Chapter 50 You are blaspheming!!! (Two in one)
Rhine West Library.
Ulu stopped in front of the library door. He looked up at the place in front of him where he had been countless times ten years ago, but he was a little hesitant at this moment.
"What?" Bai Wei's voice sounded in his mind, with a hint of joking, "Are you afraid to go in?"
Ulu's face immediately darkened: "Why wouldn't I dare to do that? I just think... you are playing a joke on me."
"Don't worry." Bai Wei said calmly, "There's nothing wrong with my sexual orientation."
The corners of Wulu's mouth twitched slightly. He took a deep breath and suppressed the desire to get angry: "You said you wanted to find the whereabouts of the other body parts, but you asked me to bring you here."
"Yeah, what's the problem?"
"...Do you think the location of your body parts is written in the ordinary books in the library?"
"It's indeed impossible to have an ordinary collection of books." Bai Wei said slowly, "But now you are a priest, aren't you? The clergy of Rhine can read some books that ordinary people can't read. You should be very clear about this."
Yes, at Bai Wei's instruction, Uru put on his priest uniform again, which made him feel uneasy. After all, he was wanted by the Rhine, but instead of running away, he appeared in Som City openly, in front of the library belonging to the Rhine Church, and even wore his priest uniform.
This feeling was like dancing wildly under the gaze of the God of the Rhine, which was another challenge for Uruna's already unhealthy heart.
He could almost hear his own heartbeat.
"Don't be nervous." Bai Wei said with a smile, "What Som City lacks the most is priests. No one will care about you. Your pure white priest uniform can completely cover up all your filth, right?"
Faced with Bai Wei's blatant sarcasm, Ulu did not refute. He just paid close attention to the people around him.
The Rhine Library is open to everyone in Som City, so most of the people who come in and out of this library are ordinary people, and only a few are priests. But just as Bai Wei said, there are too many priests in Som City, so people who come and go will not pay much attention to Uru. At most, they will just glance at him curiously because Uru stood there for a long time without moving, but they will not stay for too long and will leave in a hurry.
This made Uru feel a little more at ease. Of course, he came here because he was more aware of the situation in the Rhine Library. If Bai Wei asked him to go directly to the West Cathedral in his priest uniform, he would definitely not go.
"You may have some misunderstanding about my authority." After easing the tension in his heart a little, Wu Lu responded coldly to Bai Wei's previous words, "Even if the administrator recognizes my identity, the information that an ordinary priest can access is very limited. If an ordinary priest can easily find your body parts, then you are too..."
"You found it, didn't you?" Bai Wei interrupted Wu Lu with a smile, "It seems you are quite lucky."
Ulu suddenly choked.
Lucky, lucky?
Ulu already felt that the thing he regretted most in his life was that he had bought this finger from that damn black marketeer that day.
This damn black marketeer actually sells genuine goods!
When he thought of this, Ulu was so angry that he trembled all over. He lost interest in continuing to argue with Bai Wei and walked into the library with a dark face.
The Western Library is the only library in the city of Som and the largest library in the area controlled by the Western Cathedral. It has countless collections of books... After all, its backend is the Western Cathedral.
In the world of Blasphemy, there are no countries, only city-states at most. Above the city-states are the churches, and the influence of the four major orthodox religions covers more than 70% of the land on this continent. Therefore, units with special meanings such as libraries are naturally governed by the major churches.
Therefore, the library managers are also priests and church knights.
Walking into the library under the watchful eyes of two Rhine Knights standing by the gate, Uru's heart inevitably hung in the air again, after all, he had entered the church's sphere of influence again.
The first floor of the library is open to the public. Everyone can borrow books here, so this floor has the most people. Even if everyone deliberately keeps quiet, there is still a bit of noise.
Ulu walked around the first floor, and after making sure that no one noticed him, he pretended to be casual and walked to the second floor.
The number of people on the second floor was only one tenth of that on the first floor, so the entire field of vision became empty, and a huge sense of oppression came over me - because the second floor was a place that only clergy could enter.
The administrator on the second floor was a kind-looking old priest who was more than ten years older than Uru. He looked up when he heard the footsteps. At that moment, Uru felt that he was being scrutinized. But he walked up to the other person without changing his expression and said in a deep voice, "I want to borrow a book."
Looking at the priest's uniform on Ulu, the old priest did not ask to check his ID or anything, but asked directly: "What book do you want to borrow?"
Wu Lu listened to Bai Wei's description in his mind, pondered for a while and then said: "The Annals of the Western Cathedral."
When he heard the title of the book, the old priest showed a look of surprise, but he did not ask any questions. He just nodded, said "wait a moment" and left.
The second floor is not like the first floor. You need to tell the management staff in advance if you want to borrow books here, and the management staff will pick them up. You can only read on the second floor and cannot take the books away.
