"Co on! Cheers!" Gao Hong raised his glass and clinked it with Jian Feng’s.
Between the two of them, he won the match.
To be precise, it was Jian Feng who let him win.
At that ti, so many of his soldiers were watching. If he lost, it would severely damage his authority!
So, in an ergency, Gao Hong used his ultimate move: bribery!
This al was to bribe Jian Feng.
But even Gao Hong didn’t understand how he managed to pin Jian Feng to the ground.
But he knew, for sure, Jian Feng did it on purpose.
Otherwise, with the gap in their abilities, it would be impossible for him to defeat Jian Feng.
So, he clinked glasses with Jian Feng, thanking him for going easy on him.
Jian Feng clinked glasses with Gao Hong and said, "Kid, in the future, when you’re out drinking with others, you’ll have bragging rights. In the entire... entire Guard, apart from our boss, no one can defeat ! You’re the first!"
Gao Hong laughed awkwardly, "Co on, I know my own capabilities. If you hadn’t let save face, I’d definitely have lost today."
"Haha!" Jian Feng laughed and said, "As long as you understand!"
Gao Hong downed his beer in one go, picked up a lamb skewer, and said while eating, "I just can’t figure it out. We’ve only been working at it for a few years, how is the gap so big? When I was inside, I never stopped training! How could the gap be so large?"
Yang Chen took a bite of kidney and said calmly, "That’s because you lack real combat experience. A major reason Jian Feng is so strong is that he continually grows in real combat. Much of his current strength has been earned through life and death situations. In combat, every mont between bullets is a brush with death!"
Gao Hong nodded in agreent.
After all, real combat unleashes the strongest power between life and death, and it is in such an environnt that people grow the fastest.
"Secondly," Yang Chen said, "we constantly push ourselves beyond our limits. Rember what I said to you before? I said that humans are beings capable of continuously surpassing their limits. We evolved into our current state because it’s the most perfect form! Why are so people powerful while others are weak? Because the powerful have surpassed themselves and broken through the limits of the body! Human potential can be continuously stimulated. Now, we’re like bodies with layer upon layer of locks, and you need to keep exceeding limits, surpassing yourself, to break through these locks, to beco stronger! When we were on the Lijia Continent, we struggled on the verge of death every ti, not knowing how many tis we surpassed our limits, unlocked how many physical barriers, only to reach our current level now, how about you? Although you train, how many tis have you surpassed yourself? You’re constantly repeating the training, and it’s beco aningless, just rusting those locks and making them harder to open!"
Gao Hong listened, involuntarily stunned, frowning in thought.
Finally, Gao Hong asked, "Do I need to fight? How do I surpass myself?"
Yang Chen shook his head, "I can’t help you with that now."
Gao Hong imdiately looked at Jian Feng.
Jian Feng chuckled, looking at the almost finished barbecue on the table and said, "There’s not enough food here!"
"Boss!" Gao Hong shouted, "Another twenty lamb skewers, twenty kidney skewers..."
As long as he could find a way, Gao Hong spared no expense.
Hearing Gao Hong order another hundred skewers, Jian Feng’s mouth split into a smile, showing his delight.
For him, these barbecues and beers might not be the best, but they were offered by a long-lost brother, making them special. Even if the taste wasn’t great, even if the beer was the cheapest, Jian Feng still ate heartily and drank happily.
Sotis, that’s the camaraderie of soldiers.
No matter when, no matter rich or poor, no matter life’s ups and downs, no matter the current situation, when brothers et, they sit at a roadside barbecue stall, order a few lamb skewers and kidney skewers, get a few bottles of beer, and can forget everything and share their hearts!
Yang Chen asked, "You’ve got a salary now?"
"Yes!" Gao Hong said, "Not only do I have a salary, but I also get an instructor bonus. Though I’ve only been teaching them for a few days, the soldiers I’m training are the best, so they give a subsidy."
Yang Chen nodded, knowing that Gao Hong had no savings and probably hadn’t been paid, but didn’t question where the money ca from.
Even though he knew Gao Hong didn’t have money, he wouldn’t pay for him because it was already agreed that he’s hosting. Maybe... that’s the ridiculous pride between n.
In the end, anyone could pay the bill, but today Gao Hong said he was hosting. If anyone else paid, it would be disrespectful to him.
Sotis, n are as childish as kids, yet genuinely adorable.
Soon, the lamb and kidney skewers ca.
Gao Hong hurriedly grabbed a bunch and handed them to Jian Feng, fawning, "Brother! Co on, guide ."
"Hehe!" Jian Feng took the barbecue and laughed, "Then I won’t be polite!"
Jian Feng ate voraciously, downing his beer in big gulps.
For a while, Jian Feng let out a long breath, sighing, "Refreshing! Haven’t eaten like this in a long ti!"
Then, Jian Feng put down his glass, stared at Gao Hong, and said, "Brother, since you asked, I’ll be honest with you! Your current skill level isn’t even as good as the New Guard recruits in our unit!"
Gao Hong nodded repeatedly, not feeling the slightest bit offended because he fully acknowledged Jian Feng’s skill.
Jian Feng continued, "The gap is too wide. If I were to send you to the battlefield now, it would be unrealistic. After all, you haven’t really participated in real combat, and sending you to the battlefield now might just get you killed."
"I’m not afraid!" Gao Hong hurried to say.
Jian Feng waved his hand, "Quiet, let finish!"
Gao Hong nodded and quieted down.
Jian Feng said, "I’ve talked with the boss about you. Although you’ve never slacked on training, your skill is really lacking. But your perseverance is comndable, you should continue as an instructor here, but there’s one thing you need to be clear about, do you truly want to beco stronger?"
"I do! Of course, I do!" Gao Hong quickly said.
Jian Feng shook his head, "Don’t answer so hastily, think it over carefully before you reply."
Gao Hong frowned.
He couldn’t understand, what’s there to think about, who doesn’t want to beco stronger?
Yang Chen said, "It depends on how strong you want to beco!"
Hearing this, Gao Hong was stunned.
He seed to understand what Jian Feng and Yang Chen ant.
Whether he truly wants to beco stronger relates to what he’s willing to sacrifice and what efforts he will make to beco stronger.
Yang Chen just ntioned that they reached their current level by continually surpassing their limits, likening the human body to locks that need to be broken to beco stronger.
He’s been training just adequately, appropriately, but has he ever surpassed his limits? Does he want to beco stronger?
No!
He had never thought that way!
"I understand now!" Gao Hong’s eyes beca resolute, raising his glass to the two n and said, "I will spare no effort to beco stronger and keep up with you!"
Jian Feng laughed heartily, raised his glass and said, "Good brother, I’ll be waiting for you!"
"Go for it!" Yang Chen also raised his glass.
All three raised their glasses and clinked them together, sending beer foam flying.
In the distant sky, the moon erged from the clouds, looking especially bright. The voices of the three n were especially loud at the street stall, their hearty laughter echoing in the alley...
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