The first page of "Dipan".

  "On the vast land of nine states, there are countless heroes and great men."

  "In the northern lands of Youyan, two states suffered from bitter cold, but it was also the birthplace of the Duke of Northeast Hongtians 80,000 strong cavalry that conquered half of the nine states. In the northwest, Yongzhous three thousand li Qinling Mountains gave rise to the magnificent Qinling Heavenly Emperor Ying Zheng, who with a single palm could stop the flow of the Yanjiang River, which was over a hundred meters wide, and was passed down by countless people, becoming the second great hero after Yu Huang to unify the nine states. And in the central state of Yuzhou, the magnificent Yu Huang was born, who with five axes split open the mountains, unified the world, divided the nine states, established the nine tripods, and became the first emperor in a thousand years, establishing his capital in Yuzhou, making it a land for kings, where heroes and great men abound..."

  However, for thousands of years, how many heroes have become white bones, and even after hundreds of years, they were forgotten by the younger generations of the nine states. Every time my Jiang Jun ancestor thought of this, he couldnt help but sigh. Later, he came up with the idea of compiling the "Tian Bang" and "Di Bang" for the nine states, and with the efforts of our Wan Xiang Men, traveling all over the world to record the legendary heroes and heroes of each place. After being perfected by the younger generation of Wan Xiang Men, there were the four lists of the nine states today - "Tian Bang", "Di Bang", "Qian Long Bang" and "Chu Feng Bang".

  "The Nine Provinces Four Lists are recompiled every half year! Recording the heroes and chivalrous men of each place in the Nine Provinces."

  "I am the gate of all phenomena, standing tall with ambition. Let the great heroes of my nine states leave their names on the four scrolls. Even after thousands and tens of thousands of years, later generations will still know the legendary heroism of their ancestors."

  Hong Qingshan read this page and couldnt help but feel his blood boiling with indignation.

  For many heroes, wealth and glory may not be attractive, but to be remembered for centuries and have ones name passed down for thousands of years is a dream come true.

  Hong Qingshan flipped to the second page.

  "The Jiuzhou Four Lists, the Hidden Dragon List records the top 108 heroes under the age of thirty in the nine states. The Young Phoenix List records the top 108 female heroes under the age of thirty in the nine states."

  Teng Qing Shan saw the eyes shining brightly.

  The whole nine states, men and women, took only one hundred and eight names, each of which was absolutely a proud son of heaven.

  "While the Heavenly and Earthly Rankings are the core of the Nine States Four Rankings, cultivating realms mainly divided into Post-Heaven and Pre-Heaven! And among the Pre-Heaven strong ones, perhaps only one in a million can be found. So, the heroes from various places are almost all still just Post-Heaven strong ones. This Earthly Ranking records the seventy-two most formidable Post-Heaven peak strong ones!"

  Hong Qing Shans eyes lit up, and he said in a low voice: "This Earth Ranking has no age limit. To be able to rank among the top 72 out of billions of people in the nine states is truly a demonstration of ones strength. The gold content of this ranking far surpasses that of the Hidden Dragon Ranking and the Young Phoenix Ranking. Every single person on this Earth Ranking should not be underestimated."

  Hong Qingshan continued to look on.

  "The Heavenly Rankings records the thirty-six super strong individuals who have reached the Pre-Heaven realm. Due to the rarity of Pre-Heaven strong individuals, even over a period of ten or twenty years, the changes in the Heavenly Rankings are extremely minute. On the other hand, the Earthly Rankings is where the competition is most fierce, with tens of thousands of inner energy strong individuals who have reached the peak of the Post-Heaven realm, but only seventy-two can be listed on the Earthly Rankings! Compared to the Earthly Rankings from half a year ago, eleven out of the original seventy-two ranked individuals have fallen off, replaced by another eleven outstanding heroes."

  Teng Qing Shan roughly finished describing the four major lists in front of him.

  Obviously...

  The so-called "Dragon and Phoenix Lists" are records of young prodigies, the pride of heaven. Although many people attach great importance to them, relatively speaking, people in the world pay even more attention to the Heaven and Earth Lists. Its just that there are too few preeminent individuals, so the "Heaven List" has hardly changed, which is why the "Earth List" has become the most fiercely competitive list of all.

  How many heroes and great men, regardless of life and death, just for the sake of leaving their names in the "Earthly Rankings".

  "Some are infatuated with wealth, some are enchanted by beauty, but even more heroes value fame the most." Teng Qing Shan sighed to himself and was about to flip through the pages to see which of the 72 heroes on this vast land could be listed on the earth ranking.

  "Green Mountain." A voice suddenly rang out.

  "Huh? Dad!" Teng Qing Shan woke up with a start.

  "Whats so fascinating?" Teng Yongfan asked with a smile.

  The man beside Qing Tian chuckled and said: "Qing Shan spent ten taels of silver to buy this Dì Bǎng book."

  "You really dont mind spending money." Teng Yongfan didnt blame Teng Qingshan either, "Weve bought everything we need, lets go. To the alley and wait for the others from our clan." Immediately, Teng Yongfan, Teng Qingshan, and Teng Qinghu left Wanhualou and arrived at the alley next to it.

  ******

  In the alley, there were obviously many fewer people. The others hadnt arrived yet, and Teng Qing Shan leaned against the wall, continuing to read "The Grounds".

  "The List of Heroes" describes seventy-two heroes and also describes some of their famous deeds.

