The sun hangs high in the sky, and the warm sunlight shines on me.

  However, it is now late September, the temperature is even lower, and several heavy snowfalls have left all the surrounding mountains of Shenfu Mountain covered in snow. By the side of the Crescent Moon Lake, the snow that had been trampled many times was already very hard and solid. A tall figure in white robes could be seen practicing spear techniques with a silver long gun by the lake.

  Whoosh~~ transformed into a virtual shadow of a gun, forming a semi-circular light shield that completely enveloped Teng Qing Mountain.

  This halo has an earthy yellow glow.

  Looking at this half-circular yellowish-brown sphere formed entirely by the shadows of guns, it feels like the hemisphere is radiant and seems to be one with the earth, immovable. Moreover, the surrounding sky and earth are slightly distorted, as if looking at the trees around the hemispherical light halo, the trees seem to be twisted.

  "Rumbling..." The semi-circular sphere collapsed and dissipated, producing a low-pitched sound that reverberated continuously, as if it were the sound of the earth itself.

  The dissipating sphere revealed the figure of Lü Qingyang.

  "Haha, the seventh boundary of this fist is indeed different!" Tang Qing Shan's eyes had a thread of excited light, "The 'Earth Movement Fist' cultivated to the seventh boundary, will comprehend the Earth Movement Way, and apply it to the 'Mixed Yuan One Qi' spear technique. It actually makes my 'Mixed Yuan One Qi' spear technique increase in power by so much!"

  "If I meet Hexapod again..."

  It has been more than a month since I last fought with Liu Zuojian.

  After more than a month, relying on the comprehension of the 36 moves of "Kaitian", Teng Qing Shan finally created the seventh move of "Tuhao Quan"! If the first three moves are the foundation, then the fourth to sixth moves make Teng Qing Shan's spear technique comparable to that of the strong "Xu Yue Jian Sheng"!

  And the seventh punch... raised Teng Qing Shan's strength by another level.

  "Last time, I couldn't withstand the attack of the six-legged knife-wielding insect with six blades on its legs. But now... with the help of the fish-like body technique and defensive gun method, I can retreat completely unscathed!" Teng Qing Shan thought to himself, "My 'Earth Traversing Fist', is probably divided into three stages. The first three fists are the first stage, the fourth to sixth fists are the second stage, and this seventh fist is the third stage! Of course, if my guess is correct, there should be an eighth and ninth fist in the third stage!"

  "Unfortunately, in terms of pure physical strength, I am weaker than Liu Zu Jian." Teng Qing Shan sighed.

  "Otherwise, with my marksmanship, what's to fear from a six-legged insect?"

  The power of the demon beast is stronger than that of a human of the same level!

  Like a red-eyed snow lion beast, and Teng Qing Shan of those years are not much different!

  And with six legs, the knife's power is even more astonishing!

  In terms of swordsmanship and knife skills, the demon beast is inferior to humans. However, in terms of physical quality, it far surpasses humans.

  "When I cultivate my inner strength to the later stage, my body will burst with power, reaching 1.6 million jin! At that time, suppressing the Six-Foot Blade won't be a problem." Teng Qing Shan thought about it and felt a bit helpless. This inner strength was formed by the transformation of internal energy and 'spirit' within his body.

  Fierce, true yuan, and Buddha yuan, these three require different proportions of 'spirit'.

  Buddha nature has the highest requirement, true nature has a moderate requirement, and fierce nature has the lowest requirement.

  It can be even lower! To reach the late stage of the blast furnace, a lot of 'divine' is still needed.

  Teng Qing Shan is still too young after all!

  "I've been practicing the Earth-style Fist and Water-style Fist, and I'm in harmony with the 'Way'. My 'spirit' is increasing every day, and the speed at which my 'spirit' is improving is astonishing. However, up until now, it's still a little short. Teng Qing Shan felt that he was only one step away, but this last layer of obstruction wasn't so easy to break through."

  On a physical level, Teng Qing Shan's bodily strength has already exceeded 800,000 jin. No matter how Teng Qing Shan cultivates, the increase in his bodily strength is extremely minute.

