Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter

Chen Lie pushed open the door and stepped inside. At a glance, he spotted Chen Xingyao half-reclining on the sofa, watching an expert explain martial arts on TV.

When she saw Chen Lie, Chen Xingyao shot him a sidelong glance and asked, "Chen Lie, why didn't you go to the 'Blood Essence Value Sprint Class' Mom signed you up for today?"

"Something came up," Chen Lie replied.

"What could you possibly have to do? Don't tell me you went to the Virtual Experience Pavilion with one of your friends again," Chen Xingyao said suspiciously.

Chen Lie only shook his head. "I really did have something else to do."

"No matter how important it was, you still shouldn't have skipped the 'Blood Essence Value Sprint Class.' Do you even know how much one class costs?"

Chen Lie knew there was no explaining it to his little sister, so he only nodded. "I know. I'm tired from training today, so I'm going to my room to rest. Don't call me for dinner later."

With that, Chen Lie went into his room and locked the door from the inside.

Seeing that Chen Lie hadn't taken a word she said seriously, Chen Xingyao was instantly furious. She followed him, only to find that he'd already locked the door, and immediately went to the kitchen to complain.

"Mom, you have to do something about Chen Lie! He's being completely unreasonable!"

Chen Lie ignored everything happening outside. After entering his room, he casually set twenty pounds of Raw Exotic Beast Meat and two pounds of Spirit Nourishing Flower on the table beside his bed.

Then he sat cross-legged on the bed.

Chen Lie had promised Zhao Jinglan that he would solve her Mental Power problem tomorrow morning. That meant he had to successfully awaken his Divine Sense today and nurture Mental Power in his Sea of Consciousness, becoming a provisional Divine Sense Master.

Training Mental Power was crucial. If he wanted to go far in martial arts, he couldn't afford to neglect it.

The first step to becoming a Divine Sense Master was awakening Divine Sense.

People had six senses: touch, smell, hearing, sight, taste, and Divine Sense.

The vast majority of people in the world were born with only five senses. They went their entire lives without awakening Divine Sense and never gained the qualifications to become Divine Sense Masters.

In Chen Lie's mind was an exceptionally powerful method for cultivating Mental Power. The Central Galactic Empire had designated it a supreme state-protecting art. Kept inside the Taia Star Province Martial Arts Academy, it was a closely guarded secret. Only the Academy's most outstanding cosmic prodigies were qualified to cultivate it.

In his previous life, Chen Lie had been nothing more than a lowly Scripture Library clerk. By rights, he shouldn't have been able to access such a supreme art. But he had signed a life contract with the Martial Arts Academy and, before signing it, had undergone layer upon layer of screening to ensure that none of the Academy's martial arts texts could be leaked through him.

From the Martial Arts Academy's perspective, Chen Lie was merely a sentient tool. That was how he had gained access to the Central Galactic Empire's top Mental Power cultivation method, the Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter.

Chen Lie carefully recalled the Star Constellation Visualization Method at the beginning of the Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter. He closed his eyes and began to visualize.

He emptied his mind, letting his consciousness roam again and again through the hazy world of his spirit.

As time passed, the hazy spiritual world in his mind gradually grew clearer.

With a thump, a sound seemed to ring deep in Chen Lie's soul. It was as if a pane of cloudy glass on the surface of his spiritual world had suddenly shattered.

Chen Lie immediately opened his eyes. He felt as if his hearing and vision had sharpened, and his mind was invigorated.

"I've awakened Divine Sense!"

Chen Lie got off the bed and took out the two pounds of Spirit Nourishing Flower he had received from Zhao Jinglan, the CEO of Sunlight Group.

He boiled a kettle of water, divided the Spirit Nourishing Flower into three portions, and drank them one at a time.

Then Chen Lie sat cross-legged on the bed again. Following the Star Constellation Visualization Method in the Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter, he began circulating his Mental Power to build the Sea of Consciousness he had just formed.

The two pounds of Spirit Nourishing Flower provided Chen Lie with an unending supply of pure spiritual energy.

After completing one cycle of the Star Constellation Visualization Method, Chen Lie's Sea of Consciousness took shape as a pitch-black world. Within it, seven dim points of light flickered in and out of view.

