Hong Sanye, the leader of the White Horse Society, is also a formidable martial artist. He has written "The Earth Ranking", which shows that he has some understanding of the top masters in the world. In the nine provinces, there are many powerful martial artists like him who have reached the pinnacle of their craft. The White Horse Society, founded by Hong Sanye, must also have a group of powerful martial artists with internal energy.

  "This Iron Mountain gang, actually dares to contend with the White Horse gang, and has some internal power masters. However, bandits are after all bandits, they cant attract real strong people, these are probably all internal power masters who were not successful in their own sects and came out to join the thieves." Teng Qing Shan was very clear about his own strength.

  The current self is much stronger than the peak state of the previous life.

  Their swords probably cant even break through their own skin and muscles, let alone others!

  Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!......

  Thirteen sharp swords with a cold glow thrust towards Mount Teng Qing in the center. Mount Teng Qings long spear suddenly danced, like a whirlwind sweeping around, and somehow simultaneously blocked all the sharp swords at once.

  "Good marksmanship!" The second-in-command of the Iron Mountain Gang, who was watching this scene, had his eyes lit up, "However, this marksmanship... I have never seen it before in the past, which schools marksmanship is this?"

  These two masters cannot be said to have not seen much and widely, many schools of spear techniques and routes he has seen before, but he cant see through Teng Qing Shans spear technique.

  ……

  The Teng family members were all anxiously watching this scene, in their eyes, the thirteen mens long swords seemed to be falling like a sudden rain, one after another, they feared that Teng Qing Shan would slow down by even a thread and get stabbed.

  "Green mountain." Mother Yuan Lan was very nervous.

  "Sister, brother is the most powerful." Qingyu beside her was very confident in her brother.

  Not only the Teng family, but also the Tie Shan gangs horse thieves attach great importance to this battle. If they lose, it will be a very embarrassing thing. Teng Qing Shan and Shi San Jian Shou have been fighting for a long time. The second master, riding on the Chi Huo horse, frowned and shouted: "Hurry up and settle it." Fighting for so long without hurting Teng Qing Shan made the second master somewhat dissatisfied.

  Teng Qing Shan had been observing his opponents swordsmanship all along. After all, since he came to this world, he hadnt truly crossed swords with an internal martial arts expert: "This swordsmanship is indeed not ordinary, one move and one style flowing like clouds and water, mutually connected, especially after infusing internal energy, the power is really great. However, its very obvious... these sword hands are still at the form stage, havent grasped the underlying meaning of the swordsmanship!"

  Teng Qing Shans marksmanship seems complicated.

  In fact, from start to finish, he was using the same move - Hunyuan Yiqi Fist!

  Teng Qing Shan practices his spear techniques, cultivating his will.

  Right, completely right, those casual moves all contain immense power.

  "These are just a few sword moves, the creator of this sword formation is indeed impressive. But when these people use it, the power is just ordinary." Teng Qing Shan thought to himself.

  "Chaos Sword Style!" The leader of the thirteen swordsmen shouted.

  In an instant, the shadows of thirteen sharp swords, densely packed like thirteen silver flowers, covered Teng Qing Mountain.

  The cyan mountain in the center of the sword formation suddenly shouted: "Let go!"

  Thirteen swordsmen only felt the power contained in the long gun in Teng Qing Shans hand suddenly surge to an unimaginable level, as if a giant stone had smashed onto their long swords. All they heard was "Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"... A chaotic din, and all thirteen long swords fell to the ground.

  "How could it be..."

  Thirteen swordsmen looked at Mount Tengqin in the center with horror, their right hands trembling, tiger mouths torn apart, and blood flowing freely.

  Silence!

  The crowd of horse bandits on the martial arts arena were all stunned, almost all the internal power experts in Tiěshān Gang who could ride the cyan-maned horse were defeated by thirteen masters joining hands. This was too unbelievable.

  Teng Qing Shan took big strides towards his own people, those horse thieves made way for him in fear, allowing Teng Qing Shan to return to the midst of his people.

  "Good!"

  "Great hit."

  The villagers of Hengjiazhuang were overjoyed and excited.

  "Good job, Qing Shan." Uncle Teng Yunlong also patted Teng Qing Shans shoulder. Teng Qing Shan smiled and then turned his head to look at the people behind him, slightly lowering his hand, and the villagers of Tengjia Village quieted down.

  "Second Master." The thirteen swordsmen all walked to Second Masters side with embarrassed and lowered voices. Second Masters face looked unpleasant, and he shouted in a low voice: "Still not mounting your horses? Are you trying to humiliate yourselves?" Those thirteen swordsmen immediately retreated to the side, while Second Master turned to Teng Qing Shan and burst out laughing: "Good, good, excellent marksmanship."

  "Then lets just forget about the matter of you injuring my underling." The Second Master, riding on his Red Fire Horse, looked down and smiled, "You, the Teng Family Village, hand over a years worth of money to our Iron Mountain Gang, and well leave immediately."

  "What is the annual fee?" asked Teng Qing Shan, "May I ask the Second Master, how much is this annual fee?" It was also from the Thirteen Swordsmans address that Teng Qing Shan knew that this person was the Second Master of the Iron Mountain Gang. Legend had it that among the three masters of the Iron Mountain Gang, the strongest was the Great Master.

