Chapter 99: The Blind Man Opens the Heavenly Eye

“Seems like the Seventh Prince is quite interested in this.”

“It’s just that I once heard about it from a teacher and remembered it.”

Ah Bao, happily munching on her biscuits, finished one after another until she entered the hall and saw a deity statue on the central table.

Strangely, the statue had its eyes closed.

Ah Bao’s eyes widened.

This deity statue looked… a bit familiar?

A vague figure flashed through her small mind, but it was from a long time ago.

Oh.

It seemed very distant.

She did recall someone like that, but the memory was somewhat unclear.

Di Zian put Ah Bao down and quickly went to bow before the statue.

Ah Bao trotted up to the front of the statue.

When Di Zian looked up, he saw Ah Bao standing in the center, as if she were bowing to Ah Bao.

“Big brother, big brother…” Ah Bao was extremely excited.

Di Zian was puzzled. “What’s wrong, sister?”

“Gold…” Ah Bao rubbed her little hands.

[So beautiful, sob, the golden leaves are so dazzling.]

Di Zian’s mouth twitched. “Sister, let’s finish paying our respects to the God of Stars first, and then I’ll take you back to the palace and get you a box of golden leaves, okay?”

He had forgotten that his sister loved to eat and was fond of wealth.

Ah Bao’s eyes turned into crescent moons. “Golden leaves!”

Ah Bao pointed to the offering table.

There was a large plate of golden leaves on it.

The golden leaves were stacked high, at least a hundred?

The offerings were new and replaced daily.

The golden leaves were spotless.

They glittered even more.

Di Zian’s expression changed. “Sister, you mustn’t focus on that. Those are offerings.”

“But why is it gold?”

“Gold shines like stars at night, and the God of Stars likes shiny things, so they use gold for offerings. They even made a golden cloak for the God of Stars, symbolizing brilliance. It fits the God of Stars’ preferences.”

The God of Stars was a great deity who controlled celestial phenomena.

Good celestial phenomena would bring prosperity to the Tiansheng Dynasty, with favorable weather and peace for the country.

Bad celestial phenomena would damage the country’s fortune and bring disasters to the people.

Offerings and decorations had to align with the deity’s preferences, so the God of Stars would bless the Tiansheng Dynasty.

Ah Bao pouted and scratched her head. “The offerings are good, but they don’t wash flowers.”

Di Zian patiently explained, “How do you know the God of Stars doesn’t like golden leaves?”

Ah Bao blinked. “Big brother, he doesn’t wash flowers, I wash flowers.”

Ah Bao’s saliva uncontrollably dripped down.

[Gold! So tacky!]

[I think it smells good, just like meat.]

[Apart from big chicken legs, I love this tackiness.]

Di Zian quickly moved forward. “My good sister, we mustn’t make trouble for the deity today.”

He realized that his sister’s greed was flaring up again.

Ah Bao gave Taoist Baiyun a look.

“Seventh Prince, please come this way. I have something to discuss with you,” Taoist Baiyun said, leading Di Zian to a separate area.

As soon as the two finished talking, Di Zian turned around and saw that Ah Bao had somehow climbed onto the offering table and was frantically stuffing golden leaves into her little pouch.

The pouch had previously contained snacks.

Since they had been out for a long time that night, the snacks were probably all eaten.

The pouch was empty, making room for the golden leaves.

Ah Bao’s chubby little hands were moving so fast, it was dazzling.

Di Zian was flustered.

He immediately knelt before the God of Stars. “Great God of Stars, Great God of Stars, my sister is still young. Please don’t blame her. If you must blame someone, let it all fall on me, Di Zian…”

Ah Bao grinned, her small pouch already stuffed with golden leaves, unable to hold any more. She still held a few golden leaves in her hands.

She sat down right in front of the God of Stars’ statue.

“Talk to me…”

[Great God of Stars, how about… we chat for a while?]

[You’ve been here so long, surely no one talks to you. It must be so boring.]

Di Zian, who was still kowtowing: ??

He forgot about the kowtowing and only wanted to pull his sister down.

But thinking about his sister’s amazing abilities, Di Zian stopped.

Even though his sister was mischievous, she never acted recklessly.

Somehow, Di Zian had an unshakeable trust in his sister.

Oh no, he was losing it.

He must be crazy.

His sister is only eight months old!

What kind of eight-month-old child sits in front of a deity statue and chats with it?

Ah Bao grabbed a pile of melon seeds nearby, propped up her little legs, and despite having only four teeth, she had no trouble eating seeds.

She murmured, making it unclear what she was saying to the statue of the God of Stars.

Then Ah Bao stretched, reaching for a hanging red silk with her little hand. She showed her tiny teeth and said, “Flower clothes.”

Changing clothes.

Her little hands were surprisingly strong, and the red silk was quickly pulled down.

Taoist Baiyun, with his sharp eyes, quickly stepped forward. “Your… Tenth Princess, are you going to change the God of Stars’ cloak?”

Ah Bao nodded her little head.

“Alright, I’ll help you,” Taoist Baiyun said eagerly.

Of course.

This was his eldest!

Taoist Baiyun replaced the golden cloak with the red one.

Ah Bao dipped her little finger into the cinnabar beside her, stood up, and made a small red dot on the forehead of the God of Stars.

[God of Stars, doesn’t like golden robes, likes red attire.]

[It looks so beautiful.]

[Open your eyes and see how good it looks.]

In an instant, the God of Stars’ closed eyes opened.

Ah Bao pointed to the dazzling starry night outside with her little hand.

Stars swirled in the sky.

Under the night sky, the nine stars slowly aligned!

After a moment, they formed a straight line.

The nine-star conjunction was achieved.

Di Zian’s jaw nearly dropped in shock. “Sister, come and see, the nine-star conjunction!”

Taoist Baiyun patted him. “Calm down, Seventh Prince.”

Di Zian shot him a glance. “Taoist, why are your hands shaking?”

Taoist Baiyun’s hands were shaking, and his legs were too.

Ah, ah, ah!

He was excited.

The eldest truly was a divine being.

At this moment, an extraordinary phenomenon occurred. The people of the capital poured out of their homes, kneeling in their yards, praying for divine protection.

The old censors of the Astronomical Bureau couldn’t sit still.

They quickly put on their official robes and rushed to the Star Observatory.

A phenomenon.

A nine-star conjunction.

It hadn’t occurred in ten years, and now it appeared again. The divine presence was manifesting!

In the palace, the tyrant was awakened by a golden light.

Looking out the window, the nine-star conjunction in the sky stunned him.

“Quick, quick, see what’s happening at the Star Observatory.”

Soon, the Eunuch Xi came to report.

“The God of Stars has opened its eyes!”

The tyrant was so shocked he nearly fell off his dragon bed. “Opened… opened its eyes?”

The God of Stars’ eyes hadn’t opened in a hundred years.

Even during the last nine-star conjunction ten years ago, the God’s eyes didn’t open.

And now, suddenly, the God of Stars’ eyes were open?

It was said that the God of Stars’ eyes could see through all the world’s phenomena and control countless stars. Were they just eyes?

No.

They were the God of Stars’ blessings, radiance, and grace.

“Quick, quick, I want to see, I want to see!”

Whoever made the God of Stars open its eyes, I thank their ancestors!