A Surge in Strength

Chen Lie's Ren Water Kidney was not fully cultivated.

The human body has two kidneys, which, according to the "Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique," are divided into Yin Kidney and Yang Kidney.

If one cultivates the Ren Water Kidney, both kidneys will emit black and blue light.

Blue light corresponds to the Yang Kidney, while black light corresponds to the Yin Kidney.

The cultivation of Yin and Yang in the kidneys is crucial for future cultivation of True Qi Stage.

After the Five Viscera internal organs have cultivated and refined the Five Elements True Qi) Five Elements True Qi, the yin and yang kidneys can be further refined into the Two Forms True Qi Yin-Yang Qi.

Greater Yin True Qi, Greater Yang True Qi.

The two Yin-Yang Qi Lunar, Solar cultivated to their highest level, can evolve into "Primordial Infinity True Qi" under the harmony of Yin and Yang. The mark of a martial arts genius in the Central Galactic Empire is the ability to cultivate the invincible Primordial True Qi at the True Qi Stage. Therefore, when laying the foundation for Primordial True Qi, Chen Lie naturally would not allow himself to fall behind.

It is important to understand that if you fall behind at one step, you will fall behind at every step. If you cannot keep up at a certain stage, it will be even more difficult to surpass in the future.

As the power of the Huan Water Lotus was exhausted, Chen Lie's second kidney emitted a strong black light, reflecting off the blue light on the other side. "The Ren Water Kidney is complete! Next, it's time to Blood Qi Value..."

Chen Lie put the two Thousand-Year Spirit Medicine that boosted his Blood Qi Value and the two Martial Dao Rare Treasure Strength Value into his mouth, then grabbed the Star Liquid and drank it all in one gulp.

Suddenly, a chaotic energy dissipated within his abdomen.

Chen Lie rapidly circulated his Qi and blood according to the methods in the "Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique".

In an instant, hundreds of millions of cells in his body transformed into ravenous dragons, frantically devouring energy.

Throughout the Cultivation Room, the powerful energy of blood and qi surged and transformed into the shape of a dragon, rampaging wildly within the Cultivation Room.

Students passing by outside heard the commotion Cultivation Room and immediately felt something was amiss.

"The Cultivation Room is for quiet meditation. Who's practicing martial arts there? The Martial Arts Arena Cultivation Room right outside. They're not even willing to walk a few more steps. Aren't they just too lazy?"

Cultivation Room, Chen Lie's body was rapidly absorbing four types of martial arts resources and the energy from a bottle of Fixed Star.

After an unknown amount of time, the energy within Chen Lie's body gradually calmed down.

After meditating on the cultivation platform for a while, Chen Lie left the Cultivation Room.

At this moment, he had reached the middle stage of the Five Viscera Organ Refining Stage. He had successfully cultivated three of the five internal organs: the Vajra Lung, the Yimu Liver, and the Ren Water Kidney. His blood and qi were surging, and even his strength had increased by 5,000 jun.

Upon arriving at the testing area outside, Chen Lie first went to a Blood Essence Detector and had his blood and qi tested.

Chen Lie stood in the testing area. As the blue light swept across, the Blood Essence Detector began to announce the test results.

"Beep, test complete. Blood Qi Value: 2216.11 calories."

Chen Lie walked out of the scanning area of Blood Essence Detector and went to the Strength Detector next to it.

He threw a powerful punch at the target of the Strength Detector.

With a loud "boom," a string of numbers appeared above the Strength Detector.

"Strength: 28690.65 jun (a unit of weight)."

"Two thousand two hundred calories of Qi and blood, more than twenty-eight thousand jun of strength, Strength Value is 12.9 times, strength increased by 5,000 jun compared to last time, Strength Value is 0.3 times."

It seems the Star Liquid really has amazing effects...

