The First Saint of Dan Dao

"What's your name?" Tang Yan asked.

"My name is Chang Tie!" the big man answered in a muffled voice.

"How is your strength now?"

"Ninth level of Yuan class!"

"When will you enter my Tang family?"

"three years ago!"

"How strong were you three years ago?" Tang Yan asked again.

"It's still the ninth level of the Yuan Stage."

"In other words, you have been in my Tang family for three years, and have trained hard in the martial arts field for three years, but your own strength has not improved at all?" Tang Yan's words were as sharp as knives, and he pressed on.

"This..." Chang Tie thought about it carefully, and it was indeed the case. He didn't think so before, but when Tang Yan pointed it out directly, he felt quite embarrassed. As if he wanted to save face, Chang Tie explained: "Martial arts training is difficult, and it is normal that there is no advancement."

"How do you train yourself every day?" Tang Yan asked again.

"I train at the morning hour every day, carrying a weight of 300 kilograms and running five laps around the field. Then I practice swordsmanship for two hours and fight with others for an hour!" When talking about his training, Chang Tie puffed out his chest with pride. His training volume is no less than that of other guards.

"You've been practicing like this every day for three years?"

"Exactly."

"When you were sparring with others before, did you not use your full strength and show mercy?" Tang Yan asked again.

"We are all brothers, so we should stop when we reach a certain limit. If anyone gets hurt..."

"Bullshit!" Tang Yan jumped up immediately. "If you show mercy to his men now, who will show mercy to his men on the battlefield in the future? If you don't use all your strength to help him improve, are you helping him or hurting him? You are in my Tang family, with regular supply of elixirs and generous salaries, but your strength has not improved! So, I say you are trash! All of you are fucking trash! Not only trash, but also stupid!"

"Of course, you must be dissatisfied in your heart. What qualifications do I, a dandy young master, have to criticize you? Let me tell you what qualifications I have - I am the eldest young master of the Tang family. Even if I do nothing, my grandfather will support me and protect me!"

"But most of you come from ordinary families and have to support your families. If you don't work hard, you can only get the most basic salary every month, and your wife and children can only live an ordinary life! You don't have more resources to cultivate your offspring. If your children are as dissolute as me, Tang Yan, then they will be completely useless!"

Hearing this, the Tang family guards felt sad. Although Tang Yan’s words were unpleasant to the ear, they were also an indisputable fact.

Although they are guards of the Tang family and have higher incomes than ordinary people, they can only ensure that their families live a better life than ordinary people. They obviously do not have the ability to let their children enjoy the same resources as the other family members.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Tang Yan secretly thanked them for not being indifferent, and shouted angrily at the top of his voice: "I believe there are many people who are in the same situation as Chang Tie. Their training methods have remained the same. Three years ago, they carried 300 kilograms of weight, and now they still carry 300 kilograms of weight. Even if you are given another hundred years, you will still stay in the Yuan level and will never step into the door of the Huang level!"

"I'm so sure because you've been too comfortable and have lost the courage to aspire to be the best in martial arts! Chang Tie, let me ask you, how much weight did you carry when you first practiced with weights?"

Chang Tie was almost regretting it. Why did he just get angry and offend this ancestor? Like everyone else, couldn't he just sit there and take the scolding? Why did he have to come up here and embarrass himself?

"Ten pounds." Chang Tie's tone no longer had the toughness he had at the beginning.

"You have cultivated from an ordinary person to the ninth level of Yuan Stage, and your weight-bearing capacity has increased from ten kilograms to three hundred kilograms. Why don't you continue to increase the difficulty and carry three hundred and fifty kilograms every day? If you are used to three hundred and fifty kilograms, and then increase your daily training to four hundred kilograms, and continue to increase in this way, do you think that in these three years, your strength will reach the Yellow Stage?" Tang Yan asked.

Hearing this question, not only the other guards, but even Mo Yanjun began to reflect.

"Should...should happen!" Chang Tie said ashamedly.

"You still know how to reflect and feel ashamed, which means you can still be saved! Cloud City is now undercurrent, as long as there is a fuse, the major families are likely to fight. If you want to survive in future battles, you can only train yourself desperately and make yourself strong enough to crush everyone. Only in this way can you ensure your own safety! Only in this way can you prevent your family from worrying about you! Only in this way can you avoid being scolded as a waste by a playboy like me!"

Tang Yan glanced around and fixed his eyes on a wooden stake.

"How heavy is this wooden stake?" Tang Yan asked Mo Yanjun this time.

"One hundred and twenty pounds."

"How far do you think I can carry it?" Tang Yan asked.

"About..." Mo Yanjun frowned and calculated, saying, "Less than a hundred meters."

Everyone was secretly complaining that Baimi had overestimated him! It was still a question whether this spoiled young master could move it.

