The springtime grass sprouted out of the earth beneath the flying orioles. 

  Short weeds flourished on the broad ridges of field bordering the two sides of a channel. At this moment, a dozen people were fighting bare-handed against one another on top of the two ridges. 

  “Stop.” A loud yell came from a distance. 

  A large group of people were rushing over at full speed. The person who shouted, a slim man, was at the very front leading the group. However, people were still fighting and no one had stopped. The thin man sprinted, rushing into the middle of the crowd. He held a lance and with a jab, a person was soon sent flying. 

  In the blink of an eye, about seven or eight men bulging with muscles were thrown into the air, but they immediately stood up the moment they fell on the ground. 

  “Was it the youngsters from Li Jia Village that wounded Dahou, right?” The thin Teng Yongxiang, the great master that taught the way of the lance in Teng Jia Village, yelled and scolded. 

  “Master Teng, we were merely irrigating our crop. What gives you Teng Jia villagers the right to block the gap for the irrigation of our field!” The brawny man with wounds on his body thundered angrily. 

  At this moment, a group of Teng Jia villagers have already arrived. 

  A woman from Teng Jia Village immediately cursed, “You heartless dog! It hadn’t rained since the arrival of spring. Your fields are lacking water, but don’t our fields need water too? But now, the river finally flooded. Why should all the water should be used by your Li Jia Village? Don’t we also need water in our fields? 

  At this time, the thin and tiny Teng Qingshan who was only four years old squeezed through the gap of people with ease and arrived in front of the group. 

  “Fighting for water?” When Teng Qingshan heard this, he finally understood the reason of this affair. 

  Teng Qingshan had never done any farm work in his previous life, so there were many things he didn’t understand. However, it was common knowledge that wheat needed water to grow. If there was not enough water to irrigate, it would lead to crop failure. 

  “Even though they fought, so far there were no deaths, and weapons were not used.” With a sweeping glance, Teng Qingshan found that some shovels and other tools had been placed on the fields. However, during the tussle between the two villages just now, only punches and kicks were used. Even though some people were injured and bloodied, no one died. 

  Teng Qingshan slightly thought and understood. 

  “If even one of the Teng Jia Villagers died, then the men of Teng Jia Village would most likely attack. It’s just a fight for water, which should be alright as long as nothing serious happens. If someone were to die, the issue between the two villages would escalate.” At this moment, a large group of people were running towards there from another direction. 

  “Qingshan, don’t run around.” At this moment, cousin Teng Qinghu also squeezed to the front and immediately grasped Teng Qingshan. “It’s chaos out here. You are only a small child. If you get hit, you will become injured so be careful.” 

  “Ok.” Teng Qingshan smiled to his cousin. 

  “Look, the people from Li Jia Village came as well.” Teng Qinghu also saw in the distance. 

  “Teng Yongxiang!” a big cry rang and a husky man with big beard was seen running here. 

  “Master.” All the clan members of Li Jia Village immediately stood aside. 

  Teng Yongxiang was the master of Teng Jia Village that taught the use of long spears, while the big bearded man, Li Liang, was the instructing master of Li Jia Village. 

  “Are you ok?” The big beard man looked around him. Immediately, some people from Li Jia Village immediately explained in a low voice. 

  “Li Liang!” Teng Yongxiang shot him a cold glare, “You should know that it didn’t rain. Your fields need water and so do ours. However, there is only this much water, Tell me, what should we do?” A big flood had caused the canal become full of water, so people immediately closed the front of the canal. 

  Thus, when the water level of the main watercourse receded, the water in the canal wouldn’t flow back. However, there was only this much water, how would it be divided? 

  “What to do……?” The big bearded man, Li Liang, held an iron lance and sneered, “It’s simple. Let’s fight. If I win, Li Jia Village gets to use this water first. If you win, Teng Jia Village gets to use this water first. What do you think? Do you dare to compete?” 

  With this, Li Liang inserted the spear into the ground. 

  Teng Yongxiang narrowed his eyes slightly. 

