Priest Kannan had slightly dark skin, a square face, no beard, and lips pressed downward. He gave the impression of being taciturn and dull, yet quite opinionated within.
Among the Acolyte Priests present, let alone an "outsider" like Yuan Ju, even those who studied and lived within the Myriad Gods Hall rarely dealt with him. Under normal circumstances, exchanging a salute and greeting when they met was already the limit.
Although the Nightfall Crowd had always upheld the motto, "Endure in silence, await the dawn," people like Priest Kannan, who carried it out to such an extreme, were rare.
So the question was, what was the logic behind having a member of the Nightfall Crowd who might not utter a word for one or two weeks preside over a meeting?
The Acolyte Priests looked at one another, but still followed the instruction and came to sit neatly around the conference table.
After Yuan Ju sat down, he found the stack of folded items Priest Kannan had placed on the table strangely familiar, and could not help taking a few more looks.
At that moment, Priest Kannan gestured for Taisa, his assistant in the Special Task Force, to distribute the stack.
Only then did everyone understand. What they received was a sheet of exceptionally fine-textured paper, broad enough for drawing diagrams, along with a matching ink pen.
Uh, was there going to be an exam?
Yuan Ju realized as well that these rarely seen sheets of paper and pens were among the supplies he had brought this time.
He had found them strange at the time and could not imagine what they would be used for. He had never expected them to be used on them.
In such an extreme environment, neither the paper nor the ink pens were ordinary items.