Faith of a Brand New Version

Wind Takers, a name that was both progressive and quite fitting for Runeterra's magical style, was unanimously approved by all members as soon as Li Wei proposed it.

Thus, the official name of the organization was determined to be: Wind Taker Association.

Formal members are called Wind Takers, with Li Wei serving as president and Viktor as vice president.

Now, they had an ultimate goal, a short-term goal, a feasibility analysis, a course of action, and an organizational structure.

All that was left was to discuss how to specifically carry out the work and how to start targeted publicity.

Speaking of which, Li Wei wasn't quite as capable.

It was the same old problem: he was just a keyboard warrior, good at talking theory and doing analysis, but he wasn't much better when it came to grassroots practice.

So Li Wei handed this problem over to the students, letting them think for themselves, discuss among themselves, and try to come up with a feasible publicity plan.

It didn't matter if they couldn't come up with a result.

Anyway, they would have to let go and do it later.

"Everyone can think boldly and then carefully verify it in practice."

"And don't be afraid of setbacks or troubles. This is everyone's first time practicing, it's normal for problems to arise, it's abnormal if there are no problems."

"We Wind Takers are not afraid of failure. If we fail, we will summarize our experiences and reflect on our lessons, and there will always be a day when we make progress."

Li Wei encouraged the students in this way, and soon stirred up a wide and serious discussion among them.

Taking advantage of this gap, he was finally able to take the time to have a good chat with Janna:

"Janna?"

Li Wei communicated with Janna very carefully with his mind:

"Why have we become so much stronger?"

As he spoke, he secretly condensed a miniature tornado in his palm.

When he first arrived here, Li Wei used all his strength, emptying all of his and Janna's strength, just to condense such a weak stream of air in front of Viktor and the students.

But now, Li Wei could control the wind element as easily as he could move his arms and fingers, easily manipulating the airflow and condensing wind clusters—

Although it wasn't that impressive yet, it was already proper wind magic.

Yes, he had become stronger.

And he had become much stronger.

"Summoner, this is of course because we have more believers," Janna replied.

"I know that." Li Wei was of course clear:

There are now 60 official members of the Wind Takers. Not counting Viktor, who was already there, there are 59 more believers.

Janna's power would of course recover somewhat.

But Li Wei remembered Janna saying that Viktor was born with strong mental power, and the Faith he contributed was more than that of hundreds of ordinary people.

Now that there were a total of 59 more believers, in theory, even if Janna became stronger, she shouldn't be much stronger than before.

But at this moment, Li Wei felt a powerful divine power filling his limbs, strengthening his muscles and bones, and even the injuries that had been unable to heal for a long time were healing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This was more than just getting stronger.

"It feels like I've become more than ten times stronger."

"Yes," Janna replied, "More than ten times, and far more than that."

"Huh?" Li Wei was slightly stunned.

More than 10 times?

It was known that Janna originally had only 1 believer, Viktor, and the Faith provided by 1 Viktor exceeded that of 100 ordinary people.

Now there were 59 new believers, theoretically 59 people < 100 people < 1 Viktor.

How could the power that Janna gained be far greater than 10 Viktors, more than ten times stronger?

59 > 10 Viktors > 1000?

This inequality was very puzzling.

At this time, Janna replied, "Because these students are not ordinary people either."

"Although their mental strength is not as good as Viktor's, it is far stronger than those ordinary citizens."

"This" Li Wei was awakened by Janna's words:

That's right!

What place was this?

It was the highest institution of Piltover, the technological sanctuary of Runeterra!

What kind of people were these students?

They were future scientists, the pride of heaven who had madly rolled out of thousands of Zaunites!

In a hellhole like Zaun, drinking sewage, breathing poisonous gas, starving, working desperately to save tuition fees, while also having to study cultural knowledge on their own, and fairly defeating those Piltover students in exams, to be successfully admitted to Piltover University.

How could someone who does all that be an ordinary person?

In this world where extraordinary power exists, how could someone who survives such painful trials not have strong mental fortitude?

"So, the Faith provided by just these 59 students is already equivalent to that of over a thousand people."

"Moreover," she paused, seemingly concerned, "Summoner, after you explained the content of Janna's Ideology and the meaning of Faith in detail, those believers, including Viktor from the beginning—"

"Their Faith has become more 'pure'."

"What do you mean?" Li Wei asked, puzzled.

"It means that even though it's the same person providing the same amount of Faith, the power ultimately bestowed upon us has become stronger."

"Janna, are you saying..."

Li Wei tried to understand Janna as a car, and the Faith provided by her followers as the fuel driving the car:

"The 'gasoline' they're giving you is purer, and the energy density of the 'gasoline' has increased?

So, even though it's still one person's worth of Faith, it's stronger than the original one person's worth."

"You could say that..." Although she found the analogy strange, Janna still acknowledged it, "And it's not just higher, it's higher than all my previous believers, much higher."

"This situation... I've never seen it before."

The goddess, who had lived for thousands of years, seemed equally perplexed—

The "quality" of Faith could actually change?

"I understand..." Li Wei realized something, "Because our current Faith is different from all the Faiths that have appeared in Runeterra before!"

Previous believers followed gods mostly to get something from them, thinking, "May the gods bless me with this and that."

Even when sacrificing for a god, they were thinking about what it would be like in heaven after death, or what they would be reincarnated as in the next life.

But the Wind Takers follow Janna, thinking only of dedicating themselves and sacrificing for the ideal, thinking, "I want to fight for our great cause for the rest of my life!"

Even if they sacrifice for their Faith, they only think of using their blood to achieve the ideal, and their sacrifice to pave the way!

"We are willing to give everything for our ideal, including our lives."

"Our Faith is different!"

"So, we are purer than any of the old gods' believers, and Janna, your power, our power, will be stronger than any of the old gods!"

Li Wei's words, and the unprecedented, "new version" of powerful Faith, shocked even the goddess Janna.

In her prime, she was only a demigod, unable to compare with the truly powerful Celestial Titans and cosmic wanderers.

Moreover, Freljord had the Three Sisters, Bilgewater had the Sea Serpent, and Ionia had the "Spirit of Ionia"...

Besides the gods, there were also powerful demons roaming around Runeterra.

Fiddlesticks, Evelynn, Tahm Kench...

These terrifying demons, who fed on negative emotions, certainly wouldn't like Janna's overly bright Faith.

Not to mention, the undead of the Underworld and the invaders from the Void were still active in various corners of Runeterra.

So, although Janna agreed with Li Wei's ideal, and even became a follower of that ideal herself, she didn't think that this wind of change could sweep across the entire Runeterra.

Even Li Wei himself didn't quite believe he could do it in his lifetime.

He only hoped he could get it started, and then leave the rest to future generations.

After all, Runeterra was too big.

And there were too many strong people.

Stirring up trouble everywhere would easily get you beaten up.

"But now it's different."

Li Wei's confidence ignited, and even Janna couldn't help but feel invigorated:

"After thousands of years of development, the population of Runeterra is far greater than the population during your prime."

"And our newborn Faith is the most powerful and vibrant Faith!"

"The wind of change—"

"Will definitely sweep across the entire Runeterra!"