Chapter 59 The Turning Point
Seeing this, the Steel Sword Martial Saint Helian Haoyan’s facial expression changed drastically, and he immediately transformed into a streak of flowing light. With a flash, he darted into the forest afar. Fear and terror filled his heart as he thought to himself, “This weird fiery bird could even burn the Snow Feathered Condor, a Golden Dan Innate Demonic Beast with feathers as tough as godly weapons, to death. The flames of the fiery bird are obviously different from that of the other ordinary Golden Dan Innate Demonic Beast. If its fire touched me, I would definitely die!”
How powerful were the Blue Luan’s flames?
Both Teng Qingshan and Mu Wang couldn’t even defeat the Six Legged Bladelike Chi in the past, yet the Six Legged Bladelike Chi had to flee when it faced the flames of the Blue Luan, let alone the Snow Feathered Condor. If Helian Haoyan really did encounter the flames, he would certainly die.
“Sinister creature!” The Tianfeng Martial Immortal roared and drew out the black longsword he carried on his back.
Whew!
A streak of swordlight pierced through the air and shot towards the Blue Luan.
The Blue Luan flapped its wings and easily dodged the streak of swordlight like an expert with exceptionally powerful Qing Gong Body Art. When Blue Luan and Teng Qingshan competed with each other and during the time when they fought at close range, the Blue Luan would always dodge and avoid the strikes of Teng Qingshan’s long spear with ease. Through this, one could imagine the Blue Luan’s agility and evasive capability.
“Screech~~Screech~~” The Blue Luan speedily flew above Helian Haoyan.
Logically speaking, two legged beings are not as fast as four legged creatures, while four legged creatures are not as fast as flying creatures.
Which meant that normal human beings weren’t as fast as beasts, while beasts were not as fast as birds. The Blue Luan was the king of the birds……One could say that even the flying speed of an expert that had reached Emptiness Realm Culmination was not as fast as the Blue Luan……Only bird typed demonic beasts that have reached the Emptiness Realm could overtake the Blue Luan.
Helian Haoyan raised his head and saw the Blue Luan above. His facial expression instantly changed as he hastily shouted, “Teacher!!!”
The Blue Luan screeched happily as it opened its mouth.
“Whew~~”
A purple black flames descended once again.
“Evil beast!!!” The Tianfeng Martial Immortal’s facial expression changed drastically as he roared furiously. He had already rushed over at the fastest speed.
Helian Haoyan forcefully dodged.
Chichi~~
The flames spurted on the mountain rock and the mountain rock burned like paper, instantly turning into dust. Even though Helian Haoyan dodged extremely fast, a small amount of the flames still wounded him……A spark of fire touched Helian Haoyan’s arm. The spark of fire pierced through the Innate True Origin battle armor that enveloped Helian Haoyan’s arm, tearing it apart as it burned his muscles and bones.
With just one spark, his arm was ignited.
With a sizzling sound, the muscle and bone was burned into dust and the fire continued to spread rapidly.
“Ah~~~” Helian Haoyan shouted in pain and waved his left hand forcefully.
Puchi!
He had hacked his right arm off. Over half of the arm was gone. As the arm fell onto the ground, had already been turned to ash. The power of the Blue Luan’s flames……caused a change in Helian Haoyan’s countenance.
When the Tianfeng Martial Immortal saw this, his face turned livid and rage flashed in his eyes.
“Die!” In a flash, the Tianfeng Martial Immortal dashed over and leaped up, aiming to kill the Blue Luan.
At this moment, the Tianfeng Martial Immortal was in a rage of fury. He relied on the Snow Feathered Condor to fly, since he could only fly when he reach the Emptiness Realm Culmination. Although the two Martial Immortals of the Duanmu Continent had attained Emptiness Realm a very long time ago…… both had not reached Emptiness Realm Culmination. The Tianfeng Martial Immortal could only rely on a bird type demonic beast to fly.
Bird type demonic beasts were extremely rare, while Golden Dan Innate bird typed demonic beasts are even more rare! Moreover, taming them was even more difficult!
As for the Steel Sword Martial Saint Helian Haoyan, he had been secretly selected as the next leader of the clan. Now that Helian Haoyan had lost his right hand, his weapon using hand, it would be considered if he could possess 30 percent of his skill, ability, and strength.
The death of the Snow Feathered Condor! The lost arm of his follower! These both enraged the Tianfeng Martial Immortal! He had never been so angry in hundreds of years.
