The crowd had not yet left the east field when Hanlo said he could teach the missing recovery sequence from memory. He closed the complete copy in his hand and pressed it under one arm. Qinghe asked him to show the source he planned to use.
“The text is private,” he said. “Everyone here has heard the warning. They can choose whether to learn.”
Mera stood by the notice table. “You may teach on your own land. The public lesson rule applies to shared village ground. If you teach cultivation in public, you must show a complete source and state known risks.”
Hanlo called the rule unfair and said he would appeal it. Ning pointed to the assembly notice. “The appeal remains open. This morning’s class in the east field is over. You have not shown the complete source, and the students have not begun a practice under this meeting.”
Some of Hanlo’s followers protested that they had come for instruction. Others had already started folding their sheets. A man asked if he could still hear the recovery breath without practicing it. Hanlo said the lesson would be rescheduled. He did not name a place.
Yan watched the crowd disperse in smaller groups. He wanted to say the meeting had ended because the evidence was clear, but the preacher had refused to show the rest. “We have not resolved his appeal,” he said to Ning.
