Book 2 Chapter 17 The Internal Strength Expert


    Teng Qingshan formally became Teng Jia Vige’s new hunting squadron leader. Normally, the hunting squadron would enter the mountain once every two days, on average. However, due to five people dying and four people bing handicapped this time, the hunting squadron had to recruit more members. Thus, for six days, they did not enter the mountain to hunt.


    Within the n, the n chief held the highest position. Next to it was the spear arts master and the hunting squadron leader.


    Not yet ten years old and he had already be the hunting squadron leader, Teng Qingshan had realized the goal of many youngsters from Teng Jia Vige. Numerous nsmen would praise Teng Qingshan; already so outstanding at such a young age, when he became an adult, how much more exceptional would he be?


    “Hu!” “Hu!”


    The cold wind whistled in the air; the sky was even more frigid. There was only a month until the next yearly sacrifice.


    “He!” “Ha!”


    Sounds ofborious shouts rang through the air. The Teng Jia Vige’s training field contained many youths who were training by rolling stones, lifting stone weights, kicking wooden barrels while simultaneously talking nonchntly andughing with each other.


    “Brother Qingshan and the others ughtered a tiger the other day! A tiger! Its ws were nearly as thick as my thigh!” A youth whose hair was tied in a it smacked a sandbag while talking with his nearbypanions. The youth next to him clicked his tongue and sighed, “Brother Qingshan is more than awesome. He already is the hunting squadron’s leader! If I were to be even a hunting squadron member in my lifetime, then, “Tsk,tsk.” This youth’s face was filled with hope.


    It was at this time...


    The earth trembled slightly.


    “It’s the sound of horse hoofs!” Many people on the training field turned their heads and looked at the entrance. They saw 10 distant silhouettes mounted on fine steeds rapidly rushing over.


    “Stop!” One of the Teng Jia Vige’s guards yelled.


    “Hmph.” A cold snort sounded. It oddly sounded as if thunder had pierced everyone’s ears.


    “Xiu!” A sh of cold light streaked across the entrance and the cast iron bolt across the entrance unexpectedly ruptured. The entire entrance immediately opened with a loud bang. The 10 horsemen barged through without reducing their speed and immediately rushed into the training field. Many frightened Teng Jia vigers ran to the sides in an attempt to evade the intruders.


    “Lu”


    The 10 horses suddenly stopped and their hooves kicked high into the air.


    “Is this the Teng Jia Vige?” A representative of the group yelled. His voice was extremely loud; the nsmen on the field felt their ears ring.


    A perspiring youth who was just training took a step forward and said in a clear voice, “We are the Teng Jia Vige. May I ask why you people havee?” Some of the Teng Vige’s nsmen had already left to inform the n leader. The others did not act blindly without thinking.


    One must know that the cast iron bolt of the entrance was a foot thick and two feet wide, yet it was severed in a second. This sort of strength, who would dare oppose it?


    “Get your n chief to quicklye over here!” the representative coldly yelled.


    Teng Yunlong quickly hurried over. Looking from afar, Teng Yunlong’s heart was filled with rm. He was able to see the representative’s light goldplexion and the ck fox fur coat on his body. His mount waspletely scarlet and was about eight meters tall: “This top notch fox fur coat is worth at least two hundred taels of silver. Moreover, thatpletely red steed of his is clearly a Scarlet me Horse! Its value is one to two thousands taels of silver!”


    Looking at the other followers, the apanying horsemen all had an azurite cape on top of a light green armor. The fine horses under them were slightly inferior to that of the leader’s but were clearly still incredible steeds: “These are Youzhou horses that are valued at two hundred taels of silver! They also have standard armor! Even a big family like the White Horse Gang would only begrudgingly purchase armor and horses like these! Where are these people from?”


    After hearing nsmen say that the opposition could cleave the door bolt with one sword strike and seeing their attire, Teng Yunlong had a premonition of who they were.


    “My lords, this old servant is the Teng Vige’s n chief, Teng Yunlong. What affair brings you esteemed lords here?” Teng Yunlong bowed.


    “I have heard that you can forge a Frost Jade Saber.” The leader arrogantly nced at Teng Yunlong before coldly speaking.


    “That is correct.” Teng Yunlong did not deny this.


    “That’s good. I have an important business transaction for you!” stated the leader in a resounding voice.


    “My lord, you must be tired from your journey. Why don’t you rest a bit first before we slowly talk about business?” Teng Yunlong faintly smiled. The leader’s face exposed a slight smile before indifferently nodding his head and saying, “That’s fine; lead the way to your ce.” Immediately, the group of ten horsemen headed towards the n leader’s house.


    The hunting squadron members were talking andughing. Amongst them, there were four people carrying arge ck bear’s corpse.


    “Qingshan, that spear of yours today was as fast as lightning. When you easily blocked the bear’s attack, you also impaled its skull.” The nsmen were all extremely happy. During the past few days of hunting, they were already extremely respectful towards Teng Qingshan. The first reason was Teng Qingshan’s keen sense of hearing. If an animal made the slightest noise, it would not be able to hide.


    The second reason was Teng Qingshan’s extremely proficient spear arts. No matter what sort of prey it was, it was incapable of blocking his spear.


