: Chapter Five Hundred Twelve: Auspicious Start

“Young Master, I have noted everything!” Hua Ji put down the animal skin water bag containing the spirit pulp and excitedly told Tang Luo.

Good.” Tang Luo nodded his head and instructed: “Remember them well, don’ forget.”

Upon hearing Tang Luo’s words, Hua Ji nodded hastily and said, “Yes Young Master!”

“Good.” Tang Luo turned his gaze toward the east-faced group of over twenty thousand fighters who were already reported and loudly commanded, “All of you, sit down and start today’s cultivation.”

The soldiers all looked at each other. A few more daring ones murmured softly, “Wasn’t it said that once we are done with roll calling, we can eat?” If in the past they had regarded Tang Luo as a noble talent, after they were starved for three days following the drowning of their Yue family, they couldn’t regard Tang Luo with the same old view. Due to this, even the most daredevil in the crowd only dared to mumble a few quiet complaints. However, with Tang Luo’s sharp hearing, even the mumbled complaints sounded clearly into his ears.

Therefore, Tang Luo continued, “After thirty-six cycles of cultivation, I will decide whether you will eat buns, meat, or spiritual food in the future.”

It’s undeniable that martial artists needed a substantial amount of nutrition If they only eat plain flour, they would lose a lot of energy, and their physical strength would gradually wane. That’s why powerful martial artists needed not only spiritual food but also medicinal baths with spiritual herbs. Only taking enough nutrition could help build a robust martial artist.

In the years of famine, there was no food to eat, but Tang Luo’s promise was like a dream to them.

Buns, beast meat? Of course, martial artist should eat spiritual food!

The sound of swallowing saliva was heard all over, and a few martial artists who had shed their mortal realm asked loudly, “May I ask the clan leader, what are the criteria for eating meat and spiritual food? Is it according to cultivation level?”

Mortals eat buns, peak warriors eat beast meat, and those who have shed their mortal bodies enjoy spiritual food!

It was easy for these martial artists, who had shed their mortal bodies, to reach such a conclusion. As one of the few martial artists in the east-faced group who had shed their mortal body, they felt that this should be the standard that Tang Luo would follow for arranging their meals.

All who had made it up the west-facing hump were martial artists above the introspection stage, but martial artists had different strengths. The same mortal realm but those who were just entering and those at the peak couldn’t be on the same level, let alone compared with those who had ascended beyond the mortal realm.

Rarity makes things precious, in the eyes of these common martial artists, reaching the stage of transcending the mortal realm was an incredible achievement. Shouldn’t they deserve some spiritual food?

The words of the ascended martial artists made several high-ranking individuals in the crowd burst into joy. Specifically, several individuals who had ascended, in the eastern group, were filled with happiness. While they didn’t believe that Tang Luo would really provide spiritual food based on the ascended status, they felt that even being able to eat meat would be excellent.

It had already been two months since they last tasted meat. Some ascended individuals salivated and looked towards Tang Luo, looking extremely eager. Still, the Pride of Xiling’s next few words shattered all of their fantasies. Tang Luo calmly said, as if stating an uncomplicated fact: “It is not based on the level of cultivation, but on my mood and preference. So, let’s begin!” Nothing was more satisfactory than being a tyrant. Explaining each of his actions was something only a benevolent saint would do. All Tang Luo wanted was for them to follow his orders. He didn’t have the room to let people know that he can see other people’s spiritual power levels yet. Otherwise, why would he have Hua Ji remember so many people’s data? He could have employed a bunch of literate stewards, and with each name called out, he could have them write it on a slip of paper and hang it on the person.

Although he knew that his method would not be able to mislead the highly intelligent Tang Zhi, the clan leader, he also didn’t plan on hiding it from the clan core. The more he displayed his value, the more he could firmly secure his standing within the core of the Tang Clan. Otherwise, being just a talent wouldn’t be enough to influence the decisions made within the clan.

Tang Luo’s ever capricious statement, though led to a drastic change in the countenance of some high-level martial artists, also gave rise to a sense of secret joy within the hearts of some who had just entered the introspection realm. Over twenty thousand people sat down cross-legged, and began channeling their energy.

Truthfully, this was the first time Tang Luo saw such a spectacular energy channeling scene. With the heavy breaths drawn by those twenty-thousand cultivators while channeling their energy, the energy of heaven and earth upon this hump began to become more active. He could sense the spiritual force was abundant all around him.

“Ting Elder.”

“Subordinate is here, what instruction does the clan leader have?”

“Coordinate with Gong Zheng to set up a guard defense for the west hump. I also need to begin energy channeling.” Property © 2024 N0(v)elDrama.Org.

Then, shall we let Du Wei and Du Ling guard here, what do you think?”

“Let’s do as Elder Ting suggests.”

Tang Luo nodded, sat cross-legged, and began his daily energy channeling. Du Wei and Du Ling guarded on either side of Tang Luo vigilantly.

Everyone’s energy channeling cultivation speed differs depending on their control over spiritual power. Undoubtedly, Tang Luo was one of the faster ones. The energy channeling that usually took three hours, only took him two hours. He was able to cut one third of the time compare to an average person.

So when Tang Luo opened his eyes, Du Wei and Du Ling were taken aback They were prepared to guard until dawn, but they didn’t expect Tang Luo to complete his cultivation within just two hours.

“Thank you, two elders.” As Tang Luo stood up, he thanked the two elders Then he turned to Hua Ji, who had a sullen face, and asked softly, “How was it, did you manage to remember?”

Hearing the voice, Hua Ji opened his eyes and nodded, “No problem, I remember every face, name and code clearly.”

“That’s good.” Tang Luo nodded with satisfaction: “Now we just have to wait for them to finish their energy channeling.”

Hua Ji nodded, closed his eyes again, wrinkled his face, and started to shake his head irregularly.

After another hour, people in the crowd gradually completed their thirty-six cycles of energy channeling and stood up.

Tang Luo waved to a man in the distance, and the man carefully made his way through the crowd to him.

“What’s your name?”

“Clan Leader, my name is Jin San Zhua.” The man responded timidly. As a warrior who had witnessed the domineering dharma body in Jiang Lin, he wasn’t dare to be disrespectful in front of Tang Luo. Even though Tang Luo appeared to be a handsome young man now, he also remembered the silver-grey monster taller than five metres.

Hmm.” Tang Luo turned to Hua Ji and asked, “What’s his code?”

Hua Ji opened his eyes and took a careful look at the man. He respectfully answered, “Master, this man’s code is 782.”

“Oh!?” Tang Luo raised his eyebrows and looked at the timid man in surprise. Although he had known there had to be many talented ones among commoners, the first one who came forward surprised him because the number above this man’s head was clearly 999 (783.2).

1.2 Burgeoning spiritual power, indicating that this man in front of him was someone with great potential. This was… very interesting..