Vol 3 Chapter 4: Silentism

Philosophy of Magic is a general course, of course, because some colleges do not make mandatory requirements for this knowledge, this course is classified as a school-wide elective course.
Even so, because the entire university has only a handful of professors capable of teaching this course, the Philosophy of Magic has always been arranged as a large class by the Academic Affairs Office, where students from different colleges are mixed together to teach.
After all, only those old professors with profound qualifications and knowledge can explain this obscure course of exploring the origin of magic to the young wizards.
For example, the dean of Jiuyou College, Yao Xiaomi.
Maybe it was for his daunting title, maybe his lecture was really good.
Lao Yao's philosophy class has always been overcrowded.
In addition to the students of Jiuyou College, Alpha College, Starry Sky College, and even some sophomores and juniors who have retaken after failing to take courses, will give priority to Lao Yao's course.
But because of the limited number of people, not everyone has the opportunity to grab this place.
As far as Zheng Qing knows, nearly half of the people in Astronomy 08-1 can only choose philosophy courses from other professors. Among them is Jelena.
This is also the reason why young public-sponsored students are not afraid of a certain awkward atmosphere before class and dare to stay in the classroom in advance.
The philosophy classroom is located at 302 West of the Bishop Building.
Same as before.
There is more than half an hour before class, and the spacious classroom is full of seats.
No one is making noise.
Zheng Qing discovered a very interesting phenomenon.
Whenever students from different colleges are in a classroom, they will silently make a certain comparison: maybe it is the number of questions answered, maybe the completion of homework after class, or just the discipline in class or before class.
The winner will naturally gain a certain psychological advantage and can look at the students of other colleges with a self-conceited look.
The loser will silently lick the wound in order to win the next competition.
Like now.
There was no sound in the classroom of 302. Everyone quietly reviewed the handouts copied from the previous class in their seats, trying to use this serious study attitude to declare something to other college students.
The translucent curtains were wide open, locking the dazzling sunlight out of the window; the elves hung on the light clusters under the ceiling, carefully charging them to keep the entire classroom at a proper brightness.
On the large blackboard on the front wall, I don’t know who left a large character:
"...When you enter the university, walk towards the depths of the hall of wizards. You need to find a lamp."
"...This lamp can help you go farther in the dark, can help you find a direction when you are confused, and can make you firm up your faith when you are confused."
"Of course, it can also help you get out of the gallery of bookshelves in the Book Mountain Pavilion."
"...This lamp is the philosophy of magic."
"...Although it is boring and has no dazzling magical effects, it will become the most solid foundation for your magic journey."
Zheng Qing opened his textbook while chewing on this fragmented motto.
"This passage looks familiar," he muttered, bumping his elbow against Xiao Xiao next to him: "Who wrote it?"
"Carl Strauss." Xiao Xiao was indeed worthy of the title of Great Doctor, and opened his mouth to give a name.
Zheng Qing lowered his head and looked at the name of the author of "The Philosophy of Magic" at hand, with a vague tone: "I am not asking the source of this passage... I just want to ask, who wrote the passage on the blackboard..."
"Of course it is chalk!" Xiao Xiao looked at him in surprise: "Apart from chalk, who else can write on the blackboard?"
Zheng Qing finally retreated and stopped struggling with this issue.
...
Lao Yao used to walk to the podium a few minutes early.
Because he always talks a lot of nonsense before class.
For example, ‘the weather today is nice, windy and sunny’; or ‘your students in this class are the worst I have brought.’
But on the podium today, he didn't chat, nor did he chat with the students.
But spit out other teachers.
"Professor Sima is a very responsible teacher, without a doubt."
"But it will also cause me trouble."
He dangled the black pipe, covered his face despite the blue smoke, and complained endlessly:
"From last week, um, I forgot it was after the first few history lessons...Anyway, in the process of interpreting history for you, she involved some profound knowledge of magic philosophy."
"This is just great."
"...You little bunnies came up to me when they caught the air and asked what was going on in "On Silence."
"At first I was puzzled...This is a practical theory class that you can only get in touch with in your senior year. How come you can preview one or two so far!"
There was a burst of cheerful chuckle in the classroom, Zheng Qing couldn't help but smiled, looking at the smiling faces around.
There is a satisfying atmosphere of pride in the air.
Of course, there are also many students from other colleges with a blank face, obviously not understanding what the professors on the stage are saying.
Old Yao quickly discovered these signs:
"Some classmates may not know." He knocked on the desk with a pipe and added: "When Professor Sima was in the history class, he interpreted part of the real history and involved the theory of silence... I remember that there was a part of that class. Nine students from the Academy, and some students from Alpha Academy?"
"Yes!" jagged answers echoed in the huge classroom.
"Did anyone go to the library to find this information?"
After Zheng Qing raised his hand, he was surprised to find that only a dozen people in the class raised their hands.
"Does anyone understand?"
The raised hands all fell back.
Old Yao nodded with satisfaction:
"That's right~EbookFREE.me~The Theory of Silence" is one of the highest achievements in the development of modern magical philosophy, and constitutes the basis of today's wizards' code of conduct. This theory is the conclusion of the joint efforts of many great wizards, and is deducing In the process, very complicated magic skills and many difficult theories were used."
"Today I will take a moment to talk about this "On Silence" briefly. I don't expect you to understand it, but you can understand the general meaning."
Lao Yao put the Fa book on the podium, rolled up his sleeves, and began to pace back and forth on the podium.
"First define...you need a definition."
"What is silence?"
"The main argument of the silent theory can be summarized in one sentence: in a certain space-time range, the intensity of an active individual is inversely proportional to the lifespan of this space-time."
Lao Yao said this sentence very slowly, almost verbatim.
After speaking, everyone in the hall looked at a loss as expected. 46