Bypassing the altar of the gods, there is a staircase that leads to the embankment on the shore of the lake. On the embankment are all kinds of bustling shops, money shops, taverns, and hostels, and flags and signboards are spread out in a colorful way. The bluestone wharf below the embankment was lined with small traders and vendors, huddled around the tall statue of Dean Zi Dye and sold to the crowd all sorts of rare things that Sha Ting had never seen before—beads, embroidery, incense, algae oil, hardwoods that looked like charms carved into them, gold sand, mercury mirrors, fabrics of all kinds, spices, tea, juice and eggnog in cups, snacks wrapped in leaves.........

The shouting was incessant.

"The commemorative coins of the Golden Crow Temple, there are all kinds of styles, and there are signatures of the previous presidents!"

"Don't you buy incense? Don't buy incense? Do you not want to visit the hot spring shrine when it is open in the afternoon? Is the incense here better and cheaper than the one sold on Bless Avenue? Don't you buy it? Don't you buy it? ”

"Rose perfume! Rose perfume! Rose perfume stuffed with the petals of the rose wall of the Golden Ukooin Temple! ”

"Exchange money! Money! It's lower than the fee of the money shop! Money! Money! ”

Satine walked through the sounds and events that had nothing to do with her without squinting, the crowd was so crowded that she could smell the scents of the people who passed her. The smell of spices on the young woman who is greased and powdered, the sour smell of sweat from the greasy middle-aged man, the strong smell of tobacco around the old man who spits smoke rings while walking, and the fat child who licks the food in his hand while watching the lively smell of sweet and spicy sauce all over his arms and face...... Gods, Sha Ting felt that there were more people crowded on the embankment of this flaming lake than there were all the inhabitants of Smoke Town!

Finally walking onto the wooden plank road of the ferry, Sha Ting was already covered in sweat, and she felt that she must not smell good.

There is a long queue on the boardwalk, all of which are people who have taken a boat to Jinwu Island to participate in the opening ceremony. The procession moved slowly forward, and the reason for the slowness was that everyone on the boat had to be identified, and only one parent could go to the island to watch the ceremony. Sha Ting stood on tiptoe in the team and looked forward, but she didn't see a few young people, and it seemed that the students had already gone to the island. There are also small traders walking around on the small boardwalk, selling their goods to people who are ready to go to the island. Their ubiquitous shouting made Sha Ting restless, and she simply turned to lean against the wooden railing of the boardwalk, and looked away at the lake of flames.

The Lord of the Onsen Hall prayed to the gods and brought in a hearty rainwater that would benefit the entire Goto. The heavy rain of two days and two nights brought Sha Ting an unforgettable adventure at sea, but it also alleviated the drought in various places, and for now, gave the lake of fire a charming and lovely, incomparable morning. The black tree on the embankment of the lake rustles its fiery leaves in the morning light; The water under the plank road is cool with the autumn breeze, and they murmur as if they are talking about what they have seen and heard at this ferry for a long time in a language that people cannot understand. Nearby, on the lake, seven or eight wide-bellied and high-pitched sampan boats were busily shuttling back and forth. From the conversations of the people around her, Sha Ting learned that it was the ship sent by the Golden Crow for the opening ceremony - the whole ship was black, and the center of the Japanese wheel with a red lacquer base on the bow of the ship depicted a crow with flapping wings and rising in shining gold paint, and there was a line of gold characters under the crow, which should be the school motto of the Golden Crow - "The golden crow is light." ”。 People laughed and admired and looked forward to boarding the ship, which symbolized the sun goddess's mount. The lake in the distance was still shrouded in milky white morning mist, and the gray-black irregular outline in the hazy haze was the island where the highest school in the five islands of God Bless was located, Kinwu Island.