Qu Jianlei first went to Qinghu to conduct a test. She said she had not sensed anything unusual.
But Paranoid and Old Lady Jia... were indeed different.
They could not sense Qu Jianlei's divine sense either, but both said they felt a faint, intermittent sense of being watched.
Paranoid was quite curious about what Qu Jianlei had done. "First One, what kind of method is this?"
"One application of Mental Strength," Qu Jianlei answered seriously. "It has certain side effects. I'll teach you once I've perfected it."
There really were side effects. Separating off a thread of one's Mental Strength would leave one with a splitting headache for some time.
And if the divine sense could not be retrieved, it would result in a loss of Mental Strength, requiring a period of warm nurturing for the soul.
Qu Jianlei himself did not care much. What he cultivated was not an Awakened One technique at all, so his divine sense recovered relatively quickly.
However, this drawback was not particularly friendly to either Paranoid or Old Lady Jia.
Especially the latter. Although she was at the peak of Above Supreme, her Qi and Blood made it difficult for her Mental Strength to recover after it was depleted.
In fact, even merely splitting her Mental Strength would probably cause Old Lady Jia no small amount of harm.
Paranoid and Old Lady Jia did not doubt his words. Instead, they were very curious what effects this use of Mental Strength could achieve.
After hearing his explanation, Paranoid said in delight, "This method is good... really good. I'm truly looking forward to it."
After a pause, he asked again, "Did it come from Palamela, or from the secret arts of the Avengers Alliance?"
Qu Jianlei answered, "It must be from the Avengers Alliance. There's really