After chatting with Liu Zhang for a while, Liu Zhang left with his men: "Mr. Teng, on August 16th, I will send someone to pick you up."

  Watching the six elders and their group leave, Teng Qing Shan finally opened "The 36 Open Mountain Forms".

  "Heng big brother, is this the secret manual of Yu Huang's axe method?" Li Kun also came over to take a look.

  The secret book was very thin, with pictures of men using giant axes in various moves. From the first move to the thirty-sixth move, Teng Qing Shan flipped through them from the beginning, and as he flipped through, Teng Qing Shan naturally memorized these moves in his mind, and as he remembered more and more in his mind.

  First form, second form, third form...

  The more moves he remembered in his mind, the more Tang Qing Shan felt that these continuous moves actually made him palpitate.

  When Tung Ching saw the 36th style!

  The thirty-six moves in his mind seemed to have transformed into a giant axe, causing a stir in Teng Qing Shan's mind.

  "Hah! Hah!" Teng Qing's forehead broke out in sweat beads, his face slightly pale.

  "Brother Teng, what's wrong?" Li Kun beside him was somewhat surprised.

  "What a terrifying technique." Teng Qing Shan's eyes had an uncontrollable look of shock, "These thirty-six moves, merely connected techniques, actually produce a mysterious atmosphere!" Teng Qing Shan finally understood... these thirty-six moves, were the thirty-six moves that completely interpreted the Heavenly Way!

  Even if he didn't understand, Teng Qing Shan still felt the pressure of these thirty-six moves!

  "Hey Teng, are you okay?" Li Kun asked with some anxiety.

  "Xiao Juan." Teng Qing Shan smiled and glanced at her, "I'm fine."

  Looking back at the secret book in his hand, Teng Qing Shan recalled what had happened on Mingyue Island.

  "At first, I watched the divine jade pendant on Mingyue Island and only saw the front part, but didn't dare to delve deeper." Teng Qing Shan thought to himself in amazement, "If I had forced myself to feel the 'Sword Way' contained within the divine jade pendant, I reckon it would be like eating too much food and getting stuffed to death. The 'god' in my Mudan Palace would probably get damaged too."

  Hong Qing's manual in his hand was only a copy of the 36 moves, not left by Yu Huang himself, yet it had such power!

  The power of "Kai Shan San Shi Liu Shi" can be imagined.

  "It's still almost a month until August 16th, and in this one month, I'll try my best to practice this axe technique, see if it helps me comprehend the Grand Way, create gun techniques, and whether it's helpful!" Teng Qing Shan directly walked into the house, took out the Kai Shan Divine Axe that had been placed in a box!

  ******

  The mountain-opening divine axe, the axe's surface was like a shield. Holding this mountain-opening divine axe, Teng Qing Shan could faintly feel the powerful strength contained within the divine axe.

  Hong Qingshan walked onto a vast empty grassland by the side of Crescent Moon Lake.

  "Uncle, are you practicing with an axe too?" Xiao Ping's eyes stared straight at Teng Qing Shan's hand holding the Heaven Splitting Axe.

  "Are you sure you want to learn, Xiao Ping?" Teng Qing Shan joked.

  Xiao Ping shook her head: "Xiao Ping can't learn."

  "Go find your little sister, I'm going to practice my axe skills." Teng Qing Shan didn't say much more to Xiao Ping and carefully read through the "Thirty-six Open Mountain Styles" manual again, committing it to memory. Then, he began practicing the thirty-six moves of his axe technique!

  Yu Huang, with this Mountain-Opening Divine Axe, I don't know how many times he practiced his axe techniques! Moreover, this Mountain-Opening Divine Axe also contains Yu Huang's Way of the World! With this axe to practice, it should be twice the result with half the effort!

  Teng Qing Shan practiced his moves one by one.

  The first time, Teng Qing Shan practiced very slowly, making sure his movements were error-free. He paid attention to his footsteps and posture. As for how the Innate True Origin would circulate, that was something Teng Qing Shan had to feel out for himself.

  The second time, Teng Qing Shan was much faster.

  By the fifth time through, Teng Qing Shan no longer needed to deliberately pay attention to his posture, and he could fully immerse himself in the realm of the Thirty-sixth Style of Axe Techniques.