“Screech~~” The Blue Luan ascended up the sky with ease.
The Tianfeng Martial Immortal leaped to an extremely high place and jumped downwards in a helpless manner. However, the Blue Luan just went past him and darted towards Helian Haoyan. This scene made the Tianfeng Martial Immortal even more angry. He wanted to pursue the Blue Luan in the sky, but it ended with him being tricked by the Blue Luan!
The glow that enveloped the Tianfeng Martial Immortal’s body flowed all over the place as the Tianfeng Martial Immortal accelerated and descended at rapid speed towards Helian Haoyan.
“Whew~~” The Blue Luan spewed out a mouthful of black and purple flames again.
The Tianfeng Martial Immortal couldn’t care about anything else as he hastily rushed to protect Helian Haoyan……
The Blue Luan blinked and flapped its wings, streaking across the sky and flying towards Teng Qingshan.
“Blue Luan!” Seeing the Blue Luan flying over, Teng Qingshan was exhilarated. Simultaneously, he felt very grateful towards the Blue Luan.
Whew!
Teng Qingshan leaped onto the Blue Luan’s back.
“Screech~~” The Blue Luan screeched happily. It immediately ascended into the high altitudes and rapidly flew southeast. Sitting on the Blue Luan’s back, Teng Qingshan thought to himself as he grinned and glanced at Blue Luan, “The Blue Luan is really smart. It actually knew of the military tactic of saving a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers. It knew that forcefully saving me in front of the Tianfeng Martial Immortal was impossible. Therefore, it killed the Snow Feathered Condor first and then attacked Helian Haoyan. When Tianfeng Martial Immortal had to go save Helian Haoyan, it took the chance and save me.”
Teng Qingshan cast a glance downward.
Amidst the mountain rocks below, the Tianfeng Martial Immortal and Helian Haoyan who had lost an arm were looking up. Both of them appeared very angry.
“Screech~~~”
With a cry that resounded throughout the heavens, the Blue Luan accelerated and pierced through the air, disappearing before the sight of the observers.
“That evil beast.” No matter how skilled the Martial Immortal was at keeping himself calm, he was filled with rage at this very moment. He had lived for almost four hundred years. However, he had never suffered such losses since the time he attained Emptiness Realm! He had suffered three times because of a bird-typed demonic beast.
The Snow Feathered Condor was killed! His follower’s arm was burned off! Teng Qingshan was saved!
In the beginning, he even said confidently, “If I want the one before me to live, he will live, but if I want him to die, then he will die!”
Now, his words seemed like a total joke. ……
Tianfeng Martial Immortal and Helian Haoyan were furious. However, Mu Wang, Jiang Yan, Fu Dao, and the other Martial Saints that were watching from afar were either praising or guffawing inwardly.
“The Tianfeng Martial Immortal had suffered a great loss this time.” Mu wang said as he chortled.
“I know, right. Helian Haoyan even lost one of his arms to fire.” Fu Dao said, “However, that fiery divine beast is really too powerful. Not only is it fast, but the fire that it spewed is also extremely powerful. Even the Golden Dan Innate Demonic Beast Snow Feathered Condor turned into ash when it faced the fiery divine bird.
The other Martial Saints nodded.
“It is also very smart.” Mu Wang added and praised, “Teng Qingshan is blessed to have the assistance of such a demonic beast.” ……
Amidst the misty clouds several thousand zhang high up in the air, the Blue Luan was flying at an extremely fast speed.
“Where did the Blue Luan hide Little Jun?” Teng Qingshan was very worried. He knew that……the Blue Luan must have carried Li Jun somewhere and hidden her and the iron box well before it returned to help him.
Whew!
Suddenly, the Blue Luan dove down toward a typical forest two to three hundred Li south of the Ox-Head Mountains. The Blue Luan carried Teng Qingshan and flew into a cave at a sheer mountain face within the forest.
“This cave is new.” Teng Qingshan could tell with one glance as he said, “This should be a cave made by the fire spewed by the Blue Luan.”
Teng Qingshan leaped down and saw the iron box and Li Jun, who was laid upon the ground in front.
“Little Jun.” Teng Qingshan immediately went over and checked Li Jun’s pulse.
“Her pulses are so weak that they can barely be sensed. The same goes with her breathing.” Teng Qingshan nodded to himself. An ordinary person probably couldn’t even sense this pulse. Li Jun was in a state totally indistinguishable from death.
