At the first academic conference in 2733, Ptolemy, the former low-key and seclusion master, finally showed his strong side.

No one dared to object to his decision. The hundreds of people present, whether they were the commanders of the military mage troupe with great power, the elemental scholars who lived deep in the tower, or the already famous magician, seemed to have returned to their apprenticeship era, and the huge conference hall seemed to have become a school, and the old man bearded in the center of the hall who had lived for countless years, became everyone's mentor.

This day may be remembered by history in the future, and now, everyone is listening quietly.

"The popularization of elemental magic has become the final proposition of generations of elemental researchers since the elemental mages left the ignorant dark age. Unfortunately, almost all attempts and experiments that allowed ordinary people to obtain "elemental perception ability" and "stable magic storage power" ended in failure. The reason behind this is very complicated. Experts in human alchemy and biology paid their efforts and costs, and countless ordinary people also died. In addition, the conspiracy and tricks of various forces are intertwined. It may be the most chaotic part of the history of elemental magic - but it also tells us one thing, that is, ordinary people cannot become real magicians, because in all the experiments with data, we have created various monsters, some of which are even destructive because of elemental charging, which is comparable to the seven-ring monster, but we have not created a real magician."

"There are not much information earlier, because during the race war, the fall of the East Continent once destroyed them like other information. Fortunately, this proposition is very consistent with the needs of the new magic world today, so he has not been forgotten by history. As far as I know, there are still many secret laboratories in the East Continent today, and the research they are doing is exactly this aspect." Ptolemy paused, and then laughed mockingly, "I know you will now wonder why I, the old guy who never left St. Peter's College, knows this history well, and the answer is very simple, because I was once one of them. After the race war, I worked in a research institute in the Panraj Empire, and at that time I was close to a hundred years before I settled in Doron."

"But later, I found that they were going the wrong way. Their real purpose was not to transform ordinary people into magicians, but to create efficient and stable war machines. I was not sure if all relevant research institutes in the East Continent think so, but after learning from multiple sources, I realized that it seemed that all the magicians engaged in related research had reached a consensus that the attempt to give ordinary people talent was futile. Later, in disappointment, I left the East Continent and became a brigade wizard, trying to find evidence that could refute these: Since elements are everywhere, since they are the most basic components of all things, why do some people have the ability to communicate with them, while others can only live as ordinary people for their lives?"

"I'm ironic. Until today, I haven't been able to find the evidence I was looking for at the beginning - but I don't need to search anymore."

Ptolemy suddenly changed his mind.

"I'm going to ask everyone present, what is elemental magic?"

After a quiet moment, an old man with no stunning appearance and no sense of existence responded: "Touch the changes of elements, perceive their essence, interfere with their form, and thus produce more changes."

This man Su Wen has seen, and is one of the four magicians he once met in Sethorres.

"Killing's verdict, your answer is more thorough than I thought, but why do people call it magic?"

When Ptolemy asked again, the old man smiled and said, "The old name of the magicians inherited from the Dark Ages. People initially believed that the elements control were devils from hell, so they were called magicians."

"Fear comes from the unknown, doesn't it?"

"That's right."

"So, if someone can also drive and change the elements themselves, will they also be qualified to be called magicians?"

"This is not necessarily because it depends on whether they have actually touched magic. Ordinary people can use elemental gems and magic circles to release spells, but we usually don't call them magicians."

"What about this guy?"

When Ptolemy said these four words, Su Wen knew that he was talking about himself.

The next second, the guardrail in front of Su Wen slowly sank, and an elemental step appeared in front of his seat, leading to the center of the conference hall, on the platform where Ptolemy was.

The great wizard looked at him and nodded and smiled at him.

The eyes on the field instantly gathered on Su Wen. This was the eyes of hundreds of imperial elites. Their aura and pressure were far from comparable to ordinary people. Su Wen felt that he was being looked at from head to toe, and there seemed to be no secret on his body. Although there was no real elemental pressure, if he was an ordinary person who had not experienced a big scene, at this time, 80% of his legs were already weak and sweating profusely.

Su Wen made himself look a little nervous. He stood up, walked through the steps with a slightly stiff pace, and then gave a standard mage salute to the magicians on the field.

After Su Wenli finished, Ptolemy continued to say to everyone: "His name is Su Wen Alaiye Makovic, and he is the person I want to introduce to you tonight. Some of the colleagues present have heard of my nagging some time ago, so they should be familiar with him. Below, you will see the performance of this new magician in the admission trial a few days ago."

Ptolemy waved his hand, and ten meters above his head, the empty space above the hall was torn apart, and a white light curtain similar to that in the original ring arena replaced the empty air.

