The next morning was very humid.

  Jiangning City, outside the north gate of the Yuanzong Temple, a young man led a "Qingfeng Horse" wearing a green long gown, with his long hair scattered randomly, looking unruly, with a package on his back and a long knife hanging from his waist.

  "Alright, no need to see me off! Brother will be back in half a month." Teng Qing Shan smiled and jumped onto his horse.

  "Be careful on the road, bro."

  Teng Qingyu and Teng Qinghuo saw off Teng Qingshan as he left, this time Teng Qingshan went out to handle some business, it didn't take long. He hadn't told many people about it.

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  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  A piebald horse gallops along the official road, splashing mud and water on the official road.

  "Now, with a slight change, I reckon there are only a few people who can recognize me on this road." Teng Qing Shan glanced at the long knife by his waist. On this journey, Teng Qing Shan did not want to stir up trouble. The name "Teng Qing Shan" was too famous in the nine provinces, especially in Yangzhou!

  So, the revolver was disassembled into two parts and put in a package. Teng Qing had a blood-drinking knife at his waist.

  This blood-drinking knife was obtained by intimidating the leader of that powerful bandit gang back then.

  "Many have heard my name, but few have actually seen me. After all, it's a small number! It was only in Huoyan Mountain that some people saw my appearance. And now, with my hair scattered and wearing a battle knife, my temperament has changed slightly. I'm afraid even fewer can recognize me!" A smile appeared on Teng Qing Shan's face.

  His current identity is Qin Lang!

  The Guest 'Qin Lang'.

  A carefree and unrestrained swordsman who travels the world with abandon.

  Teng Qing Shan took a deep breath, smelling the fragrance of the soil, and his mood was great: "With my knife skills, even if it's not the 'Earth Ranking', it's still at the level of the 'Hidden Dragon Ranking'." Teng Qing Shan's knife technique was a killing knife technique!

  In those years in the killer organization, I learned all kinds of weapons such as daggers, flying knives and short knives.

  Assassin's method: swift, accurate, ruthless!

  Teng Qing Shan doesn't have any fancy moves, just three words: fast, accurate and ruthless.

  With Teng Qing Shan's eyesight, reaction speed, and accuracy in controlling his strength, the knife he swung out would be very powerful. Of course, the power also depends on how strong or weak Teng Qing Shan uses his strength. If he used twenty to thirty thousand jin of strength, it would simply be a furious slash, and it's likely that even a house could easily be split in two.

  ……

  "Zhu Guo, Zhu Guo, this intense energy, how does it compare to the Black Fire Spirit Root?" Teng Qing Shan sat on his horse, sighing in admiration.

  Looking for zhū guǒ!

  Why eat zhū guǒ but not 'zǐ bīng xīn'. Téng Qīng Shān facing his master Zhūgě Yuán Hóng, didn't tell the truth.

  To eat cranberries has nothing to do with the Five Styles of Fierce Fire!

  It's because of the 'Black Fire Spirit Root'. Since eating the Black Fire Spirit Root, when practicing the 'Tiger Shape Divine Technique', Teng Qing Shan would feel his whole body heat up, and his skin surface would have a faint dark red color. His muscles and skin seemed to become even more resilient. Obviously, the Black Fire Spirit Root contained the essence of fire.

  "Since I've eaten the Black Fire Spirit Root, naturally, I can only choose the Crimson Fruit." Teng Qing Shan sighed, "The North Sea...I'll have to find another opportunity to go there in the future."

  Teng Qing had always been curious about places like Manchuria and North Sea.

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  Dressed as a wandering swordsman, unrestrained and free. On the way to Teng Qing Mountain, my mood is also very pleasant.

  Sometimes, encountering bandits who refuse to surrender, they would be killed directly, and it's a good opportunity to practice sword skills!

  Sometimes, they spent the night directly in the mountains and wilderness, slaughtering wild beasts as food.

  Sometimes, in a tavern, I would run into some warriors and we would drink together and become friends.

