Even now, so close, Jinwu Island is still reluctant to show her face to Sha Ting.

It doesn't matter, as a sleepwalker, Sha Ting has already wandered around it countless times. She knew that the oldest building on the island was the library built by Shiran Fengdi himself a hundred years ago, an L-shaped building made of bluestone bricks, and endless bookshelves stretched out parallel to the three floors, from the floor to the ceiling, and the bluestone floor was stacked with new books that the scholars had not had time to find a classification. It contains all matters related to the gods and humans from the beginning of the Divine Land to the present day. No one can read the book in it, not even a branch of a certain category. On the one hand, it is due to the endless sea of books and the inexhaustible ink, and on the other hand, because human life is so short, it would be a feat for someone to be able to read all the titles of the books in the library of the Golden Crow Academy! There is also the mysterious tall tower, which only the students and the best teachers are allowed to enter. It contains the ancient history of the pre-Kamilu and the forbidden legends about the Shadow Land. Granny Lady was allowed to set foot once because she was in dire need of a secret recipe, and she remembered that it was littered with thick dust from tentacles and the strong scent of thyme—which had been placed to keep the books from getting wet or moth-eaten.

"Ancient books come in all sorts of shapes you can't imagine – lettering in crystal squares, pieces of wood threaded through thick ropes, scrolls, notes, pieces of paper of different materials and sizes packed in camphor boxes. Some of the books are made of fine white jade wafers, while others are polished bamboos that will make you want to flip them around and take a look at them anyway. There are also books with dull paper, font sizes, and an offensive stench of ink, but if you look closely, you'll see that it's exactly what you're looking for! ”

Granny Dai's whispering when she had a high fever revealed the truth she had hidden from Sha Ting on weekdays, and added a lot of firewood to the flame of Jinwu Courtyard in Sha Ting's heart!

However, in the hearts of the residents of the Five Islands and Hundred Cities, the more famous is undoubtedly the rose wall that surrounds the courtyard wall on the west side of the Kinwuin Temple. Every spring and autumn, when the roses bloom, the practice field of hundreds of meters is surrounded by the rich fragrance of roses. Many young boys and girls have a longing for the Golden Crow Temple because they heard all kinds of romantic legends that happened under the rose wall when they were young. On par with the Rose Wall, there are two passageways leading to the wings, the cherry blossom tree path covered with pink petals in spring and the flame tree path in autumn where the red maple leaves cover the sky, where the annual opening ceremony takes place.

Besides, it is the hand-drawn drawings that Sha Ting had seen in the notes of Granny Dai. On the ruined wall covered with ivy, there is a white spire, and below it is the handwritten words "Remnant Tower" of Granny Dai. The next few pages are intermittently illustrated with the backward waters of the lake and the island of Shuhuan obscured by dark and towering trees, where the only son of the former hot spring temple town hall Wind Blade Chongzi died seventeen years ago.

The thought of these beautiful or mysterious places on the island not far ahead, Sha Ting's heart pounded with excitement, she kept counting the number of people in front of her, and it was her turn to get on the boat with four more people!

"Girl! Girl! Someone pulled Satin's sleeve twice and said to her, "It's not appropriate to dress like this to go to the island to watch the ceremony!" Buy a tapestry dress? My daughter embroidered by hand, she is the embroiderer of the embroidery workshop! ”

Sha Ting turned her head and saw a thin old lady with various embroidered fabrics on her shoulders and arms. She shook her head apologetically at her, saying she didn't need to. But the old lady didn't give up, took out one of her goods, and held it up in front of Sha Ting, "Look, this one, fish scales, waist cinching, how suitable for you!" Look around, the people who are going to the island are wearing their best clothes! Your brothers or sisters who went to the Golden Crow Temple didn't dare to recognize you when they saw you dressed like this, and they would be laughed at by the students! I'll sell it to you cheaper, girl, and you'll try it! ”

Sha Ting was really overwhelmed, so she turned to the old lady and said, "I won't buy it." I don't need to. I'm not here to attend the ceremony, I'm a new student. ”

The old lady who sold embroidered clothes was a little surprised, but then she grinned with her toothless mouth, and she stretched out a hand and patted Sha Ting's shoulder affectionately, and said loudly, "The gods bless you and me!" She took off the burden on her shoulders and tossed in it, and kept saying, "When I went out this morning, my daughter said that I should not bring this one, and she said that how could there be a resident who rushed to the island this morning?!" I said that it is not necessarily, every year on the first day of school I catch the market at this ferry, and there are always a few who are delayed on the way. Ah, what am I saying, the gods bless you and me, and blessed are you to meet me! The old lady finally touched what she was looking for, and pulled it out of her baggage.

A set of delicate and beautiful embroidered clothes, the white silk looks soft and smooth, the shoulders and placket are made of layers of light and transparent silk embroidery strips, the color is from dark to light purple, the matching pants have done the same treatment at the trouser legs, and the buttons on the neckline, cuffs, and trouser legs look like they are made of cyan jade perforations in the middle. Sha Ting had never seen such a beautiful dress, and she stared blankly at the place where the dress shone in the sun, and found that there was a hidden pattern of gold thread embroidered under the embroidery strip on her shoulder, which seemed to be in the shape of a feather.

"How? My daughter is from a knitting workshop, so this craft is really beautiful, isn't it? The old lady shook her clothes proudly: "Look at this material, the finest silk!" Look at the golden crow hidden under this embroidery piece, the roots and feathers are clearly embroidered! I can tell you, this uniform is not only beautifully embroidered, it also has small buttons, when it is cold, the cotton lining is buttoned, this set of hospital uniforms can be worn in spring, autumn and winter! ”

"Did you say this is a hospital uniform?" As soon as Sha Ting asked, she understood, she was attracted by the gorgeous and dazzling appearance of this dress just now, and she didn't even notice that this was the unique white and purple color scheme of the Jinwu Academy's uniform. "I heard that the uniform should be issued by the academy to each student?"

"That's right!" The old lady put her clothes carefully on her arm, "But few students will wear the uniforms issued by the college, it is too ordinary!" The clothes are made of burlap, and the placket and trousers are made of Suluo that cannot be twisted by a single warp. Everyone will bring a few sets of their own custom-made, whose hospital uniform is better looking and chic, who will make people look high! ”

Hearing this, Sha Ting's heart sank. She had long known that there were many big people in the Jinwu Courtyard that she couldn't climb, and her mother-in-law once said disdainfully that she was "not even worthy of lifting shoes for others". But she always thought that her personality was not annoying, and coupled with her ability to endure hardships with her hands and feet, there would always be a place for her in this academy. Now it seems that she thought too simply. She may not even get a chance to speak or do things, and others will not look at her a second time if they look at her once.

"This dress...... How much? ”

Sha Ting knew this wasn't the question she should have asked, but what if wearing this dress could really make others look up to her? As long as you don't turn her away in the first place! With such a fantasy, she involuntarily spoke.