"Get up!" Tang Yan walked over, exerted his body strength, picked up the wooden stake, and then walked forward.

One meter, two meters, three meters...

Everyone was speculating in their hearts at the same time, whether Young Master Tang would not be able to hold on within ten meters, or would give up within twenty meters.

Ten meters... twenty meters... fifty meters... eighty meters...

Tang Yan did not use any true energy, relying entirely on his own strength. Fortunately, he had been tempered in the Cauldron of Heaven and Earth, so his body was strong enough.

But even so, Tang Yan still felt as if all his strength had been drained away. With every step he took, his whole body trembled, and beads of sweat the size of beans fell like raindrops.

Originally, everyone wanted to laugh at Young Master Tang's joke, but as Tang Yan walked over step by step, the mockery in everyone's eyes had long since disappeared, replaced by shock, surprise, and respect.

When Tang Yan walked a hundred meters, his body was already shaking badly, but he still insisted on moving forward!

One hundred and one meters, one hundred and two meters, one hundred and three meters...Finally, at one hundred and thirty meters, Tang Yan put down the wooden stake.

Dragging his tired body, Tang Yan walked back to the front of the team again, glanced at everyone, and panted, "When I took a hundred meters, I was in the same state as you are now, thinking that I had reached my limit.

But when I took another step after the 100-meter mark, I surpassed my current self!"

"Wow—" After a brief silence, all the guards applauded at the same time, and the applause was thunderous.

"Perhaps, you may think that 300 kilograms is your limit, but I tell you, human potential is infinite. Only by constantly tapping into your potential can you continue to advance!"

Tang Yan felt insecure due to his own weakness and the fact that the Tang family was at the bottom of the four major families. At this moment, Tang Yan finally decided to build up the power of the Tang family and make it a real big family in Yuncheng, the number one family!

After saying so much, Tang Yan finally threw out the benefits: "In this world, only if we continue to become stronger can we get more things. Don't complain about your poor background. If you don't live well, blame yourself for not working hard enough! As the eldest son of the Tang family, I guarantee to everyone present - if anyone breaks through to the Yellow Rank, his salary will be tripled on the original basis!"

"Starting from the Yellow Rank, every time someone breaks through a rank, their monthly salary will increase by 100 taels of silver! We will also provide first-grade elixirs every month depending on the situation! If someone's strength reaches the fifth rank of the Yellow Rank, then his children will be able to enter the Tang family and be trained from a young age!"

When these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the entire venue suddenly exploded, and everyone's hearts were excited at the same time.

Now their monthly salary is only a few dozen taels of silver. When they reach the Yellow Rank, their salary will instantly increase three times?

If I work hard enough, won't my family be able to live a better life and my children have a better future?

"Young Master is wise!" At this moment, everyone shouted from the bottom of their hearts.

There is no such thing as not getting up early without gain. Having lived two lives, Tang Yan knows this well. Seeing that everyone's passion was really completely mobilized by him, he shouted loudly: "I will say it again. My Tang family does not keep useless people. My plan also has certain requirements. That is, the future training will be very difficult! Very difficult! Please be prepared for purgatory. If you want to quit, please stay where you are. If you want to become a strong person and are willing to accept training, then take a step forward! I will count to..."

"Boom!" Before Tang Yan could finish his words, a loud noise was heard. All the warriors took a step forward in unison, and the entire training ground shook.

Seeing the enthusiasm in everyone's eyes, Tang Yan knew that his goal had been achieved, and asked again: "I'll ask you one last time, are you ready for purgatory?"

"We're ready!" One hundred and twenty people answered in unison, their voices reaching the sky.

"The state has its own laws, and the army has its own regulations! From now on, we will gather at 5:00 a.m. every morning. Those who are late will be kicked out!"

"From now on, I will be in charge of you all. Those who disobey my orders will leave!"

"If your strength still hasn't reached the Yellow Rank after half a year, quit!"

"..."

Tang Yan looked stern, and his words made the guards feel as if they had joined the army.

"Now, everyone, listen to my command. Hold a 350-jin wooden stake and line up to run ten laps around the martial arts arena. If one person fails to make it, everyone's lunch will be cancelled! If anyone doesn't start running after ten breaths, everyone's lunch will be cancelled! Start!"

Following Tang Yan's command, everyone moved nervously, quickly found their own wooden stakes, lined up and ran around the martial arts field.

In the attic in the distance.

The two old men looked at the martial arts arena in shock.

After a long while, Mr. Tang asked, "Old Mo, take a closer look at that young man in white. Is he my grandson?"

Hearing what Master Tang said, Mo Bo was quite amused: "Master, that is the eldest young master."

After getting Mo Bo's confirmation, Mr. Tang's eyes narrowed and he asked in a deep voice, "What do you think will happen to the strength of our Tang family guards after this bastard's instigation?"