Qin Siyang rotated the ring on his middle finger.
He confirmed that the conversation was shielded.
Then, he cautiously scanned his surroundings.
It seemed that since Li Tianming had already blocked their conversation in advance, no one had come to disturb them.
Li Tianming took a sip of red wine. Seeing Qin Siyang's serious expression, he knew that something important was about to be said.
"Old Li, I have something to ask you."
"What is it?"
"My sequence level has reached Five. No matter how I improve, I can't feel any progress in my sequence abilities."
"Or rather, I don't know how to advance to Sequence Level Six."
"This has been bothering me for a long time. Can you answer this for me?"
Li Tianming put down his wine glass and sighed.
"What's wrong?"
Li Tianming looked conflicted.
"If I say you have backing, you still don't know a lot of basic things. If I say you don't have backing, your sequence level has been rising like a rocket."
"Are you even human? Or are you actually a god hiding among humans?"
Qin Siyang curled his lips, "If I were a god, would I be putting up with all this crap? What, do gods have a masochistic streak now?"
Li Tianming continued, "I honestly don't understand how you've been improving your sequence level. You haven't touched a single sequence potion from that box, yet your strength changes day by day."
"Wait, am I asking you, or are you asking me?"
"I'm just curious."
"And if you ask, do you think I'd tell you?"
Li Tianming looked helpless,"I know you wouldn't, but can't I at least be curious? If you have a way to improve sequence levels without using potions, at least let me know. Save me the trouble of sneaking your potions."
"My method won't work for you."
"It won't work for me?", Li Tianming rubbed his chin in thought, "Don't tell me the more people hate you, the stronger you get?"
"Old Li, are you sick?"
"I knew that would be your answer."
"Then why did you ask?"
"I'm just curious."
"Stop being curious. So, Sequence Level Five, how do I get to Sequence Level Six? Do you know or not?"
Seeing that Qin Siyang was getting impatient and wouldn't reveal his own secrets, Li Tianming stopped dragging things out.
"Don't rush."
"Of course, I know."
Hearing that Li Tianming knew how to break through to Sequence Level Six, Qin Siyang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then what do I need to do?"
"Before I tell you how to break through, I need to tell you something else."
"What is it?"
"When you reach Sequence Level Five, you actually have two choices."
"The first choice is to remain at Sequence Level Five and not seek a breakthrough. The second choice is to try advancing to Sequence Level Six."
Qin Siyang curled his lips, "Old Li, do you hear yourself? Staying at Level Five? Am I stupid? If I can get stronger, why wouldn't I? Who just stops at Level Five for fun?"
"Listen to me first. Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Fine."
"The first option doesn't mean staying at Sequence Level Five without getting stronger."
"It means staying at Sequence Level Five without performing the Divine Ritual to unlock the path to Sequence Level Six."
Qin Siyang frowned, "Not unlocking the path to Sequence Level Six? What does that mean?"
"Simply put, it's your current state. You feel yourself getting stronger, but you can't find any direction to break through to Sequence Level Six, right?"
"Yeah."
"That's what it feels like when you don't unlock the path to Sequence Level Six. No matter how many sequence potions you take or how much strength you gain through your strange methods, you will always remain at Sequence Level Five."
"In other words—"
"Your sequence abilities won't get stronger, but your physical strength can increase infinitely."
"For example, sequences like [Warrior] and [Phantom Assassin], which rely on strength and agility, have quite a few people who choose to stay at Sequence Level Five."
"They don't advance their sequence level. Instead, they focus entirely on consuming potions to enhance their strength, agility, and other attributes."
"By staying at Sequence Level Five, they can become even stronger in battles against gods. Points, potions, money, status, all within reach."
Qin Siyang understood Li Tianming's explanation of the first choice.
However, he didn't understand why this choice was popular.
Even for sequences that heavily relied on strength and agility, shouldn't improving skills be more important?
"Old Li, you said some sequence users would rather stay at Level Five than unlock… unlock…"
"Perform the Divine Ritual to unlock the path to Sequence Level Six."
"Yeah, that. Why wouldn't they unlock it? Is there some kind of disadvantage?"
"Of course."
Li Tianming nodded, "Humans never do anything without weighing the pros and cons."
"If there weren't a downside, who would give up on increasing their sequence level?"
Qin Siyang immediately stared at Li Tianming more intently.
"What's the downside?"
Li Tianming took a sip of red wine to moisten his throat.
Then, he looked at the eager Qin Siyang with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.
"The downside is, when facing gods."
"Your power will be suppressed."
Qin Siyang was shocked, "Power suppression? What does that mean?"
"When fighting gods, your strength will weaken, your agility will slow down, and your skills will be greatly diminished."
"Right now, you can kill a Thunder Snow Wolf. But if you've just broken through to Sequence Level Six, that wolf would fry you alive."
"How is that possible?"
Qin Siyang looked at Li Tianming in disbelief.
"Advancing in sequence level means getting stronger, but now you're telling me gods will suppress us? What kind of logic is that?"
"This is the price of unlocking the path of a believer."
"Human sequence awakenings are, at their core, a form of mutation."
"And Sequence Level Five is the peak of human mutation."
"If you want to go beyond the peak, you have to sacrifice something."
"The path of a believer continues forward at the cost of your power being suppressed against gods."
Qin Siyang was even more confused, "Isn't the point of advancing sequence levels to kill gods? If my power weakens, why would I bother advancing?"
"It still has its uses."
Li Tianming looked down at the red wine in his glass.
"After Sequence Level Six, because of the gods' suppression effect, fighting them becomes much harder."
"But, when fighting other humans, you won't be affected at all."
Qin Siyang's gaze turned complicated, "Fighting… other humans…"
"Whether gods live or die, you will always have to fight humans," After speaking, Li Tianming glanced around the banquet hall.
A mocking smile appeared on his lips.
"For example, most of the people here are masters at fighting humans."
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