regularity is very obvious, but the error in his prediction of the atomic weight is not convincing." After a while, another member of the Arcana Review Board, LockLynn, an eighth-circle arcanist and eighth-circle sorcerer, raised her doubts. The rest of the arcanists also had the same look on their faces.
Raventi saw that everyone had basically skimmed through the paper, so he raised his voice and said, "Please skip Termirick and a few other elements first. Let us read the rest."
While talking, Raventi took out the purified elements and turned on the alchemy circles in his lab. Then, he began to measure the data one by one in front of everyone.
Timothy and the other arcanists were confused, but Raventi was an authoritative figure, so they just watched him do the experiment in silence.
One by one, the atomic weight data was corrected by several new methods. Gaston, Overee, LockLynn, and Lydia, the four members of the Arcana Review Board, all looked very serious. They picked up their quills and started to write something down. The rest of the arcanists were also shocked. It was not strange that the atomic weight was wrong, but it was unbelievable that the corrected atomic weight could be included in the periodic table perfectly.
Larry and Timothy rubbed their foreheads at the same time. They should've verified the data first. Where could they find the magic ores described in the description to satisfy their strong curiosity, expectation and almost exploding emotions?
Ulysses stared at the periodic table, as if he was in a daze. The paper that he gave up three weeks ago because of the discovery of the critical temperature of gas was so strange to him now.
After Raventi finished his experiment, most of the arcanists started to pay more attention to the paper in their hands. However, they were also confused.
Ulysses was the first to speak, "Mr. Raventi, the correction of the atomic weight is not conclusive, because the atomic weight in the first part is very difficult to explain."
"Why can't it be that the method we have is not accurate?" Raventi gave his reason.
Overee shook his head, "It's just a hypothesis. We don't have any data to prove your hypothesis, Raventi."
When it came to arcana research, most arcanists would not be convinced without conclusive evidence.
"Mr. Raventi, this is just a level one arcanist's fantasy," Leandro interjected, "That's just a level one arcanist's fantasy."
When Raventi was about to explain his point of view, Harry, the budgerigar, flew into the manor with a magic container hanging on its body.
Raventi smiled, "Ladies and gentlemen, let's start a wonderful experiment."
Taking off the magic container, Raventi took out a few pieces of Amphibole. Following the description in Woods' paper, Raventi separated the materials in the most convenient way. In this way, he did not have to find the right separation step after several attempts like Woods did.
When the minerals were separated, Raventi said to all the arcanists present, "This is a kind of magic mineral similar to the one described in the Periodic Table of Elements."
Gaston, LockLynn, Gary, Ulysses and the rest of the arcanists all knew what was going to happen. They held their breaths and watched Raventi put the separated minerals into the spectroscope with great excitement.
At this moment, winter had arrived early, and the night outside was already dim and blurry. The beautiful spectrum of light was displayed clearly in the eyes of every arcanist.
The spectral lines they had never seen before were like a ball of fire that burned their eyes and hearts.
It was really a new element!
Raventi did not say anything, but turned on the magic circles to purify the new element.
With the correct method, Raventi soon extracted the silver-white crystal in the quiet and depressing hall.
It was dark outside, and the atmosphere in the hall was very tense.
Raventi started to measure the atomic weight of the new element. As the magic circles were turned on one after another, the arcanists were all dazzled.
"The atomic weight of the new element is 69.8." Raventi said seriously. He was very confident about the accuracy of the paper.
All the arcanists lowered their heads and looked at the corresponding column of the paper.
"The atomic weight of this aluminum-like element is between 68 and 70."
Bang! It was as if a lightning bolt had exploded in their minds. Then, Lavin's data and property measurements reverberated in their minds one after another like thunder.
What did it mean? Larry and the other arcanists who were qualified to attend the annual meeting knew the answer very well!
They felt that their blood was boiling, and they could not calm down at all.
Raventi knocked on the podium to calm the arcanists down a bit.
Then, he said in a roaring voice,
"I don't think it's necessary to explain the great significance of this paper!"
"The question now is, who is Mr. Lucien Evans X? Where is he?! " If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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