“Golden body? Power of wishes?” Ye Qing muttered under his breath.Yang Guan must have noticed his puzzlement because he helpfully explained in a low voice, “Chu does not worship celestials or deities, which is why there are so few mountain gods or river gods or other deities in the realm. It is also why such statues are usually molded from clay or stone. Only a deity who received an official appointment from the court is allowed to forge a golden statue with true gold and absorb the power of wishes of the people to create a golden body.”“Our law clearly states that any deity who dares to forge a golden statue and steal the power of wishes without the court’s approval would be condemned as a false deity. Their temples would be dismantled, their icons would be destroyed, and their three souls would be wiped out without mercy. Any and all accomplices would be imprisoned, exiled, or exterminated to the nine generations depending on the severity of their crimes.”“I see!” Ye Qing nodded

“The General of Punishment’s Martial Courage, huh. It was worth the trip!”After bidding Yan Yufei and the others goodbye, Ye Qing returned to Endless Horizons and sat on his chair. He then took out what looked like a golden rock from his Nature’s Shell and examined it curiously.The golden rock was none other than the golden heart he had swiped from the General of Punishment’s shattered body. It was called the Martial Courage, and it was the coalescence of the people’s worship and wishes.Strangers who absorbed the people’s worship and wishes to grow sentience and strength could usually be split into two types. A Stranger who had received permission and an official title from the imperial court was recognized as a deity, and one who hadn’t was known as a false deity or a heretic deity. In any case, both types of Strangers needed the people’s belief to forge a heart, their wishes to forge a gut, their worship to forge a body, and the Human Way to forge a soul. Only then would the gold