"I guess it is." Annette replied shyly, as she gazed at the extremely handsome face of Hui Shi, with a slight blush on her face.
Ignoring the dazed expression on Annette's face, Lain asked her, "How powerful are you? Is there a way to measure strength in this world?" with a questioning look on his face.
Hearing his words, knocked Annette out of her joyful emotions. She then stared at Lain, with a smile, before saying to him. "Based on cultivation terms, I'm currently at the body perception stage, and will soon perfect this stage, before elevating my being and proceeding into the next cultivation stage, called the body manipulation stage.
On the next stage, I should then be able to turn parts of my body invisible. Currently, other than my heightened senses, great strength and endurance, I'm only able to turn my body into various snakes, and move them at will."
After saying this, she then flexed her arm muscles, which then began to wiggle around as if they were live serpents.
Seeing her wiggling muscles come alive, Lain became even more confused, as he thought in his head, 'Body perception stage? What's the body perception stage?' completely ignoring her performance.
Hui Shi, after noticing the confused look on his face, couldn't help but help him understand the cultivation stages. He took a deep breath to gather his thoughts before saying. "I know you're confused, brother Lain. So I'll explain to you what the cultivation stages are.
You see, after the divine beings of our past created cultivation techniques that mimicked their will powers, they created a rule brick called cultivation stages, that measured the average strength that a cultivator should have as they evolved their existence and strengthened their will power over time."
"I see. So how many stages are there before the body perception stage? Also, is the stage pretty powerful?" Lain asked, as his confusion increased.
"Well, the body perception stage isn't really powerful in the grand scheme of things, but it's enough to help me survive most encounters out there. The body perception stage is only the third stage of immortal cultivation, after the body formation stage and the adept stage that all cultivators start at." Annette replied, shyly, since she knew deep down that she was only a small fry within the vast world teeming with true immortals and gods.