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She seemed to have understood the language from the beginning, as did everyone else, except herself.
Then came Sakura's voice.
They would all sing along, both in singing and dancing, without having to think too much about it, just flowing naturally from their feelings.
Three girls, wearing fox fairy masks on their side faces, were stepping on the moonlight in the middle of the lake under the moonlight.
They sing to the world, communicate with the sounds of nature, completely from the heart, without any extra burden. It is a very relaxing and enjoyable thing.
Fireflies were flying around, lingering in the distance.
"What's that sound? Singing?"
"Is it a festival? But I haven't heard of any festivals at temples."
Visitors to the temple fair could vaguely hear the singing.
"It seems to be coming from the back mountain."
"Isn't it a no-passing zone there? I saw a sign."
"That is Moon Viewing Lake, and it is forbidden to go there normally. But it is okay if there is a festival. It is a place for worship, and believers are allowed to watch the ceremony."
More and more people gathered by the lake, and even the palace guard was alarmed.
There is a temple festival today? How come he doesn't know?
Indeed, for the three girls in the center of the lake, this whole world is a stage set up for them.
"Is that Kinomoto Sakura?"
"Dōji Tomoyo and Freya!"
"But how do they stand on the water?"
"A water stage, right? The kind with transparent glass underneath. You actually stand on the glass."
"There is this program at the temple fair, and they didn't even inform us in advance."
No one had heard of this event, but the tourists certainly didn't mind such a surprise.
Some people have already called their friends. If mobile phones were already popular in this era, there would be topic screens on forums and Moments.
Some fans wanted to shout and whistle. They always did this in past concerts.
But I don't know why, after listening to that song, I couldn't do such a thing anymore.
I couldn't understand the lyrics, they weren't in Mandarin, Chinese, English, French or any other common language. After listening carefully, I found it was hard to tell what the melody was.
But it sounds nice. Whether you understand it or not is not important.
Amid the singing and dancing, fireflies flew up into the sky, just like the lanterns released into the river during the Obon Festival, floating into the river in the sky.
The Hyuga priest of Tsukimine Shrine was also standing by the lake, looking at the girl in the center of the lake. She was the Oshima Miko of their shrine.
Although he was old and his eyesight was blurry, and he had some cataracts, he knew better than anyone that there was no stage in the center of Guanyue Lake.
Kuze Saishu had told him that the Oshima Miko was the real Miko. He hadn't understood what that meant at the time, but now he understood.
The sky was full of fireflies, and he felt familiar with that feeling. It turned out that they were still there. And now, he was finally heading to where he should go.
Hyuga priest knelt down and bowed reverently.
His prayers were directed to the fireflies in the sky, to the shrine maiden in the center of the lake, and to the moon in the sky.
I hope the weather will be favorable and the world will be peaceful.
Chapter 232 God's Will
"Oshima Miko, are you Tsukuyomi-sama?"
Ling didn't expect that Hyuga Miyaji would ask her this question.
"Of course not. I'm just a priestess before God."
Hyuga priest knew that the "shrine maiden" that Reiya mentioned was not a fictitious title in the religious sense. Every shrine maiden could call herself a shrine maiden, but as Kuze Saishu of Izumo said, the 'shrine maiden' of Oshima shrine maiden was just what it meant.
She was in front of the gods, and every move she made attracted the gods' attention. So tonight, the gods had indeed descended on Mount Tsukimune. He had heard the prayers of Tsukimune Shrine for thousands of years.
"It's okay if the Palace Master thinks that's Tsukuyomi-sama."
Ling also suddenly thought of the two palaces of Qingxu and Guanghan in her secret realm, as well as the huge laurel tree. It was the product of the faith of the past human beings, which should have collapsed, but was anchored by Gaia and remained.
Taiyin or Tsukuyomi, as the legendary palace where the moon god used to be, did the moon god live there in the past?
For Gaia, the so-called moon reading is just a bubble that was accidentally splashed in the short history of mankind. Gaia is the beginning of everything, and it doesn’t matter what beliefs point to Him.
If the priest thought that was the Tsukuyomi he had believed in for many years, then it didn't matter. Gaia didn't care if he was mistaken or praised by others.
"Oshima Miko, please convey God's will!"
Divine decree?
Ling had certainly heard this word before and knew what it meant, but she had never thought of using it in her own situation.
Miko is a person who serves the gods, and the shrine maiden's ceremony is a ritual to please the gods. So at the end of the ceremony, the shrine maiden will convey the will of the gods to announce whether the ceremony was successfully completed.
For thousands of years, the answer has always been yes. Even if drought still occurs after a rain-seeking ceremony, or people still suffer after a plague-eliminating ceremony - this has nothing to do with the gods, it must be that the people's faith is not pious enough. The ceremony must be successful.
Generally speaking, the witches convey prayers prepared in advance, or some confusing words that are completely incomprehensible.
This is what Kuze Miko did during the first visit. On New Year's Day, after the ceremony, Kuze read out the divine will for a full ten minutes.