The increase of five thousand jin of strength was definitely a surge in power. Chen Lie once his Strength Value reached this level, relying solely on Martial Dao Rare Treasure that could improve the purity of his blood and qi could only ensure that his Strength Value would not drop while his Blood Qi Value were increasing.

The fact that the Strength Value increased by 0.3 times this time must be due to the miraculous effect of a bottle of Star Liquid.

The first use of Star Liquid yields the strongest effects, typically increasing one's Strength Value by 0.2 times. However, Chen Lie's <Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique> is a top-tier martial arts secret technique of the Central Galactic Empire, reaching the Blood-Qi Stage, allowing him to fully utilize it and amplify the effects of the Star Liquid.

"If I could get ten more bottles of Star Liquid, I should be able to increase my Strength Value to more than 13.4 times."

With a 13.4 times Strength Value, plus the boost from mastering the Viscera Refining Vajra and Pure Yang Precious Blood, I definitely have a chance to reach 15 times Strength Value. Only by reaching 15 times Strength Value can I hope to reach the Third Ultimate Realm of the Blood-Qi Stage, a realm where the body is as strong as a dragon and the Qi and Blood are as vast as the sea. After standing in front of the Strength Detector for a while, Chen Lie turned and walked away.

He glanced at the time and realized it was already 8:30 PM, almost 9 PM, so he went straight back to his Dormitory.

Upon entering the Dormitory, Chen Lie saw the Consciousness Spirit Illustrated Handbook"that Ruan Liusu had brought him earlier that day. He picked up the booklet, sat on the sofa, and casually flipped through it. The first page of the Consciousness Spirit Illustrated Handbook" featured a lifelike image of a giant black dragon.

[Consciousness Spirit - Dark Ghost Dragon, the first Heaven-Grade Consciousness Spirit in the Canglan Star Domain, can amplify Mental Power attacks by 16-22 times, is effective against all Consciousness Spirit below the Heaven-Grade, and can create illusions to make people lose their way...]

The creation of the Dark Ghost Dragon Consciousness Spirit is extremely difficult. It's nearly impossible to succeed with a Mental Power score below 180,000,000. Even if one manages to create it by chance, it's difficult to control if the Mental Power score in the Sea of Consciousness is below 1,800,000, unless the Mental Power level reaches the Seventh Tier...

[Consciousness Spirit - Dark Ghost Dragon: A brief description of the method for creating this Consciousness Spirit before entering the Divine Sense Master level: The difficulty of creating this Consciousness Spirit is Infinity Building high. Entering the Divine Sense Master level can only create the prototype of the "Dark Ghost Dragon". Only second- or Third-Rank Divine Sense Master can complete the creation successfully...]

"Creating illusions? That ability is similar to that of the second-tier star god, Golden Sheep."

However, judging from his profile, Chen Lie knew that this "Dark Ghost Dragon" First-Rank Divine Sense Master could only create a prototype when he entered the Divine Sense Master realm because his cultivation level was not high enough.

This is similar to his Consciousness Spirit "Vermilion Bird Divine Image," but because the "Vermilion Bird Divine Image" is more powerful, he was only qualified to create Vermilion Bird Divine Image when he reached the eighth level of the Divine Sense Grandmaster.

From the first to the Seventh Tier of Mental Power, each level can only successfully create a part of the Vermilion Bird Divine Image, which is the Seven Star Gods.

Chen Lie turned to the next page of the Consciousness Spirit Illustrated Handbook, and a golden roc came into view.

[Consciousness Spirit - Golden Winged Thunder Roc, the second Heaven-Grade Consciousness Spirit in the Canglan Star Domain, can amplify Mental Power attacks by 15-22 times, is effective against all Consciousness Spirit below the Heaven-Grade, is of the Thunder attribute, and is effective against all Thunder-attribute Consciousness Spirit. Mental Power attacks are like being struck by a thousand thunderbolts...]

