The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them - Chapter 140.1

After Castor’s long-winded explanation, Su Li confirmed that theoretically, he could indeed cultivate elemental power.

But this “theory” was extremely metaphysical.

Castor explained, “You must believe that you can truly cultivate this power, and release your spirit to actively absorb elemental particles from the air into your body.”

After hearing these words, Su Li’s gaze gradually deepened.

If asked whether he had expectations for otherworldly powers, one could say anyone would want them.

However, once it involved idealism, Su Li—who maintained his materialist warrior mindset even after being transmigrated to another world—simply couldn’t understand what Castor meant by “releasing spirit.”

For the first time, he doubted his reading comprehension skills.

To be fair, during his student days, his language comprehension scores, if not always first place, consistently ranked among the top three.

With an expressionless face, Su Li asked, “So your so-called ‘releasing of spirit’ can completely ignore the concept of elemental affinity?”

“Exactly.” Castor nodded. “Because from the elemental perspective, your body is essentially a void. Subjectively, the elements perceive your body as a domain where they cannot survive or reside, so naturally, they won’t attempt to actively integrate into your body or be passively absorbed by you.”

“Conversely, if you believe elements can be absorbed by you, then you can integrate elements into your body.”

“You should know that in the experiments related to your blood, the blood drawn from you was divided into several portions. And after each portion of blood underwent subjective elemental injection by humans, they all could contain elements.”

Su Li pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration, “Say something I can understand.”

After a pause, Castor explained, “In other words, if you want to cultivate elements, you have two options. One is to cultivate subjectively, and the other is to have other elementalists inject their internal elements into your body, allowing you to adapt to elements from within first, then acquire external elements through cultivation until you become accustomed to the change.”

Su Li couldn’t keep his composure anymore, “No, that’s impossible no matter how you put it.”

“Trust me, it’s possible!” Castor firmly believed that Su Li could definitely cultivate elements.

With a blank expression, Su Li said, “Let’s put this topic aside for now.”

Whether it was injecting something mysterious (elements) into his body or believing his body could accommodate something mysterious (elements), Su Li didn’t think either possibility existed.

So he redirected the conversation toward other people.

“How can we improve other elementalists’ growth limits and cultivation speed?”

“That’s completely irrelevant!”

“The most important thing is that you can cultivate elements now!” Castor’s entire face conveyed the meaning of “who cares about others.”

Interestingly, “others” thought the same way.

When Egbert heard that Su Li could cultivate elements, his eyes uncontrollably lit up.

“I also believe that improving Lord Su Li’s strength is most important.”

Egbert had already imagined himself personally guiding Su Li’s cultivation. His face flushed as he spoke with extreme seriousness, “Even if our strength improves, it’s not a big deal. What’s most important now is you—your great progress from being completely unable to cultivate to being able to cultivate! This symbolizes not just your ability to cultivate with zero elemental affinity, but an entirely new, unprecedented path!”

Su Li was speechless at this evaluation. He said, “Even if blood maintains its vitality when removed from the body and can undergo various experiments, it doesn’t mean blood equals the human body.”

“Idealistic theories don’t pass muster with me.”

Su Li tapped the location of his heart and continued, “Assuming I myself am just a void to elements, then no matter what you inject into this void, ultimately nothing will remain, right?”

“That’s what makes logical sense.”

As Su Li explained, he watched the increasingly disappointed expressions on everyone’s faces. He could almost visualize their metaphorical dog ears, once perked up, now drooping in dejection.

He finally rubbed his forehead in resignation.

“If you don’t believe me, let’s try it.”

When Castor’s explanation took on an idealistic tone, Su Li already knew it wouldn’t succeed.

But since others wanted to test it, Su Li didn’t mind giving them a chance.

Thus, the element input plan, which had everyone holding their breath in tension, officially began.

Castor directed Egbert, who was so excited his eyes had turned red, to carefully place his hand on Su Li’s shoulder and input an extremely weak stream of light element into Su Li’s body.

But afterward, nothing happened.

Castor glared with rounded eyes in disbelief, “How is this possible?”

Speaking thus, instead of asking Egbert to increase his elemental output, Castor drew another vial of blood from Su Li and began urgently investigating the cause.

The simplest way to check was to directly measure the elemental concentration in the blood.

But the result was identical to the previously drawn blood—there wasn’t the slightest trace of elemental fluctuation within.

Even the blood itself looked like water mixed with red dye, not very concentrated.

While repeatedly muttering “impossible,” Castor again input elements into the blood in the test tube.

The result was obvious—the separately extracted blood accommodated Castor’s elemental input. And any elementalist who looked at it wouldn’t associate that blood emitting elemental particles with Su Li’s blood…

Yet the fact remained that the blood was indeed Su Li’s blood.

As everyone exchanged bewildered looks, Su Li pressed a cotton ball against his venipuncture site and said resignedly, “I told you it wasn’t very likely.”

“Perhaps you can think of me as a swimming pool that leaks water while being filled?”

