When the magic flower blooms

What kind of test does the brass tower and heartworm mean?The students looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering what kind of medicine Mr. Chen was selling in his gourd.

Mr. Chen didn't explain, he just invited Ming Ruoxing to give a demonstration.

So, under the gaze of more than ten pairs of eyes including He Tiansi, Ming Ruoxing calmly came to the pool and turned to face the copper pagoda.

One second, five seconds, half a minute... He closed his eyes quietly, as if he was simply in meditation, and did nothing else.

No matter how you look at it, it's a bit abnormal.

The students onlookers began to whisper, and even He Tiansi secretly became nervous for him.

"Ding--"

Just at this moment, a crisp bell sounded suddenly.It wasn't very loud, but it was like a flash of light in the night.

The whispering students all fell silent at once.They looked at each other, trying to determine if it was real, or if it was just a collective hallucination.

Soon, the second bell rang again.

"Tower, it's a tower!"

Finally someone shouted the correct answer.

To be more precise, it is the copper bells on the eight pointed corners under the eaves of the copper tower that make the sound.

The wind blowing from the valley was blocked by the hall ahead, and even the leaves on the roadside remained motionless.But those copper bells, which looked heavy, swayed as if they were alive, and made a pleasant collision sound.

The stunned students quickly figured out the pattern of the bell's tones—at first it was a scale from bottom to top.Then the two adjacent scales began to play together.Immediately afterwards, more copper bells rang at the same time, and a simple piece of music was actually played.

After a pause, the copper bell also stopped swinging.The students who had just woken up from a dream were amazed and eagerly guessed the reason behind it.

"Those heartworms got into the copper bell just now. As long as you manipulate these insects, you can make this eight-tone pagoda emit a designated sound. In the past, the sound of these copper bells can convey many kinds of messages."

Mr. Chen revealed the answer, and then took advantage of the opportunity to announce the official test content——

"Next, you guys will try to control the heart worms in the tower and see how much you can control."

It sounded very interesting, and the students were all eager to try it, and some seriously planned what pieces they should play later.

Taking advantage of the chaotic situation, He Tiansi moved to Ming Ruoxing's side.

"Hey, how can this be done? How did you do it just now?"

"Release your own pheromone and learn to control it." Ming Ruoxing simply explained these two sentences, "For detailed operation, listen to Mr. Chen."

Next, Mr. Chen really began to teach the key points of manipulating Heartworm.It includes a seven-character formula and a set of breathing and concentration methods.

"What is this? A spell?" He Tiansi couldn't help complaining again, "Hogwarts Chinese branch?"

Ming Ruoxing ignored his clumsy joke.

"Mantras are actually a kind of psychological suggestion. Beginners use this suggestion to strengthen themselves, and at the same time regulate breathing and body functions. Long-distance runners and pregnant women during childbirth will be asked to breathe according to a fixed frequency. It was originally a formula. Once mastered, the formula becomes dispensable.”

"What about the spells?" He Tiansi suddenly remembered the patterns he saw on the rocks of the Sea God Temple, "How do the spells work?"

"Spells need to use medium. Many times the mystery lies in those materials. The so-called spell pattern is more complicated when you talk about it in detail. You'd better stop talking nonsense and practice quickly."

With Ming Ruoxing's reminder, He Tiansi realized that all the students except him had gathered around the pond and began to practice facing the pagoda.The copper bell on the tower rang twice from time to time, and it was unknown who had grasped the essentials.

He Tiansi also rushed over to try out the formulas and methods taught by Mr. Chen.But it is not difficult to infer from his expression that his attempt was not very successful.

Forget it, Ming Ruoxing had already thought of a backup plan: If He Tiansi really couldn't handle it, then he would take action secretly, at least not to let He Tiansi be ridiculed by those little guys again.

The trial period is soon over.The students line up in order from short to tall, and try to connect with the heartworm for 3 minutes each.There are said to be rewards for the top three.

The first one to try was a short boy.He walked quickly to the pond, pointed at the pagoda and reported loudly: "The first one on the first floor!"

The teaching assistant recorded his choice and lit a small stick of incense in the incense burner at the same time.The little boy exaggeratedly took a few deep breaths, then blushed, stared at the pagoda intently, muttering and muttering words.

About a minute later, a crisp copper bell sounded on the first floor of the pagoda.But after careful observation, the vibrating one was not the one the boy had specified in advance.

"It's okay, go ahead, it's very close. You can relax your body and choose a confident posture."

Encouraged by Mr. Chen, the little boy rubbed his hands together, then raised his arms and stretched his fingers toward the bell, just like a real magician in a movie.

Following the direction pointed by his hand, all the students focused their attention on the copper bell.About another minute later, when the incense sticks in the incense burner were about to burn out, everyone finally heard the bell ringing again.

It worked! !

The little boy was overjoyed, and hurriedly turned his head to see Mr. Chen's reaction.The husband nodded in approval, and Ming Ruoxing and the teaching assistants also applauded.

The assistants recorded the final score.Under everyone's eyes of envy or disdain, the little boy walked to the queue and re-arranged to the end of the queue, behind He Tiansi.

The opportunity was not lost, so He Tiansi hurriedly took the opportunity to ask him for advice.However, I don't know if it was a scheming or really ignorant, in short, the boy only answered him "by feeling", and said nothing of value.

The students at the front of the line walked to the pond one by one to start their own challenges.