Ling didn't understand what she said at all. It was all tongue-twisting classical Chinese with unfamiliar words piled together. It was like Jay Chou reciting a piece of eight-part essay the way he sang.
The will of the gods does not need to be understood by humans. All believers and priests need to do is to listen respectfully.
The Hyuga priest was still bowing respectfully.
The chief priest has the highest status in the shrine, but when the shrine maiden represents the gods to convey the will of the gods, they must be treated with the highest respect, because at this moment, the shrine maiden represents the gods.
It's just like the eunuch delivering the emperor's orders in palace dramas - this thought crossed Ling's mind.
However, Ling does not have such ability. In her opinion, this is a very high-level skill.
Such difficult words come out of her mouth so easily that she can't learn them even if she is asked to recite them randomly or make them up on the spot.
However, she didn't need to learn it.
Hyuga Miyaji bowed his head and knelt down, and then he heard the voice of the Oshima Miko.
"The lake behind the shrine is beautiful. I like it very much. Please don't let it be polluted."
Hyuga priest was stunned for a moment. At first he didn't realize what Oshima Miko was talking about. The lake is beautiful? Why are you talking about this now...
Then in the next moment, he came to his senses and realized what he had just said.
Is this God's will?
It was totally unlike the divine will he knew. And the content was too...indescribably simple and straightforward.
But he soon figured it out.
Unlike the witches who had been chanting prayers for thousands of years, this might be the true will of God! It was a request from the gods, and the will of God had never been expressed so clearly.
She is truly conveying God’s will!
Hinata took a deep breath, uttered the honorific name of Tsukuyomi, and bowed deeply.
"I want to live even if I have to linger on. Such a humble wish...why can't it be fulfilled? It's unreasonable."
He heard the girl mutter that and pressed his waist deeper.
Ling didn't know whether she was "faking the emperor's order". It shouldn't be, because the lake was really beautiful.
At this moment in Lingye's secret realm, the water from the original Kappa Pond gradually gathered, the rivers flowed into the sea, and finally gathered into a lake as vast as the sea.
That was the projection of Guanyue Lake. It was formed by the faith of thousands of years and the obsession that was dispelled not long ago.
That is just a projection, but it is much larger than the real Moon Viewing Lake, and you can't see the edge at a glance. Generations of believers, their faith in Tsukuyomi and their worship of Moon Viewing Lake have created this vast and boundless quiet lake and moon sea.
The clear Moon Sea is always calm without any wind or waves. The white sand on the beach is as clean as falling stars.
Just like the sea of souls deep in the earth.
When he woke up the next day, Chishi was still a little confused. He had a strange dream yesterday.
That's not a dream.
She opened the phone beside her pillow, and found that the album was full of photos of Lingye and Sakura at the temple fair, and occasionally her own selfies, but the number was much less than the former. The rear camera for selfies was not as clear as the front camera for taking pictures of others - of course it was not for this reason, she just liked taking pictures of Lingye and Sakura more than leaving her own image as a souvenir.
Be confident!
Of course, the following photos also include Guanyue Lake under the moon.
They did go to Yuefeng Mountain yesterday, and Ling took them to sing and dance on the lake behind the shrine. The fireflies in the winter sky were like a dream.
Unfortunately, Ling also stepped into the ceremony in the center of the lake, but she didn't take any photos. Perhaps she subconsciously felt that it was a scene that shouldn't be captured in the camera. Then she and Sakura also ran to the center of the lake.
She could no longer remember what song she sang or what dance she performed. The lyrics, melody, and movements seemed to have never existed in her memory, but she still remembered the feeling clearly. The feeling of being with the Feng Shui mountains and forests was as easy as leaving the mortal world behind and blending into nature.
No worries, no distractions.
But in the end Ling took the initiative to stop singing.
"I'm sorry, Tomoyo, Sakura, I was too impulsive and wanted to share this feeling with you. But this kind of thing is actually not a good thing."
She still remembered that Lingye said so at that time. That feeling was really indescribable. She and Sakura didn't quite understand why Lingye apologized.
Ling was indeed impulsive. Tomoyo and Sakura were her best friends and even knew the secret of her Gaia Light, so there was no barrier between them. So she was like a child showing off.
Maybe it was all the moon's fault. The moonlight at that time was so beautiful and gentle that she didn't consider anything for a moment and brought Tomoyo and Sakura into a place where mortals should not set foot.
Fortunately, she still had some sanity left, and after getting rid of the obsession, she stopped in time.
It seems to be a wonderful thing to blend into nature and the world, but if humans really break through all barriers, they will lose themselves. To become an immortal? No, the result of losing the barriers of the heart is to complete the restoration and return to the original sea of soul.
In the sea of soul, there are truly no barriers.
Death is not a terrible thing, but it is not a good thing either. There is no need to pursue it while alive, and there is no need to fear it when it ends.
"Miss, are you up? You're going to be late for school."
The sound of the garden.
Oh, today is Monday, a school day. Chise put down her phone belatedly. She had been sitting on the bed for 20 minutes, and the time spent browsing the photos really passed quickly.
Oh, she seemed to be thinking about something else just now? I don't remember.