153: This soul guide seems a bit cruel
“I also heard about Lin Ling. They say he destroyed 400 mechanical dogs in ten seconds, making the heads of the Logistics and Finance Departments turn green.”
“I wasn't talking about Lin Ling. How many mechanical dogs you can destroy isn't part of the assessment. This assessment is mainly about finding seed talents with high mental strength.”
“I think being able to destroy 400 mechanical dogs in 10 seconds is already very strong. Whether his mental strength is high or not doesn't matter.”
“What do you mean it doesn't matter? I think you're just infatuated. You must have heard that Lin Ling is handsome, so you're infatuated.”
“Hey, kid, you're a newcomer too, right? You tell us, is Lin Ling truly strong or just a pretty face?”
As the Misses chatted, they unexpectedly arrived at Lin Ling's table.
“Uh… he’s just averagely strong, about the same as me, but he is indeed very handsome,” Lin Ling said, lowering his head.
“Did you hear that? I told you Lin Ling isn't some strong person. Otherwise, the group chat would have mentioned him already.”
“Yeah, everyone in the group chat is talking about that kid with the strongest mental strength.”
“Oh, I know, you mean Ling Qiye, right?”
“Exactly, Ling Qiye! As soon as he entered the mental strength tempering channel, he was detected to have 700 mental strength.”
“700? That strong? I've been a Fourth Reincarnation for three years, and I'm barely 420.”
“Zhou Mengyan is also very strong, with 610 mental strength, ranking second.”
“And Zhang Ziye, an Archer, actually has mental strength talent. He arrived later than others, but after a day and a night of tempering, his mental strength reached 450.”
“I heard that Zhang Ziye has a skill for tempering mental strength; otherwise, it wouldn't be that high.”
“Mental strength tempering skill? There's such a thing? I wish I could get one too.”
Listening to their conversation, Lin Ling's lips curved into a slight smile.
“Misses, is mental strength really that important?”
The Misses immediately looked at Lin Ling. Only then did they see his appearance.
For a moment, they were all stunned.
How could there be such a handsome young man?
And such a handsome guy appeared before them, yet they hadn't noticed.
“Cough, cough, cough…”
Lin Ling coughed a few times, and the Misses immediately snapped back to reality.
“Junior, of course mental strength is important. I heard that many high-level instances require a certain mental strength to even enter,” one Miss said with a smile.
“Is that so? Then it's indeed very important. Thankfully, my mental strength is quite strong,” Lin Ling said.
Upon hearing this, their eyes immediately lit up with surprise. In Dragon Nest, leveling up quickly and having high talent doesn't necessarily mean high mental strength, but those with high mental strength will certainly have strong talent and fast leveling speed.
“Junior, what was your mental strength test result?” another Miss asked with concern.
Lin Ling thought for a moment, “It seems to be 358.”
As soon as he spoke, the smiles on the Misses' faces instantly vanished.
“What reincarnation are you?”
Lin Ling said, “Third Reincarnation.”
Third Reincarnation mental strength of 358 was really nothing in Dragon Nest.
The Misses suddenly turned and walked away.
“Hmph, this is a typical case of looking good but being useless. When I was a Third Reincarnation, my mental strength was 360, and after all these years, I'm still just a cafeteria supervisor.”
Lin Ling was speechless for a moment and couldn't help but shake his head.
He immediately brought up his panel and found Soul Guiding in the corner of his skill bar.
Skill Name: Soul Guiding
Level: 1
Category: Mental Strength Tempering Skill
Skill Analysis: According to the skill task, control objects with mental strength to perform specified actions to complete training and gain training experience.
Skill upgrades will grant mental strength rewards.
Training Conditions: Find as many independent objects as possible.
Skill Experience: 0 / 100
This skill cannot be renamed.
Skill Task: Use mental strength to control one object to jump.
Lin Ling's gaze fell on a chopstick on the table.
As he manipulated it with his mental strength, the chopstick immediately began to jump on the table.
Lin Ling showed a faint smile and looked at the panel again.
Task Completed, Experience +1
Task: Control three objects to jump.
Lin Ling broke open another pair of chopsticks.
“It's that simple?”
Time passed bit by bit.
Task: Control one hundred objects to jump.
Lin Ling's table was piled with broken disposable chopsticks, barely enough to meet the number.
Task Completed, Experience +1
Congratulations! Your Soul Guiding has been upgraded to Level 2. You have received a reward: Mental Strength +200. Current Mental Strength: 1460.
Lin Ling looked at the task panel, his eyes filled with ecstasy. After fusing with the Divine Sense Seed, his mental strength had actually broken through 1000.
But soon, the smile on his face froze.
Task: Control 500 objects to jump.
Lin Ling looked back at the other tables, but found that all the chopsticks on them had disappeared.
And each table had an extra warning sign, which read: [Wasting tableware is shameful!!]
The few female staff members had wary expressions, looking as if they were guarding against a thief.
Lin Ling raised a hand to touch his nose, then stood up and walked towards a staff member.
“Hello, just give me a bowl of uncooked rice and I'll leave.”
“Junior, as someone who's been through it, I kindly remind you that when you're not as good as others, you shouldn't slack off. Go to the tempering room; that's where you can improve the fastest.”
A plump Miss kindly reminded him.
Lin Ling nodded, “Thank you, Senior. Just give me a bowl of uncooked rice first.”
...
Lin Ling returned to his dorm and hung a “Do Not Disturb” sign outside the door.
After turning off his phone, he came to his bed.
With a flick of his small hand, a bowl of rice was poured onto the bed.
This bowl contained at least twenty thousand grains of rice, definitely enough for Lin Ling to practice for a while.
With everything ready, Lin Ling began to fully push Soul Guiding.
Task Completed, Experience +1
Task: Control 1000 objects to jump.
Lin Ling controlled 1000 grains of rice to start jumping, but a portion of them couldn't jump synchronously.
Fine beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead.
He tried again and again, and finally, 1000 grains of rice began to jump uniformly on the bed.
...
Task Completed, Experience +1
Task: Control 3000 objects to perform a front flip.
Task Completed, Experience +1
Congratulations! Your Soul Guiding has been upgraded to Level 3. Mental Strength +300. Current Mental Strength: 1760.
Congratulations! You have unlocked the Soul Guiding skill: Mental Barrier. When released, it can resist some mental attacks.
Time flew by. The number of tasks grew larger and larger, and the required actions became more and more complex.
Task: Control 10,000 objects to perform Subject Three.
Lin Ling: “((((;꒪ꈊ꒪;))))”
“I'm not practicing this damn thing anymore. I'm going to sleep…”
...
The second night of the rematch.
Outside the mental strength tempering room.
Nine figures gathered together.
“Big Sister-in-law, we still can't reach Big Brother,” Ji Mo said anxiously.
Zhou Mengyan also looked worried. Lin Ling hadn't appeared for two days.
“I heard that Big Brother was blasted out the first time he entered the tempering room. He might be having trouble accepting it,” Qin Xuan said worriedly.
Zhou Mengyan shook her head, “You don't understand Lin Ling. He… how could he be defeated by one failure?
Lin Ling once said something, a sentence that I will never forget in my life.”
Qin Xuan's eyes lit up, “Is it, 'Instead of envying others, it's better to improve yourself'?”
However, Zhou Mengyan shook her head.
A faint smile suddenly appeared on her face as she looked up at the deep night sky.
“He said… 'The worst is death; if you don't die, you'll eventually make it.'”