It wasn't long before the day of the annual festival arrived. On the evening of the annual festival, Teng Qing Shan truly realized just how numerous the disciples of the Return to Origin Sect were!

  Hei Jia Jun, Gui Yuan Zong core disciples, outer disciples, three groups of people, totaling tens of thousands, gathered on the vastest Hei Jia Jun school grounds. These tens of thousands of people, under the leadership of Sect Master 'Zhuge Yuanhong' and many elders, held a grand sacrificial ceremony, worshiping Yu Huang!

  Then, a lively arena trial was also conducted, and there were rewards for those who won in the trial.

  But...

  Teng Qing Shan did not participate, but the most impressive one in that year's festival competition was the young master 'Zhuge Yun'. Zhuge Yun's 'Qing Guang Dian Jian Jue' had a great power, defeating more than ten people. Finally, Yue Song took action and fought with Zhuge Yun. Zhuge Yun was forced to use his 'Shan Dian Jiu Jian', and surprisingly defeated Yue Song!

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  It's been more than two months since Teng Qing Shan arrived at the Black Armors Army, and winter has passed, entering early spring.

  In the courtyard of Teng Qing Shan's residence.

  "Brother, you must win this time!" The young girl shouted happily in the courtyard.

  "It seems I'm going to lose again!" Tian Qinghu said with a pleased smile.

  At this moment, in the courtyard, Teng Qing Shan and Shao Zong Zhu 'Zhuge Yun' were sparring. Zhuge Yun had transformed into a phantom, moving at high speed around Teng Qing Shan. However, Teng Qing Shan was making small movements within a radius of one zhang, holding his spear with one hand, each time blocking Zhuge Yun's sharp sword like lightning.

  "Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"...

  The impact of long spears and sharp swords was very dense.

  "What a fast sword." Teng Qing Shan secretly admired, "Simply in terms of the speed of drawing the sword, he should be the first among the younger generation of Guiyuan Sect. Moreover, Xiao Yun's speed is almost as fast as my limit speed when I burst out all my physical strength." Teng Qing Shan's body was like a monster, even without using Tianya Xing, his simple physical limit speed was already terrifying.

  It can be imagined that Zhuge Yun's speed is astonishing.

  "Haha…… Xiao Yun, your Lightning Nine Swords are indeed as fast as lightning, continuous and unrelenting. And with your footsteps, perfectly coordinated. Unfortunately, they can't break through my gun technique. No matter how fast you move, how can you keep up with the speed of my gunfire?" Teng Qing Shan laughed while resisting, "If you don't have a trump card, today you will still lose!"

  This was already the third time Zhuge Yun and Tan Qingyuan had clashed in secret.

  The first two times, I lost each time. But every loss, Zhuge Yun said that next time will be an improvement. Unfortunately, Teng Qing Shan's 'Mixed Yuan One Qi' gun defense is like a turtle shell.

  Wow!

  Zhuge Yun quickly retreated, looking at Teng Qing Shan with a serious expression: "Teng big brother, the last two times we fought allowed my 'Flash Nine Swords' to reach perfection. In this half month, I've also been learning 'One Line Sword'. This One Line Sword is one of the top sword techniques in the Return to Origin Sect's swordsmanship. I only understand a bit of its surface, but you should be careful!"

  Qing Guang Jian Jue, Flash Nine Swords, One Line Sword, this is progressive.

  Lightning Nine Swords has been fully mastered, then you can learn One Line Sword.

  "Oh?" Tong Qing Shan's eyes lit up.

  "Don't disappoint me." Teng Qing Shan was waiting in ambush.

  Zhuge Yun held a three-foot green-edged sword, his energy concentrated.

  Suddenly——

  Zhuge Yun's eyes suddenly became sharp and fierce, the three-foot long sword in his hand disappeared into thin air, and Teng Qing Shan only saw a green light shooting towards him.

  There is only this green light!

  "Boom!" Teng Qing Shan's physical strength suddenly burst out, and the long spear in his hand also turned into a phantom!

  "Clang!"

  The long spear directly shook off Qingfeng Sword and then slightly trembled on Zhuge Yun's chest.

