Author: seedless melon

the next day.

Truman asked Anton to change the team members, but Anton refused, just as Truman expected.

What Lilith told Truman was that Chen Xing and Anton were related.

If Truman is targeted by Anton, then Chen Xing in this group will not be a help, if not a resistance. This is why she feels that the group cannot complete its work.

So Lilith was also surprised by Truman's full confidence.

Even though Chen Xing was obstructing the team and there was no way to change the team members, Truman still said today that their team would complete the work today.

Just believe it again, the last day... Lilith thought so. After all, not much is wasted.

Her upper limit is one 2-character "continuous word" or 3 separate "mysterious words" per day.

‘Continuous words’ need to be combined, and combining them consumes a lot of ‘shares’, which is equivalent to translating one more mysterious text.

In other words, a 7-character "continuous word" should require 8 characters of work.

"I can only complete 3 words at most." Lilith said.

"Chen Xing is responsible for one." Truman said, "I will take care of the remaining three and the combination."

Okay. Lilith nodded. The apprentices all knew that Truman completed a three-character "continuous word" in one day, so when Truman recruited team members, Lilith chose to join.

"Chen Xing, are you okay?" Truman asked Chen Xing.

"...No problem." Chen Xing nodded.

"Okay~ As long as we complete this job, each of us will be rewarded with 84 silver orders, which is a very huge fortune~" Truman encouraged the two of them. He saw a hesitant look in Chen Xing's eyes.

Indeed, even if Chen Xing is an 'undercover' sent by Anton, how much compensation can Anton give him? It will definitely be less than 84 silver orders. This is 4 gold pounds, a figure that ordinary businessmen may not be able to save in a month.

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Next, the three apprentices began the work of translating the mysterious text.

They skillfully used brushes to remove dust from the surface of the pottery, and then used mercury to reveal the words inside.

Mercury has wonderful magical powers and can make mysterious words emerge and be transcribed on parchment.

This is not the end, if it is a separate text, it will take shape stably after being recorded.

In the case of 'continuous words', if they are not all translated within 12 hours, they will mysteriously disappear from the apprentice's memory.

The parchment on which it was originally recorded would only show a bunch of unidentifiable 'garbled characters'.

If there are more than 3 apprentices who decipher the mysterious text at the same time, they will only get "garbled codes" in the end.

At the beginning of time travel, Truman carefully studied these mysterious words and rules, but in the end he found them incomprehensible and could only summarize them as a magical phenomenon unique to this world.

It’s incomprehensible, just accept it.

With the full efforts of Truman and Lilith, today's translation work went very smoothly.

Before 12 noon, both of them had obtained the first word and transcribed it on the parchment.

Those are ‘Wan’ and ‘Xiao’ respectively.

And Lilith was 1 hour faster than Truman.

outstanding……

Truman raised his eyes and glanced at Lilith who was working hard. Under her fingers, the small brush was as dexterous as a woodpecker, sweeping away the dust on the pottery to reveal the mysterious words.

Lilith's skills are outstanding enough, but what's even more outstanding is the strength of her spirit. Translating mysterious texts consumes a 'share', and the 'share' is different for each apprentice.

Lilith's 'share' limit must be high enough to allow her to work in the Potions Workshop for more than a year.

14:00.

Truman got his second word.

That is the word "Mao".

Lilith didn't finish transcribing the second word until 15 o'clock.

It’s the word ‘cloud’.

Lilith obviously slowed down her work speed. Her task was to complete three words before 19 o'clock. She was confident.

Even so, she would still face the risk of emptying her 'share'. It was not like Truman could go to another world to recover, so she was naturally more cautious.

After finishing the second word, Truman glanced at Chen Xing, who was also looking at him. When the two made eye contact, Chen Xing moved his head.

This kid... Truman understood something.

But now, the only choice is to continue. Lilith will not trust Truman forever. Besides Lilith, Truman cannot find any other partner.

Fortunately, the current work progress is not much different from what he expected...

19 o'clock.

It's already dark outside.

Lilith transcribed the last word she was responsible for on the parchment.

The parchment penetrated with black ink, revealing a beautiful glyph. Lilith pressed her forehead, feeling the irritability and uneasiness that her 'share' was about to be emptied. She had reached her limit.

But Truman didn't.

Almost at the same time as Lilith, Truman was also completing the final transcribing. His hands were very steady and his spirit was still focused.

Chen Xing over there has also handed in his paper. He has only completed one word of work, which is not much. Lilith knows that he is deliberately delaying, otherwise he should be able to finish two words.

But it doesn’t matter, it’s enough for Chen Xing to finish one word. She and Truman are both good enough.

"very good."

Truman looked at the seven small parchments in front of him and unfolded another larger parchment.

These parchments are made from the tenderest lambskin, and are then kneaded with special potions and dried in the sun before they can be turned into paper bearing mysterious words.

Anton once said that a piece of parchment with a single word is worth 1 gold pound. This is definitely nonsense, but it must be worth at least 10 silver orders, right?

Therefore, among all the workshop owners’ investments in the workshop, labor is the cheapest…

Truman shook his head, put aside the thoughts flying in his mind, and began to use a quill pen to write on the large parchment paper the longest "continuous word" he had come across so far:

‘A crow’s feather in the clouds of eternity’.

Something is obviously wrong.

Chen Xing should be responsible for the sixth word.

So Truman looked up at Chen Xing and asked him: "Chen Xing, is your translation okay?"

Chen Xing shook his head and said of course there was no problem.

"What's the problem?" Lilith asked.

"Yes, but not big." Truman dipped his quill in ink and began to write these seven words on the piece of parchment.

When Truman wrote the first character, there was nothing strange about it.

When he started to write the second word, the small parchment paper on which the first and second words were written began to burn.

At the same time, a white light also appeared on the tip of his pen, and the words he wrote on the large parchment began to shine.

Lilith stared at this scene, holding her breath and feeling a little nervous.

The mysterious text has the wonderful principle of "unique existence".

Once it is placed in a 'continuous word' for secondary transcription, the previous separate writing, no matter how many copies there are, will spontaneously combust and be burned together.

It is as if it is the only existence of a higher level that is recycling its own power.

This kind of burning range is very small, but the burning is very violent and contains pollution. It needs to be avoided for a while. The apprentices have long been accustomed to this scene.

In addition, once the correct 'continuous words' are generated, the mysterious words will glow. Anton calls it a 'spiritual tide' phenomenon, which means a lot of money income for the apprentices.

One, two, three, four... Lilith silently counted the number of words connected by 'spiritual tide', with a dazzling luster in her blue eyes.

Money...

However, when it came to the sixth word, the small parchment with the sixth word did not burn. This frightened Lilith. Did it fail?

However, the "spiritual tide" flowing in Truman's writings has not stopped, but continues to spread outward.

At the same time, Lilith heard a scream, looked around in surprise, and saw Chen Xing... being burned?

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Chapter completed!