  The human body has real limits!

  It is impossible to break through indefinitely, just like birth, aging, illness and death are the laws of nature. The physical strength has reached its limit at this level of Teng Qing Shan. After reaching the later stage of Gang Jing, the physical condition already meets the requirements, leaving only the requirement for 'divine'. When the divine reaches the requirement, Teng Qing Shan will naturally reach the later stage of Gang Jing.

  Standing inside the house, looking afar through the window at the distant green mountains, Old Wang let out a long sigh and then sat back down in his chair, puffing on that big pipe.

  Bang, bang......

  Smoke and mist swirled around, Old Wang's single eye was dim and seemed to be recalling something.

  "Escaping... escaping for a lifetime..."

  "Living like this is no better than giving it a try, what's the worst that could happen if I die?"

  "Heaven has already helped me by letting Dongjia appear before me, and Dongjia is such a master..."

  "Although the opportunity is slim, but if Master teaches me..."

  Old Wang puffed on his cigar, and gradually, a determined look solidified in his one eye.

  Suddenly, Old Wang stood up, took a deep breath, and walked out of the house towards the green mountain.

  Teng Qing Shan held a long spear in his hand, but his feet were moving with an unusual gait: "The Earth Escaping Art uses the power of the earth! That Xu said Shang Xing's elder escaped by transforming his body into lightning, extremely swift. I can also create a set of lightness skills based on the Earth Escaping Art."

  The fish body method is a flash of movement in a local space, and it's not a straight-line escape.

  "Hmm, Old Wang?" Teng Qing Shan stopped.

  "Master." Old Wang said respectfully.

  Hong Qing Shan was somewhat surprised, Lao Wang followed his own these days, very honest. When he practiced, Lao Wang had never interrupted him before. No important matter... Lao Wang wouldn't come to interrupt him, so he asked: "Lao Wang, is there something?"

  "Master!"

  Lao Wang raised his head and looked at Tan Qing Shan, his single eye gleaming with intensity. "I want to learn from you, teach me swordsmanship."

  "Teach you, not impossible, swordsmanship?" Teng Qing Shan furrowed his brow and looked at Old Wang, "Old Wang, I remember, you use a knife, right?" When the horse driver was on the road, Old Wang always carried a chopping knife on his back, but after moving to the Moonlit Lake shore, that chopping knife had been placed inside by Old Wang.

  Old Wang shook his head and said: "I didn't use a knife, I had a knife on my back, just for show, I used a sword."

  "With a sword, how do you usually practice with it?" Ting Qing Shan was somewhat astonished.

  "Normally I use this big pipe to practice sword." Old Wang didn't hide it.

  Teng Qing Shan carefully examined Old Wang... a pipe is just a pipe, at most used for practicing swordplay, but it's impossible to kill someone as swiftly as with a sword: "This Old Wang usually carries a knife on his back, but that's just a disguise. He doesn't even dare carry a sword... and yet a post-heavenly peak expert is willing to be a horseman. There must be some secrets about this Old Wang."

  Just like Mount Tai in the nine states, disguised as a businessman.

  This old Wang is also pretending.

  "He didn't want to say out the secret, and I didn't force him." Teng Qing Shan's gaze also made Old Wang's breathing a bit disordered.

  Obviously, Old Wang was very nervous and worried that Tong Qing would refuse.

  "Alright, from today on, you will learn swordsmanship from me." Teng Qing Shan said calmly, "The swordsmanship I'm going to teach you is that of a senior master. Although I only understand the surface of it, this little bit of surface knowledge is enough to make even a Heaven's Gold Dan cultivator like Lin Xuan spend his entire life trying to catch up."

  Old Wang was overjoyed.

  Even if one is as strong as a Golden Elixir Cultivator, they would still need to be tempered by trials for an entire lifetime; what kind of swordsmanship is this?

  "This sword technique, I'll first teach you three styles." Teng Qing Shan's finger stretched out, a strand of blue-green sword light condensed, like a sharp sword. In the beginning, at the Mingyue Island Sword Building Forbidden Area, Teng Qing Shan comprehended the 'Divine Jade Token', and naturally knew a lot about sword techniques. Although Teng Qing Shan's sword technique couldn't compare to the strongest poet swordsman 'Li Taibai'.