  The eighth time——

  "Huh?" Teng Qing Shan suddenly stopped, "This 'Opening Mountain 36 Forms' is not just an axe technique, but... a set of body techniques! Extremely agile and swift body techniques!" In the thirty-six pictures, each person's footwork changed in every picture. Teng Qing Shan now felt the subtlety of the footwork.

  "This set of footsteps is very similar to the 'Swimming Body Method' I created earlier! It feels like they both contain the 'Way of Water Movement'."

  Teng Qing Shan immediately began practicing his axe skills according to his own understanding.

  After all, Teng Qing Shan himself has achieved something in 'Dao', and it will be much easier to practice.

  The twelfth time——

  "If I feel good, the first move of 'Kai Shan San Shi Liu Shi' should contain the 'Way of Earth'. It should be displayed like this!" Teng Qing Shan's giant axe drew an arc in front of him, slowly and steadily, as if pushing a millstone, and a thick and heavy atmosphere naturally emerged.

  Rumble...

  The earth and heaven were shocked by this spiritual energy.

  "What a formidable defensive technique! This first move, the starting move. It has similarities with my Five Elements Fist's 'Horizontal Fist' evolved 'Mixed Yuan One Qi' spear technique! This giant axe, the axe face is like a shield. Using this move, defense is more advantageous than my spear technique!"

  Hong Qing Shan was overjoyed and began to delve deeper into this set of axe techniques.

  "This is the ultimate skill of Yu Huang! Yu Huang also said that this "Kai Shan 36 Styles" is more powerful than the "Nine Tripod Heavenly Book". However, such an ultimate skill... only 36 pictures, others can't learn it at all. Teng Qing Shan also had achievements in both "Earthly Path" and "Water Path", so he could understand the steps and the meaning of the first style."

  ******

  Teng Qing Shan immersed himself in it, not caring about anything else. Poor Teng Beast, his master didn't care about him, and he could only practice San Ti Shi, Wu Xing Quan, and the 12 forms of Xing Yi every day. This was also what Teng Qing Shan had given to him in the first few days.

  August 9th

  The weather is getting colder and a thick layer of ice has formed on the surface of Crescent Lake.

  "Little sister Jie, Uncle has been practicing his axe skills non-stop and hasn't eaten or drunk anything." Xiao Ping stared at the blurry figure in the distance, Teng Qing Shan, who was practicing his axe skills. His figure flashed back and forth, as if he were teleporting, extremely eerie. But Xiao Ping and Li Jie had long since grown accustomed to such strange sights.

  "It's nothing, he'll get angry if you disturb him." Li Kun said helplessly.

  "Little Juan sister." Little Ping suddenly said in a low voice.

  "Hmm?" Li Kun looked at her.

  "Don't you like uncle very much?" said Xiaoping.

  "You little girl, what do you know." Li Kun's face turned a bit red.

  Xiao Ping continued: "Sister Xiao Juan, I've seen a lot of things. When I was a servant girl, I saw many things about those young ladies and gentlemen. Sister Xiao Juan, I can tell that you really like Uncle. And... sometimes when Uncle makes decisions, even if you're not satisfied, you still tolerate it!"

  Indeed...

  Teng Qing Shan does things, rarely discussing with others. He says to hurry on the road and hurries on the road, saying he will live under the Divine Axe Mountain and lives under the mountain! As for Li Kun, perhaps she also wants to take a good stroll around this Du Mu continent. However... She doesn't want to argue with Teng Qing Shan. Doesn't want to trouble Teng Qing Shan.

  Teng Qing practices qigong while she cooks dinner.

  Teng Qing Shan got his clothes all dirty and came to wash them.

  When Heng Qing Shan encountered a demonic beast, Li Kun didn't mind the trouble at all and explained it on the side.

  She devoted herself to serving Teng Qing Shan.

  "Little Jie sister, you're always giving in to him like this, it's not good for you." Xiao Ping said with a serious expression, "And I think Uncle is focused on his cultivation, if you keep going like this... you'll just be wasting your time."

  "What should I do then?" Xiaoyu asked a nine-year-old little girl with some anxiety.

  Li Jun was also helpless... She followed Teng Qing Shan recklessly, her intentions already clear. A girl had gone this far, and Teng Qing Shan still didn't react; what else could Li Jun do?

