Chapter 562: The Power of Faith (2/2)

Although they no longer felt as if their emotions were directly manipulated, they were both aware that this strange melancholic mood was caused by the strange phenomenon they had encountered.

However, throughout their long walk, they had not seen any traps. It did not seem as if they had stepped into a dangerous area, and the sacredness of the place was much more obvious to Lan who had returned to a deity, so he did not need to fear the place.

As a deity, he understood that faith was important for mortals and immortals alike. The mortals managed to gain a certain feeling of safety and security through faith, and sometimes they might even be granted help by the deity they believed in.

The deity, on the other hand, would be able to benefit from the faith in a very vague way. Although it did not directly influence cultivation or strength, it would often help the one being worshipped with luck or good fortune. The more people who believed in the deity, the more smooth their path would become while practicing.

This place had a trace of a forgotten faith, but it was very weak and seemed lost. The previous owner of the faith was likely gone, but due to the sheer amount of worshipping that they had received during their lifetime, a trace still lingered on.

The steps were taken one after another before they reached the top of the stairs.

What met their eyes caused both Lan and Xue Wei to feel amazed but not shocked. They had previously expected to encounter a grand scene at the end, and it did not let them down.

In front of them was a great palace and temple-like city. The buildings were all connected in a specific formation which was meant to increase longevity and luck, but each of the pagodas, courtyards, and houses were all long since abandoned.

They had all been built from a material that neither Xue Wei nor Lan had seen anywhere in the Ghost Realm before, it was shining with a gentle and soft lustre like a midnight pearl, but every wall was made from this material, showcasing the great cost of building the structure.

The middle of the palace had a great square which led to a set of stairs and up towards a temple.

Every building had been adorned with intricate and delicate designs, most of which held pictures of a black turtle, but there were also less frequent displays of a white tiger, an azure dragon, and a vermillion bird.

From the appearance of these designs, it was easy to guess that this palace held some connection to the four divine beast races, making it reasonable for Xue Wei to have felt such intense connection and longing towards this place.