Purity of Mental Power

The group arrived on the third floor, and Chen Lie felt the space suddenly open up. The entire floor was deserted, its layout resembling a crystalline barrier.

"The Divine Sense Master assessment consists of three stages: the first is mental power purity, and the second is mental power intensity.

The third stage is optional; it is a test of potential within the sea of consciousness.

As long as you pass the first two stages and your mental power intensity and purity meet the standards, you are considered to have passed the Divine Sense Master assessment and may choose not to participate in the third stage.

However, if you pass the third stage, you will receive a reward issued by the Divine Sense Master Association."

"What kind of reward?" Chen Lie asked.

"Naturally, it is a reward that aids in the cultivation of mental power."

"Fine, let's begin!" Chen Lie nodded.

"The first stage is the assessment of mental power purity."

As he spoke, Wei Changshan called over two staff members carrying a tray, upon which lay many transparent crystal cards.

"Infuse your mental power into this specially crafted crystal card. During the process, you must infuse as much mental power as possible, but you must not let the card shatter from the pressure, or you will fail."

Chen Lie nodded, stepped forward to pick up the crystal card, and began to infuse it with his mental power.

In just a few dozen seconds, the crystal card shifted from transparent to golden yellow.

"Done!"

Chen Lie placed the crystal card back.

"You've finished infusing your mental power?" Wei Changshan asked.

"Yes."

"How is it so fast?"

"Is it difficult for others?"

"This isn't a matter of speed. To be able to fully infuse a crystal card with mental power this quickly—such control of mental power, even for a high-ranking Divine Sense Master, would be... never mind, take it to be diluted!"

Wei Changshan waved his hand and summoned a staff member.

At this moment, Shen Miaowei also cast a glance at Chen Lie with a slightly complex expression.

Chen Lie saw this, remaining outwardly calm while calculating inwardly.

It seemed he had revealed too many extraordinary traits.

However, he did not understand the local Divine Sense Masters of Blue Star, and naturally, he did not know what caliber they were.

Seeing this now, the Blue Star Divine Sense Masters were even worse than he had anticipated, so he would have to be more restrained.

In the path of a Divine Sense Master, he could be a genius, he could be extraordinary, but he could not exceed the norm, let alone shatter common perception. Forcing himself to show off would only bring him harm rather than benefit.

"Let me explain the mental power purity test currently underway.

This crystal card infused with your mental power will be diluted across one hundred crystal cards.

If your mental power can cause all one hundred of these cards to change color, you pass.

Begin the dilution!"

Wei Changshan said.

Chen Lie had roughly understood the process of the mental power purity test from the staff on-site.

Once a crystal card is infused with mental power, it will display one of five colors based on the strength of the power within: golden yellow, bright yellow, dark yellow, pale yellow, or transparent.

The general idea is to see how much intensity remains after the mental power is diluted one hundred times. If all one hundred diluted cards turn transparent, it means the mental power has been depleted after the hundred-fold dilution, signifying failure.

Having cultivated the Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter, a national-level supreme technique of the Central Galactic Empire, Chen Lie's mental power refinement had long reached an unfathomable level.

Never mind a hundred-fold dilution, even if it were diluted a thousand times, his mental power purity would not necessarily be exhausted.

Fortunately, he had held back earlier, secretly suppressing over ninety percent of his mental power's refinement.

Following the actions of the Divine Sense Master Association staff, the specially crafted crystal card infused with Chen Lie's mental power slowly flowed into the one hundred cards.

The one hundred crystal cards began to turn pale yellow at a speed visible to the naked eye, then dark yellow, and finally, bright yellow.

Seeing this, not only were the two young women, Shen Miaowei and Shen Feixue, dumbfounded, but even Wei Changshan was filled with astonishment.

"How is it possible for your mental power purity to be this high?"

Even for a Divine Sense Master who has already entered the ranks, it should be impossible to remain at the bright yellow level after the mental power has been diluted one hundred times, right?

"Could it be that you are only one step away from entering the ranks? But even if you had entered the ranks, you couldn't possibly have such high mental power purity. How exactly did you do it?" Wei Changshan questioned.

"I naturally have my own methods. Let's proceed to the next test."

Regarding this question, Chen Lie simply waved his hand.

He had not expected that even though he had only revealed the tip of the iceberg of his mental power foundation, it would still shock others.

The national-level mental power cultivation method of the Central Galactic Empire was truly a dimensional strike to the Divine Sense Masters of Blue Star.

"You don't have to say it for me to guess; you must have used a mental power treasure from outside the stars. Otherwise, it would be impossible to cultivate mental power to this level of purity."

Wei Changshan suddenly thought of something. She looked at the somewhat discouraged Shen Miaowei and said, "Miaowei, child, you don't need to be discouraged. This guy must be from a province outside the Zhang Constellation where martial arts are more prosperous, likely one of the top ten provinces on Blue Star where martial arts are rich and flourishing."

The top ten provinces of Blue Star possess certain major powers that can purchase extraterrestrial psychic treasures through special channels.

With the use of extraterrestrial psychic treasures, it is not strange for one's psychic power purity to reach such a level.

"Compared to the top-tier Divine Sense Master geniuses of Blue Star, your only disadvantage is having been born in a province like Chuanzhong, which is barren in both psychic power and martial arts. Otherwise, your achievements would only be higher."

Shen Miaowei nodded. Having heard Wei Changshan's words, she felt much better and said, "Thank you, Grandpa Wei. I will not be discouraged."

If Chen Lie had reached this level of psychic cultivation due to his own innate talent, she would have been convinced, but because Chen Lie used a psychic treasure, she did not believe she was inferior to him.

This guy, he actually came from one of the ten most prosperous provinces for martial arts on Blue Star?

Shen Feixue glanced at Chen Lie. Although their Shen family's Lingfeng Group was a behemoth in Cloud River Province and even famous across the eight provinces of Chuanshan, if placed in the top ten developed provinces of Blue Star, it would likely rank outside the top 100.

"Hmm, then let us proceed to the next test."

As Wei Changshan spoke, he led Chen Lie to the exterior of a corridor that was a full hundred meters long.

He introduced it to Chen Lie: "This is a psychic strength testing corridor, jointly set up by three Divine Sense Masters. The corridor is filled with psychic barrier mist.

The requirement for this stage is to test how many meters your psychic power can reach within the mist-filled corridor. Breaking through 30 meters of psychic barrier mist is considered a passing grade.

Begin!"

Chen Lie walked to the psychic strength testing corridor and extended a wisp of his psychic power into the barrier mist of the corridor.

This time, Chen Lie was even more restrained; he controlled his psychic power until it reached nearly 90 meters before bringing it to a halt.

Immediately following, a "ding-dong, ding-dong" sound echoed from within the corridor.

"Hmm? 89 meters!"

Wei Changshan was the first to react, looking toward Chen Lie.

"The strength of your psychic power is capable of breaking through 89 meters of psychic barrier mist. Your talent in the path of a Divine Sense Master is truly one in ten thousand."

At this moment, Shen Feixue muttered softly from the side, "It's only 89 meters, what's so impressive about that? Sister Wei reached 91 meters back then."

Shen Miaowei finally let out a sigh of relief.

The pressure exerted on her by a Divine Sense Master genius from the top ten provinces of Blue Star had been immense; now, she finally had one area where she could surpass Chen Lie.