Carrier of Faith

It was not surprising that people from Shrek Academy appeared in Skysea City, but it was a coincidence that they were in this area.

They were teachers and students of Shrek Academy. Even if the Federation disliked the ambiguous relationship between Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Empire, it still had to respect Shrek Academy. After verifying their identities, they let them go.

As they walked out of the official legion station of the Sky Sea Alliance, Tang Wulin asked, "Teacher Wu, did the people from the Star Luo Empire do this?"

Hearing Tang Wulin's question, several other people also looked at Wu Zhangkong with curiosity, hoping to get an answer from him.

Wu Zhangkong said coldly: "This is none of your concern. The most important thing for you now is to practice well."

Although he didn't say much, he suspected that this was a sign that the Federation wanted to start a war. He didn't know if his guess was right, but he decided to report this matter to the academy and the Tang Sect.

Not getting the answer they wanted, several people felt disappointed, but they knew Wu Zhangkong's personality and didn't ask any more questions. They changed the topic instead.

Wu Siduo asked: "Teacher Wu, should we accept the official ship to go to sea?"

After finding out their identity and purpose, the official offered them a ship to go to sea as compensation, but Wu Siduo was doubtful about this. She was worried that they might spy on them or even harm them.

Wu Zhangkong, who was still thinking about what had happened before, didn't react. He heard her, but as a leading teacher, he usually didn't interfere with the students' decisions unless there was danger.

Xie Xie said angrily, "I think your worries are unnecessary. Since they have confirmed our identity as Shrek, they will only monitor our actions at most. They won't do anything else."

Wu Siduo said: "Xie Xie, I know you are unhappy with me becoming the squad leader, but isn't that your own fault? This is a mission period. Can you be more professional? If you really want to challenge me, you can do it later. I won't back down."

Since Wu Siduo became the squad leader, Tang Wulin, Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan didn't react much. But Xie Xie was sarcastic and rude to her all the time, no matter the situation.

Seeing that Xie Xie still wanted to argue, Tang Wulin quickly stopped him and whispered, "Wu Siduo is right. Losing the squad leader position is our own problem."

Xie Xie snorted and said, "I was just standing up for you. And it's not our fault that Anping and Gu Yuena are so freaky. If they fail, you can't blame us entirely."

"Enough already." Tang Wulin patted Xie Xie on the shoulder and then said to Wu Siduo: "Don't mind his tone. He's right. We'll be better off taking the official ship. It's safer."

Wu Siduo saw that Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi didn't object, so she nodded and said, "If you all agree, let's go to sea on the official ship."

They didn't want to waste any time, so they headed straight for the port.

Meanwhile, Anping, who had watched the whole drama, flashed back to the deserted island loft. He didn't want to stay in Skysea City any longer, but he felt something was wrong with his body.

Back in the attic, Anping sat on the bed and checked for any abnormalities in his body. He found a strange energy above the source of his magic power. It was similar to spiritual power, but very different.

This energy was not much, just a trace, but it was growing slowly. It also had a tendency to integrate with his mental model, but he didn't know where it came from. He had to use magic to drive it away and keep it above the source of magic.

After analyzing it with various techniques, he found that this energy was somewhat like the power of faith in the records. But he had never seen the so-called power of faith, and he wasn't sure.

He had made sure that some ordinary people wouldn't die because of the fog, and maybe he had gained the power of faith from their gratitude. But Anping felt that it was unreal. He hadn't even shown himself.

But since he thought it might be the power of faith, he didn't want to integrate it with his own spiritual power model. According to the "Detailed Explanation of the Power of Faith", the power of faith could increase one's strength quickly, but it could also subtly change one's character, making it closer to what the believers thought.

Among the various wizards' handbooks that Anping knew, very few wizards used the power of faith to improve their strength. Most wizards were unaffected by the power of faith and believed that it would cloud their judgment of the world.

So wizards had developed a way to infuse the power of faith into objects or other living beings. Anping agreed with this view, so he decided to find a carrier for this power of faith.

He had two choices: one was to turn it into a soul similar to a demon pet, and the other was to choose an alchemy item to carry it. The most suitable one was the mithril-refined long sword called Soul Destruction.

Anping thought about it and decided that the soul he had a contract with was too close to him. He wasn't sure if the power of faith would affect him, so he chose to use Soul Destruction as the carrier.

It would enhance the strength and attack power of the long sword, and the sword's properties were suitable for this purpose.

Without hesitation, Anping took out various materials and began to set up the transfer ritual. It was a kind of ritual magic that linked the power of faith with Soul Destruction.

Once the link was established, any other power of faith directed at Anping would be transferred to Soul Destruction through it.

The ritual magic was simple. It mainly involved drawing a related formation. For Anping, who was skilled in alchemy, it was no challenge at all. He finished the setup in a few minutes.

After the ritual formation was ready, Anping placed Soul Destruction in the designated spot, then drew some of the power of faith from his body and put it in the corresponding spot. Finally, he poured magic power into the formation to activate it.

The formation emitted a faint glow. Under its influence, the power of faith that radiated white light slowly moved towards Soul Destruction and merged with the sword.

As the power of faith integrated, faint runes appeared on the long sword. Then the runes turned white, and the whole sword shone with a white light.

The process was very smooth, and Anping's last doubt vanished. This energy was indeed the power of faith, though he didn't know why it was so easy to get.