Gu Zhilin couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing this: "What? Am I, an old monster from a thousand years ago, not even qualified to be his elder?"
Lu Jin'an said helplessly, "Who said you're an old monster? You're clearly young and good-looking."
Gu Zhilin: "Young? I only look young because I've been frozen for a thousand years. Actually, I'm over a thousand years old."
Lu Jin'an scoffed at this: "Frozen age doesn't count. I say you're young now, and you're young now. We're about the same age."
Gu Zhilin didn't really argue with him about the age issue.
Hearing him say that actually made me feel very comforted.
The results of the selection were announced the next day, with a total of five trainees selected.
Four of them are senior students, while only Wen Yili is a freshman.
Moreover, Wen Yili ranked third.
These five students were not usually the best performers, but after this incident, they were the calmest and performed the best.
Finally, Lu Jin'an returned to the army with five trainees.
Wen Yili followed in the group, wanting to go find Gu Zhilin several times, but worried that going there would cause trouble for Gu Zhilin and Lu Jin'an, so he could only hold back until they arrived at the military region.
After arranging a dormitory, she finally found some free time to secretly come and see Gu Zhilin.
When Lu Jin'an saw Gu Zhilin, he was unusually not by Gu Zhilin's side.
He went to arrange the week-long exercise.
Although the banquet was decided on short notice, Lu Jin'an still found Zeng Yan and others to make all the preparations.
And this time, I'll be bringing along the newbies.
While making arrangements for the exercise, Lu Jin'an kept thinking about Gu Zhilin's words about taking Wen Yili as his apprentice.
Lu Jin'an didn't know if Gu Zhilin made this decision because of her, but he was so happy about it that he couldn't control his pheromones.
Therefore, when assigning tasks, the Alhpas present were all overwhelmed by Gu Zhilin's pheromones and could hardly breathe.
Zeng Yan finally couldn't hold back any longer and said, "General Lu, please control your pheromones. I really can't help but want to punch you."
Lu Jin'an then realized that her pheromones were leaking very badly, and the Alhpas in the conference room looked quite unhappy.
He then withdrew his pheromones, and Zeng Yan thought he must be crazy.
However, no further details were discussed, and the meeting continued.
Meanwhile, Gu Zhilin met Wen Yili.
Now that he knew Wen Yili's thoughts, Gu Zhilin didn't intend to delay and directly expressed his intention to take him as his apprentice.
"Brother Zhilin, you want to take me as your apprentice?" Wen Yili was stunned for a while before she understood what Gu Zhilin meant.
Gu Zhilin nodded: "You are very talented and suitable to join my Taoist sect. Moreover... as the only successor of the Celestial Master, I am capable of being your master." Gu Zhilin saw that the other party's expression froze, and even showed signs of turning pale.
"What's wrong? Don't you want to be my apprentice?"
Wen Yili shook his head: "No."
He suddenly realized why the other party wanted to take him as a disciple. For so long, the other party had been teaching him cultivation, but had never mentioned taking him as a disciple.
If this is brought up suddenly now, there's only one possibility.
Zhilin knew what he was thinking, and... this was a way of showing his attitude.
Having been rejected before even confessing his feelings, Wen Yili suddenly felt somewhat pathetic.
But... since Brother Zhilin has already made his stance clear, how could he bear to put the other party in a difficult position?
This shows that Zhilin doesn't want to lose his friend, so he wants to maintain their relationship in another way.
Finally, Wen Yili could only grit her teeth and agree: "I'm willing." As she spoke, she knelt down before Gu Zhilin, imitating the etiquette she had read about in history books, and kowtowed: "Master, please accept my bow."
Gu Zhilin was just mentioning it casually, but he didn't expect the other party to actually agree, and more importantly, their manners were impeccable.
Gu Zhilin suddenly felt a pang of sadness. Had he gone too far in doing this?
However... there doesn't seem to be a better way right now.
He reached out to help Wen Yili up and took out his tortoise shell and copper coins, handing them directly to Wen Yili: "Since you have become my disciple, I naturally have to give you a discipleship gift. This is a six-line divination tool that I have been using for thousands of years. I am giving it to you now, hoping that you can inherit the Taoist culture."
Wen Yili took the tortoise shell and copper coins. He naturally knew that these things were of great significance to Gu Zhilin, but he never expected that he would get them in this way.
He smiled wryly and bowed to Gu Zhilin: "Thank you, Master."
"This apprenticeship was a bit rushed, I'm sorry you had to go through that. I'll give you something better later." Gu Zhilin knew he was upset, so he could only pat him on the shoulder to comfort him.
At the same time, he sent over some Zhouyi materials that he had compiled: "Take a look at these materials first. They are all related to the Zhouyi. In addition to those related to cultivation, there are also some about divination, including Liuyao, Plum Blossom Divination, Qimen Dunjia, and Bazi. You are very intelligent, so you can take a look first and ask me any questions you may have."
Wen Yili received the information and nodded casually, "Thank you, Master."
"Good boy." Gu Zhilin reached out and ruffled the other's hair. Only then did he realize...
Wen Yili is already an adult, and his height is much greater than mine.
After Wen Yili became his disciple, he felt empty inside. When it was almost time to leave, he couldn't help but ask, "Master, you also teach General Lu cultivation. Have you ever thought about taking him as your disciple?"
Gu Zhilin paused, of course he hadn't thought of that.
However, the person's question was too obvious, and he felt that no matter how he answered, it would be wrong.
Finally, somewhat awkwardly, he said, "He's my boss, how can I take him on as my apprentice?"
Upon receiving the answer, Wen Yili couldn't help but chuckle to himself: "Why ask again when I already knew the result?"
"Master, I'm going back now." After saying that, the young man turned and left without waiting for Gu Zhilin's reply.
Gu Zhilin watched the boy's departing figure. Although he felt a pang of reluctance, he knew it was the best solution for the time being.
When he returned to his dormitory, Lu Jin'an had also returned.
At this moment, Lu Jin'an was in his dormitory, preparing nutrient solution for him.
Gu Zhilin saw that this person was acting as if he was taking over the room in his dormitory.
But deep down, she wasn't offended at all, and in the end, she could only sigh and go into the room.
"Did you go to see Wen Yili?" Lu Jin'an seemed to enjoy serving Gu Zhilin, so she put the divination into hibernation early and handed Gu Zhilin a bag of nutrient solution herself.
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