Chapter 32 of the Seventh Part: Duanmu?

  Dark night.

  All she could hear was the sound of waves crashing against her ears, and that little slave girl opened her eyes wide to see the gold bars rolling out one by one. In the dark night, under the weak moonlight, the gold bars were extremely eye-catching. She had never seen so many gold bars before!

  "There are some books and maps in these three pockets, but mainly the three big chests were used to store gold bars. However, there were too many gold bars and the three chests couldn't hold them all," said Teng Qing Shan as he poured out everything from the three large pockets.

  Three large iron chests that were extremely heavy, a considerable number of scattered gold bars, books and maps.

  "Boss Teng, where did these things come from?" Li Kun walked over in surprise. "Are there gold bars inside the boxes too?"

  "Right."

  Hong Qingshan opened one of the large iron boxes, revealing a hoard of gold bars stacked neatly inside, filling the entire box to capacity. "Three large iron boxes, all filled with gold! Estimated weight is over 30,000 catties, more precisely around 32,000 catties."

  I think Teng Qing Shan's control over his powers is still relatively accurate.

  "Thirty-two thousand catties?" Li Kun was somewhat astonished, "Three million two hundred thousand taels of gold?"

  For the Tian Shen Mountain's 'Goddess', 3.2 million taels of gold is not a lot! In the nine states, for a pre-heavenly strong person, getting tens of millions of taels of gold is an easy task. The Goddess' status is even higher, so her wealth is naturally astonishing.

  Like the lower-ranking Tian Shen Mountain, the Guiyuan Sect alone has a gold mine that extracts gold and purple gold every month, with a value that is quite frightening.

  So for such a superpower, tens of millions of taels of gold is indeed nothing.

  But ——

  In the vast land of Kyushu, who is rushing to deliver several large boxes of gold? They are all carrying gold and silver tickets! Over 30,000 catties of gold were placed right in front of us. It's still quite shocking.

  "Little Qing, Little Hui, this thing can't be eaten." Teng Qing Shan smiled as he looked at the Azure Swallow and the Fierce Wind Eagle. At this moment, the Azure Swallow and the Fierce Wind Eagle also had their eyes wide open, staring at the gold in front of them. The glittering gold was quite stunning.

  "Heng big brother, you haven't said yet, where did this gold come from?" Li Kun asked again.

  That little girl slave also stared with her pure big eyes, looking at Teng Qing Shan.

  "Xiao Jin," said Teng Qing Shan, "earlier when we arrived at that island, the Chun Shen family of Hei Tie River Liu had just set sail. Their warships were large and slower than our tung wood ships on the sea."

  "Now, the Chunshen family is far away from us."

  "Just now, I also went upstairs for a stroll," said Teng Qing Shan.

  Li Kun suddenly enlightened.

  "Hmm, I estimate that the Chunshen family has just moved away the wealth that the Liu family of Hei Tie River had hidden for many years." Li Kun nodded, "However, according to Xiaoping, the Liu family of Hei Tie River was defeated. Can a family that can contend for hegemony really have so little wealth?"

  Three hundred and twenty thousand taels of gold.

  It's nothing compared to the return to the origin.

  "The value of gold is different in the North Sea Continent and our place." Teng Qing Shan smiled, "Moreover, the people of the Chun Shin family under my threat, I estimate will not hand over all the gold. However, they also dare not hide too much, after all, they are afraid of being discovered by me, afraid that I will kill them all in a fit of rage."

  The words had barely fallen—

  "Uncle, did you kill those people?" The little slave girl cried out repeatedly, her crisp and clear voice making one's heart skip a beat in the dark of night.

  "Do you want them dead?" Ting Qing Shan curiously looked at this little slave girl called 'Xiao Ping'."

  The little girl slave bit her lip, her eyes full of hatred and said in a low voice: "I, I was the only family slave on the island, Ah Fang sister was the best to me, she was my favorite... But, Ah Fang sister is also dead. She was killed by the Chunshen family! Uncle, did you kill all those evil people from the Chunshen family?"

  "No, but I killed their leader." Teng Qing Shan said directly.

  "Thank you, uncle." The little girl didn't dare offend Lu Qing Shan, but a hint of disappointment still flashed in her eyes.

  Those scoundrels...

  How she wishes they would all die off.

  Li Kun listened, walked over, and gently stroked the little girl's head: "Teng big brother, the Chunshen family is simply inhumane, they slaughtered everyone on the island. Those people deserved to die."

  "Two hostile families, today the Chunshen family has destroyed the Liu family. If the Liu family were strong, I'm afraid they would also destroy the Chunshen family! Who do you think is right or wrong?" Tan Qing Shan looked at Li Kun.

  Li Kun was taken aback.

  "Big Brother Tan, why did you go there, for money?" Li Kun asked repeatedly.

  "For money."

  Teng Qing Shan finished speaking and turned around, facing north, no longer saying a word.

  Li Kun was somewhat bewildered in her heart.

  In her heart, Teng Qing Shan was not the kind of person who would kill indiscriminately for wealth: "Teng big brother isn't that kind of person! Hmm, definitely, it must be because he saw the miserable situation on the island and had a thread of sympathy for the dead. That's why he chose to take action against the Chunshen family. It must be like that!"

  "And also, from my investigation. Teng big brother originally disguised as a merchant, didn't indiscriminately kill others. Also on the vast grasslands, towards ordinary herders he was very kind. On Mingyue Island, towards ordinary people, like that fisherman Officer Quan, similarly friendly." Li Kun thought to herself, more and more certain, "Teng big brother is still good towards ordinary people, but towards the military, towards some formidable martial artists, he shows no mercy!"

