Chapter 8: The Rite of Enlightenment
In Hakuba Academy, Imoto and Yukiki have entered the viewing seats of the Keigo Pond, and there is a large circle of seats around the turquoise Keigo Pond, which has two floors and can accommodate more than 1,000 people. If you want to come in and watch, you can pay 100 gold coins per person, and some poor families are waiting for their children outside the door. Although the status is equal here, it is still oppressed by some rich families and high-ranking officials with a sense of superiority.
"It's almost time to start. Yukiki said.
"How do you feel about the guards in the city and the academy this year..."Jing Yuan turned his head to the left, then to the right, and then looked closely at one of the guards before frowning. "Murderous? ”
Jing Yuan was a guard when he was young, so he better understood their demeanor after receiving the order to kill.
"Against whom?"
Jing Yuan didn't answer, because he felt that the voices of the people around him suddenly became quieter, and after glancing, he saw a group of people dressed in red and gold uniforms entering the Enlightenment Pool. It was the people of the Star Empire, about fifty people, and the leader of the group was a young man, with short oily brown hair tilted to the side, and a pair of eerie-looking eyes staring at the countertop in the pool of enlightenment.
When a teacher from White Horse Academy saw the leader of the team, he immediately walked over and bent down and arched his hand: "I don't know that the second prince of Xingchen has arrived, and we have missed the distance, it is our negligence, please ask the second prince to ......."
The second prince of Xingchen didn't even look at him, and led everyone to stride past the teacher and walk towards the second-floor viewing seat.
"Why is the second prince of Xingchen here?" Jing Yuan said softly.
"He's the second prince, why doesn't he look like the Star Emperor and the Queen of the Stars. Yukiki looked pensive.
When the people sitting next to them heard this, they laughed and whispered to them, "What's so strange about this, it's not the same mother, or it's not the same father." ”
Jing Yuan responded with a smile, but said in his heart: "What kind of person is this, he is so bold, it is estimated that his entire family will be beheaded when the people of Xingchen hear it." ”
Then a group of people walked in, about thirty people, in uniform blue and gray costumes, and you don't have to guess to know that this is the arrival of the people of the Heavenly Guardian Country. They politely greeted the teachers of Hakuba Academy and went up to the second floor of the viewing seats.
An older teacher walks slowly on a small bridge made of red and white wood. He had no hair on his head, and his beard had grown to his waist. He stopped at the edge of the circular platform in the center of the pool, and in the center of the platform was a hollow circle that led to the pool below.
At this time, a bright light suddenly appeared in the clouds in the sky, and in the next moment, the neon blue light broke through the thick clouds, and the clouds in the sky suddenly dispersed to both sides, forming a circle. On closer inspection, these clouds seem to be like a pair of hands, about to hold up the chosen one.
The moment the blue pillar of light fell, the wind pressure blew the old teacher's beard, and I saw that a white yuan pattern force suddenly erupted from his body, pressing the wind into the pool, and the water in the pool did not splash everywhere, and it was bubbling with small bubbles at this time.
The blue light shone through the platform and entered the pool, and the turquoise pool seemed to be given life, and the entire pool changed to a slight glow under the blue light, turning cyan. Little by little dots of light in the pool water kept bubbling up.
There were bursts of exclamations from the audience.
Yukiki's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at the pool that glowed with cyan light.
"It's a sight I can't get tired of. ”
The old teacher of the academy turned to the other side of the platform, and on the other side of the small bridge were the children who were about to awaken.
Standing in the center of the pool, he turned in the opposite direction, put his hands together, and slowly chanted in a mighty and hoarse voice:
"The way of the blue mang, if you awaken the day, when you fann the fire, then put on the name of Shura, and protect the people who walk in the sky, the Heavenly Pattern Dao Law Volume 2 Seventy-three, the Heavenly Court Yang Array!"
I saw that when the elderly academy teacher began to chant, his beard, hair, and the big sleeves of his robe slowly floated up. As he sang the last stanza, he took a big step to the left with his left foot, and his hands that had been joined suddenly parted and slapped to the sides.
In the five directions of the Enlightenment Pond, golden points of light appeared in the air, and in the blink of an eye, the golden points of light expanded into five walls of light, and the transparent golden walls of light were full of dense words, completely separating the viewing seat from the Enlightenment Pool.
This was followed by another exclamation.
The second prince of Xingchen raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"
The guard next to him stood up and shouted to the elderly teacher below, "What are you doing here?"
The teacher replied, "We're the organizers, we know what to do." ”
The corners of the second prince's mouth rose, and his fingers flicked down slightly, motioning for the guards next to him to sit down.
