"You say you can grant believers immortality, but I just don’t believe it!"
"Unless you can provide evidence!"
If the previous statents were awkwardly mocking, then these few lines are a classic example of bickering.
The burly young Asian man wearing casual clothes and sunglasses is nad Fang Nuan, a native of Modu.
Those words before, whether aid at awkwardly mocking Gray as "God" or turning into an arguntative smartass, were not his original intention.
In fact, he quite admired "God."
To save people, he stubbornly bore with a group of incompetent teammates and ended up having his personality drastically changed by Superpower Erosion, almost like being possessed.
Unfortunately...
Glancing at the ring on his index finger, Fang Nuan couldn’t help but sigh.
A month ago, he was still in China, being an untroubled second-generation inheritor who didn’t need to work or strive, and his life’s dream was to eat around the world and beco a gourt.
While traveling to Heilongjiang, he happened to hear soone say that "Prophet" was nearby, and Fang Nuan, for so unfathomable reason, wanted to go find Ma Ran to take a photo and hopefully get an autograph.
To speak of motivation, there was so—after all, this is the Extraordinary Era, and Ma Ran is one of the leaders in Earth’s Extraordinary Domain. If he doesn’t fall mid-way, it’s not impossible for him to beco a "Divine Ability User" in the future.
By that ti, anyone or anything (like an autograph) that had contact with Ma Ran might possess so mysterious power.
So might think of this as mysticism, as feudal superstition, but Fang Nuan found it quite scientific.
After all, the limit of Burning Martial Inner Qi has multiplied countless tis, and the Inner Qi Hall at the Fifteenth Rank of Inner Qi could be considered as a "thod of Establishing a Religion" in the cultivation system!
In the end...
He didn’t find his idol, so naturally, he couldn’t get an autograph either.
The good news was, although Fang Nuan didn’t even have the qualifications to conduct field research at the academy, his persistence in wandering around Songjiang Academy ultimately paid off.
Fang Nuan found a ring that looked utterly unremarkable yet sohow felt unique.
Ring, necklace, bracelet, earrings, compendium...
As a fantasy novel enthusiast, Fang Nuan knew well that the ergence of these items often signals the rise of a protagonist.
Before finding this ring, he often went out seeking bargains, buying exquisite trinkets from street stalls, and would, on a whim, engage in "recognizing master by blood" ceremonies behind closed doors.
This behavior started at thirteen, and now over a decade has passed, with disappointnt being his only gain.
After all, the real world is materialistic. Even if Fang Nuan firmly believed in the existence of transmigrators like Wang Mang and Heaven’s chosen ones like Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu in Earth’s history, it didn’t impact daily life.
However, during his search for "Prophet" Ma Ran, he surprisingly found this unique ring!
At the mont of picking it up, Fang Nuan distinctly and profoundly sensed—that this ring was absolutely an Extraordinary Item, completely different from his past amusents. It was his chance for ascension!
Initially, Fang Nuan thought it was a serendipitous encounter, that perhaps the ring contained so old grandpa or the reincarnation of a Divine King or Ancient Giant.
Unexpectedly...
This thing was just a scam!
The ring itself, was alive!
There were no damned residual souls or true spirits of strong beings inside.
When Fang Nuan first found it, it could only transmit simple emotions when close to the skin.
Emotions like happiness, boredom, calmness, annoyance.
As ti passed, the exchange between the two increased, and the ring’s mind beca less murky and more lucid, allowing precise conversation and communication with him.
Fang Nuan would never forget the entity’s opening line.
"I am the Extraordinary Ring Spirit created by the great Father God! I am destined to cultivate the young savior able to rescue Earth from peril!" "[Ah... You’re this old, calling yourself a young savior is just too awkward. Savior youth... alright, even though it’s a bit of a tongue twister, it’ll do.]
Initially, Fang Nuan considered himself quite a geek, but this ring spirit was ten tis geekier, practically like a lunatic.
Upon hearing the ring spirit’s introduction, Fang Nuan imdiately subtly inquired about who this "Father God" was.
Demon King, True God, or so Earth fellow who had just acquired a magical Golden Finger and transford into a behind-the-scenes force?
Having read countless novels, Fang Nuan quickly filled his mind with nurous possibilities.
But he never imagined the foolhardy ring spirit would straightforwardly tell him the answer.
"Father God is Ma Ran! Aren’t you his ardent believer? If your affection level for Father God wasn’t up to par, I wouldn’t have found you, right?"
Honestly, Fang Nuan did not anticipate this answer.
In a mont of brain drain, Fang Nuan instinctively asked, "Didn’t the Prophet ask you to keep it secret?"
The ring spirit’s reply was so simple and direct it challenged his worldview.
"Only the weak need to keep secrets! Father God can now crush systems with bare hands; why fear exposure? I heard from so siblings that after crossing the Thunder Tribulation, Father God distributed over two hundred ’systems’ in Ice City, creating over two hundred ’protagonists’ like you."
As for what exactly the ring spirit’s so-called siblings were, Fang Nuan questioned long without any answer.
When asked, it would say, "Just because Father God is strong doesn’t an my siblings and I are strong. The weak need to preserve so secrets," and if asked further, it would just play dead.
If it were re information exchange, it wouldn’t affect Fang Nuan’s life significantly.
However, as ti flowed, the extraordinary powers and skills that the ring spirit could command beca more nurous and powerful.
Burning Martial Inner Qi, Seven Vortex Swordsmanship, Detailed Explanation of Superpowers...
It could talk about all sorts of extraordinary knowledge comprehensively.
The scariest part was...
As a special life form, the ring spirit could actually consu its own Inner Qi limit to directly enhance Fang Nuan’s strength and realm!
Its explanation was—this ability is innate, and even it couldn’t understand how.
Fang Nuan speculated that perhaps when Prophet Ma Ran created it, he had just reached the Fifteenth Rank of Inner Qi, instilling it with the concept of "Inner Qi Hall, one person attains enlightennt," which bestowed upon it the ability to forcibly boost others’ strength.
This could explain why the ring spirit could directly elevate Fang Nuan’s Burning Martial Inner Qi Cultivation but couldn’t directly enhance his Swordsmanship Cultivation or unlock Superpowers.
Regrettably...
The mischievous ring insisted that Fang Nuan wear it while traveling and risking death globally before giving him any benefits.
Even so, Fang Nuan has now surpassed others, opening up six acupoints with his Burning Martial Inner Qi reaching the middle Second Rank of Inner Qi, just two acupoints away from the Third Rank of Inner Qi.
Many second-phase academy mbers can’t keep up with Fang Nuan in terms of cultivation progress.
At the ring spirit’s behest, Fang Nuan arrived in Los Angeles, USA.
This was also the prerequisite that allowed Fang Nuan, a Chinese, to stand before Gray as "God" and court disaster today.
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