Taking in the scene before him, Ye Lin's lips curved slightly into a smile.
"Come on, little brother. Take a good look around my Wei Family—the scenery here is quite nice too," Wei Sinan said with a smile, then walked ahead.
"Alright."
Ye Lin nodded lightly and followed behind him.
After passing through that curtain of mist and rainbow light, the Wei Family's core territory finally unfolded before his eyes.
Palaces.
Palaces stretching across the mountains.
The Wei Family's complex had been built according to the island's terrain, layer upon layer carpeting the rolling hills of the entire island.
At the outermost edge stood clusters of courtyards with green brick walls and gray-tiled roofs, more than a thousand in all, arranged in neat rows. They were the residences of the Wei Family's Outer Sect disciples and collateral clansmen.
Even the outermost buildings were exquisitely crafted, with upturned eaves and soaring corners. Beneath the eaves hung fist-sized Night-Shining Pearls, giving off a gentle luster even in broad daylight.
Further in, the scale of the buildings rose sharply.
Vermilion pillars as thick as giant trees stood one after another, supporting halls a hundred zhang high.
The roofs were laid with a kind of jet-black glazed tile, reflecting a profound sheen beneath the sunlight, as though a corner of the night sky had been cut away and spread across the rooftops.
Golden trim was inlaid between the tiles according to some pattern. From afar, it looked like dragon scales interwoven in black and gold.
Every palace was as massive as a small mountain.
Nor were these palaces piled together in disorder.
Ye Lin noticed that all the buildings progressed in layers around a central axis, from low to high, from outside to within, creating an extraordinarily rigorous sense of order.
The central avenue