The meeting finally ended.
Farul left with a heavy heart, made a circuit around Subterranean Ship No. 1, yet still found many things impossible to make sense of.
Helpless, he prepared to seek out Priest Kannan—though seeking out a man of few words over such matters was hardly a wise choice. Going directly to Tai Yu might have been more appropriate.
Knowing that full well, Farul still deliberately avoided that option.
Call him overly sensitive if you wished, but the gap between their positions was too great, and their respective tasks had been clearly divided. Even if he went to Tai Yu and learned the objective on that side, what could he do about it?
Anything he needed to be told, even if Tai Yu did not say it, Chief Priest Seo would not have overlooked.
Since they had not told him, was he supposed to specifically seek that man out just to suffer?
Thus, Farul wandered back and forth through Subterranean Ship No. 1 and found the examination room where Priest Kannan was "proctoring" the test.
This sort of test would not take long, so he simply paced outside and waited. He waited for nearly half an hour, during which he also discussed the sensory-control issues of the "Mist Cloak" and "Grease Ball" with Priest Yan Chen.
Hearing movement inside, he had just let out a breath when a sudden realization struck him:
Something was wrong!
Since when had the four Formal Priests become so inclined to act on their own?
Under these circumstances, should they not have gathered immediately after the meeting to discuss matters?
Farul had grown more guarded because he had noticed the subtle differences in everyone's positions, and because Chief Priest Seo and Tai Yu had deliberately limited who was informed. Priest Kannan was probably