According to the different heights of the tower floors, the number of copper bells on each floor is also different.The scores of the middle and lower levels are lower, and the scores of the upper levels are naturally high.In addition, the score of the copper bell on the back of the tower is also higher than that of the front.

Almost all the students who participated in the challenge successfully aroused the resonance of the heartworm.There are several excellent children who can even ring several copper bells of different levels at the same time.

Among them, the one that impressed He Tiansi the most was a beautiful and western-looking little girl who seemed to be of mixed race.I heard that mixed-race people are very smart, but it seems right now—she chose the third floor as soon as she came up, and then she actually directed Heartworm to play the first bar of "Ode to Joy".

Judging from Teacher Chen's reaction, No.1 is already hers—unless He Tiansi, who is at the bottom, can have an even more astonishing performance.

Of course, including He Tiansi himself, no one really thought he could do it.

In the blink of an eye, 45 minutes have passed, and more than a dozen boys and girls in the front line have all completed the test.The eyes of the audience naturally fell on the last subject, that is, He Tiansi.

Anyway, stretching the head is a knife, retracting the head is also a knife, at least the posture must be beautiful when you are generous.

With such a strategy that is not considered a strategy, He Tiansi walked to the edge of the pond in two or three steps with his long legs.

Observing from this angle, this copper tower is really delicately cast.The windows on each floor are hollowed out.Looking in from the front, you can also see small statues placed inside. The eyeballs seem to be inlaid with crystals or other gemstones, and they can actually shine in the dark.

Just as he was fascinated, Mr. Chen's urging suddenly sounded in his ears.

"can we start?"

He Tiansi nodded quickly, hesitated for a while, and then made a choice: "I choose the eighth one on the eighth floor!"

There was a whisper behind him immediately - the copper tower has only nine floors in total, and the seven floors are already the limit height of all the previous students.Even the mixed-race girl's best result was the first bell on the seventh floor.

This over-age transfer student who had just arrived, immediately chose the bell on the back of the eighth floor. Why should he boast of such a sea?

However, Ming Ruoxing, who was watching from the sidelines, could see clearly—in fact, He Tiansi was not sure at all.So he simply chose the highest difficulty, so that even if he fails, it won't look too abrupt and embarrassing.

After announcing his goal, he stood proudly in front of the tower.Concentrate and try to use the mantra to drive the high bell.

Just five seconds later, something even he himself never expected happened—the brass bell designated by him shook violently and made a clear and powerful sound!

At this moment, the audience was silent.All the students' eyes widened, and their eyes were quickly changing from surprise to admiration.

He Tiansi, who didn't know what was going on, immediately turned his head to look at Ming Ruoxing who was standing aside.

Ming Ruoxing nodded to him, with a smile on his lips, as if approving.

Mr. Chen reminded in time: "You still have a lot of time, continue to challenge."

"it is good!"

He Tiansi suddenly became motivated, took a deep breath, and looked up at the higher ultimate goal.

"I choose... the ninth floor, the heart of the tower!"

He pointed to the small bronze bell inside the heart of the ninth-story tower.Standing on the edge of a pond, it cannot be directly observed with the naked eye.He had only heard Mr. Chen describe its existence just now, and he didn't even know what it looked like.

But at this moment, He Tiansi was inexplicably swollen, every pore of his body was full of confidence.

Take a deep breath, exhale, concentrate your energy, and then recite the formula silently.Everything is compared with the "successful experience" just now, and a gourd is drawn in the same way.

However, this time nothing happened.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and He Tiansi was so nervous that he seemed to hear the ticking of the second.He swore that he copied it exactly according to the feeling just now, and he didn't know which step was wrong, and there was always a dead silence in his ears.

Is it too high-spirited, or did not fully exert the strength in the body?

He Tiansi decisively blamed the latter.

Then how can we show our true strength?He remembered the meditation on the edge of the cliff last night, and what Ming Ruoxing said afterwards.

Not a snake, not a pheasant, don't restrain yourself with inherent rules and regulations.

To feel the self in your heart.While controlling the hidden animal nature, release the power that has been suppressed.Release them in a targeted manner towards the top of the copper tower...

Unknowingly, He Tiansi closed his eyes.Strangely, at this moment, his field of vision was not completely dark.

On the contrary, right in the center of the field of vision, a shadowy phantom of a copper tower appeared.

He was silent for a moment, confirming that this was not an afterimage left on his retina, and then he became more and more calm, and began to observe the difference between this illusory tower and reality.

Then he quickly saw it—like a translucent X-ray film, the copper tower in front of him was in a strange translucent state.The tiled eaves on the outer layer, the cantilevered brackets in the middle, and the bronze statue of the caisson inside are all presented in layers from the same angle.

Looking up, he passed through the layers of floors that were also in a semi-illusory state, until he saw the top floor of the pagoda.

The bronze bell that used to only exist in Mr. Chen's description seems to be hanging there.There are delicate inscriptions carved on the body of the clock, and the bell buttons are two lifelike little dragons.

What's more clear is that inside the copper bell, which is about the size of a hand, there is a heartworm, which is black and shiny, with a strange green light all over its body.

Finally got you.

He Tiansi laughed silently in his heart.Then, in this space that is both real and illusory, he stretched out his hand both real and illusory.

In the next instant, the illusion in front of him suddenly disappeared.At the same time, a deafening and strange noise erupted in the ear.

He Tiansi opened his eyes in horror.

In front of him, right in the center of the pond, the copper tower "goes mad."