Chapter 905 - 903: Unity
"Hmph, look at you all, can’t even lift two bricks, yet you claim to have steel bones. Are there steel bones that crumble like soft persimmons?" Chen Tianlong mocked with a hint of sarcasm.
"Who says I can’t." Lin Jun gritted his teeth and said angrily, "If you have the guts, add another brick!"
"Haha, you’re taking on the challenge, huh? Alright, you’ve got guts. Since you beg me like this, how can I refuse to add for you?"
Chen Tianlong sneered coldly, and threw the brick down directly, causing Lin Jun’s neck to droop again, but a few seconds later, Lin Jun raised it up again.
Chen Tianlong smiled slightly, thinking this person has strong will, some potential, then looked at the other four, quietly lying down, afraid to speak. Suddenly, he got a bit angry, if this really was a team, seeing their teammate like this and silently not daring to speak up, in the end, it would be their partners who die, leaving only one result: total annihilation.
Therefore, Chen Tianlong had to let them understand, understand what unity means.
So he thought for a moment, then gave a mischievous smile: "Alright then, I’ll give you a task. You five, altogether, will do three thousand neck up-and-down exercises. As long as you complete it collectively, it’s done. As for who does how many, if you want your teammates to suffer, then do as you wish. Any objections?"
"No... no..." A scattered sound rose.
"Have you all not eaten? I’ll ask again, any objections?"
Chen Tianlong heard these people, sounding like they’re near death, scattering and weak voices, immediately got angry. If truly letting them fight enemies, maybe they’d lie down and meet Yama within seconds.
"No!" Everyone shouted loudly in unison.
"Good, since no objections, then three bricks each, ready to start! Remember, if you do one less, then your brothers will have to do one more for you. If you think you can face everyone, do the least you can, haha, but it doesn’t concern me, I’m just an onlooker."
After saying this, Chen Tianlong quickly added two bricks for the other four, equal conditions.
Moments later, all five were ready. At this time, Chen Tianlong seemed to hear the five of them panting heavily, but he smiled, no reason, he was waiting for this moment.
When someone reaches their limit, can they still think of teammates, can they still think about how to push through, instead of just knowing to give up?
"Finally, let me remind you once more, no matter if you give up or not, the remaining ones must complete the total for me. So if anyone wants to quit halfway, they can leave immediately, but those brothers who once lived and died with you, will be implicated, completing more tasks."
Chen Tianlong deliberately added, letting those who intended to give up think twice.
Seconds later, Chen Tianlong stood aside, then shouted loudly: "Everyone to their positions, ready, go!"
No one made a sound, silently began moving up and down. However, after doing about ten, they began to feel tired, some couldn’t help but shout out the numbers, "15...16...17...18..."
Not long after, all followed shouting, though not entirely in sync, it was indeed loud, no one willing to lag behind, no one willing to leave their tasks for others to do. You could say it’s about fighting for dignity, but actually this is unity.
Seeing this chaotic scene, Chen Tianlong felt very gratified at heart. After all, these people were material to be molded. Chen Tianlong hadn’t misjudged them.
"471...472...473..."
Half an hour passed, the five were on the verge of collapse, their whole bodies trembling, eyes tightly closed, only hearing hoarse shouting, sometimes rising, sometimes falling, but it showed their strong wills. Some already without strength, let their necks droop, breathing deeply, in pain, but not giving up.
Whether it’s sweat or tears, their faces were covered with water, extremely disheveled.
The five’s necks to their faces were extremely red, the ropes they bit with their mouths almost lost feeling. Muscles at their necks were slowly bulging.
These muscles clearly just appeared.
Seeing them, Chen Tianlong was overjoyed, indeed, these were the neck muscles revealed after the limit. With their initial formation, Chen Tianlong would slowly train them into steel bones, just like himself.
Back then, Master Fang Zun was even more cruel, putting a pot of boiling water under Chen Tianlong’s head, every time he almost touched the water, he immediately had to lift his head, persisting for eight years, Chen Tianlong’s neck became like steel bones.
Even masters far stronger than him might not be able to knock him out with one hand chop.
Therefore, after Chen Tianlong had this capital, in fighting masters, he had great confidence. After all, at least you won’t be knocked out, otherwise, once dizzy, even if you have heaven-defying cultivation technique recovery, it’s useless.
"Everyone hold on, just four more, ah...491, 492..."
Lin Jun was the first to reach four hundred ninety, so to encourage other brothers, he used his last breath to shout.
But at the critical moment, a team member fainted, seeing this, Chen Tianlong felt things weren’t right, hurriedly went over, flung the bricks away, then quickly supported him, lying flat on the grass, and entered a surge of powerful qi into his head.
At this time, the team member slowly let out a breath, returned to normal.
"Coach, I’m sorry, I’m useless, cough cough..."
Team member Liang said painfully, though he recovered, the intense pain in his neck still attacked from time to time, making his neck numb, unable to lift.
"Liang, take a rest now, don’t move."
After saying this, Chen Tianlong took out a silver needle directly, yes, he said, would give them all aid, before he didn’t understand, but now he was a master of medicine.
Only saw Chen Tianlong jab down at the root of Liang’s neck, seemingly casual but contained countless mastery of Li’s Acupuncture, something ordinary people can’t comprehend.
This needle, not only eliminating its numbness but also solidifying the extreme muscles that appeared, that is, setting it, then later training would strengthen it, reaching the final training for the neck.
Months later, a genuine steel bone-like neck would emerge.
After finishing all this, Chen Tianlong quickly moved in front of others, repeated this five times, then smiled slightly and said, "Done, everyone worked hard, today your performance was quite good, this time your diamond necks begin developing, as long as you adhere to this training, do about two hundred every day, you can cultivate it."
"Cough cough cough... Coach, are you serious?" Lin Jun felt a bit incredulous, asked.
"Could I deceive you? After you rest for ten minutes, you can get up and continue training the next project." Chen Tianlong said lightly.