Movement 5: The Angel Tells Me (10): 'Feasting Beast' (2-in-1)
The sun was fierce and the heat was scorching. The clouds seemed to be roasted, and the pure white wadding on the blue sky was knotted, stretched and deformed.
A field of fox lilies burning like flames, a carriage speeding along a masonry road soaked in asphalt and lead.
The road coverage in the suburbs of Tia is not high, and most of them are wilderness, hills or trails around the lake. The only road that gets wider and wider is the main road leading to the main church hall.
In the vast and sparsely populated suburban villages, only along this main road can one still see some believers walking to visit the temple.
It is now ten o'clock in the morning. Before the three of them set off, many visitors came to the villa.
Mainly some musicians, music critics, media reporters and aristocratic patrons who worked with or befriended Walter.
Even if a well-known conductor is not good at dancing, he is more or less in the upper-class social circle.
According to his teacher Scheele, this student has already "graduated", and many famous groups in the Northern and Western Continent have offered him olive branches. As for specific choices, he will not provide advice to "graduates".
We encourage the study, interpretation or experimentation of different artistic styles.
It seems, maybe, that we should go to the Northern Continent.
After hearing this, combined with Walter's previous ambitions, many people have already made some guesses.
Well, this conductor sought another job after winning the crown, which was an expected trend in the southern music industry, but this time he did go a little low-key and a little faster.
In short, Fan Ning's response took some time.
Compared to Scheele's usual style, he chatted a little more with the visitors this time because he wanted to make some insinuations about anything unusual around him.
These well-informed people expressed their concern that "after the disappearance of the everlasting nectar, the products of the South may be depleted", but they did not mention the problem of "being unable to go abroad" - every day, tens of millions of people from all continents travel
Passengers set sail across the ocean. Some leave their hometowns, while others return to their homeland as wanderers. Since they say there is no such thing, it must not be the case, otherwise it would have been a mess.
"Teacher, the saint invited you to meet, will he not include us?"
"Definitely not including me. The prayer of 'helpless blood' is considered to be unanswerable. Although they no longer expel people like us, it still makes me feel embarrassed every time I go to church."
Luna and An were leaning against each other on the seats in the carriage.
"It doesn't matter who he wants to see, just follow me during this period."
Fan Ning, who was sitting across from him with his eyes closed and concentrating, responded.
First he was shocked to meet the two students again in the early morning, and then he made insinuations about the visitors after hearing the news. After gradually calming down, Fan Ning realized more and more that the problem was definitely not expressed in a simple and crude form of "cannot leave the Southern Continent", but in the second form.
Hypothesis is the most likely possibility.
——My own spiritual subconscious is correcting my decision-making.
Fan Ning even guessed that if he still wanted to send the two girls away, he would just need to repeat the travel arrangements again.
The subconscious mind is not the opposite of the self.
If you are clearly aware of the difference between the two options of sending them away or not sending them away, but still strengthen your confirmation of "send them away", your subconscious mind will think "maybe this is right" and stop the warning or error correction function.
After some combing, Fan Ning felt that the above guess should be closer to the truth.
But there are also two subdivision problems that arise.
"First, the question of source. Where does this early warning ability or danger 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 where the fox lily emblem is located on the skin.
What capabilities does it bring?
Is there the possibility of "malicious correction"?
After thinking about it, Fan Ning thought it was unlikely. First of all, the creation of the emblem was related to his own works. Secondly, and more importantly, it couldn't be done - the subconscious could not "prevent" oneself from making decisions many times, leading people to
The behavior is always conscious. If you are determined to send them away, you can repeat the process, ask someone to do it directly, or even use your wallet to get on the boat.
He prefers this as a "reminder".
"Second, the problem of objects. 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 "foreigners" still exist.
It's okay if Walter leaves, but staying here is of little use. The advantages of going to the Old Symphony Orchestra early to report outweigh the disadvantages.
But Luna and An are in danger. If they stay by their side and actively deal with it together, there may be a chance of survival. If they leave directly, they will completely lose hope?
At present, Fan Ning feels that he can only interpret it so far.
Go to the church first to learn more about the situation and see what the saint "伊佊" will tell you.
The carriage was still galloping, and the fragrant summer wind seemed to be carrying something sweet, wonderful, and difficult to distinguish between sacred or restless.
The altitude distribution of the Fox Lily Field is low in the southeast and high in the northwest. As the carriage went higher, when the view moved to a certain point among the increasing hills on both sides, the buildings with soft arcs bloomed like a colorful kaleidoscope.
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"Just right here." Fan Ning signaled the carriage to stop.
