Seeing this, Gu Zhilin quickly pulled him back: "No one said anything to me, I just feel that my performance was very bad."
Lu Jin'an turned around and looked at the somewhat obedient man in front of her. Although she knew he was lying, she couldn't bear to expose him because he was trying so hard to stop her from going inside to check.
He sighed: "When did you start thinking so much?"
"Don't doubt yourself, you are excellent."
Gu Zhilin felt that the other person was trying to comfort him, so he didn't say anything more, but simply said, "Let's go back to the dormitory and rest for a while. I'm a little tired."
The two walked silently toward the dormitory, which was quite far from the training ground.
Gu Zhilin, who is usually quite lively, remained silent for two reasons: firstly, he was still feeling unwell, and secondly, he had something on his mind.
Lu Jin'an, however, was sending a communication.
Send a message to Jiang Jiyang: "Find out who Gu Zhilin encountered in the restroom after leaving the training pod today?"
"Lu Jin'an, are you a pervert? You even check when someone goes to the restroom?" Jiang Jiyang obviously didn't expect his friend to be so perverted.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Gu Zhilin went to the bathroom to throw up after leaving the training pod, and he seemed a bit off when he came out. I'm worried that someone said something to him."
"Okay, I'll check it out, but aren't you being overly cautious? Maybe they're just not feeling well?"
"Just do what I'm told to do. That's an order."
After sending the message, Lu Jin'an ignored it.
The two of them happened to return to their dormitory.
As Gu Zhilin opened his dormitory door, he swayed and walked in.
Lu Jin'an still called out to him, "Gu Zhilin."
"Um?"
"I wasn't as disheveled as you during my first training session, and most warship pilots didn't end up like you."
Gu Zhilin's expression froze, then he laughed self-deprecatingly, "As expected, I'm still not talented enough."
Lu Jin'an shook his head: "However, we underwent at least a year of special training before entering the training pod, while you entered the training pod directly without any training."
"I must say, if I entered the training pod without any prior training like you, my performance would definitely be worse than yours."
Gu Zhilin seemed somewhat disbelieving of his words, feeling that this person was merely trying to comfort him.
So he smiled and said, "You don't need to comfort me. Even if I'm not talented enough, I will work hard. Please believe me."
Lu Jin'an couldn't help but feel sorry for Gu Zhilin's strength: "I'm not trying to comfort you, but in principle, you also need to go through the initial training before you can enter the training cabin. It's just... I urgently need a partner right now. We need to be able to match each other and train in the Brilliant as soon as possible."
"So we can't give you that much time for preliminary training, and you're already good enough, so you went directly into the training pod after evaluation. I've never lied about how good you are."
Gu Zhilin was stunned for a moment, somewhat intimidated by Lu Jin'an's serious expression.
He opened his mouth, and it took him a while to find his voice: "So, actually, I did a better job than others?"
Lu Jin'an nodded: "Of course, unless you'd rather believe anyone else than me."
"Of course I believe you," Gu Zhilin replied without hesitation.
Seeing that Gu Zhilin's mood had improved, Lu Jin'an felt much relieved: "Alright, go inside and rest. You still have training this afternoon."
In the afternoon, Gu Zhilin rested well and made ample preparations.
When I re-entered the training pod, my condition was noticeably different.
At first, Lu Jin'an planned to ask Zeng Yan to reduce the intensity, but Gu Zhilin refused: "No need, just do it normally."
Lu Jin'an didn't dampen his enthusiasm, watching as Gu Zhilin was once again thrown about in the training cabin, even seeing stars.
Even Zeng Yan, who was controlling the device, couldn't help but say, "How about we reduce the intensity a bit? You haven't done any prior training."
Although Gu Zhilin was swaying unsteadily, he gritted his teeth and said, "No need."
Just as he finished speaking, another person lost their footing and flew upwards, crashing into the top of the training pod.
Just as Lu Jin'an was wondering whether she should lend him a hand.
But then Gu Zhilin suddenly closed his eyes, and although he was floating in mid-air, he made several strange gestures with his fingers.
Then he muttered something to himself, and when he opened his eyes again, he was no longer in a disheveled state.
Moreover, he quickly regained his balance and was even more stable than Lu Jin'an.
Lu Jin'an looked down and saw that the person was actually standing suspended in the air inside the training cabin.
No matter how much the training cabin shook, Gu Zhilin remained fixed in that position, completely unaffected.
Even Zeng Yan, who was controlling the training pod, noticed the problem and shouted, "What's going on? Is there a bug?"
Lu Jin'an said calmly, "No."
Then, looking at Gu Zhilin, she asked, "How did you do that?"
Gu Zhilin was very happy after he was able to stand steadily: "This is the first time I've ever done this. I wouldn't have dared to imagine that I could stand in mid-air in the 21st century."
"So flying on a sword might not be a dream after all."
He became increasingly excited.
It even took a few steps in the air.
Although walking in the air is inherently a state of weightlessness, it is not surprising.
But Gu Zhilin's walking was different; he walked as if he were walking normally on land.
He could move normally even without moving his feet.
"I simply used the power of the Eight Trigrams and Five Elements to fix and move my position," Gu Zhilin began to explain.
"Like when you make your aircraft teleport in an aircraft race?" Lu Jin'an asked.
"That's roughly the idea, but it's a bit more complicated."
"Can you make the warships teleport as well?"
Gu Zhilin thought for a moment before saying, "At least not now. My abilities are still too weak."
Hearing this from outside, Zeng Yan couldn't help but say, "You call this weak? How are we supposed to survive? I feel like you could move freely inside a warship without a warship suit."
She had only said it casually, but Gu Zhilin nodded and said, "I really don't need the aid of the warship suit."
Lu Jin'an took a deep breath, feeling that she had truly struck gold.
"Do you still think you lack talent? I could never do what you're capable of."
Gu Zhilin lowered his head shyly upon hearing this: "After all, I am a Taoist priest."
“You must have been the most powerful Taoist priest in ancient times,” Lu Jin’an said without hesitation.
Gu Zhilin waved his hands repeatedly: "I'm nothing special. I'm standing on the shoulders of giants. The real masters are the many predecessors who came before me. I was able to do this thanks to the blessing of the Cosmic God."
"But they were even more powerful than me without the benefit of cosmic radiation." Gu Zhilin could hardly imagine how powerful and talented those predecessors must have been back then.
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