As they pushed deeper, the architecture began to change.
The treehouses grew larger and stronger. Compared to the ones on the outskirts of the empire, these ones were on a whole other level. Their branches alone are thick enough to compare to the stumps of those small trees.
And with the thickness so wide, the living structure had also changed in this area.
The houses were not built on the tree's branch like some man-made nest. Instead they were built directly inside the trunk of the wide tree.
With the inside of the trees hollowed out, there was enough space to make them as big as a small courtyard of a small noble family in the Feng Empire.
Stone steps spiraled upward around bark-covered towers, and bridges made of vines and branches stretched between treetops.
They passed chambers carved into living wood, some shaped like lotus petals, others resembling flowing streams.
Still, there were no people. No guards. No residents.
