"I understand."
Roland offered only a simple reply to his teacher's earnest guidance.
But once he left the Atrelin Mage Tower, he began actively contacting members of his school, urging them to produce results and exchanging ideas with them.
He also set aside time to shut himself away and write, churning out new installments of the Romance of Seris!
This was the central work for telling the story of Seris well, and an unrivaled instrument for building a shared spiritual community.
Through Roland's efforts, new sections of the Records of the Grand Historian appeared one after another: volume six, Annals of Qin Shi Huang; volume seven, Annals of Xiang Yu; volume eight, Annals of Emperor Gaozu; and more.
The Romance of Seris advanced all the way into the Han dynasty.
Constrained by missing source material and the need to decide what to elaborate on or simplify, he made some choices regarding the subsequent Annals of Empress Lü, Annals of Emperor Wen, Annals of Emperor Jing, and Annals of Emperor Wu.
He focused on Emperor Wu of Han and the Xiongnu, combining the Records of the Grand Historian with the Book of the Later Han and incorporating them into his own Romance of Seris!
As for the "Hereditary Houses" and "Biographies" sections, he likewise selected the more influential and well-known figures to write about.
He would establish the main framework first, mentioning the other figures only in passing.
Thus, The Hereditary House of Confucius and Biographies of Laozi and Han Fei came into being!
This had quite a bit to do with the development of the Seris School's academic disciplines.
Publishing The Hereditary House of Confucius and Biographies of Laozi and Han Fei at this stage did not mean he intended to take up the doctrines of the Hundred Schools of