  ……

  In short, Teng Qing Shan had a very pleasant and relaxing journey. With his current abilities, he could travel the world alone, and whoever provoked him would be asking for their own death.

  ……

  Yangzhou, within the borders of Wu'an County.

  Dust flew about, three war horses galloped along, until they reached a fork in the road.

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  The war horses neighed and all stopped in their tracks.

  "Qin Lang, brother! Let's part ways here! My second brother and I still have to rush to Yan Zhou. When you arrive at Yan Zhou in the future, come to my 'Meng Hu Bao', we three will drink together again." A robust man with a thick build, wearing a short jacket, and having a bare chest, laughed loudly.

  "Haha... Brother Meng Hu, you two brothers should prepare more wine!" Teng Qing Shan also said with a smile.

  "It's settled then. Farewell for now, Brother Qin Lang! May our paths cross again!" The two burly men, who looked similar in appearance, both cupped their hands in a gesture of respect.

  "We'll meet again!" Tan Qing Shan also smiled and cupped his hands together in a gesture of respect.

  "Giddy up!" "Giddy up!"

  The two sturdy men immediately mounted their horses and galloped westward along the forked road.

  "Venturing into the world, making friends everywhere. It's indeed interesting." Teng Qing Shan rode his blue-maned horse, continuing to rush south. He had already left Jiangning Prefecture for five days and had traveled nearly a thousand miles. In fact, Teng Qing Shan was not in a hurry, taking his time to experience the customs and human feelings of the nine states along the way.

  The two of them were the leaders of a force called 'Meng Hu Bao' within the borders of 'Yan Zhou', one of the nine states.

  Hong Qingshan saw someone bullying others in a tavern and stepped forward to teach them a lesson.

  Showing off his skills, he caught the attention of the two men and intentionally made friends with them. Tan Qing Shan and the two brothers, Hu Biao and Hu Wei, also traveled together for two days. Regardless of whether it was Tan Qing Shan or the two brothers, they were all formidable martial artists and also very generous. The three of them had a pleasant and enjoyable journey together.

  ……

  When Zuo Qing was leisurely riding his horse on the official road.

  Suddenly——

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  The sound of horseshoes echoed rapidly, bringing two strong gusts of wind that brushed past Teng Qing Shan's side, and then galloped to the front. Teng Qing Shan took a glance at the front, and on those two horses, looking at their silhouettes, they were actually all women! One of them should be an adult woman. And the other one was a young girl, with a clearly weaker physique.

  "Ride so fast?" Teng Qing Shan was somewhat surprised, "They just sat down, it's just a yellow-maned horse. So fast, the yellow-maned horse will be exhausted to death."

  Bang! Bang!

  The whip cracked from time to time, lashing the horses, two yellow-maned horses galloping with all their might. As they ran, the girl looked back once more, then turned her head and continued staring forward.

  "Huh?"

  Hong Qingshan's heart skipped a beat.

  "That girl..." Teng Qing Shan stared intently at the girl's back, and earlier when she turned her head to glance back, Teng Qing Shan was shocked to discover that the girl's profile resembled his wife 'Xiao Mao' from his past life. "Xiao Mao?" His originally carefree and joyful mood instantly vanished.

  Teng Qing Shan suddenly clutched his horse's belly.

  "Drive!"

  Sei Meō immediately accelerated, and under the control of Teng Qing Shan, Sei Meō was far behind that girl: "I don't know what that girl's face looks like!" Her profile looked sideways, but her full face was extremely different. This is very common.

  In the depths of Mount Qing's soul, a cat's shadow has been deeply engraved.

  As soon as he saw her profile, Mo Qingyuan inexplicably followed her from afar.

  Past life and present, deliberately wanting to forget, but that one share of love and death, how can it be so easily abandoned? Teng Qing Shan silently gazed at the distant girl's back, his eyes having a peculiar luster.

  ……

  A mother and daughter were galloping on horseback, their faces dirty, hair disheveled, and the girl's tears kept flowing.

  "Juanjuan, don't cry!" her mother said repeatedly.

