High Above

  Chapter 402 Dragon Worship (13)

  The trees in the mountains trembled in the refreshing wind after the summer rain, and the branches and leaves were noisy and swaying.

  Sunshine is paved on the stone avenue. Ian leads the camel and carries his luggage, and bids farewell to Sister Yingguang at the gate of Boyin Workshop.

   Steward Moda is accepting an 'inquiry' at the Huaiguang Church... Of course, this is also a form of protection. All in all, it's time for this tired old man to go to sleep.

  Although after waking up from the dream, the world is still this world.

   But at the very least, he should rest at this time.

   "Thank you for your assistance." Sister Reflecting Light bowed her head seriously to Ian: "If it wasn't for your help, maybe it would take me a long time to find out the truth about the disappearance that happened around Laian Territory."

   "Actually, you have found the thread of the truth, and it has nothing to do with me." Ian raised his eyebrows, put on his helmet, and replied seriously: "I just did it by hand."

  To be honest, compared to the gratitude that Sister Reflecting Light gave to her co-worker, he would also like to thank her for cooperating in showing the corroded sample of Xiahui Grass from the "Flying Flame Land".

   In this way, the water is muddied.

   Regardless of the truth, all subsequent investigators had to face a problem.

  —Is Baron Leon colluding with Feiyan, or is the "Ghost Academy" behind him colluding with Feiyan?

  The latter cannot be confirmed, and the former is a bit perfunctory... But because the timing is too coincidental, and Fei Yandi has really engaged in biological warfare recently, it cannot be said that there is no such thing.

   In any case, no matter which side it is, the investigation will go astray.

   What's more, no matter which side has its own reasons, it doesn't want to investigate the truth very much.

  Especially the Institute of the Intellect—only they know that the deputy section chief could not have died with Baron Ryan, but they are really the masterminds behind this incident, so they absolutely dare not jump out to defend themselves.

   “Willing to do whatever comes along is the biggest help. Always.”

  Dragon Girl smiled slightly, and then sighed softly: "It's just a pity, we can only finish after the event, the tragedy has already happened, and the dead cannot be recovered."

   "Can Huaiguang Church really do nothing?"

  Ian had already turned around and got on the camel beast. The camel beast shook its head meekly, allowing the young man to stroke its furry head.

  Passing the camel beast's head, he said softly: "I also know an old man from the Huaiguang Church... I have asked him many things, but I have never asked this question."

   "Because I know that they have done a lot...even beyond the responsibilities that their strength should bear, and they are worthy of anyone in this world."

   "Just now, I still can't help but want to ask..."

  Ian raised his head and stared at the nun in front of him: "Is Huaiguang really not going to do it?"

  Ian has something in his words, and he also knows that what he is asking is not human.

   Although Sister Yingguang is quite capable, she is obviously not a high-ranking Huaiguang, nor is she a true clergyman. She cannot answer her own question.

  However, she was feeling. Feeling that the Huaiguang Church can only finish after the event, Ian is curious... curious about how the Huaiguang Church views the consistent course of action of his organization.

   So, just ask.

  Facing this question, Yingguang's smile narrowed.

  She frowned lightly, and even the light of the dragon horn above her head gradually dimmed.

  Dragon Girl said slowly: "...I don't know."

  She was a little unwilling and at a loss: "I also asked my teacher this question, but she said that I am not a real priest, so I don't understand."

   "Knight, although it sounds weird, a few years ago, I was just a shepherdess in the village of the people with spirits around Huaiguang Sacred Mountain in the north... and I also grew some potatoes and carrots."

Speaking of this, the dragon girl looked at her hands with some nostalgia—there were many calluses on them: "Although it is hard work, it is indeed a peaceful life. There is no war, no cult, no monsters, and no lords. Oppression, we feed ourselves."

   "I didn't feel it at the time, but after traveling for so many years, I finally understood why the old people in the village said that our life was like a paradise."

  Raising her head, Sister Reflecting Light met Ian's eyes: "The clerics of Huaiguang are all good people."

"They don't collect taxes, don't care about things, and don't set rules. They just regularly clear the surrounding monsters as rewards, trade some food with us, and at most mediate conflicts between a few villages due to water sources—but it's not to stop them with brute force, but to open up another village. One source of water allows the village to stop disputes naturally."

"One day, when I went to trade potatoes with my family, the clergyman who led the team said that my blood has natural potential, but if I don't practice and let it burn wildly, it will hurt others and myself, so I asked if I would I don’t want to be a sublimator—the light of Huaiguang, this is the glory of the whole village and my luck, how can I refuse to be a monk of Huaiguang?”

   "So I had a teacher. She took me and other disciples to travel around, and finally arranged for me a position in Nauman City, requiring me to practice and study in this well-connected place."

