Book 3 Chapter 74 Change in the Body

The next morning, Ji Hong lead nearly 50 members of the Black Armored Army away. Teng Qingshan, Guan Lu, and another 30 Gui Yuan Sect experts remained behind.

Those who were coveting the Red Scaled Beasts armour werent only limited to the Gui Yuan Sect. There were still many people whod stopped by at the foot of the Blazing Mountain.

In the blink of an eye, it had been 26 days since Ji Hong left.

When night fell, Teng Qingshan descended the mountain unfettered and by himself, as he gripped his Reincarnation Spear.

Lieutenant Teng! When the Gui Yuan Sect experts in the camp saw that Teng Qingshan had returned, they enthusiastically greeted him. Ever since theyd seen him battle in the center of the lava lake, theyd been extremely understanding about Teng Qingshans strength; it was definitely strength that belonged to the Earthly Ranking, and moreover was probably near the high end of the Earthly Ranking.

Lieutenant Teng, did you find the Red Scaled Beast?

Haha, considering that all of you were unable to find it, it would also be extremely hard for me to find it. Teng Qingshan laughed in reply.

Hmph. A cold harumph was heard.

Teng Qingshan turned his head as Lieutenant Guan Lu walked out of her own large tent with a cold face, We were all waiting for you!

Haha, lets eat, lets eat. Teng Qingshan let out a laugh; he didnt feel like bickering with Guan Lu.

Ive irritated the woman! Aiya! Teng Qingshan sat next to the table and glanced at the adjacent Guan Lu. He sighed in his heart, Didnt I only win once? I even retained a lot of my strength; furthermore, I didnt even make your loss seem that bad, yet youre acting so cold to me. Teng Qingshan was very helpless.

26 days ago, Ji Hong had just left.

According to Guan Lu, Teng Qingshan and her were to each take one half of the troops to search the mountain. Teng Qingshan, on the other hand, wanted to enter the mountain alone and let Guan Lu lead all of the experts. This caused Guan Lu to be unhappy, and for some inexplicable reason, a fight was proposed.

Even though she knew that Teng Qingshan was strong, Guan Lu still stubbornly wanted to fight.

Ultimately, Teng Qingshan made it look as if Guan Lu had only barely lost in order to save her some face.

Thus, Teng Qingshan was able to move by himself; however, Guan Lu began to complain about Teng Qingshans even more.

Teng Qingshan! Guan Lu and Teng Qingshan sat a table as they ate their dinners. She seriously said, Its already been 26 days, and Im pretty sure that the Red Scaled Beast has finished transforming. Right now, if we were to enter the Mountain of Flames, the danger level would significantly increase. In my opinion, you probably shouldnt go by yourself. Its safer if youre with us.

Teng Qingshan laughed, Lieutenant Guan, if the Red Scale Beast has indeed finished its transformation, itd be suicide for the people here to fight with it.

Guan Lu was silent.

Even Innate Master martial artists were somewhat afraid of a transformed Red Scaled Beast. Whoever sought to risk their life and fight it was equivalent to them committing suicide.

Looking for Scaled Armor doesnt just require strength, we should rely on this instead, Teng Qingshan pointed to his brain, Dont worry Lieutenant Guan, I know what to do.

Hmph. Guan Lus face frosted over.

Shed approached Teng Qingshan with good intentions in order to let them operate together, but Teng Qingshan hadnt accepted her good intentions.

Teng Qingshan looked at the cold-faced Guan Lu and softly chuckled, Lieutenant Guan Lu, Im going to tell you a secret.

Hmm? Guan Lus eyebrows creased as she looked at him.

Truthfully, youre quite pretty. If you didnt harbor a cold expression all day, and smiled instead, Im positive that many people in the sect would chase after you. Teng Qingshan teased. When Guan Lu heard this, her eyes instantly widened like round balls, and she was frozen with shock for a second.

She was famous in Gui Yuan Sect for being cold and callous. Moreover, she was young and she occupied a commander position. When all this was combines, what sort of a normal young man would chase after her? In front of her, most of them would be scared witless.

Guan Lu glared at Teng Qingshan and ground her teeth. Finally,

Hmph.

In a fit of anger, she threw down her chopsticks and subsequently ran into her tent.

Teng Qingshan looked at the back of Guan Lus figure, and laughed as he shook his head. He then satisfyingly took a drink out of his wine cup.

Women! Teng Qingshan let out a sigh. In his previous lifes assassin organization, Teng Qingshan had seen seductive woman assassins and ice cold woman assassins; what sort had Teng Qingshan not seen before? Hed even seen women more ice-cold than Commander Guan. For example, his wife, Cat, was a woman as ice-cold as a machine!