  "I'm telling you, Xiao Juan," said Xiao Ping confidently. "This man, you're always good to him, but he's heartless! So, you need to learn... to be a bit cold towards him, like not cooking for him, or making him wash his own clothes. You're always being nice to him, and he's gotten used to it. You need to learn to loosen up!"

  "It's just like those big family managers, managing people and all. Can't be too good to the underlings, or they'll lose their sense of boundaries. Normally should be aloof, occasionally give some praise, and the underlings will both listen and be grateful to the manager."

  "Xiao Juan, sister, you should also learn this trick. Let him be grateful to you!"

  "Of course, we can't let him get annoyed either."

  "You need to use your brain properly if you want to catch a man."

  Li Kun's eyes widened, and her eyes shone brightly.

  She was a talented girl since childhood, but later encountered great difficulties and became a core member of the Heavenly God Palace, revered as the Goddess of Mount Tian. Who would have understood this? Instead, she served as a servant in some families, and Xiaoping saw many worldly affairs and had to understand a lot.

  "Ah, Xiaoping, you must help your sister more." Li Jun grabbed Xiaoping's hand.

  How she yearned for Teng Qing Shan to say some sweet nothings to her one day.

  "Who else would I help if not my sister?" Xiaoping said with a smile, but suddenly her expression froze.

  "Then—"

  Li Kun also stared ahead.

  Only to see the lake shore, and above the crescent moon lake, there were more than a dozen silhouettes of Teng Qing Mountain, as if they had split into multiple bodies, each silhouette was a single axe technique.

  A thin, yellowish-brown light blade flew out from the mountain-opening axe blade of Tian Qing Mountain.

  The gleaming blade flashed like lightning, darting forward, silently charging into the dense forest ahead.

  More than a dozen figures disappeared, Teng Qing fell onto the surface of the lake, treading on thick ice, gazing at the forest in front.

  "Hiss!" The cold wind blew by.

  "Ka Ka ~~"

  One by one, the sturdy big trees began to slowly tilt, followed by a burst of branches breaking and crashing, one by one the big trees came crashing down. In front of Teng Qing Mountain, within a distance of nearly half a zhang wide and dozens of zhang long, all the trees, rocks, weeds, and vines were neatly cut off!

  As if cut by an invisible light blade!

  "Teng big brother!" Li Juan and Xiao Ping, as well as Teng Shou and Old Wang who were in the middle of practicing, all came running over.

  "What a terrible power." Teng Qing Shan was extremely shocked in his heart.

  "Silent and invisible, that light blade is actually thin to such an extent!" Teng Qing Shan's heart was filled with shock. "Power condensation... If I'm not mistaken, this 'Opening Mountain Thirty-six Styles', starts with the 'Earth Movement Way' and then merges with the 'Metal Movement Way'..." Teng Qing Shan admired Yu Huang even more.

  "Unfortunately, these thirty-six pictures in this manual are definitely imitations painted by someone."

  "If I could see the carvings left by Yu Huang, from the strokes and atmosphere of the carvings, I would be able to understand a lot, enough to make my efforts twice as effective!" Teng Qing Shan was able to cultivate like this because he had a good foundation, which allowed him to grasp the essence of the moves. But up until now, Teng Qing Shan has only cultivated up to the third move!

  However, Teng Qing Shan's "Swimming Body Technique" finally made some minor progress after verifying the footwork contained in "Opening Mountain 36 Forms".

  The current boundary is also set by Ceng Qing Shan as the first layer of "You Yu Shen Fa"!

  "Even if I don't get the 36 engravings, being able to see that set of Teng Qing Shan's works is enough. After all, it's the original version of the rubbings, and the paintings and characters are just like the original." Teng Qing Shan yearned in his heart, having only cultivated for half a month.

  "The Fish Body Method" is already perfect at the first level.

  Moreover, Teng Qing Shan felt that he had a glimmer of hope to create the seventh move for the Ground Splitting Fist which hadn't progressed in ages.

  Along with "The Way of Gold", there is also hope for a breakthrough.

  "A single secret book has brought me so many gains. If I can get that set of stone tablets from Tuōyǎn Stone!" Teng Qing Shan made up his mind at this moment, "No matter what, I must obtain that set of stone tablets from Tuōyǎn Stone!"

  ……

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