  “Seems like Uncle isn’t stronger than that big bearded fellow, Li Liang.” Teng Qingshan secretly speculated as he saw this. 

  “Li Liang.” Teng Yongxiang sneered, “The water in the canal is of great importance. I am afraid you don’t have the authority to use it to gamble.” 

  Big Beard Li Liang choked. 

  The water was meant for growing grain. Indeed, he did not have the qualification to make this water the stake of a bet. 

  “If you want to compete with me, then we should choose to stake something else. But today, we are talking about what to do with the water. If you are still that pig- headed, stand aside and talk after your Chief arrives.” Teng Yongxiang was very calm. At this time, the crowd of people from Li Jia Village separated, forming a path through the mass of bodies. 

  An old man with hair and beard that were bristling crackled as he strided towards the Teng Yongxiang. 

  “Chief Li.” Teng Yongxiang cupped his hands in a greeting. 

  “Yongxiang, where is Old Teng?” The old man said casually 

  “Chief is about to arrive.” Teng Yongxiang answered. 

  Teng Qingshan listened and immediately understood that this old man who looked like fierce Zhang Fei should be the Chief of Li Jia Village. 

  “Ha ha ……” Before the person even arrived, the sounds of a jaunty laughter rang. 

  “Grandfather.” Teng Qingshan turned his head immediately. 

  A burly man walked forward with long steps. It was the Chief of Teng Jia Village, Teng Yunlong. The man with the iron spear following beside Teng Yunlong was Teng Qingshan’s father, Teng Yongfan. Teng Yunlong walked in front of the group and said in a clear voice, “Li Huojun, you should know about the matter. So tell me, how should we resolve this?” 

  “Teng Yunlong, you are truly straightforward.” the Chief of Li Jia Village, Li Huojun, smiled and loudly said, “ The old rules and regulations!” 

  “Group fighting or one versus one fighting?” Teng Yunlong asked. 

  What is group fighting and one versus one fighting?” Teng Qingshan asked cousin Teng Qinghu beside him in a low voice. Teng Qinghu whispered, “Qingshan, when two village have conflicts, they always determine the winner of the argument by fighting. Group fighting is when each village dispatches ten strong men to fight without any weapons. When all of the people on one side cannot stand anymore, the other side wins. Group fighting is always a little intense, and may even cause deaths. As for one to one fighting, you should probably understand it without me explaining it.” 

  Teng Qingshan nodded slightly. 

  The Chief of Li Jia Village calmly considered it before speaking with a smile, “For this conflict, we shall use one versus one fighting. Let’s hold three matches. The water will be made available for twelve hours per day. If one wins the match , the winning side would be able to use the water freely for 4 hours. If two matches are won, the winning side gets to use the water for 8 hours. If three matches are won, then the winning side is able to use water freely. On the contrary, the loser will not be allowed to use the water to irrigate. 

  Teng Yunlong pondered for a while 

  “Okay.” Teng Yunlong nodded his head in agreement. 

  The two Chiefs nodded, and like that, it was decided. 

  “This place is too small. Let’s go to Blood Sand Hill.” Teng Yunlong said. 

  “Very well.” Li Huojun nodded. 

  Immediately, under the lead of the two Chiefs, the people from both villages departed for Blood Sand Hill. 

  “Qingshan, you actually came here too.” Yuan Lan picked up Teng Qingshan and rebuked him with a slightly angry tone, “This place is in turmoil. I thought you were in the village but you are actually here! Qinghu, it was you who took your cousin here, right? Your cousin is too young to understand these matters, you should have known better. In spite of that, you still brought him here?” 

  Reprimanded, Teng Qinghu slightly lowered his head. 

  Teng Qingshan also obediently lowered his head as he listened to his mother’s rebuke. 

  “Yuan Lan.” At this time, Teng Yongfan came towards them, “All right, don’t scold the children. Let’s all go to Blood Sand Hill together.” With this, Teng Yongfan took Teng Qingshan in his arms, “Good son, you’d better watch this match carefully. When you grow up, you should become a hero too. If you become as powerful as your cousin in the future, haha, I, your father, would laugh even in my sleep.” 