  "Two taels of silver for one person." The master of the house said loudly.

  "Two taels of silver! This, this is simply extortion!"

  "How expensive."

  "Dont let us live!"

  The people of Tengs village were in an uproar, and even Teng Yunlong and Teng Yongfan had their faces changed. One or two silver coins per person, the ratio was really too exaggerated. It is worth noting that the White Horse Society only collects one or half a tael of silver per person.

  "The Second Master." Teng Qing Shans face didnt look too good, "One person two taels of silver, isnt that a bit too high?"

  "Is that high? Your Tunjiazhuang is a well-known rich village in the surrounding area, and your village should have more than 2,000 people. However, Ill just calculate it based on 2,000 people. Two taels of silver per person, let you take out 4,000 taels of silver, shouldnt be difficult, right?" The second master sneered, "As for Dali Village and some other poor villages, we usually collect two taels of silver per person. Today, Im giving you face, little brother, so Ill only collect two taels of silver per person from you."

  Teng Qing Shan finally understood why Hei Mu Village would rather die than pay tribute.

  Because this Tie Shan Gang is too greedy.

  To know...

  Teng family warehouse, the remaining money is estimated to be around 20,000 taels. Of course, there are also sable and wolf skin. But if it wasnt for Teng Qing Shan, then there wouldnt be any sable or wolf skin, and even the Yangzhou salt merchant deal would have lost around 10,000 taels of silver.

  The living conditions of the Heng family are quite good, and their daily expenses are high, resulting in not much leftover money within the clan.

  Once the surname was received, 4,000 taels of silver were collected. After collecting for a few years, Tengjiazhuang had to tighten its belt and save money. Later, they didnt dare to eat meat either, and the game meat was sold for money. They also didnt dare to buy cloth to make new clothes, and had to save money.

  "Second Master," Teng Qing Shan said loudly, "you should also know that we mountain people only make a little silver in a year. A households annual income is just over ten taels of silver. Its already very good. But normal food and drink expenses take up half of it. And a household usually has four or five mouths to feed. Your Iron Mountain Fort charges two taels of silver per person, so thats almost ten taels of silver for one household! The White Horse Fort also collects annual fees, how much are we left with? Second Master, how do you expect our tribespeople to live?"

  Hong Qingshan is the leader of the hunting team within the clan, and his monthly salary is 10 taels of silver, which amounts to 120 taels per year. This is the highest in the entire village. The leader of the hunting team, the master of firearms, and the first blacksmith are the three with the highest monthly salaries.

  Generally, within the clan, a Zhuang-Han (a Zhuang person who has adopted Han culture) would receive a monthly salary of one or two silver coins, which is twelve silver coins per year. This is considered not bad for ordinary people.

  In a household, a strong man has to support women, children and the elderly. Women work in the fields, apart from providing for their families, they can only earn two or three silver coins. A familys annual income is not high. In the past... just paying the White Horse Societys fees, the villagers of Tengjia Village could still live a good life.

  But if I pay the high annual fee of Tie Shan Gang, then later on, even eating and drinking will become a problem.

  "Stop spouting nonsense." The second son of the Li family, sitting tall on his horse, scowled. "That big Li village, everyone can afford to pay one or two silver coins, but you people cant?"

  "Green Mountain." Teng Yunlong pulled on Teng Qing Shans arm, leaning in close and lowering his voice to say, "This Second Master is too powerful, one strike and he knocked down the door of our estate, definitely has the strength of 10,000 jin, not someone to be trifled with. The 4,000 taels of silver, lets endure for now and hand it over first. The White Horse Gang and Iron Mountain Gang will definitely have a showdown one day."

  "This old man is right!" The second master of the Iron Mountain Gang laughed and said, "Our Iron Mountain Gang and White Horse Gang will definitely distinguish between high and low. When the time comes, after the White Horse Gang is finished, our Iron Mountain Gang will also reduce the annual fee. We also understand the concept of slow and steady!"

  Hong Yunlongs face changed color, he lowered his voice, originally thinking that the second master would not hear. Unexpectedly, the other party heard it clearly.

  "Wait for the White Horse to finish, and then lower the annual salary?" A burst of anger ignited in Teng Qing Shans heart.

  Two major factions are going to decide who wins and loses, but who knows how long it will take? In the past history, there have been decades of factional competition, not without precedent.

  "Second Master, this time we can bear it, we can scrape together and come up with this sum of money, but what about next time? What will happen to our village?" Teng Qing Shans internal energy surged from his legs into the earth, bursting forth in the direction of the bandits.

  Suddenly, the ground shook violently.

  "Rumble, rumble~~~" From the foot of Teng Qing Mountain, the ground cracked open and extended towards the direction of the horse thieves. The war horses were startled and jumped up, "Neigh, neigh~~" The war horses rushed around wildly, and many horse thieves were thrown off their horses. The group of horse thieves was in a state of panic, but Er Dangjias face changed slightly, and he thought to himself: "This kid has incredibly strong internal energy."

  The curved cracks on the martial arts arena looked very ferocious.

  Teng Qing Shan stared at the Second Master, his eyes sharp and his voice low: "Second Master, I still hope you can give our Teng Family Village a way out!"

  P.S: Hmm, dont forget about the recommendation tickets~~~