The Golden Winged Thunder Roc Consciousness Spirit is extremely difficult to forge. It is nearly impossible to succeed if Sea of Consciousness's Mental Power is below 180,000,000 points. Even if one manages to forge it by chance, it is difficult to control if one's Mental Power in the sea of consciousness is below 1,800,000 points, unless Mental Power realm reaches the sixth level...

[Consciousness Spirit - Golden Winged Thunder Roc: A Brief Explanation of the Forging Method Before Entering the Rank of Divine Sense Master...]

Chen Lie flipped through several pages and saw several introductions to the Consciousness Spirit. He discovered that the Consciousness Spirit on the first few pages of the Consciousness Spirit Illustrated Handbook were all powerful Consciousness Spirit.

For Divine Sense Master, the Consciousness Spirit is a person's weapon. The Consciousness Spirit forged by an advanced Divine Sense Master is like forging an irreplaceable weapon. If the weapon is not powerful, everything else is in vain.

The vast numerical value of the Sea of Consciousness can be compared to human strength, because only a person with great strength can better control and master a weapon and fully unleash its power.

Therefore, only those Divine Sense Master with strong Sea of Consciousness and Consciousness Spirit can be considered truly outstanding Divine Sense Master.

After flipping through several more pages, Chen Lie came across an introduction to the Consciousness Spirit a ferocious beast in the Consciousness Spirit Illustrated Handbook.

[Consciousness Spirit - Suanni, the 34th Heaven-Grade Consciousness Spirit in the Canglan Star Domain, can amplify Mental Power attacks by 11-15 times, and is effective against all Consciousness Spirit below the Heaven-Grade...][Consciousness Spirit - Suanni, extremely difficult to forge, very difficult to forge if the Sea of Consciousness value is below 1,700,000 points...]

In no time, Chen Lie had finished reading through the Heaven-Grade Consciousness Spirit.

These four levels of Consciousness Spirit —mortal, spiritual, earthly, and heavenly—though created by the Canglan Star Domain itself, are quite interesting. They divide Consciousness Spirit into different grades based on strength.

But when Chen Lie saw the Consciousness Spirit at the Earth, Spirit, and Mortal-Grade, he instantly lost interest.

Earth-Grade Consciousness Spirit is barely passable, but Spirit-Grade- Consciousness Spirit and Mortal-Grade Consciousness Spirit have completely ruined them.

It can be said that Divine Sense Master creates a spiritual Consciousness Spirit has little potential, but a divine Consciousness Spirit Consciousness Spirit creates Mortal-Grade consciousness, such as a knife or sword, which doesn't even have any attributes, truly has no potential whatsoever.

It took Chen Lie two hours to read through all 1,897 kinds of Consciousness Spirit in the Consciousness Spirit Illustrated Handbook, but at the end, he saw the annotation on the Consciousness Spirit Illustrated Handbook: "Compiled and edited in the 7352nd year of the Galactic Calendar of the Canglan Star Domain".

(Note: Due to the complex Interstellar Relations, this Consciousness Spirit Illustrated Handbook cannot be completely compiled. It only covers 90 Consciousness Spirit in the Canglan Star Domain. Most of the missing types are high-level Consciousness Spirit of Earth-Grade and above.)

Chen Lie put down the Consciousness Spirit Illustrated Handbook, returned to his bedroom, and sat cross-legged on the bed to cultivate the <Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter>.

He now cultivates his Mental Power almost every night. His Mental Power in the mid-stage of the first rank is only one step away from the late stage of the first rank, but without the corresponding Mental Power cultivation resources, it is really difficult to take that step.

After cultivating his Mental Power all night, Chen Lie left his bedroom to wash up the next morning and then left the Dormitory.

Chen Lie arrived at the classroom on the first floor, but before he could even enter, he was stopped outside by Tang Guanlin, who suddenly appeared.

"Chen Lie, I have something to discuss with you. Let's find somewhere else to talk," Tang Guanlin said calmly, looking at Chen Lie.

