Chapter 61 The Third New Occupation

There are seven books in total, piled on the desk about half a meter high. ♦♦🆂🅷🆄🆇.🅲♦🅼

“Read one by one.”

He habitually checked his phone before he started formal study.

The broken phone screen reminded Lu Yuan that it was time to go to the phone repair shop.

Lu Yuan clicked on a few unread messages and took a look.

Most of them were from Cheng Yue, the thin girl he just met in the library that morning.

She asked him about the books and told him to tell her if he needed help. She knew many senior students in different majors.

Lu Yuan couldn’t help but smile and sent her a few words of thanks.

Scrolling down, ignoring the few meaningless messages from Cheng Peng and the boring mentions in the class group, Lu Yuan’s eyes stayed on a certain contact.

——Old sister (Lu Jing).

Clicking into the conversation with Lu Jing, the chat history stopped at three days ago.

[Sister, make a video call. ]

Lu Jing didn’t reply.

Going up, it was still Lu Yuan who sent it.

There were very few comments from Lu Jing, only a few.

Since the last time she video chatted with Lu Jing, she talked about the archaeological team going to the temple site and an accident killed someone.

The communication between the two became intermittent.

When Lu Yuan sent her a message, Lu Jing would often reply after a day or two or even longer.

Could something have happened?

Lu Yuan felt a little worried, thought about it, and sent a message.

[Sister, grandpa was discharged from the hospital today. Can you video chat with me in the evening? He wants to see you. ]

Originally, I was going to leave it alone after sending the message.

Unexpectedly, this time Lu Jing actually replied in seconds.

[In the evening? OK, I'll see, I'll call you when I have a chance. ]

Lu Yuan was refreshed and hurriedly continued to send messages.

[Sister, how have you been recently? Why don't you reply to my messages? ]

[Bad signal...busy. (Sigh)]

[Where has the temple been excavated? Last time you mentioned the dead, you didn’t say anything about the follow-up! (Angry)]

[Xiao Yuan...]

At the top of the chat box, the note name of the elder sister (Lu Jing) jumped to "The other party is typing..."

But Lu Yuan waited for a long time, and there was no movement from Lu Jing's side.

Until Lu Yuan could hardly wait and typed a few more "?", Lu Jing's reply popped up.

[Xiao Yuan, elder sister is very tired recently, can I talk to you later?]

Lu Yuan stared at this sentence for a long time, and the picture of Lu Jing typing a lot of words on the other end of the phone and deleting them one by one appeared in his mind.

[Okay.]

Lu Jing replied with a cute expression (good boy), and the short communication between the two officially ended.

Lu Yuan sat silently at the table, his brows slightly locked.

He intuitively felt that Lu Jing seemed to have experienced a lot during this period, but she refused to say it.

"Is it because you are afraid that we will worry?"

In this regard, the personalities of their family are extremely similar.

Whether it was Lu Yuan, his grandfather Lu Yueping, his father Lu Xinghua, or now Lu Jing, they all gritted their teeth and endured things by themselves, keeping it secret and not wanting their family to know at all.

Sometimes Lu Yuan couldn't help but wonder.

Was this the reason why he traveled to the Lu family?

Because he had always been like this in his previous life.

"Xixu and Jiaoyan are more than 3,000 kilometers apart, and my sister is in the vast sea of ​​sand.

Even if I knew what happened, I couldn't help her.

At this stage, I should deal with the things on hand first..."

Lu Yuan shook his head, put down his phone, took out the top book from a pile of information books at hand, and placed it in front of him.

"Exploring the Middle Ages: Vantuas, the Lord of the Crypt"

This is one of a series of books, combining a large number of epic legends and some of the author's own speculations and imaginations, and is closer to a novel story.

So Lu Yuan didn't turn on [Absolute Concentration], but just read it like a novel.

Time passed little by little with the ticking sound of the small alarm clock.

It was unknown how long it had passed before Lu Yuan finished turning the last page of the book in his hand.

At this time, the notebook beside him was already filled with dense words.

This was a habit that Lu Yuan developed after becoming a top student. No matter what book he read, he would subconsciously take notes.

[The name Fantuas comes from the transliteration of the ancient Dor language "Lord of the Crypt"]

[Lord of the Crypt Fantuas is said to control all the treasures buried deep underground in the world.

Possessing infinite power, wealth and authority, and enjoying endless life...]

[It is said that he has a cow's head, elk's eyes, a tiger's body and limbs, and vulture's wings.

But there are also rumors that he often transforms into a handsome young man in luxurious clothes. On the second night of the full moon, he appears from the end of the foggy wasteland with a mouse and a centipede.

Then before the sun rises the next day, he steps back into the crypt.

...】

【Fantuas is a moody evil god. He may grant his believers eternal life and wealth, or he may suddenly take away their souls in the next second.

It is said that Fantuas once used a bone flute to summon hundreds of millions of hungry rats from the ground, turning the most prosperous capital of ancient Donglunsa into a dead city overnight...】

In these fragmentary notes, all the words related to rats were circled by Lu Yuan.

The computer on the desk had been turned on for a long time.

There are dozens of pages of search records about the White Mountain Era and the Crypt Master, and the screen is almost stuck.

The latest webpage shows an old news from eight years ago in Conradser State of the Far Star Federation. It says that in a small town in the east of Conradser State, there were multiple incidents of Crypt Masters attacking passers-by within a month.

Crypt Masters are a local legend in Conradser State, referring to a kind of monster that lives underground, looks like a rat, and has a cruel and cunning temperament.

The news also attached a picture of a Crypt Master that was found from nowhere, but it really looks a bit like the ratman that Lu Yuan saw.

"Ancient East Lunsa, where the legend of the Crypt Master is most popular, is almost an area near Conradser State of the Far Star Federation... Ratmen and Crypt Masters are indeed very likely to be related to the so-called Crypt Master."

Of course, to find stronger evidence, you still have to start from another way.

——

Thinking about it, Lu Yuan picked up one of the last few books he had never read - "Introduction to Self-study of Gudor Language".

This is the final key to solving the mystery!

"LV3 [Absolute Concentration], activate!"

A sudden feeling of falling into water.

Lu Yuan instantly sank into the deepest state of concentration.

The thick ancient language dictionary was quickly flipping in his hand, and the other hand was holding a pen and quickly taking notes on the notebook.

Lu Yuan's eyes were fixed on the book, and there seemed to be a light flashing in his eyes.

His mouth kept opening and closing, making various slight but strange syllables.

Learn, imitate, correct.......

"Ah... Ka... Lu... Mix-on:#￥!"

Suddenly, the sound from Lu Yuan's mouth became louder, and he spoke a long string of words clearly.

At the moment when this sentence was spoken, Lu Yuan's body shook slightly, and the whole person completely broke away from the state of [Absolute Concentration].

At the same time, a new message prompt from the career panel appeared in front of Lu Yuan.

.......

[You have learned a new skill - [Ancient Language Level 1]]

[Congratulations, you have unlocked a new career panel - [Ancient Language Expert]! ]

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