Chapter 551: Red beneath the ashes
In the clearing outside the rest area halfway up the Holy Mountain, dozens of people stood ready to leave, unwilling to stay a moment longer.
Several Yaxiaze soldiers had already headed down to the stables at the foot of the mountain, led by a few officers and a Demon Hunter, to see to their packhorses.
In one of the rooms in the rest area, Neil Luo was meeting privately with a tall, thin Divine Official he had sent for.
Living rough throughout this journey had left Neil Luo considerably thinner. The Sword Saint occasionally gave the people in their group some pointers, too, so Neil Luo had also grown sturdier. There was barely any sign of his former plumpness left.
"Is that so? That's what the Archbishop said?"
Neil Luo's voice was rather flat, nothing like what the senior Divine Official had imagined.
"Bishop Neil Luo, don't you understand how serious this is? The Holy Mountain could declare you a heretic over this!!! Then no church anywhere in the world would recognize you..."
"Mm. Is that so?"
Neil Luo now understood a little of why the Sword Saint always spoke with such unruffled calm. It was just how he felt at this moment. Once you had been through enough, you learned to take many things in stride.
"All right. Thank you for telling me. I'll let Leit know. This is where we part ways. Unless something unexpected happens, the Holy Mountain... I won't be coming back."
Neil Luo had little interest in finding out whether this senior Divine Official had truly come to warn him for the sake of their old friendship, or whether the Archbishop had deliberately sent him.
The senior Divine Official was a friend Neil Luo had once worked with. He