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Chapter 7: The Annual Festival

  Hong Yongfan exclaimed: "The 6,000 Black Armor Army is said to be a rule set by the ancestors of the Guiyuan Sect. The Black Armor Army always maintains a strength of 6,000 people. Whenever a powerful newcomer joins, some weaker veterans are kicked out of the Black Armor Army. However, although they are kicked out, they are still members of the Guiyuan Sect. They will become the captains of the official troops in various cities under the jurisdiction of Jiangning Prefecture."

  "So, although its rumored that being able to lift 500 catties is enough to join the Black Armor Army, in reality, due to the fixed number of people, the threshold has been raised. Being able to lift 500 catties at most would only make you a peripheral member of the Guiyuan Sect." Teng Yongfan said.

  Hong Qingshan was amazed beyond words.

  Permanently fixed personnel composition makes the Black Armor Army increasingly strong, an absolutely elite army.

  "A purely martial army." Teng Qing Shan was shocked and trembling.

  He finally understood what kind of world this is!

  In his past life, Tian Qing Mountain had once thought that if there were ten thousand internal martial arts masters who formed an organization. This organization would surpass any country. Just think about it, thousands of internal martial arts masters infiltrating the enemys country and carrying out assassinations. It is estimated that in one night, the entire country would be thrown into chaos.

  But in his past life, such things could never have happened.

  Few people can cultivate internal strength, like the Divine Thief Clan, not a single one has strong internal strength. The whole world has SS-level strongmen, but they are not only scarce in number, and also support their own countries separately.

  "The nine states of the world, among them Yangzhous second-largest sect Guiyuan Sect, can have such strong martial power! This world is indeed wonderful." Teng Qingshan was somewhat stirred up.

  It seems that the so-called SS-level and Master Realm in the previous life can only be considered as elite in this world.

  So-called masters are lonely!

  Teng Qing Shan, in his past life, was already the strongest person at the pinnacle of modern society. He felt a sense of loneliness. In this life, Teng Qing Shan had no idea what kind of world this was until today, when he finally found out.

  "What a world! This is the world I dream of, where the people are bold and strong, and there are countless heroes!"

  ******

  When he knew what kind of world he was living in, Teng Qing Shans enthusiasm grew even stronger, and most of his time every day was spent on training. With the abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the internal energy within Teng Qing Shan also became more profound. Teng Qing Shan indulged extravagantly, recklessly stimulating his internal energy to strengthen his five viscera and six bowels, muscles, tendons, and bones, allowing his viscera, muscles, and bones to absorb and intensify.

  Neijiaquan, first is to nourish life, second is to kill people.

  Nourishing life makes the Zang and Fu organs strong, with a surprising vitality.

  Killing is actually making muscles and bones reach an extremely high level.

  In the previous modern society, I was always worried about the scarcity of internal energy and didnt dare to waste it. Even during battles, I would only use a bit of internal energy at critical moments. Now, I dont worry about not having enough internal energy, but rather worry that my tendons, bones, muscles, and internal organs cant absorb the internal energy quickly enough.

  With sufficient supplies, Tong Qings body was increasing its extreme speed through internal family fist training methods.

  ……

  Last nights heavy snowfall covered the entire Tunjia Village with a layer of silver armor.

  In the morning, the villagers of Tengjiazhuang used brooms to sweep away the snow, revealing a path that could be walked on. This snowfall had caused the temperature to drop, and the villagers were all wearing thick cotton-padded jackets.

  In the main room of the Hongqingshan family home, a family of four was gathered together eating breakfast.

  "Sweet pastry!" The little girl with pigtails stood on a chair and exclaimed excitedly, "Mom, where did it come from?"

  Mother Yuan Lan smiled and said, "You say where did it come from? This fragrant pastry was bought by your father, who asked someone to purchase it from Bai Fu Tang in Yicheng. Today is the 30th of the lunar year, cant we buy some good food?"

  "Its drizzling." Teng Qing Shan, wearing a green cotton-padded jacket, sat on the chair and looked at his younger sister. Today was New Years Eve, and after today, he would be six years old, and his sister would be three years old. Although his sister was young, she was very clever, but also a bit mischievous.

