Mental Power Purity

The group arrived on the third floor, and Chen Lie felt as though his view had suddenly opened up. The entire floor was empty, and its layout resembled a crystalline barrier.

"There are three stages to the Mind Reader assessment. The first is mental power purity, and the second is mental power strength.

"The third is optional: a potential test of your sea of consciousness.

"As long as you pass the first two stages and meet the standards for mental power strength and purity, you will have passed the Mind Reader assessment and may skip the third stage.

"But if you pass the third stage, you will receive a reward from the Mind Reader Association."

"What kind of reward?" Chen Lie asked.

"Naturally, rewards that aid in mental power cultivation."

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

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

As he spoke, Wei Changshan summoned two staff members carrying a tray filled with transparent crystal cards.

"Pour your mental power into this specially made crystal card. During the process, pour in as much as you can, but do not let the card shatter from being unable to withstand your mental power. Otherwise, it will count as a failure."

Chen Lie nodded, stepped forward, picked up a crystal card, and began pouring his mental power into it.

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

"That's enough."

Chen Lie set the crystal card back down.

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

"Mm."

"Why so quickly?"

"Is it difficult for other people?"

"This isn't a matter of speed. To fill a crystal card with mental power so quickly, that level of mental power control... even a high-ranking Mind Reader would probably... Forget it. Take it to be diluted!"

Wei Changshan waved his hand and called over a staff member.

At that moment, Shen Miaowei also cast Chen Lie a slightly complicated glance.

Chen Lie saw this, but his expression did not change as he quietly considered it to himself.

It seems I've displayed too many extraordinary qualities.

However, he did not understand Blue Star's native Mind Readers, so naturally, he did not know what level they were at.

Now that he had seen them, Blue Star's Mind Readers were even weaker than he had expected. He would have to restrain himself a little more.

On the path of Mind Readers, he could be talented and extraordinary, but he could not exceed all common sense, much less shatter ordinary people's understanding. Showing off too forcefully would only bring him harm, not benefit.

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

"This crystal card filled with your mental power will be diluted into one hundred crystal cards.

"If your mental power can cause all one hundred crystal cards to change color, you will pass.

"Begin the dilution!"

Wei Changshan said.

Chen Lie roughly learned the process of the mental power purity test from the staff on site.

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

In simple terms, it tested how much strength remained after the mental power was diluted a hundredfold. If all one hundred diluted crystal cards turned transparent, it meant that almost none of the mental power remained after being diluted one hundred times, signifying failure.

Chen Lie cultivated the Central Galactic Empire's nation-defining supreme art, the Lingguang Divine Refinement Chapter. The density of his mental power had long reached an inconceivable level.

Not to mention a hundredfold dilution—even if it were diluted a thousand times, the purity of his mental power might not diminish.

Fortunately, he had held back earlier, secretly weakening the density of his mental power by more than ninety percent.

Under the Mind Reader Association staff's operation, the specially made crystal card infused with Chen Lie's mental power slowly flowed into one hundred crystal cards.

The hundred crystal cards began changing at a visible rate, gradually turning pale yellow, then dark yellow, and finally bright yellow.

At this sight, not only were the two girls, Shen Miaowei and Shen Feixue, dumbfounded, but even Wei Changshan was filled with astonishment.

"How can your mental power purity be this high?"

Even an officially ranked Mind Reader could not possibly remain at the bright-yellow level after their mental power had been diluted a hundredfold, could they?

"Could it be that you're only one step away from advancing in rank? But even after advancing, your mental power purity couldn't possibly be this high. How exactly did you do it?" Wei Changshan demanded.

"Of course I have my own methods. Proceed with the next test."

Chen Lie merely waved a hand in response.

He had not expected that, despite revealing only the tip of the iceberg of his Mind Reader foundation, he would still shock everyone so greatly.

The Central Galactic Empire's nation-defining mental power cultivation method was truly a crushing advantage over Blue Star's Mind Readers.

"Even if you won't say it, I can guess. You must have used a mental power treasure from beyond the stars. Otherwise, it would be impossible to cultivate your mental power to this degree of purity."

Wei Changshan suddenly came to a realization. Looking at the somewhat dispirited Shen Miaowei, he said, "Miaowei, you don't need to feel discouraged. This fellow must come from a province outside Sichuan where martial arts are more prosperous. It should even be one of Blue Star's top ten wealthy and flourishing martial arts provinces.

"Some major factions in Blue Star's top ten provinces can purchase mental power treasures from beyond the stars through special channels.

"With a mental power treasure from beyond the stars, it is not strange for one's mental power purity to reach this level.

"Compared to the top Mind Reader geniuses on Blue Star, you are only lacking because you were born in a province like central Sichuan, where both mental power and martial arts are poor. Otherwise, your achievements would only be greater."

Shen Miaowei nodded. Wei Changshan's words made her feel much better, and she said, "Thank you, Grandpa Wei. I won't be discouraged."

If Chen Lie had cultivated his mental power to this level purely through his own talent, she would have been completely convinced. But since he had used a mental power treasure, she did not believe she was inferior to him.

"This guy actually came from one of Blue Star's ten most prosperous martial arts provinces?"

Shen Feixue glanced at Chen Lie. Although the Shen family's Spirit Wind Group was a corporate giant in Cloud River and was even renowned throughout the Eight Provinces of Sichuan and Shaanxi, if it were placed in one of Blue Star's top ten developed provinces, it would likely rank outside the top hundred.

"Mm. Then let's proceed with the next test."

As Wei Changshan spoke, he led Chen Lie outside a corridor that was a full hundred meters long.

He introduced it to Chen Lie. "This is a mental power strength testing passage, jointly set up by three Mind Reader masters. The passage is filled with mental obstruction mist.

"The requirement for this stage is to test how many meters your mental power can reach through the passage's mental obstruction. Breaking through thirty meters of mental obstruction mist counts as passing.

"Begin!"

Chen Lie walked to the mental power strength testing passage and sent a strand of his mental power plunging into the obstructing mist.

This time, Chen Lie restrained himself even more. He controlled his mental power until it reached nearly ninety meters, then let it stall there.

Immediately afterward, a series of chimes rang out from within the passage.

"Hm? Eighty-nine meters!"

Wei Changshan was the first to react, turning to look at Chen Lie.

"Your mental power strength can break through eighty-nine meters of mental obstruction mist. Your talent on the path of Mind Readers is truly one in ten thousand."

At that moment, Shen Feixue muttered softly from the side, "It's only eighty-nine meters. What's so impressive about that? Sister Wei reached ninety-one meters back then."

Shen Miaowei finally let out a sigh of relief.

The pressure brought by a Mind Reader genius from one of Blue Star's top ten provinces had been immense. Now, she finally had something in which she was stronger than Chen Lie.