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Seeing Chen Yu nod repeatedly in thought, Ren Feihong knew that he understood the principles and purpose of the Grinding Method.
Ruffling Chen Yu's hair, she said with a grin, "Junior, the Grinding Method is archaeology's final trump card. You generally only use it after exhausting every other method. I think the Dream-Entry Method is more useful."
Still immersed in thoughts of the Grinding Method, Chen Yu casually asked, "What is the Dream-Entry Method?"
"It means making up some outrageous use for an unidentified artifact. For example, why did Yellow Springs Star Lord preserve evidence that he was born underground? Because he once sold hooks to some Star Lord. If you're lucky, that Star Lord will enter your dreams, beat you up, and tell you the correct use. This method works well and gets results quickly, though it does waste a bit of your life."
"Does our Archaeology Department not have any proper archaeological methods?"
"We do, we do. The Book Inference Method is pretty good too. But Bu Tianque and her disciples made a huge number of forged books, and later Confucian scholars kept adding their own interpretations to them. As a result, many ancient texts can't be trusted anymore. Besides, the Dream-Entry Method is simple and easy. As long as your imagination is good enough, you have a chance of succeeding. If you get lucky, you can earn it all back in one go. Why bother with proper methods?"
Chen Yu looked at Ren Feihong speechlessly. The things Foundation Establishment experts learned really were bizarre.
But on second thought, in a world with Star Lords and all kinds of powerful figures, a little weirdness was normal.
After discussing the matter with Ren Feihong for a while longer, Chen Yu left her office with