“Ah Li?”
Si Sheng’s voice rang out in the silent passage, bringing Xu Sili back to his senses.
He hummed softly and whispered, “Did you see it too?”
“The vision of the inscription master?”
“Yes.”
Xu Sili sat down on his shoulder, looking a bit depressed. He said, “The last inscription master grew old alone here.”
“If he could hold on a bit longer…”
Persevered until they arrived, persisted until he witnessed the continuation of the legacy of the inscription master…
Xu Sili sighed.
Such a regret was really sad.
Si Sheng looked sideways at him, stretched out a finger and gently touched his head. Then Si Sheng whispered in a comforting manner, “Perhaps this is the best destination for him.”
He no longer had any relatives or friends in the world. He had persisted all this time just to ensure that the legacy of the inscription master could continue.
And his obsession might’ve been realized.
“Huh? Has it been realized?” Xu Sili blinked and asked in surprise.
“Yes.”
Si Sheng nodded. “This underground ruin still has the breath of life.”
As he said this, the figure hidden in a gap somewhere suddenly froze. The next moment, it disappeared from the spot as if it never appeared.
But… it was just ‘as if.’
Si Sheng glanced over there. He walked over and rubbed his fingers in the gap.
His fingertips were stained with a light fluorescent powder. Under the illumination of the floating lights, a faint glow could still be seen.
Xu Sili cheered up. There was still a breath of life in this ruins. This meant…
“Sprite?”
September also sensed the breath of a sprite. The last inscription master had left, which meant that the life here should be a sprite.
Was it this sprite who made those arrangements in the forest?
“Yes.” Si Sheng nodded. He took out a handkerchief and wiped his fingers to clean off the fluorescent powder.
“Do you want to keep going? Or go and catch a sprite?”
He asked as casually as if asking what to eat for dinner.
Xu Sili was no longer surprised by his calmness. After thinking for a while, he said, “Let’s go and see the inheritance of the inscription master first.”
The inheritance of the inscription master didn’t have to be taken away. Players could be guided to it later.
He hoped that the inscription illusion could be seen by more people, allowing players to understand this history and allowing more people to pass on the profession of inscription master.
He just didn’t know if this inheritance could only be passed down to one person or if it could be learned by many people together.
If it could only be taught to one person, it was likely to be monopolized by a certain player. This wasn’t what he wanted to see.
Therefore, he had to go and see it for himself.
Si Sheng took Xu Sili down the last step. A switch was triggered and light suddenly appeared on the surrounding walls.
There were lines of inscriptions distributed on it, which emitted light and illuminated this underground space.
Si Sheng put away the floating lamps.
This was an antechamber. Three paths appeared in front of them.
At this time, a notification appeared in front of Xu Sili.
[Ding~ You have come to the ruins of the inscription master. If you want to obtain the inheritance, you need to pass the test of ‘Small Round Biscuit.’
[Please choose one of the three paths in front of you.]
Xu Sili slightly raised an eyebrow. Could this Small Round Biscuit be the sprite? This name…
It was quite special.
He looked at the three passages in front of him.
The inscription illusions on both sides of the stone stairs were arranged by the inscription master. According to his wish for the inheritance to be passed on, he shouldn’t set many tests for the later generations. It was very likely that it would be given away for free.
After all, there were very few people who could come to Siasa Forest and enter the secret passage. He had waited for so many years and hadn’t seen it. How could there be any obstacles?
Therefore, this passage test should be caused by that sprite.
It wasn’t known what type of test this Small Round Biscuit would set? What was the purpose of setting the test?
Xu Sili was about to use his spiritual power to explore the way, but…
The next second, he felt a flash before his eyes. After the dizziness subsided, he looked carefully and found that he and Si Sheng had arrived in a secret room.
Behind him were three doors. They should correspond to the tests of the three passages just now.
Xu Sili, “……”
Si Sheng actually flashed over here.
He looked at Si Sheng and found that this person was still relaxed. Xu Sili sighed and stopped worrying about it.
After all, strength could defeat skills. In the face of absolute strength, all bells and whistles were nothing but paper tigers.
Xu Sili looked around the secret room calmly.
In the middle of the secret room, he saw a tablet without any words on it.
Based on the engraving skills of the inscription master, it would be absolutely easy to carve something on this stone tablet. However, there wasn’t a single word on the stone tablet. It just revealed a sense of sadness.
Xu Sili suddenly understood the purpose of this stone tablet.
This was a tribute to… those who once lived in Siasa Forest, right?
Xu Sili looked at the tablet without words, recalling the illusion of the inscription master that he had just seen. He couldn’t help sighing again.
“Ah Sheng, is the inheritance of the inscription master here?”