    How could they not be happy with such a leader?


    “This ck bear cannot be considered too big,” Teng Qingshanughed, “Didn’t you say that one of the n’s elders had seen a Zhang(TL: 3.5 meters) tall bear that could break arge tree with one p?” Although this ck bear had the strength of a thousand jin imbued in one p, its speed was far from the wolf king’s. Thus, Teng Qingshan only needed one spear strike to kill it.


    “We’ve returned home,” Teng Qingshanughed.


    Looking at the vige from far away, Teng Qingshan’s expression changed because the vige’s entrance was wide open. Teng Jia Vige’s entrance was normally closed. Even nsmen returning would use a little side door to enter. Therge entrance would only open if arge group of people and horses like the hunting squadron were to return.


    “Not good; move faster!” Teng Qingshan yelled.


    The members of the hunting squadron were rmed and rushed towards the vige.


    Teng Qingshan nced around. He saw that the door bolt had unexpectedly been cleaved in two; the incision was extremely clean making Teng Qingshan’s pupils contract: “What a sharp weapon, extremely strong strength too! This person was able to sever the cast iron bolt instantly. I can only achieve this if I used all of my internal energy and an top quality weapon.”


    “Brother Qingshan!”


    “Qingshan!”


    Many people on the training field came over. Normally, youngsters would call Teng Qingshan “Brother Qingshan” even if Teng Qingshan was younger than them by a few years. This was because of Teng Qingshan’s special status, many youngsters considered Teng Qingshan as an older brother and worshiped him.


    All the adults considered Teng Qingshan as one of the people in charge within the n.


    “What happened?” Teng Qingshan subsequently asked.


    “Qingshan,” a sturdy male said, “It was a group of cavalry; they were all riding powerful horses! Their cavalry leader used only one strike to break the iron door. However, they said that they wanted to do business with our Teng Jia Vige. Right now, those people have already been brought by the n chief to his ce.”


    Teng Qingshan heaved a sigh of relief.


    “That’s good. You guys stay here, I will go take a look.” Teng Qingshan clutched the Damacus Steel Spear, and proceeded to walk towards his maternal grandfather’s, Teng Yunlong’s, residence.


    From afar, Qingshan caught sight of horses and people dressed in armor. The green armored warriors were standing outside of his maternal grandfather’s residence.These horsemen all had strict gazes and each one’s strength was clearly not weak: “Look at their figure and eyes! They are definitely military! But, I don’t know where these troops are from.”


    One would would be considered a 3rd rate troop if he or she was able to lift a 500 jin monolith.


    Having the strength to lift a 2000 jin monolith would ce one as a second rate troop.


    “Brat, move to the side!” one of the cavalry men ordered.


    The few people discussing inside the courtyard seemed to hear themotion and looked outside. Teng Yunlong proceeded to say, “That is my grandson, let him enter.”


    The cavalryman coldly nced at Teng Yunlong. Teng Qingshan smiled as he entered the courtyard and was not the slightest bit angry.


    “Father, Grandfather.” Teng Qingshan appeared in the courtyard. There were only two people from Teng Jia Vige: his maternal grandfather, Teng Yunlong and his father, Teng Yongfan. Teng Qingshan’s eyes swept over the currently seatedrge man. The man attired in a ck fox fur coat also looked back. Teng Qingshan felt that the opposition’s gaze was as sharp as a knife.


    Teng Qingshan hid his surprise: “An expert.”


    “Teng Yongfan!” the cavalry leader stared at Teng Yongfan, “You are your n’s number one cksmith, so tell me, do you agree to do this business?”


    “The time is a bit too short!” Teng Yongfan’s eyebrows creased and he said, “The art of refining a Frost Jade Saber is our Teng Jia Vige’s consummate skill. Every Frost Jade Saber requires earnest precision without the slightest carelessness. Moreover, my lord, would like a total of 182 des. Furthermore, you would like the goods to be delivered by the end of the year. This...”


    “Hm? So you do not agree?” The leader’splexion changed.


    “Hu!” An incorporeal energy sted out from the leader’s body and the adjacent wooden bench instantly ruptured. Densely packed holes appeared on the ground.


    Teng Yongfan and Teng Yunlong’s faces changed.


    “What powerful inner strength ,” Teng Qingshan silently thought in his heart, “Able to st it out from his body into the air and shoot it into the ground. This leader’s inner strength should be much stronger than mine.” Teng Qingshan understood that, although the Internal Martial Arts method could refine the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth into inner strength, its primary focus was still on the reformation of the body.


    Moreover, the various secret books in this world that were specialized in refining internal strength were much faster than the Internal Martial Art’s process.


    “My lord, please do not be angry,” Teng Yunlongughed and said, “Refining 182 Frost Jade Sabers in a month is a problem. However, we will continue to forge them through the day and night. We will definitely be done before the new year.”


    The leader’s face revealed a trace of a satisfied smile: “Very good.”


    “I do not know if the forging equipment will be provided by senior, or...” Teng Yunlong said.


    “You will provide the materials yourselves!” The leader nonchntly said, “As for the price, we will naturally not treat you unfairly.”