15: Chapter 15 Believer's Advancement: Transformation from Mortal to Spirit

Watching the increasingly happy smile on Lin Xiao's face, Teacher Tong Qian ignored the other two students, whose expressions had become numb.

"Meridian dredging is essentially helping your Believers clear, widen, and smooth out the blocked meridians within their bodies.

If the Dantian origin is the core of a mechanical energy source, then you can view the meridians as individual roads.

Ordinary Believers who have not undergone training may have meridians that are thin, uneven, or congested.

When core energy passes through congested areas, it must take a detour; when passing through uneven areas, its speed slows down; and when passing through narrow areas, it must line up to pass through.

In such a situation, whether the Believer is operating an absorption technique, or using martial arts or combat skills, they will naturally be a beat slower because the energy flow is not smooth."

Speaking of this, Teacher Tong Qian conjured a cup of Spirit Tea in her hand and took a sip. This was a necessary pause in the teaching, mainly to give the students time to absorb the knowledge just taught.

"We will continue to use an ordinary Tier 1 Believer as an example, assuming they are all cultivating top-tier absorption techniques under equal conditions.

For a Spirit Fruit with 10 energy, suppose he and another Believer both have an absorption rate of 5, but their meridian expansion progress is different.

For the Believer whose meridians have not been dredged, expanded, and smoothed, suppose the time he needs to fully absorb 5 points of energy is one hour.

Then, for the Believer who has dredged and expanded their meridians, the time to absorb 5 points of energy might only take 50 minutes, 30 minutes, or even 1 minute!

This is the same when applied to combat. When Believers whose meridians have not been dredged and expanded operate their energy, this energy will take detours, slow down, and line up before finally releasing a combat skill.

But for Believers who have been dredged and widened, they do not need to go through these convoluted processes. Between the operation of energy, the combat skill is already released.

The manifestation is that while your Believer is still preparing to release a combat skill, the opponent's combat skill has already bombarded you.

This will turn into a battle situation where you are being suppressed by the opponent, with no power to fight back; Prodigy-level Believers can even achieve the terrifying effect of killing instantly upon striking."

Wang Tao and Su Xue were completely numb. They could now intuitively understand a concept: so-called geniuses and prodigies are not comparing themselves to those of the same realm.

Instead, they are comparing themselves to existences of higher tiers. The combat power benchmark for the Divine Being stage is a demigod.

Elite-level can resist a demigod and escape alive; Genius-level can reverse-kill a demigod; Prodigy-level can slaughter within the demigod realm.

This is the somewhat vague concept currently in their minds.

After listening to the explanation of meridians, Lin Xiao quickly understood what this meant in his own way.

This was equivalent to adding two buffs to his troops: shortening experience conversion time and increasing spellcasting speed.

The more this Believer talent of strengthening meridians is reinforced, the stronger the bonus of the two buffs becomes. In the later stages, it might be possible to achieve zero-time experience absorption, and spellcasting could change from casting time to instant cast.

The opponent's normal casting time would become a channeling skill, while his own troops would have instant-cast high-damage skills plus interrupts. If the enemy troops can withstand it, it's suppression; if they can't, they get wiped out in one wave.

Seeing that Lin Xiao had no questions, Teacher Tong Qian continued to instruct.

"From the evolution of Believers from barbarians to mortals, as long as your basic civilization card is loaded enough, they will autonomously evolve to the mortal stage in one month.

There is nothing much to discuss about this. What I want to talk about now is the first to third tiers of Believers, including the transformation from mortal to spiritual.

To complete this stage, one cannot do without the meridians we just talked about!"

Hearing about Believer tiers, the three of them perked up. This was important knowledge concerning their breakthrough to demigods.

The text on the projection changed again. After meridian dredging, two new terms appeared: Twelve Standard Meridians and Eight Extraordinary Meridians!

"We all know that Tier 1 Believers are stronger than ordinary Believers, but specifically how strong are they? Why are they so strong? This is inseparable from the meridians we just mentioned."

