Global Catastrophe: I Begin to Evolve from an Ancient Tree-Chapter 35: Searching for Geniuses

Gu Qingyang most liked two kinds of people, the first being those with talent, and the second those with a high rank of faith.

What a coincidence.

The Lin Ling before him had both advantages.

Gu Qingyang couldn’t help but have a thought, directly gathering the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi around him, directing it towards Lin Ling, allowing the other to break through the bottleneck of the upper-grade first tier in response.

"Boom!"

A powerful aura exploded from the young man, as if a spiritual qi hurricane spread from him, causing the surroundings to be filled with sand and stones flying.

A moment later.

This fluctuation slowly dissipated.

As Lin Ling was breaking through, Gu Qingyang also withdrew his power, and everything returned to normal.

"I broke through!"

Lin Ling felt his own abundant spiritual power, a smile appeared on his masculine face.

The surging power within his body gave him a sense of fulfillment like never before.

"Upper-grade first tier, according to the record in the Cyan Yang Qi Refining Technique, I should have stepped into the seventh level of Qi Refining now!"

The seventh level of Qi Refining.

Is the level recorded in the Cyan Yang Qi Refining Technique.

The Qi Refining Stage is divided into ten levels, the first three correspond to the lower first tier, the middle three correspond to the middle first tier, the last three correspond to the upper first tier, while the tenth level of Qi Refining corresponds to the perfect first tier.

This.

Is all the information about the Cyan Yang Qi Refining Technique.

If one wants to surpass the limits of Qi Refining and step into a higher level, they would need to exchange for higher level cultivation techniques.

For other evolutionaries, the power of an upper-grade first tier isn’t considered very strong.

But for Lin Ling, the power of an upper-grade first tier was something he didn’t dare to imagine a month ago.

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Fifteen years ago, blood rain fell from the sky.

Fierce Beasts suddenly appeared, attacked all countries globally, and Hua Country was a severely affected area.

Lin Ling’s family was well-off, but later the city they lived in was attacked by Fierce Beasts, and his parents sacrificed their lives for his chance to survive.

Ever since then.

Lin Ling was determined to kill all Fierce Beasts to avenge his parents.

Unfortunately, the Fierce Beasts were powerful, not something ordinary people could handle; weaker ones can barely be killed by guns and cannons, but strong ones can only be defeated by evolutionaries.

Lin Ling tried to become an evolutionary, even risking taking the blood and flesh of Fierce Beasts, but he failed.

Even though he didn’t explode and die after consuming Fierce Beast’s blood and flesh, he didn’t truly gain extraordinary power and became a rare evolutionary.

But even so, Lin Ling never gave up for a moment, and he persevered in training every day, hoping that one day the heavens would open their eyes and allow him to become a true evolutionary.

It wasn’t until the appearance of the Divine Kingdom’s chat group that Lin Ling saw the opportunity to master extraordinary power.

When he cultivated his first thread of spiritual power and truly stepped into the ranks of cultivators, Lin Ling developed a devout faith in Gu Qingyang.

Moreover, as his cultivation deepened, Lin Ling’s faith in Gu Qingyang naturally deepened as well.

This time, breaking into the upper-grade first tier allowed Lin Ling to truly reach the level of a Saint Apprentice.

Seventh level of Qi Refining!

Upper-grade first tier!

"Compared to half a month ago, my power is now much stronger, but the seventh level of Qi Refining isn’t enough. I need more power to truly avenge!"

Lin Ling’s gaze gradually became resolute.

The Fierce Beast that killed his parents back then may have already died at the hands of other evolutionaries, but that doesn’t stop Lin Ling’s belief in wanting to slaughter them all.

However, to truly slaughter all the Fierce Beasts globally, the strength of an upper-grade first tier is not enough; he must break through to a higher level.

Therefore.

After stepping into the upper-grade first tier, Lin Ling didn’t stay here long and immediately went to other places to hunt Fierce Beasts.

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"A promising prospect!"

Gu Qingyang observed Lin Ling’s situation with a believer’s perspective and then didn’t pay further attention.

In just over half a month, he went from being a normal person to an upper-grade first tier; that kind of talent naturally far exceeded others.

However.

With over twenty million global believers, if some genius appeared, Gu Qingyang considered it quite normal, so he naturally couldn’t possibly keep an eye on a cultivator of the upper-grade first tier all the time.

For Gu Qingyang at present, cultivators of the upper-grade first tier are indeed not of much use; if it weren’t for the other’s Saint Apprentice level of faith rank, he wouldn’t bother too much.

But considering Lin Ling’s Saint Apprentice faith rank, Gu Qingyang still left a portion of his Divine Thought on him; if he really encountered a life and death crisis, he wouldn’t mind extending a helping hand.

After all——

A Saint Apprentice can provide faith once a day; one Saint Apprentice is worth thousands of ordinary believers, and if they are high-ranking believers, they might be even more useful than millions of ordinary believers.

"Since there’s Lin Ling, perhaps there could be a second or third Lin Ling. I should pay attention to other believers’ situations when I have the time!"

Gu Qingyang realized that he couldn’t really spread the faith and establish the Divine Kingdom chat group, so he treated all believers with a laissez-faire attitude.

Especially those with talent, occasionally revealing his divinity might make their faith more devout, and if they can ascend to the Saint Apprentice rank like Lin Ling, it would be a great gain.

Very soon.

Gu Qingyang’s Divine Thought entered the Divine Kingdom, then merged with the Faith Threads, silently searching for those with gifted potential.

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Half a month later.

Gu Qingyang’s Divine Thought finally returned to his essence.

During this time, he had been searching for talents like Lin Ling, and sure enough, out of twenty million global believers, there were indeed some ordinary people with exceptional talent, with extremely rapid cultivation growth.

Among them.

Two people received Gu Qingyang’s particular attention.

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Name: Zhang Ming

Essence: Human

Rank: Upper-grade first tier

Faith: Fanatic Believer

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Name: Shen Xue

Essence: Human

Rank: Upper-grade first tier

Faith: Fanatic Believer

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Both of them were ordinary people, but after entering the Divine Kingdom chat group, just like Lin Ling, they successfully stepped into the upper-grade first tier within just over half a month, and now they have hopes of reaching the perfect first tier.

However.

What truly caught Gu Qingyang’s attention was that both were Loyal Believers with fanatic faith; they just need a trigger to ascend to become a Saint Apprentice.

This was the main reason Gu Qingyang really focused on the two.

Other ordinary people also had talents not inferior to them, but unfortunately, their faith ranks were not high, making it extremely difficult for them to step into True Believers.

In comparison.

Two fanatic believer talents undoubtedly had more nurturing value.

However.

Making them truly become Saint Apprentices is definitely not a simple task. It either involves rescuing them from danger at a crucial moment or long-term subtle influence.

Therefore, Gu Qingyang temporarily only focused on the two without taking significant actions.

For his tens of thousands of years of long life, time has become nothing; silently watching these talents grow is also a great pleasure.