Gu Shengyin was silent for a while.
Roy was not in a hurry, he waited for Gu Shengyin to consider.
Gu Shengyin lifted her head and smiled at Roy: "Since we are talking about cooperation, I think you need to be a bit more honest. Don’t you agree, Duke Royd?"
Roy’s expression didn’t change, but his pupils contracted slightly: "How did you know?" His identity had been well concealed ever since he left the Imperial Capital.
He could be certain that he hadn’t exposed any flaws.
Gu Shengyin laughed: "I said long ago, the eyes of the Goddess of Nature can see everything in the world that she wants to see."
Roy was noncommittal about her words.
He suddenly asked: "Speaking of honesty, let ask you one thing, please answer truthfully: Do gods really exist?"
This is also a question that countless people ponder in this era.
The era of the glory of gods is long past, and this continent hasn’t seen a divine presence for thousands of years. People can only glimpse words and phrases in ancient texts, unsure whether it’s real or just the imagination of ancestors.
Gu Shengyin suddenly looked into his eyes.
Royd was startled for a mont, and the next instant, he felt his consciousness being pulled into a void space.
Light gathered before him, gradually forming a vague human silhouette.
The figure’s face was indistinct, but from Royd’s angle, he could see the figure’s dazzling golden hair adorned with a magnificent coronet, holding a life-sized golden scepter.
Under the hazy divine light’s veil, Royd could only see the hems of her robe embroidered with erald leaf patterns.
"You wish to see ?" An ethereal voice resonated within this space.
Before Royd could speak, darkness suddenly enveloped him, and as he opened his eyes again, he found himself still sitting in the chair at the Sea Blue City Lord’s Mansion, across from him was Gu Shengyin, smiling brightly.
Royd picked up the tea beside him, taking a sip to cover up.
His hands trembled slightly, and a delicate cold sweat broke out on his back.
The feeling just now...
It was as though he was rely a speck of dust, while before him stood a mountain towering into the sky.
How overwhelming!
Indeed, terrifying to the extent that he never wishes to experience such a feeling again in his lifeti.
"Do you have your answer now?" Gu Shengyin asked.
Royd nodded.
He no longer had even a shred of doubt; who apart from the divinities could possibly evoke such a feeling in him?
The two talked for a long ti in the room that afternoon.
For the following half month, Gu Shengyin remained in Sea Blue City until the first Temple of the Nature Goddess was completed.
That day, over a thousand believers went to pray at the Temple of the Nature Goddess, and Gu Shengyin personally led a collective prayer.
On that day, after all the believers completed their prayers, they found an eternally fresh green leaf before them.
This leaf granted them protection against accidents and illnesses.
It was the Goddess of Nature’s blessing to those who devoutly believed in her.
Gu Shengyin also selected an Oracle devoted to the Goddess of Nature from the crowd, appointing her as the manager of Sea Blue City’s Temple of the Nature Goddess.
After everything was settled in Sea Blue City, Gu Shengyin bid farewell to the reluctant citizens, and riding the Nine-Colored Deer, accompanied by knights from the Imperial Capital, she set off towards the most prosperous place in the Lotte Empire.
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