I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

Therefore, even Lu Yuan and Auden did not try to memorize the features of the inscriptions on the ground. They only roughly scanned the outline. The characters on it were somewhat distorted. They only needed to find similar distorted inscriptions and then compare them.

Of course, Lu Yuan wasn't entirely without support. He deliberately slowed down his reading speed while flipping through the book, hoping to wait for the gray text to confirm, for example, whether there was any contamination. But after waiting for a while and confirming that there was no contamination, he was able to proceed freely. Moreover, Auden was also keeping an eye on things.

So Lu Yuan picked up a book and started flipping through it, pausing only a few breaths on each page, turning the pages incredibly fast.

When he flipped through the book, he found that the inscriptions on it were only a few pages long. Most importantly, Lu Yuan didn't have time to record and study these inscriptions, nor could he gain any effective experience from them. However, the advantage was that Lu Yuan could indeed learn some inexplicable things from the book.

For example, someone might combine strange inscription materials, then completely embed a set of inscriptions onto the strange inscription materials, and then throw it out when in danger, instantly releasing a complete set of strange inscription formations.

Lu Yuan was quite interested in this, while Auden's opinion was that it was ridiculous. If someone could put such a complete set of inscription arrays onto strange inscription materials, then his rank must be at least fifth-level. If someone at the fifth level could easily form an array, then why would he need this kind of thing?

Lu Yuan didn't care. He thought he could give it a try. He just happened to lack some similar methods. Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Auden sighed and said, "Whatever. Let him do whatever he wants. After all, it's good for people to have a spirit of exploration."

Afterwards, Lu Yuan saw the only book with distorted inscriptions. After comparing it with the pattern, he found that they were very different. Even from the patterns on the inscriptions, he could roughly guess that the two inscriptions had completely different functions. There was nothing he could do but put it on the rightmost bookshelf.

As I continued to peruse the books, I found them to be quite varied, almost identical to what the Grand Knight Commander of Rock had told me. They covered an extremely wide range of topics, including numerous records of heresies in the North, as well as some inexplicable churches, and even various church legends about sacrificing flesh and blood, sacrificing faith, and sacrificing all sorts of things. These scattered fragments made it impossible to distinguish between truth and falsehood for a moment.

Auden, on the other hand, was thoroughly enjoying the reading, occasionally offering his own commentary in Lu Yuan's mind, criticizing some of the records for being riddled with errors while others were quite interesting.

The entire huge room was very quiet, with only the sound of turning pages and occasional whispers of discussion coming from beside the half-inscription on the floor.

After flipping through half of the book, Lu Yuan decisively chose to stop. The reason was very simple: he roughly calculated that even if he didn't stop for a moment, how many books could he finish in a day?

He could read through three or four books at most, and then compare the details of each book. Finally, he would have to find the records of the Xiu Rong Society. It might take one or two months, not to mention that he had to attend classes every day.

Furthermore, Lu Yuan's purpose in flipping through the book was not to feign stupidity; he simply wanted to conceal the source of the records about the Xiu Rong Society, so he had to find a different method.

After a slight hesitation, Lu Yuan spoke in his mind. Since Auden hadn't asked him where he knew this information, and Auden had chosen to respect his secret, he should ask.

"Oden, let me ask you something. Have you ever heard of the Decaying Society?"

My mind went quiet for a while.

"The Church of Decay and Glory?" Auden clicked his tongue, his voice turning somber. "Oh, I remember now, this is a church that existed in my time."

"A church that already existed in your time? Are you sure it's a church and not a heresy?"

Oden's expression hardened. He immediately realized why Lu Yuan had asked such a question. Clearly, Lu Yuan must have learned about the bound heretic from somewhere.

However, Auden patiently explained to Lu Yuan, "It is indeed a church. The Church of Decay and Glory was probably a small church at the time, and if I remember correctly, it was certified by the Empire."

"What they believed in was that spring could only come after death. In other words, only after experiencing setbacks and cruelty, and being on the verge of death, was it possible to take the next step. That was his doctrine at the time, if I remember correctly."

Oden explained, "What? You suspect that man has connections to the Decaying Society?"

Lu Yuan paused for a moment, then said, "Yes, that guy should be a follower of the Xiu Rong Society. Is it possible that his church has undergone changes over the past few thousand years? Or perhaps, this Xiu Rong Society is not the Xiu Rong Society you knew back then?"

Auden frowned slightly. "It's possible, we can't rule out that possibility. In that case, whether it is or not, it's not good news. Because the church has been passed down for thousands of years, and we haven't heard of it in the empire you know, it means that it doesn't belong to the officially permitted scope of the empire you are in. In other words, this thing can be considered heresy by default."

"So, no matter how you look at it, this is not good news. And if it has really survived to this day, then they must worship some special being. But I'm not particularly clear about that, because the Church of Decay and Glory that I was in back then was a relatively normal small church. At least it was relatively normal before I died, so I can't give you a definite answer as to what it worships now."

"Moreover, the Silver Empire once joined forces with two or three other empires to strike a blow against the heretics. Many heretics were wiped out in that war against heretics. The fact that it has survived to this day means it must have something special. That makes things difficult."

"However, given the size of its church back then, even if they were a heretical church, I estimate that at most they would have worshipped a taboo entity, and that couldn't be more than that."

"Wait a minute," Lu Yuan sensed the doubt in the voice, "After thousands of years, it could only be a taboo at most?"

"Of course, do you think the taboo is like a frostberry?" Auden snorted irritably. "In the eyes of the taboo, according to our human timeline, a few hundred years is roughly equivalent to one year for them. Taboos that develop and grow faster might take several decades, close to a hundred years."

"Take the taboo you encountered in Bronze City as an example. The taboo you encountered was just a newborn larva. In human time, it was roughly equivalent to a human baby being born and killed by you before it could even cry."

Lu Yuan was speechless upon hearing this.

Following up on this taboo, Lu Yuan suddenly thought of something else and asked, "Is it possible that the Xiu Rong Society is related to the Four Knights? After all, it's now almost certain that the Four Knights are the successors of the Knight Academy, and they are indeed related to the four taboos."