Gu Zhilin was proud of his mental strength, but he still honestly said, "After all, I have accumulated mental strength over a thousand years."
"So even though you've been asleep for a thousand years, you've actually been accumulating spiritual power all this time? How did you do that?" General Zhu found it even more unbelievable.
“You should know that I am a Taoist priest, and my method of cultivating spiritual power is different from yours,” Gu Zhilin explained. “Although I have been asleep for a thousand years, I have actually been meditating and entering a state of deep concentration for the past thousand years. After entering a state of deep concentration, I can cultivate in my sea of consciousness.”
"Is this the wisdom of the ancients?" General Zhu simply couldn't understand this matter.
He recalled that Gu Zhilin seemed to have mentioned this to him before, but he didn't expect him to be this powerful.
"You mentioned last time that you would have General Lu also participate in your training. How is that going?"
Speaking of this, Lu Jin'an was somewhat disheartened: "I haven't meditated since the last mission."
Moreover, he did not feel that meditation improved his mental strength.
He began to doubt his own abilities.
Gu Zhilin said, "It is indeed not good to interrupt meditation, but as long as General Lu starts meditating properly now, there should be no problem."
He said this with great confidence.
However, Lu Jin'an was not very confident: "But... I don't think I've improved my mental strength through meditation."
Gu Zhilin found it amusing: "Don't be in such a hurry. You've only been meditating for a short time, and you can only meditate now, not enter a state of deep concentration."
"Enter a meditative state?" Lu Jin'an frowned. He hadn't expected that meditation alone wasn't enough.
"Yes, after entering a meditative state, the concentration of mental energy is even more focused on the sea of consciousness than during meditation."
"But... Wen Yili seems to be..."
When Gu Zhilin heard him mention Wen Yili again, he hurriedly said, "Don't always think about comparing yourself to him. He is extremely talented. Even I may not have his talent."
Hearing Gu Zhilin praise Wen Yili like that, Lu Jin'an felt even more heartbroken.
General Zhu, however, caught the key question: "Who is this Wen Yili you were just talking about? Is his mental strength also very strong?"
"It's not that strong, but compared to his physical condition, his mental strength is quite strong," Lu Jin'an said.
But General Zhu didn't listen to him at all; he just stared intently at Gu Zhilin.
Gu Zhilin nodded and said, "His current spiritual strength is indeed not at the top level, but... he suffered a serious illness when he was young, which resulted in insufficient physical and spiritual strength. Later, I took him to cultivate together, and his physical health has greatly improved. The main thing is that his spiritual strength has improved very quickly."
"I believe that given time, his mental strength will definitely be among the top among humans on Earth."
Gu Zhilin's evaluation was very sincere, and it was precisely this sincerity that made Zhu Jiangshuai and Lu Jin'an realize how important Wen Yili's future would be.
At this moment, even Lu Jin'an couldn't care less about being jealous.
"Where is this person now? Recruit him into the army immediately." General Zhu gave the order directly to Lu Jin'an.
Although he never wanted Gu Zhilin and Wen Yili to have too much contact, he couldn't let his own selfish desires cause him to miss out on a talented person.
He was about to nod in agreement.
However, Gu Zhilin spoke up: "He is currently in the Combat Academy of S University. There is no need to recruit him into the army now. He will not neglect his cultivation while in the Combat Academy. His mental strength improvement will definitely not fall behind. Moreover, he can learn more knowledge in the Combat Academy first."
It wasn't that Gu Zhilin didn't want Wen Yili to join the army early; it was just that he had already experienced the criticism that came with special treatment, and he didn't want Wen Yili to suffer the same fate.
Anyway, he's already entered the combat academy, so joining the army is only a matter of time.
It would be better to let him enter the army through the normal procedures.
Upon hearing that Wen Yili was already at the Combat Academy, General Zhu was no longer in a hurry. Instead, he was quite pleased: "Not bad, he's a good kid who cares about his home planet. I'll contact the Combat Academy and ask them to take good care of him."
Gu Zhilin was about to say no, but Lu Jin'an stopped him.
Sure enough, Zhu Jiangshuai sent a voice message to someone, shouting loudly that Wen Yili must be trained to death, with a focus on training.
Gu Zhilin then realized what General Zhu meant by "taking good care of him".
Suddenly, I wondered if I had caused trouble for Wen Yili.
After dealing with this matter, Zhu Jiangshuai looked at the two young men in front of him and found them more and more pleasing to the eye: "Lu Jin'an, you should also follow Gu Zhilin to cultivate diligently in the future, improve your spiritual power as soon as possible, and strive to achieve a 100% compatibility between you one day."
Lu Jin'an wanted to say that 100% is not so easy to achieve; no one in the history of the Earth Alliance has ever been able to achieve 100% compatibility.
He looked at Gu Zhilin beside him and thought... if he could achieve a 100% match with this person... it would definitely be a very happy thing.
Although he didn't understand why he had to use "happiness" to describe it.
However, he felt that the higher the compatibility with Gu Zhilin, the happier he would be, and it would be even better if the pheromone compatibility could be 100%.
To stop himself from going further, he solemnly said to General Zhu, "I will do my best, General Zhu."
General Zhu, who had made an unreasonable request, felt embarrassed by such a serious reply: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, just do your best."
"Take the next few days to help Gu Zhilin practice his flying skills. There's a warship pilot assessment next month, and Gu Zhilin will be participating in it too."
Gu Zhilin, whose name was called out, was taken aback: "Am I going to be tested so soon?"
"Quickly?" Zhu Jiangshuai chuckled. "If it weren't for the fact that I was pulling you aside for a separate assessment beforehand, people would say you were getting special treatment, and I would have preferred you to take the assessment right away."
Lu Jin'an also said, "Your current abilities are more than enough to participate in the assessment. Since there's still a month left, let's work together to try and get an A-level title."
"You think too highly of me, getting an A grade right away?" Gu Zhilin was speechless.
"So what if I got an A grade? Lu Jin'an also got an A grade on his first assessment." Zhu Jiangshuai said dismissively.
"But he is Lu Jin'an, the pride of the new generation of the Earth Alliance."
"Heh, as long as you make good use of your talent, this title will be yours sooner or later," General Zhu said.
But Gu Zhilin waved his hands repeatedly: "How can this be? This is impossible."
Zhu Jiangshuai and Lu Jin'an thought he was being modest or lacking confidence.
Lu Jinan said, "You must believe in your talent. You are the most talented helmsman I have ever seen."
General Zhu also said, "With your current mental strength, as long as you practice your warship flying skills more, surpassing Lu Jin'an will not be a problem at all."
Gu Zhilin shook his head: "But I'm not a new generation! I'm from the old generation. I'm older than all of you, more than a thousand years older."
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