musicians of old

At four o'clock in the morning at the villa at No. 20 Walstein Street, the howling cold wind made the blinds of the bedroom tremble.

Roy sat quietly in front of the dressing table, watching the rough gray paper on the table quickly shrink like dry ice sublimating without any external force, turning into a swirling, knotted gray smoke.

In the complex smoke lines filling the room, she closed her eyes, stretched her spiritual sense to the void beyond the astral body, and grasped the wonderful connection with a certain secret bond.

The next moment, when she opened her eyes again, a hanging object appeared out of thin air on the small desk lamp.

A small, winged puppet gray and white with bandages around its ribs.

“I remember when I was very young, I first learned about the existence of messengers. I thought it was very cool to see this magical migratory creature that could send whispers across oceans, and I immediately wanted to own one. My mother told me that when I grow up, Become the 'mentor' of the school and you will have it."

"Why is there no excitement at this moment, what is the problem?"

Roy's eyes stayed on the winged puppet for a while longer.

After the rough paper on the table was sublimated, a transparent soft gel-like card was left, which seemed to be the interlayer inside the former.

It was written in difficult and lengthy Noah language in gray handwriting, and each letter turned into sand and peeled off in less than half a second after reading.

"Evolution" phase climbing path

The first door: the door of fantasy
Key: some state.Attuning to spirituality can be achieved through 7 special tribute sessions (the following notes are written in darker colors and different handwriting, the same below) (Note 1, session 1) (Note 2, session 2) () (Note 8, alternative session 1) (Note 9, alternative link 2)

The second door: the door of fireworks
Key: some kind of feat.Consume an auxiliary elixir in the shortest possible time at several locations as far apart as possible (Note 1, historical records show that if you complete this key with the help of others, the success rate will be reduced to five One-tenth, and there are rare cases of twisting) (Note 2, three or more places are suitable, the interval should be more than a thousand miles, and the time of taking food must be controlled within 26 seconds) (Note 3, the formula for refining the elixir : must part variable part)

The third door: the door of coincidence
Key: Some kind of witness.Acting as a witness to a unique and slim-probability event in a highly publicized event (Note 1: Historical records show that holding the remains of the 'Calamity' in good containment condition can replace the key to travel. There were two successful cases, one failed case, and no one died. ) (Note 2, theoretical research believes that this method can also be used for the first and second doors, but no case remains) (Note 3, or, being involved in a large-scale accident and disaster, becoming the only survivor)
The fourth door: the door of wax figures
Key: .? ? , with the help of illusion and deceit through

The fifth door: the door of spiritual energy
Key: .? ? , with the help of the grand transformation of material energy and spiritual energy to travel through
The sixth door: the door of paradox
Key: .? ? , with the help of?antinomies? ? "

The transparencies quickly became empty, and the core secrets of the Bologna School passed down for nine centuries, thus turned into gray sand and spread a thin layer on the dressing table.

Roy stroked them with his right hand, spilling them into the wastebasket.

In less than 3 minutes, the knowledge she gained may be explored by ordinary people throughout their lives, and even cost their lives. In the end, even a name may not be deduced correctly.

"The Gate of Fireworks, this is the name of the second door. It sounds like its gnosis has the meaning of 'fireworks are fleeting'."

Under the soft desk lamp, Roy was playing with a black pen in his hand, biting his lip and thinking.

Yes, time waits for no one, let’s go straight to the preparations for the second promotion!

Regarding the timing of further crossing the door, all major organizations know a common formula: a healthy and vigorous body, a stable spiritual state, and clear knowledge.

It's just that saying this sentence is the same as not saying it. There are many climbers who have reached this threshold, but terrible failures will still happen. It only outlines the negative situations that absolutely need to be avoided, and is not a safe guarantee letter.

But when the theory of occultism developed into modern times, people gradually discovered that there is still a factor that is more clearly related, and that is "ge"!
In ancient times when the climbing path was not so broken, the six levels of "grids" under "Father" corresponded to the six doors under the "Gate of the Dome", which could ensure a safe ascent. Now, if you want to To ensure sufficient safety, the corresponding "grid" must be at least 2-3 levels higher than the level, and as for the higher doors, you can only resign yourself to fate.

In terms of direction, this point is consistent with the control logic of the Special Inspection Office, but the Special Inspection Office has forcibly grasped a matter of free exploration and self-compensation at risk.

