Lin Xin shook his head and let out a breath.
"I admire them too much to blame them."
"With a breadth of mind like the Sect Master's, he was actually branded a madman by those ignorant fools outside. Morality has truly gone to the dogs!"
"Unfortunately, after all this time, we've only managed to research this much."
"If we could get a few more relic characters, perhaps we could make even greater gains... More, just a little more..."
"If the two languages we need to reconstruct make any progress, we'll surely be able to unravel many related mysteries. Especially—how exactly did the Mythic Age come to an end?"
"What connection was there between the Mythic Age and the Primordial Age?"
As they spoke, the researchers once more began muttering and slipping into their own worlds, their words incoherent and their thoughts jumbled backwards and forwards. Some had been speaking to someone one moment, only for their eyes to go blank and lose focus the next as they sank completely into their own thoughts.
Lin Xin did not know whether to laugh or cry. He waved his hand, studying the butterfly shadow in the box carefully as he urged the others to return to their own work.
Only Hall Master Wen remained behind to sit and chat with him.
"Then how does this butterfly shadow help with what I want to know?" Lin Xin was not someone easily led off-topic, and he pulled the conversation back to its original purpose.
Hall Master Wen stroked his beard and replied.
"We have indeed obtained a great deal of research material during this period. As for the Nether Prefecture, our deductions suggest that its existence can be traced back to the Primordial Age. Perhaps even earlier."
"What is the difference between the Mythic Age