  "Hmph, those troops are just like bandits! Massacring, plundering, they'll stop at nothing. They're not even worth killing!" Li Kun had no good feelings towards bandits and the like.

  That's why she thought Teng Qing Shan should have killed all those Chun Shen family people earlier.

  Her experience has made her hate people like him to the bone!

  ******

  The next morning, the sun rises.

  The tung wood boat sailed calmly through the waves, splashing up white foam. Above the tung wood boat, a green phoenix was spreading its wings and flying in the sky above the ocean. Under the shining sunlight, its whole body had a faint seven-colored glow.

  Teng Qing Shan and Li Kun were crouching on the deck.

  "Teng big brother, we don't understand these books and maps either." Li Kun and Teng Qing Shan were organizing those books and a large pile of maps. The various symbols on the maps, neither Teng Qing Shan nor Li Kun recognized a single character.

  "Let's wait till we get ashore and then ask someone," said Teng Qing Shan.

  "Hmm." Li Kun also felt helpless.

  Don't know the word, it's really frustrating.

  "I understand!" A somewhat timid voice rang out.

  Teng Qing Shan and Li Kun simultaneously turned their heads, looking at the girl who was speaking. She was a bit timid and slender. After sleeping for a day and changing into a set of clothes that originally belonged to Li Kun, although they looked loose on her, this little slave girl called 'Xiao Ping' already looked quite pretty.

  "Do you understand?" Teng Qing Shan dared not believe.

  "Xiao Ping, you said, can you recognize characters?" Li Kun also didn't dare to believe.

  A little slave girl who has been sold three times, is only nine years old now. She was probably sold very young. How can she read? Which family would teach a female slave to read?

  "When I was young, there were people at home who taught me to read and write." Xiaoping continued, "Although I didn't learn much, but generally speaking, reading and recognizing characters is still okay."

  "Haha, come on, hurry up." Teng Qing Shan shouted repeatedly.

  "Tell me, what are these names on the map?" Teng Qing Shan unfolded a large map. Although he couldn't read, from the map's graphics, he could tell that this should be a map of the entire Beihai continent.

  Xiao Ping took a deep breath, as if to encourage herself. The uncle and sister in front of her were indeed good to her, and she wanted to repay them.

  "Don't be nervous." Li Kun pulled Xiao Ping close to her side.

  "Xiao Ping, how do you read these three characters?" asked Teng Qing Shan, pointing.

  "Tiān Lán River!"

  "Hmm." Teng Qing Shan smiled and nodded. Although he couldn't read, from the map he could guess that this was a river's name.

  "What are these four big characters."

  Teng Qing Shan pointed again. On the entire map, the four largest characters, as guessed by Teng Qing Shan, should be 'North Sea Continent'.

  "End... wood... big... continent!" Xiaoping said.

  "Duanmu Continent?" Teng Qing Shan glared with a raised eyebrow.

  "Duanmu?" Li Kun also looked towards Tun Qing Shan, both of them were very puzzled.

  Xiao Ping looked at the two in surprise: "This is Du Mu Continent, what's wrong? Uncle, I often hear you mention Beihai Continent. You said our Du Mu Continent is Beihai Continent?"

  Hong Qingshan suddenly came to his senses.

  North Sea...

  For the people of Kyushu, the ocean to the north is indeed the "North Sea". However, for the people of Tanmu Continent, the ocean is in the "South". It's fundamentally impossible to name their own continent as the "North Sea Continent".

  The North Sea continent was named by Yu Huang himself.

  ******

  Xiao Ping recognized the characters, and things indeed became simpler. Although Xiao Ping knew very little about the entire Du Mu continent (North Sea Continent), there was a lot of information in these books and maps that Tong Qing Shan wanted to know.

  "In the past, on this Dongmu continent, the highest status was held by two people: a long time ago, Shenfu Mountain's 'Shenfu Heavenly God' Da Yu, and another one was over 3,000 years ago, 'Leidao Heavenly God' Dongmu Yu." Teng Qing Shan finally understood.

  This Northern Sea Continent may not be as vast as the Nine State Continent, but it still has a 'Thunder Blade Heaven's Chosen' named Tongmu Yu!

  "On this North Sea continent, the strongest is called a Heavenly God?" Teng Qing Shan sighed, "In those days when Yu Huang was here, the population of the North Sea continent was only in the tens of millions and they were very united. Yu Huang left behind various cultivation methods and the people of the North Sea continent became stronger and stronger. They overcame all sorts of dangers and difficulties, their population grew more and more numerous. Even a strongest being was born. Unifying the entire North Sea continent, the entire continent was named 'Duanmu Continent'."

  Beihai Continent, there is only Jiuzhou Continent, with a land area of two states.

  But can give birth to a strongest person.

  "Lei Dao Tian Shen?" Teng Qing Shan sighed, among the nine states' strongest four, none used a knife. Yet, on Duanmu Continent, one who uses a knife appeared.

  "Does Duanmu Yu have a 'Wu Ji Ma' that can fly in the air? Does he possess the ultimate technique of the 'Lei Dao Nine Volumes'? From one of the books that told the stories of mighty warriors, Teng Qing Shan learned some stories about this Duanmu Yu."

  An absolutely domineering super strongman.

  A sword of thunder, invincible under heaven.

  "This Northern Sea Continent, oh, Tianmu Continent! Perhaps it will be even more wonderful than I imagined." Chen Qingyun thought to himself.

  ……

  Nine days later.

  The sky was clear and bright, under the control of Teng Qing Shan, the tungsten wood boat docked on a desolate coast.

  Du Mu Continent, has arrived!

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