  However, the swordsmanship is powerful enough to rival that of the great elder's knife skills!

  "Take a closer look." Ting Qing Shan's voice was cold and stern.

  Old Wang's eyes widened immediately.

  Hong Qing Shan first executed three moves in one breath, these three sword techniques were like a lotus flower blooming in the water, that gentle and soft realm made people's hearts and souls tremble.

  "This sword technique." Old Wang completely held his breath.

  He also has some insight, and at a glance, he knows how exquisite this swordsmanship is!

  "Now learn the first move first, you try it out and let me see." Teng Qing Shan instructed.

  "Yes." Old Wang was as obedient as an apprentice.

  After teaching Old Wang three moves, Teng Qing Shan studied the lightness skill for an hour before starting to practice the Three Body Style. He was like a wild giant practicing boxing, with each move and style causing the surrounding heaven and earth to shake, affecting the power of heaven and earth, until dusk arrived.

  "Huh!" Teng Qing Shan let out a breath, causing some small trees in front of him to sway.

  Teng Qing Shan's gaze fell on the towering, cloud-piercing great mountain in front of him: "Normally, practicing gun techniques would be more effective with those six-legged knife-wielding companions by my side. Moreover, when I return to roam the nine states, I will also need some helpers. These six-legged knife-wielders are actually very good helpers."

  "However, after fighting with me again, it was burned by Qing Luan's flames. The six-legged knife-wielding insect probably burrowed into the ground and ran far away."

  Hong Qingshan shook his head.

  Suddenly, Qing Shan's eyes lit up as he gazed at the high mountains in front of him: "The Six-Legged Knife-Wielding Beast has escaped, but... powerful demonic beasts always seek out good places to live! Like the Purple Light Python, which resides at the bottom of the Azure Cold Pool. The Red Scaled Beast and Black Fire Spirit Fruit coexist. Those Iron-Armed Monkey groups also gather in areas with concentrated Zhu fruit."

  "A six-legged knife-wielding monster, so ferocious and terrifying. Yet it was in the depths of that mountain..."

  "Is there treasure hidden deep within that mountain?"

  Hong Qing Shan thought of this, immediately grabbed the reincarnation gun inserted in the soil beside him, and said loudly: "Xiao Juan, I'm going to the mountain for a while. Wait for me to come back and eat."

  "Alright, Uncle Teng, come back early." Li Juan, who was busy with dinner and had an apron on, ran to the door of the house and replied.

  Teng Qing Mountain kicked off from the foot of the mountain, and in an instant, he was like an arrow shooting into mid-air. With a tap on the branch of a sturdy tree, Teng Qing Mountain transformed into a phantom and swiftly flashed through several trees before flying into the vast mountains.

  Standing among the mountains and forests, Teng Qing Shan looked far into the distance at that mountain wall in front of him. On the mountain wall was a shocking huge cave.

  More than a month ago, the great elder was knocked back by Qing Shan's single shot and crashed into the mountain wall, creating a large pit, which led to the emergence of the demon beast 'Six-legged Knife Halberd'.

  "Whoosh!"

  Teng Qing Shan carried the Wheel of Reincarnation on his back, and with one leap, he rose to a height of nearly thirty zhang (seventy-five meters), directly landing in a large cave on the mountain wall. Standing inside the cave, Teng Qing Shan looked ahead and walked three zhang forward before arriving at a deep and mysterious cave entrance. With his Dark Vision, Teng Qing Shan discovered that this dark cave was bottomless.

  "Huff...huff..."

  A faint sound, like a gentle breeze or a distant hum, emerged from the dark cave.

  "Huh? Didn't the Six-Footed Blade Toad run away?" Teng Qing's eyebrows furrowed, "It's unlikely." Without thinking much, Teng Qing, with his bold and daring personality, directly jumped into the dark cave.

  Two chapters have been completed, and the eighth article "The Road of Illusory Realm" has officially begun!

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