"It's funny, the lamb is starting to fantasize that he has fangs. ”
"Your Highness, they don't let us get excellent people, so bold!"
"Hehe, I'm not going to come here for nothing, okay, let's see. After speaking, he looked at the castle tower and looked at the viewing seat.
One of the members of the Tenshu National Viewing Seat stood up, drew his dagger and slashed at the golden wall of light, and the blade was burned in an instant, turning into powder and scattering on the ground.
"Captain. The man looked back.
The man known as the captain, wearing a black mask, shook his head: "This time, I can't do it. ”
"What do they mean?"
"Sit down. ”
"Yes. ”
Jing Yuan opened his mouth in surprise and muttered, "The Heavenly Court Yang Array has been used, don't make any forks today." ”
Yuki's expression was also extremely ugly.
"Enlightenment, begin!" shouted the teacher outside the door.
The order of gifted children generally starts with the children of wealthy families, which is also a matter of no choice.
"Li family, Li Dao is ready to enter~"
A boy walked into the Enlightenment Pool, stepped into the wooden bridge, and was stunned when he looked at the golden wall of light in front of him.
I saw the old teacher clasp his hands together again, and the wall of light in front of the boy, all the words in it trembled, and the next moment the golden wall of light turned into a silver wall of light.
"Enter. The elderly teacher said to him.
He hesitated, then walked over and stood in front of the pillar of light through the silver wall of light.
"Touch. ”
Hearing the teacher's words, he took a deep breath and raised his right hand to slowly approach the blue pillar of light.
The elderly teacher smiled, this child is very courageous, much calmer than his peers, and hopes that this generation of newcomers will strengthen my country.
The boy's right hand had touched the pillar of light, and he felt his hand cold and hot. After a while, something slowly came out of the pillar of light, and a thin blue light slowly wrapped around the boy's forearm.
The boy's eyes widened and he looked closely, and there were strange words that slowly formed into a circle, which were imprinted on his forearm and turned pale blue.
Tattoo Master!
The old teacher nodded, very good, the magic pattern master is much less than the war pattern master, and only three of the twenty people may be the magic pattern master, today is really a good start.
Then he looked at the starry viewing platform, and left the rest to us. Turning his head to look at the boy.
"Li Dao, salute. ”
The boy didn't seem to hear what the teacher said, frowning and closing his eyes, as if feeling something.
"Li Dao?" the old teacher called him again.
Suddenly, the boy opened his eyes, raised his right hand and looked at his forearm, his eyes narrowed slightly, and after the lines were filled with white shimmer, suddenly, a small air flow appeared in the Heavenly Court Yang Array and blew up, and his and the teacher's clothes were blown by this air current.
The magic pattern is released!
"Teacher, I feel it. The boy looked at the teacher in front of him with a little excitement.
The old teacher's eyes widened, and he said with great excitement in his heart: "No one guides, just this time I understand the new surge of power in my body, although the Yuan Pattern power that bursts out is not very strong, but this is definitely a rare genius in the past few decades!
Children who have successfully awakened the Enlightenment Rite will have a registration of the Enlightenment Pool, name, age, and tactics pattern. These lists are also to be seen by the people of the Star Empire and the Celestial Guardian Country. A few years ago, they went directly to the Enlightenment Pond and took away the child they fancied, and after giving a lot of money to his parents and family, they transferred the child to a star or a castle keeper.
"Okay, good, come, put away the magic pattern. ”
In the Enlightenment Pond, the sound of conversation in the viewing seat that can accommodate 1,000 people is gradually getting louder, and Li Dao's family is also among them, so he is naturally very excited.
On the side of the Star Empire Viewing Platform, a guard stood up and said.
"Your Highness. ”
The second prince stared at the golden wine glass in his hand and drank the heavenly syrup jade dew in one gulp.
"This kid is good, write it down. ”
The guard nodded.
Castle Tower.
"Captain, Xingchen must be going to settle this kid over there, shall we fight for it?"
"No, things have changed, this time, we're just here to watch. ”
The guard blinked in surprise.
"I'm afraid it's hard to explain. ”
"I'm in charge of this. ”
"Yes. ”
Two burly guards and a woman in a robe appeared at the gate of the Enlightenment Pool, the two heavy guards in black who were nearly three meters tall, with a rectangular giant sword on their shoulders, stood at the entrance of the Enlightenment Pool, the woman walked in, and Li Dao followed the woman out after saluting the pillar of light.
The elderly teacher calmed down and cleared his throat.
