musicians of old

The sun is fierce and hot, the clouds seem to be roasted, and the pure white strands on the blue sky are knotted, stretched and deformed.

In the field of fox lilies burning like flames, a carriage gallops on a masonry road soaked in asphalt and lead.

The road coverage rate in the suburbs of Tiya is not high, mostly fields, hills, or trails around the lake. The only road that converges and widens is the main road leading to the main hall of the church.

In the sparsely populated suburban villages, only along this main road can you see some believers walking to the temple along the way.

It was ten o'clock in the morning, and before the three of them set off, many visitors came to the villa.

Mainly some musicians, music critics, media reporters and noble patrons who worked with or made friends with Walter.

Even if a well-known conductor is not good at dancing, he still has more or less upper-class social circles.

According to his teacher Scheler, this student has already "graduated", and many famous groups in the Northland and Westland have offered him an olive branch. As for the specific choice, he will not give advice to the "graduates". Encourage the study, interpretation or experimentation of different artistic styles.

It seems, maybe, it should be going to the North Continent.

Hearing this, combined with Walter's previous ambitions, many people have already guessed in their hearts.

Well, after winning the laurels, this conductor seeks another job, which is an expected trend in the southern music industry, but this time it is indeed a little more low-key and faster.

In short, Fanning's coping took some time.

Compared with the usual Scheler style, he chatted a little more with visitors this time, because he wanted to find out if there was anything abnormal around him.

These well-informed sources expressed their concerns about "after the disappearance of the never-withered nectar, the products in the southern country may be exhausted", but they did not mention the problem of "not being able to go abroad"-every day, there are tens of millions of people on every continent. When tourists set sail on the ocean, some people left their hometowns, and some drifters returned to their hometowns. Since they said that there is no such thing, then there must be no such thing, otherwise it would have been a mess.

"Teacher, it was you who was invited to meet by that sage, will it not include us?"

"Certainly not including me, 'Blood of Helpless' prayers are considered unanswered, and while they don't drive out people like us anymore, it's embarrassing every time I go to church."

On the seat in the carriage, Luna and Ann leaned together.

"It doesn't matter who he wants to see, you just follow me during this time."

Fan Ning, who was sitting across from him with his eyes closed and meditating, responded.

First, it was the shock of reuniting with the two students in the early morning, and then it was the insinuation of the visitors who heard the news. After gradually calming down, Fan Ning realized that the problem was definitely not in the simple and rude form of "the South Continent cannot leave". Hypothesis is the greatest possibility.

——My spiritual subconscious is correcting my decision-making.

Fan Ning even guessed that if he still wanted to send the two little girls away, he only needed to repeat the travel arrangements again.

The subconscious mind is not the opposite of the ego.

If you are clearly aware of the differences between the two options of sending them away/not sending them away, and still strengthen your confirmation of "sending them away", your subconscious mind will think "maybe this is right" and stop warning or error correction.

After sorting it out, Fanning felt that the above speculation should be closer to the truth.

But there are also two subdivision problems that follow.

"One, the source issue. Where does this early warning ability or dangerous revelation come from in my spirituality?"

Thinking of this, Fan Ning couldn't help but make a small gesture of holding his left arm with his right hand.

Under the sleeve here is the skin where the fox lily emblem is located.

The ability it brings?

Will there be a possibility of "malicious correction"?
After some consideration, Fan Ning thinks that the possibility is unlikely. Firstly, the creation of the emblem is related to his own works, and secondly, more importantly, it cannot be done. The behavior is always conscious. If you are determined to send them away, you can do it repeatedly, entrust someone to do it directly, or even spend your money on the next ship.

He prefers this to be a "reminder".

"Secondly, the subject matter. Why did I let Walter go instead of simply keeping all three students?"

This may indicate that among the potential crisis factors in the Southern Continent, the individual differences between "Southerners" and "Gentiles" still exist.

It's okay for Walter to leave, and it's useless to stay here. Going to the Old Symphony Orchestra earlier to report will do more good than harm.

But Luna and An are in danger. If they stay by their side and actively deal with them together, there may be a glimmer of hope. If they leave directly, they will completely lose hope?
At present, Fanning feels that he can only interpret this.

Go to the church first to learn more about the situation, and see what the saint "Ji Yi" will tell you.

The carriage was still galloping, and the fragrant summer wind seemed to carry something sweet, wonderful, and indistinguishable from sacred or restless.

The altitude distribution of the Fox Lily Field is low in the southeast and high in the northwest. The carriage goes all the way up. When the sight moves to a certain place among the hills on both sides, the buildings with soft arcs bloom like a colorful kaleidoscope. .