  "As long as one can cultivate internal energy techniques, spending decades of time, almost everyone can reach the peak of acquired skills. However, with so many people cultivating internal energy, their actual strength varies greatly." Looking at this book, Teng Qing Shan couldnt help but sigh, according to the "Earth List" description, there were too many people who had reached the peak of acquired skills.

  Due to differences in cultivation techniques or individual enlightenment, their actual strength differed greatly.

  For example, Mount Tianqing.

  The same Teng Qing Shan, after practicing "Heavenly Fate" and not practicing "Heavenly Fate", the actual strength is two completely different levels. At this time, the internal energy secret book played a very big role.

  There is also personal enlightenment of surname.

  Teng Qing Shan had grasped the two great spear techniques, "Shadow Following Form" and "Mixed Origin One Qi". Even with only a thousand jin of strength, he could easily kill over a hundred wild wolves with just one spear. However, Teng Qing Hu, who also had a thousand jin of strength, still needed Teng Yong Lei and Teng Qing Shan to help him when facing the wolf packs attack.

  Inner strength is just a foundation.

  The method of application and personal enlightenment are also very important. This is also why various secret books will lead to a series of killings.

  "Huh?" Teng Qing Shans eyes suddenly lit up as he looked at the record of the person ranked fifty-eighth on the Earth Ranking.

  "When Yang Fan was forty-eight years old, he had once pursued and killed three of the notorious Hong brothers, chasing them for over a thousand miles in three days and nights. Only one Hong Four remained, who escaped back to his hometown of Yicheng and established the White Horse Society. However, for twenty years, Hong Four did not dare to seek revenge against Yang Fan. When Yang Fan was fifty-two years old..."

  This is a story about Yang Fan, which only briefly mentions Hong Si.

  But Teng Qing Shan was shocked.

  "The White Horse Gangs Hong Siye, unexpectedly had this history." Teng Qing Shan was shocked. The White Horse Gang could be said to be the local emperor of Yicheng, and the master of the White Horse Gang, "Hong Siye", was absolutely a figure who had the final say in Yicheng. Who would have thought that this great person also had such a miserable time?

  "Dad, look." Teng Qing Shan smiled and handed the book to his father. "Look at this paragraph."

  Xing Yongfan took it with a puzzled expression, read for a while, and exclaimed in surprise: "Hong Siye, there are actually three more brothers. No wonder hes called Hong Fourth! But who is this Yang Fan, and how can he be so powerful?" As he spoke, Xing Yongfan also started flipping through the book from cover to cover.

  Teng Qing Shan let out a bitter laugh.

  Unexpectedly, Father was also fascinated by it, but he had already read more than half of this book.

  "This Hong Siye, his strength should also be extremely strong." Teng Qing Shan inferred from that incident, "Those who can be listed on the Earth Ranking can be said to be among the top in the entire Nine States. Yang Fan chased and killed three of the four Hong brothers for three days and three nights, but was still let go by Hong Siye, so his strength is not to be underestimated. Moreover... The four Hong brothers being able to be called extremely notorious must have some means, otherwise they wouldnt have gotten such an evaluation."

  Just being mentioned in "The List of Land" means extraordinary strength.

  After all, if the four brothers of the Hong family were not formidable, this deed would not have been recorded.

  ……

  The three of them were on Teng Qing Shans mountain, waiting for the others. On the street, about a dozen zhang away from Teng Qing Shan and his group.

  "See that? Those three hunters." A man in black pointed towards the direction of Teng Qing Shan, speaking in a low voice.

  "Looked at it. Lang Ge, you said they have a million two silver tickets?" A lean triangular-eyed man exclaimed in surprise.

  The man in black sneered, "Would I deceive you? If it werent for the fact that youre my fellow villager from the same village, would I have told you this information? This time, our superiors ordered arms from them and just gave them 10,000 taels of silver."

  "Ten thousand taels..." The triangular-eyed mans eyes lit up, and he chuckled, "Dont worry, Brother Lang. After our people kill them and steal the silver bills, youll definitely get a share. But I dont understand, your masters ordered goods from them and paid in silver, so why did they leak the information to us and let us come and rob?"

  The man in black laughed and said, "You dont understand this. Our master is a vengeful person! This time we didnt plan to give these mountain people silver, but those mountain people made a big fuss. Our master had no choice but to give them silver. But with our masters temper, how could he swallow this insult? He doesnt dare to get angry with the old master, nor does he dare to get angry with his senior brother, and he also doesnt dare to trouble these mountain people."

  That triangular-eyed man also chuckled and said: "Your master is indeed ruthless and poisonous enough, but we like it, haha."

  "Hmph, with such a big shot, we smaller ones can also get quite a few benefits. If it werent for the old master coming out, this ten thousand taels of silver, I would have at least gotten one hundred taels." The man in black said.

  "Dont worry, Brother Lang, if we really get 10,000 taels, Ill definitely give you more than 100 taels as a tribute." said the triangular-eyed man.

  The man in black laughed.

  "Huh, look, the other hunters have arrived, it seems theyre leaving, youd better hurry up and get ready." The man in black said repeatedly.

  "Dont worry, in Yichengs territory, we know the place very well, they cant escape." The triangular-eyed man nodded his head, "Lang Ge, brother, Ill be busy first. See you tonight."

  "Go." said the man in black.

  ……

  At this time, a group of people from Tengjia Village had gathered together.

  "Everyone is here, lets go, were heading back." Teng Yongfan smiled and handed the book to Teng Qingshan, "This book is really not bad, when we get back, you must lend it to your father to take a good look." As they spoke, this group of hunters from Teng Village set off on their return journey, joking and laughing with each other.