Gao Wu: From Martial Arts Student to Star Emperor

Chapter 12 Divine Sense Master

Soon after, the warehouse manager arrived in a hurry.

Upon seeing Zhao Jinglan, he immediately walked up to her and bowed slightly: "Young Miss!"

Zhao Jinglan coldly looked at the warehouse manager and asked, "I'm asking you, are you aware that the group's new medicinal liquid is at a critical stage of development?"

The warehouse manager sensed that Zhao Jinglan's visit was ill-intentioned and quickly said, "I...I know."

"Did your back-of-house department receive the document I issued yesterday, 'To prevent the leakage of the new drug formula, the group will not accept any foreign visitors for the next two weeks'?"

"Received...received..." The warehouse manager wiped his sweat.

Zhao Jinglan said coldly, "Then explain to me now why two people were able to use the back office department's VIP cards to enter the group's building and sit openly in the reception room?"

"This...this, I really don't know anything about this. Please give me five minutes, Miss, and I'll go investigate right away."

After saying that, the warehouse manager saw that Zhao Jinglan did not deny it, and immediately walked away quickly.

A short while later, the warehouse manager returned to the lobby on the first floor and brought Wang Hui's cousin, Meng Jing, with him.

At this moment, Meng Jing looked terrified.

Because he was on vacation yesterday and didn't come to the company, he naturally didn't know that the higher-ups had issued a document prohibiting foreign guests from visiting. Otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have dared to get Wang Hui a foreign guest card.

Now that he's being investigated by the top leadership of the Riyue Group, he has a feeling that he'll have a hard time keeping his job.

"Miss, I have investigated the whole story."

It was a supervisor named Meng Jing in charge of the back warehouse department. Because his cousin wanted to buy Qi and Blood Stage 1 supplements at a low price within the group, Meng Jing used his middle-management privileges to buy the supplements produced by the group at a low price using the expired purchase qualifications of some former employees. He also gave his cousin a back warehouse guest card and asked him to wait in the reception room.

Furthermore, I have also discovered that Meng Jing resold 20 jin of wild-caught exotic animal meat to his cousin's friend.

The tonics and wild animal meat that Meng Jing obtained through his privileged connections are all here.

As he spoke, the warehouse manager placed the stolen goods in front of Zhao Jinglan.

Zhao Jinglan glanced at the stolen goods, sneered, and said, "Big rats, big rats, don't eat my millet. I didn't expect the big rats within the group to be so rampant."

Meng Jing, who was in charge of the warehouse, abused his power for personal gain and sold off group assets. The personnel department was notified to dismiss him from his position and transfer him to the judiciary. From now on, no one in his direct lineage for three generations will be allowed to work.

Warehouse manager Xie Cheng was given an internal warning and fined six months' salary for inadequate supervision.

Zhao Jinglan's words struck Meng Jing like a thunderbolt.

His father spent millions of dollars and used countless connections to get the job, but he lost it?

Meng Jing couldn't help but think of his wife's smug expression when relatives and friends mentioned his job at Riyue Group with envy, and he also thought of his child who was about to apply for the martial arts exam.

He was almost forty years old and had become the pillar of his family. Now that he had lost his job and collapsed, could he still afford to support his child's martial arts training?

How can he explain this to his parents and wife?

Within the Riyao Group, CEO Zhao Jinglan is the head of the company. She just said, "Remove him from his position and transfer him to the judiciary." Does that mean I will also face imprisonment?

Meng Jing was disheartened.

The warehouse manager was also terrified.

A six-month pay cut is insignificant to him, but an internal warning from the group can prevent him from being promoted for the next ten years. Of course, he didn't have much hope of being promoted anyway, but if he receives two internal warnings from the group within a year, he will be demoted.

"Security, get those two people out of the reception room right now!"

At that moment, a well-dressed executive spoke up.

"Yes."

After the two security guards responded, they rushed towards the reception room, intending to grab Chen Lie and Wang Hui.

Chen Lie stood up, went to the side door at the back of the reception room, pushed it open, and quickly walked towards Zhao Jinglan.

Upon arriving in front of Zhao Jinglan, Chen Lie said, "If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. It is impossible for a large group with hundreds of thousands of employees to be without any dirty or sordid things."

As a manager, you need to be tolerant of minor issues. Sometimes turning a blind eye is more conducive to the internal balance of the company than being stern and impartial.

So, Miss Zhao, how about you be lenient with me this time?

Zhao Jinglan glanced at Chen Lie from head to toe, but found nothing unusual. She then parted her red lips and said, "Security."

As soon as Zhao Jinglan spoke, seven or eight security guards walked towards Chen Lie.

The security guard closest to Chen Lie quickly arrived at his side, grabbed him, and pulled him towards the gate.

On the other hand, Wang Hui had been caught by two security guards long ago. He looked dejected and was carried to the main gate like a chicken.

Chen Lie was grabbed by the security guards, but he did not resist and followed them to the entrance of the lobby.

Just as he was about to be thrown out by security, he turned around and said to Zhao Jinglan without changing his expression, "Your spiritual cultivation has gone astray. Let me guess, for the past year or so, you've probably experienced excruciating headaches and unbearable pain every time you circulate your spiritual energy, haven't you?"

Zhao Jinglan, who had already turned to leave, stopped in her tracks upon hearing Chen Lie's words.

She turned around abruptly: "Wait!"

"Bring him here!"

The security guard, looking utterly bewildered, released Chen Lie.

Chen Lie straightened his collar and returned to Zhao Jinglan.

The moment Chen Lie saw Zhao Jinglan in the reception room, he could tell that Zhao Jinglan was a mind master.

The Spiritual Master, also known as the Spiritual Power Mind Master, is a cultivation path that allows one to touch the soul.