While waiting for the administrator to take the book back, Uru naturally began to observe the second floor. As mentioned before, those who can go to the second floor are clergy of the Rhine Church. Most of them come here to look for information, so it is much quieter than the first floor.
Ulu looked around the entire second floor and suddenly saw two very young priests. They were obviously underage, with clean white faces and no beards. They were also seriously flipping through the books in their hands and taking notes. At this moment, Ulu felt a little dazed, as if his eyes had penetrated time again and returned to that afternoon ten years ago.
"Ah, those two kids are really working hard." The old priest's voice suddenly sounded behind Uru, "The assessment is next year, but they came here to study a year in advance."
Ulu turned around and saw that the old priest had already placed the book he wanted on the counter. He also turned his gaze to the two young priests, his eyes full of love.
"It's really hard to dislike hard-working and serious children." The old priest said with a smile, "Looking at them always reminds me of my past self... Don't you agree?"
My former self?
Wulu felt a little dazed, and memories kept coming back to him. He remembered the days when he had worked hard here. Although the result was not good, and even yesterday's incident almost made him lose his balance, the memories at this moment were still like the afternoon sunshine, which gradually calmed him down.
"Yes." Uru couldn't help but smile at the old priest. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he last smiled. "Youth... means hope."
"No." The old priest shook his head, and then said seriously, "Young people who work hard are the hope, just like this..."
As the old priest spoke, he pushed the "Annals of the West Cathedral" in front of Uru.
"In this day and age, few people are interested in the history of the Western Cathedral. Archbishop Elio, one of the origin believers and the founder of the Western Cathedral a hundred years ago, was able to expand the territory and establish the current status of the Western Cathedral during the era of the gods' chaos. Isn't it because of hard work... Of course, the power of the Lord cannot be ignored." The old priest made a prayer gesture, "But being chosen by the Lord is also a kind of ability. Over the years, the successive bishops of the Western Cathedral have worked hard to develop the Western Cathedral from a remote corner to the current one. Needless to say, the efforts involved are naturally... It's a pity that not many people pay attention to history now."
The old priest sighed as he spoke, then he gently tapped the cover of the book and said solemnly.
"But someone must remember it. This is our heritage, this is our history. It is also what we want to teach future generations." After saying that, the old priest smiled and patted Ulu on the shoulder, then slowly walked towards the two young priests, "Kids, how are you doing with your studies?"
Ulu looked at the old priest's back and felt that his long-forgotten heart was touched again. Hope flashed in his eyes, but soon became dim again.
If he could have stayed here...
"Are you missing someone?" Bai Wei's voice sounded out at this moment, "What are you missing?"
Ulu's eyes immediately turned cold, he didn't say anything, but Bai Wei didn't stop.
"Your Rhine Covenant says that the God of the Rhine divided His power and will among four origin believers, and these four origin believers spread it. Is that correct?"
"What do you want to say?"
"So I really want to know, is it a guy like you who inherited His will, or those guys who couldn't even recite the Rhine Covenant yesterday who inherited His will?" Bai Wei said slowly, "Or is it this priest who you think is 'upright' who inherited His will?"
Wu Lu's eyes changed slightly. He vaguely felt that Bai Wei was bringing up some dangerous topic: "What do you mean? Aren't you here to look for body parts?"
"I'm here to find the answer, or to help you find the answer." Bai Wei said with a smile, "Aren't you curious? What is that thing mentioned in the Rhine Covenant that the God of the Rhine gave to his believers along with his power?"
Ulu felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart. He found an empty seat and sat down, looking at the "Annals of the Western Cathedral" in front of him, but he did not have the courage to open it.
At this moment, he heard the old priest beside him saying in a low voice: "Why are you wrong again? I have already taught you yesterday, both good gods and evil gods can indeed distribute power to believers, but the difference between the two is very obvious. When believers receive the power of evil gods, they will also receive His crazy and negative thoughts. This situation is called pollution, but good gods are different. Good gods will purify the believers' thoughts while bringing power to them..."
Having said this, the old priest paused, as if he had made a difficult decision, and said.
"You will definitely not pass the exam if you keep doing this. Come with me and I will give you extra lessons, but don't tell anyone else."
The old priest was halfway through his speech when he suddenly noticed that Ulu was looking at him. After a moment of pause, he seemed a little embarrassed and made a gesture to Ulu to keep quiet.
At this moment, Ulu felt that his uneasy heart gradually calmed down. He smiled and nodded to the old priest, and then watched the old priest take the two young priests away, like an old father who was worried about his children.
This is the Rhine.
The priests I met yesterday do not fully represent Rhine.
It's just an isolated case.
If the priest he met at the beginning was not Luigi, but this old priest...even if he failed to enter the city of Som, he would not have become like this, right?
A strong sense of loss came over him, but was quickly wiped out.