“Elements can never fill me up, so I can never retain elements.”

“Something like that?” Su Li attempted to explain his bodily condition in mystical terms they could understand.

He showed no signs of disappointment at being unable to cultivate elements.

Or rather, he never had particularly high expectations about being able to cultivate elements in the first place.

The difference between lighting a fire with a lighter and shooting with a toy water gun versus controlling elements wasn’t that great… Right?

Probably?

Su Li wanted Castor to give up, “Now that we know elements have no effect on me, can we start discussing how to improve other people’s growth limits and elemental cultivation speed?”

Cut losses in time.

Su Li didn’t have much time to waste on whether he could cultivate or not.

Although disappointed, Castor’s eyes still contained a glimmer of hope.

He felt there was no reason why Su Li’s blood could contain elemental particles but Su Li himself couldn’t.

However, this research probably didn’t need to be brought up openly anymore.

Since Su Li had never had expectations in this area, what Castor needed to do was to avoid bringing up this matter again until he had actual results.

That would prevent creating expectations that would only end in disappointment.

So both the youth and the researcher decisively changed the topic, leaving only a group of disgruntled adults in the small building.

Egbert looked disappointed, “I thought Lord Su Li could really start cultivation.”

More or less, everyone else wore the same expression.

Before the gloomy atmosphere could permeate the entire place, Lan Zhe actively clapped his hands to divert everyone’s attention and said, “Let’s not focus too much on these things for now.”

“Let’s focus on whether Castor has any methods to enhance our power.”

Speaking of methods, the fellow who stayed cooped up in the research base actually had some.

“Elements are intangible until they form into something solid. You shouldn’t think that elements have volume just because they take on a material appearance after solidifying,” Castor said, pointing at the vessel containing Su Li’s blood.

“That’s a misconception.” Castor occasionally revealed distressed expressions while explaining.

With one of the two methods for Su Li to cultivate elements already eliminated, he suddenly wasn’t so confident about the other one either.

Affected by this mood, Castor ultimately gave up on continuing to explain ways to enhance others’ power. Instead, he chose to directly hand his research notes to everyone.

That notebook, thick enough to be used as a brick to hit someone, detailed Castor’s ideas on how to reasonably enhance elemental power through various idealistic theories.

After the crowd read some enlightening passages, Su Li took a glance and suddenly found himself at a loss for how to react.

[Elements exist somewhere between existence and non-existence rather than purely existing. We can only truly manifest their existence after absorbing this power. Before absorption, we can only see elemental particles of different colors. Therefore, I personally believe the best way to improve elemental cultivation speed is to gather large amounts of single-attribute elements using alchemy tools and then directly inject them into an elementalist’s body.]

Su Li, …?

After his confusion passed, he said to everyone who wore enlightened expressions, “Logic is dead, elements are eternal, good luck everyone.”

As for himself…

It was more practical to just accept things as they were.

Castor later explained that even if alchemy tools absorbed large amounts of elements, an elementalist’s body might not be able to handle that power.

Therefore, even if one wanted to artificially enhance strength through scientific research methods rather than natural cultivation, those who wanted significant power increases would need a strong physical body capable of bearing that power without endangering their lives.

But there was something peculiar.

The enhancement of the human body itself came from elemental strengthening.

The logic had come full circle.

Without a strong enough body, one couldn’t enhance elements. Without strong enough elements, one couldn’t strengthen the body.

How could this be resolved?

Castor provided a direction that made everyone want to collectively beat him up.

——Have stronger monster beasts actively use their elemental powers to strengthen human bodies.

Euphia directly grabbed Castor’s collar and roared, “Do you think normal monster beasts would agree to this?!”

While coughing and struggling, Castor said something completely illogical, yet everyone agreed with,

“Normal monster beasts certainly wouldn’t, but there are monster beasts who submit to Lord Su Li!”

No one dared say that powerful monster beasts wouldn’t give Su Li their attention.

After all, compared to Su Li’s power, every person in the small building could be labeled as powerful.

After the topic touched on humanoid monster beasts, Castor chose to direct his assistant to take Su Li to the next room to see the alchemy tools he had previously created.

Using the excuse, “To alleviate your sadness from being unable to cultivate elements.”

Although exasperated, Su Li knew the upcoming conversation was one Castor intentionally wanted to keep from him, so he chose to follow the assistant out.

In the testing room, after Su Li left, Cyril was the first to raise doubts.

“Assuming there really are monster beasts standing beside Su Li like us, why would they choose to strengthen us?”

Cyril said, “At least from my perspective, if I possessed sufficient power, I could stand behind Su Li alone, protecting him, allowing him to do anything without worries.”

These words pierced the hearts of everyone present.

Cyril, “I even think Su Li entering monster beast society alone wouldn’t be a problem. Because when he first met us, there was no one standing behind him either.”

Every person who later gathered around Su Li was powerful enough to crush Su Li at any time.

Whether it was humans crushing with their power or stronger monster beasts crushing with theirs, what difference did it make?