The projected text changed again, and four new terms appeared: Ming Jin, An Jin, Xiantian, and Grandmaster!

First, the first term, Ming Jin, was enlarged and bolded, and the prefix "Houtian" appeared before it.

"Tier 1 Believers are also called Houtian Ming Jin martial artists. They have cleared their eight superficial tributary meridians; every punch and kick carries great force, and they can crack stone tablets with brute force alone.

Tier 2 Believers are also called Houtian An Jin martial artists. They have completely cleared the Twelve Standard Meridians; internal power has formed, and force travels within the meridians.

They can kill with falling flowers and plucked leaves. An Jin can penetrate the body to cause injury; a single palm strike may show no external injuries on the surface, but the enemy's internal organs are already completely pulverized.

Tier 3 Believers are also called Xiantian martial artists. They have cleared the Twelve Standard Meridians plus six auxiliary meridians among the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

They are at the peak of the mortal realm, with profound and long-lasting internal power. Their internal power can be attached to weapons to strengthen attacks, or attached to armor for protection.

It can also be used for healing, pursuit, and escaping, possessing extremely strong combat endurance.

To break through to the Grandmaster realm, which is what we call the Qi Refining Realm, one needs to clear the most important Ren and Du meridians.

At this moment, the Twelve Standard Meridians + the complete Eight Extraordinary Meridians, a total of 20 core main meridians, are all cleared, and the Minor Heavenly Cycle is completely perfect.

Internal power transforms from mortal to spiritual, and the Believer officially enters the Qi Refining period! This is the entire process of Believer transformation. Every tier is closely related to the meridians.

It can be said that the better your Believer's meridians are expanded and dredged, the faster, more stable, and stronger their advancement will be."

Wang Tao and Su Xue now had a virtual notebook appear in their hands. They recorded all the knowledge the teacher had just explained, word for word.

Lin Xiao, however, had a strange expression on his face. Why did this Believer promotion sound so familiar? He had transmigrated, for heaven's sake, yet he could still hear about the familiar Eight Extraordinary Meridians?

Why did this stuff look so awkward when placed together with gods and Believers?

"Do you have any questions?"

Seeing his somewhat strange expression, Teacher Tong Qian asked.

"Not at all, Teacher. You have already explained it very thoroughly. This has also given me an intuitive impression of demigod promotion for the first time, rather than being as ignorant as before."

Seeing that he had no questions, Teacher Tong Qian nodded. The final topic appeared on the projection: Body Tempering.

"Just like the name of this topic, it is about tempering the physical bodies of your Believers. Skin, flesh, blood, bones, bone marrow, and internal organs.

Allow them to withstand the attacks of top-tier mortal-grade weapons with physical strength alone without damage. These four routes are, in the end, fundamentally improving the foundation of your Believers.

Just as I said before, think of mortal-tier Believers as laying a foundation. How high and how large this house can be built depends entirely on how well your Believers' foundation is laid.

And if you want to elevate an ordinary Believer to the genius level, you cannot do without the supply of massive resources.

The five systems I mentioned before each have corresponding pills and potions for their routes. For example, the Martial Arts system's [great restoration pill] for improving foundation and cultivation, and the Savage system's [Savage Blood-Sinking Secret Brew].

Corresponding to this, you can find the corresponding five-system pills and potions in the shopping section for origin expansion, meridian dredging, and body tempering.

If you want your Believer's foundation to be more solid, it is best not to miss any of the five systems. After taking every system's pills to the extreme, until they are almost ineffective, your Believer will naturally be able to become Prodigy-level.

As I said before, a demigod or even a god is a black hole piled up with endless resources. What achievements you can reach...

...is 99% dependent on the faith points and resources you consume for your Believers and Divine Kingdom. The remaining 0.1% is personal effort."

Hearing the teacher's final words, Wang Tao and Su Xue turned pale.

"Five, all five systems of pills must be taken? And they have to be taken until they are almost ineffective? How many resources and faith points will that cost?"