"Thirty-six carvings." Teng Qing Shan pondered, "The 'Tao' contained within them must be increasingly profound, all the way to the pinnacle! However, for me, the truly useful ones among these thirty-six carvings are probably just the first few!" Having seen the Divine Jade Disc on Mingyue Island, Teng Qing Shan naturally understood this point.

  The poem "Green Lotus Sword Song" by Li Taibai, the Immortal Swordsman, can also be pondered from the beginning.

  Similarly, "The 36 Open Mountain Forms", the first few carvings are most useful for oneself.

  "Fu Dao!" asked Teng Qing Shan.

  "Yes, sir." Fu Dao replied respectfully, in front of Tan Qing Shan, he was like a disciple who respected his teacher.

  "Kaishan 36 Styles" has a total of 36 carvings, do you know the news about the first five or six carvings?" Teng Qing Shan asked with a glimmer of hope, "Knowing one of them is also okay."

  Fu Dao sighed and shook his head, "Sir, it's not that I won't say. It's just that these thirty-six carvings have been scattered for thousands of years, nobody knows where they are. Even if some family obtained one of the carvings, they would probably treasure it and not make it public. Just like you, Brother Wang... your family is also a renowned family on the Duanmu continent, I suppose you should have one of the carvings in your house."

  The host of the Wang family, 'Wang Meng', chuckled and said repeatedly: "Fu Dao brother, don't make fun of me! My Wang family has only risen for a few hundred years, where can we find stone carvings? Ah... about over a hundred years ago, at an auction held by the Xu Yue merchant, they once sold a carving called 'Thirty-six Styles of Opening Mountains'!"

  "Will it sell?" Teng Qing Shan was shocked, "Is someone willing to part with it?"

  "Haha, maybe it was someone who got lucky and obtained the engraving of 'Kai Shan Thirty-six Styles'! The engraving left behind by Shen Fu Tian Shi is precious, but it's useless for ordinary people. It's not even worth exchanging for some wealth." Wang Meng smiled and said, "That one time, just one engraving was sold at a heavenly price of 360,000 taels of gold!"

  Hong Qingshan was somewhat surprised.

  A painting, 360,000 taels of gold?

  The gold I currently have, even if you add the two boxes hidden under the coast, is only 32,000 taels of gold, not enough to buy a single carving.

  "But such things are hard to come by. Anyone with a bit of strength wouldn't be willing to sell the stone carvings left behind by the heavenly axe-wielding god 'Da Yu'." Wang Meng said.

  Hong Qingshan nodded slightly.

  "Teng big brother." Li Kun was also worried about Teng Qing Shan, "Where are we going now?"

  Hong Qing Shan turned his head and glanced at Li Kun, revealing a hint of a smile: "Let's go to Shen Fu Mountain first, then we'll decide what to do next."

  Are there not thirty-six pieces of carving?

  At present, his own "Earth-style Fist" and "Water-style Fist" have both been cultivated to the sixth form. Teng Qing Shan can even clearly feel the power of heaven and earth in the Earth and Water styles, and can barely use some of them.

  "Even without the thirty-six carvings, with my current cultivation level, it won't be difficult to enter the Void Realm within ten years!"

  Teng Qing Shan was filled with confidence in his heart.

  Yu Huang's "Opening Mountain 36 Styles" engraving, is just for my reference. Teng Qing Shan made up his mind, "If there's no other way, I'll get the engraving. I'll focus on cultivating myself, striving to reach the Void Realm as soon as possible. Then I can return to Jiuzhou!" In Teng Qing Shan's heart of hearts.

  He has always been concerned about Jiuzhou.

  There were his parents and his little sister...

  There were his Teng clan relatives...

  When success is achieved, I will definitely return to my hometown!

  "Fu Dao brother, I still have something to do, so I won't stay here with the two of you." Teng Qing Shan stood up, shook his head and smiled, "Although these thirty-six carvings are probably not going to be seen. However, Shen Fu Mountain... I haven't been there before. This time, I will also go take a good look."

  Wang Meng and Fu Dao stood up together and saw off Tuan Qing and Shan.

  "Xiao Juan, let's go."

  Hong Qing Shan immediately took Xiao Yun back to the second floor of the wine tower. He brought others, taking a horse-drawn carriage to Shen Fu Mountain.

  ******

  In a quiet house, an old man with a thin face and silver hair scattered on his shoulders was lying in a chair, basking in the sun. The boss of the Xuriang Wine House was here.

  "Six Elders!" The shopkeeper bowed respectfully.

  Akira said: The business community has enormous power.

  And in the business, the highest position is the nine great elders! The entire business is managed jointly by the nine great elders. The nine elders also rise slowly according to their seniority. Among them, the 'great elder' has the greatest power, followed by the second elder, and then the third elder. As for the fourth elder to the ninth elder, they are of equal status.

  Akira said Shang Xing's great elder is just like a big family's 'host'!

  "Hmm, what's so urgent?" The Sixth Elder said indifferently.

  "The six elders had a big event in my wine shop." said the head of the store.

  "What's the big deal? Tell me from head to toe." The Sixth Elder was still reclining on his chaise longue, half-closing his eyes.

  The shopkeeper respectfully recounted the story of Qing Shan and Wang San Gongzi: "At that time, San Gongzi pushed the matter onto our Xuriang Wine House. Just then, the master of the Wang family, 'Wang Meng', came down from the third floor. No matter what, he had to consider the face of his own family. So, he used his power to suppress others."