  "Your belly is small, you can only eat one piece of pastry, and there are two pieces." Teng Qing Shan pointed to the pastries on the plate, "This one is the biggest, this one is the smallest. Which one do you think you should choose?"

  "Me?"

  Her big, round eyes stared at the fragrant pastry, then she stood up, bent down with effort, and directly picked up the large fragrant pastry from the plate. "Brother, I want this one!"

  Children are indeed greedy.

  "Xiao Yu, you need to learn to be humble," Teng Qing Shan said. "When relatives and friends are together, you should choose the smaller one."

  "Why?" Qing Yu looked at Tan Qing Shan with confusion and puzzlement.

  "Xiao Yu, you should learn from your brother and be more modest." Teng Yongfan chuckled beside him, "When theres a delicious dish in front of you, you always eat first, but you cant just choose the biggest one. I let your brother choose, and hell choose the smaller one." Teng Yongfan also gradually taught his children in daily life.

  "Brother, these two, you choose, will you choose the smaller one?" Qing Yu said.

  "Hmm." Teng Qing Shan nodded.

  "This isnt right, is it? You chose the small one, I chose the big one. Where did I go wrong?" Qing Yu looked at Teng Qing Shan in confusion.

  Hong Qingshan was shocked.

  Father Teng Yongfan and Mother Yuan Lan were also stunned for a moment, looking at the puzzled and bewildered expression on Qing Yus tender face, couldnt help but laugh and cry.

  "Haha......" Teng Yongfan laughed loudly, "Right, right, Qing Yu you win."

  "Hmm." Qing Yu nodded heavily and immediately let out a giggle towards Teng Qing Shan.

  Hong Qingshan was helpless in his heart and said to a three-year-old child that its pointless to reason with you.

  However, Teng Qing Shan was enjoying this harmonious atmosphere.

  In his previous life, he was an orphan. He had never experienced the love of a father or mother. But in this life, he enjoyed the care of his parents and also had a lovely younger sister.

  In a warm atmosphere, a family finished their breakfast.

  "Qingshan, take Qingyu to the training grounds for some fun. This afternoon, our clan will be holding a annual festival and everyone will be there. After the festival, well all have lunch together at the training grounds." Teng Yongfan instructed, feeling reassured that Teng Qingshan would take care of Qingyu.

  Although Teng Qing Shan is only six years old today.

  But clever and obedient, like a ten-year-old child.

  Actually, theres no way around it. Teng Qing Shan cant pretend to be a silly child all the time. However, he also doesnt dare to act too excessively. Speaking like a ten-year-old kid is about right; this way, the people in his clan will just think hes a genius.

  And if he spoke like an adult when he was two or three years old, people would probably think of him as a monster.

  "Got it, Dad." Teng Qing Shan nodded and took his sisters hand, walking towards the bustling martial arts arena.

  *******

  As noon approached, more than 2,000 people gathered in the martial arts arena, and all the members of the Deng family were present.

  Standing at every household and in all places.

  A gigantic tripod was placed at the front of the martial arts arena, and more than 2,000 people from Teng Village stood in an orderly manner, with the clan leader Teng Yunlong standing at the very front.

  "Mom, what is Grandpa doing?" In the crowd, Qing Yu who was being held in Yuan Lans arms blinked her eyes and said in confusion.

  "Dont speak." Yuan Lan said softly.

  Due to his fathers status, Teng Qing Shan and his family stood at the forefront of the crowd. Teng Qing Shan clearly saw that the clan leader, Teng Yun Long, walked over to a side where a copper basin was placed. The clan leader first washed his hands, then dried them with a white cloth before placing them on the copper basin. Immediately, a clansman handed three incense sticks to the clan leaders hand.

  Hong Yunlong, holding three high incense sticks, shouted loudly: "Burn incense!"

  Immediately, some relatives came over with candles and lit up these three joss sticks.