  The green sword flew fiercely to a distance, smashing into the wall, causing the wall to shake violently and producing fine cracks. As for Zhuge Yun himself, he was shaken by this long spear, and the great force sent him flying, after which he fell down. Teng Qing Shan's control over his strength was extremely precise, so Zhuge Yun didn't suffer even a slight injury.

  "The sword just now was so fast." Teng Qing Shan secretly exclaimed, "My physical strength just now suddenly burst forth to two-tenths of its maximum!"

  Zhuge Yun's sword is just a green light!

  It takes two-tenths of Qing Shan's strength to make the spear speed up with the sword.

  "Brother, you lost again." The young girl burst out laughing.

  "The sword just now was fast." Tian Qinghu praised, "But Qingshan's spear is even faster!"

  Zhuge Yun couldn't help but laugh, looking at Teng Qing Shan: "Teng big brother, you're really a monster! I've mastered the 'Green Light Electric Sword Manual' and 'Flash Nine Swords', only to realize that this 'One Line Sword' is just a small part of it. The power of this sword is comparable to the 'Cangjiang Sword Manual's' Duanlang style! Just this one sword has consumed nearly 10% of my internal energy! It's much faster than my Flash Nine Swords, and you can actually block it!"

  "Xiao Yun, your swordsmanship is terrifying. If it were any faster, I'm afraid even I would have trouble keeping up." Tian Qing Shan exclaimed in admiration, "If I hadn't cultivated the 'Wild Ox Great Strength Technique', I wouldn't have been able to block this one sword of yours."

  Zhuge Yun's sword is indeed swift!

  "My father said that among the swordsmanship in this world, only speed is invincible! When I master my One-Line Sword, I will definitely be one of the top 72 people on the Earth Ranking!" Zhuge Yun said confidently.

  "Is it just fast and not broken?" Teng Qing Shan smiled instead.

  He disagrees with this point.

  Nothing is invincible or unbreakable. Swordsmanship that has reached the extreme is very frightening. However, if one's body is strong to the extreme, and your sword stabs into someone's body without causing any damage, how can you win?

  Masculinity to the extreme, femininity to the extreme, speed to the extreme, defense strong to the extreme...

  In this world, there are countless paths, each one reaching its ultimate goal is terrifying.

  "One day, if I can achieve even a tenth of what my father has, I'll be able to defeat Qing Shan and roam the world freely." said Zhuge Yun.

  Next to him, Zhuge Qing smiled and said: "Brother, with your surname, you practice sword for less than three hours every day. Do you think you can catch up with Father? Go ask Master Shibo and the others, when Father was young, he practiced sword every day, even slept with his sword in his arms, and was known as the 'Sword Demon' back then. Father is much more diligent than you. But it's strange, now Father doesn't touch his sword at all, every day he's either painting or playing chess, isn't he worried that his skills will decline?"

  "You understand what, Father's swordsmanship has already reached an unpredictable level." Zhuge Yun had a hint of admiration in his eyes.

  Hong Qingshan's heart skipped a beat.

  "What is the true extent of Zhuge Yuanhong's strength?" Teng Qingshan really wanted to challenge Zhuge Yuanhong once, "But he hides too deeply. I can't feel how strong his real power is! However, the strength shown by Xiao Yun is already strong enough. What about the master of the First Heaven Stronghold?"

  Zhuge Yun's strength, Teng Qing Shan only appreciated, but didn't care.

  Among the strong of tomorrow, it's likely that no one can be their own opponent. Those who threaten themselves are the formidable innate strong ones.

  Although he wanted to challenge, Teng Qing Shan did not want to reveal his last trump card, so he could only endure.

  ……

  At night, Teng Qing Shan was practicing his marksmanship in the courtyard.

  Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!

  The long spear transformed into a shadowy illusion, its speed reaching an extreme.

  "The Shadow Following Gun Technique, originally a variation of the Collapsing Fist, belongs to the Wood element. It should be lively and continuous, with an endless and uninterrupted momentum." Teng Qing Shan's Shadow Following Gun Technique also made subtle progress in his research and refinement.

  Ruying Sui Xing Gun, Hunyuan Yiqi Gun, Dulong Zuan Gun, these three major gun techniques were gradually improved and perfected by Teng Qing Shan.

