Duo Huo Ke set the empty bottle on the counter and wiped the droplets from his beard.
His expression was deeply satisfied.
"All right, get back to work. Once you've memorized ten symbols, remember to blow the flute. I'll have some assignments for you."
He jumped down from the stool and headed toward the storage cabinet.
Halfway there, he looked back at Lu Yuan.
"Remember, for the basic symbols of Eerie Inscriptions, first recognize them, then write them, and only then carve them."
"The order can't be mixed up."
"Don't rush during the recognition stage. Looking at some symbols for too long will make you uncomfortable. That's normal."
With that, he pulled open the storage cabinet door, and his short figure slipped inside.
The door closed.
Lu Yuan walked over and pulled it open.
It was completely empty inside.
Copper partitions, several empty hooks.
There was nothing.
Lu Yuan closed the cabinet door.
On the workbench, the bone fragment lay quietly.
Thirty-six basic Eerie Inscription symbols flickered faintly in the dim light.
Lu Yuan sat down, picked up the bone fragment, and began identifying the first symbol.
Twisted lines unfurled before his eyes, their paths bizarre and their turns irregular.
He stared at it for about ten seconds.
Gray-White Text at the edge of his vision gave a slight jump.
[Inscription Studies (Advanced · Eerie Inscriptions): +0.1... 2.5/50]
Just recognizing it
gave him experience.
Lu Yuan continued to the second symbol.
This symbol was more complicated than the first. Its lines suddenly branched in the middle, then converged again, forming a structure like a whirlpool.
After staring at it for around half a minute,
the depths of his eye sockets began to ache faintly.
It was caused by the symbol itself.
Just as Duo Huo Ke had said,