“Where is it?” Teng Qingshan opened the iron box quickly and mumbled as he searched within the iron box. Finally, he found the antidote!
When the Tianfeng Martial Immortal appeared, it was impossible for Teng Qingshan to carry the antidote. Therefore, he poked a hole on the iron box and placed the antidote into the iron box through the hole. He then threw the iron box to the Blue Luan and made the Blue Luan take it away.
“This isn’t right.”
Teng Qingshan was just about to let Li Jun take the antidote when he suddenly shook his head and said, “Based on the later actions of the Steel Sword Martial Saint Helian Haoyan in the end, what he did in the beginning was just to stall for time, which means that……this pill might not be real. He poisoned Li Jun in the beginning and deliberately confused me. When Mu Wang recognized that the poison was the ‘Century of Sleep,’ he then told the truth. That was the first time he was stalling for time.”
“The cunning arguments with me later were also an act to stall for time.”
“The pill that I compelled him to give me……might be fake as well. If Little Jun doesn’t recover after eating it, Helian Haoyan could totally continue stalling for time.
Teng Qingshan wasn’t stupid.
Although Helian Haoyan was somewhat cunning, Teng Qingshan normally wouldn’t be tricked that easily.
However……
The fact that Li Jun was in a dangerous situation affected him greatly, especially when he suddenly noticed that……he had unknowingly fallen in love with Li Jun. This confused Teng Qingshan’s mind and caused his heart to race. At that very moment, he just wanted the antidote. In a state of confusion, he didn’t even notice the tricks Helian Haoyan had been playing.
He was stalling for time, waiting for the Tianfeng Martial Immortal.
“Indeed, the Tianfeng Martial Immortal is incredibly powerful…… Unless I attain the Emptiness Realm, I won’t be able to contend with the Tianfeng Martial Immortal! It’s not weird. The Tianfeng Martial Immortal reached the Emptiness Realm a very long time ago.” Teng Qingshan felt that the difference between Innate Experts and Emptiness Realm Experts was really huge.
“If I attain the Emptiness Realm and my ability improved another level higher, I might be able to compete with him.” Teng Qingshan really desired to attain the Emptiness Realm as he thought to himself, “If I had attained the Emptiness Realm, Li Jun would never end up like this.”
As Teng Qingshan lowered his head and looked towards Li Jun, he felt extremely guilty.
Li Jun had followed him loyally, yet it was because of him she had fallen into such a state.
“It’s hard to tell whether this pill is authentic or not.” Teng Qingshan hesitated. He did not have the nerve to let Li Jun take it without any confirmation. “Little Jun is only unconscious. Her life is not in danger. However, if this pill is poisonous, then it will be troublesome.”
Suddenly—
“Haha, Helian!” A sound rang very far away. When the sound reached Teng Qingshan, it had already become so soft that it could barely be heard.
However, due to Teng Qingshan’s acute sense of hearing, he still managed to hear the voice.
“Eh? It’s the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal!” Teng Qingshan immediately recognized the voice.
“The voice of the Emptiness Realm Expert is so loud that I still managed to hear it when he was two or three hundred Li away.” Teng Qingshan exclaimed in admiration. Actually, Teng QIngshan’s roar, which had shaken an army of 100 thousand could also be heard by ordinary folks 200 to 300 Li away.
“The Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal has arrived. Yes.”
Teng Qingshan pondered and immediately made a decision.
Holding Li Jun in one arm and the huge iron box in the other, he leaped upon the Blue Luan’s back.
“Blue Luan, go north!” Teng Qingshan couldn’t communicate directly with the Blue Luan. He could only point it in the correct direction.
Book 8 Chapter 60 The Descendants of the Godly Axe Mountain
Carrying Teng Qingshan on his back, the Blue Luan flew towards the Ox-Head Mountains in the north. The Blue Luan was obviously not afraid to face Tianfeng Martial immortal, it was rather excited.
Within the Ox-Head Mountains:
“Whiz! Whiz! Whiz!”
The Tianfeng Martial Immortal morphed into a phantom, flying through the trees in Ox-Head Mountains. Running on his toes, he flew from one treetop to another. He then jumped and landed on the back of a large, gray eagle while screeching.
Although the gray eagle is considered a ferocious beast, it is not a demonic beast, thus its intelligence is low.
As the Tianfeng Martial Immortal had immense power and understood the language of beasts, this gray eagle became his temporary ride without conflict.
