"Ah!"
The four overlords stood up at the same time, looking at this scene in shock.
"How is this possible? The 'Cangjiang Sword Manual' layered wave technique was actually broken just like that?" The silver-haired black-robed old man said in shock, while the tallest and most robust of the four great generals also had a drastic change in expression: "What a strong defense, what a powerful gun technique! This gun technique has almost reached the realm of returning to simplicity."
"That defensive shot......" Zang Feng was also completely stunned.
"...Teng Qing Shan..." The only woman among the four leaders also had a look of shock on her face.
The four leaders were completely stunned by Siu Qing Shan's 'Mixed Yuan One Qi' gun technique and couldn't help but stand up.
"Master, what was that shooting technique that Teng Qing Shan just used?" The woman turned her head to look at the central figure, 'Zhu Ge Yuan Hong'.
Among the five people on the high platform, only Zhuge Yuanhong was still sitting calmly, his expression as calm as ever, but his eyes had lit up. He carefully scrutinized Teng Qingshan on the high platform, a smile gradually spreading across his face: "Teng Qingshan, what a Teng Qingshan!"
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The entire campus was quiet for a moment, and then it was noisy.
"Did you see that shooting clearly? How did he block that one shot?"
"With a 'whoosh', Yue Song's heavy sword flew out of his hand. He didn't know what was happening."
……
More than 6,000 martial artists on the field were discussing and speculating. Everyone was a martial artist, and they all saw the power of Yue Song's "Cangjiang Sword Manual" layered waves style, even if they didn't understand it. Teng Qing Shan's defensive moves were too fast, and they basically couldn't see them clearly.
"Green Mountain, well done!" Teng Qinghu excitedly shouted out loud.
"Is this Teng Qing Shan yours?" The black-armored soldiers and warriors beside Teng Qing Huo couldn't help but ask.
"That's my cousin!" Teng Qinghu said proudly.
On the vast land of Kyushu, people respect martial artists. Upon hearing what Tan Qinghu said, the people around him looked at him with different eyes. They immediately began to talk to Tan Qinghu and asked about some famous deeds of Tan Qing Mountain in the past.
On the stage!
"How...how did this happen? My Overlapping Waves...no, no..." Yue Song stared at his right hand, involuntarily shaking his head.
"Brother-in-law!" Teng Qing Shan saw this scene and frowned, shouting. But Yue Song seemed to have not heard him at all.
"My previous move, did it have a great impact on Yue Song? His will shouldn't be so fragile, right." Teng Qing Shan thought to himself as he flicked his right hand, and the Wheel Return Gun shot out, directly piercing the black heavy sword that was not far away. The heavy sword was knocked flying, and then fell back in front of Yue Song.
Clang!
The heavy sword struck the stone with a crisp sound.
Yue Song's entire body shook, and his eyes cleared up immediately. He picked up the black heavy sword and cupped his hands in embarrassment: "Qing Shan brother, I was just recalling your gun technique and thinking of ways to break it. For a moment, I entered a state of trance. Sorry, sorry."
Hong Qingshan was shocked.
It wasn't being hit that was the problem, but rather thinking about how to break through his own shooting technique had put him in a trance.
"Yue's 'Cangjiang Sword Technique' is indeed extraordinary. If Yue had mastered the Tuo Lang style, I wouldn't have won so easily." Teng Qing Shan said with a faint smile.
"Today's battle, I gained a lot of insight into the layered wave style, and I really have to thank Brother Qing Shan." Yue Song's face was full of smiles. "Brother Qing Shan, in the future we'll be together in the Black Armor Army, there will be plenty of time for us to gather and exchange pointers, so I'll take my leave first and not block others from coming to challenge you."
Yue Song laughed and stepped down from the stage, shouting to the surrounding crowd: "Those who want to challenge Teng Qing Shan, don't miss this great opportunity today."
……
Challenge Mount Qingcheng?
Knowing it's not a match, still going to challenge, isn't that asking for trouble?
"Fang Zhang, you and I will have a match!" A loud shout, another top martial artist jumped onto the stage.
Everyone has two chances to challenge, and the first-class warriors below start challenging one by one. Wu Man, Niu Zhan, Xia Shuo and others also start challenging. The battle is very intense, and the black armored soldiers watching around are all excited.
But...
No one dares to challenge Mount Qingyun!
"I didn't expect that I, with a strength of 10,000 jin, would be unbeatable among these people." Teng Qing Shan thought to himself, "That Yue Song, if he can perfect the 'Layered Wave Style', perhaps he could force me to use even stronger strength!"
Teng Qing Shan's biggest trump card was not "Journey to the Edge of the Sky", but rather his terrifying and monstrous strength.
At the age of 16, after practicing "Tiger Shape Divine Technique" for a month, Teng Qing Shan had about 150,000 jin of strength when he fought against the demon dragon in "Bi Han Tan". Later, he stayed at Teng's village for more than half a year, during which time he continued to practice "Tiger Shape Divine Technique".
Although progress was slow, after half a year it no longer progressed.
However, when Teng Qing Shan took Teng Qing Hu with him and left his hometown for Jiangning Prefecture. As a super master, Teng Qing Shan had precise control over his strength, roughly estimating that he had eighteen million jin of strength in both arms.
One move subdues ten gatherings!
Hong Qingshan's terrifying strength was such that even a simple slap could kill Yue Song.
If this terrifying power is combined with Teng Qing Shan's mysterious shooting skills, then Teng Qing Shan would be a killing god.
"In this Return to the Origin Sect, I should be able to learn the internal energy secret manual. I wonder, if I cultivate the internal energy secret manual, what kind of improvement will it bring to my strength." Teng Qing Shan still hasn't become arrogant to the point where he thinks he's invincible just because of his great strength.
