Su Xiao held a thick metal book. It was clear at a glance that the book was quite old. The black cover bore obvious scuff marks, and near the top was a line of text that looked crooked but was actually arranged in perfect order.
You obtained the Alchemy Codex.
The codex could not be used directly. The knowledge recorded within was its true value. The problem was that Su Xiao could not understand the writing at all.
He opened the Alchemy Codex. The metal pages were covered in complicated text, some of it resembling cuneiform, engraved into the metal.
When his finger brushed over the writing, he could feel the obvious ridges and grooves. Each metal page was fairly thin, yet the engraved text was exceptionally clear.
Su Xiao began studying the writing in the Alchemy Codex. After a preliminary examination, he discovered that he could not understand what the writing meant.
The Alchemy Codex was valuable enough, but the problem was that Su Xiao could not understand it at all.
Su Xiao tried activating his sixth-tier authority, intending to master the writing in the codex by paying a certain number of Paradise Coins. Unfortunately, Reincarnation Paradise's prompt was: Unable to master nonexistent writing.
When he saw this prompt, inspiration flashed through Su Xiao's mind. He had been thinking too rigidly. Who said that something written in a book had to be writing? If it were a record of written language, it meant that the recorder wanted to pass the knowledge down. They would not use an overly rare script.
After confirming that what was recorded in the codex was not writing, Su Xiao began trying various methods to decipher it. He first tried reversing and copying it. After confirming that this method was wrong, he picked up a