21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 729 - 725 Teaching (Ask for subscription, ask for monthly tickets)

729: Chapter 725: Teaching (Ask for subscription, ask for monthly tickets)

729: Chapter 725: Teaching (Ask for subscription, ask for monthly tickets)

“We are mages, and mages are the least rule-abiding people in the entire multiverse, with Necromancers being the foremost among them.” While using his apprentice as a laborer to assist with his experiments, Chen Yu also took on his duty as a teacher, instructing her to re-understand what magic is and what it means to be a mage.

As Misumi Mikoto sliced open the epidermis of an arm thicker than her own thigh to peel it back and examine the growth and mutation of its muscles, she listened attentively to her teacher’s lecture.

However, when Chen Yu spoke about mages not following rules, she couldn’t help but ask with curiosity, “Although you told me before that we should not be confined by doctrines and experience, shouldn’t mages still follow the basic rules of the world?”

In response to Misumi Mikoto’s skepticism, Chen Yu not only didn’t get angry but was pleased to counterquestion her, “So what are the basic rules of the world?

Newton’s three laws of motion?

The three laws of thermodynamics?

Or the three laws of physics?

I must remind you, even in this world, these so-called truths can be changed.”

“Changed?

Can the fundamental rules that comprise the world also be changed?” Not only Misumi Mikoto, but Jounouchi Hiromi too became deeply interested in what Chen Yu was saying, curious about the meaning behind his words of change.

Chen Yu glanced at Jounouchi Hiromi, shook his head with a sigh, and said, “It’s fine if Meiqin doesn’t understand, but how can you not, Hiromi?

What are rules?

They are merely a force that can be utilized.

Similarly, what are gods?

Gods are just higher beings that have mastered the method of utilizing rules.

If humanity were to bring science to its ultimate peak, to decipher all the rules of the universe, and were able to directly alter physical constants, then by that time, to call humans gods would be no mistake.”

“I’m sorry, teacher.

I was wrong,” Misumi Mikoto quickly apologized to Chen Yu after hearing his explanation.

Yet Chen Yu simply shook his head at Misumi Mikoto’s apology and said, “I just told you that mages are rule-breakers.

The mandates of heaven are not to be feared, ancestors are not the law, the opinion of others is not to be fretted over.

I’m just your teacher, not an omniscient and omnipotent being.

How can you be so sure that what I say is always correct?

Doubt everything, question everything.

As a mage, you should verify everything you see and hear for yourself, not just take my word for it.”

Chen Yu’s words left Misumi Mikoto wide-eyed, struck by a realization, and also somewhat ashamed. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

Actually, Misumi Mikoto’s mindset was not uncommon, or rather, it was actually normal.

In Eastern culture, conformity is a very core concept.

Whether it’s the Celestial Empire or Japan, in countries based on Eastern culture, the education we receive from childhood tells us not to stand out, not to be different, to listen to adults, teachers, parents, leaders, and elders…

Such an educational environment has eroded our individuality and our spirit of skepticism from an early age.

We no longer show what makes us unique.

We obey and comply with the words and directives of various people.

Being different leads to exclusion; others have more experience and knowledge than you, so you should listen to them…

This kind of education might not be wrong for ordinary people because being different can indeed lead to rejection; one should have the capacity to question everything first.

But for mages, it’s all wrong.

Mages are inherently different, which is why they build towers to distance themselves from foolish mortals.

Mages need to question everything because without doubt and inquiry, how can a mage progress and seek the truth?

“Teacher, I understand now.

I shouldn’t just follow old rules and lose the spirit of questioning and skepticism,” Misumi Mikoto quickly realized her mistake and adjusted her attitude.

As a forensic scientist, Misumi Mikoto actually had a strong spirit of skepticism.

She never trusted other forensic scientists’ conclusions, always relying on her own judgments for cases that came to her.

But magic was a completely different and unknown field for her.

Faced with vast knowledge, studying alone occupied all her energy—how could she have the energy to doubt and question?

Chen Yu’s previous teachings had been heard by Misumi Mikoto, but after all, she was Japanese, and the nature of obedience ingrained in her from her upbringing and societal education subtly influenced her, coupled with her obsession with knowledge, Misumi Mikoto had somewhat lost her ability to judge for herself.

This time, being taken into the Mage Tower for personal education by Chen Yu, she finally realized where her problem lay.

Only then did she truly understand Chen Yu’s point about the need to moderate the thirst for knowledge.

Her previous drownings and obsessions had now nearly caused her to lose herself.

Misumi Mikoto felt acutely that becoming a Necromancer involved learning and interacting with all sorts of magical wonders, but also with various dangers.

“Now that you understand, get back to work.

We still have a lot to do today,” Chen Yu said to Misumi Mikoto, signaling her to continue her tasks after seeing her epiphany.

Still, Chen Yu told his apprentice, “At the start of our studies, we all have various goals.

For instance, I wanted to become a Necromancer to look cool, and you wanted to communicate with the dead, to better seek justice for them.

But when we start learning spells, we find that there is so much knowledge that we could never learn it all in our lifetime.

Only in the end will you realize that learning is not just about acquiring knowledge; it’s about better understanding and comprehending the world, about pursuing the truth of the world.”

While instructing his disciple, Chen Yu opened up the chest cavity of a fresh corpse different from the previous one on the dissection table, exposing its complex internal organs.

“Presumptive stomach, multiple lungs, Ra Lyman organs, cobblestone kidneys…

It seems these organs are coexisting harmoniously,” Chen Yu counted the organs inside the corpse’s chest and observed and recorded their conditions, showing no sign that he had just been giving a lesson to his disciple.