Su Li himself wasn’t someone who relied on strength to survive.

Qi spoke from his own perspective, “We want to follow Su Li’s footsteps because of our own wishes, not his forceful demands. Conversely, wanting monster beasts to enhance our strength through Su Li, isn’t that making Su Li accommodate us who want to follow him?”

“I don’t think that’s necessary, nor do I believe that strength must be improved.”

Several people were stunned by Qi’s words.

As the queen’s child, the grand prince of Amikbi, and the youth most likely to become the next king, Qi rarely expressed himself while in the small building.

But he was actually thinking about what he could do for Su Li.

While everyone else was thinking about enhancing their strength to protect Su Li, Qi was thinking about whether there was a way to provide Su Li with more self-protection capabilities.

Rather than relying on others’ protection, Su Li was clearly most skilled at using his existing conditions to protect himself.

From this perspective, Qi believed that if he truly wanted to help Su Li, what he needed to do was create more things that Su Li could directly use to protect himself.

This was what he considered the best solution.

Everyone who wanted to enhance their strength was stunned.

However, before being drawn into Qi’s ideological and theoretical abyss, Egbert had already developed sufficient self-thinking ability.

“That’s just one approach you believe in,” Egbert said, sitting upright in the research room that was bright yet always seemed harsh. “You have too many things you can’t give up, like your mother, like your responsibilities.”

“But I’m different. I only have Lord Su Li.” When the Church of Light later tried to retain Egbert, he chose to actively abandon it. Even his acquaintance with others was only because of Su Li.

Euphia had the Mercenary Alliance, Lan Zhe had the Dark Church behind him, Qi had Amikbi, and Castor had his research base where he could give his all…

“To speak of those who can truly follow Lord Su Li without any attachments, it’s probably only me and Cyril.”

One had lost everything and was left with only Su Li. The other had been an orphan from the beginning.

Even Roy couldn’t truly be free of attachments.

Before spending that one New Year’s Eve that Su Li still remembered, Roy had returned to Siliqing City to have a drink with his deceased wife.

No one would die if they left anyone else. Egbert couldn’t say what would happen if Cyril left Su Li, but he sincerely felt that if he were to leave Su Li, he truly wouldn’t be able to live.

Perhaps others also had a desire for power, but under the premise that humanoid monster beasts’ anger equaled human doomsday, those who believed they couldn’t change anything, even if they could give 100% effort, would absolutely not give 200%.

Egbert definitely needed to become stronger. His desire for strength far exceeded others, so naturally, he wouldn’t be swayed by Qi’s intention to take a different path and direction, nor would he fall into wavering chaos and confusion.

This would only make him more determined to become stronger.

Rather than troubling Su Li, he would strive with all his might to obtain sufficient opportunities for strength enhancement from those two non-humans before Elvi and Leia truly took the raven away.

Egbert also shared his thoughts.

Many people hesitated, but Cyril, the only one Egbert had affirmed, said without hesitation, “Count me in.”

Afterward, these two didn’t wait for any response from others. They only informed Castor to take good care of Su Li and send him back before dinner, then together went to the outskirts of the city, to the lake created by the battle between the dragon and the mermaid.

The people left behind also pondered for a long time in that room.

Qi had already prepared to return to the Inner City to compete for his position, because only by sitting on the throne would he possess sufficient power.

An individual’s power could never match that of a group. One person standing behind Su Li could never compare to Qi bringing an entire country to stand behind Su Li.

The youth shared his thoughts and then also chose to leave the research room.

Euphia once again grabbed Castor and asked, “If the Lion’s Club leader used his wind element to strengthen Cyril’s body, and then infused him with elements collected by your alchemy tools, does that mean Cyril could rise to the same level of strength as the Lion’s Club leader in a very short time?”

Castor nodded and even wanted to explain to Euphia the logical details of how body strengthening could accommodate more elements to enhance power.

But the Mercenary Alliance heir couldn’t be bothered to communicate these things with him.

Euphia fell into deep thought.

She began to consider whether, as a first-class fire elementalist, if she declared her intention to enhance the strength of all fire elementalists, could they become a force supporting Su Li in a situation where Su Li was opposed to monster beasts…?

Although they hadn’t discussed it in detail, at this moment, Qi and Euphia’s thoughts converged from a certain angle.

However, the former still needed to win the opportunity to sit in that position, while the latter needed to expand her reputation to ensure that those whose strength was enhanced would truly become a force supporting Su Li.

Compared to the two who needed certain prerequisites, the Dark Pope, who had remained silent and listened to this confidential information, suddenly said, “There should be no one more suitable than Lan Zhe to rise to my level of strength in a short time.”

The Dark Holy Son was stunned before uncontrollably turning his gaze to the Dark Pope.

But the man in the black cloak had already begun to inform Castor of his own level of strength.

And asked, “If I choose to use my power to strengthen Lan Zhe’s body, how long would this child need to reach my current power level? And, if following your shortcut method, what would the time difference be compared to normal cultivation? Would there be a difference in power intensity?”