Chen Siyao worked with Professor Li's team. She had two main tasks: translating obscure Primordial Script and helping them understand passages concerning cultivation systems.
She could not offer much help with the purely textual work of parsing sentences and interpreting ancient texts, but whenever spiritual energy, spells, or cultivation methods came up, the three professors had to turn to her.
"Siyao, what does 'Reverse Meridian Empowerment' mean?"
"Probably forcing spiritual energy backward from the ends of the meridians—an unconventional cultivation method."
"And what about 'Five Decays of Heaven and Man'?"
"A tribulation that occurs once your cultivation reaches a certain level. The body begins to deteriorate."
"Cultivators in the Primordial Era experienced that too?"
"It should apply to everyone."
After three days, sixty percent of the South Wall and East Wall inscriptions had been translated. The core
framework of the information was largely in place. The cause, course, and conclusion of the war, along with the subsequent migration of the civilization, formed a clear sequence.
But many details remained unresolved. The territorial map on the North Wall would take longer; Professor Zhao said it would need at least a few months. The section on Jie Sect doctrine on the West Wall was the most extensive, and Professor Lin estimated that translating it in full would take more than half a year.
This was a long-term project.
Every afternoon, when Chen Siyao returned to Dinghai Island, she would pass the balcony and take a look.
The Guixu Pearl was still there, suspended motionless.
Yang Wanqing, meanwhile, was having the time of her life.
Of the Thirty-Six Islands, the thirty-five aside from the Main Island each had their own distinctive features. Some were Medicine Fields covered in Spirit Herbs.
Some were training grounds that retained traces of ancient training formations. Others were