Walking through the mountain gate plaque, the panoramic view of Bailu Academy is unfolded layer by layer in Zhikarizhen's field of vision.
He finally realized that the rumors were true. The landform did indeed resemble an egret spreading its wings.
The road that first enters the mountain gate is narrow and straight, just like the egret's long beak, and then gradually opens up, like the undulating back of the egret's neck. On both sides of the mountain road, the verdant mountain forest arches outward, forming a full and symmetrical arc, as if the egret is raising its head.
There are two wings on it. Houses and buildings stretch on it, and the color is as white as jade, like overlapping feathers.
These buildings are the residences of students, teachers, and various training grounds. The most conspicuous school palace is located in the center of the back of the egret. It is towering and solemn. It is surrounded by countless towers, pavilions, streams, flowers and trees, like stars over the moon.
Generally speaking, little egrets shuttle between them, flying up and down from time to time, like feathers flying in the wind.
"Winter——" A clear and long drum sound came from the academy.
The professor immediately said to the new students: "Today is your matriculation day, and it is also the time when the older generation of seniors leave. Come with me to watch the ceremony."
In the huge palace square, hundreds of students with fluttering green hair and solemn expressions lined up in a neat square array. Opposite the high platform, there was a huge and colorful jade drum hanging. The moon was high, the crown was high, and the belt was held high, holding a jade mallet.
Standing next to the drum. Many teachers from Bailu Academy, wearing silver-edged moire academy uniforms, are lined up on both sides.
Behind is a tall and simple bronze incense burner with a lotus cover. Blue sandalwood birds are floating in the air, and jade-carved mythical beasts are shrouded in the smoke, adding to the solemnity and solemnity.
On the viewing platform next to it, there are hundreds of college students standing quietly and watching.
"Today, your four-year training at Bailu Academy has officially come to an end. The teachers and I send you off as a disciple." Gao Qingyue glanced at the group of students with a solemn expression, "I am a disciple of Bailu Academy.
The etiquette, firstly, do not worship heaven and earth, and secondly, do not worship ghosts and gods. Only respect the academy, only thank teachers, and only respect classmates. No matter whether we are enemies or friends in the future, or where we are, at least at this moment, you stand side by side." p>
"Winter——" He waved the jade mallet and beat the jade drum, and the clear and exciting sound went straight through the sky.
"Honor the Academy!" the students shouted in unison, straightened their clothes, faced the mountain gate, and bowed in salute.
The new students, Zhi Shou Zhen and Xie Xuan, were affected by the solemn atmosphere. They were silent for a while and watched the ceremony attentively.
"Winter——" The second drum sounded, and the long wind blew up, covering the fields, and the flowers, trees, grass and leaves were shaking one after another.
"Thank you, Teacher!" The students turned to the professors, bowed deeply and saluted, and then each took out a six-study bundle and presented it to the teacher in turn.
"Winter——" The third drum sounded, the sound was shining, and the lingering sound echoed endlessly around the Egret Sandbank.
"Classmate!" The students turned around, bowed to each other, and exchanged gifts. Some gave them jade pendants to ward off evil spirits, some gave them magic weapons and sharp blades, or the eggs of strange beasts contained in Baoguang, and handwritten calligraphy and paintings... Regardless of whether the gift is high or low, the students who receive it carefully collect it without hesitation.
"In the future, you may become irreversible friends and join hands to pursue the road together; or you may become enemies of life and death. I just hope that you will always remember this day and always have a sense of friendship for the classmates who have been with you for four years." Gao Gao
Qingyue said in a deep voice, holding out the jade mallet in her hand.
One by one, the students lined up and walked up to Gao Qingyue, took the jade mallets, beat the jade drums one by one, and then handed the jade mallets to the next student. "Winter--Dong--Dong--" the drums sounded continuously and continuously.
Incessantly. Some drums are soft and gentle, some are firm and low, some are sonorous and passionate, and the spirit is high...
At first, the new students like Zhikarizhen were just watching the excitement. Later, they saw the jade hammer being passed from one student to another, like a surging wave, connecting everyone into a majestic and rushing river.
Even Xie Xuan, who had always been smiling playfully, was in awe.
Finally, the jade mallet was returned to Gao Qingyue's hands.
"The ceremony is over!" Gao Qingyue looked around, raised the jade mallet high, and struck the giant drum hard.
Before the drum beat ended, a student suddenly wailed, and then there was a cry in the square. The male and female students hugged each other tightly and cried without any hesitation, regardless of the high or low, and ignored the distinction between scholars and common people.<
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This is the true love between classmates! Zhou Chu couldn’t help but feel his blood boiling.
How can one behave without distinction between superior and inferior? Kong Jiuyan shook his head in disbelief.
It’s just a way to win over talented people. Xie Xuan secretly disdained it.
"Wah-ha-ha-" A series of sounds of flapping wings suddenly sounded in the sky above the square. The sound of flapping wings became denser and louder, and the "wah-ha-la" merged into a tidal sound of countless wings flapping.
Zhikarizhen was surprised to see pieces of egret feathers flying down from high in the sky. They were as white as snow and seemed real and illusory. Even his Hedao spiritual power could not distinguish between reality and reality.
"The Heron Demon gives you a blessing! This is the Heron Demon's blessing!" Many old students raised their heads and couldn't help but stretched their hands into the air. Their faces were full of surprise and they burst into laughter.
Pieces of feathers were actively thrown into the palms of the students. The moment the two parties came into contact, the feathers blended into the skin and disappeared, like silently melting snowflakes.
"The third of the ten blessings of Egret Academy - the blessing of the heron demon!" Wang Liangmi had already taken out the animal skin volume and read with great interest, "The blessing of the heron demon mostly appears in the graduation ceremony. It is said that only those with sincerity can
Only students with special skills can move the heron demon and give blessings. The feathers of the blessed egret demon are very magical. Some can drive away evil spirits and ward off disasters, some can slowly breed magic weapons and rare treasures in the body, and some can even help people's thoughts.
It’s done!”
"It's true." Zhou Chu stared enviously at the feathers integrated into the student's body and said, "I have a distant clan brother who was blessed by the heron demon. Later, when he was traveling alone in the mountains, he was struck by a wonderful purple light in the cracks of the rocks.
I was shot, and I became pregnant in ten months and gave birth to a big fat boy!"
Xie Xuan and others looked puzzled, and Zhou Chu said happily: "My clan brother has had a unique wish since he was a child, and he wanted to give birth to a child. On the day he gave birth, he witnessed the egret feathers floating out of his body and turning into a child.
Made into fly ashes."
The feathers in the air gradually dissipated, and the blessing of the heron demon ended. A few old students raised their arms and shouted: "Let's go, let's go drink, we won't be drunk tonight!" A large group of people put their arms around each other and left with a roar.
, gone in a blink of an eye.
Gao Qingyue stood there, her eyes slowly passing by the group of new students, and said: "Since you are admitted to Bailu Academy, you should practice diligently and be friendly to your classmates. If anyone violates the rules of the academy, regardless of his family background, I will punish him
If you are sent out of Bailu Shazhou, you will not be allowed to go to school for life. Do you understand?"
The freshmen agreed in a flurry, and Zhi Shou really felt that Gao Qingyue paused slightly on him, and there seemed to be a hint of ominous omen in his obscure eyes.
This was not something he could see with his naked eyes, but something that the shaman spirit at the core of his soul could sense with a hint of the spirituality of heaven and earth.