Compared with the rich and strong primary colors and dark tones of the Holy Sun Church, Fanghui Temple prefers light and soft light colors or pinks. The terrain of the fox lily flower sea here is a single and neat uphill slope, and the only sight at the end is
Only the road, the sky and the temple complex could be seen, and all the warm and pleasant fragrances poured down from the opposite side of the slope.
The invitation letter in Fan Ning's hand has begun to burn.
A small bright red stone inlaid at the signature was engulfed by tongues of fire and evaporated instantly.
Soon, Archbishop Fields and Bishop Castini appeared, and together with several clergymen, they welcomed the three Fannings in. The front hall of the steps turned directly to the back, which was an elegant and slender semi-open-air square.
In the courtyard, the ground is paved with the same colored tiles as the walls, and is lined with exquisite and small colored glazed animal reliefs.
It was the first time for all three of them to come to the church headquarters. Fan Ning felt that what he was visiting was not a church but a manor.
"Mr. Scheele, you only had one day to think about it. I guess you will make the decision we want." Fields had a smile on his face, but he seemed a little tired.
"Which troupe will perform?" Fan Ning asked directly.
"Of course it's the United Principality Festival Orchestra. Most of the musicians are waiting here. It seems that your symphony has been completed... We just hope to let them meet the conductor first, and the rehearsal task will start a few days early.
, try to practice as soon as possible to the point where you can 'cooperate happily'."
This top orchestra, ranked first in the Southern Continent and seventh in the world, is nominally the resident orchestra of the Festival Concert Hall, but in fact its origin is led by Gui Fanghui Temple.
Senesino, the music director, is more equivalent to the "professional manager" hired by the church in the art business. Walter currently works at the Old Symphony Orchestra, which is similar to this nature.
"Most of it?" Fan Ning asked repeatedly about one of the adverbs.
"More than 80% of the musicians." Fields immediately explained the reason Fan Ning wanted to know, "For some unavoidable reasons that you have guessed, we will review the performances at the 'Flower Ceremony' ceremony this time.
The threshold has been raised very high, so some musicians have been turned away, just temporarily... By the way, Mr. Scheler, how should we record the symphony you created this time?"
"Is it a number, or a general title like 'Poems of Awakening,' or both?"
"A summer noon dream." Fan Ning said.
He also wanted to call the actual "third" number now, but that might frighten the Special Patrol Office.
"Pure southern style naming." The clergy around him commented one after another.
"How many movements did you write for it?" Fields asked again.
"Five." Fan Ning motioned to Luna to take out the manuscript from her bag, "You may need to copy it yourself and divide the parts."
The archbishop immediately said there was no problem.
This number of movements has obviously been completed in everyone's opinion, and is one of the "few but reasonable" configurations in the current period. Fan Ning's "Resurrection Symphony" he wrote before had five movements, and in his previous life, Beethoven's "Resurrection Symphony" had five movements.
The same is true for "Pastoral Symphony" and Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique".
But deep down in his heart, Fan Ning sighed secretly, wondering where to start the sixth movement and whether it would be too late in the next few days.
Under the arrangements of the church, Fan Ning's meeting with the band members was completed efficiently.
"Haha... Nowadays, it is said that Fan Ning from the Northern Continent is unprecedented in challenging chorus writing in the 'Second'. Mr. Scheler joined the chorus in the 'First'. I think the Southern Continent is ahead in this regard."
..." The assistant conductor whom he praised before leaving was obviously a solid admirer of Scheele.
Fan Ning proposed a female choir and a children's choir at the celebration, and asked the famous singer Miss Nightingale to lead the former.
This arrangement was naturally expected by everyone, but when he next said that Luna would be the lead vocalist for the latter, it was a bit surprising.
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Everyone couldn't help but glance at the little white-haired girl next to him.
Of course, no one would object to Scheler's decision, but after walking out of the rehearsal hall, Calestini immediately said:
"Mr. Scheele, it seems that you have also discovered some strange things about the 'Seven-layered Blessed Missing Eucalyptus', right?"
"Helpless blood?"
"To be precise, it's 'pleasant blood'."
Hearing this, Fan Ning couldn't help but turn around and look at the church leader who had a slight conflict with him due to his previous investigation of "Seven Blessings".
"In recent months, the church has rescued many people when searching for covert organization activities. Among them, the proportion of 'discolored people' is unusually high. This has attracted our attention, because frankly speaking, this group has been ignored by the church in the past.
crowd."
"After investigation, the reason why the esoteric believers in the Joyful Listening Club are interested in the 'discolored people' is because they believe that they are a group of people with the highest spirituality in the southern continent. In certain sacrificial rituals, they can perform as well as ordinary people or even others.