After all, Yu Huang, the legendary figure, was said to be able to chop down a towering mountain with just five axe heads.
The legendary Qinling Tian Emperor can cut off the 100-meter-wide Yangtze River with just one palm.
Just thinking about Mount Tengqin makes one tremble with fear, the hundred-meter-wide river is about to dry up, and the majestic high mountain has collapsed with a loud crash. This is thousands or tens of thousands of times stronger than him. Others estimate that he can be easily killed with just one slap.
"It's not that there's no one stronger than me in the nine provinces, but rather I've only met young masters of this generation. Probably, even Yue Song's master, the Jiang River Sword Saint, is stronger than me." Teng Qing Shan felt a thrill in his heart instead.
Excited for having an opponent!
……
The challenges went on one after another. Each of the seventeen people had two chances to challenge. As time went by, this challenge also came to its final moment.
"This is the last one, haha, others are too afraid to challenge this Qing Shan anymore." The tall and sturdy man said with a smile.
"That Teng Qing Shan, in terms of marksmanship, can be said to have reached the level of returning to simplicity and truth. Others aren't foolish either, naturally they wouldn't challenge him." The silver-haired black-robed elder said.
"Return to simplicity and come back to reality? He hasn't reached that stage yet." Zhuge Yuanhong said with a faint smile.
"Overlord?"
"Master?"
The four marshals all looked towards Zhuge Yuanhong.
"However, he's only sixteen years old! A sixteen-year-old young man has such impressive marksmanship skills. Unmatched by some of the greatest marksmen in the nine provinces. There are only two possibilities: either he is a reincarnation of a Buddhist grandmaster, or a living Buddha of Buddhism."
In the nine provinces of China, the most famous and deeply rooted are the eight great schools.
Among the eight major sects, the strongest is the 'Mani Temple', with the other seven major sects each controlling one state, while the Mani Temple controls two states. The Mani Temple is located in the western part of the nine states and its sphere of influence includes the southwestern Rongzhou and the adjacent Liangzhou to the west.
Mani Temple is also the only Buddhist sect among the eight major schools, with a history of thousands of years.
Buddhism has absolute authority in Songzhou and Liangzhou.
Among the nine states and eight major sects, the other seven major sects cultivate by refining essence to transform energy, merging spirit with energy to reach the realm of 'transforming energy into spirit', entering the pre-heavenly realm. This is also the most widespread cultivation method throughout the entire nine states.
However, the Buddhist cultivation is completely different. They cultivate the three veins and seven wheels, enlighten their minds to see their nature, in order to attain the "Sarira" and achieve the Arhat's accomplishment. Any Buddhist master who can form Sarira is called a Buddhist Arhat, equivalent to a pre-heavenly high-ranking master.
Buddhist cultivation has its own particularities.
Because the human body is limited by heaven and earth, its lifespan will eventually come to an end. However, some Buddhist masters who have reached an inconceivable state can maintain their soul's clarity before death, allowing them to transmigrate as a living Buddha, retaining all memories from past lives.
It's no wonder that such a living Buddha can produce such marksmanship.
"If he were a reincarnated living Buddha, the monks from the Mani Temple would have taken him away long ago. How could he possibly be here with us?" said the old man with silver hair and black robes.
"Reincarnated Living Buddha may have a low surname." Zhuge Yuanhong nodded in agreement, but in fact they had never thought of it... Teng Qingshan was not a reincarnated living Buddha, but he was actually the internal fist master from another world who had been reborn.
"Master, what about the second possibility?" asked Zang Feng.
"Secondly, it's possible that he has a heart that can comprehend the heavens and the earth! Living in the mountains since childhood, following the natural order of things, taking the heavens and the earth as his teacher, only then can one grasp the simple yet profound gun technique! The heart of an innocent child!"
Once you enter the mortal world, people's minds become disordered.
In the vast land of Kyushu, there were some pure-hearted geniuses with a childlike heart, who could sense nature and take heaven and earth as their teachers. The gun and knife techniques they came up with seemed simple but contained unfathomable mysteries.
"But don't be discouraged, though," said Zhuge Yuanhong. "Being able to create such a shooting technique has its advantages and disadvantages!"
"What's good and what's bad?" The four great leaders all looked at him.
Zhuge Yuanhong nodded and said, "Ordinary people practice swordsmanship, knife techniques, etc., starting from basic routines and gradually learning more profound and complex techniques. From simple to complex, this is a process! In repeated battles, masters will discover the weaknesses of their own swordsmanship and knife techniques, gradually improving them, simplifying complexity until they finally reach the state of returning to simplicity."
From simple to complex, and from complex back to simple, until each move and style is infinitely powerful.
"Time and time again, setbacks, time and time again, epiphanies, time and time again, improvements, until the final enlightenment. This is even better than starting out with a natural talent, creating simple yet powerful techniques." said Zhuge Yuanhong.
"I understand." Zang Feng nodded.
After being tempered through worldly hardships, one can achieve greater accomplishments.
"Someone like Teng Qing Shan is too young. Although he has already grasped such a powerful shooting technique at this age, he hasn't experienced many setbacks. To make further progress, he must undergo tempering." Zhuge Yuanhong said with a faint smile, "Of course, once a genius like him breaks through the tempering, his achievements will be boundless!"
The four overlords all nodded.
However, they did not know... that Teng Qing Shan had gone through much more tempering than they could have imagined!
"The duel between the clan master and the hundred-man commander has ended." said the old man in black robes with silver hair.
"Yes, begin deploying the heavy armor and warhorses!" Zhuge Yuanhong ordered.
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