“Whoosh!”
Streaks of shimmering silver light surrounded the eagle, increasing its speed to ten times above the limits of the eagle. It became nearly as fast as some Golden Dan innate avian demonic beasts.
“How slow!” complained the Tianfeng Martial Immortal. “Even with my assistance, you are this slow! If only Snow Feathered Condor was still alive…… I would use the power of the earth and sky to assist it. With the Snow Feathered Condor’s speed, I could definitely catch up with that Fiery Blaze Weird Bird.”
“Helian, it seems you’re always riding on top of a bird when we meet.” A clear and bright laughter echoed.
Carrying an enormous wolf-headed war saber on his back, the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal looked up at Tianfeng Martial Immortal with a fiery gaze.
“Hmph.” The Tianfeng Martial Immortal looked at him and scoffed. “What? Would you also like to ride on a bird and feel what it’s like to fly through the air? Unfortunately for you, beast language can only be taught to the members of my clan. If not, considering our friendship of over hundreds of years, I would teach you.”
The Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal grinned. “I don’t care about your bullshit beast language. But, as for the Nine Leaf Red Lotus, I think it would be best if you didn’t try to hog it.”
Although the two were far apart from each other, they could hear each other loud and clear.
However, the Martial Saints far away were unable to hear them.
“Haha, first come first serve!” The Tianfeng Martial Immortal sneered. “Why? Do you want it? Just let me use the Divine Thunder Blade of the Duanmu Clan for a few years and I will share a few of my nine lotus seeds with you.
“What an arrogant tone you have.”
The Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal laughed. “You are unfit to look at the Divine Thunder Blade of my ancestors. As far as I know, you were unable to defeat Teng Qingshan earlier. How unfortunate that you could not kill him this time. In the future, while I am around, you won’t have another chance.”
“What do you mean?” The Tianfeng Martial Immortal asked, his expression frozen.
“Teng Qingshan is a good friend of mine. Considering how fast he is improving, it wouldn’t be surprising if he were to become a catastrophe for your clan in the near future.” The Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal said, clicking his tongue.
The Tianfeng Martial Immortal’s expression was as hard as stone.
“I am not greedy; out of the nine lotus seeds, I only want four. In exchange, when the time comes, I will ask Teng Qingshan to be merciful and only find you for revenge.” The Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal laughed. However, the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal was exaggerating.
After being in contact with Teng Qingshan, he realized that Teng Qingshan isn’t a person with wild ambitions. Moreover, if he were to seek revenge, he would not go so far as to destroy the ordinary people of the Tianfeng Clan.
He merely exaggerated for his own convenience. The Tianfeng Martial Immortal knows nothing about Teng Qingshan’s personality anyway.
“Haha Have mercy?”
The Tianfeng Martial Immortal laughed angrily. “Dream on! Tianfeng Clan has stood upon Duanmu Continent for over a thousand years. Who would dare to threaten my clan? Hmph, with our ability to ride birds, the warriors of Tianfeng Clan can fly through the clouds with ease. Anyone who dares provoke my clan only invites destruction onto themselves.”
“Old man, you want the Blazing Flame Seeds? Come get them yourself!” The Tianfeng Martial Immortal snorted. He then began to leave.
“Tianfeng Martial Immortal, hold it right there!”
A loud roar rang through the air.
From the south, the Blue Luan flew towards the two martial immortals. Teng Qingshan held Li Jun carefully in his arms as they sat on the Blue Luan. On his shoulders, he carried a metal box.
“How dare you come!” growled the Tianfeng Martial Immortal, his gaze frozen on Teng Qingshan.
“Haha, Qingshan, you’ve managed to come!” The Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal laughed.
On the ground, the eyes of Mu Wang, Fu Dao, and the other martial saints shone.
“Why wouldn’t I dare to come?” Teng Qingshan glanced at the Tianfeng Martial Immortal’s ride. He couldn’t help smiling. “As expected of the powerful Tianfeng Martial Immortal; you found a new ride so quickly.” Hearing this, the Tianfeng Martial Immortal’s face changed. After all, he is riding on an ordinary beast.
If this news were to spread, it would be quite embarrassing.
“Qingshan, come over here next to me. He can’t hurt you.” The Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal laughed. The Tianfeng Martial Immortal stared at them coldly without a word.
Speaking of strength……
He is indeed a bit weaker than the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal. However, with his flying beast, he can easily avoid the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal’s attacks.