There is a role that no one with knowledge can replace.”
"The highest spirituality" Even Luna herself couldn't help but repeat this outrageous conclusion, her voice was softer than a mosquito.
Fan Ning nodded slowly, signaling Calestini to continue.
"Although the esoteric believers have erratic motives for their actions, because they worship the Lord of Heretical Witnesses, their analysis of certain occult phenomena may often have a unique perspective. After further investigation and interrogation, we found that the so-called 'highest spirituality' they believe is actually
He put forward a conjecture about the origin of the 'Shameless One' -"
"Because this group is more sensitive to the damage to the skin between the world's appearance and will, they instinctively passivate their own blood into 'helpless blood' to avoid being exposed to the more stimulating and intense light from behind."
"In other words, the group of 'discoloration people' is formed due to the self-conscious protection mechanism."
"And if a method of 'activation' or 'reduction' is found, the 'discolored ones' will become the best medium to communicate with their 'secret and true mother'."
"Is this how 'helpless blood' becomes 'pleasant blood'?" Fan Ning asked with a frown.
He recalled Luna's feedback after he used his "Fountain of Painting" ability that day to take Luna out to observe the things around her.
Could it be that the incomplete ability at that time caused the blood in Luna's body to temporarily turn into "pleasant blood", so she had a color return to her appearance and could see something similar to 'epidermal damage'
A slightly unusual scene?
"That's right." Fields nodded beside him, "But these esoteric cultists have not found an effective method of transformation, or in other words, their current methods are too low-level and crude to achieve the optimal 'communication' effect."
"What kind of low-grade and rough method?"
"It can't be done by a living person, unless the person is killed or half dead."
"Only separated 'helpless blood' can transform?" Fan Ning asked.
"That's almost the meaning." Fields said, "And a large amount of 'helpless blood' can only get a small amount of 'pleasant blood'. They use this activated blood and a series of combinations such as 'Seven Blessings'
Divided and refined into unknown sacrificial items, they can be used as inferior substitutes for the 'lost person' to directly communicate with the 'red pool'..."
While Fan Ning was deep in thought, the church group first showed him the venue.
The ‘Hana Matsuri’ celebration in a few days will be held in the ‘Crimson Church’. It has the same vaults and corridors as the Sun Church, but the internal layout and decoration style are completely different.
In 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 podium area and the outermost ring area, but it is so spread out in a circular venue.
In this case, the visual difference extending outward layer by layer is not obvious.
There are many eye-catching elements here, but the attention of the three people who broke in first was attracted by a huge thing hanging above the ceremonial stage.
The overall outline looks like a guitar, more than five meters long, three meters wide, and over twenty meters high, coexisting directly with the dome.
It would be nice to call it a "giant guitar", but the hollow arch structure and the nearly fifty strings make it look like a harp upon closer inspection.
Its material looks like wood but not wood, looks like jade but not jade, and rippling with a golden-red color in the sunlight. The body of the piano is irregularly distributed with abstract flowers and leaves, shell-shaped patterns, asymmetrical lace or winding curved carvings, showing a certain
A messy, vivid and magical sense of withering.
"This is our world-famous 'Feasting Beast'." Fields and Fanning looked up side by side. "To some extent, it will be more unique and unique than those pipe organs of the Holy Sun Church, and it can definitely be called
It can be regarded as a miracle in the world 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 among the 'Famous Guins'." Miss Nightingale clicked her tongue and exclaimed.
"So, how does it play?" Fan Ning asked with his hands behind his hands.
"It can be played directly, or it can be used indirectly to harmonize and resonate with other music." Castini pointed in the direction of the hypotenuse, "In the former case, there is a keyboard platform that can be climbed up, and in the latter case it can be played directly.
When an outstanding performer, singer or conductor reaches a high enough level of spirituality, they will feel its "chariot"-like "sense of control", thereby mobilizing unique polish and resonance energy for the music they perform.
."
At this time, Fields next to him smiled and added: "But no matter what, before playing it, we need to perform a series of complicated and holy tribute ceremonies. There will be some in the first few programs of the 'Flower Ceremony'
Such a link is because its huge spirituality requires a slow start process, just like when a steam train is stationary, we need-"
The archbishop's explanation came to an abrupt end, and all the clergymen's eyes widened.
Fan Ning's right hand was gently raised and opened, and he made a strumming movement with his fingers in the air.
"Ding ding dong dong ding ding dong dong!..."
A string of sound that broke through the air, like gold hitting stone, resounded throughout the vast red church!