spiritual scholar

Third level of mental strength

"Already checked, no possession by the Dream Tribe." In another single room, Feng Xingchen looked at the young man in front of him in astonishment:

"The mutated Dream Virus in your body has all gone into a dormant state, and your immune system will soon eliminate them. This proves that the master of these viruses is dead. Did you really kill it?"

Unbelievable!

Jaw-dropping!

Faceless Ones are high-level minions of the Dream Tribe, corresponding to the human level of Awakening! But for a human at the Awakening level to enter the dream world and kill it, one person is generally not enough; it usually requires several people.

Just as the Dream Tribe is weakened when they come to reality, humans are also weakened when they enter the dream world. The objective environment of the dream world changes according to one's thoughts. The Dream Tribe has a high degree of control over these changes, while humans find it difficult to control, making it easy for the Dream Tribe to gain an advantage from the objective environment!

Feng Xingchen and his team had cultivators who could enter the dream world, but those cultivators prioritized rescuing the victims at the North Station.

Because those victims were in a dream created by a demon-level Dream Tribe member, once the demon died and they entered the dream, if they didn't rescue quickly, the risks and dangers would be immense.

Up to now, the dream rescue team was still asleep, not yet awakened, and the battle in the dream had not yet been decided.

But Feng Xingchen heard that the battle in the dream world of the high-level Dream Tribe member over here was already over? Someone summoned a warship in the dream and blasted the high-level Dream Tribe member to smithereens?

How was that possible? Feng Xingchen's first reaction was that someone was accidentally possessed by the Dream Tribe! But after a thorough check, they found no one was possessed by the Dream Tribe. It seemed the Dream Tribe member was indeed dead.

Looking at the incredulous cultivator in front of him, Su Xiao said helplessly:

"I used a trick. The manifested warship is something most people are familiar with, so their collective imagination helped me make up for the shortcomings of the manifested object."

"As you know, a multi-person dream is essentially a community of imagination. I also relied on the power of others to achieve it."

Feng Xingchen said nothing, remaining silent for a while.

Then he said, "I understand that, but even so, being able to manifest a warship and achieve such a result shows that your mental power is not weaker than the Awakening level."

"At least at the quasi-Awakening level."

"Are you really just an ordinary person?"

Su Xiao shook his head. "I was before, but not anymore."

"Uh?" Feng Xingchen was surprised.

"Now, I'm a quasi-cultivator of the Stardust level, or you can call me a cultivator apprentice," Su Xiao said frankly.

Damn! What kind of quasi-cultivator can kill a high-level Dream Tribe member in the dream world? Feng Xingchen had a headache.

He immediately said, "I want to know if you experienced any changes when you killed this Dream Tribe member, anything different from before? Maybe it was these changes that elevated your mental power."

"And these changes could be caused by the Dream Tribe, but I didn't detect them."

Listening to Feng Xingchen, Su Xiao pondered.

Does the puppet count? But the puppet had been a problem since he was young, and it just got better this morning.

Su Xiao shook his head:

"No. However, my information should indicate that I had a strange illness since childhood. Whenever I cultivated, I would get severe headaches, and I could only cultivate barely in my dreams. This also resulted in me not having a life curse until today."

"Do you think this could be the reason why I adapted to the combat environment of the dream world? After all, the academic community still doesn't have much information about the Dream Tribe's society and ecology. Maybe the Dream Tribe also trained like this when they were young?"

Feng Xingchen fell into deep thought.

He said, "It's possible, indeed. If that's the case, you might be suitable for our emergency rescue team, specializing in emergency situations related to the Dream Tribe."

"But even if you adapted to the dream environment, your mental power is still too high. I still suspect, is it possible that the Dream Tribe deceived you into thinking you won, but it actually lurked in your subconscious?"

"After all, you're just... uh, a quasi-cultivator of the Stardust level."

After saying that, Feng Xingchen realized.

The young man in front of him had already broken through from an ordinary person to the Stardust level? So, his strange illness was cured? Was it related to this Dream Tribe member? Su Xiao sat in the chair, thought for a while, and said:

"How about this, you can test my mental power. If you think I can't eliminate that Dream Tribe member, you can wait for high-level cultivator experts to come and do another hypnosis check or dream divination."

Hypnosis check or dream divination...

Feng Xingchen's eyes sparkled with surprise.

This kid was very familiar with their rescue team's procedures!

Feng Xingchen didn't know that Su Xiao's command level surpassed that of two cultivators and that Su Xiao had a very high level of spiritual energy theory.

"Okay!" Feng Xingchen said, "We'll do a mental power check right away. Young man, you must understand, we're not holding you back. It's for your and the public's safety. If the Dream Tribe member is pretending to be dead and is actually lurking in your mind, it would pose a great threat to you and your family!"

Su Xiao nodded. "Understood."

Soon, Feng Xingchen brought a peculiar instrument. It was entirely white, connected by wires to a diamond-shaped crystal.

"A crystal sensor?" Su Xiao asked in surprise.

"You recognize this?" Feng Xingchen was also a bit surprised.

"We used this in our lab classes," Su Xiao answered honestly. "I thought it was obsolete, a very old instrument."

Feng Xingchen's mouth twitched slightly, feeling a bit embarrassed. "China is too big, and equipment updates are not that fast. Plus, the priority is given to the front lines, so we can only use old ones."

"This thing isn't cost-effective. It burns a crystal every time it's used..." Su Xiao began.

"Ahem... Mr. Su, place your hand on it, relax your body, and meditate," Feng Xingchen interrupted.

He felt a bit aggrieved.

Who's the expert here, and who's being checked?

"You connected the wires wrong. The red wire can't be connected to the transverse stripes. This crystal is a piezoelectric crystal, artificial, with poor spiritual resonance..."

Feng Xingchen, with a dark face, corrected the wires.

They rarely used this instrument, and Feng Xingchen had connected it according to the manual, not noticing the details.

He felt a bit of admiration for Su Xiao. He remembered such small details? Su Xiao wouldn't tell Feng Xingchen that he had been docked points for this detail before. After helping Feng Xingchen check it, he placed his hand on the crystal and entered a meditative state.

The crystal seemed to show no change, only tiny purple ripples.

The instrument connected by many wires displayed four wave patterns on four different screens.

One small screen showed a string of text: Mental Power: Tier 3.

Is it really Tier 3 mental power?

Did he really kill that Dream Tribe member? Feng Xingchen was slightly stunned.