  "Mother, Father is dead, our home is gone. What are we going to do? Who were those bandits?" The girl bit her lip, her face covered with tears. She couldn't forget the splashing blood, the bodies falling one by one. The home she had lived in for over a decade was gone!

  Her mother's eyes were also red: "Jun Jun, we escaped quickly, those thieves shouldn't have discovered us. When we arrive at Wu'an County City, the silver tickets on my body will be enough for us to live on. Live a good life, don't think about those thieves anymore, we two women can't take revenge. Mother, I just want you to live a good life from now on."

  The girl nodded, tears streaming down her face.

  "There are still thirty miles to go before we reach Wu'an County." Mother comforted.

  Pfft!

  An arrow suddenly pierced through the woman's chest, and the arrowhead was still full of fresh blood. The woman's eyes were filled with shock. The girl stared at the bloody arrow on her mother's chest, her face turned white in an instant! She reflexively pulled the reins tightly.

  Daughter

  A shrill voice came out of the girl's throat, and she even shouted herself hoarse.

  "Haha, two girls dare to travel the world..." A loud laughter erupted, and more than a dozen bandits suddenly rushed out from behind the grass bushes by the roadside.

  The woman fell off the horse, rolling to the ground, her eyes fixed on her daughter, with a stream of fresh blood constantly flowing from her mouth: "Quickly, quickly escape!" After struggling to say these three words, the woman was silent again.

  "Mother, mother." The girl's face turned deathly pale.

  "The little girl doesn't look bad, huh. But when she saw us brothers, she was so scared that she stopped in her tracks. Haha, now it's too late to escape." A dozen or so bandits had already surrounded them, with five of the thieves armed with bows and arrows, and at such close range, they weren't worried about the girl escaping.

  The girl looked at more than ten robbers.

  However, in his mind, he saw a nightmare scene of splashing blood and corpses, and looked down at his mother.

  "Little girl, come and have some fun with us brothers, and we might spare your life." Those fierce bandits laughed and closed in, a weak little girl, in their eyes, was not the least bit threatening.

  The girl looked at these more than ten thieves, extremely hateful in her heart.

  But she had no power to resist.

  "These scoundrels..." The girl suddenly drew out a small dagger for self-defense.

  "Huh, want to resist?" The robbers laughed.

  Wow!

  "Dad, mom, daughter is here to accompany you." The girl suddenly inserted herself into her abdomen, she would rather die than be insulted by these bandits.

  Clang!

  A dagger flew out of the girl's hand. At the same time, a shadowy figure rushed into the crowd of robbers, and all that could be heard were the sounds of 'pffft' 'pffft', blood splashing everywhere, and cries of agony ringing out one after another.

  "Spare my life, sir!"

  "Spare my life."

  Those robbers were terrified and wanted to escape, but in just two breaths, all the robbers fell down, each with a wound on their throat.

  Clang!

  Teng Qing Shan inserted the Blood-Drinking Knife into its scabbard, turned around and looked at the pale-faced girl. In his heart, he secretly regretted: "Just a little short! If I had reacted faster, if I had carefully observed my surroundings, she wouldn't have died!" Teng Qing Shan was originally hanging back about a hundred feet behind the mother and daughter, because of the horseback riding, the sound of horseshoes covered up some subtle movements.

  Plus Teng Qing Shan's mind was somewhat dazed, dozens of feet away hidden strong thieves, Teng Qing Shan did not discover.

  The sound of horseshoes echoed, and tens of meters away, he still wanted to discover the hidden bandits. Even if it was Tun Qing Mountain, he had to concentrate his mind to investigate.

  After the opponent shot out an arrow, it instantly pierced through that mother's chest. With Teng Qing Shan's reaction time, plus he was too far away from her, there was no way to save her.

  "It seems like..." Teng Qing Shan looked at this young girl.

  The girl and the kitten from her childhood are exactly alike!

  "Wooo~~~" The girl looked at Teng Qing Shan and then ran to her mother's corpse, throwing herself beside it in grief.

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