Seeing Young Master Gong’s figure followed by Gu Nan, people in the training field became curious. Ma Jun and the others were most curious, and they hated not being able to rush up to Young Master Gong to ask about it.
However, it wasn’t break time yet and they were afraid to act without authorization.
“Lixin, Uncle Gong allowed you to pick the members of your small team on your own. This is a great opportunity for learning. However, you must still remain cautious. About the team members you have in mind, you don’t know what they’ve been through these past few days, so don’t be surprised if they refuse to join.” Song Haoran told Gong Lixin.
Then, feeling like he sounded too negative, he smiled and added, “But if it’s you asking, I don’t think there’s any person who would be reluctant to join. Alright, go ahead. I’ll also go and gather my crew.”
Waving his hand, Song Haoran watched Gong Lixin move away before turning and walking towards his comrades.
Gong Xiangyi also took Lin Wenbo and began to look for candidates based on her ideal list. However, as she rushed along, she soon turned pale white and felt very embarrassed.
“What’s wrong?” Lin Wenbo casually asked as he stood at the edge of the training ground, leaning against a horizontal bar. His eyes followed the young man silently until Gong Xiangyi blocked his view.
These team members were not the ones he wanted, so he had no interest in the team. Regardless of their strength, the character was very debatable because among them, he saw the water ability user named Zhao Ying who had just bullied Gu Nan. The boy was on Gong Xiangyi’s list and he was doubtful about the people Gong Xiangyi included in her vision.
“I’m mad. They won’t say whether they’ll join or not, and they’re waiting for Gong Lixin’s choice before deciding!” Gong Xiangyi said grimly.
“Haha!” Lin Wenbo looked up and laughed. His sturdy and handsome facial features that were highlighted with a layer of light golden light from the setting sun made him more beautiful and innocent, making Gong Xiangyi look straight at him. She found that ever since she had been reborn, she had never seen Lin Wenbo so happy. No. She ought to say that after all she had suffered in her past life, she never saw Lin Wenbo laugh again.
Desperate for Lin Wenbo’s smile, Gong Xiangyi felt a touch of joy rush in amidst the grievances in her heart. Unfortunately, Lin Wenbo’s next sentence made her angry once again.
“Xiaoxin is really popular! Wait a while then. Wait for Xiaoxin to finish picking out his members and then you can try again.” Lin Wenbo smiled, his tone gentle. Even hidden amongst the crowd, the teenager still struck a chord in their hearts.
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Gong Lixin made the crowd, who was interested in moving towards him, line up. Then, he walked straight to the corner occupied by Wang Tao and the others. He passed a wooden stake and saw two people practicing with their fists and feet around the wooden pile. He stopped and stood still as he watched.
These two people were not strangers to him. They were actually Da Liu and Ling Yin that didn’t have any abilities. They were concentrating on hitting the wooden stakes, punching and kicking them. Both their hair and clothes were soaked in sweat and clung to their skin as if they had just come out of the water. That was to what extent that the two trained hard.
However, Gong Lixin was not startled by their sudden change in appearance. He paid more attention to their changing strength, speed, and acceleration of their attacks. However, it didn’t change the fact that in just half a month, their spirits were quite different from before, almost as if they reincarnated. Gong Lixin wasn’t biased, so he walked up to them with a shallow smile and a sigh of relief in his eyes.
“How come you’re both here?” He interrupted the two people hard at work.
“Young Master Gong!” Da Liu and Ling Yin stopped in their actions and called out at the same time, their faces showing their excitement. However, due to their embarrassing status of being ordinary people, they suffered a lot of sneering and ridicule from the crowd. Over time, they learned to ignore the others, so they had not found out about the arrival of Gong Lixin until just now.
“Young Master Gong, the military has issued a decree, recruiting ordinary people to form a self-defence force responsible for patrolling around the base. If we want, we could also team up for a mission. Ling Yin and I have no abilities, we can’t find serious work, and we’re afraid of being starved to death so after lengthily discussing it between us, we decided to sign up. I didn’t expect that even though the decree was issued three weeks ago, it was only the two of us who signed up. The number of people needed to team up was not enough so the military just let us and the ability users train together.” Da Liu quickly explained.
“Yes, Brother Da Liu is right. We only asked for food as compensation. However, besides singing and dancing, I don’t have any other skills. Nothing will happen if we stayed like this and eventually, we will starve to death so we though it would be better to fight hard, so that even if we died, we can die with some worth.” Ling Yin wiped the sweat from her forehead, the look in her eyes had already changed from the one in the past. It had become as firm as a meteorite. Truly, the death of Ling Yun made her grow up almost instantly.
“That’s a good idea,” Gong Lixin nodded, and for the first time, he looked at Ling Yin with appreciation.
Ling Yin had been once looked down upon by him and she remembered her arrogance brought up from her luxury lifestyle. She felt ashamed in her heart. Da Liu seemed to understand her thoughts and patted her on the back with comfort, exchanging smiles with her. After ten days of hard work, the two people cultivated an extraordinary tacit understanding.
Seeing the two getting along, Gong Lixin nodded with satisfaction and slowly said, “These shallow fists may not be enough to deal with zombies though. I have a set of knives back in my room. I need men and women to practice a certain martial art to use them. I think they would be very suitable for you two. If you are interested, I can teach you.”