   Having said this, Yingguang's tone became firmer.

  She raised her head and said seriously: "Please forgive me, knight, I said a lot of tedious things...but what I want to tell you is that Huaiguang doesn't care about everything."

  "In addition to taking the initiative to quell those huge disasters, we will also deal with the problems caused by 'inhumans'."

"For example, monsters, aliens, or the 'spirits' of various cults... Just like this time, the local church believed that the disappearance was caused by a local cult in Nanling, and there were believers asking for prayers, so it happened I'm out."

"It's just that, like Baron Ryan's murder of his subjects, this kind of 'human' thing... Huaiguang's handling method is probably the same as dealing with the water source problem in my hometown, trying to open up another water source, so that disputes and The oppression stops naturally."

"This is what I understand as 'Huangguang', just like the sun can make people take off their thick armor and clothes, and stop being on guard against each other; but the cold wind can't, the act of forcibly stripping people off will make people feel worse Watch out for that."

"only…"

   Speaking of this, Sister Reflecting Light sighed deeply: "The things among human beings are not so simple as water sources. The sun and cold wind can't do anything... Most of the time, we can't do anything either."

   "I'm sorry, I may not be able to express my thoughts clearly, but that's roughly the case. I don't think Huaiguang's handling is wrong, it's just that it may...not be the best."

"Do not."

  And Ian, who was listening quietly, spoke, he categorically denied Sister Light Reflection's statement: "It's very good, it's very important—I've roughly understood it."

The young man's eyes were lowered, and he had a little understanding, thinking: "Anarchists? Or the most extreme kind of 'pastoral order' among collective anarchies? Deny authority and entrust everything to people themselves. Everything else is left to itself?"

"Where did this group of lunatics come from..." Ian felt helpless in his heart: "In a world where there are sublimators, they still do this? No, no, no, I made a mistake. It is because there are sublimators that they want to do it This set, because everyone's productivity is extremely high...but isn't Huaiguang itself a kind of authority?"

  Although it is somewhat one-sided, according to Yingguang, there are no towns around Huaiguang Sacred Mountain in the north, only villages gathered together according to ethnicity.

  The villages farm naturally, take care of their own water sources, and trade their necessities with each other. There is no emperor, no king, and no governor and all "rulers"—they don't even have a nominal village head.

   Whether this kind of flat society is the society Huaiguang wants to build, or whether they are unwilling to manage too much, so they can see their tendency by letting nature go.

  —Huaiguang is unwilling to intervene in the problems of human society, but keeps himself out of human society and maintains an "independent" perspective.

  What is anarchy, what is not interfering, what is only responding to disasters and not intervening in society.

   All are trivial.

  In Ian’s view, this independent perspective may be the real key.

  —A request from the Book of Prophecy? Or is it a special condition for psychic power?

  As a prophet, Ian feels that he can probably understand...

  Perhaps, Huaiguang Church's "Book of Prophecy" that can predict all disasters...is an inducement.

  Because it is independent from human beings, it can see all the future of human beings.

"thank you very much."

  Recording the thoughts in his mind into the silver chip, the teenager smiled, and his voice came through the helmet: "Then I hope there will be another day."

"is also like this."

  Sister Reflecting Light nodded, and she suddenly remembered something: "By the way, knight, if your next destination is Nauman City, please try to slow down your itinerary."

"Nauman City is now under martial law. According to my senior brother and the executor of the Bright Sword, there is a lot of trouble in the city. Archbishop Tianyan has closed his door. It seems that the Marquis of Barton was assassinated because of this—it seems to be because of Feiyan Land, but It may also be because of Canaan Moore, maybe it’s still the Dragon Worship Cult, and the current rumors are extremely confusing, and the capital of Nanling has already become a mess.”

   Speaking of this, she couldn't help but sighed: "Anyway, it's best not to go there so early."

   "Brother? Flame Land? Are there other things?"

  Ian was ready to go, but stopped after hearing this sentence.

  He wondered: "With all due respect, I was a little unclear just now—isn't the redemption executor, uh, a lady?"

  Yingguang explained euphemistically: "But she likes to be called Senior Brother...Maybe it's...well, her personal hobby?"

   "So that's how it is." Ian said with emotion: "Everyone has his own ambition...Thank you, Sister Reflecting Light."

   "It's just a letter of advice."

   Saying this, Ian drove away on the camel beast, while Sister Reflecting Light watched the camel beast go away.

  Afterwards, she turned around and prepared to return to the church for the next handover with the members of the Imperial Academy of Truth and the Noble Court.

   After Ian left for a certain distance, the expression shrouded under the helmet gradually became serious.

   "Dragon Worship Cult..." He muttered to himself: "Linda's prophecy..."

   "The prophecy that changed because of me?"

  (end of this chapter)