Zhao Nan nodded at Barker's words. "I came to take you as my disciples, so of course I'll tell you."
"Do you know about the Four Ultimate Warriors of the Yulan Continent?"
The five Barker brothers were taken aback. Then Barker answered, "We've heard of the Four Ultimate Warriors. They were a powerful clan five thousand years ago, but they don't have much of a reputation anymore."
"That's right. The Four Ultimate Warriors were powerful five thousand years ago.
"And you are Undying Warriors, one of the Four Ultimate Warriors.
"I never imagined that the Armand clan, once one of the Four Ultimate Warrior Clans, would have fallen so far." Zhao Nan sighed wistfully.
Gates stared at Zhao Nan, bewildered. "Lord Zhao Nan, are you saying that the five of us are Undying Warriors?
"And that our surname is Armand?"
Zhao Nan nodded at Gates's question. "That's right. You five are members of the Armand clan, the Undying Warrior Family, one of the Four Ultimate Warrior Clans."
The five Barker brothers stared at each other, stunned. After exchanging glances, their eyes filled with confusion.
Then all five stood up and looked at Zhao Nan in shock. "How is that possible?"
They had always been orphans. How could they possibly belong to one of the Four Ultimate Warrior Clans?
Zhao Nan shook his head at their reaction. "Are your bodies unusually strong?"
The five brothers exchanged another glance, unsure what Zhao Nan meant. Hadn't he already said that?
Still, they all nodded, and Barker said, "Lord Zhao Nan, don't you already know?
"As we told you earlier, we can't cultivate battle qi. Our strength comes from our physical prowess."
"Haha.
"Ordinary people can't push their bodies beyond their limits and reach that level of strength. Only the Four Ultimate Warriors can." Zhao Nan spoke in a leisurely tone.
As soon as Zhao Nan said this, Hazer spoke up. "Lord Zhao Nan, I've heard that each of the Four Ultimate Warriors has a specific battle qi manual, and that only by cultivating that manual can they cultivate battle qi.
"Is the reason you want us as disciples that you have such a manual?"
Zhao Nan looked at Hazer deeply, unable to hide his surprise.
He had never imagined that Hazer would know about this.
Hazer seemed to notice Zhao Nan's surprise, and said simply, "I didn't know for sure before, either. I just heard it as a story.
"If you hadn't brought it up, Lord Zhao Nan, I probably would have forgotten about it."
Only then did Zhao Nan nod.
In the original story, when Cesar told the five Barker brothers about this, none of them had said anything like that.
As Hazer had said, he had probably simply forgotten.
Then Zhao Nan continued, "I don't have a battle qi manual that the five of you can cultivate, but I do know who has the Undying Secret Manual you need.
"By the way, the Undying Secret Manual is the technique that will allow you to cultivate battle qi."
A glint appeared in the eyes of all five Barker brothers when they heard about the Undying Secret Manual.
They had long yearned for a manual that would let them cultivate battle qi.
They had lived long enough to know just how hard it was to grow stronger when they couldn't cultivate.
"Please tell us who has the Undying Secret Manual, Lord Zhao Nan." Barker bowed respectfully to Zhao Nan.
Then Hazer, Gates, and the other two brothers also stood and bowed to him.
"Haha. I came here to take you as disciples. How could I not help you?" Zhao Nan said with a warm smile.
The five Barker brothers understood what Zhao Nan meant.
He was saying that if they weren't his disciples, he wouldn't tell them about the battle qi manual.
The five brothers exchanged glances, then dropped to one knee before Zhao Nan and bowed respectfully. "Barker, Ankh, Hazer, Boone, and Gates greet you, Teacher."
Zhao Nan wasn't at all surprised by their response.
After all, Barker was the strongest of the five, and he was only a sixth-rank warrior!
And Zhao Nan was a Saint-level powerhouse!
How could a Saint-level powerhouse fail to take disciples?
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