"Giddy up! Giddy up! Giddy up!"

  Dozens of warhorses galloped on the official road outside Nan Shan City, kicking up countless dust along the way. The three leaders were a stout bald old man with a big belly, 'Second Elder', a thin silver-haired old man, 'Sixth Elder', and a cold middle-aged man carrying a large chopping knife.

  "Hmm?" Mu Guan Shi, who was riding a warhorse, looked far away and shouted, "Second Elder, Sixth Elder, the horse carriage in front should be Teng Qing Shan's!"

  The two elders immediately raised their right hands high.

  Dozens of war horses raised their front hooves in unison and stopped.

  "Little sister Jian, those people are coming towards us." Xiangping said beside the carriage, but Li Jian was very calm, gazing at the group of people walking from the official road. The horseman 'Old Wang' also looked cautiously and caught sight of Mu Guanshi in the crowd: "Miss Little Jian, isn't that old man Mu Guanshi, whom we met outside the city last night?"

  "Yes, it's him!" Li Kun recognized at a glance.

  "This must be Mr. Deng's carriage." The Mu servant, who was following the two elderly men and the cold middle-aged man, smiled and spoke, but suddenly he jumped in fright.

  "Hmph ~~" The beast was staring at him, with a fierce glint in his eyes.

  Mu Guanshi felt a little apprehensive about this cruel young man.

  "We are from the Xuri Trading Company." Mu Guanshi said with a smile, while the silver-haired and thin old man 'Liu Changlao' beside him spoke up: "I am Liu Changlao, the sixth elder of the Xuri Trading Company's headquarters, and this gentleman beside me is the second elder. I don't know where Mr. Teng is, we came here specifically to see Mr. Teng!"

  Li Kun looked at the group of people in front of her: "Tan Ge is not here right now, he'll be back later."

  "Not here?" The Sixth Elder looked around the carriage carefully.

  "I want to see Brother Tuo, everyone please be patient and wait." Li Kun said.

  To the group of people in front of her, Li Kun was vigilant. Of course, she wasn't afraid either. Because... Qing Luan and Kuang Feng Ying were in the high sky. As long as she let out a cry, Qing Luan would dive down.

  Akira said: Businessmen can only quietly wait beside the green mountain.

  ******

  On the mountain of Shenfu, this ancient mountain is now overgrown with weeds and vines, rarely visited by people, and the mountain roads have disappeared. It's all trees and bushes, and if it were an ordinary person, it would be really difficult to climb the entire mountain.

  Hong Qing walked on the mountain, seemingly slow but actually fast.

  The distance of dozens of feet is just a blink of an eye.

  "This is the Divine Axe Mountain! The place where Emperor Yu lived, on Divine Axe Mountain, Emperor Yu unified the North Sea Continent, unified writing, unified currency, and also spread the method of internal energy cultivation." Teng Qing looked at this great mountain, and in a daze, it seemed as if he saw more than 6,000 years ago, when the North Sea Continent was still vast and desolate, with sparse population.

  Yu Huang descended from heaven at that time.

  Spread civilization, spread the method of internal energy cultivation. Let the people of the North Sea continent have the ability to resist in the face of natural disasters! The powerful internal energy makes the people of the North Sea continent continuously expand their territory. The population is also increasing, until today's prosperity.

  It's just...

  The holy land of those years is now so desolate!

  "Shenfu Mountain has a special status, although some of the mountains inside have been hollowed out and can be inhabited. But... not many families dare to live in Shenfu Mountain." Teng Qingshan sighed quietly, Shenfu Mountain is where the god 'Da Yu' resides after all. If there are families who dare to live there.

  That's really asking for trouble. Probably other families will gang up on this family.

  Nanshan City is different, although Nanshan City's status is also special, but after all, it is a big city with a population of 50 million. Which family doesn't want to occupy it? And Shenfu Mountain, it's just a deserted mountain. Occupying it has no practical benefits, and instead has many disadvantages.

  "Taboo!"

  Teng Qing Shan walked up to a mountain cliff and saw two large characters in blood red on the wall.

  These two big characters are quite different from the current font of Beihai Continent, but they are very similar to the handwriting of Jiuzhou. Teng Qing Mountain recognized them at a glance.

  "Could this be the place where there are thirty-six stone carvings?" Teng Qing Shan's body became blurry for a moment, then disappeared from his original spot and entered the cave.

  ……

  After walking around the forbidden area, many wooden frames had already rotted away, leaving only marks of axe practice on the walls and ground.

  "This wall, more than half of it has been dug out." Teng Qing Shan looked at the wall in front of him, which was tens of meters long and five or six meters high. "If I'm not mistaken, logically...the thirty-six stone carvings should be on this stone wall." After searching the entire forbidden area, Teng Qing Shan felt that only this wall might have been where the stone carvings were originally located.

  "What a pity..."

  Hong Qingshan shook his head and left the forbidden land.

  Standing on the cliff edge, gazing out at the vast land.

  "Yu Huang, you brought me to the North Sea Continent. Let me take care of your bloodline! I'm here. What attracted me was your 'Thirty-six Open Mountain Styles', but now all thirty-six carvings are gone. And the divine axe mountain momentum possessed by your bloodline has collapsed for a very, very long time. There is no news either."

  "If I were to discover that you are a descendant of Yu Huang, I would protect your descendants and allow them to carry on the legacy."

  "If I can't find them, then there's nothing I can do."

  Hong Qingshan sighed, even if he was as powerful as Yu Huang, standing at the pinnacle of humanity.

  But ——

  The affairs of later generations are also impossible for Yu Huang to control. In the 'Yu Huang Gate' on the vast land of Jiuzhou, it's okay to pass down for so long and still exist. But 'Shen Fu Mountain' has long since collapsed.

