Chapter VII Variables (21)
After only a few moments, there were no more people wandering around the square, the whispering was gone, and all the old and new students had arrived, standing in a neat line in the midday sun. The parents who came to watch the ceremony behind the students also suppressed their strong desire to talk to each other and sat down on the viewing platform in silence.
Everyone was looking in the same direction at this time - the wing-spreading platform in the shape of the golden crow.
This incredible giant bird-shaped structure was built by the deceased old skeleton craftsman Blackfoot Skeleton in the shape of Kinwu Island at the request of the former head of Kinwu Temple, Kuroba Fengdi. The ingenious design of the wing platform allowed it to amplify the speaker's voice with echoes, and as a result, the building was chosen as a place for gatherings and ceremonies in Kinwuin after its completion. Decades have passed, and today's wings are still the same. As it is the only landmark that parents who come to the island for the opening ceremony can see, people from different social classes have gone all out to promote and praise the ceremony venue they have seen after leaving the island, and the wingstand has been successfully promoted to one of the most prestigious buildings in the five islands.
Its whole is made up of three parts with different materials.
The open left wing becomes the canopy, and the rolled right wing becomes the platform, each composed of countless bamboos of different thicknesses and sizes. To bring out the sheen and layering of the giant wings of the goddess Apollona's mount, layers of bamboo are coated with gold dust and then thickly brushed with gum. At the center of the building is a large diamond-shaped slab covered with corrugated carvings to outline the belly of a bird that glides sideways, which serves as the wall of the winged platform. The golden crow head carved from rosewood rises in mid-air, and the blazing eyes and pointed beak of the bird are made of fine copper, and between the sharp beaks of the mythical bird is a large copper ring, which is known to those who know the history of the Kamilu Continent as the ring of the sword of the goddess Apollona. There are also dozens of small copper rings hanging high and low on the big copper rings, and when the wind blows, those copper rings hit each other and make a jingling bell.
But at this time, there was no sound of the wind blowing in the square, only the soft sound of the bamboo "creaking" - it was an old man, slowly ascending the winged platform. He was dressed in a white and purple silk satin robe, and his silver hair was tied into a bun on the top of his head, which was fastened with a brown net, and the net was the same color as the belt around his waist. This belt, which is different from the other people's colors, symbolizes his dual status as the head of the Kinwu Temple and the head of the head of the Wanji Temple.
More than 1,000 Jinwu students and spectators in the audience applauded warmly at the Xiu Dye Fengdi newspaper on the stage, and they hurriedly clapped their hands. From his point of view, the revered dean was really just a small man. In this respect, the repair dye is not similar to its ancestors. Legend has it that both the former dean, Kuroba Fengdi, and the first dean, Shizome Fengdi, were both tall and strong men. But just as most people wouldn't believe that the current dean, Xiuran Fengdi, was sixty-two years old, few people would notice his height disadvantage. This is probably because he is thin, energetic, handsome, and, most importantly, has an extraordinary temperament.
He stretched out his palms, pressed his palms downward, and the wavy applause stopped, and the square was quiet again.
After staring at the students looking up at him for a moment, Xiu Ran said, "Please put your fingers on the emblem on your waist, all new and old students. ”
The dean's voice was extremely loud and powerful, and the originally absent-minded mind couldn't help but follow the students in the square to cover their palms with copper rings and listen to the teachings.
Xiu Dye Feng Di informs the new students that the process of advancing in Jinwu Temple is the process of filling in the emblem. The first year is also called the inspection period, those who fail the test must hand over the bronze ring emblem and leave the college, and after passing the test, the identity of the college student is fixed, and the college emblem can be promoted to the second year with a thin ring embedded in the belt. After passing the test in the second year, the emblem of the copper ring will be filled with the body of the golden crow, and in the third year, passing the test can add a left wing to the golden crow, and in the last year, you can learn to become an outlying island after adding a right wing to the golden crow.