"So, first of all, I must wait until I become a 'forged lion' before climbing up. This is a necessary guarantee for the success rate. The delay in time is also to eliminate my pollution. I may have accepted these hidden knowledge. , resulting in an unconscious impulse to pursue gnosis.”

"Secondly, the key to the 'Gate of Fireworks' is secondary to the preparation of the elixir. It only costs a few gold pounds. The main thing is to take it in at least three different places within seven seconds."

If it were someone else, they might feel helpless about such a strange condition, or think it is nonsense after thinking about it.

But the mystical items that Roy carried or possessed were not only of high value and quantity, but also many of them were connected with the school's knowledge system. Soon, she found a way of thinking.

She fixed her gaze on the bracelet on her wrist.

There are several raised carvings on the white bracelet, inlaid with brown oval-shaped small stones that resemble diamonds and jade.

There are seven glyphs in total, and four stones remain.

If you stare at them carefully, you will find that they seem to be shadowy and illusory objects, changing their "lying" direction in the blink of an eye.

These stones are called "Bologna Shadow Diamonds", and they are a rare mysterious substance in the "Corridor of Sighs" in the secret realm of Shifting. One of them is enough to buy a small manor in the countryside of the Tiolein Empire.

In fact, it is essentially the essence of "extended" phase brilliance, but just like the difference between graphite and diamond, the arrangement of the fine structure is different, which leads to a great change in its mysterious characteristics.

With the cooperation of a simple secret ritual, one can turn a diamond into one's own "shadow" and leave it in a certain place, and let one's real body instantly shuttle here when necessary-in fact, this is the same as the "shadow" of the later Harmony School. The "Path Reappearance Method" has a homology, but its effective range is only about 730 kilometers.

"I used to think that the 'Bologna Shadow Diamond' was just a beautiful, extravagant, narrow-applicable magical item for escape, but today I suddenly discovered that it can be used to complete the feat of passing through the 'Gate of Fireworks'! Otherwise, you will have to wait until Only those who understand the triple level have the ability to travel through space, and this becomes a paradox."

"And I have wondered before, why the third layer of 'Gate of Coincidence' gnosis, in addition to divination and manipulating probability, also endows the discerning person with the invisible power to travel through space? This has nothing to do with the name "

"Tonight I suddenly realized that it's not really a space shuttle! It's just controlling myself to fall out of the shifting gap, and then directional modifying the random landing point of the world when I wake up, so as to achieve a certain distance of teleportation. manipulated probability”

After learning about the climbing path of "Evolution", Roy quickly learned more knowledge by analogy.

According to the school's travel safety regulations, she has already left three shadows on the road, which can ensure that in the event of an accident, she can continuously shuttle back to a school branch office on the border of Tiorian.

Only, Father Lavoisier later reminded himself, was not safe anywhere but San Porto.

"If I had known, I would have used up a diamond before leaving San Porto, so I wouldn't have to hurry back halfway, but it's the same if I stay now, and the three shadows that have been left behind will also be dispatched." use"

"Then next, I need to complete the upgrade as soon as possible, and at the same time spread out the remaining four 'Bologna Shadow Diamonds' one by one, so as to maximize the success rate of passing through. It is best to combine the two aspects."

"Theoretically speaking, the 'a terrible thing' and 'a profitable thing' predicted by Mr. Priest are Aunt Hermosa's problem. There has been a qualitative change in my ability, but no matter where I go in the future, I still have to be prepared to use the 'Shadow of Bologna' to return to the holy city at any time."

"And, the disposal of the corpse."

"It is more normal to 'discover' the body after getting up at dawn. If other external circumstances remain unchanged, it will always require less explanation than running over to 'discover' it in the middle of the night."

In fact, Roy has just been promoted, and his spirituality is still in a very unstable state. After finalizing various plans in his heart, the exhaustion finally hit like a tide.

She gently rubbed her forehead, blew out the candles on the dressing table, and lay down to rest for nearly three hours.

When I opened my eyes again, the clock pointed to seven o'clock, and the sky in late winter and early spring was still dark.

Roy got up and called his assistant.

"Are you awake, Nicole?"

".Using breakfast, Miss Roy."

At address 215 not far from Walstein Street, in one of the quadruple apartment buildings where the staff of the inspection team lived, Nicole, the blond female assistant, was wearing a shirt that hadn’t been buttoned up yet. Stepping barefoot on the blanket under the desk, leaning over to answer the phone with hands on the desk.

"Is there anything I need to arrange today?"

