The Journey to Heaven
New Year
The Heavenly Star Kingdom was a prosperous human kingdom, and its people lived in peace.
This kingdom basically has no enemies inside as well as outside, which resulted in the kingdom being able to maintain power as well as power in the region.
There were once some who tried to rebel against the kingdom, either by forming a new power or using a conspiracy from within the kingdom.
All of those experiments eventually failed, and the people connected to the plan all disappeared without remaining.
All these events made the people of the kingdom sure of the safety of their lives, and made those who thought bad things to bury their minds.
The work of the Heavenly Star controlled a very wide land, so that 13 cities were formed with 1 being the capital and the place of the establishment of the royal palace.
The kingdom is currently in its busiest state of the year, as today is the beginning of the new year.
Everyone of various statuses, whether it was farmers, merchants, or government officials all rushed to the main temple in each of the cities.
All the inhabitants of the royal family will go to the temple, then worship in gratitude all the blessings of the year they have lived, and pray for the ease of life in this new year.
...
At this time in one corner of the city, hundreds of people were partying after returning from the temple.
The buildings are decorated in bright colors, people dress their best, and the music that adds to the excitement of this year's party.
"Sister, it's party day, but why are you wearing that shabby shirt?" Said a big man with a child's face.
"You know I never fit into this festive atmosphere, so I decided to wear whatever I used to wear" replied a child next to her.
As the two spoke, they were unaware that they had attracted attention.
The pair were too conspicuous in the crowd, one was large in stature with an innocent face while the other was wearing a grey outfit with a face cover at such a festive event.
Of course the striking pair were Zhang WuChang and Huozhan. The two of them who had been living secluded in the mountain had finally gone to the human city on this day.
"Huozhan where did grandpa go? We've been waiting here a long time."
"Sister... I don't know where Grandpa is either, but take it easy Grandpa has told us how to get back home, so even without grandfather we can go home later."
Hearing Huozhan's reply, WuChang frowned silently. After there was no result from his thoughts, he decided to ignore it and started walking away from the place.
Seeing her brother leave, Huozhan happily followed him, and began their new year holiday.
The couple went around every corner of the city, saw all the shows and followed all the games in the city.
The two of them were overjoyed, especially Huo-impossible who was overjoyed was only Huozhan. While WuChang was still wearing his face cover, which made him the focal gaze of everyone who met him.
Finished playing they decided to one of the restaurants to fill their stomachs.
"Haha... Brother how are you having fun? We can only experience this once every 1 year, so try to enjoy it."
"I enjoyed it, but I was more confused as to where grandfather actually went," WuChang said as he removed his hat-shaped faceplate with a mosquito net by his side.
The rest of the diners, some showed interest as they had been curious about the face of this young man. They were confused whether this young man's face had any wounds to hide.
But those spectators had to be disappointed, because after WuChang took off his hat there was still a mask that covered the face other than the mouth on his face.
Huozhan who saw the disappointment of the audience only giggled while showing her rows of white teeth, whereas WuChang did not care about the feelings of the other customers.
Both decided to order a lot of meat, given their large appetite.
...
The Heavenly Star royal palace.
In the main hall of the current palace had been filled with royal officials, they were still standing waiting for the arrival of their king.
"The light from heaven! The star leader in the sky! The ruler of the entire land of the Heavenly Star kingdom has arrived!"
After the rhyme was uttered, there came a large tall man accompanied by 13 people behind him.
"We welcome your majesty! May the starlight always shine on the kingdom!"
Say everyone in the room with some bowing and some just lowering their heads.
The king finally sat there, while 13 others sat in their places.
"Thank you for being here in this humble place, may the starlight always shine on the kingdom and its people!"
"Everyone has been busy all year, hopefully this year will be better."
Finished reading his speech, the king glanced at one of the guards. Sensing the king's gaze falling on him, the soldier knew what to do and walked out of the room.
Not long after, the sound of light footsteps could be heard, and each step made everyone feel hypnotized, including the king.
As the footsteps grew louder, the king stood up from the throne followed by all his officials. Then there was the figure of the footsteps earlier, which turned out to be from a shabbily dressed old man.
When the old man walked into the hall, all lowered their heads respectfully. Even the king removed his royal aura, and now he was nothing more than a disciple who was respectful to his teacher.
The old man remained standing still after entering, leaving the entire room frozen. Fortunately the silent atmosphere did not last long, after the old man opened his mouth.
"When the 13 peaks shine, it won't be long before you see the stars in the sky."
If others were to listen, perhaps no one would understand from the word, but everyone here understood what it meant, even their current thoughts were like being struck by lightning.
After everyone managed to win themselves over, their minds returned clear and wanted to ask what they heard was true.
But when they looked towards where the old man was standing, it was no longer that figure there. Understanding that the figure they were looking for had already left, everyone's eyes turned to the king.
The king who understood everyone's doubts, finally spoke.
"You've heard what he said, so why hesitate."
"Everyone listen! Do what you have to do, and begin the plan that our ancestors have made."
"I want this to be done perfectly, who knows when it will come, maybe tomorrow or after 1 10 100 years, but what I do know is we have to be ready when the time has come."
"Do you all understand!"
"Yes your majesty!"
Seeing that everyone understood, he did not say anything and left the royal hall along with his 13 escorts.
Supposedly after the king had left the hall, then the nobles would throw a party but everyone immediately ran out of the room forgetting all their nobility etiquette.
...
In the palace, there is one room that can only be entered by the king, even the queen and the children of the king can not enter it.
But there were currently two people in the room, one of whom was the king himself. The king had released all the symbols of luxury on his body and was only wearing simple gray clothes.
At this time the king was sitting in a respectful position.His head looked down, but his eyes glanced towards someone who was enjoying tea.
"Xiao... You've worked so hard all this time, I'm grateful for that."
"This little one doesn't dare, everything I do is based on the life of our clan, so I'm the one who should be grateful that patriack has given this lowly servant confidence."
The king or Xiao spoke to the figure in front of him happily, like a child who had not seen his mother for a long time.
"You still haven't changed Xiao..." Said the figure with a smile painted on his lips.
"When the time comes, give this kingdom to your successor, and for you to do your true duty."
...
The twilight has come, and it is time for the sun to rest after it has luminescent all day.
On the bustling city streets, dusk is a great time for lovers to meet, coupled with the city atmosphere filled with happy nuances.
Unlike other couples, this one partner came not for dating but they were waiting for someone.
Zhang WuChang and Huozhan were the couple, both of them had finished touring and decided to go home, but the moment they were about to return their missing grandfather had yet to return.
Huozhan who had both hands holding a large parcel that had somehow contained it, finally decided to speak to her brother.
"Sister let's go home. Maybe grandpa has come home first, so he's given a way to go back."
Hearing his sister WuChang's invitation was unwilling to think something was strange. He has been invited here every new year even when his parents have not left, but never once have they told him how to go home alone.
"Ha... All right, we're home."
...
The night curtain had fallen, the moonlight and stars were beginning to grow.
When the two got home, they found no one in the house, other than a letter lying in the middle of the room.
When WuChang saw the letter, he thought of something.