"Just say what you want to say, don't waste my time."

Seeing Chen Lie's attitude, Tang Guanlin frowned almost imperceptibly and said, "I know you are the Martial Leader of East River Province. You should be like me, and should have joined the Genius Class, but by some twist of fate you ended up in the Key Class."

"East River Province ranks 76th in the Blue Star Martial Arts Index. Provinces Blue Star Martial Arts Index top 60 generally have strength only at the Tendon Refining Period." Chen Lie waved his hand and said, "Get to the point. I don't have time for your nonsense."

Tang Guanlin knew that the Martial Leader of a province was bound to be unruly, even in a barren place like East River Province, because the Martial Leader was a lawless local tyrant in his province.

Tang Guanlin was not surprised by Chen Lie's attitude. He continued, "With your current martial arts strength, even being in the Key Class will not affect your progress. But I am different. I am in the Organ Refining Stage, and the environment of the Key Class can no longer meet my needs for martial arts progress."

Therefore, I request that you temporarily withdraw from this Class Promotion Assessment. Since the environment of the Key Class is perfectly adequate for you, even if you wait another half a month in the Key Class, it won't have any impact on you, right?"

Chen Lie said expressionlessly, "How dare you come here and tell me to withdraw from the Class Promotion Assessment without any explanation?"

Tang Guanlin was furious that Chen Lie dared to speak so disrespectfully to him.

"How dare you speak so disrespectfully to a member of Genius Group from one of the top ten provinces of Blue Star!"

He suppressed his anger. "It seems you've gotten used to running rampant in East River Province and don't know that there are always people more powerful than you. Just you wait, I'll show you that, in the entire Blue Star, the East River Province Martial Leader is nothing!"

"Idiot!"

Chen Lie glanced at Tang Guanlin and then walked directly into the classroom.

As soon as Chen Lie entered the classroom, Huang Yuande quickly followed him in. He caught up with Chen Lie and asked, "Chen Lie, what did that show-off Tang Guanlin say to you just now?"

"He asked me to give up the Class Promotion Assessment," Chen Liedao.

"So, did you agree?"

What do you think?

"If it were me, I definitely wouldn't agree to him. That damn Tang Guanlin, he's such a show-off. Even if I didn't need this spot, I wouldn't give it to a dog. You're not going to give it up, are you?" Huang Yuande said.

"I didn't allow it." Chen Lie shook his head.

"That's right, let's find a spot!"

Upon hearing Chen Lie's reply, Huang Yuande grinned sheepishly and sat down with Chen Lie.

Then, Tang Guanlin narrowed his eyes.

Being able to injure and kill someone during a martial arts competition in East Su Province, he is naturally a ruthless person.

If this had happened in the past, and this kid named Chen Lie dared to speak so arrogantly to him, he would have already taught him a lesson; breaking his legs would have been the least of his worries.

However, after being expelled from the Sudong Province Genius Group for killing someone in the martial arts competition, he became much more restrained and no longer as arrogant as before. At this moment, Chi Naixue walked from outside the classroom to Tang Guanlin's side.

"Tang, I just saw you and Chen Lie talking outside the classroom. You only exchanged a few words before you walked away unhappily. What happened?" Tang Guanlin greeted Chi Naixue and said, "Nothing much, it's just that the first class Class Promotion Assessment is about to start. There are only two nomination slots in the class."

Class monitor Mu Ningshu has already been pre-selected by the instructor and has secured a spot, while you, due to your exceptional Mental Power, can directly enter the Genius Class without participating in the Class Promotion Assessment.

There are currently two people in our class competing for this one open spot in the Class Promotion Assessment: Chen Lie and I.

My mentor said yesterday that the first Class Promotion Assessment was very strict, and not many people below the Bone Refining stage had passed the assessment.

