"It's time too."

Hilliard nodded slightly, he knew very well that this was inevitable: "Next, you will officially embark on the path of the Ascendant, and there will inevitably be many dangers and obstacles on the way, even life and death crises. ”

"But in this land, it is better to be a sublimator than to be an ordinary person."

“…… Oh, yes. ”

Ian was silent for a moment, still recalling the lingering inquiries, the laughter of the aftermath, and the crying of the child.

The white-haired boy turned his head sideways and looked out the window.

In the starless darkness, only the moonlight shone brightly, and the sky seemed deep and dark, as if it could swallow everything.

He stared at the sky and whispered, "I have to have strength to grant my wishes." ”

The old knight nodded slowly, and he said softly, "Have you chosen the first organ to strengthen?" ”

Lowering his head, Ian looked at his body, and he nodded, "It's chosen." ”

"I choose liver."

Sitting between ordinary people and the apprentices of the sublimators is the virtual source seed and the source seed.

Going from apprentice to true ascension doesn't happen overnight.

Before taking various potion supplements, carrying out various specific training and learning targeted guidance surgery, it is still necessary to go through a long period of precipitation and sharpening as a basic foundation.

For example, from scratch, one of the organs in one's body has been strengthened into an 'organ of sublimation' that is even more powerful than ordinary people, and even unimaginable.

As soon as the source seed is condensed, the Ascendant Apprentice needs to determine the first organ that he will sublimate.

It stands to reason that the first organ of sublimation will determine the direction of the sublimator's future path.

Although, no matter which organ is chosen as the initial target, after the sublimation of the whole body organs in the future is completed, the overall effect will be very different.

But as the organ of the initial practice, the field it represents is certainly the one that the sublimator is most familiar with and is more good at.

After all, even if it is the same bloodline inheritance, such as the 'Sea Dragon Bloodline', and different sublimators who specialize in 'tail', 'claw' and 'breath organ' respectively, they will definitely have different specialized development directions in the future, and the combat methods they are good at must be different.

And now, Ian has chosen the 'liver'.

The field it represents is 'live'.

For the average human, the main function of the liver is metabolism, making various vitamins, and is also responsible for storing sugar, making bile, which can promote the digestion of fats.

The liver is also responsible for detoxification and detoxification in the body - most of the various toxins that humans eat and come into contact with are transported to the liver and metabolized and excreted after detoxification.

To put it simply, Ian chose to specialize in the ability of [detoxification], [strengthening sugar reserves], [enhancing the body's metabolic activity] and [calorie absorption].

The so-called 'stamina'.

It was a deliberate choice.

In Nanling, the aborigines are good at using poison, and they also commonly use poisons, all kinds of mosquito toxins, plant poisons and biological poisons are their weapons.

Not to mention anything else, Ian's own sleep powder was originally a commonly used hunting item for the natives.

Not only that, even if it is not Nanling, on the Terra continent, if you want to walk in the outside world, you also need to be careful of the ambushes and traps of other adventurers, robbers and black-hearted shopkeepers, and it is indispensable to deal with all kinds of strange poisons.

Most of the various emergency foods in the wild also have certain toxins, more or less.

As for others, such as hepatic glucose reserves, enhanced metabolism and physical strengthening, they are all incidental.

"My psionic ability predicts the horizon and will also mobilize the blood to transport nutrients, although I don't know if retinol will have anything to do with my psionic energy, but it is always possible to strengthen the liver."

Ian felt that his choice was perfect, and Hilliard agreed.

"Good choice."

The old knight nodded and agreed, "In the system of the Immovable Fortress, the liver is responsible for secreting 'lithifying fluid', a sublimating substance that will follow the blood circulation and settle at the end of the capillary network. ”

"At the apprentice stage of sand armor, your skin will be tougher, and after you complete the sublimation of the three parts of the 'heart', 'whole body blood circulatory system' and 'skin', you will be able to obtain an extremely powerful sublimation ability 'rock armor', which is not afraid of swords and even bows."

