Chapter 230: Great Seal Script on the Technique

Because of the text on the booklet, Lin Yifan is extremely familiar with it.

Those are Chinese characters! They actually are Chinese characters!

However, they are not modern simplified characters, but seal script!

Moreover, they are great seal script!

Seal script is divided into great seal and small seal; small seal prevailed in the late Han dynasty of the Qin era, while great seal was used even earlier, being the characters prevalent before the Qin dynasty.

That is, one of the scripts prevalent during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period.

In Chinese archaeological history, although many pattern records from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period have been found, most are unclear.

Therefore, people's understanding of that period is limited to knowing it was a time of war, but no one knows exactly what the situation was.

Moreover, many famous figures appeared in that era, such as Confucius, the founder of the Confucian School; Xunzi, the founder of the Legalist School; and the renowned statesman Shang Yang.

Although these celebrities only exist in various biographies, their influence on the entirety of Chinese civilization has continued for thousands of years, unbroken to the present day.

Such a glorious era, with so many talented and outstanding individuals, brilliant like stars, all gathered together—is that really ordinary?

Upon careful thought, it is indeed extraordinary!

Moreover, more importantly, after Qin unified the six states, the fates of those famous figures are largely unknown.

Did they really die?

Were they truly swallowed by the river of time?

Lin Yifan didn't know, but he loved history most during his school days, so he had once speculated about these matters.

Now, in this other world, he actually saw great seal script—is this a coincidence?

Lin Yifan doesn't know!

But he vaguely feels that everything is not a coincidence.

China is the only nation on Earth Star that has maintained an unbroken civilization for thousands of years; yet even so, among the surviving records, many gaps still appear.

These gaps may be only a few years, or perhaps ten or twenty years, at most a few decades to a century; in the long river of history, they are insignificant.

And what history can record is limited; what happened during these blank periods?

Lin Yifan began to have this question for the first time.

Could it be that those people, like them, were thrown into the Survival Realm?

And in his heart, he greatly hopes that the humans of the Higher Realm are exactly as he imagined.

Because only then would they be his kin, fellow natives of Earth Star.

But now, with only a booklet recording techniques, the information that can be explored is truly too little.

Lin Yifan can only keep his thoughts in his heart, gather his scattered musings, and focus his attention on the content of the writing.

This is indeed a technique.

A tome named 【Eternal Spring Technique】, this technique differs from the tools he previously obtained; this workshop's inscription does not pop up any information.

Lin Yifan previously studied that most items capable of popping up information explanations are products of this world.

Those that cannot pop up information explanations basically come from manual crafting.

Therefore, this technique originates from human creation; humans can create their own techniques, which Lin Yifan does not find surprising.

After all, even on Earth Star, many people study martial arts, and some claim to have cultivated internal strength; although its authenticity cannot be confirmed, it basically proves that martial arts truly exist.

From this, it also indirectly shows that the humans of the Higher Realm likely come from Earth Star.

Meanwhile, the nearby Airiliya felt envious, saying in a sour tone:

"This is a technique, right?"

Upon hearing that, Lin Yifan did not conceal it, nodding frankly:

"Yes, this is indeed a technique, a technique that can cultivate internal skill; I don't know if you've heard of internal skill, but this is indeed a quite good attack method."

From the perspective of the technique, if one diligently practices according to it, one can indeed cultivate internal skill.

As for the difference between internal skill and magic, Lin Yifan still doesn't know now, but they must share some common ground.

And Airiliya felt even more sour, sighing:

"You humans are truly the smartest race I have ever seen; all our other races wanting to learn magic skills can only rely on the various treasure chests dropped by this world."

"Only you humans are different; you are the sole race possessing your own cultivation path, and although your cultivation is also magic, it is completely different from our magic."

"I have heard from the elders of our tribe that our magic is merely borrowed, whereas your magic belongs to yourselves; many other races have come to ask humans for advice, but aside from humans, none of our other races can create techniques."

"Of course, the Yi people can also cultivate your human techniques, but most can only grasp the superficial aspects, never mastering them, so later everyone could only hide it."

He then pointed at the technique in Lin Yifan's hand, saying unwillingly:

"Speaking of which, this technique in your hand is actually one I bought at great expense, costing a full 300 crystal stones!"

"I originally wanted to keep it for myself, but I don't understand your script; even if someone reluctantly translated it for me, I still wouldn't comprehend it, so I left it aside—now it's turned out to be a bargain for you!"

"Princess Airiliya, thank you so much; this technique is truly important to me!" Lin Yifan is not the type to take advantage and then act cute.

Moreover, having received others' kindness, he naturally remembers their favor.

Therefore, he solemnly bowed to Airiliya, hesitated a moment, and then said:

"Princess Airiliya, how about this: I can translate this technique into your elves' script, so you can read it, and after you return, just practice accordingly."

"If human techniques were that simple to learn, then humans couldn't possibly hold their current status." Airiliya waved her hand, saying helplessly:

"Human writing is not just characters; it also has all kinds of strange combinations—two ordinary characters put together can express many meanings, so even if you translate it for me, I still wouldn't understand."

"Since I said I would give this technique to you, naturally you need not repay me; you just need to remember that we are friends."