"Right here." Fanning motioned for the carriage to stop.

Compared with the rich and strong primary colors and dark tones of the appearance of the Holy Sun Church, Fanghui Temple prefers light and soft light or pink colors. The terrain of the fox lily flower sea here is a single and neat uphill. Only the road, the sky, and the buildings of the temple can be seen, and all the fragrant scenes of warmth and joy pour down from the opposite side of the slope.

The invitation letter in Fanning's hand has already begun to burn.

A bright red pebble inlaid at the signature place evaporated and disappeared instantly after being engulfed by the flames.

Soon, Archbishop Fields and Bishop Calestini appeared, and together with several clergymen, Fanning and the three were welcomed in. The front hall of the steps turned directly to the back, and it was an elegant and slender semi-open-air square In the courtyard, the floor is covered with the same colorful tiles as the walls, and is lined with exquisite and small glazed animal reliefs.

It was the first time for the three of them to come to the church headquarters, and Fanning felt that what he visited was not a church but a manor.

"Mr. Scheler, you only spent one day thinking about it. I guess you will make the decision we hoped for." Fields had a smile on his face, but he seemed a little tired.

"Which troupe will play?" Fanning asked directly.

"Naturally, it is the United Kingdom Festival Orchestra. Most of the musicians are waiting here. It seems that your symphony has been completed... We just want to let them meet with the conductor first, and the rehearsal task will start a few days earlier. , strive to practice as soon as possible to the point where you can 'cooperate happily'."

This top orchestra, which ranks No. [-] in the Southern Continent and No. [-] in the world, is nominally the resident orchestra of the Festival Grand Concert Hall. In fact, its source is the leadership of Guifanghui Temple.

Cenesino, the music director, is more like a "professional manager" in the art business hired by the church. Walter is currently working in the Old Symphony Orchestra, which is similar to this nature.

"Mostly?" Fanning asked repeatedly for one of the adverbs.

"More than 80% of the musicians." Fields immediately explained why Fanning wanted to know, "For some unavoidable reasons you have already guessed, this time we put the review of participating in the "Flower Festival" ceremony performance The threshold was raised very high, so some musicians were rejected, but only temporarily...By the way, Mr. Scheler, how should we record the symphony you created this time?"

"Is it numbered, or is it a general title like "Wake Up Poems," or both?"

"Summer noon's dream," said Fanning.

He also wanted to use the actual "third" number now, but that might scare the Special Patrol Office.

"Naming in a pure southern style." The priests around him commented in succession.

"How many movements did you write for it?" Fields asked again.

"Five." Fanning signaled Luna to take out the manuscript from the satchel, "You may need to transcribe and divide the parts yourself."

The archbishop immediately said that there was no problem.

This number of movements is obviously completed in the eyes of everyone, and it is one of the "few but reasonable" configurations in the current period. The "Resurrection Symphony" written by Fanning himself had five movements. In his previous life, Beethoven's " The same goes for the Pastoral Symphony and Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique.

But Fan Ning sighed secretly in his heart, wondering where to start the sixth movement, and whether it would be too late in the next few days.

Under the arrangement of the church, Fanning's meeting with the band members was completed efficiently.

"Hehe... Now it is said that Fan Ning of the Northern Continent challenged the chorus writing in the 'second', which is unprecedented. Mr. Scheler joined the chorus in the 'first'. I think the Southern Continent is ahead in this point. ..." The assistant conductor who praised before leaving was obviously a solid admirer of Scheler.

Fanning put forward a request to configure a female choir and a children's choir at the ceremony, and said that the famous singer Miss Nightingale would be the lead singer of the former.

This arrangement was naturally expected by everyone, but when he next said that Luna would be the lead singer of the latter, it was a bit surprising.

Everyone couldn't help but glanced at the little white-haired girl beside him.

Of course, no one would object to Scheler's decision, but Calestini immediately said after walking out of the rehearsal hall:

"Mr. Scheler, it seems that you have seen some strange things about the 'seventh protection interception case', right?"

"Helpless blood?"

"To be precise, it's 'Blood of Pleasure'."

Hearing this, Fan Ning couldn't help turning his head to look at this church senior who had a little conflict with him because of the previous investigation of "Seven Blessings".

"In recent months, the church has rescued many people when searching for secret organization activities, among which the proportion of 'discolored' people is unusually high, which has attracted our attention, because frankly speaking, this group was neglected by the church in the past crowd."

"After investigation, the reason why the esoteric believers of the Pleasure Listening Meeting are interested in the 'discolored' is because they believe that this is a group of people born with the highest spirituality in the Southern Continent. Even those who know can’t replace it.”

