Lam Minh was startled, like someone caught in the act of doing something wrong.
"Um, if I said I was just passing by on my way to the restroom, would you believe me?" Lam Minh said.
It was quite awkward. He could only blame himself for not being able to control himself when picking up attributes.
"Do I look stupid enough to believe your ghostly tales? And who are you?" The beautiful girl's face gradually turned fierce, as if she was about to strike if Lam Minh couldn't explain.
Lam Minh secretly felt that this was not good. Just because he was too curious about the white attribute bubble, he had pushed himself into a difficult situation.
"Actually, I'm being tested to become a new employee at the dojo. I was regulating my breathing after the test when I suddenly saw that you were too beautiful. I couldn't help but come closer to observe," Lam Minh decided to tell 50% truth and 50% lie.
He hoped he could fool the girl in front of him.
"Ah, are you telling the truth? Am I that attractive?" The girl immediately blushed upon hearing Lam Minh's explanation.
???
Seeing the girl's expression, Lam Minh thought to himself, "This shy look is completely contrary to what happened before."
"Yes, truer than gold," Lam Minh replied.
"Um, my name is Quynh Nhu, twenty years old. I'm Master Quoc's fourth disciple. It's a pleasure to meet you," Quynh Nhu said, looking at Lam Minh and introducing herself.
To her, the person in front of her was very pleasing to the eye. "From his face to his height, he's top-tier. I wonder what he's like on the inside. If he's a top-tier weapon on the inside, then this guy is a masterpiece and a good match for someone with a temperament like mine," she thought to herself and licked her lips as she looked at Lam Minh.
Lam Minh suddenly felt a chill run down his spine as he was stared at by this girl.
"Um, I'm Lam Minh, 16 years old, still a student. Sorry for bothering you," Lam Minh replied, and without waiting for her response, he immediately returned to his meditation spot.
The girl glanced at Lam Minh and smiled. "So delicious. I hope this guy can pass the test, then I'll get to see you every day. Just thinking about it is exciting."
If Lam Minh knew what this girl was thinking, he would scream, "Spare me, I'm only sixteen!"
Although he also really liked girls and was crazy about them, his type was not the proactive kind.
Lam Minh liked shyness and bashfulness.
After Lam Minh returned to his spot, Quynh Nhu didn't continue to talk to him. She closed her eyes and resumed her cultivation.
"So dangerous. I have to be more careful next time," Lam Minh thought to himself.
So the white bubble was spiritual root points. It was dropped when others were calmly cultivating.
Lam Minh thought about it and found it difficult. It was hard to pick up spiritual root attributes.
When others were cultivating and in deep meditation, it was a taboo to disturb them. He couldn't just walk up and pick up each bubble.
[Ding! The host can try using mental strength from the sea of consciousness to touch the attribute bubbles.]
Ah!!
There's this function too.
But Lam Minh really didn't know how to use mental strength from the sea of consciousness.
He tried closing his eyes and sensing his surroundings.
But all he saw was darkness.
Lam Minh tried continuously for fifteen minutes, but in the end, he only felt helpless.
It was the first time he had ever heard of mental strength.
Just then, Mr. Quoc appeared and signaled for Lam Minh to follow him.
Lam Minh trotted after him.
"Ah, right. Why don't I just ask him? A powerhouse like Mr. Quoc will surely know something," Lam Minh thought to himself.
"Uncle, do you know anything about mental strength?" As soon as he thought of it, he immediately asked his uncle.
When his uncle heard Lam Minh's question, he stopped and looked at him. "You, why do you ask about mental strength?"
When Lam Minh saw his uncle's attitude, he was startled.
Was there a problem? Could his question be related to some secret, which was why he reacted that way?
In fact, mental strength was related to a truth about the Cultivation World that humanity was unaware of.
And only those who had roamed the other world knew about it.
That was, cultivators were originally 100% identical in appearance to humans, and most of the population in the Cultivation World had the appearance of humans.
The reason they had a third eye was due to bloodline inheritance. For some reason, certain lineages of cultivators in the other world, for some unknown time, would have children born with three eyes.
Initially, this was considered an abnormality in the other world.
But after many years of proof, it was found that cultivators with three eyes had a cultivation speed that far surpassed ordinary people, and their mental strength was very powerful.
Therefore, from then on, various clans always wanted to marry into these lineages that possessed the third eye.
And gradually, the number of cultivators with three eyes in the Cultivation World increased to a terrifying number.
Mr. Quoc had roamed the Cultivation World for many years, so he had heard plenty of these oral secrets.
That eye was like a window to the mind and mental strength.
So when Lam Minh asked him about mental strength, he was so surprised.
The term "mental strength" was virtually unknown on Earth. If it existed, it was only in novels.
"When you become a member of this place, I will tell you. Now, follow me to check how much your blood essence has increased," Mr. Quoc said and started walking again.
At this moment, Lam Minh remembered an important issue.
His blood essence.
His aptitude was average, but two hours ago it was 386, and now it was up to 603.
If his blood essence index was measured and it had increased by more than two hundred points like this, how could he explain it?
Lam Minh's mind started spinning. He thought continuously about how to get through this hurdle.
His uncle might think he was a monster.
Before long, the two of them had arrived at the room for measuring body index.
Mr. Quoc was quite looking forward to the results of this measurement for Lam Minh, so he immediately operated the machine quickly and signaled for Lam Minh to step inside.
