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Time seemed to have frozen in the hall of the Magician Administrative Department. It was only when other magicians came in that the strange atmosphere was broken that Eric came back to his senses. Ignoring the reception desk, he quickly flipped through the contents of the paper.
If he remembered correctly, Lucien Evans X was the young man who had only started learning arcana three months ago! How could he write such a highly rated paper?
Eric was shocked by the fact that Lucien was only a level one arcanist and a first circle sorcerer, and the reward of three hundred arcana credits and two thousand arcana points.
As Eric turned the pages of Element, Cindy and Dona also opened their eyes wide, trying to figure out why their friend Lucien could get such a high rating.
Eric was shocked by the contents of the periodic table. His heart beat violently, and his blood flowed faster. Because of the previous review, he naturally believed that the content of the paper was correct — it was not only highly debatable.
However, when Eric, Cindy, and Dona read the incorrect prediction and correction of the atomic weight, they were all confused. Some elements were so old that the later generations of arcanists did not use new methods to measure them. However, for some important elements, as long as there were new methods to measure them, they would always be tested by the arcanists. How could the data be wrong?
"But Mr. Gaston and Mr. Overee's comments were almost the same. They couldn't have made the same mistake at the same time." Faced with such a perplexing situation, even the lively Cindy appeared quiet and confused. "If you value the previous ideas and think that they're worth discussing, you'll only award one or two points at most."
Cindy had been working in the Headquarters of the Magic Council for almost two years, and she had read many papers. She could roughly guess the standard.
Dona also nodded. "It's impossible for the reviewers of Element to allow him to publish the first article without verifying it with experiments!"
Eric put away his doubts and continued to flip through. Soon, he saw the experiment report attached by Lucien. He was shocked by the atomic weight correction data in it.
"But there's still no conclusive evidence …" Eric's eyes widened again when he saw the title of the next paper: A New Element Discovered According to the Periodic Table of Elements and Its Measurement. Author: Woods, level four arcanist, fourth circle sorcerer. Raventi believed that papers of equal importance should be arranged according to the time of publication.
While reading the paper, Eric's hands trembled as he flipped to the front to compare the content of Lucien's paper. He was afraid that the citation in Woods' paper was wrong. As he watched, his face flushed red as if he was drunk, and the veins on his forehead bulged. This was simply an extremely miraculous "prophecy"!
Later, Raventi's discovery of the new element and Lazar's paper on the determination of the atomic weight of the arcanists completely shattered all the different opinions with indisputable facts. It firmly opened a new gate in the field of element magic, and it also made people wonder why the data of the atomic weight of the first few elements was wrong.
Turning back to the periodic table, Eric was speechless for a long time when he saw the obvious periodic changes in the arrangement of the elements.
As an apprentice, Cindy was much less shocked than the formal arcanists. She still could not understand the great significance of the periodic table, but she was still shocked by the precise "prophecy" and the regular periodic changes.
"The periodic changes of the elements look so amazing. Like the Brooke equation, it has the ultimate beauty of simplicity, symmetry, and mystery." Cindy could not help but compare the periodic table with the Brooke equation, which was also known as the "poem of the goddess".
Dona also praised, "It's as if there's a god, or a being that we can't understand, manipulating everything. Otherwise, how can the elements show such a periodic change?"
Although the power of the Church in the Kingdom of Holm was suppressed by the Congress of Magic, the Church still had a great influence among the common people. Girls like Dona and Cindy, who were born in peasant families, were more or less influenced by the beliefs of the people around them before they were selected to study in the magic school. However, after witnessing the miraculous magic, their beliefs had long been weakened. Instead of saying that they believed in the existence of a god, it was more like they were seeking peace and comfort.
"No wonder Evans was rewarded with three important comments, three hundred arcana credits, and two thousand arcana points." Eric sighed, "In recent years, only Mr. Brook's paper proved that electromagnetic waves were light and measured the speed of light. Even Mr. Donald's paper about the discovery of new elements and Mr. Lord of Storm's paper about the discovery of electromagnetic waves were only worth about a hundred arcana credits." Lucien nodded, "Also, Mr. Eric's paper about the discovery of electromagnetic waves and Mr. Donald's paper about the discovery of new elements were only worth about a hundred credits."
Most of the senior-rank arcanists had never thought about getting enough arcana credits from the review board. Their main source of credits was the citations they received, which was why their arcana level was generally lower than their magic level. Only the authoritative arcana level could match their magic level.
"Mr. Evans' arcana level is much higher than his magic level. In the three hundred years since the Congress of Magic established the arcana level, there were only eight people like him, and almost half of them were grand arcanists and legendary sorcerers." Cindy recalled the legendary stories she had heard. She did not dare to call Lucien by his name anymore.
When they were still at a lower level, it was normal for their arcana level to be higher than their magic level, but it was not normal for their arcana level to be much higher than their magic level. Among the eight people, there were two grand arcanists and one legendary sorcerer. One died of illness, two died in battles, and the other two lost their brilliance and became the same as other arcanists.