"Spirituality is the highest." Even Luna couldn't help repeating this outrageous conclusion, her voice was softer than a mosquito.

Fanning nodded slowly, motioning for Carlestini to continue.

"Although the esoteric believers act with inconsequential motives, because they enshrine the Lord of Heresy and Witness, they may often have a peculiar perspective on the analysis of some mystical phenomena. After further investigation and torture, we found that what they think is the so-called 'spirituality is the highest'. Pretentiously raised a conjecture about the source principle of the 'lost person'—”

"Because this group is more sensitive to the damage of the epidermis between the world's appearance and will, they instinctively passivate their own blood into 'helpless blood', so as not to be irradiated by the more stimulating and intense light behind them."

"Or in other words, the group of 'discolored' is formed due to the protection mechanism of the self subconscious."

"And if a way to 'reactivate' or 'restore' is found, the 'Lost Colors' will become the best medium to communicate with their 'hidden and real mother'."

"That's how 'Helpless Blood' turns into 'Pleasant Blood'?" Fan Ning asked with a frown.

He thought of Luna's feedback that day after he used the "Fountain in the Painting" ability and took Luna out to observe the things around him.

Could it be that the incomplete ability at that time caused the blood in Luna's body to temporarily become "pleasant blood", so she had a color regression in her appearance, and she could see something similar to "broken skin"? Slightly abnormal scene?

"That's right." Fields nodded beside him, "But these esoteric believers haven't found an effective way to transform, or in other words, their current methods are too low-level and rude to achieve the ideal 'communication' effect."

"What kind of low-level and rude method?"

"The living can't do it, unless they are killed, or half dead."

"Only isolated 'helpless blood' can transform?" Fanning asked.

"That's almost what it means." Fields said, "and a large amount of 'Helpless Blood' can only get a small amount of 'Pleasing Blood'. They use this activated blood and a series of combinations such as 'Seven Blessings' Refined into unknown sacrificial items, so as to serve as an inferior substitute for the 'Lost' to directly communicate with the 'Red Pond'..."

While Fan Ning was deep in thought, a group of people from the church first showed him the venue.

A few days later, the 'Flower Festival' celebration will be held in the "Crimson Church". It has the same vaults and corridors as the Sun Church, but the interior layout and decoration style are completely different.

The layout of the cylindrical church, the height of the dome is a little lower, but the ground area is several times larger. There is a height difference of about three or four meters between the highest middle altar area and the outermost ring area, but it is so spread out in the circular area. In the case of , the visual difference extending from layer to layer is not obvious.

There are a lot of attention-grabbing elements here, but the attention of the three of them after breaking in first was still attracted by a huge monster hanging above the stage.

In terms of overall outline, it looks like a guitar, with a length of more than five meters, a width of more than three meters, and a height of more than 20 meters, directly coexisting with the dome.

It is good to say that it is a "giant guitar", but the hollow arched structure and nearly fifty strings are fully configured, which makes people feel like a harp after a closer look.

Its material looks like wood but not wood, like jade but not jade, and it has a golden red color in the sunlight. Abstract flowers and leaves, shell-shaped patterns, asymmetrical lace or winding curved notches are irregularly distributed on the body of the piano, showing a certain A messy and vivid, magical sense of carving.

"This is our world-famous 'Banquet Beast'." Fields and Fanning looked up side by side, "To some extent, it will be more rare and unique than those pipe organs in the Church of the Holy Sun, and it can definitely be called A marvel of art, musical instruments, or architecture."

"I always thought it would be a guitar in the ordinary sense. After all, it seems to be classified into this category in 'Famous Qin'." Miss Nightingale clicked her tongue in wonder.

"So, how does it play?" Fanning asked with his hands behind his back.

"It can be played directly, or it can be used to resonate with other music indirectly." Calestini pointed to the direction of the hypotenuse, "For the former, there is a keyboard platform that can be climbed up, and then Or, after an outstanding performer, singer or conductor has reached a high enough level of spirituality, he or she will feel the "manipulation" of it like a "chariot", thus calling out unique embellishment and resonance energy for the music he performs .”

At this time, Fields next to him smiled and added: "But no matter what, before playing it, we need to perform a series of tedious and holy salute ceremonies. In the first few programs of the 'Flower Ceremony' there will be Such a link, because its huge spirituality requires a slow start process, just like a steam train at a standstill, we need to—”

The archbishop's explanation came to an abrupt end, and all the clergy stared wide-eyed.

I saw Fan Ning gently raised his right hand and opened it, and made a gesture of strumming the strings with his fingers in the air.

"Ding ding dong ding ding ding dong!..."

A series of piercing sounds, like knocking gold and hitting stones, resounded throughout the deserted red church!