  "But who would have thought... that surname Teng's, didn't even bother to reason. Just at the critical moment, the third floor's Lei Dao Wu Sheng 'Fu Dao' also came down. He actually respectfully addressed that surname Teng's as 'Mr. Teng'!"

  "Huh?" The Sixth Elder's eyes opened wide as he sat up straight, "What did you say?"

  The shopkeeper nodded and said, "Fu Dao, it was him who called that man 'Mr. Teng'! And I was present at the time, I saw it clearly. Fu Dao's attitude was very respectful, like a disciple seeing his master! Fu Dao is a martial arts fanatic, so whoever can make him show such respect must be an even stronger expert."

  The six elders narrowed their eyes and began to ponder.

  "Salute, respect! Not representing the surname Teng, but with strength surpassing Fu Dao." The Sixth Elder said slowly, "Some people who have strategies or other special skills, gain people's respect and are also called Mister! This surname Teng might have some kind of exceptional skill that makes Fu Dao admire him greatly."

  "For example, this surname Quan's person might be a doctor with astonishing medical skills! If he had helped Fu Dao treat his injuries in the past, it wouldn't be strange for Fu Dao to feel grateful and respectful towards him."

  The six elders finished speaking and shook their heads, saying, "Of course, this surname Lu person might really be very strong! Possessing peerless martial power!"

  "If he's strong enough to make the Thunder Blade Saint 'Fu Dao' respectfully call him Mr., then his power is truly terrifying!" The Sixth Elder said slowly, his eyes narrowed.

  Bang! Bang!

  The sound of knocking on the door continued.

  "Uncle, it's me." A hoarse voice sounded.

  "Go open the door." The Sixth Elder ordered, and the shopkeeper ran to open the door. An old man wearing a fur hat and a thick sheepskin coat came in with a smile, looked at the shopkeeper, and said, "One Feng, you're here too?"

  "Has Mu returned with goods this time?" asked Da Zhanggui.

  The old man smiled and nodded: "More than 5,000 slaves have arrived at the military camp outside the city. The army has returned to rest." This old man was Mu Wanmu, who led the troops to escort the slaves back in the first place. At that time, the fierce beast youth 'Teng Beast' killed someone, and Teng Qingshan had also talked with Mu Wan for a while.

  "Oh." The Sixth Elder responded with a faint smile, but his eyebrows were still furrowed.

  "Uncle, what's wrong?" Mu Wan could tell that his uncle seemed to be troubled.

  "One for you, tell Mu Wan to listen." The Sixth Elder instructed.

  Mu Wan looked at the shopkeeper with curiosity, and the shopkeeper continued to describe what had happened. As Mu Wan listened, his expression became increasingly strange.

  "Did you say his surname is Chen?" Mu Wan asked in surprise.

  "Yes." The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly.

  "But isn't it called Teng Qing Shan?" Mu Wan asked again.

  "I don't know about that," said the shopkeeper, shaking his head. "I only heard Fu Dao call him Mr. Teng."

  "Is there a young man beside him who seems like a madman and a beast?"

  "Yes, yes, there is one!" The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly. He clearly remembered the terrifying young man holding a piece of bloody flesh when he first went up to the second floor of the wine building.

  "Mu Wan, you know him?" Sixth Elder asked in surprise.

  Mu Wanlian nodded: "Uncle, I really know this person. His name is Teng Qing Shan! Yesterday evening when the army was camping, we had a small conflict with them. Uncle... At that time, Fu Dao and I were together. I asked Fu Dao, and he said he didn't know Teng Qing Shan either! However, later on, Fu Dao rushed to chase after Teng Qing Shan and his men, to challenge Teng Qing Shan."

  "I think that night, Fu Dao and Teng Qing Shan must have had a fierce battle! And Fu Dao even lost with conviction, which is why he respectfully addressed Teng Qing Shan as 'sir'." Mu Wan was absolutely certain.

  Mu Wan had contact with Tan Qing Shan after all, now it's easy to infer the truth of the matter.

  "Hiss, hiss, I really didn't think so, I only thought that Lü Qing Shan was a martial saint. But I didn't expect him to be this strong!" Mu Wan exclaimed in surprise, shaking his head repeatedly.

  Wow!

  The six elders stood up directly, with a serious expression: "Mu Wan, accompany me to see the second elder. A super strong man who exceeds Fu Dao's strength and can be called 'Mr.' by Fu Dao is enough to rank in the top five on the entire Duanmu continent! Not many people know this news now, we must seize the time and bring this Teng Qing Shan to our side."

  "Hmm." Mu Wan nodded.

  Akasaka said that the history of business travel is long, longer than many big families' histories.

  It's because of some internal systems.

  Even Fu Dao, they have a very close relationship with Xuri Merchant Group. Whoever is strong, can pull their war chariots up. Of course, Xuri Merchant Group treats super strong people very well, they know what these powerful strong people want. They won't restrain these strong people because they are different from families.

  The family is fighting for dominance, and their business is spread all over the entire Dongmu continent.

  ……

  To the northwest of Nanshan City, at the foot of a towering and majestic mountain that pierced the clouds, a four-wheeled carriage pulled by two red wind warhorses came to a stop.

  "Xiao Jin, you all stay at the foot of the mountain, I'll go up to Shen Fu Mountain for a walk." Teng Qing Shan said with a faint smile.

  In the sky, the peregrine falcon and the Chinese blue flycatcher are flying.

  Then, Teng Qing Shan transformed into a green smoke phantom and flashed on the Divine Axe Mountain before entering the depths of the great mountain.

  ……

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