Chapter 27 (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Ren Jie was extremely upset that he had transmigrated into this universe and this family clan, yet the people that he faced angered him even more. He looked at Tong Qiang and the others as well as the family head ring on his finger and thought of the jade emperor chant, the spiritual jades, and the death exemption jade tablet. That made him feel a tinge of warmth even without actually meeting Ren Tianxing.
Although there were not many personal guards, they were all handpicked by Ren Tianxing. Their loyalty and faithfulness were not to be doubted. That was enough.
Ren Jie was very excited as he looked at the personal guards. Tong Qiang should be at the Divine Power Realm, but Ren Jie was not very sure about that. Apart from Tong Qiang, there were three people at the ninth level of the True Qi Realm. There were a total of fifteen people who had reached the True Qi Realm. The other hundred or so were all at the ninth level of the Body Refinement Realm. Given Ren Jie’s current cultivation realm, the personal guards were like an accumulated treasure chest that was waiting for him to discover.
Ren Jie suddenly recalled that those people had not battled for around six or seven years. Oh. He suddenly understood the situation.
“You still have time to regret your decision.” Ren Jie looked at them and said rudely, “That’s because I am about to curse your mothers. You guys are even more useless than me. You deserve to be scolded more than me. You have disgraced my father Ren Tianxing and me.”
Those people did not mind whatever Ren Jie said, even if he was swearing at them. After they had taken their armors off, they were very relaxed and were even making jokes out of one another. However, once they heard the last sentence that Ren Jie said, all their expressions had changed in a split second.
“Boom!” They all drew in heavy breaths. Tong Qiang was standing at the front of the formation. He had almost released his powers at the third level of the Divine Power Realm. If he had not forcefully controlled his power, he would have almost attacked Ren Jie.
They did not mind Ren Jie saying anything. However, what Ren Jie had said truly angered them.
Ren Tianxing was almost god-like in their hearts. Ren Jie’s words had crossed the line.
“Why? Do you guys think that what I said is wrong? Look at your cultivation level right now. How much did you improve after my father left? The comfortable life that you got to enjoy caused all of you to lose the motivation to work hard. How many of you have improved by an entire cultivation stage during these couple of years? Compare these few years with the past. You enjoyed better food, accommodation, and a pleasant life. You had access to various resources and adequate medicinal herbs. Yet, look at where that got all of you. Every single one of you has become fat and burly, but look at your powers now as compared to the past.
“How are you going to protect me given your current conditions? Now I finally understand why outsiders and people within the family clan did not care about you. They know that they have turned you from a starving wolf to a fat pig. You could be slaughtered in no time. So, what do you guys think? Was I wrong to say that all of you have embarrassed my father Ren Tianxing and me?
“Those who disagree can step forward now. As long as you can provide a convincing explanation, I will kowtow and apologize to you immediately.” After Ren Jie finished speaking, his cold gaze swept across those people. He was actually very excited deep down in his heart. Although those people had increased their power quickly during those days when they battled with their lives, that had extracted their potential, something that they did not have much, to begin with. These few years that they spent resting had allowed their bodies to be nourished and their potentials to increase.
They must be exceptional in some areas for them to survive countless battles and be chosen by Ren Tianxing. Although they were not extraordinary geniuses, they were not just plain ordinary people. Ren Jie looked at them as though he was looking at some artificially created treasures that were waiting to be discovered by him. Ren Jie was certain that was all part of Ren Tianxing’s plan. The insane fighting and battles earlier were to uncover their potentials. He then gave them time to recuperate and be nourished so they could become scarily powerful the next time they gave it their all. That would create a scarily powerful personal guards squad.
They were not any ordinary personal guards squad anymore. It was no wonder that there were only slightly over a hundred people left. With an additional round of training, these guys were not any ordinary troops that could be used in battles. Each one of them would soar to unthinkable heights.
However, for the plan to succeed, it must be initiated at least fifteen or sixteen years in advance. Those guys had followed Ren Tianxing to battles for nearly ten years ever since they were merely teenagers. Afterward, they were comfortably hosted by the family clan for about six to seven years. Seeing those personal guards in front of him, Ren Jie finally understood Ren Qiancheng’s anger and resentment towards Tong Qiang and the other personal guards. The family clan must have paid an enormous price to nurture them to the state they were in.
It was no wonder why the elders were behaving as though they had dropped a huge burden off their shoulders. Even for a large family clan like the Ren family, the price was too much to bear considering the fact that they provided those personal guards the same resources as the lineal descendants for six or seven years. It was pretty fortunate for the family clan to have put up with that for so long.
Tong Qiang and the others were stoned. They recalled how comfortable their lives were for the past six or seven years. Their faces all had a healthy glow to it. Although they had sometimes complained about how bored they were, they were long accustomed to such comfortable lives. However, their cultivation had not improved. That thought sounded scarier the more they thought about it…
They were originally extremely furious when they heard what Ren Jie said. They had all undergone and survived dozens and hundreds of battles.
Each one of them had killed at least dozens of people. What they were most proud of was their experience as Ren Tianxing’s personal guards. However, Ren Jie had pointed out that they were an embarrassment to Ren Tianxing and him.
After they had calmed down, they felt chills going down their spines and they broke out in cold sweat when they contemplated what Ren Jie said.
“Do you have anything to say about this? If not, starting from today, you will increase your training volume to thrice of that when you were in the military before I finish designing unique training plans for every single one of you. If thrice is insufficient, you will increase it to five times. If five times is insufficient, you will increase it to ten times. Start working on that immediately.” Other than Tong Qiang, Ren Jie could tell everyone’s body conditions with just one glance due to his current cultivation realm. As long as he understood their cultivation level, Ren Jie was confident that he could design targeted cultivation plans for everyone with a little more observation.
Because he could tell that they had great amounts of potential accumulated within them after those six or seven years of nourishment, he did not have to worry about the bold or even crazy training plans that he had for them. He did not have to worry about exploiting their potential.