Lam Minh thought a lot, but there was no way he could hide his blood essence index at this moment.
He had no choice but to step into the machine.
Accepting the truth, he didn't know how his uncle would react when he saw the results.
The feeling was the same as the first time he stepped into the machine.
A beam of light scanned his entire body.
Five minutes later.
Lam Minh stepped out of the body index measuring machine.
Looking at the stack of just-printed papers in his uncle's hand, Lam Minh's heart pounded with every flip of the page.
Mr. Quoc's face initially showed anticipation.
Then it turned to astonishment.
Finally, he stared blankly at Lam Minh.
His eyes suddenly became unusually sharp. A wave of oppressive aura suddenly rushed towards the standing Lam Minh and slammed into him.
Lam Minh's knees immediately buckled, and sweat poured off him like rain.
"You, are you a pawn planted by the Cultivation World among humans? Speak!" Mr. Quoc's powerful voice thundered.
He had suspected Lam Minh from the moment he saw his mental strength index, but he had reassured himself that Lam Minh was not. Until he showed his superiority in the simulation machine, his suspicion continued to grow.
And finally, a blood essence index that increased by more than two hundred points after just one training session.
You say you're not a pawn planted by the Cultivation World? I don't believe you.
"I... am... not!" Lam Minh struggled against the heavy pressure from Mr. Quoc, managing to force out three words. And then, he fainted.
Only then did Mr. Quoc realize that he had lost control. In front of him was a kid who hadn't even entered the Body Tempering realm; using this level of pressure was unnecessary.
If he was really a pawn, then a single glare from him would be enough to kill Lam Minh ten thousand times over.
At this moment, he picked up his phone and made a call.
10 minutes later, a group of men in black suits appeared before him.
He immediately gave the order.
This was the national special investigation team, nicknamed "VIE-IDENT," a special organization established to investigate the identity and origin of any individual suspected of being an insider planted by the Cultivation World.
After so many years of conflict between humans and cultivators, coupled with the opening of spatial gates everywhere, the conflict between the two sides had escalated to the point of 'you die, I live; you live, I die.'
Countless pawns were planted by both sides in each other's worlds. And the truth was that the Cultivation World had a slight edge in terms of strength.
But this truth was hidden from ordinary civilians.
From time to time, a massacre of hundreds of people would occur. It wasn't because some random person went crazy.
It was instigated by the pawns of the Cultivation World.
The real war wasn't just happening at the gates or in the enemy's territory.
It was also happening on Earth itself.
And Mr. Quoc also suspected that the upper echelons of humanity also had their pawns, but there was no evidence and no way to determine who they were.
The appearance of the spatial gates was both good and bad for him.
It helped humanity turn a new page.
But it also pushed humanity into a catastrophe if they were not careful.
The special team now carried Lam Minh into a G63 and took him away from the Bach Hoang Dojo.
…
Lam Minh woke up. The first sensation he felt was an aching body. He was lying in a simple room with only a single bed and a toilet nearby.
The surrounding space was pure white, giving him a strange feeling of emptiness.
Lam Minh was extremely confused.
Where was this place?
He only remembered that his uncle had asked him a question that surprised him, and he struggled to answer.
He couldn't remember anything else.
A moment later, a tall man in a black suit pushed open the door and handcuffed Lam Minh.
"I've become a criminal, but what have I done?" Lam Minh lamented silently.
He knew something would happen after his blood essence index was measured.
But he didn't expect it to become this complicated.
"You, follow me," the man ordered Lam Minh.
He was led into a room that was the opposite of the previous one; it was dark.
There was only a table and two chairs facing each other.
The only light in the room came from the lamp on the table.
He was forced to sit down, and the light from the lamp shone directly in his face.
"Lam Minh, 16 years old. Father is Lam Dao, mother is Nguyen Mai, and you also have a younger sister named Lam An. Am I correct?" A female voice came from opposite Lam Minh.
Lam Minh tried to squint to see the other person clearly, but the light from the lamp only allowed him to see a blurry figure sitting opposite him.
"Correct. May I ask what crime I have committed?" Lam Minh replied calmly.
He was a fish on the chopping block anyway; he had to cooperate.
"You are suspected of being an insider planted by the Cultivation World among humans. Speak. Is your mission to develop secretly and hide yourself to become a high-ranking member of humanity?" the person opposite him asked.
Ah, psychological manipulation.
You haven't even investigated properly, and you're already calling me an insider. This is so unfair.
Lam Minh smirked and replied, "You haven't even bothered to investigate and you're asking me a question like this. I can confirm that I am 100% human, and what I want is to cultivate and contribute to humanity."
"Alright, you don't have to confess. But you are a suspect, and both your parents will be summoned for questioning. You can rest assured," the person opposite him replied.
Lam Minh's thought at this moment was: I'm done for.
The other day, just for participating in the combat sparring, he had been beaten.
If his parents knew he was suspected of being an insider, the family would surely fall apart.
But what could he do? At this moment, Lam Minh couldn't even save himself.
"Alright, please bring in number one," the person opposite him continued.
The door to the room opened, and a person was led in and sat opposite Lam Minh, next to the interrogator.
"Lam Minh, I believe you." A familiar voice rang out.
Lam Minh immediately recognized it as the voice of Le Dao Khuc.