Chapter 15 Arriving at Shazhou and entering the mountain gate
The sun is shining high, the blue waves are piled with sand, and Bailuzhou finally appears in the students' sight, like a beautiful pearl, shining in the waves, shining with light, floating and sinking with the torrential river water.
The ferry slowed down and entered the reed marsh surrounding the river bank.
It's midsummer, and the reeds are growing tall, dense, and emerald green. They stretch out their swaying arms in the river wind and brush against both sides of the ship.
Zhikarizhen looked up and saw egrets looming among the reeds, playing in the waves, sometimes flapping their wings and flying into the sky. When they landed on the sandbank, they suddenly transformed into egret boys, with red lips and white teeth, and hair and horns.
, the white and thick feathers turned into the standard robe of Egret Academy, which looked like ordinary people, except that the bare feet, with yellow claws and toes moving nimbly, still showed a trace of demonization.
"They are the Egret Guards of our academy. There are thousands of them in total. They are mainly responsible for the defense, inspection, discipline enforcement, guidance and other duties of this sandbank. If you encounter any trouble in the future, you can always ask the Egret Guards for help." A man said.
The gentle and graceful male teacher introduced to the students that more than a dozen egret boys took the initiative to fly close to the ferry, guarding on both sides, looking at the students curiously with pairs of black eyes.
A civilian student hesitated for a while and asked timidly: "May I ask, sir, are they - monsters?"
"Hey, not only are they monsters? The entire Egret Sand Island is transformed from the corpse of an ancient demon Egret!"
In the middle of the night, the ghost of the big egret comes out and wanders around, turning east and west. When it sees a black one like you, it eats it in one bite, and then pulls it out the next day, and it becomes a white and tender one.
Tender egret boy..."
"Xie Xuan, don't talk nonsense!" The professor was angry and funny, and said: "But Bailu Shazhou was indeed transformed by the remains of the ancient heron demon. I don't know why the demon essence contained in the corpse has been condensed and not dispersed.
.The egrets living in the waters in this area were infected with the evil spirit, gradually gained spiritual wisdom, and transformed into demons. This is also the origin of the name of the Egret Sand Island."
"I know, this is the first of the ten mysterious things in Bailu Academy - the lingering demon soul!" Wang Liangmi took out a volume of ancient animal skins from his sleeves, unfolded it hurriedly, and thought excitedly,
"According to an anonymous and reliable source, in ancient times, there was a great egret demon who took the form of a human and fell in love with a human girl. The girl borrowed the inner elixir from the egret demon and promised to return it the next day. Unexpectedly, the girl did not keep her promise and the egret lost the inner elixir.
The demon waited in pain for seven days, and the demon element collapsed and died, and the body turned into an egret sandbank. A strong and terrifying resentment lingered there... There are sixteen slightly different versions of this legend: one, the egret demon,
A girl, a beautiful boy’s love triangle version. The second one, a heron demon, a girl, and a girl’s adoptive father’s version of transcending human relations. The third one..."
"Girl of the Wang family, these are just storytellers rumored in the market. How can they be true?" The teacher saw Wang Liangmi's beautiful eyes shining. He became more and more excited as he spoke. He quickly stopped talking and said to everyone: "These egret boys
He has been taught by the court for many years, understands human relations and laws, and is a loyal guardian of the academy. He is different from those uncivilized man-eating monsters, so you don't need to worry."
The ferry docked, and there were many checkpoints around the pier. Many egret boys were guarding them one by one, verifying the identities of the students one by one, and checking various documents before letting them go.
Along the road paved with gravel, shells and bird droppings, everyone followed Guo Lingying. The surrounding trees were lush, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, there were many strange rocks and strange rocks, there were many pavilions and high platforms, and there were clear streams and sweet springs. After looking at them for a long time, some civilian students felt that
I feel dizzy, as if the scenery in all directions is constantly shifting.
"There are thirty-six large and small formations in this area, which were personally arranged by Chief Guo of the academy. They are exactly the number of Tiangang to protect Bailu Academy. Even if a Hedao master falls into it, it will be difficult to break through it in a short while.
Come out." The professor said with a half-smile, "Over the years, there have always been some students who like to sneak out of the academy in the middle of the night and go out to drink and fool around. Unfortunately, they all end up trapped in these formations, unable to enter or exit, and suffer various heavy penalties.
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"I know this!" Zhou Chu quickly took out a crumpled yellowed booklet from his arms and read, "The top ten challenges of Egret Academy, ranked third in the difficulty list: sneak out of the academy to drink flower wine."<
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Zhikarizhen glanced at it curiously. The booklet listed many difficult challenges of Bailu Academy. They were all circled in red pen and annotated in small regular script. Many ideas and strategies for solving the problems were also added. Although the font was not very good.
, but each stroke is sharp and angular, and it penetrates the back of the paper. At a glance, it is Zhou Chu's book.
"Brother Zhou, what are you..."
"Xiao An, although you are a little better at fighting than me, your fighting spirit to face difficulties may not be as good as mine!" Zhou Chu raised the handbook and said with great ambition, "Challenge the academy, leave a name in history. Sweep the list,
Who else would you rather me?"
Kong Jiuyan looked at Zhou Chu, and then at Wang Liangmi and Xie Xuan, who were arguing about the ten mysteries of the academy. His eyes were blank. Am I the only one here to study? The ancestors said that if three people are together, there must be my teacher, so
Am I wrong?
"That's why the ancients said, 'If you want to study, you have to work outside the book!'" Kong Junzi popped his head out of the folding fan.
The terrain in front is gradually getting higher, with dense flowers and trees, and the stone bricks under the feet are layered, just like an uphill mountain road. It is extremely quiet all around, with only summer cicadas chirping deep in the overlapping branches and leaves. The sun shines through the green shade.
It shines through the gaps and reflects on the moss-covered gray stone steps, like shining bubbles.
A huge mountain gate archway stands tall in the distance, coming into view.
The hanging ebony plaque is engraved with four simple and mottled characters: "Egret Academy".
Zikari's mind was suddenly shaken. At first glance, the characters on the plaque looked slightly damaged. After years of wind and frost erosion, the strokes were also a bit intermittent. But the moment his eyes touched it, the four characters suddenly came to life! Like small insects hidden under the waves.
Awakening from sleep, breaking through the waves, taking advantage of the change of time, soaring into the sky for nine days, turning into a giant dragon that stirs up the clouds and spits out mist!
The giant dragon soared in the depths of the sky. On the dragon's head, light shone, and a tall and majestic god slowly emerged. He wore a crown and a robe, and his arms stirred up the wind and clouds and tore the sky apart, as if he was evolving.
A set of strange martial arts claw skills...
The face of this divine man was a bit familiar. Zhikarizhen couldn't help but feel a little doubt in his heart. He had clearly never seen this person before.
At the same time, most of the students were staring blankly, in a trance, and fell into the fantasy of the four plaques. Some students suddenly sat down cross-legged and began to exercise and adjust their breathing; some shouted and danced, seemingly
The behavior is frenzied, but the movements of the hands and feet are actually hidden patterns, causing the clear and turbid vitality of the heaven and earth to frequently move.