"I've got the book you wanted to read." Wu Lu said coldly to Bai Wei, "What do you want to read?"
Bai Wei once again felt Ulu's emotional changes, but he was not surprised. He was even happy to see it, so much so that even his tone of voice was filled with joy.
"Very good, then let's get to work." Bai Wei said, "First, extract the information of every bishop of the Western Cathedral."
Wu Lu frowned slightly. Although the pages of the "Annals of the Western Cathedral" can be removed, he didn't know what Bai Wei wanted to do: "Why do you want to do this?"
"There's no particular reason. If I have to say, I just think these guys stole my body parts."
Looking for information about body parts of a group of people who have been dead for who knows how many years?
Ulu thought Bai Wei was joking, but he didn't say much. Instead, he followed Bai Wei's instructions and took out all the pages from the West Cathedral from the original believers to the current bishop Corey, a total of twelve, and spread them out on the table one by one.
The information is very detailed. Each bishop has three portraits, one when he first entered the Rhine, one when he was promoted to bishop, and one when he left the bishopric, representing the three stages of youth, middle age, and old age.
Looking at these materials, Uru was somewhat silent. Ten years ago, he knew the resumes of these twelve bishops very well. Those glorious and great stories were vividly written on paper, attracting him when he was still young. At that time, he tried his best to get into Som City, and he also had a close relationship with these twelve bishops.
He wanted to be a hero like them, instead of being the...bug that he is now.
but……
Bai Wei looked at the information and suddenly sighed, "Everyone has a portrait."
"Because it means dedicating one's whole life to the Lord." Ulu answered subconsciously, as if he had returned to the days of studying hard ten years ago, but he soon came to his senses and became expressionless again, "So what do you want to find in these materials?"
“I want to find what they have in common.”
"Commonality?" Ulu frowned slightly, "What do you mean?"
"'The more you use the power of God, the closer you will be to God, so the followers of the evil God will become more and more crazy, and the followers of the righteous God will become more and more holy.'" Bai Wei said lightly, "This is the propaganda of the four major orthodox religions, right?"
"What's the problem?"
"So, these twelve bishops are the ones closest to Rhine. They can use Rhine's power to the greatest extent, so they should also have the greatest extent. The common point is what you call 'sacred qualities'. So, what is this sacred quality?"
Uru's frown deepened.
Although this allusion is widely circulated, Ulu has never really thought about it in detail.
The sacred commonality...
He carefully looked at the information of these twelve bishops, trying to find the common points that Bai Wei mentioned. However, these twelve bishops came from all over the world and their resumes were very different. He really could not find the so-called common points among them.
Then, he heard Bai Wei say slowly: "Have you noticed that when you twelve bishops were young..."
"They all look pretty delicate?"
Ulu was stunned, and subconsciously focused his attention on the portraits of the twelve bishops in their youth, which he had never noticed before.
Then he was shocked to find that what Bai Wei said was right. Among these twelve bishops, at least none was "ugly" in the true sense. Each of them looked like the beautiful young men in classical paintings.
An indescribable fear surged in his heart, but Wu Lu forced himself to remain calm and said coldly: "Are you kidding me? This is also considered a common point? Why didn't you say it..."
"Do you remember when you lost your feelings for the opposite sex?" Bai Wei calmly interrupted Wu Lu's words, "Was it innate, or... did it happen later?"
Ulu's eyes widened, and he subconsciously grabbed the armrest of the chair he was sitting on, with veins bulging on the back of his hands.
He never thought about this question.
"Do you remember what the old priest said just now?" Bai Wei said slowly, "The evil god will influence the minds of believers who use his power, making them more crazy. This process is called pollution. The righteous god will make believers who use his power more sacred. This process is called purification."
After saying this, Ulu saw his left hand forcefully loosen the armrest of the chair, and then slowly stretched out in front of him, with the middle finger standing upright and "looking" at him, as if smiling.
"So, this is your purification?"
Wu Lu naturally understood what Bai Wei said, but he was unwilling to believe it, or rather, he simply did not dare to believe it.
He subconsciously looked at the portraits of the twelve archbishops when they were young, and then he was horrified to find that these portraits seemed to have suddenly exerted some kind of great... temptation on him.
At this moment, Ulu felt that his reason was warning him frantically not to believe all this.
Because it is blasphemy, the greatest blasphemy ever committed against the Rhine.
So he also yelled at Bai Wei in his heart: "Shut up! You are... blaspheming, you are blaspheming! You are the evil god! It is you who are polluting me! You blasphemer..."
"If I am blasphemous." Bai Wei interrupted Ulu's roar in his mind jokingly, "Then, what did the old priest do with those two young men just now?"
Ulu's body suddenly stiffened.
Bai Wei approached him little by little, and his words, word by word, seemed to be luring him into hell.
"You, do you want to go and have a look?"
(End of this chapter)
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