"This is a holy place, and all of you are chosen by the gods! From the moment you put the emblem on your belt, you must always be energetic and spend every inch of your time in Jinwuin with the obsession of filling the ring. When you leave Jinwu Island with the complete emblem one day, you must do your best to dedicate this life to the people of the five islands and glorify the gods! Cultivating you into excellent talents with this kind of consciousness is exactly what my ancestors set up under the inspiration of the gods! ”
Then, Dean Shuran Blade began to talk about the dark age when the world collapsed, about the war between the gods and the gods when the gods returned, about the isolation of the five islands before the unification of the gods, and about the "Mask God Four" who were the fighters during the Battle of the Mountain, and the "Face God Four" who were the pioneers after the unification of the five islands.
The passage was a little uninteresting to Isshin, who looked beyond the crowded heads of the students and into the early autumn sky, where a small patch of light clouds floated in the bright blue sky, and the occasional long, chirping fiery hibiscus bird streaked lightly in front of the background.
From the moment he had just noticed, he had noticed a strange phenomenon, neither the hibiscus bird, nor the ants, nor even the floaters had ever appeared within twenty steps of him. He kept his eyes open to follow the birds' tracks, and none of them stopped near him to respond. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, the air filled with the smell of a thick, moist grass that emanated from the large grass in front of the viewing platform not far behind him. It stands to reason that there should be a large number of ant colonies there, and they have tried to search for them, but they still find nothing.
The futile exploration was interrupted by the gradually high-pitched chanting of the students in the square, and it turned out that everyone followed the dean of Xiu Dye to recite in unison the classic passage in the book "Purple Dye: Feng Di Xingji", in which the first generation of the Jinwu Academy warned people that the shadow of the shadow has not disappeared and warned people that God saved himself...... The sword is encircled, and the fire is burning. The golden crow turned into light, and the shadow demon retreated. The gods and land are unified, the five islands are restored, the hundred cities are congratulated, and all the people are united because of the glory of the gods. However, since the beginning of the Shenlu, the islands have become chaotic, and the shadow land demon atmosphere is blazing. Fortunately, there are generations of sages, with the spirit of perseverance and perseverance, to break through the difficult situation, although the stumbling repeatedly, finally because of the gods who moved the heavens and the earth to help alleviate the disaster. ”
The raised right hand of the dean of Shuran slashed down from mid-air, and the echoing chanting came to an abrupt end.
After looking around at the audience for a week, he took a step forward with his head held high and said loudly, "The above was written by my grandfather, Zi Dye Fengdi, on the day of the founding of the Golden Crow Academy in the 515th year of the Divine Rule.
Roses bloom, cherry blossoms, maple trees burn, a hundred years of time in a snap of a finger!
In the 615th year of the Divine Rule, the Shadow Land army attacked with the Destruction Beast, and the Burning Legion stained the God of War Island with blood!
How many of you in the audience died two years ago, and your mother cried and her sister was sad!
Now, two years later, please revisit with me the motto of the Golden Crow Academy, which turned into light last night! Tomorrow night to the light! The golden crow is the light! We want to be the light!
At this moment, whether the emblem in the hands of all of you in the audience is knotted with a belt or inlaid with a thin ring, whether it is empty or lacking wings, I hope you can seriously feel the sense of sacred solemnity and the sense of mission that it evokes in your hearts when your fingers touch it. Please remember that these emotions should not just come and go silently! These emotions should be practiced in the school motto! ”
The head of the Dyeing Institute raised his right hand, and thousands of students immediately raised their hands in response, and the parents on the viewing platform couldn't hold back their excitement and raised their right hands one after another!
A tidal wave of shouts rang out - "Last night turned into light!" Tomorrow night to the light! The golden crow is the light! We want to be the light! ”
The head of the Dyeing Institute once again looked around the square and bowed slightly, thanking everyone for their responses. Immediately, he raised his right arm and drew an arc in mid-air, which was a gesture to invite the representatives of the new students to come to the stage.