Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 152 Yan Yu's Miraculous Statecraft
Chen Lingyun's intelligence is always one step ahead of the official one.

It wasn't even afternoon yet, and Yan Yu was called to the principal's office again.

Li Weiguo did not return, and Chen Tianming was still waiting for him in the office. He also asked Yan Yu directly about his opinion on the new three techniques.

"My opinion is that soul-refining techniques, like sword-controlling techniques, are the most important aspects of cultivation." Yan Yu said frankly, without any intention of hiding anything. "Sound transmission techniques, like invisibility techniques, are enough. Just know how to use them. There's no need to delve into them."

This answer did not surprise Chen Tianming.

In fact, judging from the current feedback from scientific research departments, the ultimate result of the art of refining the spirit - spiritual consciousness - has indeed demonstrated a series of excellent qualities.

It is like a radar on the monk's body, which can automatically detect suspicious targets around and provide lock for sword-controlling techniques and spells.

Furthermore, spiritual consciousness possesses a certain intelligence. Researchers have made an unexpected discovery in their daily lives. Spiritual consciousness can scan and mark not only high-threat targets, but also other objects that the cultivator's will desires to explore—for example, if you suddenly can't remember where you left your car keys at home, you can scan them with your spiritual consciousness and they'll be instantly highlighted in your field of vision.

Although it has not been tested in formal combat, the unique values contained in spiritual consciousness mean that the art of refining the spirit will most likely become a compulsory daily course for cultivators.

There is no doubt that the secret sound transmission is a tool spell. In addition, the scientific research department also gave a very high evaluation to the invisibility spell, but it is completely different from Yan Yu's judgment that "it's okay as long as you know how to use it."

Chen Tianming looked at Yan Yu's expression and suddenly smiled:

"You mean, if the art of divine refining is the spear, then invisibility is the shield."

"Attack is the best defense." Yan Yu said calmly, thinking that he really deserved to be someone's father, as he could even guess what he meant.

Focusing on the art of refining the spirit means strengthening the ability to search for enemies; delving into the art of stealth means improving the ability to hide.

The two ideas behind this are "focused attack" and "enhanced dodge".

Powerful monks can use spells as tools and use the most appropriate means according to different situations, but most monks cannot do this. The tactics they adopt often depend on what cards they have in their hands.

If one practices the art of spiritual cultivation more and develops his spiritual awareness, he will be more inclined to seek out the enemy and attack on the battlefield; and if one is more proficient in the art of invisibility, he will be more inclined to hide and ambush the enemy on the battlefield - Yan Yu's attitude is very clear: if he has to choose between the two, attacking will definitely be prioritized.

Only the weak would consider hiding themselves, while the strong would of course kill everyone!

"Look at this." Chen Tianming stopped discussing the textbooks and pointed to the confidential bag on the table.

The document was placed in a confidential bag with the word "Top Secret" printed on it in red, but Yan Yu did not feel any psychological burden (what a joke, I have seen all kinds of storms in my previous life), and took out the document and started flipping through it casually.

This was a military intelligence briefing targeting Tianzhu. The information source and description were concise, even a bit vague, so Yan Yu quickly found the key data:

83 times.

Statistics show that the number of extraordinary people in Tianzhu is 83 times that of cultivators in Lu.

Yan Yu closed the document and put it back on the table, only to hear Chen Tianming ask:
“What do you think of this data?”

"That's to be expected," Yan Yu replied. "Our current method of screening cultivators is to detect the spiritual energy in the blood through blood tests, but this method has a major flaw."

The number of extraordinary people in a country is related to its population and the prevalence of mysticism. Although Lu has a tradition of "not speaking of strange things," the ratio of extraordinary people to Tianzhu is an absurd 1:83, which cannot be explained by "long-standing materialistic traditions."

The obvious fact is that the method of testing spiritual roots through blood tests has a serious problem of "missing detection".

For example, out of 100 Lu people with the qualifications to practice cultivation, only one can be identified through a blood test. The other 1, due to confidentiality controls, have no idea they have the opportunity to become cultivators. Similarly, out of 99 Tianzhu people with the qualifications, due to the government's poor management methods, a large number of cultivation methods are widely circulated among the people, and 100 of these 100 people have learned the methods.

So the feedback in terms of numbers is that there are 83 new extraordinary people in Tianzhu, but only 1 new one in Luguo.

Sufficient quantitative changes can lead to qualitative changes, and even a child can see that if this continues, there will definitely be big problems.

"The blood test is indeed not accurate enough." Chen Tianming said calmly, "It is extremely inaccurate."

