Sun Hui nodded. The moon had risen, and the velvety blue-black night sky was already filled with stars.

"And the stars, they're the gods themselves." The female shaman said.

"You know, space is where the gods live." He now seemed to hear the same muffled voice as when he was a child, "The Holy Mountain is the gateway and bridge to the heavenly realm. When we die, our souls go down that path all the way up to the top of the mountain. ”

On this night, sitting in the dark, Sun Hui felt that he always unconsciously asked some questions that he would not normally ask. Some of these questions have been bothering him for years: "Tell me again, then, what does it mean if the stars move?" ”

The shaman did not answer his question directly: "All the stars are moving, it's the great cycle." You know, Your Majesty. ”

"I know that, but I mean, the kind that moves very clearly, the kind that spans the whole sky in a matter of minutes."

"Have you ever seen anything like this?"

"Yes. When I was a little boy. One winter evening, at this time, I should have gone down, but I just lay here and stared at the night sky. I saw one of the stars, one of the gods, rising from the mountain, going over the sky, and then setting there. He pointed west, and that was where the lake was.

The female shaman still hadn't spoken for a while. Sun Hui waited, listening to the sound of her smoking, to the sound of drums and sparse sparks in the village below, to the cries of swallows in the night sky as they were chased by harrier eagles. It was so cold, there could be frost at night, and he knew he would freeze here. He moved, feeling the muscles in his body stiffen.

"It's rare to see such a scene. In the ancient scriptures, there is a record of the holy mountain, and it is said that the gods of heaven descended on the holy mountain and came to the earth. ”

"What are they doing here?"

He imagined that the shaman would frown at such problems, but she did not rebuke him: "It is said that they themselves will come and take certain people and lead them to heaven. ”

He nodded, though he knew that the female shaman couldn't see his expression: "I thought so too. ”

"Your Majesty, your people need you now. We won a great victory today, but the kings are dead, and now you are the king, and you need to lead them. ”

"They have been defeated and no longer pose a threat. We're safe, our hometowns, our crops are safe now. I don't think this generation will suffer from war anymore. Koukou

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