888 Asking The Heaven Part I (1/2)

After the rain was over the sky cleared up, which made it possible to see even though the darkness was falling. Seeing the figure on the summit of Peach Mountain, tens of thousands of followers at the front yard had mixed feelings, since the scene resembled that of the day Ning Que climbed the back hill of the Academy many years ago.

The dark sky was like a piece of black paper, hanging over the flat ground, and dozens of mountain peaks stood in between. It gave an impression that the sky would fall to the earth if not for these mountain peaks.

The night sky above the Divine Hall of West Hill looked a bit peculiar, with a skyful of stars yet no trace of the moon. The starlight sprinkled on Peach Mountain, covering it in silver.

Looking across the silver mountain pa.s.s, Ning Que stared at the Divine Hall of Light. Then he began to tidy his drenched clothes, tighten his wet hair, put away the bow and sword, and wipe the rain off his face.

His movements were slow and his expression was serious. Ning Que did not walk up the stairs until he confirmed that there was nothing wrong with his clothes and manners. It was only natural to show respect while attending an appointment.

It was late at night, and the crescent moon was completely unseen, probably hiding behind the night clouds. The stars were quite bright as they were hanging in the dark sky.

The seven brightest ones were so bright that they made people feel dizzy. As the most reliable beacons for fishermen to sail on the sea, they were called the Guide Stars.

Seven hundred stone steps were paved on the mountain pa.s.s between the cliff and the Divine Hall of Light on the summit. Ning Que seemed to be walking slowly, but in actuality one of his steps was equivalent to one hundred stone steps. It looked like he was riding the wind.

Lifting his foot from the cliff and falling on the hundredth stone step, he took the first step. All of a sudden, the Litian Star, the northernmost one among the seven guide stars, darkened.

Ning Que continued to take another step, and then the second guide star darkened. Each step he took led to the darkening of another guide star, as if the eternal starlight was absorbed into his body by his footsteps.

Not everyone at the front yard could see him walking on the mountain pa.s.s, but they all saw the seven guide stars darkened, one after another. The crowd abruptly bursted into shocked shouts and disturbed prayers. Seeing the bizarre change of the astrology, the Hierarch and others looked extremely solemn.

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Several divine halls stood on Peach Mountain, but Ning Que only cared about the Divine Hall of Light.

The building materials used in the Divine Hall of Light were quite unusual. It was not made from gold, jades, or stones, but this divine hall naturally looked valuable and even slightly holy due to the starlight.

Standing before the Divine Hall of Light, Ning Que was like an inconspicuous ant.

He looked at the divine hall in silence and had mixed feelings in his heart: a little fear, a little excitement, a little yearning but also the desire to flee.

He risked his life to leave Chang'an and come to the West Hill Divine Kingdom, only to sneak into the Peach Mountain to see her in the Divine Hall of Light. He had been calm the whole way, but it was difficult to keep his head while he was actually standing in front of the Divine Hall of Light and about to see her.

No matter how he tried to convince himself that the one in the divine hall was Sangsang, who was the black thin girl he raised and a beloved family member — she was nevertheless Haotian.

People used the term ”a world of difference” to describe the remote distance between two things or people and ”barrier between heaven and earth” to describe the fact of not getting touch with each other any more.

He was just a mortal, and she was Haotian. The distance between them was like the distance between heaven and earth. He was separated from her by a high wall that ran through heaven and earth, forever.

Ning Que had never had such mixed feelings or fear before. In a similar experience in his past life, it actually involved her as well.

At that time, Sangsang ran away from home. He waited for her at Old Brush Pen Shop and then looked around the City of Chang'an for her. He sneaked into the Grand Secretary Mansion to watch her in secret, and shouted out his anger about her att.i.tude by the Yanming Lake.