“Senior!” Teng Qingshan descended the Blue Luan.
“Senior! Li Jun has been poisoned by Tianfeng Clan’s Century of Sleep poison. Does Senior know of an antidote for this poison?” Teng Qingshan set aside the metal case on his shoulders and carried Li Jun on his back.
“Antidote? I know of it.” The Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal smiled, nodding his head. “After living this long, I’ve seen pretty much everything.”
“Senior, please take a look for me. Would this be the antidote?” Teng Qingshan said, taking out a dark green pill.
Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal took the pill and sniffed it. He smiled and shook his head. “This is not it. The real antidote should have a faint, but pungent smell.”
“So it’s fake.” Teng Qingshan looked around helplessly. Yet Helian Haoyan, the Steel Sword Martial Saint who lost his arm, had already left.
“Tianfeng Martial Immortal!” Teng Qingshan raised his head, looking at the silver haired man in a black robe on the back of a gray eagle. He screamed enraged, “If the Tianfeng Clan used force to take away the Blazing Flame Red Lotus, I would have nothing to say. However, your disciple, Helian Haoyan, used poison and then threatened me to hand over the Blazing Flame Red Lotus. Now, you already have the Blazing Flame Red Lotus. As for the antidote for the poison ” Teng Qingshan’s sentence trailed off.
“Haha ” The Tianfeng Martial Immortal laughed mockingly in midair.
“Kid!”
The Tianfeng Martial Immortal stared down coldly at Teng Qingshan. “Who do you think you are, talking to me in this way! Hmph! The old man next to you is strong, but what about you? You couldn’t even stand against a single attack from me! Earlier, you kept me from leaving, and now you are asking for the antidote? Haha! How utterly ridiculous!”
As he finished speaking, he started to leave.
“Tianfeng Martial Immortal, what are you so proud of? How can you still be so proud when you are riding on a mere gray eagle?” Teng Qingshan said angrily.
Hearing this, the Tianfeng Martial Immortal, who had already flown quite far, stopped immediately. He turned and looked down at Teng Qingshan below him, scowling.
“Hmph, Tianfeng Martial Immortal, listen up!” Teng Qingshan said coldly. “Send an antidote for the poison to the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal in ten days. Or else……”
“Or else what?” The Tianfeng Martial Immortal asked with a mocking grin on his face.
“Hmph!”
Teng Qingshan gently stroked Blue Luan’s feathers. “Or else, I, Teng Qingshan hereby vow to burn Helian Clan’s inner city. Unless your Helian Clan’s warriors are by your side everyday, I will kill each and everyone of them that comes out.”
Tianfeng Martial Immortal raised his eyebrow. A look of dread appeared on his face. “How outrageous!”
“See if I dare!” Teng Qingshan stared back coldly at Tianfeng Martial Immortal.
The Tianfeng Martial Immortal remained in midair, his eyebrows raised in anger. What kind of status does he possess? When did he fall down to such a state? If the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal threatened him, he could threaten the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal. However, Teng Qingshan has no known clan and only a few people were on good terms with him.
Furthermore……
Teng Qingshan poses a threat.
The Blue Luan’s speed is much faster than ordinary flying beasts. If the Snow Feathered Condor were alive, it would be possible to match the Blue Luan’s speed. But now it’s impossible. After all, such avian demonic beasts are rare in Duanmu Continent. To find and tame a golden dan innate avian demonic beast is nearly impossible.
After all, if the Tianfeng Martial Immortal is unable to capture a Golden Dan Innate avian demonic beast, naturally he is also unable to tame one.
“Hmph!” The Tianfeng Martial Immortal snorted as he turned to leave.
Teng Qingshan’s expression changed.
But at this moment……
“Kid, you are truly vicious. In ten days, I will send the antidote to the Dreamy Cloud ancient city.” A voice suddenly sounded next tof Teng Qingshan’s ears. The Tianfeng Martial Immortal was using the Sound Transmitting Art, wary that others might hear it and he might lose his reputation.
A smiled appeared on Teng Qingshan’s face.
“Haha, Qingshan, looks like even a guy like Helian has given in to you.” The Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal laughed.
“Give in? I am just a man with nothing to lose.” Teng Qingshan shook his head and smiled bitterly.
After battling Tianfeng Martial Immortal, Teng Qingshan realized the large gap in strength between the two of them.
At this moment, seeing the Tianfeng Martial Immortal leave, the Rising Sun Martial Saint Mu Wang and Fu Dao walked over. Fu Dao practiced the Thunder Blade Art, which was related to the Mu Clan.