"Next. ”
I only heard a voice from the door: "Mo family, Mo Linyue is ready to enter." ”
"Qin Tian, how long will it take to get to us?" Da Xiong lined up boredly, but his mouth still didn't stop, and the jerky he brought was almost finished.
"It's still early. Qin Tian looked back at the team and said, "It seems that we are the last." ”
"I'm almost asleep. Big Bear opened his mouth wide and snorted.
"Today is a big day, so let's hold on for a while. ”
They stood in line at the entrance of the Enlightenment Pond, about two hundred children. A wooden guardrail was erected in the middle of the gate, dividing the larger doorway into two small passages, with a line full of people on the right for the passage to enter, and the left for the children coming out of the Enlightenment Pond.
"Those two big black irons in front are so high. Big Bear said.
In front of them, they saw two men with giant swords walking past, and a group of children froze in place with their mouths open.
"They're supposed to be giants, I've read about them in books. Qin Tian said.
"It's taller than Uncle Jing. ”
"The giants are all three meters tall. Qin Tian said, "That Russell may be in front." ”
"Probably, but he's dressed so nicely. "Big Bear only remembers that he was dressed in gorgeous clothes.
I don't know how long it took, Qin Tian had been observing the people coming out of the passage on the left, and their expressions were almost the same. The person who lowered his head and had no eyes was not chosen at first glance. And the people who were selected looked at the lines on their forearms while walking, and rubbed them from time to time.
At this time, a familiar face appeared in the left passage, and Qin Tian saw that there were brown lines on his forearm, but his expression was exactly the same as those who were not chosen.
"Russell. Qin Tian called out to him.
Russell raised his head, his eyes were slightly red, and he looked like he was holding back from crying.
Qin Tian looked at his forearm and said, "Wasn't he chosen, what's wrong?"
Russell hurriedly lowered his sleeves and covered the lines.
"I felt it all at once, and released the war paint. Russell stared at his feet, "It's the leg strengthening." ”
It turned out to be local reinforcement. No wonder he had this expression. I remembered that he had been in the hall and had said something that would make him worthy of his identity. Now that he's got the local reinforcement that he doesn't like the most, it should be a bad feeling.
"Didn't I say it, it depends on the person who uses it. ”
"Hmph, I'll wait for you outside. With that, he walked forward with his head bowed.
Qin Tian looked at his back and sighed, he was also seven years old, Qin Tian felt that these people in the big city were particularly conceited.
"There are three more people, and it's up to us. Big Bear said.
Is it finally coming, if I don't have the characteristics of the battle pattern, what will I do with my physique?
"Daopo Village ~ Big Bear, ready to enter. ”
The big bear straightened his back and walked into the Enlightenment Pond tremblingly, and as soon as he stepped into the wooden bridge, he saw so many people around him, and wanted to move forward, but his feet did not obey him.
"Yo, children from other places are dressed like this. ”
"Our monsters are better dressed than him. ”
"Tut-tut. ”
The sound of the audience in the Enlightenment Pond gradually became louder, and some ugly words were heard by the big bear, who was already stage frightened, but now that they said this, the big bear really wanted to turn around and run. After walking a few steps with difficulty, he heard the voices of the people around him more and more clearly, and his head slowly lowered.
"Big Bear! Raise your head! Ignore these people and go your own way!" Imoto stood up at this time and shouted at Big Bear, and Yukiki on the side also stood up.
Da Xiong raised his head and saw Uncle Jing and Sister Xue cheering him on, and the cold words around him were suddenly blown away by this heroic righteousness.
At this time, he showed a rare serious expression, nodded at Uncle Jing and Sister Xue, and walked towards the pillar of light and walked through the silver wall of light.
The elderly teacher looked at him and nodded.
"Touch. ”
The bear raised his right hand and touched it without even thinking about it. Just like Uncle Jing said, go over and touch this pillar of light, and then go home for a big meal!
The pillar swayed, and a brown light swirled around his forearm.
The elderly teacher stared at him for a moment and asked, "Do you feel anything?"
Big Bear lowered his arms and looked at the teacher with his inconsiderate eyes, and just stared blankly.
"Well.... Well..."
"What about you, Big Bear?"
"I.."
The elderly teacher didn't hear clearly, so he walked over and bent down and leaned his ear over, "What?"
Big Bear's eyes suddenly widened, and tears slowly flowed out of his eyes, "I'm dying of hunger!"
In an instant, a strong white yuan pattern ripple erupted in his body.
The old teacher's face changed drastically, and his eyes widened as he stared at the little fat man in front of him. shouted in his heart: This Yuan pattern fluctuation is about to catch up with the "Fifth Order of Condensation"!