Even in the Central Galactic Empire, a Divine Mind Master is an extremely noble profession, let alone on Blue Star, where martial arts are barren. It is no exaggeration to say that they are one in ten thousand.

Zhao Jinglan looked Chen Lie up and down again and asked, "You know?"

"Of course I know."

"Then...can you help me solve this?"

A glimmer of hope flashed in Zhao Jinglan's eyes.

"If it couldn't be resolved, I wouldn't have brought it up."

Zhao Jinglan snorted coldly and said, "Why should I believe you?"

Chen Lie said, "You may not believe me. There may be someone on Blue Star who can solve your problem, but it will definitely not happen in Dongchuan Province."

Moreover, you might not be able to hire someone who has the ability to solve your problem.

Zhao Jinglan hesitated for a moment, then said to the group of high-ranking executives in suits behind her, "Temporarily revoke the punishment of Meng Jing, who is in charge of the back warehouse department, and instead allow him to remain in his post for observation."

"Yes, Miss!"

Zhao Jinglan then looked at Chen Lie and said, "Come to my office."

Chen Lie nodded and followed Zhao Jinglan into the elevator.

Meng Jing and Wang Hui looked at each other in bewilderment.

After a while, Meng Jingcai asked, "Ahui, what's the background of your friend?"

Wang Hui slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "His background? He's a student, a martial arts student! And from a top provincial high school!"

Meng Jing has been with Riyao Group for over ten years, while Zhao Jinglan has only been the CEO of Riyao Group for three years. However, in these three years, Zhao Jinglan has always kept his word and has shown no mercy. This time, the punishment for him has been changed so frequently that it will definitely shock everyone in the group.

It seems there's real hope he can keep his job.

On the other side, Chen Lie followed Zhao Jinglan to the president's office on the 28th floor.

Upon arriving at the president's office, Zhao Jinglan closed the door, arranged for Chen Lie to sit down, and then sat opposite him.

"Tell me, how do you plan to help me solve this problem?"

Chen Lie said, "Before asking me how to solve your problem, at least let me understand your problem first."

Zhao Jinglan nodded and asked, "What do you want to know?"

"I'm asking you, when did you successfully awaken your divine sense?"

Zhao Jinglan pondered for a moment and said, "Ten years ago, when I was seventeen."

Chen Lie said "Oh," and then asked, "So when did you become a first-tier Divine Sense Master?"

"Seven years ago, when I was twenty years old."

"I understand your situation roughly. There are two reasons why you have a splitting headache when you circulate your mental energy."

First, your aptitude for spiritual power is insufficient. You awakened your spiritual sense at seventeen but only became a first-tier spiritual power master at twenty, a gap of almost three years. This indicates that you are simply not suited to the path of a spiritual power master.

"Am I not qualified enough?"

Looking at Chen Lie's serious expression, Zhao Jinglan couldn't help but find it amusing and said, "Do you even know what you're saying?"

"What, you still think you have great talent?" Chen Lie asked, somewhat puzzled.

In his previous life, he had never seen a living Divine Sense Master on Earth, so he naturally didn't know how Earth judged Divine Sense aptitude.

However, in Tai'a Star Province of the Central Galaxy Empire, if it takes three years from the awakening of divine sense to breaking through to the first-level divine sense master, then such talent is already considered extremely poor.

"Alright!" Zhao Jinglan said coldly, "If you want to blame everything on my lack of talent, then there's no need for us to continue talking."

Chen Lie remained calm and continued, "Putting aside your aptitude, the main reason for your current situation is that you neglected the essentials when cultivating your spiritual power."

If I'm not mistaken, when you look into your inner sea of ​​consciousness now, you'll see two clusters of spiritual energy.

This is because when you were cultivating, you were greedy for a quick increase in your mental strength, so you consciously concentrated your mental strength in the second sea of ​​consciousness. As a result, your cultivation speed would double, and I believe you experienced this at the time.

Logically, there shouldn't be any problems doing this, as long as you have the aptitude to fuse the two spiritual energies into one, but it's clear that you can't do it with your aptitude.

The current situation is that the spiritual power in your second sea of ​​consciousness has become quite powerful, clashing with the spiritual power in your main sea of ​​consciousness, causing a disturbance in the spiritual power within that sea of ​​consciousness. That's why you feel a splitting headache whenever you try to circulate your spiritual power.

Upon hearing Chen Lie's analysis, Zhao Jinglan was slightly taken aback. She looked inward into her sea of ​​consciousness and found that it was indeed as Chen Lie had said.

"So how should I solve this problem?"

Chen Lie said, "There are two methods. The first method is to take immediate action, which is for me to intervene and help you sort out and guide your disordered mental energy."

The second method I'll teach you is a mental energy circulation technique. However, in the initial stages, you'll have to endure the headache to circulate your mental energy. At most, it will take two months for your headache to lessen or even disappear.

Zhao Jinglan asked suspiciously, "You have the ability to help me?"

"Of course, but if you want me to take action, you'll have to pay a price."

"What price?"

Chen Lie said, "Two catties of Spirit-Nourishing Flowers."

Zhao Jinglan narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Do you know what two catties of Spirit-Nourishing Flowers mean?"

"Of course I know. The Divine Flower cannot be nurtured on Earth's native planet."

These Spirit-Nourishing Flowers must have been purchased at high prices from outer space. Although there is no shortage of Spirit-Nourishing Flowers outside the stars, there are countless planets like Blue Star that are remote and barren and need Spirit-Nourishing Flowers. After all the allocation, Blue Star can probably only purchase tens of millions of catties of Spirit-Nourishing Flowers in a year at most.

Given your social status, you probably wouldn't obtain many Spirit-Nourishing Flowers throughout the year, would you?