When Qin Siyang reached the classroom door, he saw Li Tianming.
Li Tianming quickly activated the conversation barrier and gave him one instruction, "Help cover for me during class."
Then he turned off the conversation barrier and let Qin Siyang enter the classroom.
This course was a small seminar with only eight spots.
Seven of them belonged to the top seven freshmen this year: Qin Siyang and his six brothers, plus Sally.
The last student was Arimon Jean, ranked tenth in the grade. Her father, Norsman Jean, owned a grain business in the Safe Zone, and both his wealth and influence were considerable.
Interestingly, Norsman's grain store was called Jean Grain Company, a name that fully embraced eastern culture. Anyone who didn't know better would think the owner was a eastern native with the rare surname "Jean."
Qin Siyang glanced at Arimon. Her light green eyes and pale golden hair gave her a refined air, forming a sharp contrast with Sally's vivid liveliness.
Originally, Li Tianming's class wasn't supposed to go to the student ranked tenth.
Geniuses always wanted to measure themselves against stronger people. The two students ranked ahead of her had also wanted the chance to interact and compete with Qin Siyang's group.
But Li Tianming's course was called A Brief Analysis of Advancing Along the Path of a Believer.
They were only Sequence Level Four and hadn't yet reached Sequence Level Five.
Coming from ordinary families, they had relied on their own efforts all the way. Few seniors had ever guided them, and they only had a vague understanding of how to begin the Path of a Believer.
On top of that, they couldn't bring themselves to shamelessly follow Qin Siyang around like Fu Wanli to keep asking for advice. Taking this course would only be biting off more than they could chew.
So they chose the more suitable elective, Selecting Sacrifices for the Path of a Believer, another small seminar taught by Chang Tianxiang.
The last spot thus fell to Arimon.
As the daughter of the owner of Jean Grain Company, it was only natural that she had ways of learning about sacrifices for the Path of a Believer. It wasn't surprising that she had chosen Li Tianming's course.
Standing at the front, Li Tianming said seriously, "Today is the first class of A Brief Analysis of Advancing Along the Path of a Believer, and someone is already late. That's not good."
"Small seminar classes are a benefit the school specially provides for outstanding students like you. You should treasure them."
Although Li Tianming spoke in a firm tone and the other students all agreed, Qin Siyang sneered beneath the whole time.
After all, he was the only one who knew what Tiger Card Ace of Diamonds Li Tianming was really like.
"All right, enough small talk. We're already half an hour late, so we'll begin the lesson."
"Since you've chosen this course, I'll assume you already know how to choose the sacrifice for the Path of a Believer, how to begin the Path of a Believer, and the different grades of the Path of a Believer."
Fu Wanli timidly raised his hand, "Uh... Professor Li, I don't really know."
Li Tianming glanced at him, "Other than Fu Wanli, is there anyone else who doesn't know these things?"
Everyone else shook their heads.
"You're the only one, so I won't explain it. After class, talk to the other students. If this happens again, you should take the basic course first. There's no need to force yourself into an advanced course and fall behind."
Fu Wanli lowered his head in embarrassment, "Yes, I understand..."
Li Tianming continued, "Beginning the Path of a Believer isn't difficult. If you don't care about the grade of your Path of a Believer, then after breaking through to Sequence Level Five, you can gather the sacrifices for the Divine Worship Ritual at any time and begin the Path of a Believer."
"But after beginning the Path of a Believer, advancing becomes much more difficult. The days when you could simply drink Sequence Potions to increase your strength are gone forever."
"After stepping onto the Path of a Believer, your growth in strength depends on how far you've advanced along it."
"To advance along the Path of a Believer, on one hand, you must continue drinking Sequence Potions and use your abilities to digest them, just as before."
"On the other hand, you must remain devout in your heart toward the god who helped you begin the Path of a Believer. Advancing with a devout heart makes the journey easier... Hu Chan, did you raise your hand because you have a question?"
Hu Chan respectfully stood up from his seat, "Professor Li, if devotion allows people to advance along the Path of a Believer, then shouldn't our churches have the most powerful people and be the greatest force within the Safe Zone? But the churches' top combat strength is far inferior to the university professors'. How should that be understood?"
Li Tianming smiled and nodded, "Very good. You've drawn an inference from one example. I think this question is worth discussing. Does anyone else want to discuss it? Qin Siyang, you seem to have some thoughts. Why don't you share them with everyone?"
Qin Siyang froze after suddenly being called on, "I don't have any thoughts..."
"No, you do. Go ahead."
"The fu..."
"This is class. Mind your language."
After saying that, Li Tianming picked up his thermos cup and took small sips of tea. Everyone else turned their eyes toward Qin Siyang.
Qin Siyang stood up, cursing under his breath.
He had thrown the question straight at him, and this was what he called covering for him?
Wasn't this just making him teach the class with him?
The problem was that he didn't know what was going on with the Path of a Believer either.
He could only make it up as he spoke.
"Uh... In my opinion, the claim that devotion to a god helps Sequence Ability Users advance along the Path of a Believer may not be the most effective explanation. The reason is exactly what Hu Chan just said. The churches in the Safe Zone don't have many people ranked highly among the Tiger Cards."
"So why does this claim exist? From what I can tell, uh, it's probably because it best fits concepts like 'Path of a Believer' and 'gods,' and it's also the easiest for the public to accept. Since sincere devotion does have some effect on increasing the speed of advancement along the Path of a Believer, the idea spread widely."
Qin Siyang suddenly remembered Chang Tianxiong's dying words, that after accepting the Annhilation Church's Divine Gift, one could advance along the Path of a Believer more quickly. So he said, "So, in conclusion, I think there must be methods more effective than devotion for advancing along the Path of a Believer."
["Truth."]
Qin Siyang immediately turned to look at Hu Chan beside him.
"Damn! Why wasn't she muted?", Hu Chan immediately hung up the phone and gave Qin Siyang an awkward smile, "Um, Boss Qin, sorry. Someone just called me."
Qin Siyang said coldly, "Holy Son Hu, I gave you something yesterday, and today you're pulling this on me?"
"Boss Qin, you've misunderstood me. I really did just answer a call... Um, you can keep talking."
"Talk my ass!"
With that, Qin Siyang sat back down.
Even without Hu Chan's interruption, Qin Siyang would only have gone that far. There was no way he was going to explain the matter of the Divine Gift in detail.
After all, he didn't know what it actually was either.
Now he had the perfect excuse to stop talking and sit down.
But the other students all became anxious.
It felt like someone had pulled their pants back up halfway through taking a piss.
They all glared angrily at Hu Chan.
Chu Baxing in particular cursed outright, "Third Brother, are you sick in the head? Why the fuck did you turn on your lie detector?"
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