Eric rolled his gray eyes and read the paper again, "Level four arcanist … I didn't expect that Evans' arcana level would be higher than mine after only two months in Allyn." After all, it took Eric thirty years to become a level three arcanist.
Then, he closed Element and put on a smile, "Now Evans is famous in the Congress of Magic. Even if we don't use X to distinguish him, people will think of Lucien Evans as Lucien Evans. "
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In the headquarter of Arcana, Drummond, the chief editor of Arcana, threw Element onto his desk with a gloomy face. It was an insult to the reputation of the most authoritative and influential journal in the world of magic that Lucien Evans did not publish the paper in his own journal.
Drummond was a level seven senior-rank arcanist, and he was an authority in the school of Force Field and Astrology. If he did not choose to be the chief editor of Arcana, he would definitely be qualified to join the Arcana Review Board.
Right now, Drummond's anger was burning his soul. Although it was not Arcana's fault that the two members of Arcana Review Board made a mistake during the first review, it was not Arcana's fault that they failed to invite the author of the paper. However, when he met Gaston and Overee who went back to the board to deal with the re-review, they laughed at him and said that the author of the paper had come to Arcana in person to submit the paper.
Drummond looked around at the arcanists in front of him with his black eyes and said one word after another, "Who did the review? If you're not sure, why didn't you submit the paper to the special arcanists? "
As the most authoritative journal, Arcana had a good relationship with most of the senior-rank arcanists. When they couldn't determine whether a paper was valuable enough to be published in Arcana, the journal would also submit the paper to the senior-rank arcanists in the corresponding field, or even to the legendary sorcerers and grand arcanists for a third review, in order to prevent the loss of valuable papers as much as possible.
Being glanced at by Drummond's cold eyes, the arcanists were a bit nervous, but they were not too scared. Every year, there were a few cases where valuable papers were lost because of mistakes in the review. At most, they would be scolded and their rewards would be deducted.
"I'm not the one who reviewed it." One of the arcanists answered first, and the rest of the arcanists followed, "I'm not the one who reviewed it."
Drummond curled the corner of his lips and looked at them with a cold smile, "Then who reviewed it?"
At the reception desk outside of Arcana, Garvin was staring at Element in front of him. His face was as pale as an undead creature, and his eyes were unfocused.
Next to him, Heidi shook her head sympathetically, "Why didn't you just tell him to send the paper to the corresponding mailbox according to the procedure, and let Beryl, who was responsible for distributing the papers, send them to the review arcanists? I just told him the reason."
"Don't you understand? Arcana is a place full of middle-rank arcanists, and we have to strictly follow the rules. The more we do, the more mistakes we make. If we don't do anything, we won't make any mistakes. "
Garvin raised his head and looked at Heidi in confusion. Usually, Heidi had big breasts but no brain.
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In the noble district of Renstadt, there was a magnificent magic tower in the style of the Tria court. On the outside of the tower, there was a golden word, "Holm Royal Magic Academy".
On the ninth floor, more than a dozen senior leaders of the Will of Elements and Holm Royal Magic Academy who had the right to make decisions gathered here early in the morning.
After becoming a senior-rank sorcerer or arcanist, no matter which organization they were in, they would naturally become the leaders of the organization. However, only people like Gaston and Overee, who were authoritative in their field or had reached the eighth or ninth circle, were qualified to be the decision-makers of the organization.
Raventi came from Rose Manor before dawn. Seeing that everyone was here, Raventi said in a loud voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that all of you have read Evans' paper and the paper on the discovery of the new element. I'm sure that no one is against awarding him the Holm Crown prize, right?"
"I don't think so." Morris Hoffenberg, the president of Holm Royal Magic Academy, the president of the branch of the Congress of Magic in the Kingdom of Holm, and the other president of the Will of Elements, frowned, "Although the discovery is important, it's just a summary of the nature and atomic weight of the elements. It doesn't involve any high-level arcana knowledge, so it's an important but simple achievement. All it needs is an inspiration."
"This Evans has just passed the basic arcana test. If we give him the Holm Crown prize, won't it be against the prestige and the highest honor in the field of elements and alchemy?"
Morris Hoffenberg had the unique silver-gray eyes of the royal family of Holm, and he looked a bit like Natasha. He was a handsome middle-aged man.
Raventi stared at Morris and suddenly roared, "Simple achievement? Morris, are you trying to say that the arcanists who have been studying the law of elements in the past few years are all idiots? Or are you trying to say that I'm an idiot? Or that the Lord of Storm is an idiot? "
Gaston, Overee and the rest of the arcanists laughed silently. Every time when there was a dispute, if they were on Raventi's side, they would not need to think too much. All they needed to do was to listen to Raventi's roar and say something at the critical moment. Raventi was indeed a good teammate. (To be continued.) 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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