Influence of Faith

The white light on the sword remained even after the runes vanished. Anping knew this was normal and didn't worry too much.

With the completion of the ritual, the power of faith in his magic source was completely drained and transferred to Soul Destruction.

It went so smoothly partly because he didn't have much power of faith, and partly because the direction of faith was vague.

After finishing this, Anping didn't check the changes in the long sword right away. He thought of Gu Yuena and the issue of the power of faith.

As the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena should receive the faith from the soul beasts, whether she wanted to or not.

He decided to contact her, and she quickly responded to his faint awareness.

She saw Anping in her mind again and asked doubtfully, "Is something urgent? You just contacted me a while ago."

She thought they had just talked. Anping wouldn't contact her again so soon unless it was an emergency.

Anping said: "I'm not sure if it's important. I want to ask you some questions about the power of faith..."

Before he could continue, Gu Yuena interrupted him, "Power of faith? Have you encountered the power of faith? What did you do? You shouldn't have discovered it so early with your current strength. That's the power of faith."

Anping told her about the things he had experienced in Skysea City today, and showed her the images through his mental power.

Gu Yuena listened carefully and then smiled, "I didn't expect that your breakthrough would lead to such a chain of events, and that you would be involved in them."

Anping ignored her teasing and said: "Maybe it's fate, but let's leave that aside for now. Let's talk about the power of faith. Tell me your views first."

Gu Yuena said, "Well, the power of faith is universal, in my opinion. When you help others, you get feedback, and that feedback is the power of faith."

"If the people you help are always grateful, this feedback will last forever. Another way to get it is to preach and make others believe in you. The believers will give you the power of faith."

"But usually, only people at high levels can sense this power. You need to have strong mental power to discover it."

"It can be used to improve your strength, and it's also part of divine power. And you need it to enhance artifacts, so that's why the gods spread their faith."

Anping nodded slightly after hearing Gu Yuena's explanation of the power of faith. He asked, "Do you use it to improve your strength?"

Gu Yuena said casually, "Of course. You know my status among the soul beasts. They naturally provide me with the power of faith. But you also know how few soul beasts are left. The power of faith I get is very little."

Anping wasn't surprised. He expected that. He thought for a moment and aske,: "How much of your strength comes from the power of faith?"

Gu Yuena was puzzled. "Why do you ask that? Is it important?"

Anping said seriously: "It's very important!"

Gu Yuena saw his serious expression and said, "Well, before you extracted the energy, it was a large part of my strength. Now it's very small. After I transform into a human, I store the excess energy on the Silver Dragon Spear."

Anping sighed in relief. He understood why Gu Yuena wasn't as extreme as he feared.

Gu Yuena said angrily, "Hey, this is all your fault. Why are you relieved?"

Anping shook his head slightly and said, "Don't be upset. This is a good thing."

Gu Yuena was confused. "A good thing? How?"

Anping explained: "The power of faith can subtly affect your character and judgment. For example, your power of faith comes from soul beasts, and they hate humans because they are hunted by them. If you are influenced by their power, you will hate humans too."

Gu Yuena frowned slightly and said, "Is that possible? I don't like most humans anyway."

Anping reminded her, "Think about how you felt before your energy was extracted, and how you feel now. Don't you notice any difference?"

Gu Yuena thought hard about the changes in her feelings, and realized that Anping was right. Before he came, she hated humans with a passion.

She still disliked most humans, but not as much as before. She had even become good friends with Xu Xiaoyan. She felt more responsible for the soul beasts, instead of wanting to take revenge on all humans.

Gu Yuena had always thought that she was influenced by Anping and the human world. She muttered, "Does the power of faith have such an effect?"

She added, "The soul beasts were born from the aftermath of the Dragon God War. Does it matter to you if they are revived or not? The ones you should really hate are the gods in the god realm, right?" Anping quickly said, "I'm not telling you to give up on the soul beasts..."

Gu Yuena cut him off and said, "You don't have to say anything. I know what you mean. But I can't control my faith. Do I have to stop practicing?"

Anping said, "No, you don't. I have a ritual here that can redirect your faith to something else. For example, your silver dragon spear. After the ritual, the power of faith you used will be extracted and transferred to another thing. That will remove its influence."

Gu Yuena said angrily "Then why didn't you just say so? Why did you beat around the bush? I trust you, you know."

Anping explained, "I was worried about you. I also wanted to know how you are doing."

Gu Yuena said, "Is the ritual complicated? Do I need to come to you?"

Anping said: "It's not complicated. Can you use your magic power to mobilize the power of faith? If not, you'll have to come here."

Gu Yuena nodded and said, "Okay, but I can only do a little bit, alright?"

Anping said, "A little bit is enough."

He told her how to set up the ritual materials, and showed her what he had done before.

Gu Yuena saw the scene of Anping performing the ritual and said, "Alright, I got it. I'll do the ritual right away."

She looked eager, and Anping shook his head helplessly. He cut off the connection with her consciousness.