After hearing the female Traveling Merchant's explanation, Chen Lin understood that the currencies of the Nightmare Realm had no official exchange rates.
Exchanging different Nightmare Coins amounted to barter. The rate depended entirely on the needs of the two parties.
Having received her payment, the female Traveling Merchant was quite straightforward. After explaining, she took out a dull gray sphere.
It was the size of the pad of a thumb and emitted unusual fluctuations.
Then she picked up one of the copper coins on her body.
With a gentle shake, a streak of golden light emerged and entered the sphere.
"All right, I've entered the Star Dou Script into it, using the Taixu Script of your Reality Realm as a reference. Take it back and study it at your leisure."
The female Traveling Merchant handed the sphere to Chen Lin.
He had barely accepted it when she spoke again to remind him.
"This Inheritance Bead can only be used once. If you want to examine its contents, you must learn all the characters in one go. Otherwise, you won't be able to use it a second time."
"This is to prevent you from giving it to someone else to use. After all, our deal was only to teach you. Star Dou Script is rather special. Without the aid of an inheritance, fully understanding it is extremely difficult."
Hearing this, Chen Lin could only abandon the idea of examining it and put the Inheritance Bead away.
Traveling Merchants were constrained by the Nightmare Realm Rules, so he did not need to worry about her playing tricks. He could study it after returning to his fiefdom.
Once he mastered this script, he would be able to unravel the secrets of both the stone tablet and the pages from the Treasure Chest.
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