  Cousin Teng Qinghu could lift 300 Jin when he was just nine years old. He was innately gifted. Most people thought he would be amongst the first-ranked hero in Teng Jia Village. For a father to have such expectation of his son wasn’t difficult to comprehend. 

  “Catch up to cousin?” thought Teng Qingshan, unable to say anything. 

  Blood Sand Hill was a bare field. At this moment, nearly one thousand people had gathered here. 

  “This circle is about five Zhang in length. Each hero from Teng Jia Village and Li Jia Village will come in bare-handed. The match will be declared over when the loser is beaten to the ground and can’t crawl back up or is beaten out of the circle. ” A silver haired man with a crutch announced with clarity. 

  Both Chiefs looked at each other. 

  “Each side can use up to four hours of water for every match won by that side.” The silver haired elder said distinctly, “Now, honorable Chiefs, please dispatch your three clansmen and write their names according to the sequence in which they will fight. Then, according to the list, the first, second, and third clansman of each clan will fight the first, second, and third clansman of the opposing clan!” The silver haired elder spoke with adequate energy. 

  Teng Qingshan heard the rules and couldn’t help but secretly nod. 

  This way prevented from happening events that were similar to Tian Ji’s Horse Race. One side wouldn’t be able to know the sequence of the opposite side, so naturally, they couldn’t strategize beforehand. 

  (TLN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tian_Ji) 

  “We are ready.” Teng Yunlong smiled and held up a red paper in his hand. 

  “We are ready as well.” Li Huojun also held up a red paper. 

  The silver haired man with crutches collected the two pieces of paper and began to read: “The sequence of the matches between Teng Jia Village is Teng Yonglei, Teng Yongfan, and Teng Yongxiang. The sequence of the match in Li Jia Village is Li Wutian, Li Liang, and Li Jinfu!” 

  Teng Yonglei against Li Wutian. 

  Teng Yongfan against Li Liang. 

  Teng Yongxiang against Li Jinfu. 

  “Li Jinfu?” Many people in Ten Jia Village were confused. 

  Both Li Liang and Li Wutian belonged to the “Wu” generation . The reason why Li Liang wasn’t named Li Wuliang was that the two words, Wuliang and Wuliang, were homophonic. Therefore, the elders directly named him “Li Liang.” As for Li Jinfu, it was obvious that he was from a younger generation than Li Wutian and Li Liang. 

  (TLN: This is the first WuLiang (乌良) and this is the second Wuliang (无良). Different writing, different meaning. The second Wuliang (无良) means unscrupulous which would not be a good name.) 

  “This Li Jinfu kid should be about 10+ years old this year.” The sound of discussions came from the people of Teng Jia Village, “He is actually competing?” 

  “Father is also going to compete?” As Teng Qingshan listened, he heard his father’s name and couldn’t help but turn his head to look at him.

  Book 2 chapter 5 – A one hundred and twenty Jin Wolf Fang Mace 

  Teng Yongfan warmed up alongside Teng Yongxiang and Teng Yonglei. 

  “These three men from our Teng Jia Village  Elder Uncle Teng Yongxiang is the spear master of our village and his strength is among the strongest. Second Uncle Teng Yonglei is the leader of the Hunter Squad, and his strength is also very high. Although I rarely see my father in a fight, he should also be a master.” In his mind, Teng Qingshan analysed the men who were preparing to fight. 

  The fact that even a remote mountain village had this many mastered was a testament to the strength and ferocity to the people in this era. By this alone, one could imagine how many powerful men existed in this world. 

  “The fight is finally about to begin.” Teng Qinghu, who was standing next to Teng Qingshan, was so excited that his eyes lit up. 

  “The first round shall commence!” 

