Arcane Lord

Upon hearing the lord's inquiry, Lawrence immediately reported the recent events, "Since the last conversation with the lord, I have sent invitations to some of the Akaula artists I met during the exchange, and most of them have accepted the invitation, and They have come to Daxia Territory one after another in the past few days.”

"Tell me about their situation?"

"There are currently a total of twelve Akaola artists who have accepted the invitation, and ten have come so far. Most of them are engaged in poetry and drama creation. During my time in Akaola, I had many exchanges with them."

Speaking of this, Lawrence paused for a moment before continuing to introduce: "I wonder if your lord has heard of the play "The End of the Tyrant". Although it is now banned in Akaula, in the past, countless Akaula The people have gained courage and confidence from it, and the author of this play is one of the twelve Akora artists who accepted the invitation."

"It turns out that you also met Kandy Laputesta in Akola. I've heard of him!"

Not only had he heard of it, but he actually had respect for it. Among the many artists in Akora Kingdom, Chateau had the deepest impression of this Kandy Laputa.

The "Death of the Tyrant" mentioned by Lawrence is not actually about the domestic affairs of Akora, but a fictional story based on Cormanthor's coercion of Akora to merge into Cormanthor.

The prototype of the protagonist is of course King Yin Lisel of Cormanthor. One can imagine how the elves of Cormanthor would react when they see or even hear about this play.

The people on the ground floor probably can’t see or hear it, but Prince Yin Li Seul Mian must have a way to see it. It is said that Prince Yin Li Seul Mian, who always showed his generosity, smashed his favorite things on the spot after watching this drama. playing with jewelry.

Of course, this "rumor" is most likely deliberately fabricated and spread by Akora, but it also shows the influence of this drama.

However, Chateau's respect for the Kandy Laputa was not due to the influence of his works, but because he was not afraid of the power of Cormanso and had the courage to fight against it.

And not just the work "The End of the Tyrant", many of Kandy Raptesta's works have consistent themes, that is, resistance to power and sympathy for the bottom.

This is very rare!

Among the many artists in Akola, the one that Chateau wanted to invite the most was Kandy Laputa. However, his current status is different from that of the past, so inviting him in person may cause unnecessary trouble.

Fortunately, Lawrence knew the other party, invited him and even agreed!

At this moment, Chateau was very much looking forward to what kind of works Kandy Laputasta would create after seeing the Bactrian Codex. For this respectable artist, Chateau felt that there would be no restrictions and let him be free. play.

"Who else?" Xia Duo asked again.

"There are also Sinpati, Gratus, and Emika. These lords should have heard of their names."

"Yes."

Chateau sent Lawrence to Akaola for exchange or further study. Of course, he had to know something about the domestic art environment in Akaola. When he heard these names again, Chateau immediately understood what Lawrence's invitation was.

These artists share a similar tendency to sympathize with the underclass.

Due to the weakening of Akola's national power, the upper class hopes to unite the lower class to deal with external crises, but even so, the lower class is only better off than Comanso, and if it is purely based on the quality of life, it may not be as good!

This is probably the ecology of a small country!

Sympathy for the lower class can be said to be an important branch of the Akola art school. It is not only reflected in the fields of drama and literature, but also in the so-called upper-class art fields-music, dance, painting, sculpture and other fields.

But if you look at the entire elf world, this has become a niche genre. The more mainstream among big countries is the so-called upper-class art. Not only is the form divorced from the bottom, but the content has almost nothing to do with the bottom.

Occasionally, it is related, but more often it shows the ignorance and ugliness of the underlying people.

Chateau certainly does not want this so-called "mainstream art" to become the mainstream of territorial art. In fact, at the critical stage of shaping territorial culture, he would rather completely refuse these arts from entering the territory.

Of course, the main rejection is in terms of content, but we should be more tolerant of the form of expression.

…

Next, Lawrence introduced many people one after another, and Chateau was also impressed. Of course, he was definitely not as impressed as Kandy Laputa.

Finally, Chateau asked Lawrence, “Which of these twelve artists have submitted work?”

"There is none at the moment. They said they want to see the real status of the territory first before deciding what kind of work to create."

"Show them!"

Shado gave instructions, "Let them see what they want to see, and give them all the conveniences we can give them as much as possible while they stay in the territory. But -

“One thing to remember is that it’s okay if they don’t submit their works. As long as they submit their works, they must be carefully reviewed. For the first culture and arts festival, there are only two bottom lines – don’t make up facts and don’t advocate evil.

"More will be discussed later."

Of course, art censorship has its pros and cons, but at the moment, it is the most suitable tool for Xia Duo to use to guide the cultural development direction of the territory.

Of course, the two bottom lines he mentioned also meant complete relaxation. He emphasized that Lawrence should highlight the territory-related and positive image of the territory in the arrangement of the cultural and arts festival.

As for other things, it won’t be completely abandoned, but it won’t make it overshadow the main feature.

…

Considering that the Akaola artists who had just arrived in the territory were still collecting works, in order to avoid putting additional pressure on them, Sha Duo did not choose to receive them now, but went back to the laboratory directly.

After that, it was the same as before, testing the lifting ring calculator and exploring the North Pole with the avatar.

Perhaps he went out for a walk to change his mood. Less than an hour after he returned to the laboratory, Sha Duo's incarnation discovered an elemental anomaly area in the North Pole.

Although this is not the first time that such an elemental anomaly area has been discovered, after all, the [Element Scan] he produced only examined a very small part of the environment on the edge of the continent, so there must be some imperfections.

But it is better to be able to discover an abnormal area than not to be able to discover it. As long as it is discovered, the numerical settings of the detector can also be corrected. If you are lucky, you will directly discover the ancient fortress.

Therefore, Xia Duo was extremely happy every time he discovered an area with abnormal elements, and this time was no exception.

But this time's discovery is a little different from the previous ones. The abnormal areas discovered before are either special environments under the earth, such as mineral veins and ruins that interfere with the elemental data of the ice layer above.

Or it's the changes in the ice itself, such as the influence of elemental creatures, purely natural magical effects produced by the environment, etc.

But this time is different from usual. The element ratio of the ice layer detected by [Element Scan] is unusually harmonious. This is very unusual. There will be a certain amount of disturbance in the natural environment.

The proportion of elements that is completely consistent with the surroundings seems to Xia Duo to be a silver-free approach here!

There must be extra power to maintain such an elemental ratio!

Looking at the landform of this area - the cliff landform, it is in line with Sha Duo's judgment of the location of the ancient elf fortress. Realizing this, Sha Duo's heart suddenly became extremely hot:

"Is Feres Fortress right here?"