  Only to see Teng Yunlong holding three high incense, walking towards the giant tripod. Behind him, three sturdy men followed in a row, clearly Teng Yonglei, Teng Yongfan and Teng Yongxiang, the strongest three men in the clan. The three men each held a large plate, on which were placed boiled pig heads, sheep heads and cow heads.

  Hong Yunlong solemnly ascended the steps and then inserted three high incense sticks into the giant tripod.

  Teng Yongfan and three others also placed offerings on the steps in front of the giant tripod.

  "Music plays, the god arrives!"

  Hong Yunlong turned his head towards the clan members and said loudly.

  "Bang!" The sound of the gong suddenly rang out, followed by the beating of drums, which continued for nine beats.

  "Kneel!" Teng Yunlong said loudly.

  In an instant, more than 2,000 people in the martial arts arena all knelt down.

  Teng Yunlong at this time, also knelt down in front of the giant tripod and said loudly: "Yu Huang is above..." followed by a series of songs praising his merits. Teng Qing Shan couldnt help but laugh and cry: "Grandfather didnt hold any paper to read from, yet he spoke so fluently, saying such a long passage in one breath, his memory is really good."

  Looking at the giant tripod, Teng Qing Shan couldnt help but sigh in admiration.

  When he came to this world, Teng Qing Shan discovered that people in this world had great respect for Ding.

  Just last year, he had just learned of a message.

  In this world, thousands of years ago, the greatest person since the creation of heaven and earth, Yu Huang, did something unprecedented - unified the world. Yu Huang unified the world, then divided it into nine states, gathered the bronze from the nine states, refined them into nine giant tripods, and scattered them throughout the nine states.

  From then on, Ding became a symbol of supreme imperial power and divine right. Peoples spiritual beliefs.

  However, this world is strong in martial arts, with masters as numerous as clouds. Its too difficult to unify the world. After Yu Huangs death, the world fell apart again. For thousands of years, except for Yu Huang, only Qin Ling Tian Emperor had unified the world, but after Qin Ling Tian Emperors death, the world returned to chaos.

  Having been in this world for six years, Teng Qing Shan also knew that in this world, there existed two greatest figures ——

  Yu Huang and Qinling Tian Emperor.

  For thousands of years, it was these two who unified the world. Similarly, when these two died, the world fell into chaos.

  ……

  When Tun Yunlong finally stopped breathing, he said loudly: "Kowtow!" and led the way to kowtow.

  The whole family knelt down and worshipped.

  "Once more!" Teng Yunlong shouted again.

  "Three bows!"

  All the clansmen bowed again and knocked their heads on the ground.

  "Rise!" Teng Yunlong said in a loud voice.

  With a loud noise, everyone stood up.

  "Its done!" Teng Yunlong said loudly.

  At this time, everyone let out a sigh of relief. Many women couldnt help but rub their knees, which had become sore from kneeling for so long.

  "Haha......" Teng Yunlong finally burst out laughing at this time, "Today is the 30th of the lunar year, everyone in the clan, eat to your hearts content today! Come, set up the banquet!"

  In an instant, table after table was quickly arranged on the martial arts training ground, and all sorts of food were also brought to each table.

  "Green Mountain." Teng Yongfan walked over.

  "Dad." Teng Qing Shan understood what his father was going to say.

  "After today, youll be six years old. After lunch this afternoon, at the same time as the celebration ceremony, we will also start testing and evaluating you along with other children of your age group to determine your future path. You must do your best and make your father proud." Teng Yongfan said it lightly, but was obviously a bit tense.

  Before the age of six, children play freely and are not controlled within the clan.

  It can start from six years old, either training archery, or learning gun skills, or farming and so on.

  "Your uncle Qinghu, at the age of six, could lift a sixty-jin stone." Teng Yongfan said, "Your father doesnt have high expectations for you, but at least you should reach a mid-to-high level." After all, Teng Yongfan was the next clan leader and currently the best in the clan. If his son wasnt good enough, he wouldnt feel comfortable either.

  "Mid-to-high level?" Teng Qing Shan just nodded and didnt say much.

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