  The silver-haired old man walking with a crutch looked around the crowd and shouted with a clear voice, “Teng Yonglei from Teng Jia village, and Li Wutian from Li Jia village, please enter into the battle ring.” 

  “Do your best, Lei.” Father Teng Yongfan patted the shoulder of Teng Yonglei. 

  “Be careful of Li Wutian’s legs,” Teng Yongxiang advised him. 

  “Watch me as I fight against Li Wutian!” 

  Teng Yonglei smiled confidently, and walked into the battle ring, taking big strides. Li Wutian also spoke several words to his fellow villagers before walking confidently and unarmed into the ring five feet in diameter. After he talked with his fellow villagers, he entered into ring unarmed. When Teng Yonglei pulled off his gown and threw it outside the ring, his firm, muscular upper body was immediately revealed. 

  Li Wutian did the same, tossing his gown away before exposing his strong body. 

  “Teng Yonglei, you have no chance of winning today. The earlier you give up, the less you will suffer.” The skin of Li Wutian was tanned, and his body seemed sturdy. 

  “After this fight, you’ll be bedridden for half a year,” said Teng Yonglei as he rolled his eyes. 

  Before the two men of both villages even started fighting, they were already at each other’s throats. 

  “Both participants,” The silver-haired old man leaning on his crutch glanced at them, before shouting, ”Begin!” 

  “Please!” Li Wutian cupped his hands. 

  “Please!” Teng Yonglei proceeded to do the same. 

  (TL: “please” in this case is similar to “Ready.” When both sides say this, it indicates that the fighters are ready) 

  In the blink of an eye, thousands of people gathered around the ring, staring at the two competitors. This fight not only related to irrigation rights but also to the clan’s honor. Everyone looked forward to the fight and hoped that their own clan would win. 

  Teng Yonglei moved one hand upward to protect his lower jaw and the other hand his waist before cautiously circling around the ring. 

  Li Wutian held both of his hands up near his chest, and with his left leg raised a bit, he seemed ready to kick his opponent at any moment. 

  Suddenly, the whole place became silent for a while. 

  Teng Qingshan was watching intently. “Uncle Teng Yonglei uses the strength in his hands, but Li Wutian uses his legs more dominantly than his hands, which he uses solely to protect his vital parts.” Li Wutian followed the saying, ‘guarding the door with your hands and kicking your opponent with your legs.’ Teng Qingshan, however, could not be more different. He used mostly his fists with his martial arts.” 

  Both Teng Yonglei and Li Wutian cautiously observed each other. 

  “Chi!” Li Wutian suddenly advanced and kicked at Teng Yonglei’s jaw with his left leg. 

  “Hu!” A strong wind swept past Teng Yonglei’s face, forcing him to hastily retreat. 

  Just when Li Wutian finished kicking Teng Yonglei with his left leg, he instantly followed with his right. Like a serpent, Teng Yonglei’s stared at his opponent’s leg before his right fist suddenly shot out like lighting and directly smashed against his opponent’s foot. ”Bang!” Li Wutian’s leg was immediately bashed downwards, causing him to lose his balance. 

  “He!” Teng Yonglei gave off a loud shout and took advantage of the opponent’s split second delay to execute a whirlwind kick. 

  “Hu!” Like a guillotine, his left leg swept towards Li Wutian. 

  With no time to retreat, Li Wutian leaned his body to dodge the incoming kick by pressing his right hand on the ground to do a somersault while sweeping his leg upwards. 

  Teng Yonglei quickly jumped backward and successfully avoided the attack. 

  Only a moment after the jump, Teng Yonglei suddenly leapt forward and pressured the Li Wutian, who had yet to get up from the ground, raining fierce fists down on him like artillery shells. 

  “Bang, bang” After Li Wutian, who was pressured on the ground, received two hits, the sounds of bones breaking and blood spattering could be heard. Li Wutian roared like a beast before straightening his back and maliciously kneeing Teng Yonglei. His powerful thigh muscles immediately sent Teng Yonglei flying. 

  “Go die!” 

