I'm Really Not the Demon God's Lackey Chapter 171: Human Skin Book

Lin Jie had yet to see the book's contents, but his entire face had already paled.

The village with the custom of making human skin drums had done so out of yearning and respect for the dead. The skin they used were from the backs of the recently deceased and the drums were used to beckon to these souls through a special ceremony.

They believed that the soul leaves a body from behind and thus the skin on a person's back had spiritual properties and could act as a gateway to the netherworld for a person's soul.

And all these human skin were prepared by the old priests of the village using ceremonial knives, and it was a sacred and masterful process.

So, while this custom might sound weird, it was in fact a sort of primitive manifestation of the culture of death which wouldn't be viewed too badly by others...

Of course, this was only Lin Jie's personal opinion. He had researched folklore and customs for so many years and had experienced many bizarre customs so he wasn't too fazed.

However, just thinking of an object like this might be a tad creepy for the average person.

On the other hand, this book was different. It came from Congreve.

This was a man who made a secret deal with the Church of the Dome to create 'Holy Moon Essence' for profit and there definitely was no cultural aspect to this.

Therefore, whether this skin came from a living or dead person remained unclear.

From Cherry's depiction of Congreve, Lin Jie reckoned that there was a slight propensity for it to be the latter.

The thought that this piece of skin could have come from an innocent person made the book feel even heavier in Lin Jie's hands.

The Church the Dome that used unknown addictive compounds to control the congregation and killed wantonly using a so-called god as a guise, and Congreve, who bound books with human skins, were both committing grievous crimes that were beyond normal comprehension.

An evil organization with a sinister purpose, and a twisted murderer... thought Lin Jie to himself as he flipped open that human skin book.

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