He looked around the room but found nothing apart from this blank tablet. Could it be…
The inheritance was on this tablet without words?
Si Sheng was also observing with a golden light flashing in his eyes from time to time. Finally, his gaze fell on the blank tablet.
He said, “Ah Li, put your hand on this.”
Xu Sili was about to say he couldn’t reach it when he saw Si Sheng reach out his hand. Xu Sili was also wrapped in the wind element and landed on his palm.
Then Si Sheng held him and brought him closer to the blank tablet.
In his shrunken view, the stone tablet looked like a mountain wall towering in the clouds. He got closer and the feeling of oppression made his heart feel heavy.
In the end, looking at the blank tablet so close at hand, Xu Sili had no choice but to raise his hand and press his palm on the tablet.
The moment his palm touched the stone tablet, Xu Sili suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment rising from the bottom of his heart. He covered the stone tablet with his spiritual power.
[Ding~ You have found the inscription master’s wordless tablet. You can learn inscriptions through the inscription master’s wordless tablet.]
[Once your palm touches the wordless tablet, you discover the last words of its previous owner. If you want to take it away, you must meet two conditions. 1. The level of the inscription master must reach five stars. 2. Obtain the recognition of Small Round Biscuit.]
[Ding~ Do you want to start learning inscriptions?]
[Confirm][Cancel]
Xu Sili’s heart moved and he quickly chose to confirm. Then he felt that he had come to an unfamiliar space.
In front of him were two rows of huge bookshelves. A book flew over from the bookshelves and slowly unfolded in front of him.
What was written in the book was the Roland language.
[Welcome to the inscription space. You will start the first phase of inscription learning. For every hour of learning, there will be a class test.]
[Please listen carefully and don’t be distracted.]
Xu Sili finished reading the text of the book and turned to the first page.
The first page recorded the basic introductory knowledge for inscription masters. The two rows of bookshelves in front of him also separated and an image appeared before him.
It was of a young man in his early 20s. Xu Sili recognized him at first sight. He was the surviving young inscription master in the inscription illusion
“Hello, latecomer. I am Turles.”
The young man said in the Roland language with a local accent. “Today, we will learn the first lesson of inscription—the origin of the inscription master.”
It seemed that he hadn’t spoken for a long time, so he spoke in a slightly stumbling manner.
“I’m not very good at history, so I can only give you a general idea. I hope you can remember it well and that you won’t be like me…”
After coming to this space, Xu Sili’s body had returned to its normal size. He stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Turles’ eyes.
The young man was unaware because this was just a video.
Xu Sili was a bit disappointed.
After entering this space, he thought it would be like the card master’s inheritance and he would meet the inscription master sealed inside it.
However, it turned out that not all civilizations were as powerful as the card master, who could allow people to have an endless life in disguise.
This video should’ve been recorded by Turles after he was trapped for several years. No one knew how he survived in the underground ruins. Judging from his skinny appearance, he probably didn’t have a good life.
At such an early time, he was already preparing for the inheritance of the inscription master.
Xu Sili sighed. Then he quickly restrained his thoughts and listened attentively.
He might not specialize in inscription, but he showed basic respect to this respectable inscription master.
At the same time, he also learned some of the history of the inscription master and the powerful effect of inscriptions from the young Turtles.
There was a certain connection between inscription masters and alchemists.
They were born out of the elemental alchemists and were a branch of the elemental alchemists. Then with the continuous development and refinement of inscriptions, they eventually developed into a profession that was not far behind alchemists.
The inscription masters of Siasa were the most powerful and strongest lineage. They were also known as the origin of inscription masters. This made the banyan tree of Siasa known as the inscription master’s tree.
The application range of inscriptions was very wide. No matter whether it was weapons, armor, buildings, or ordinary daily necessities, inscriptions could be engraved on them. Turles even created a technique that could engrave inscriptions on living things.
For example, the camouflage inscription for the banyan trees.
The functions of inscriptions also varied. Xu Sili discovered that weapon masters actually used inscriptions when forging. This type of inscription was a basic one and had been popularized during Turles’ time.
The inheritance of inscription masters had been broken in the current day, but this basic inscription was still used by weapon masters. The mana restoring necklace that Si Sheng had forged for him used an inscription.
This basic inscription was just the simplest first-level inscription. It could play such a big role that even non-inscription masters could engrave it…
Xu Sili quickly realized the usefulness of this inscription that could add various special effects to weapons and different objects.
It would definitely trigger a wave of madness if players learned about such a profession!
Perhaps the legacy of the inscription master would soon flourish.
At this moment, the inscription space suddenly shook. Turles’ class was forced to be interrupted halfway through.
Xu Sili withdrew from the inscription space. Then he heard a childish voice saying, “You aren’t allowed to get close to Turles!”
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