“Master.” Mu Wang greeted the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal.
“Senior.” Fu Dao also greeted.
The Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal nodded his head, and then turned to Teng Qingshan. Laughing, he said, “Qingshan, how do you feel after battling Tianfeng Martial Immortal this time.”
“There is a huge gap.”
“Yes, I remember you were looking for the Thirty-six stone inscriptions of the Splitting Mountain Forms. Did that help with your training?” The Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal asked. Teng Qingshan nodded without hesitation, “That is, afterall, an axe art left by left by the Godly Axe Deity. It really helped a lot in my understanding of the Dao of Heavens.”
The Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal looked at Fu Dao and said, “Fu Dao, Qingshan lent the Fu clan a big hand this time. With the power of the small soldiers from the Fu clan, the fact that you were able to get 10% of the Fiery Gilt Steel Ores is already considered good. You should now return the favor.”
Startled and hesitant, Fu Dao looked at Teng Qingshan, carefully thinking.
“Return the favor?” Teng Qingshan was confused.
Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal laughed. “Last time, when we obtained Fiery Gilt Steel Ores, you did most of the work. Yunji only wanted to invite you at that time……As for the Fu Clan, they were only able to join the alliance because of you. The twenty thousand soldiers of the newly risen Fu Clan wouldn’t be of much use during the struggle. However, the Divine Blade Guardians of Fu Clan were not bad.
Teng Qingshan nodded.
“Sir, other than the one we lent to you, we still have five more stone inscriptions of the 《Thirty-six Splitting Mountain Forms》.” Fu Dao laughed, “How about I lend them all to you?”
“Five?” Teng Qingshan said, shocked.
Even the Mu Clan only has six, a small family like the Fu clan also has six?
“Don’t be too surprised,” Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal laughed. “The Thirty-Six stone inscriptions originally belonged to the Fu clan. Six is not that much if you take that into consideration.
“Originally belonged to the Fu clan?”
Teng Qingshan looked at Fu Dao in shock. “The Fu Clan is ”
Since the situation had already come this far, Fu Dao was no longer hesitant to answer Teng Qingshan. He nodded and smiled, “Yes, the Fu Clan used to be the Yu Clan that lived upon the Godly Axe Mountain.”
Teng Qingshan couldn’t help but recall the task that had been entrusted to him by the Emperor Yu at the Heavenly Flood Palace of the Great Yan Mountain.
“Emperor Yu told me to take care of his descendants if they were to decline. And now on Duanmu Continent, I have coincidentally run into Little Ping, who turned out to be a descendant of Emperor Yu.” At this moment, Teng Qingshan couldn’t help but lament the fickleness of life and how fate teased people.
“Now, Fu clan has obtained around 40,000 Jin of Fiery Gilt Steel. With that amount, it’s completely enough to forge accoutrements for around 1000 Innate Calvarymen! An army like that is enough to help the Fu Clan establish a name and place on Duanmu Continent.”
Obtaining 15 % of the Fiery Gilt Steel Ores and a good relationship with the Rising Sun Trading Company surely benefit the Fu Clan’s progress in the future.
“Fu Dao, why did you guys change your surname to Fu?” Teng Qingshan asked.
In the Land of Nine Prefectures, the surname Yu still existed. Teng Qingshan did not find it weird that the Yu family of Godly Ax Mountain had changed their surname, he only wondered why they had changed it to Fu.
“There was nothing we could do about it.” Fu Dao shook his head. “During Yu clan’s glory days, the surname Yu brought us glory and pride. We were eyed covetously by all the other clans; and after we fell, the Yu clan naturally became the target for ridicule. After the capture of Godly Axe Mountain, we could no longer use the Yu name, because it would cause fear among the other clans, who would jointly attack us.””
Teng Qingshan nodded his head.
“The Yu Clan originated from Godly Axe Mountain and our ancestor, the Godly Axe Deity, used an axe…… However, there is no surname known as “Axe,” so, we used the surname Fu instead.”
TLN: In Chinese, the word for axe is also pronounced “fu” but in a different character.
Teng Qingshan suddenly understood.
Beside them, Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal sighed. “On Duanmu Continent, there are two surnames dreaded by others. One is Yu, the other is Duanmu. The the surname of Mu Clan was Duanmu. We are descendants of the Thunder Blade Deity. However, the surname Duanmu made it difficult for our clan to survive, so we changed our surname. We used the pronunciation of ‘mu’ from Duanmu as our family name.”