According to the Star Constellation Visualization Method, these seven dim points represented seven constellations: Jing, Gui, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi, and Zhen.

The first constellation, Well Constellation, consisted of eight stars. Their light was extremely faint, as if they might go out at any moment.

Chen Lie circulated the Star Constellation Visualization Method from the Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter, guiding the pure spiritual energy from the Spirit Nourishing Flower to strengthen the eight stars of Well Constellation.

Before long, Chen Lie lit the first of Well Constellation's eight stars, making it shine brilliantly.

Chen Lie didn't dare slack off. He continued guiding the spiritual energy from the Spirit Nourishing Flower to light the second star of Well Constellation.

He didn't know how much time had passed. Chen Lie only felt the power of the Spirit Nourishing Flower growing weaker and weaker. By the time he lit the eighth star of Well Constellation, he had finally absorbed all of its medicinal power.

Chen Lie looked inward and saw that six of the seven constellations in his Sea of Consciousness were still dim. Only the eight stars of Well Constellation shone brilliantly, arranged in a constellation shaped like a net.

"Two pounds of Spirit Nourishing Flower were only enough to light up one of the seven constellations."

Chen Lie got off the bed and glanced at the sky, realizing that a whole night had passed.

He had successfully formed a Consciousness Sea World and could circulate Mental Power. He was now a provisional Divine Sense Master.

As Chen Lie stepped outside, he spotted a girl of about fourteen or fifteen waiting in front of his home.

The girl broke into a radiant smile when she saw him and hurried over.

"Senior, you're out!"

Chen Lie nodded. "Why didn't you wait inside?"

"I was afraid I'd disturb you."

"Then come with me," Chen Lie said.

The girl was Li Xianyu, the one who had made an arrangement with Chen Lie yesterday.

Although Li Xianyu had Chen Lie's contact information, she hadn't dared disturb him, so she had come early in the morning to wait outside his home.

Chen Lie went to the bus stop, paid the fare, and boarded a Flying Bus. Li Xianyu followed right behind him.

After half an hour in the air, the Flying Bus arrived at Sunlight Tower, in the busiest part of Dongchuan Province.

The Flying Bus landed and stopped. Chen Lie turned to Li Xianyu and said, "Let's get off."

"Oh!"

Li Xianyu immediately followed Chen Lie off the Flying Bus.

As soon as she stepped outside, she saw a thousand-meter-high building soaring into the clouds.

"This is... the headquarters of Sunlight Group?"

As a lifelong resident of East River Province, Li Xianyu couldn't possibly have been unfamiliar with Sunlight Group. The Nutrient Solution at her home and the supplements her older sister used were almost all made by Sunlight Group.

Sunlight Group's nutritional products were a little more expensive than other brands, but they were worth the price.

Seeing Chen Lie head straight for Sunlight Tower after getting off, Li Xianyu couldn't help asking, "Senior, are you here on business with Sunlight Group?"

"Yeah. Just follow behind me," Chen Lie replied.

Li Xianyu nodded. She had never been somewhere like this before, and couldn't help feeling uneasy.

When Chen Lie and Li Xianyu reached the entrance to Sunlight Tower, two security guards immediately blocked their way.

"Stop. This is Sunlight Group. Unauthorized personnel aren't allowed inside."

Just then, a woman in formal attire hurried over.

"Are you blind? Mr. Chen is the CEO's honored guest. What did I tell you yesterday? Hurry up and let Mr. Chen Lie through!"

The two security guards stepped aside, looking sheepish.

"Mr. Chen, please follow me."

The woman in formal attire led Chen Lie into the lobby on the first floor of Sunlight Tower.

Li Xianyu followed behind Chen Lie, feeling uneasy. She had never imagined that Chen Lie was an honored guest of Sunlight Group's CEO.

This was Sunlight Group—the towering mountain that every person in Dongchuan Province could only look up to.

"Mr. Chen, the CEO is in her office on the twenty-eighth floor. You can go straight in. As for your friend, she can wait in the reception room for a while. Would that be all right?"

Chen Lie turned to glance at Li Xianyu and nodded. "That's fine."

"Good. Please follow me."

The woman in formal attire gave Li Xianyu a quick wink. Li Xianyu understood at once and followed her toward the reception room.