The eldest lady's work and rest are as diligent and self-disciplined as ever, in such a cold weather. Nicole sighed in her heart and quickly adjusted to the state where her voice was not open, but her tone from answering to asking questions still revealed her guilty conscience.

In fact she had just gotten out of bed, and had just ordered the servants and the cook to prepare breakfast.

"There is a lot of workload. You can divide the tasks and give them to the administrators of the major public schools under the school, the general operation department of the Turner Art Hall, and to contact the music venues and artists in Janus."

Roy's voice on the other end of the phone was soft, but Nicole had already put the receiver on her shoulder and quickly dialed over the paper and pen.

"The first thing is that I am going to give a solo concert, tour, and premiere the six "Unaccompanied Cello Suites" in Janus."

"Make appointments with concert halls in various counties and cities, and carry out regular cooperation contracts in the name of artists signed by Turner Art Hall. Refer to Janus's market price to set tickets, and the promotional carriers will be uniformly produced by the rear."

"You can make a schedule of 7-10 games first, and the interval between each station is about half a month. Let's put the first station next month and the next month. It will start in April. I still need to refine it."

Miss Roy's solo tour?A new work for the Janus people?What a big deal! ! Nicole quickly jotted down the main points while "hmmmm".

"The second thing is that in the near future, the academic school will have a large-scale conversation with musicians to make an overall work plan."

"Musicians? Who? Which ones?" Nicole was a little confused.

"All, and mostly young, new generations of composers, conductors or pianists."

"It's not limited to music, but other arts as well. If time permits, talk to them as much as possible."

The first thing Roy did after he was promoted to the top was to mobilize the entire academy to conduct a systematic investigation.

There is still more than a year left before the 40th Harvest Art Festival. It is important to grasp the current ideological trends, development plans and artistic concepts of these groups, and understand their achievements, demands and confusions. This will be helpful for the construction of the school's talent team and the grasp of future trends. , reasonable formulation of theater chain development plans, etc. are very necessary.

And for the avant-garde artists, only by carefully understanding what is the source of their ideas and what kind of opportunity contributed to their style change, can we distinguish which of them are normal innovative explorations, and which may have factors of the activities of the Academy of Gods!

Wait until the day Mr. Fan Ning comes back. If that day comes, I must also produce tangible results.

"Let each public school arrange its own list of conversations. Our college sends its own outstanding young people, externally hired ecclesiastics and independent honorary artists, well-known musicians who have a record of cooperation with public schools or Turner Art Hall, of course, there are It would be better if 'Forging Lion' or 'Crescent Moon' are willing to do interviews, their opinions are more precious, you can consider visiting in person.”

"In this way, a batch of interviews will be conducted at the departmental level, a batch at the school level, and a batch at the school general assembly level. Before the end of this year, I will be able to see the complete investigation report and conversation materials. Of course, I will also go to the Talk about a part, and include me in the plan.”

"In the past two months, in my free time outside of practicing, they are welcome to come to San Porto to find me. After that, the time and place will be synchronized with the cities where the tour arrives, so that other than the local people, other people of their own Musicians who have performances, exchanges, and study plans can control the itinerary”

"Okay, okay, I'll dispatch now."

To have an opportunity to meet with Ms. Roy and talk about her artistic ideas in person, even if she is not standing behind the academic school, but only the resources of the Turner Art Hall, it is already an invitation that young musicians, especially composers, cannot refuse While Nicole was thinking like this, she asked and added details from time to time, and the rubbing sound of the pen tip on the other end of the phone kept ringing.

After hanging up the phone, Roy immediately took out a piece of letterhead from the drawer and wrote coherent and beautiful handwriting with a quill dipped in glitter ink:

"Ms. Sheeran:
I have been promoted to the level of understanding, and now I am using a new messenger to contact you, and you can directly summon it when you find me in the future. (At the end of the sentence there is a scaled-down version of the complex occult pattern)
I am in San Porto at the time of writing this letter. The Janus expedition completed the first phase as scheduled, but encountered some other unexpected situations. The situation on both continents is very uncertain now. There are a few things I need Breathe with you.
'

Roy took the letter and got closer to the gray winged doll.

It was bandaged by the puppet and dragged together into the void.

From the first round of tribute sessions more than two days ago, everything has finally been arranged.

"It's almost time to go to 'Accidental Discovery'"

The clouds outside the blinds were already white. Roy took a deep breath and pushed the door out.