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

On his way back, Lu Yuan asked Auden in his mind.

"Hey, Oden, did you see anything when you were rescuing Frey?"

"I saw it," Oden said.

"That illusory place is not connected to reality. The aura it contains is indeed somewhat like the spirit world, but not so obviously. I can say with certainty that I had absolutely no idea about such a place in my previous life, and the possibility that it is related to the spirit world is even lower."

"Because the spirit world does not have the effect of bewitching people's hearts, nor does it have the effect of reversing people's paths. Of course, we cannot rule out another possibility, that some strange taboos have been born in the spirit world. After all, so many years have passed, and I am not so sure."

"However, what we can confirm right now is that the principle of that mutation drug is not really related to forbidden flesh and tissues." Oden's tone turned serious. "Judging from Frey's behavior at the time, the pollution and bewitching she was subjected to was related to that field that appeared out of nowhere, rather than the mutation and pollution inherent in the drug itself. So it should be said that it was a mental bewitching."

"If that's the case, then it'll be a bit difficult. After all, there are just too many things involved in the spiritual realm, and no one has fully figured it out yet."

"So let's stop here for tonight and stop speculating. We'll proceed with further verification once we actually get our hands on the potion."

Lu Yuan said there was no problem.

Back in his dormitory, Lu Yuan practiced his defensive techniques as usual before finally falling into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Lu Yuan first went to the Morning Bell Knights' training course, which was the last one of the week.

As usual, gray text appeared when the course ended.

[Rationality IV: +1...91/140]

[Knight's Basic Physical Skills: +0.3...1.9/10]

The Knight's Physical Techniques had taken another small step forward, but the Breath of Health remained stagnant, as if its energy was blocked by something halfway through.

Alas, Lu Yuan's body seems to be resisting the entry of the breath of health. Judging from this, he still has a long way to go to master this breathing technique.

In the afternoon, it was time for the daily book-turning time again. After receiving the two knight tokens he wanted, Lu Yuan had his clothes split into four hands. Two of them held the book for Auden, while the other two turned the pages for him.

There was no way around it; after so many days of testing, Oden's rationality was actually much stronger than Lu Yuan's, especially his resilience, which was far beyond what Lu Yuan could match. So, upon learning this news, Lu Yuan did not hesitate at all and decisively dragged Oden into the army of people who were looking through the records of the Decaying Glory Society.

"You little brat, you actually treated your senior like a mule!" Auden complained. "At my age, I still have to clean up your mess and flip through these lousy books."

But while he said that, his actions betrayed him. He was very interested in the books of this era, and at the same time, he wanted to find out exactly how far back in time he lived.

With Auden's help, Lu Yuan was able to read books much faster.

Lu Yuan actually had quite a few restrictions when looking at books, because he had to prevent it from damaging his rationality, not to put a burden on his body, and also to be wary of the inexplicable pollution contained in the books—who knows which page it might be hidden on?

So Lu Yuan was very careful and looked at it slowly, while Auden was not so particular. He only had a rational mind, which was hidden in Lu Yuan's body.

As a being of pure will, Oden's resistance to pollution is quite strong. In addition, during the time he spent in the Suspended One's shell, Oden's consciousness strength has obviously recovered a lot. When he first entered, Oden's entire consciousness was only a small ball the size of a fist, but now it is half the size of a head. And since it doesn't seem to be shrinking, it looks like Oden should be able to recover to half the size of a person. At that time, Oden should be able to remember more memories and knowledge, and Lu Yuan can take the opportunity to extract a lot of experience points.

So for Auden, he read books in a very fast and rapid manner.

As Lu Yuan continued to examine the books, time passed by, and the other people in the hall who had passed the intermediate inscription certification had all left one after another, clearly having reached the limit of the books they could examine that day.

Lu Yuan was also a little tired at this moment, and he rubbed his eyes.

At the same time, gray and white text appeared.

[Rationality: -1...]

Sigh, he's hit his limit again. Lu Yuan put the book down wearily. He hadn't found anything after searching all afternoon. His knowledge hadn't increased, and his rationality had even decreased. All he could do now was read Auden's books.

"Oden, watch a little longer, I can't take it anymore," Lu Yuan said.

"You should rest first," Oden replied.

So Lu Yuan leaned against the pile of books and waited, and as he waited, Auden's tone suddenly revealed a hint of surprise.

"Hey, Lu Yuan, I've found it."

"What? You found it?" Lu Yuan was surprised at first, then quickly moved closer.

All that could be seen was an arm that had split open from his clothes, holding an old scroll, a book whose title was already tattered, and Auden was gesturing for Lu Yuan to look up.

"Take a look at the patterns on this inscription," Oden said, pointing to the description. "Compare it to the others; if they match, this should be it."

Lu Yuan stared at the book in surprise.

The book's origin is written on the surviving title page, by a bard who loved to visit and explore various ruins, wandering between empires and recording a large number of inscriptions left behind by heretical churches.

These include, but are not limited to, gold inscriptions related to church angels, black inscriptions related to worshipping other angels, black inscriptions related to a heretical church whose name is completely unknown, and dark blue inscriptions. There are a total of eight or nine types of inscriptions recorded, the seventh of which is related to the Society of Decay and Glory.

The poet describes a peculiar inscription found after a disaster in a certain city. According to survivors, the inscription's effects were remnants of a small-scale ritual, and the danger was not obvious. Local organizations assessed the danger level as pending.

The inscription on that page was a fragmented, hand-drawn inscription, depicting the entire sacrificial inscription in just a few strokes. The good news is that it clearly recorded five different inscriptions, preserving all five inscriptions intact.

Lu Yuan took the scroll and went to the inscription in the center of the room. As he compared the inscription on the scroll with the one on the ground, he found that the shape and distribution of the five characters were almost identical to the inscriptions related to the Xiu Rong Society on the ground.

Yes, that's it.

Lu Yuan was overjoyed. He didn't need to perfectly replicate it; he only needed to find relevant records so that the Grand Knight Commander of Rock would know which church the heresy they were investigating belonged to. The rest would be easy. Given the strength of the Imperial Central Government, their investigation would be much faster than Lu Yuan's investigation alone. All that Lu Yuan had done was for this step.

Lu Yuan had originally hoped to gain some experience from the strange inscriptions, but now he realized he had been overthinking it. To gain any experience, he would need the Rock Knight Commander to provide more specific details. To actually gain experience, he would have to wait for the Lantern Knight's potion to work its magic.

As Lu Yuan thought about it, his mood improved considerably. The Knight's Token had arrived.

As Lu Yuan held the book, preparing to think about how to contact Grand Knight Commander Pan Shi, footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.

Patrols in this area have increased significantly compared to yesterday, and the patrol personnel on duty will come to check regularly.

Lu Yuan didn't think much of it. After all, what happened with the Lantern Knights yesterday, so it was normal to have more patrol personnel.