"Alright, stand properly, everyone." Tang Rao looked at Liu Sanxing, as well as Li Yuze, Chao Xia, and Hu Ge at his side.

Seeing Tang Rao's serious face, the four of them didn't dare to blather on; they immediately stood in a row, their military posture impeccable.

Setting aside their personalities, deep down, all four had the soul of a soldier.

"From today onwards for the next two years, most of your time will be spent here. If you can't accept it, if you feel you can't bear it, you can leave now, and I definitely won't stop you, get angry, or seek revenge," Tang Rao said.

The four of them had extremely determined looks in their eyes—giving up and not being able to bear something were not in their vocabulary.

They were soldiers, elites within the Yanguo military.

"Good, since that's the case, let me get started." Tang Rao clapped his hands and then took a sip of porridge.

"First off, let me introduce you to yourselves," Tang Rao said, exhaling.

The four were somewhat confused by Tang Rao's words—what does it mean for you to introduce us to ourselves? It sounded awkward.

"You four are all Bloodline Users," Tang Rao said.

Bloodline Users?

The four were completely baffled—not Cultivators?

"What is meant by 'Bloodline Users' is that directly explaining it to you won't make any sense. I'll just keep it simple. You can't gather qi, can't establish your Foundation, and you won't become anything like Golden Core Stage or Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators. Your strength comes from within you; as long as you keep stimulating the Bloodline Power within your bodies, your strength will grow and be enhanced. I'm sure you've all discovered that at times of danger, you can suddenly unleash power far beyond that of ordinary people. Yes, that's the Bloodline Power; it's a blessing from the Heavenly Dao," Tang Rao took a breath and said, Bloodline Users are in sync with the Heavenly Dao.

"Sounds pretty badass," Liu Sanxing said.

"It's not just sounding badass, it's inherently badass," Tang Rao said. "Alright, enough chit-chat, let's first draw out the marks of Heaven's Dao from your bodies."

The four continued to be baffled, anyway, they didn't understand, so they just let Tang Rao do whatever.

"Han Shuang, bring the stuff in," Tang Rao called out.

Outside, Jiang Hanshuang carried in a rice cooker with steam billowing from it.

Jiang Hanshuang frowned and held her breath, looking utterly disgusted.

"Holy crap, that stinks."

"Tang Rao, you're not going to make us eat this, are you? I refuse."

…

"It's not for eating," Tang Rao said.

Hearing Tang Rao's words, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

If they really had to eat something so pungent, they'd choose to exit stage left.

"Come on, take off your shirts and show your strong muscles," Tang Rao said, already having put down his bowl of porridge and smiling at them.

Liu Sanxing was the quickest, ripping off his clothes in one go.

Chest muscles and a six-pack, both sculptured and handsome.

"Hehe, Boss Tang, how about it, not bad, right?" Liu Sanxing said with a wide grin.

Jiang Hanshuang was present, and Liu Sanxing's favorite thing was to show off in front of a beautiful woman.

This guy inherently had the drive to beat the odds and win over a wealthy and beautiful girl, but too bad, it seems like he hasn't been successful so far.

"What are you guys waiting for?" Tang Rao looked at Li Yuze and the others.

Li Yuze had a somewhat strange expression.

Chao Xia also pursed his lips, feeling that something wasn't quite right.

"We have a problem, a problem here." As for Hu Ge, he was talking while taking off his clothes—since he couldn't resist anyway, might as well just go with it.

Boss Tang wouldn't harm them, there was no need for that.

Next, Li Yuze and Chao Xia also took off their shirts.

"Alright, stand properly," Tang Rao had already taken the rice cooker from Jiang Hanshuang's hand and was stirring it with a brush inside.

"You really don't know how blessed you are. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to prepare this concoction? Let me tell you, it's only because of your good fortune that you met me; otherwise, you'd never have the chance to get your hands on such fine stuff in your lifetime," Tang Rao said while walking towards Liu Sanxing.

He dipped the brush into some liquid and began slathering it onto Liu Sanxing's body.

His entire upper body, starting from the neck, was coated.

"Boss Tang, this feels really cool and refreshing," Liu Sanxing said with delight.

Despite the pungent smell, applying it to the body was surprisingly comfortable; it felt cool and icy.

"Right? It's not bad, is it?" Tang Rao said with a smile.

"Mhm mhm mhm, it feels great," Liu Sanxing nodded.

"Then how about another layer?"

"Sure, another layer."

Following that, Tang Rao applied another thick layer on Liu Sanxing.

The other three were also slathered all over by Tang Rao.

Indeed, as Liu Sanxing had said, the feeling on the upper body was quite comfortable and cool, particularly refreshing in the summer heat.

"Just a little left." Tang Rao looked at the rice cooker and said.

"Boss Tang, put it on me, put it on me!" Liu Sanxing immediately shouted.

"You already had two layers," said Tang Rao.

"It's fine, just do it," said Hu Ge.

"Mhm," Li Yuze and Chao Xia also nodded.

Liu Sanxing, you idiot, do you really think that this stuff is just pleasantly cool and exhilarating?

Have you seen who's standing in front of you?

It's Tang Rao!

This freak, letting you feel comfortable?

You'd better be smart.

"Alright, since everyone else is recommending it, I'll give you another layer," Tang Rao nodded and used the remaining liquid in the rice cooker for another coat on Liu Sanxing.

After applying it, Tang Rao set down the rice cooker, then pulled out his phone and began checking the time.

"Oof, five minutes, about time." Shortly after, Tang Rao put down his phone and moved a stool over for Jiang Hanshuang, "Han Shuang, I invite you to enjoy a great show."

"Sure," Jiang Hanshuang nodded and sat down directly.

Just when Liu Sanxing and the others were a bit puzzled, their complexions suddenly changed.

Because the cool feeling was gone, replaced by a fiery heat, as if their bodies were suddenly in a sea of flames.

That burning sensation was enough to drive anyone mad.

"Bang bang bang bang!" Four consecutive sounds were heard as all four of them fell to the ground, rolling around and howling in agony.

Their wretched screams could probably be heard from miles away.

Much more intense than the slaughtering of pigs.

For a good half hour, all four men were hoarse from screaming, each with eyes red as blood.

And on their bodies, some strange patterns began to faintly appear, sprawling all over.

Naturally, Li Yuze had the most patterns, dense and covering his body from the neck down.

These patterns were the markings of the Heavenly Dao, something inborn.

What Tang Rao was doing now was to stimulate these markings.

In the normal process of cultivation, Bloodline Users would stimulate some Heavenly Dao markings with each growth stage they reached. But Tang Rao didn't have that much time, and since he knew a method to stimulate them, he decided to just get it all done at once.

It would just be a bit painful, but you all are soldiers, with wills of steel, so don't be afraid.

"About time," Tang Rao muttered to himself.

As Tang Rao spoke, Li Yuze, Chao Xia, and Hu Ge suddenly felt a sense of immense relief, and the pain on their bodies vanished immediately.

As for Liu Sanxing, he was still rolling on the ground.

"San Xing, keep it up, you've had three layers..." Tang Rao said with a laugh.

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