  With his face covered by blood, Li Wutian roared and continuously use both of his legs to send attacks that seemed to transform into mirages against Teng Yonglei, who was still recovering from being hit by Li Wutian’s knee. 

  “Pu!”“Pu!” 

  Using both of his hands, Teng Yonglei blocked Li Wutian’s legs one after another. 

  “Ah!” With a fierce scream, Li Wutian suddenly advanced and ferociously sweep kicked with both of his legs, instantly forcing Teng Yongeli to retreat. 

  “You cannot retreat anymore!” Someone from Teng Jia Village shouted. 

  Teng Yonglei was caught by surprise. 

  Only now did he realize that he had already reached the edge of the ring. Another step and he would be disqualified. 

  “Ha!” Exactly at this time, Li Wutian leaped and he kicked Teng Yonglei rapidly. 

  His attack was impossible to evade. 

  ”Bang!” When Li Wutian’s leg smashed against Teng Yonglei’s chest, blood spattered from his mouth and his whole body was about to fly away. 

  At just the right moment, however  

  ”Come here!” With a maddening roar, Teng Yonglei stretched out his hands and grabbed his opponent’s legs. With a fierce swing, he threw Li Wutian almost twenty feet into the air. With a loud bang, he fell heavily to the ground, forming a huge dust cloud. 

  At the same time, Teng Yonglei also fell facedown onto the ground while clutching his chest. 

  “Leizi.” 

  “Yonglei!” 

  Suddenly, many people from Teng Jia Village rushed towards him. 

  “Brother Tian!” 

  “Father!” 

  “Tian!” 

  On the other side, people from Li Jia village rushed forward and lifted up Li Wutian. 

  “Father, is Uncle okay?”Teng Qingshan asks his father. 

  Teng Yongfan patted the head of Teng Qingshan while saying, “Don’t worry, his chest received just a kick, and he’ll probably only need to cultivate for two month. It’s not a big problem.” 

  Teng Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief. 

  Teng Qingshan was very familiar with Teng Yonglei; after all he was the leader of the Hunter Squad and would often send wild game to him. During this time, he familiarized himself with Teng Qingshan. 

  “The first match has finished. Because Teng Yonglei and Li Wutian both left the ring at the same time, it ended with a draw.” The silver-haired old man leaning against the crutch announced in a loud voice. 

  Both villages’ onlookers immediately felt the tension. 

  Nobody could imagine this kind of outcome in the first round. 

  “Dad, be careful.” Teng Qingshan couldn’t help but see that during this fight, deaths could likely occur. 

  “Don’t worry my son, pay attention to how your father will take care of that guy.” Teng Yongfan smiled. 

  “Brother Fan, don’t get careless.” Yuan Lan looked at her husband through eyes filled with worry. 

  Teng Yongfan nodded and greeted the people around him. 

  “Teng village’s ‘Teng Yongfan’, Li Jia Village’s Li Liang”. Both fighters please enter into the ring.” 

  “Fan, please thrash Li Liang for me.” Teng Yong Xiang said. 

  Teng Yongfan entered the fighting ring. 

  “Haha, Teng Yongfan, I was looking forward to fighting with you for a long time, but you always holed yourself and forge iron in your village. I will let you see our Li Jia family’s iron fist.” The big bearded Li Liang burst out laughing and suddenly threw away his gown, before stepping into the ring. Li Liang’s body hair was very thick and his dark chest hair was especially dense. 

  “Good, let me see your iron fist.” Teng Yongfan smiled as he threw away his gown as well, revealing his developed strong boy. Teng Yongfan’s shoulders and back muscles were extremely well defined, as if it was hiding a pair of wings below. His thick arms could be compared to a youth’s thighs. 

  Teng Qingshan’s eye lit up “Although father rarely fights, his arms have reached a extremely frightening proportions after many years of blacksmithing.” 

  Teng Qingshan was very confident towards his father. 

  However, it a duel, in addition to strength one also needed to rely on tactics. 

