Lord of Arcane

Chapter 896
It's just that Xia Duo is looking forward to success on the surface, but deep down, subconsciously, Xia Duo hopes to fail even more.

Because once the natural druid appears, it means that the essence of this world is not what he thought before, but almost earth-shaking changes have taken place.

Of course, at this stage, no matter what the nature of the world is, it has no effect on him, but as a quasi-eternal person, Xia Duo must have long-term considerations.

For a while, he didn't know how to respond to Atwood. He said he should be happy, and he should be happy. This means that he is likely to get a group of agricultural experts. Of course, it covers everything, and it may be other fields. .

At the same time, the emergence of natural druids will also make the elves lose their fulcrum in the penetration of Netheril's beliefs, and those human druids who have obtained holy power from the elves' main gods will eventually come to an end.

But behind the joy, the fear of breaking the inherent cognition and the world slipping into the unknown envelops him deeply, making him feel like a thorn in his back.

"Leyton Consul, inform others that the meeting is postponed! Elder Atwood, come with me to the study!"

"Yes, Lord!"

……

The library on the second floor.

When Xia Duo was in the territory, the study room was the place where he stayed the most. Usually, Leiden sent people to clean it up. As for the rest of the villa, the logistics department of the territory sent people to maintain it.

Of course, there are not too many books in this study, and most of them are just documents and files related to the territory. Except for some of them are kept in Layton, he also keeps a batch of copies here.

Returning to this study after a month, Xia Duo didn't feel the slightest sense of strangeness, and his excellent memory even allowed him to restore every feeling he had when he was here last time.

After letting Atwood sit down, Xia Duo pondered for a moment, and then began to ask:
"Elder Atwood, can you tell me about your process of perceiving nature?"

"My lord, there is nothing unreasonable about this. The new concept of nature came from my lord. I only got the natural response so quickly because of the convenience of the druids before. However, the process of perceiving nature is very complicated. Excuse me. Where do adults want to start?"

"Just talk about the natural response!"

In fact, this is what Xia Duo wants to know the most. The so-called perception process is nothing more than artificially creating a certain atmosphere to actively perceive a certain existence.

It seems a bit mysterious and complicated, but in fact, as long as you follow certain rituals and persist for a long time, you can easily reach the state.

This is similar to the mage's concentration training, except that the concentration training requires concentration, while the priest's perception training requires relaxation.

Not to mention that the two are completely contradictory, at least after forming a habit, it is difficult to enter the state when doing another kind of training.

This is also an important reason why there are so few priests who become mages part-time.

What Atwood said about the convenience of being a druid before refers to the results of similar perception training, and if Xia Duo wants to perceive nature, he must go through such an experience.

Of course, people are different. Some people are extremely sensitive and good at perception, so naturally they have to work hard to achieve the state of perception. If there is another perception subject with the same concept, it will be almost effortless to become a priest.

Similarly, mages also have super talents. For example, some people can naturally perform tricks such as [Light Art] or [Magic Trick] as soon as they are adults.

They are naturally able to come into contact with the magic net, and with a little training, they can become mages. They don't need to go through relatively long-term focused training like ordinary mages before they can really come into contact with the magic net and become mages (apprentices).

Bloodline Warlocks are similar, except that there are more complex and powerful bloodline spells. Perhaps those who can cast spells as adults may be some relatively hidden and weak special bloodlines.

Xia Duo is not only a person with a special bloodline, but also an arcanist, so he naturally doesn't want to spend any more time to perceive the holy power. Only fools are willing to do such thankless things.

Of course, if the holy power can be obtained without any effort, and the source of the holy power is not the gods, then the fool will refuse.

He still understands the reason why Ye Duo doesn't overwhelm himself.

……

Soon, Atwood spoke out the process of his perception of nature and natural response. Of course, the former is relatively brief under Xia Duo's hint, and the focus is on natural response.

"My lord, at that time I thought in my heart that nature exists in all things and manifests itself in all things, so I dissociated my spirit in the evolution process of all things.

"Because of my past experience, I am most familiar with forests. During my stay in Daxia, I saw the whole process of trees growing and dying alone and humans participating in the growth and death, which gave me a deeper understanding of nature.

"Just a while ago, I perceived the will of nature in a dream, and after waking up, I re-perceived nature, and in a waking state, I got a natural response again.

"That feeling is hard to describe in words, as if an unparalleled and supreme existence is showing me the mysteries of nature. Everything, from the birth of the plane, to the sun, moon, stars, and everything in the world, is natural. evolution!

"It wasn't until that moment that I really realized the ignorance and shallowness of my past self, the magnificence of the lord's deep thinking, and the magnificence of nature. How can the narrow forest nature of the mere elves represent the real nature!"

As he was talking, Atwood showed an extremely fanatical look, which made Xia Duo frown, but then he unfurled it quickly.

The new natural concept is destined not to have too fanatical believers, because this so-called new natural concept was originally transformed from the "Tao" in his hometown.

Most of this is theory, and there are almost no teachings that are actually used to guide the behavior of believers. Maybe there will be in the future, but there really is none now.

The theory, of course, is attributed to the root of everything and the manifestation of everything. In other words, this kind of theory does not have many conditions that can guide the behavior of believers.

Because whatever you do can be considered natural.

From the theory, completely different extended teachings can be made, such as the creation of all things in nature, which can be extended to respect life, or it can be extended to mean that all things are equal and cannot be killed.

Doctrine and theory are two entirely different things.

For example, the teachings of the Lord of Radiance are the existences formulated by priests based on the perceived will of the Lord of Radiance to guide beliefs.

Different priests have different understandings, and the teachings are naturally different, which also leads to different schools.

The mainstream of Netheril's belief in the Lord of Radiance is the School of Law, the School of Order, and the School of Holy Light. In addition, there are many non-mainstream schools, such as the Extreme Praise School, which is actually a doctrine of goodness derived from the sun and brilliance.

It's just that the teachings of this school are too extreme. There are not many people in Netheril, and only a very small number of low-level paladins belong to this school, and they are still very unpopular.

In fact, the Lord of Radiance has no human concepts of good and evil, and his will is full of order and machinery.

For this alone, it is doomed that the school of extreme worship cannot be supported by the source of belief. In layman's terms, the priests and paladins of this school have their upper limit of holy power locked and cannot be upgraded at all.

Not to mention any development.

(End of this chapter)