Banner of the Evil God

Sui Xiong did not go directly to Gars City. No matter what the guy who lured him out from behind wanted to do, at least he was not in a hurry in the next one or two days.

So he stayed in Gray Tower City first and dealt with the matters related to the other three cities.

Gray Tower City is the holy city of the Church of the God of Scholars. Although the God of Scholars has long fallen and the priesthood has been taken over by the God of Knowledge, the academic atmosphere formed in this city for a long time has not dissipated. Walking on the streets, young scholars discussing academic issues can be seen everywhere, and there are several open-air lecture halls for scholars who do not have the conditions to give lectures in formal lecture halls to introduce their research results.

Sui Xiong flew invisibly over the city and happened to notice that a young scholar was giving an open-air lecture. So he flew there curiously, lowered his altitude, and landed on a thick stone pillar, just like a VIP seat in a theater, enjoying a close-up lecture.

The open-air lecture hall in Gray Tower City is very much in the style of ancient Greece. A semicircular pit was dug in the ground, and rows of steps were paved with stones, which were the seats. In the center of the pit, a circle of stone pillars surrounded a platform, which was naturally the podium. There was a groove in the center of the platform. Looking closely, it could be used to place a blackboard. But there was no blackboard here today, so it was probably not needed.

When Sui Xiong landed on the stone pillar, the speech had not officially begun. A tall but somewhat wretched man was reviewing with a notebook, and several people who looked familiar with him were talking about something next to him.

"I don't know if Maduo's speech will go well..." a young woman with freckles on her face said worriedly, "This is his second speech, but the last one didn't go well at all."

"That's his own fault." A fat young man said with a smile, "Who told him to be so mean and mean? He has offended so many people with his mouth. People can't scold him on weekdays, but they are worried about their image as scholars and can't take action. They have accumulated a lot of resentment. Once they find an opportunity, they will certainly attack him in groups."

"Yes, I remember the last time he talked about the difference in nutritional value between freshwater fish and saltwater fish, those guys who had conflicts with him even specially found a few chefs to criticize him for the taste. It was so miserable!" A young man in a white robe said with a deep sigh, obviously remembering the original incident clearly.

"Yeah, actually we all know that they are nitpicking and looking for trouble, but a group of chefs are so sure that 'taste is the basis of nutrition' and so on...he can't refute it!"

"In fact, we all know that nutritious things may not necessarily taste good, and delicious things may not necessarily be nutritious. There are several dishes in the Void City that taste good, but if you eat too much, you will definitely get sick..." The fat man sighed and said, "But it's useless for us to know. When it comes to cooking, chefs are the authority."

The sighing conversation of these friends was naturally heard by Maduo who was reading the notes next to him. He frowned, but did not refute, just chewing in his mouth, as if muttering something, but did not say it out loud.

Sui Xiong could see what he was thinking, and he was immediately happy.

(Hey! I didn't expect there would be a good show to watch!)

After a while, many audiences or listeners came one after another. Maduo saw that most of the people were there, so he stuffed his notes into his pocket, dusted off his body, tidied his appearance a little, and then walked to the platform in the center of the lecture hall.

He cleared his throat, thanked everyone for coming, and then introduced himself - his name is Maduo Kong, a scholar from a minor noble family and a low-level magician. Because of his family background, he has been studying the nutritional value of food and has some insights. In order to improve his knowledge, he even went to the food capital Void City to study for a few years and really learned a lot.

What he wants to talk about today is the trade-off between vegetables and meat.

But before he could start speaking, a tall middle-aged man with a red face asked: "Many people say that eating vegetarian food will make you live longer, and some people say that eating meat will make you strong. So what is good to eat?"

When the middle-aged man started speaking, Maduo's face looked a little unhappy. It was obvious that the relationship between the two sides was not good. But since he was giving a public speech, he could not refuse other people's questions, so he had to stop what he was going to say and answer the question first.

"Relatively speaking, eating meat is better."

"How is eating meat better than eating vegetarian food? Is it strong?" the man continued to ask.

Maduo pondered for a while and introduced the topic into his speech.

He first listed the most important nutrients in food - in this world, there are also people who study this kind of thing, but they do not distinguish the six major nutrients like on Earth, but divide the nutrients in food into five categories: "sugar", "meat and oil", "salt", "mana", and "ether".

Among these five categories, "sugar" refers to all foods that taste sweet or can be processed to taste sweet, which is roughly equivalent to "carbohydrates" on Earth; "meat and oil" naturally refers to animal protein and fats. As for plant protein and the like, people in this world have not done much research on them; "salt" refers to minerals and things like cellulose; "mana" naturally refers to things that contain magic power, which is a nutrient unique to this world; "ether" refers to substances related to the level of life, which mainly affects the concentration of blood, the level of strength, and the like.

Mana and ether are not within the scope of Mado's research. If he really studies these, then his research results will never be announced in such an open-air speech. After all, mana is related to power, and ether is related to blood. The value of both is amazingly high, and all research results about them can be called confidential.

He mainly studies "sugar", "meat and oil" and "salt".

In Mado's view, plant foods generally use "sugar" and "salt" as the main nutrients, mixed with some "oil" ingredients. Strictly speaking, they are of course enough to meet the needs of the human body, but they are not enough to meet the needs of "health".

The key to the problem lies in the lack of "meat". Although sugar and oil can make up for this lack, the efficiency is not as good as eating meat directly. Therefore, pure vegetarianism is not good for the body.

"What about eating meat?" the man asked again.

"Eating meat purely is not very good, but if you have to choose between the two, it is better to eat meat purely." Ma Duo had obviously done sufficient research and took out several animals as examples - purely vegetarian animals are not as good as purely meat-eating animals in terms of reproductive capacity and robustness.

"The most important difference is actually life span." He said, "Even if the factor of hunting is artificially eliminated, the life span of vegetarian animals is much lower than that of carnivorous animals. This is obviously the result of insufficient nutritional intake."

Since the man came to mess up the scene, he was naturally not unfamiliar with these. Hearing this, he did not refute it, but just sneered a few times, then sat down and waited for Ma Duo to continue his speech.

But there is no doubt that he will make trouble again.

Sui Xiong looked at the two of them with interest, and had more expectations for this speech.

As a gourmet, he really wanted to understand the concept of "healthy diet" in this world.