Blue Star's Ninth

Chen Lie glanced at the woman behind the counter and noticed that she was stealing looks in their direction from time to time.

Seeing Chen Lie's reaction, Wei Changshan immediately understood. He swept his gaze over the staff behind the counter.

"Which one of you took this young man's twenty thousand Star Credits? Step forward yourselves!"

As Wei Changshan's words fell, the woman behind the counter and a young staff member trembled as they stepped out from behind it.

"Very well. You abused your positions at the Mind Reader Association to extort money from examinees.

"You have severely damaged the Mind Reader Association's reputation. Go turn yourselves in to the authorities."

Wei Changshan waved a hand at the two before him.

Upon hearing Wei Changshan's words, the young staff member and the woman turned pale with fear, but they could only turn around and leave dejectedly.

"Wait!"

At that moment, Chen Lie called out to stop them. The two immediately looked delighted, thinking that Chen Lie was softhearted because of his youth and wanted to persuade the president to show them mercy.

"Return my deposit before you leave."

Hearing Chen Lie's words, the joy on their faces instantly vanished again.

The young staff member stepped forward and transferred the twenty thousand Star Credits to Chen Lie. Then, the two left the Mind Reader Association's lobby together.

After leaving the Mind Reader Association, the young staff member asked, "Sister Hua, what do we do? Are we really going to turn ourselves in?"

The woman looked distraught. "President Wei has already spoken. Do you dare not go? You might not even know how you die tomorrow.

"Damn it, how could someone so young pass the Mind Reader examination?

"We're finished. We picked a fight with someone we couldn't afford to offend."

Inside the Mind Reader Association's service hall, Wei Changshan said, "Don't take it to heart, young friend Chen Lie. Any organization has its fair share of all sorts of people. A few petty, corrupt scoundrels are unavoidable."

"I understand." Chen Lie nodded.

"Now that I have my Mind Reader certificate, it's time for me to go. Farewell, President Wei."

After saying that, Chen Lie bade Wei Changshan goodbye and left the Mind Reader Association.

Wei Changshan watched Chen Lie leave but did not step forward to see him off.

"Grandpa Wei."

At that moment, Shen Miaowei and Shen Feixue came down to the first floor.

Wei Changshan glanced at them and said, "Miaowei, remember this. If you encounter any problems in your mental power cultivation, ask Chen Lie. Don't be too embarrassed to do so.

"His mental power cultivation method comes from beyond the stars. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to forge his consciousness sea world into a star."

"But... would he answer my questions?" Shen Miaowei asked.

"He probably will. Just don't be too shy to ask when the time comes.

"You don't need to feel discouraged, either. Your aptitude is not much worse than his. It's only because your cultivation environments differ that such a huge gap has formed.

"The construction of one's consciousness sea world depends heavily on one's mental power cultivation method. Chen Lie has an innate advantage in this regard, since he possesses a mental power cultivation method from beyond the stars. Many Mind Reader geniuses from Blue Star's top ten provinces cannot compare to him."

"Mm, I understand!" Shen Miaowei nodded.

"Also, that Star Soul God-Tempering Vine will be of great use to you. If possible, go home and ask your family to help you find the ten martial arts treasures Chen Lie asked for."

At that moment, Shen Feixue said, "He came from a barren place like East River Province. Has he even seen martial arts treasures before? Yet he opened his mouth and demanded three right away. What an outrageous appetite!"

Shen Miaowei rolled her eyes at Shen Feixue. "Feixue, a single mental power treasure would be more than enough to exchange for ten martial arts treasures. Stop talking nonsense."

Wei Changshan said, "The Mind Reader Association's central network system evaluated Chen Lie as having the potential to become a Grandmaster-level Mind Reader. That assessment cannot be baseless.

"If possible, your Shen Family should be more generous. Giving him four or five martial arts treasures would be fine. Consider it an investment in a future connection."

Shen Feixue looked utterly unwilling at Wei Changshan's words, while Shen Miaowei fell into thought.

Never mind whether Chen Lie could become a Mind Reader Grandmaster in the future—even if she used several martial arts treasures in exchange for occasional guidance from someone cultivating a mental power cultivation method from beyond the stars, it would still be worth it.

"Sister Wei, I'll go ask my dad to help. Chen Lie only gave us ten days, and some rarer martial arts treasures really aren't easy to find in such a short time."

"Alright!"

Shen Miaowei nodded at Shen Feixue.

Meanwhile, Chen Lie left the Mind Reader Association and arrived at the airship parking area. He found the airship's hatch closed, with neither Wang Hui nor Meng Jing in sight.

Chen Lie took out his communicator and called Wang Hui. The call connected immediately.

"Hello? Where did you go?"

Wang Hui said, "My cousin and I took a walk around nearby. Did you pass the Mind Reader examination?"

"I passed. I already have my Mind Reader certificate."

"Good. Wait for me by the airship. We'll head back right away."

With that, Wang Hui hung up.

Chen Lie put away his communicator and waited beside the airship.

Before long, Wang Hui and Meng Jing arrived at the airship.

"Chen Lie, you passed the Mind Reader examination? How was it so fast? Was the test that easy?"

The moment Wang Hui arrived, he could not help asking.

"It was alright. Isn't that how exams work? What's hard for those who can't do it is easy for those who can," Chen Lie said.

"That makes sense. Where's your Mind Reader certificate? Let me see what it looks like."

Chen Lie handed his Mind Reader certificate to Wang Hui.

After taking the certificate and looking at it, Wang Hui could not help asking, "What is this special annotation? A consciousness sea score of 2.76 million?

"And ranked ninth on Blue Star's Apprentice Mind Reader score list—is that impressive?"

"Ninth on Blue Star?"

When Meng Jing heard that from behind them, he hurried over and took a look at the Mind Reader certificate.

"It really is ninth on Blue Star. No wonder, no wonder President Zhao valued you so highly!"

Wang Hui could not help asking, "Cousin, do you know anything about this ranking list?"

Meng Jing shook his head. "I don't know anything about it, but I do know that Blue Star has over ten billion people. Being ninth among more than ten billion people would be unimaginable in any field, much less among such an elite and rare group as Mind Readers."

"That really is impressive."

After thinking about it, Wang Hui could not help nodding.

"Chen Lie, you're really about to take off this time. This is ninth on Blue Star! Even being ninth in martial arts in East River Province would qualify someone for the Provincial Youth Genius Group."

As he spoke, Wang Hui returned the Mind Reader certificate to Chen Lie. Since he had never interacted with Mind Readers before, Wang Hui had no real concept of them. He simply believed martial arts to be the foundation of everything, and thought that being ninth on Blue Star's Apprentice Mind Reader ranking carried far less weight than being a member of East River Province's Provincial Youth Genius Group as the province's ninth-ranked martial artist.

"It's only a ranking list. It doesn't really mean much."

Chen Lie accepted the Mind Reader certificate and put it into his pocket. Then he asked, "Brother Meng, you stayed in Cloud River Province before. Do you know where I can buy resources like tonics or medicines that increase vitality and blood?"

Meng Jing asked, "For which stage?"

Chen Lie said, "For after vitality and blood surpasses one hundred."

Wang Hui could not help saying, "Wait, Chen Lie, your vitality and blood has surpassed one hundred? Are you serious? I remember that when we tested at the martial arts gym a month ago, you only had 0.93 Cal."