"We are considering adding more methods to screen monks. But the fact is that as long as there is screening, there will definitely be those who are missed."

He hadn't finished speaking, but his meaning was clear: Now it's your turn to figure out what I mean.

Why did Yan Yu need to guess? These Chens were simply thinking about removing the sieve and completely liberalizing the control of the cultivation method, so that "everyone could practice the cultivation method" and "allowing those who could transcend to become transcendental." This would indeed rapidly increase the number of cultivators in Lu Country, but...

What's the cost?

Officially trained monks require state resources to train, so the number of positions is strictly limited. If 100 people become monks, and only the strongest one receives an official position, what will you do with the remaining 1 monks?

The Western world, which advocates small government, says: It can be left to the market to digest.

The result of delegating the military's heavy weapons to the capital market is that the entire Western world is rushing towards cyberpunk.

If today's commercial warfare tactics of large corporations are financial infiltration, industrial confrontation, and collusion with administrative exclusion—at least they're willing to compete within a moderate framework of order—then the tactics of future commercial warfare will be transnational chaebols hiring a team of incredibly powerful transcendents to rob competitors of their equipment and goods, blow up office parks, and murder innocent employees and witnesses...

For those extraordinary people obsessed with power, a world without restraint of violence might make them excited to the point of waving flags, but for the vast majority of ordinary people? It is no exaggeration to say that it is hell.

"It doesn't matter if they missed the filter," Yan Yu replied firmly. "Quality is what matters to a cultivator, not quantity. A top cultivator is incomparable to hundreds or thousands of rubbish cultivators."

If Commander-in-Chief Li Weiguo were here, he would definitely remind Chen Tianming not to give Yan Yu this opportunity. But unfortunately, Li was not there, so Chen Tianming just smiled faintly and said:
"Perhaps with the continuous advancement of the spiritual energy recovery, the upper and lower limits of cultivators' strength will really widen to an extremely exaggerated degree in the future, but that will only increase the risk of uncertainty."

After all, if the gap between China and other countries widens in the overall number of monks, who can guarantee that the number of great monks will not fall behind? After all, great monks also grew up from ordinary monks.

"Oh, you misunderstood." Yan Yu raised his right thumb, poked his chest, and said, "What I mean is that Lu Guo has me."

Chen Tianming: ???

"The number of extraordinary people in Tianzhu is 83 times that of our country, so what?" Yan Yu said lightly. "Can 83 archers from the cold weapon era defeat one mecha pilot? I think this number is still too small. It would be better if it were in the triple digits, or even quadruple digits. Let them swell up their confidence and actively invade us. Then I can go and kill them all. Wouldn't this matter be over once and for all? It's very simple."

Chen Tianming stared at him for a long time, then suddenly burst into laughter:

"Old Li said you were very ambitious. I didn't believe it before, but now I finally see it."

"I'm not being arrogant," Yan Yu said calmly, "I'm just telling the truth."

"Hmm." Chen Tianming did not comment on this. He picked up a cigarette from the side, but did not light it. He held it in his hand, revealing a thoughtful expression.

Yan Yu did not disturb his thoughts until the other person's eyes became deeper and more difficult to understand.

"How long will it take?" he suddenly asked.

"Ah?" Yan Yu was puzzled.

"Wait until you start the mecha." Chen Tianming asked calmly, "How long will it take?"

"Let's wait until next year," Yan Yu replied, "to see how the spiritual energy recovery progresses."

"Okay." Chen Tianming lit a cigarette and said, "Go ahead and get busy."

Yan Yu stood up, leaving Lao Taishan smoking and thinking in the room.

When I left the administrative building, I saw Chen Lingyun waiting outside again.

"Are you so afraid that I might chat with your father and say something I shouldn't say and anger him?" Yan Yu mocked her mercilessly, "Oh, I didn't expect Princess Jianghai to have such a delicate mind as a young wife."

"So what did you tell him?" Chen Lingyun said with a smile.

She was already delicate and sweet, and with that flawless fake smile, it was enough to make any man who liked queens betray his sexual proclivities. But Yan Yu was too familiar with her smile in his previous life, and instead of continuing to tease her, he just replied leisurely:
"Nothing. Your father is worried that if Lu Kingdom doesn't promote universal cultivation, the number of cultivators will not be able to catch up with other countries, and the disparity will become increasingly severe."

"So what did you say?"

"I say, as long as I regularly kill a batch of monks from other countries, won't I be able to control the ratio? Hahahaha, I'm such a genius~"

Chen Lingyun:………………

(End of this chapter)