Teng Qingshan was amazed.
The Mu family was the descendant of Duanmu Deity?
The Fu family was the descendant of Godly Axe Deity?
“Haha, Qingshan. Not many know of Fu Clan’s secret. However, although the Mu Clan being the Duanmu Clan is a secret, almost all the great clans knows about it.” Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal laughed. “After all, the Mu clan has been flourishing for more than 3000 years. With a big family and lots of properties, it’s hard to hide secrets.”
Beside him, Mu Wang smiled.
He beamed with pride. In the Duanmu Continent, the Mu Clan was the only clan that flourished for over three thousand years.
“Duanmu and Yu……” Teng Qingshan sighed gloomily.
Different customs yielded different results.
In the Land of Nine Prefectures, one’s bloodline is not seen as important. In the eight Supreme Sects of the Nine Prefectures, the sect leader was selected by skill, and bloodline has nothing to do with it. Therefore, Emperor Yu’s Hall, the descendants of the Emperor Yu, only had the surname “Yu” which they can be proud of, other than that, they were nothing special.
However, Duanmu Continent was different.
Duanmu continent is controlled by clans; things in the clans were passed down according to the bloodline. Duanmu Clan’s wealth and power would naturally be passed down to descendants of the Duanmu bloodline. Similarly, Yu Clan’s wealth and power would also be passed down in such a manner. In Duanmu continent, the Yu and Duanmu Clans possessed a lot of influence among the ordinary people below them.
Because of this, the other clans saw the Duanmu and Yu Clans as enemies, giving the two clans no choice but to change their surname.
Now in Duanmu continent, there was no clan with the last name Duanmu or Yu.
After this, Teng Qingshan carried Li Jun and the big metal case and left on the Blue Luan to catch up with the Whole Gale Eagle. The Whole Gale Eagle was significantly slower than the Blue Luan, and they caught up with the eagle easily.
Soon after, they traveled towards Dreamy Cloud Ancient City in the West Tang Region.
As for the other five stone inscriptions of the Fu family, the Rising Sun trading company was quickly bringing them toward Dreamy Cloud Ancient City. ……
Within the the Rising Sun Inner City in Dreamy Cloud Ancient City:
Teng Qingshan and his followers settled down in Rising Sun Inner City’s ‘East Flower Garden’. The East Flower Garden had beautiful scenery. A roundish lake took up 80 percent of East Flower region. East Flower Region’s buildings were built right on top of the lake.
During the day, one could row a boat on the lake, and at night one could watch the scenery downstairs.
“Brother Teng.”
Mu Wang smiled, pointing at a metal case in front of him and said, “In here lies Fu Clan’s five stone inscriptions of the 《Thirty-six Splitting Mountain Forms》. Now that I have delivered the stone inscriptions, I have finished my task.”
“Thank you, Brother Mu.” Teng Qingshan said as he opened the case.
Clang!
In the metal case neatly placed on top of each other were art pieces that seemed to be made out of a massive jadeite. Seeing this, Teng Qingshan could not help but feel happy. To his surprise, the stone inscription placed on the very top was the tenth form from the Thirty-six forms. Teng Qingshan had seen the ninth form in the past, but now he had the eleventh and twelfth forms.
The pieces could be completely connected. They would be much easier to understand once they were put together in order.
The other four……” Teng Qingshan held down his excitement and took the stone inscriptions out one by one.
“Haha, Brother Teng, you practiced so much that you have become obsessed.” Mu Wang laughed. “I will not bother you anymore.”
“Sorry to have troubled you, Brother Mu.” Teng Qingshan cleared his mind of the stone inscriptions and smiled as he walked Mu Wang out the door.
Then, Teng Qingshan immediately sent the five stone inscriptions to his secret practice room. In the room, there were already seven other stone inscriptions. They were the sixth, eleventh, twelfth, and seventeenth through twentieth stone inscriptions. And the five stone inscriptions of the Fu Clan were—
Number ten, eleven, thirteen, and fourteen. Twenty one and twenty two.
“My luck is quite good.”
“In addition there is the ninth form I saw when capturing Dong Zhezi. Many of them are sequential and connected.”
From the ninth form to the fourteenth form, the connection was complete.
