ghost on paper

Chapter 6 Undercover
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 was related to Anton.

If Truman was targeted by Anton, then Chen Xing in this group would not be a hindrance or a help, and this was why she felt that the group could not complete the work.

So Lilith is also surprised by Truman's confidence.

Even though Chen Xing was in the way of the team and there was no way to change the team members, Truman still said today that their team would finish the job today.

Believe it again, the last day... Lilith thought so.After all, it's not a lot of waste.

Her upper limit is a 2-word 'continuous word', or 3 separate 'mysterious words' per day.

"Consecutive words" need to be combined, and the combination will consume a lot of "shares", which is equivalent to translating one more mysterious word.

That is to say, the 'continuous word' of 7 characters should be the workload of 8 characters.

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

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

good.Lilith nodded.The apprentices all knew that Truman completed the 3-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 finish this job, each of us will be rewarded with 84 silver tokens, which is a huge amount of wealth~" Truman encouraged the two of them, and he saw the hesitant look in Chen Xing's eyes.

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

Next, the three apprentices began to translate the mysterious text.

They skillfully used brushes to remove the dust on the surface of the pottery, and then made the characters visible with mercury.

Mercury has a wonderful magical power, which can make mysterious words emerge and be written on parchment.

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

In the case of 'continuous words', if they were not fully translated within 12 hours, they would eerily disappear from the apprentice's memory.

On the parchment that originally recorded it, it would only show a bunch of unrecognizable 'garbled characters'.

If more than 3 apprentices crack the mysterious text at the same time, they will only get 'garbled characters' in the end.

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

Incomprehensible, just accept it.

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

Before 12:[-] noon, both of them got the first word and transcribed it on the parchment.

Those are 'Wan' and 'Xiao' respectively.

And Lilith is 1 hour faster than Truman.

outstanding……

Truman raised his eyes to look at Lilith who was working hard. Under her finger, the small brush was as nimble as a woodpecker, sweeping away the dust on the pottery, allowing the mysterious characters to emerge.

Lilith's skills are outstanding enough, but what's even more outstanding is her spiritual strength. Translating mysterious texts consumes 'shares'. For each apprentice, the amount of 'shares' is different.

Lilith's 'share' cap must be high enough to work at the Potions Workshop for more than 1 year.

14 pm.

Truman gets his second word.

That is a word for 'mao'.

And Lilith didn't write the second word until 15:2.

It is a word 'cloud'.

Lilith obviously slowed down her work. Her job was to complete 19 words before 3:[-], so she was confident.

Even so, she will face the risk of her 'share' being emptied, and she doesn't seem like Truman can go to another world to recover, so she is naturally more cautious.

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

This kid... Truman understood something.

But until now, there is no choice but to continue. Lilith will not trust Truman endlessly. Apart from Lilith, Truman can't find other partners.

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

19 points.

It was dark outside.

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

The parchment penetrated the black ink, revealing a beautiful font. Lilith pressed her forehead, feeling the irritability and uneasiness that the 'share' would be emptied, and it had reached its limit.

But Truman didn't.

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

Chen Xing over there has also "handed in the paper". He only completed one word of work, which is not much. Lilith knew that he was procrastinating on purpose, otherwise he should be able to complete two words.

But it doesn't matter, it is enough for Chen Xing to complete one word.Both she and Truman are good enough.

"very good."

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

These parchments are all made of the tenderest lambskin, and after kneading and drying with special potions, they can become paper carrying mysterious characters.

Anton once said that a single-character parchment is worth 1 gold pound. This must be nonsense, but it must be worth at least 10 silver rings, right?
So among all the workshop owner's investment in the workshop, manpower is the cheapest one...

Truman shook his head, put aside those thoughts flying in his head, and began to write down the longest "continuous word" he had come into contact with so far on the large parchment with a quill:
'Wan Gu Yunxiao a crow's hair'.

It's clearly not right.

Chen Xing should be responsible for the sixth character.

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

Chen Xing shook his head, saying that of course there is no problem.

"What's the problem?" Lilith asked.

"Yes, but not too much." Truman dipped a quill pen into the ink and began to write the seven characters on the piece of parchment.

When Truman wrote the first character, there was no abnormality.

When he started to write the second character, the parchment on which the first and second characters were written began to burn.

At the same time, a white light 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, a little nervous.

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

Once placed in a 'sequential word' for a second transcription, the previous single writing, no matter how many copies there are, will all self-ignite and burn together.

It seems that it is the only existence of a higher level, reclaiming its own power.

This kind of burning area is small but the burning is very violent, and it is polluted, so it needs to be avoided for a while, and the apprentices have long been used to this scene.

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

One, two, three, four... Lilith silently counted the number of characters connected by the 'spiritual tide', her blue eyes shining brightly.

money...

However, when the sixth character was reached, the little parchment with the sixth character on it did not burn, which startled Lilith, did it fail?

However, the "spiritual tide" flowing in Truman's pen did not stop, but continued to spread outward.

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