"This is also the core ability of the Rock Forge Knight at the second energy level. The sooner you ascend, the faster you will master it as you advance. ”

When he said this, he seemed to recall the past fragments, and sighed with some emotion: "The liver is the basis of the physiological circulatory system. Before you reach puberty, it's better for strengthening than the heart and lungs, not to mention the muscles, bones, and skin that are best fortified until adulthood. ”

Strengthening the musculoskeletal skin at a young age can lead to the inability of the body to continue to grow and maintain the shape of a child.

Although there are some inheritances that are deliberately done this way, it can save resources and accelerate the time of progression. As long as you practice to the third energy level, you can control your body shape at will, whether you grow taller or smaller, it is only a matter of time.

But now, this kind of path has been abandoned, after all, there is no shortage of resources for those who can really impact the sublimators of the third energy level.

"Let's get started."

After being examined by Hilliard, Ian will be in the most perfect state, condensing the source species.

The five levels of the sublimator are said to originate from the seven-layer ladder in the ancient Terra mythology, and its first energy level is called [Qiling], which means 'activating the original spirituality', that is, 'the source seed', so that it can gradually sublimate itself.

After sublimation to a certain extent, the whole body is already a sublimation organ, until even the brain is promoted and begins to condense the spiritual glow in the mind and body, then you can try to advance to the second energy level [Ninghui].

At this stage, human beings will begin to have a soul and try to sharpen it and condense the brilliance of their own self - the existence of the soul is the core of the later stage of the path of ascension, and it is also the key to the gradual awakening of their own spiritual energy by those who are not born with spiritual ability.

The realm called [Heart Light], the third energy level of the ladder, the unity of spirit and flesh, is the most critical sublimation in the sublime self-ascension.

Now Ian is just the first step on the ladder.

But it's also the most critical first step.

Ian had already rehearsed countless times in his heart, whether it was the transfer of essentia or the structure of the source seed, he was familiar with it, if it wasn't for the sake of insurance, lest he would be too weak after advancing the source seed and not be able to replenish his physical strength for the first time and faint from hunger, he wouldn't need Hilliard, he could complete this sublimation alone.

But apparently, he still ignores the importance of the role of a good teacher in an ancient tradition.

With a slight buzzing sound in the regular heartbeat, the essentia in the virtual source species is refined, and through the process of surrounding the body, and finally converging in the heart again, the white-haired boy's body is lit up with pale blue light lines.

These fine and regular lines crisscross and criss-cross, and finally intertwine into rings, condensed in the heart, forming a delicate and complex pattern.

The fine essentia chips are arranged and combined to construct their own structure in the blood circulation around Ian's body, and it can be vaguely seen that this complex pattern pattern has a great overlap with the distribution of blood vessels in the human body.

The light flickered through the dark room, and as the golden virtual source construct from Hilliard was gradually dismantled, a new pale cyan source that belonged to Ian was taking shape.

Although it is pale blue, if you look at it from the perspective of the Foresight Horizon, there is still a certain amount of Hilliard's power around the source species, and it is filled with its own blue-gold mist.

"Ian, you must remember what I'm going to say next."

As Ian's condensation of the source seed gradually got on the right track and began to enter the extremely physically demanding water mill time, Hilliard suddenly spoke: "You continue to condense, don't stop, but at the same time, you have to listen to me." ”

"Hmm."

Even though he was condensing the Source Seed, Ian still had the energy to respond.

He had experienced Hilliard's knowledge and strength firsthand, and knew very well that he was a good teacher who was unexpectedly good and concise in his words in the right direction, without a word of nonsense.

The old knight had smoothly spread out his knowledge of the entire Terra Continent for him in a few days, and the knowledge points he emphasized should naturally be carefully memorized.

However, even if he was mentally prepared, what Hilliard said in the next moment still stunned Ian.

Even, I feel like I may be hallucinating.

"Actually, the source species doesn't exist."