  "Bang!" "Bang!"

  Suddenly there was a knock at the door.

  Hong Qing Shan put away his gun and stood up, walked over and opened the door. Outside the door was a male disciple of the Guiyuan Sect.

  "Teng Qing Shan, please follow me, the Sect Master has asked you to go with him on a trip." The disciple said.

  "What's so important that you want to see me?" Teng Qing Shan was somewhat surprised.

  "Yes." The disciple nodded.

  Although perplexed, Qingyun Mountain held a long gun and followed the disciple out of the house, heading towards the core disciple area of Guiyuan.

  ……

  Outside Zhuge Yuanhong's study.

  Teng Qing Shan had arrived outside the door, and there was a faint light coming from inside the study. The male disciple bowed and said: "Master, Teng Qing Shan has arrived." Then this male disciple also retreated and left.

  "Green Mountain, come in." A calm voice came from inside the study.

  "What does this Zhuge Yuanhong want from me? To take me as his disciple?" Teng Qingshan was puzzled in his heart, but he didn't hesitate in his actions. He went forward and pushed open the door of the study.

  Ouch!

  The door opened, and Qing Shan saw that Zhuge Yuanhong was sitting at his desk, looking at a thread-bound book. Zhuge Yuanhong heard the sound of the door opening and put down the book, smiling as he looked up: "Oh, Qing Shan, you've come to my place with a gun too - no wonder your marksmanship has reached this level at such a young age."

  "Green Mountain just buried his head in bitter practice and didn't understand anything else." Teng Qing Shan said.

  "Hmm!"

  Zhuge Yuanhong smiled and nodded, "Not arrogant or impatient, very good! You and Yun'er sparred, and you even broke his One-Line Sword. I'm really surprised to see that your internal energy explosion has become much stronger than when you were competing for the position of Hundred-Man Commander. What level have you cultivated your 'Wild Ox Great Strength Technique' to?"

  "The eighth floor." Teng Qing Shan said.

  Teng Qing Shan has naturally fully cultivated the Nine Layers, but due to the restrictions of his meridians, Teng Qing Shan relies on his internal energy to burst forth with explosive force in an instant, roughly equivalent to a physical strength of about 50,000 jin.

  However, Teng Qing Shan did not dare tell Zhuge Yuanhong.

  If it is said that all nine layers have been practiced, doesn't that mean that one's own Eight Extraordinary Meridians are completely open?

  "Hmm, the Eight Extraordinary Meridians are almost fully opened, it seems that only the Ren and Du meridians' blockages have not been cleared... It appears that you had a remarkable encounter in the past." Zuo Ci Hong praised, managing to clear so many meridians on his own, and still at the age of seventeen, is simply impossible.

  "You can reach the eighth level, with your marksmanship, in this vast land of nine states, you at least have the strength to be listed on the 'Hidden Dragon List'!" Zhuge Yuanhong praised, "However, don't be proud, your marksmanship is fierce, but it seems that you haven't learned the basics of marksmanship."

  As he spoke, Zhuge Yuanhong threw the book in his hand towards Teng Qingshan. Teng Qingshan caught it in surprise and looked down to see that the thread-bound book had four characters on it: "Lieu Huo Qiang Jue".

  "This fierce fire gun technique, a total of 99 eighty-one moves, each move combines internal energy to display, is also considered a good human-level secret recipe. You study this basic gun method well, I believe it will be beneficial for your own gun method enlightenment." Zhuge Yuanhong smiled and said.

  Hong Qingshan secretly delighted.

  His shooting skills are entirely derived from the Five Elements Fist, and as for the gun techniques of this world, he hasn't learned a single move.

  "Thank you, Master Xie." Tian Qing Shan said repeatedly.

  "Alright, cultivate well and in the future, you'll be able to make a name for yourself on the 'Hidden Dragon List' or the 'Earth List', which will also bring honor to our Yuan sect!" Zhuge Yuanhong said with a smile. "By the way, in a few days, your battalion will be heading to Huafeng City to guard our Yuan sect's gold mine. You should prepare yourself... and besides, Huafeng City is not far from your hometown of Yicheng. If you have the chance, you can also take a trip back home."

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