Chapter 2: The Power of God

Zhang Weimila's enthusiasm is like the scorching sun, and it seems that no matter how much it is squandered, it is inexhaustible. She said that after the eclipse celebration, she would take Gu Mei around.

Gu Mei has not participated in any celebrations, and there are also customs of holding celebrations during the New Year's holidays in inland areas, but they have long been submerged in modern civilization.

The celebration was very grand, and Gu Mei felt that this eclipse celebration was very similar to the Torch Festival.

Mila put on traditional clothes, and the whole person looked a little less heroic, and a little more charmed by a Naxi woman.

Because this celebration is more like a memorial, Gu Mei, who is a foreigner, is not allowed to participate, so she is not qualified to wear Naxi costumes on such a day, which she regrets. Of course, it's okay to be a bystander, but this right to be a bystander is still for the sake of her being the first village friend brought by Mira, otherwise she won't even have the right to watch.

As Mira said before, the eclipse celebration is to petition the gods on the occasion of the eclipse, so at the moment when the eclipse occurs, the torches will be like reflecting the sky red, and the sky will instantly become dark, dyed with a warm orange and a passionate red.

The lads ran wildly with torches like wild horses, and the girls danced and sang around the blazing fire......

The adult led the lama to chant the scriptures on the altar in front of the fire.

The ancient text, recited by the monks who have taken off the six roots, is like a hymn, and the Buddha is like a baptism. In an instant, Gu Mei felt that her heart had been purified, and since then there has been no sorrow, no joy, no love and no hatred, and she has completely returned to the purity and blankness of her first birth.

The sun was completely swallowed up, leaving behind a thick inky blackness, even if the light of the red fire shone in the sky, it was difficult to resist the engulfment of darkness. When the darkness came, Gu Mei suddenly felt a little frightened, such pure blackness was the first time she had encountered it in her life.

It's like seeing a person on a forum say, "Have you ever felt the real darkness?" Or do you think that the night is really dark? The real darkness will swallow up the light and leave nothing behind.

Gradually, Gu Mei felt a little dizzy, she wanted to find Mira, but the darkness blurred her vision, and she couldn't see clearly which one was Mira in the crowd by the dazzling firelight. Then, the crowd pushed her, and in the end, she didn't know where she was standing.

Suddenly, the singing and chanting came to an abrupt halt, and everyone stopped moving, looking at the sun that was gradually regaining its light, and their faces were reverent.

They were praying, praying to their gods, hoping that their wishes would be fulfilled, that this Bita Sea would always be on this plateau, as bright as a pearl, and that the Naxi people, like the green pines, would last forever and endure for many years.

Gu Mei also wanted to make a wish, but she found that she seemed to have lost the ability to speak and act, so she could only stand in place, watching the solar eclipse subside, unable to speak, unable to move, and her clear mind seemed to be blurred because of the fear brought about by the darkness and the incomprehension and panic caused by the sudden change.

As if something was put into her brain, she felt that her whole person was spinning, everything around her became blurred, and finally it was completely colorful, like a kaleidoscope, constantly rotating, the whole world and herself, completely integrated into this colorful color, and finally you don't distinguish me, I don't distinguish you, completely, without each other.

……

When she opened her eyes again, she felt her head hurt.

Hmm, what's going on?

She sat up with difficulty, the call of a human voice in her ears, and her blurred vision gradually became clear.

She was dazed for a long time before her eyes were completely fixed on the person in front of her.

"Ah...... Fig?"