Chapter 5: The Opening Ceremony

"Hum!" Just when Wu Tong and Liu Chen looked at each other angrily, in front of the ancestral hall not far away, a morning bell rang, and everyone put away their emotions and walked towards the square in front of the ancestral hall with a solemn expression.

"I'll talk to you later, hum!" Wu Tong glanced at Liu Chen hatefully, then flicked his sleeves and walked away.

Liu Chen didn't think about it, smiled and pulled the little monk, and the two followed the crowd, slowly climbed the steps, found a position near the corner, and stood quietly.

The square in front of the ancestral hall is really open, all the newly enrolled boys and girls stand here but it is not crowded, no one speaks, everyone is looking at the ancient ancestral hall gate in front of them with blazing eyes, the fine sandalwood is carved with ancient characters, and the gate is heavy and mysterious.

It didn't take long for the sound of the morning bell to drift far into the sky, and the quaint door opened from the inside with a "creak".

The first to come out was Lin Fuzi, who met yesterday, and today he put on a brand-new robe, with a faint smile on his face, without yesterday's warmth, there is just an indescribable depth.

Following Lin Fuzi came out, there were more than a dozen masters in the same clothes, all of them in different shapes, some with stereotypical faces, some with smiles, and when all the masters walked to the top of the steps, looking at the new students condescendingly, at the back of the door, walked out a tall and thin old man in a black shirt, the old man had goosebumps, a slender face, and a particularly tall figure.

"Please judge your lord!" All the masters on the stage saw the old man, and they all bowed respectfully, and the old man raised his hands and waited until the masters stood still again, and then gave up the middle position for the old man to come forward.

"Tianji Pavilion Bauhinia Mountain Academy, the entrance ceremony for freshmen in the eleventh year of the Apocalypse, starts now!" After receiving the old man's signal, Lin Fuzi straightened the color, and the crowd came to the students, and said loudly: "Today's ceremony, it is still the court judge who came to preside over it with all the teachings of the C-character Academy!"

"Is that Mr. Mo Shouyi?" Liu Chen stood on tiptoe, looked at the black and thin old man from a distance, lowered his voice and asked in the ear of the little monk, "The number one master in Chang'an?"

"It should be, the mountain lord has been in retreat for more than fifty years, and all the affairs of the academy are now handled by Mr. Shouyi!" The little monk raised his head, and he couldn't see the front of him, but he heard Master Lin's introduction, so he explained to Liu Chen: "I heard that more than ten years ago, the Sword Lord fought with Mr. Shouyi, and there were hundreds of rounds without distinction, and it is rumored that Mr. Shouyi's cultivation has surpassed most Holy Lords, which is really unfathomable!"

The appearance of conformism did cause a lot of sensation in the crowd, and the freshmen were shocked, but they didn't dare to be too presumptuous, and the scene seemed a little weird for a while.

"Now, the first item of the ceremony, worship the ancestors!" finally endured Lin Fuzi's tirade, and all the freshmen looked excited, and walked up the steps under the leadership of the court judge, came to the front of the ancestral hall, and then passed through in turn and entered the inside.

The ancestral hall is very large, but there is only one main hall, in the main hall, the center is enshrined with the two largest tablets, the position on the left side is enshrined with a slightly smaller nine tablets, the right side is also nine, behind each tablet, are hanging a lifelike portrait, in those superb painters' brushes, all the portraits are particularly realistic, that pair of bright eyes, is looking at the group of young men and girls who walked into the main hall.

Feeling the gaze of those sages, even if it was just a portrait, everyone's hearts were just as shocked, and they didn't dare to raise their heads at all, as if any eyes that wanted to explore out of curiosity would become a blasphemy.

"The first sacrifice, sacrifice to the Holy Ancestor!" Master Lin stood beside the judge of the courtyard, raised his hand and sang clearly: "Holy Ancestor Tianji, the supreme of the human race, the battle of the vicissitudes of the war, turn the tide, so that our people can continue, and preach for three thousand, teach my children and grandchildren to strive for self-improvement, students, please bow three times and kowtow!"

"No!" In the wide hall, there was a unanimous response, and all the students dusted off their clothes, knelt down respectfully, and saluted to the Holy Ancestor Tianji.

"The second sacrifice, sacrifice to the God King!" The students did not get up, and heard Master Lin sing loudly: "The God King swallowed the remains, ascended to the sky and became a god, it is the supreme god race, the battle of the canglan land, and the holy ancestor of our clan fought for several days, regardless of high or low, it is the strongest in heaven and earth, and the holy ancestor of our clan is listed as the second honor of the Eastern Continent, the strong, regardless of enemy and me, regardless of race, should still be respected, students, please bow three times and kowtow!"

Liu Chen, who kowtowed again, only then did he know that the two tablets in the middle were the Holy Ancestor and the God King, no wonder, if you want to say that in this world, who can sit side by side with the Holy Ancestor Tianji except the God King?

"The third sacrifice, sacrifice to the Nine Saints of the Human Race!" all the students turned around and faced to the left as they spoke. In the darkest and most barren era, the nine saints sacrificed themselves and established a new order for the human race, so that my Great Xia Guozuo lasted for 10,000 years, and the people were able to live and work in peace and contentment!”

"The fourth sacrifice, sacrifice to the ancestors of the Eastern Continent clans!" the crowd turned around again, facing to the right, "In addition to the Eastern Continent Human Race, there are the Snow Country God Clan, the Polar Star Sea Demon Clan, the Western Regions Mobei Barbarian Clan, and the Holy Ancestor said: If you are a threesome, there must be my teacher." The sages of all races can also be my teacher, those most painful and difficult times, the saints have followed one another, constantly pioneering, exploring, and establishing a complete cultivation system for our future generations at the cost of their lives, fighting with the heavens and the earth, the saints of the four clans of the Eastern Continent are not afraid of the long road and hardships, and they are hard to explore the Tao in their hearts, and they should be my teachers!

"Ancestor worship is over! The second item of the ceremony, make an oath in front of all the saints!" After a long silence, Lin Fuzi raised his voice again, and asked all the students to face the tablet of the Holy Ancestor, including the court judge, everyone in the hall had their right hands on their chests.

"Since the day of cultivation, regardless of cultural relics and Taoism, you should swear with your heart, establish your heart for heaven and earth, establish your life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations!"

Everyone raised their hands and chests, their eyes looked straight ahead, and their faces were solemn, "I should use my heart to understand all sentient beings, and I should use my sword to suppress my mountains and rivers!"

In the ancestral hall, the neat oath spread far, far away, startling the birds in the forest in the distance, and blowing the quiet waves of Huaqing Pond.

The morning bell rang nine more times, and all the students withdrew from the hall in turn, and returned to the square on the front lawn where they were standing.

Glancing at the energetic teenagers in the audience, Lin Fuzi smiled slightly, and said again: "The last item, the state has national laws, the family has family rules, my academy is the Taoist system of the Holy Ancestor, naturally has its rules, from today onwards, all new students should collect their own blades, the academy must not see blood, and must not kill each other, in the future, your weapons are here, made of good ironwood, it will accompany you to complete the rest of your study career!"

As soon as his words fell, a team of academy servants carried the burden and distributed a wooden weapon to everyone's hands, according to the different forms filled in by everyone, the weapons in everyone's hands were also different, Liu Chen's was a wooden sword, the little monk's was a wooden stick, not far away, Wu Tong was playing with the wooden knife in his hand, the whole person looked a little sad, seeing this scene, Liu Chen and the little monk knew each other and smiled, and there was some happiness in his heart.