Therefore, I think that having Chen Lie voluntarily give up his spot in the competition is a good idea. Firstly, his strength might not be enough to pass the Class Promotion Assessment, and he might waste this opportunity. Secondly, given his martial arts level, even if he stays in the Key Class for an extra half month, it won't hinder his progress in martial arts."

"Oh? Just the two of you? Liu Hengyu from Sunan Province didn't participate in the competition for the Class Promotion Assessment?" Chi Naixue asked.

Tang Guanlin said, "He participated, but then withdrew."

Chi Naixue hummed in agreement. She assumed that Tang Guanlin had found a way to get Liu Hengyu out of the competition for the spot, so she said, "Judging from what you saw just now, it was Chen Lie who rejected you?"

"He not only refused, but also verbally abused me," Tang Guanlin said expressionlessly.

"Chen Lie is, after all, the Martial Leader in a province, so it's understandable that he's arrogant."

Chi Naixue smiled slightly, "Then how about this, after class I'll talk to Chen Lie on your behalf and ask him to voluntarily give up his spot in the Class Promotion Assessment." "Thank you for your kindness, but you don't need to bother, he won't agree," Tang Guanlin said.

"That's not necessarily true. You guys always argue and never give in. As a girl, if I communicate with him logically and with evidence, he has no reason to disagree."

Tang Guanlin nodded.

By 8 p. m., all the students in 15th Key Class were already sitting neatly in the classroom.

At this moment, Pang Xiuming, the tutor of the Key Class, walked into the classroom and came to the podium.

"Class, yesterday we talked about the Six Steps of Body Refining: Skin Refining, Muscle Refining, and today we'll talk about the Tendon Refining Period tempering stage..."

Pang Xiuming began explaining the martial arts lesson.

Pang Xiuming spoke for more than two hours before finally getting to the matter of the Class Promotion Assessment.

"Yesterday, class monitor Mu Ningshu gave me the list of people who wanted to take the Class Promotion Assessment."

There were two spots for class monitor in our class. Before the election for class monitor, I promised that one of the spots would definitely be for class monitor in the first Class Promotion Assessment.

I glanced at the students who wanted to take the Class Promotion Assessment the day after tomorrow. Besides Mu Ningshu, there were two other students: Chen Lie and Tang Guanlin.

In other words, Chen Lie and Tang Guanlin will be competing for one nomination spot.

I'd like to ask you two students, is there anyone willing to give up this Class Promotion Assessment?

After all, even if we wait until the next Class Promotion Assessment, it will only be half a month.

Two weeks from now, the assessment standards will be even lower, making it easier to pass.

As he spoke, Pang Xiuming looked at Chen Lie and Tang Guanlin in the group of students and found that neither of them had any reaction. He immediately understood that neither of them seemed willing to wait for half a month.

"In that case, let's hold a competition. Whoever wins this competition will get the Class Promotion Assessment spot. This will ensure fairness and impartiality," Pang Xiuming said.

The students below immediately started to jeer.

"A competition? Is it a martial arts sparring match?"

"A martial arts competition is good. Whoever wins the last Duel Platform gets the spot. It's simple and quick!"

"Yes, last time on the Duel Platform, a real man settles his score on the Duel Platform."

Tang Guanlin glanced at Chen Lie. If the problem could be solved on the Duel Platform, things would be much easier.

Pang Xiuming said, "It would be too discordant to decide who gets a spot in the assessment through a martial arts competition."

Well then, our class hasn't yet gone out in full force to hunt Exotic Beast in the Northwest.

Tomorrow morning, all the students in the 15th Key Class will go to the Northwest Frontline to hunt Exotic Beast.

The two of you will compete to see who has hunted more Exotic Beast in the Northwest. The student who hunts more Exotic Beast will be eligible for the Class Promotion Assessment.

The Credit earned from hunting Illusion Beast are distributed equally among the class members.

Distributing the resources equally might be a little unfair to the students who are about to enter the Genius Class, but this is also a contribution that you, the highly capable students, have made to the class."