The scene was quickly displayed on the light curtain. It was the scene where Su Wen was in the underground mine cave and the meat ball monster. In the image, Su Wen first gave the monster a double ice and fire with the help of Irene. Then, when facing the monster's fatal charge, he reached out and condensed a large amount of ice crystals into the ground of the mine cave, causing the monster to hit the stone pillar on the wall due to inertia.

The image lasted for about a minute and then disappeared into the void along with the white light curtain.

"Did anyone see something?"

Ptolemy asked.

"He shouldn't be able to release magic, this is cheating!"

The answer was still the Chief of Decision Keeling. His old face, which was not astonishing, was filled with anger. This anger was not sudden. Just about half a minute ago, when almost all the great magicians were still staring at the light curtain, Su Wen noticed that the old man was suddenly excited and grabbed an old magician beside him and said something.

He waved his arms and continued loudly.

"I believe this young man is cheating. If he does not have elemental perception ability as you said, then it is impossible to summon high-purity fire elements, nor can he release ice condenser. The trial space will clear out the things outside the entrant's body, so the cheating tool may be hidden in his body. Great magician, we need an explanation!"

Everyone was uproar, and Ptolemy calmly suppressed all the sounds.

"Don't be impatient, Killing, you've read it wrong. This is not a fire tongue technique, nor is it an ice condenser technique."

"What is that?"

"Elements of natural state. Although they seem to be no different from the flame tongue technique and have no difference in actual power, these elements have not been interfered with by things other than the element itself. Their appearance is not caused by magic circles, nor is it caused by magicians. They are only disturbed by the element itself, just like igniting a firewood with fire, and the fire element will naturally appear from it."

The field became noisy again, many great magicians began to talk to each other, while Ptolemy remained quiet, looking at such a scene as if it had been already in his expectations.

Breton, the majestic old man who had taken the lead in questioning Ptolemy not long ago stood up again.

"Great Magician, please tell us how this is done and what is its principle? Since elements in regular states can perform mechanical operations, what does this operation refer to, and why can elements produce such changes through operations?"

"Simple mechanical operations cannot produce complex effects and will not take me many years. In fact, it is no longer a secret to use elements to perform operations. It was discovered by the magician at that time at least a thousand years ago. However, elements only have the form of excitation and closing, in other words, they can only perform binary operations, and are not stable enough to be difficult to be applied to the number calculations at that time. Therefore, it was considered a flashy function at that time. Few people conducted in-depth research on these exciting and closed elements, otherwise the world today would have been very different."

"Computation can only produce some numbers. Even if they are regular, if they want to make more changes in these regular numbers, they must give them more capabilities. I divided my discovery into three modules, namely the operators that perform core operations, the controllers that perform controllable output of the operation results, and the registers that temporarily and long-term storage of these results so that they do not lose them. In this way, even ordinary people who cannot perceive magic can change elements through a window. Even if they do not touch the essence of the element and cannot have direct dialogue with the element, they can still use the operation function of the element to output, and this output interface represents infinite possibilities."

"For example, the fire tongue technique you see is just because the output data changes the state of magic energy - because the carrier of the data is the element itself, even without the help of magic gems, they can filter out the mixed fire elements in the magic energy, and then order them to eject them in a realistic form, thus forming a phenomenon that is indistinguishable from the second-ring magic fire technique."

"You can understand that ordinary people are exposed to elements in a completely different way. This method is unnecessary for magicians who can directly control elements, but for the former, it is the only opportunity to truly interfere with elements. The topic is still in its infancy and still faces many difficulties, but I think the time is ripe and it is time to publish it so that more people can participate in this work."

"But before you go into this topic, please allow me to say a few words to this young man."

Ptolemy's eyes fell on Su Wen beside him.

"Child, I'm sorry, if you understand what I said today, you may find that it is not exactly the same as what I explained to you before. I told a lie at the beginning. I didn't actually transform your body, but just implanted a prototype element chip I invented in your arm, which can be taken out of your arm at any time. Here, I must regret to tell you that my topic is not to solve the problem of your inability to perceive elements, but your unique talent will make you twice the result with half the effort on this road."

He whispered slowly, steadily and softly.

"During this period, you passed some of my tests without knowing it, and I chose to put the formal ritual of apprenticeship on this conference. If you accept being my student, then what you learned from me is probably not traditional elemental magic, but a brand new unknown field, which is full of difficulties, but full of opportunities and infinite possibilities, and most importantly, it is very suitable for you."

"Would you accept this special identity?"

Su Wen was silent for a few seconds at first, as if he was thinking.

Then, he answered affirmatively.

"Please forgive me for refusal."

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