“Interested! Of course, we are interested! Thank you, Young Master Gong!” The two people answered instantly, their eyes gleamed with ecstasy. They hugged and thanked each other in unison, saying that their abilities were not bad with the utmost understanding between the two.
Gu Nan saw this and couldn’t help but smile. He was happy for both of them. For sure, the knife technique that Young Master Gong developed must be extraordinary. Da Liu and Ling Yin will be blessed in the future.
When it came to Young Master Gong, Gu Nan had always blindly trusted him. Due to this deep-rooted trust, he triggered his wind ability the moment he saw him appear, and decided to set foot on the path to becoming stronger. Inadvertently, Gong Lixin’s words had become dogma in some people’s hearts.
Gu Nan smiled. Da Liu and Ling Yin felt shy as both of them started to leave. They felt as though they could not express the agitation their hearts.
“Don’t thank me. After finishing your training, come to my room and find me. I will show you the technique but you two have to practice it diligently in the future.” Gong Lixin waved his hand and then pointed with his eyes at Wang Tao and the others. “I’m going to see them so wait for them. See you.”
Da Liu and Ling Yin quickly turned around and watched him leave. The gratitude in their hearts couldn’t be described by words. They only hated that they couldn’t learn immediately, so that they could put the cart before the horse.
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“Boss, you finally came to see us!” Wang Tao said with tears, seeing Gong Lixin with Gu Nan following in his steps.
“I didn’t know you were attending special training here. If I knew, I would have come sooner.” Gong Lxin licked his lips in embarrassment. He never made friends before, so he didn’t know how to maintain friendships. Seeing how his friends didn’t come to see him, although he was somewhat disappointed, he wouldn’t take the initiative to disturb their lives.
“We thought you forgot us! You’re a big man now and we didn’t dare go see you.” Wang Tao said happily as he scratched his head.
“You can come and see me anytime when you’re free.” Gong Lixin smiled as he invited them over.
“Great! Brother Gong, I’ve been thinking about you for half a month!” Xiao Sun Jie looked up and smiled.
Gong Lixin felt ashamed. He unnaturally reached out and touched Sun Jie’s head, the touch soft and smooth and felt impeccably good. His eyes lit up, and he touched two more times before letting go. This time, he finally knew why Big Brother Song and Big Brother Lin always loved to pat his head.
“Young Master Gong, Gu Nan didn’t trigger his ability and has been bullied by the two boys, Zhao Ying and Li Jie. You have to help me teach them a lesson!” After several people finished their greetings, Ma Jun spoke up through gritted teeth.
“Good brother!” Gu Nan felt very moved and wanted to reach out to hug Ma Jun’s shoulder, but avoided it after seeing his disapproval. Gu Nan took back his muddy hands, his mouth twitched and his heart didn’t feel as moved anymore.
“Gu Nan has just triggered his wind ability. He taught the two men himself and I didn’t even need to take care of it. After being bullied by others, you should take care of it yourself. If you can’t do it now, continue to work hard until your strength surpasses that of the other person. By hiding behind others and relying on others, you will never know how to improve yourself and how to be strong. With that way of thinking, how will you ever be qualified to fight with me in the future?” Gong Lixin furrowed his brows and lectured seriously.
“Ah?” Ma Jun was so excited that he opened and closed his mouth several times soundlessly, like fish out of water. “Young Master Gong, you mean for us to be your team members?”
“Yes, all of you, including Sun Jie, will be part of my team in the future.” Gong Lixin decided and nodded. He picked his people. They were far from the best, but it was not their strength that he valued. With Wang Tao and the others, he was very comfortable and he didn’t need to be too careful. This was enough. If their strength was not good enough, he could slowly teach them later.
“Yeah!” Ma Jun and Wang Tao were excited and felt stunned, attracting all kinds of envious and hateful eyes their way. Looking at their happy appearance, they didn’t even need to think about it as it was obvious that they had been selected by Young Master Gong. In the base, everyone knew that if Young Master Gong was on the mission then their safety was absolutely guaranteed!
“Young Master Gong,” Sun Tiantian was also very happy, but after the happiness faded, she hesitated and honestly said, “Please think again about your decision. My ability’s strength is very poor. I don’t even know how to use my earth ability. Yes, the only thing I know is the ‘sink’ technique I stole from Li Jie. Although my younger brother is not weak, he’s a child after all, and his physical strength can’t keep up. I’m afraid that we will only drag you down.”
Wang Tao saw her face and his excitement also quickly faded. He opened, “Yeah, Sun Tiantian is right. We are too weak and will drag you down. I’m a power ability user and they all say that a power ability user is merely a second-class ability and is useless. It’s nothing more than strength.”
Hearing the self-criticism of Wang Tao and the others, the people who envied them finally felt soothed and pricked up their ears, waiting for Young Master Gong’s answer…
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If it was useless, you wouldn’t have awaken as one… have some confidence Wang Tao
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Thanks for the chapter! I feel so angry at the bullying & belittling instigated by that woman & her pettiness…
Thanks for the hard work love the story ^_^
And here begins the creation of the most badass group to exist 😂
Thank you for the translations~
I thought the one who survive’s is Ling Yin? I reread the previous chapter, and it explained that Ling Yu got scratched by mutated bat when Lin Wenbo come to rescue Lixin??
You’re right, my bad, forgot to change it.
why did Sun Tiantian change from Wood to earth ?
author forgot? oops?
Thanks for the chapter 🥰
Character development in Ling Yan? It’s more likely than you think.