ghost on paper

Chapter 7 Pollution and Death

Chen Xing's death.

Attracted the workshop master.

She looked into the cubicle that originally belonged to Truman, and saw a scorched black and white corpse.

It is different from the corpse of the apprentice who turned to wax in the cell labeled '518'.

It was as if Chen Xing had been painted with feathers after being scorched, which was extremely weird.

Such a burning result is absolutely impossible in nature, but both Truman and Lilith can swear that they saw Chen Xing being burned like this with their own eyes.

That kind of fire, with feathers growing in the fire, was violent and weird. While burning Chen Xing to death, he climbed on him, and recalling it still made the two of them feel chills down their backs.

Listening to Truman and Lilith's narration, Anton remained silent, his face ashen.

The owner of the workshop picked up the only piece of parchment left on the scene with a pipe, on which was written the word 'crow'.

"Isn't this the job assigned today... Tsk~" the master of the workshop glanced at Anton, laughed, and then said, "From today on, Truman is my official student, what about the translation of Lingwen?" ..."

Anton looked at the workshop owner in shock.

"...Anton is still in charge." The owner of the workshop smiled like a pretty fox playing tricks on people's hearts.

Anton was visibly relieved.

"Truman is alone in charge of a team to complete the special work assigned by me." The workshop owner continued.

No one dared to object.

"Truman, come with me." The owner of the workshop said.

Truman followed the owner of the workshop, looking at her swaying back and the snow-white thighs exposed when the skirt was rolled up, feeling a little dazed.

Every time the 'quota' was exhausted, he had the opportunity to contact the workshop owner, which made him very annoyed, because his mind was not clear, and he couldn't grasp the key points that should be inquired about.

The whole workshop is very large, there are many areas besides the corridor between the lattices where Truman is located, but Truman has never been there, and he does not know what the purpose is and who is in charge of management.

When he came to the workshop owner's office, the huge bed was still very attractive, and the soft carpet under his feet made Truman a little distracted.

"Tell me, if Chen Xing gave you a fake spiritual script and hid the truth in himself, how would you translate the real 'continuous word', using the spontaneous combustion phenomenon when the spiritual script loses its uniqueness, to make Chen Xing Burnt to death?" The owner of the workshop leaned on the bed and asked leisurely.

"I didn't do it on purpose. I didn't know the mysterious text... Well, I didn't know that the spiritual text would spontaneously combust, no, I knew that the spiritual text would spontaneously combust if it lost its uniqueness, but I didn't know that it would burn people to death, and I didn't know that Chen Xing would burn it The true spirit is hidden on my body... Isn't this too silly?"

Trying to organize his thoughts and control his emotions, Truman still couldn't help but swear.

He didn't want to kill Chen Xing, even if Chen Xing messed up his work, Truman didn't think it was worth killing.

Now Truman learned from the owner of the workshop that the 'mysterious script' is actually called 'spiritual script'.

And all the apprentices know that during the copying process, if the spiritual text loses its uniqueness, it will spontaneously combust, so if you put a spiritual text that has not been copied close to your body, do you think you are not dying fast enough?
"He probably didn't expect you to get that real spiritual text...how did you get it?" the workshop owner asked.

How did you get...?
That's a good question...?
Truman recalled the contents of his notepad on the other side of the earth last night.

The translation on the first day was not completed. After traveling back to Earth, Truman had already forgotten what those words were.

This kind of forgetting is a complete forgetting, even if you dig your head, you can't recall what those words are.

But the overall impression remains, like you don't remember what you did at the playground yesterday, but you remember being there.

The impression is that it should be a poem about Zhuge Liang.

So it took half an hour to make up all the seven-character verses about Zhuge Liang, which became the confidence that Trumen would be able to complete the work.

When he saw 'Wan Gu Yun Xiao Yi Ya Mao', he immediately understood that the sixth word was wrong.

However, at that time, Truman never expected that Chen Xing would play tricks. He thought that Chen Xing made a typo on purpose.

Now that I think about it, it makes sense for Chen Xing to exchange fake ones for real ones.

In the process of translation, the characters are traced according to the marks on the pottery. If there are intentional mistakes, the possibility of being discovered during this process is relatively high.

What about replacing the whole card, because at that moment everyone's "share" has insufficient balance and is in a trance, so the possibility of success is naturally greater.

……

Now, Truman certainly cannot give such an explanation, and he has already thought about how to explain it.

"Lilith told me that Chen Xing is related to Anton, and I don't trust him. Although I assigned him the task of the sixth word, I am also working on the translation of that word..."

When Truman said this, he puffed out his chest proudly, "So I completed 4 spiritual scripts instead of 3."

This lie will not be exposed.

Because of the uniqueness of 'continuous words', those individual spiritual texts were burned without evidence.

Among the two witnesses, Chen Xing is dead, and Lilith, although she may not help Truman lie, Truman can also say that she can't remember other people's workload clearly during the intense work.

"Very good~" The owner of the workshop applauded lightly, not knowing whether he was saying that Truman's work ability is excellent, or something else.

"Master Fangzhu..." Truman pressed his head, thinking that he should ask for some information and knowledge while he was awake.

"Change your name~" The owner of the workshop shook his head.

"... Teacher." Truman said, "Can I know more about the sequence?"

"Of course." The master of the workshop sat there, shaking his feet, and the slippers inlaid with gems shone like neon under the light.

Truman shook his head, forced his eyes back, and listened to the owner of the workshop talk about the world's extraordinary power system, which was the reward he deserved.

……

Notepad.

Truman wrote a lot of words:
"The third level of extraordinary, the third level of legend, and the third level of mythology constitute the extraordinary sequence occupation system of this world..."

"Sequences are 'stable' in Transcendent, Legendary, and Mythical, and are 'stable' in occupational characteristics..."

"For example, 'scholars' are divided into extraordinary first-level 'scholars', extraordinary second-level 'scholars', and extraordinary third-level 'scholars'. The grades change, but the names remain the same..."

"When jumping from extraordinary to legend, or from legend to myth, you can change the 'sequence'..."

"For example, the master of the workshop is a legendary-level 'soul refiner', and she holds three 'transcendent' sequences leading to the 'legendary' level 'soul refiner', namely craftsman, scholar and actor..."

"Compared with the secret medicine and rituals for advancing to the sequence, jumping between sequences is higher-level knowledge and secrets. What is involved, she didn't say..."

"The master of the workshop suggested that I choose the 'scholar' sequence in the extraordinary stage... The potion formula is 25 gold pounds, the finished potion is 30 gold pounds, and the ceremony is free..."

"It's too expensive. According to the previous income rate, I'm afraid it will take several years to save it. No wonder Anton has not been promoted..."

"No, Anton's family is a trader. It is said that their annual income exceeds 500 gold pounds. He should be able to afford this money..."

"After being promoted to the Extraordinary Sequence, what kind of power will I have?"

"Tomorrow, the owner of the workshop said that she would take me to learn how to refine potions. She said that this is a punishment for Anton, not a reward for me. Maybe she knows everything."

"Finally, why 'Wan Gu Yun Xiao Yi Yu'???"

(End of this chapter)