  “Both fighters, Begin.” The silver-haired old man announced. 

  “Please!” “Please!” 

  Father Teng Yongfan and Li Liang made a cupping motion with their hands before backing away and observing each other. 

  “Li Liang, did you said that you wanted to show me your iron fist?” Teng Yongfan laughed and stepped extremely domineeringly. 

  “Humph” Li Liang sneered, before closing in like lighting. The moment Teng Yongfan noticed, two fists were already approaching and the right fist was mercilessly shooting towards his shoulder. 

  “haha……” Teng Yongfan casually waved his left hand and deflected Li Liang’s fist to the side before following with a straight punch. 

  Already prepared for this attack, Li Liang used his left hand to block. 

  “Bang!” A dull sound resembling a drum could be heard. 

  When Teng Yongfan’s fist smashed against Li Liang’s left hand, it didn’t lose any of its momentum and landed on Li Liang’s chest. 

  “Crack!” With a crunching noise, Li Liang felt a severe pain on his check and directly flew out of the ring. 

  Immediate silence! 

  Nobody could have ever imagined that Li jia Village’s martial art master Li Liang would be sent flying after only one blow was exchanged. The difference in their strength was too great. 

  “Brother Fan , well done!” 

  “Brother Fan!” 

  Everyone from Teng Jia Village started to cheer excitedly. 

  “Li Liang!” 

  “Master.” 

  Only now, Li Jia Village’s crowd realised what had happened and rushed towards him. 

  “Don’t worry.” Teng Yongfan said “I retracted 30 percent of my strength from last last strike. Li Liang won’t die.” Afterwards, he smiled and walked towards his family.Picking up Teng Qingshan, he said in a spoiled tone, “Son, how was your father?” 

  “Powerful!” Teng Qingshan smiled and gave a thumb up. 

  When seeing a child giving a big thumb up, the people from Teng Jia Village burst out in laughter. It was obvious that the style in which Teng Yongfan secured a victory was too overwhelming, which enhanced the Teng Jia Village’s mood. 

  Many people from Li Jia village were dumbfounded at Teng Yongfan’s strength. Their master could lift up a seven hundred Jin boulder, but his arm strength couldn’t even block Teng Yongfan’s fist. Just how strong was Teng Yongfan? 

  “He is worthy of being Teng Jia Village’s next chief. That kid Yongfan is not bad.” Lia Jia Village’s patriarch Li Houjun laughed while watching. 

  “Haha.” Teng Yunkong laughed, full of pride. 

  Teng Yongfan was his son-in-law and his favorite disciple, so naturally he would be proud. 

  “Jinfu, get ready.” A trace of pride could be seen on Li Huojun’s face. The third fighter from Li Jia Village was a man named Li Jinfu. 

  “Yes Grandpa.” 

  A powerful noise echoed. 

  Teng Qingshan, along with all the people from his village, turned to look with astonishment at an eight feet tall youth with a sturdy body. His eyes had an intense stare and his hairs were like spikes piercing into the sky. Wrapped in simple beast fur, he looked like a savage that just came out of the mountains. 

  Furthermore, he carried a Wolf Fang Mace that was covered with spikes on his shoulder. 

  “Humph.” The strong and beast-like youth casually wielded his mace a few times, letting people think that his Wolf Fang Mace was probably made of wood, before he threw the mace on the ground. ”Bang!” The sound was so deafening that everyone could only imagine the weight of the mace. 

  “This Wolf Fang Mace is made of iron? How much does it weigh?” Teng Yunlong stared at Li Huojun in shock. 

  “Not that much, my Grandson’s Wolf Fang Mace weighs about one hundred and twenty Jin!” Li Huojun casually replied, but pride was written all over his face. 

  All of the people from Teng Jia Village were utterly shocked. In order to use a one hundred and twenty Jin weapon without much effort, one had to have extremely terrifying strength in both arms. One strong man could defeat ten martial artists with this terrible strength alone, so the sight of the mace already made the crowd from Teng Jia Village feel nervous.