Lin Jie hadn't even read the contents of the book, but his face had already turned ugly when he saw the human skin cover.
The village that had the custom of making human skin drums, out of respect and longing for the souls of the dead, used the skin of the recently deceased to make drum faces, and used a special sacrificial ritual to summon souls.
They believed that the soul left the body from the back, so the human skin on the back was the door for the soul to enter the underworld, and had the function of psychic communication.
Moreover, these human skins were all handled by the village's old priests, who were skilled in the work and had a strong sense of ritual.
Therefore, although this custom sounded a bit strange, it was actually a primitive manifestation of the culture of death, and wasn't too hard to accept.
Of course, this was only Lin Jie's personal opinion. After all, he had studied folklore for many years, experienced hundreds of battles, and had seen many more bizarre customs.
For the average person, the thought of such a thing was still a little creepy.
But this human skin book was different, it came from Congreve.
The person who secretly made a deal with the Dome Church to create the "Brain of the Holy Moon" was after profit. Naturally, it was impossible for him to create any culture. It was unknown whether this piece of human skin came from a dead person or a living person.
From Cherry's description of Congreve, Lin Jie believed that the latter was more likely.
Once he thought that this human skin might have come from an innocent person, and was the product of a tragedy, Lin Jie felt the book in his hand become a bit heavier. The first website was m.9biquge. com
Whether it was the Dome Church that used unknown ingredients to control their followers, or the so-called gods to cover up their wanton killings, or Congreve who made a deal with them and used human skin as a cover for the book, they were all heinous crimes that surpassed the level of normal understanding.
"An evil organization with an organized purpose, a perverted murderer."
Lin Jie muttered to himself, and opened the human skin book.
Bella's further detailed explanation supported Lin Jie's inner thoughts: "We can't read the words on it, but the book itself has been studied once, and this book is completely made of human skin."
"The cover is made from the back skin of a man in his prime. It's a combination of two pieces of paper. In order to maintain the same texture and thickness as paper, each piece of 'paper' is made from the skin of an infant …"
When Bella said this, she realized that the sound of the young man flipping through the book had disappeared. The sound of the entire bookstore had disappeared during this pause, leaving only a frightening silence.
Her heart inexplicably skipped a beat. She looked at Lin Jie, who was looking at the book in his hand without saying a word.
However, she did not know if it was Bella's illusion, but the black eyes that reflected the pages were like the sky before a storm. Although the heavy clouds were still, in fact, they were already brewing a violent storm and thunder.
"Mr. Lin?"
Lin Jie nodded and smiled. "Please continue."
Bella looked at Lin Jie's usual smile and felt an inexplicable chill run down her spine. The head maid suddenly had a thought: Mr. Lin is angry.
However, Lin Jie told her to continue. Bella took this as a warning and didn't dare to think too much about it. She cleared her throat and continued to explain the situation.
However, she didn't know why, but she subconsciously lowered her voice.
Lin Jie retracted his gaze and looked at the pages.
Of course, he was angry.
This book was filled with an innumerable list of crimes, and the bloody cruelty behind it made one's hair stand on end.
"Hu …"
Lin Jie took a deep breath in his heart and restrained his emotions. He calmed down and looked at the contents of the book.
"Huh?"
When his gaze landed on the first character, he recognized it. This was the language used for the inscription on the holy sword that he had placed on the second floor.
At the same time, it was also the common language used by the elves.
In terms of time, this was the language of the Second Era. After the Dark Age, it had long been annihilated in the long river of history. It was no wonder that even with Cherry's wealth, she couldn't find someone who could translate this book.
Of course, it was probably because she couldn't let too many people know about the existence of this book. If she could expand the scope, he believed that Cherry would be able to find such a linguist.
For example, Lao Wang.
However, he was now undercover in the Blood Feast and probably didn't have time.
Fortunately, Lin Jie had received Kandra's memories in his dream. Although most of them were incomplete, at least the language was given to him as a gift.
Lin Jie carefully looked at it and found that the contents of the book were very different from what he had imagined.
This was not the black magic that the average human skin book would associate with.
The words written in the book were as red as blood. The words written were like a person talking to himself. There were no answers to the questions, and there were no problems with the answers. Sometimes, it was a long speech, and sometimes, it was a simple command.
If he insisted on talking, it was like he was talking to someone who didn't exist.
The tone was very condescending, but the words were full of bewitchment.
It felt like the diary of a perverted murderer who fought against his spirit every day.
"Is Congreve crazy?"
Lin Jie told them what he had seen. Cherry and Bella instantly looked at each other in dismay. They couldn't understand what trick Congreve was playing.
Moreover, this thing wasn't anything special. It was far from "Congreve's real reliance" that they had expected. It was inevitably disappointing.
Cherry said, "But at least, we know that he really intercepted that batch of goods and gave it to the Dome Church."
The book clearly mentioned the Dome Church. The whole process was very clear. There was also a place where both sides met. As long as the transaction was still going on, they could follow the vine to find the melon and completely expose this evil.
No.
Lin Jie suddenly narrowed his eyes. This was probably not written by Congreve.
He flipped from the beginning to the end again and finally sorted out his thoughts.
The person who wrote these words mostly used the tone of command and bewitchment. In addition, there were also words like "the Willow Tree Chamber of Commerce is just so-so", "help you get rid of Cherry", "for the great cause" and so on.
It was obviously not reasonable to say that Congreve was crazy. The bewitchment in this long speech was too objective and logical.
Lin Jie immediately thought, "Isn't this a pyramid scheme?"
Then he thought about it from another perspective. If this Human Skin Book was something like a "magic mirror", then it was Congreve who was talking and the Human Skin Book automatically "wrote" these words to talk to him, then everything would make sense.
But he wasn't sure. It was a bit difficult for him to translate so much in such a short time. There were many parts that he didn't understand.
And it was a scary conjecture that had not been confirmed yet. It was better not to say it casually and scare the two girls.
"Leave this Human Skin Book with me. There are still some parts that I haven't translated completely. You should investigate the place where they met first and see if you can find any clues."
Lin Jie also introduced Ke Laode, saying that he was now next door. You can ask him for help.
Shi Yan watched Cherry and Bella leave reluctantly. He put the Human Skin Book aside for the time being and laid his eyes on the chest with the fossilized heart in it.
He didn't notice that on the last page of the Human Skin Book, a line of bloody words slowly seeped out.
"Find."
"Here."
"You."
"Here."
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