From the seventeenth form to the twenty-second form, the connection was complete as well. ……
Whether it was the Fu clan or Duanmu clan, everyone knew that the 《Thirty-six Splitting Mountain Forms》 only became deeper and deeper. So the ones that they had left were all the beginning forms, and as they racked up, there were many connected forms.
“The heavens are on my side.” Teng Qingshan smirked.
In communion with the Splitting Mountain Axe, he immediately began comprehending those forms.
Time went by quickly. It’s already been nine days since they left Ox-Head Mountains and arrived in Dreamy Cloud Ancient City.
In the East Flower Garden, inside Li Jun’s room.
In the bed, Li Jun reclined peacefully. Teng Qingshan held a small bowl, and fed Li Jun one spoon at a time. Li Jun was unconscious and she could only take in the thin porridge by instinct.
“Li Jun, these three years, you have taken care of me. And now, it is my turn to take care of you.” Teng Qingshan said gently, and smiled at Li Jun.
After he opened up his heart and clearly examined himself, Teng Qingshan no longer avoided Li Jun’s feelings.
“Brother Teng, brother Teng!” Voices yelled from outside.
Teng Qingshan put down the bowl and spoon. He wiped Li Jun’s mouth with a towel and walked out.
In the living room.
Elder Mu Wang looked at Teng Qingshan and smiled. “Qingshan, do you know why I am here?” Teng Qingshan looked at Mu Wang’s hands. “Brother Mu, Tianfeng Martial Immortal told me the other day that the antidote would be here in ten days. Today is already the ninth day, it should be here. So please hand it over.”
Although he said it this way, Teng Qingshan still felt nervous.
“Haha……” Mu Wang laughed and took out a small embroidered case. He opened it, an inside was the same, dark green colored, antidote. “Qingshan, this is the antidote that Tianfeng clan sent.”
Teng Qingshan took it and sniffed it. He couldn’t help but become happy.
Sure enough…… there was a faint but pungent smell.
“Elder, please drink some tea.” Fu Yuping carried a tray of tea and walked into the room. When she saw the antidote in Teng Qingshan’s hand, shock and joy appeared on her face. She said, “Uncle, this…… is this the antidote that can cure sister Li Jun?” Those days, when Teng Qingshan was not taking care of Li Jun, Little Ping was the one taking care of her.
Afterall, Teng Qingshan needed to spend the majority of the time analyzing the Splitting Mountain Axe Art and comprehending the Dao of Heaven.
After a short period of time, Mu Wang left.
“Let’s go.” Teng Qingshan took the antidote. Fu Yuping, Teng Shou, and Yangdong followed closely behind him. They had also just received news that Teng Qingshan had obtained the antidote. Nervously, they all waited and hoped for Li Jun to wake up. ……
Inside Li Jun’s room.
A faint fragrance filled the air. Li Jun reclined there peacefully, as if she was asleep.
“You must wake up.” Teng Qingshan took a deep breath and stepped closer. Gently, he fed Li Jun the antidote. The antidote slid into Li Jun’s mouth and turned into a dark green liquid.
Standing next to Li Jun, Teng Qingshan waited and hoped.
“Li Jun, wake up, quick, wake up.”
“I was wrong before. I can see myself so clearly now.” Teng Qingshan waited, hoping.
As Teng Qingshan, Teng Shou, Fu Yuping and Yang Dong waited…… suddenly–
Li Jun’s eyes fluttered.
Teng Qingshan’s eyes brightened up.
Slowly, Li Jun opened her bright,beautiful eyes. But there was also a hint of confusion in her eyes. She turned to look at the people by her bed, and when she saw Teng Qingshan slowly happiness appeared on her face.
“Brother Teng…… I…… I’m not dead?” Li Jun couldn’t hide the happiness in her eyes.
“Yes, you’re fine now. You’re fine.” Teng Qingshan held Li Jun’s hands, excited.
It’s been nine days……
Throughout these nine days, Teng Qingshan had waited quietly. He was prepared to give Li Jun a surprise today.
“Teng……” She froze when Teng Qingshan held her hands.
She had dreamt of Teng Qingshan holding her hands like this before. But he had never done so in the past.
“Li Jun, can I ask you something?” Teng Qingshan took a deep breath.
Li Jun had just woken up. She saw the serious look on Teng Qingshan’s face which caused her heartbeat to speed up. The look in Teng Qingshan’s eyes……made Li Jun blush for no reason.
“Will you……”
“Marry me?” Teng Qingshan asked, his gaze frozen upon Li Jun.
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