  "Descendants will have their own good fortune, why bother about so much."

  Hong Qingshan looked back at the two words "Forbidden Area" on the mountain wall, smiled, and then jumped straight down from the cliff.

  Wow!

  Wow!

  When Teng Qing's figure fell into the air, he could still turn around, with his toes touching the mountain wall, and his speed immediately slowed down. From the top of the high mountain... Teng Qing seemed to be a phantom falling rapidly, but after colliding with the mountain wall several times, he had already reached the foot of the mountain.

  "Hmm?" Teng Qing Shan looked down at the dozens of warhorses beside the carriage.

  Wow!

  Teng Qing Shan swooped down like a hawk, his toes tapping on a branch before landing lightly on the ground.

  "How scary!"

  "This... how is this possible..."

  Akira said that dozens of people in the business were shocked to see Teng Qing Shan, although they didn't see him jump off the cliff for a moment, but during the falling process, they discovered it. The first person to discover that Teng Qing Shan had jumped was the middle-aged man with a giant machete on his back.

  "A thousand feet cliff, just jumped down like this!" The cold middle-aged man was completely stunned.

  "Is that all?"

  Others were also stunned.

  Two Elders and Six Elders exchanged a glance, both discovering the shock in each other's eyes! Even if they were Innate Golden Elixir experts, it was impossible for them to jump down from a thousand-meter cliff. After all, Innate experts weren't considered strong, only their Innate True Essence was powerful. Once they jumped down from a high place and suffered the massive shock, their internal organs would rupture, and they would be finished.

  "Xiao Jin, what are they here for?" came the voice of Teng Qing Shan from in front.

  "Heng big brother, they said they came specifically to find you and want to have a talk with you."

  The two elders and the six elders, who had previously been slightly hesitant. Because they didn't see Fu Dao and Teng Qing Shan's battle. But... just now, Teng Qing Shan jumping down from the high mountain made the two elders and the six elders no longer have any doubts in their hearts. The strong man beside them, carrying a large chopping knife, also dared not to be arrogant, and looked at Teng Qing Shan with a hint of respect in his eyes.

  "Are you looking for me?" Teng Qing Shan walked over with a faint smile.

  Watching Tan Qing walk over, Second Elder and Sixth Elder smiled and welcomed him together.

  "Mr. Teng." The bald, fat old man, 'Second Elder', smiled and cupped his hands, "I am the Second Elder of the Xuriang Shanghang General Store, and this gentleman next to me is the Sixth Elder."

  "Oh?" Teng Qing Shan looked at them in surprise, "I don't know what brings you two here, what's the matter?"

  "Let's talk over here." The Second Elder smiled and led Cong Qing Shan to a secluded spot.

  Hong Qingshan and two elders, six elders, three people together.

  "Speak, what is it?" asked Teng Qing Shan directly.

  "Mr. Teng has such extraordinary abilities, and I didn't know anything about it before... He is so talented, but willing to be ordinary, I really admire him." The six elders beside him also smiled and said: "Second elder, Mr. Teng's strength is just a slight exposure, and he can shake the world."

  Hong Qingshan listened on the side.

  The two elders saw that Tong Qingyun didn't respond, so they spoke directly: "Mr. Teng, our business has invited you to be our patron. We don't know if you are willing."

  "Offerings? I have other things to attend to." Teng Qing Shan was too lazy to bother with these.

  Last time Fang's family also invited him, but Teng Qing Shan didn't want to work for these families and forces.

  "Oh, no, no." The Second Elder shook his head and said, "Sir, you are mistaken. The worship of our Xuyi Merchant House is different from that of other families! Those families fight each other, and their worship often requires going to war to serve them. But our Xuyi Merchant House is about harmony and prosperity. Our business spreads all over the world, with thirty-six main cities, and every place has a garrison of our Xuyi Merchant House!"

  "And I, Xuyue, said that business is not about contending for dominance over the world, and there are only a few families who would be enemies with me, Xuyue."

  "So, being in charge of the business doesn't require doing anything at all."

  The two old men laughed and said, "For example, like Lei Dao Wusheng 'Fu Dao', traveling the world, bitterly cultivating martial arts. He has been worshiped by my business for over a decade, but my business has not let him do anything."

  Hong Qingshan was slightly surprised by what he heard.

  The two elders continued: "Unless it's a life-or-death crisis, there's no need for Mr. to take action! And my Xuyue Merchant House has a history of several thousand years. The number of times we encounter life-or-death crises is extremely small! Mr. can still do as he pleases and provide for us Xuyue Merchant House. Moreover, Mr. can obtain the information he wants through our wine houses all over the continent. When something happens, we Xuyue Merchant House can also help Mr. solve it. What we need is just Mr.'s friendship. In times of crisis for my Xuyue Merchant House, Mr. just needs to lend a hand."

  Hong Qing's eyes lit up and he looked at the two elders with admiration: "You are really good at business, you're awesome!"

  No need for return, just give out.

  This is enough to attract many superpowers who are afraid of trouble, but when the business encounters a crisis, how can these strong men stand by and do nothing?

  "Alright, I've agreed to this." Teng Qing Shan thought for a moment and nodded. In his opinion, becoming the vassal of the Xuanye Merchant House would make finding the stone inscription much easier.

  The two elders and six elders couldn't help but reveal a joyful expression.

  "Teng Qingshan asked: 'I'd like to ask the two of you, do you know about the stone inscription left behind by the God of Heaven's Axe, Da Yu, the "Thirty-six Open Mountain Styles" from back then?'"

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