1164 The Funeral on the Mountain Top (2/2)

\”I'm afraid I have become a most unwelcome being for the Parthenon Temple. You will have to proceed alone,\” Bola said.

Mo Fan nodded. He headed for the Mountain of the Goddess.

When he arrived at the Mountain of the Goddess, a huge crowd of the members of the Parthenon Temple immediately surrounded him. They were led by Haylon and Mellaura.

Mo Fan turned around and glanced at Pang Lai, Old Bao, Han Ji, Zhu Meng, and the others, and discovered that they had been stopped from entering the Mountain of the Goddess.

Mo Fan was fearless facing the people of the Parthenon Temple. Haylon harrumphed coldly and said, \”Aren't you impressive?\”

\”I want to see Xinxia,\” Mo Fan had no intention of wasting his time.

\”She's a prisoner, you are not allowed to see her,\” Mellaura said.

\”I have overcome the challenge of the Starry Mountain Path, I can see anyone as I wish!\” Mo Fan replied coldly.

\”Great Muse, it's fine for him to see the girl, since he did overcome the challenge. Besides, the Saintess' Hall is guarded by ten Golden Sun Knights, and a Vice Hall Master is always on patrol. He won't be able to stir up any trouble,\” Muse Ciely said.

\”Come with me, I'll bring you to the Saintess' Hall,\” Fiona immediately said to Mo Fan.

Mo Fan nodded.

\”You two, follow him, just in case he tries to do anything stupid.\” Haylon sent two Silver Moon Knights to follow Mo Fan.

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The Saintess' Hall was located on the spacious mountain top. Every grand ceremony was held here on the spacious mountain top, laid out like an enormous public square.

A platform made of white marble currently had a huge crowd on it. They consisted of Panijia's followers and her relatives. Half of the Hall of Knights and the Hall of Judgment were here, too. They were all wearing gray funeral clothing, as they were holding a funeral.

Panijia's belongings were stacked into a pile at the center of the platform, on a wooden boat built with the Blue Silk Sacred Wood. It was decorated with Panijia's favorite flower… Panijia's corpse was placed at the highest on the boat. It was facing the blue sky, dressed in a robe as white as snow.

The people gathered around the funeral in an orderly manner. The atmosphere was solemn and sorrowful.

\”We just have to execute that vicious woman now, so that Panijia can rest in peace!\” Panjia's Guardian Knight said furiously.

The funeral ceremony was coming to an end. The officials, Knights, Muses, and believers had taken turns performing the ritual. The last procedure was to cremate Panijia's remains, but obviously, they were going to wait until the execution of her murderer.

\”This is the Stone of Guilt, the Holy Judgment Court has judged the woman guilty. She can choose to end her life herself, or choose to let us execute her,\” Dulanc, the Great Magistrate of the Holy Judgment Court, said.

\”She killed a Saintess and committed such grave sins. We should exterminate her soul, how could we allow her to end her life herself? People of the Hall of Judgment, bring that woman that killed Panijia here at once!\” Shawshank, the Vice Hall Leader of the Hall of Judgment, snapped furiously.

Shawshank was Panijia's father, thus he was surely the most enraged among them all. He even had the urge to dig out the heart of his daughter's murderer!

\”Please wait. Someone just overcame the challenge of the Starry Mountain Path and has requested to meet Ye Xinxia in person. The ancient rule has to be prioritized. Let Ye Xinxia meet her close-one for one last time,\” the Hall Mother said.

\”It's a sin to even let her live in this world for a moment longer!\” Shawshank seemed extremely agitated!

\”It's only for a moment, don't you want to stay with Panijia for a little longer?\” the Hall Mother replied.

\”Humph, I'll keep an eye on them instead! Who knows what the vicious woman is planning, just so the man could rescue her!\” Shawshank retorted.

The others were amused by the words.

\”You're being overly sensitive. No one in this world can rescue a person from the Parthenon Temple, not even Forbidden Mages,\” Yulowa, the chief of the Golden Sun Knights, declared.

\”You all, come with me!\” Shawshank ignored their words. He led two troops of Adjudicators toward the Saintess' Hall.

A troop of Adjudicators consisted of a hundred people. Shawshank was obviously overdoing it, leading two troops of Adjudicators with him!

\”He's only an Advanced Mage, any of us could easily defeat him. He's quite talented to have overcome the challenge of the Starry Mountain Path. We should just let him bid farewell to Ye Xinxia in peace,\” Leonard of the Holy Judgment Court advised, seeing how tense the people were.

\”Yeah, I feel that the evidence isn't solid enough to prove the girl is Salan either.\”

\”But she did kill Panijia, that alone is enough to sentence her to death.\”

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The Saintess' Hall was located to the south of the platform; behind it was a perfectly straight cliff. The place was protected by a powerful magic formation. No one was allowed to come closer or leave the Saintess' Hall.

The Saintess' Hall only had a single exit facing the spacious platform. The entrance had a long, gray carpet extending all the way to the center of the platform. The followers of Panijia stood on both sides of the carpet. They were waiting for the murderer to be taken out and brought into the open, just so they could toss black ears of grain covered in thistles at the murderer to vent their hatred...

Currently, at the entrance of the Saintess' Hall, Mo Fan was surrounded by a bunch of Knights and Adjudicators. They were extremely cautious, as they were afraid that Mo Fan was planning to intervene with the execution and the funeral!