Only when she was with Teng Qingshan, did she expose her appearance as a normal female.

Truthfully, towards the ice-cold Guan Lu, Teng Qingshan had a trace of good intention at the bottom of his heart.

Perhaps

This was because in his previous life, his wife had been the same sort of ice-cold person.

If I was this strong in my previous life, many tragedies wouldnt have occurred. Teng Qingshan drank from his wine cup again. Although he was slightly sentimental, his mood was actually quite calm, The world in my previous life had very thin Spiritual Qi, and didnt have treasures like the Black Fire Spirit Root.

As he recalled the past 26 days, Teng Qingshan only felt somewhat indifferent.

Truthfully, the real reason that hed wanted to travel alone was because, in truth, hed entered the mountain to train his Godly Tiger Form Technique, not to find the Red Scaled Beast.

Surely enough, as hed expected, Godly Tiger Form Technique had caused his bodys potential to once again exponentially increase, and had allowed him to absorb more energy.

However, the amount of the Black Fire Spirit Roots mysterious energy that was absorbed by Teng Qingshans body was related to the length of his training. The longer Teng Qingshan cultivated Godly Tiger Form Technique, the more energy that hed absorb. Moreover, this progress seemed to be set at a fixed pace.

Within the 26 days, Teng Qingshans level had increased every day!

During these 26 days, my strength has increased by 10 thousand Jin. Furthermore, at this rate, there seems to be no limit. Teng Qingshan let out sigh of admiration. The enormous energy that had been harbored by the Black Fire Spirit Root had originally let his strength increase by twenty thousand Jin. Up to now, all together, it had increased his strength by 30 thousand Jin!

His bodys strength had increased from 180 thousand jin to 210 thousand jin!

It hadnt even been a month.

Fortunately, this Black Fire Spirit Root ended up in my hands! If it was another martial artist, since they all train internal energy, and not their own body strength, eating the Black Fire Spirit Root wouldve been a waste on them. Teng Qingshan sighed as he remembered the other martial artists whod eaten the Black Fire Spirit Root throughout history.

What a waste!

His own strength had already increased by 30 thousand Jin, and it was still constantly increasing.

Even if that Innate Master Sima Qing were to fully display his Innate True Origin power, it would only be around 200 thousand jin. Teng Qingshan still clearly remembered the fight from a few days ago, My internal energy rapidly increased my strength by 60 thousand jin and I was able to heavily wound him. Of course Sima Qings weak body was probably the cause of this!

Teng Qingshan was very clear-headed!

Even though Teng Qingshan had killed Sima Qing, he didnt arrogantly believe that he was invincible.

Based on Sima Qings strength, he shouldve been at the first of the three levels in the Innate Master Realm, the Emptiness Dan stage! Moreover, this Sima Qing was proficient at agilely fighting others at close range, as well as escaping. When it came to a genuine head-on close-combat fight, his strength was still quite lacking. Teng Qingshan guessed that amongst the Innate Master Realm martial artists, Sima Qing would be an inferior person.

He would be the equivalent of a Postliminary expert.

For example, Godly Thunder Blade Hao Yue, was able to easily slaughter a group of First Rated martial artists.

Even if one was also at the Emptiness Dan stage of the Innate Master Realm, there were also most likely higher and lower rankings.

Nevertheless, I was able to display overwhelming dominance and kill Sima Qiang. At the very least, I have a sliver of certainty when facing Innate Master Emptiness Dan experts. Teng Qingshan wasnt unduly humble.

Ye, tomorrow I should enter the mountain and begin searching for the Red Scaled Beast! Teng Qingshan stopped overthinking the matter.

On the morning of the second day, time had already flown by and it was the ninth month; it was already late autumn, and the weather had turned frigid.

In the blink of an eye, its been three months since I left. Teng Qingshan unceasingly sighed as he travelled the Mountain of Flames alone. At the beginning of the sixth month, hed escorted goods to the Chu County, and had spent 20 days doing so. Hed then resided in the Mountain of Flames for two months. When he left Jiang Ning, the weather had reflected the scorching heat of June, but now, the weather had turned cold.

Teng Qingshan was like an efficacious monkey as he rapidly transversed the great mountain.

He didnt feel like taking a detour.

He directly climbed a tall mountain before jumping off of a cliff. The internal energy in his body continued to operate, and his weight sharply declined as he fell into a canyon.

Peng!

After falling to the ground, the earth shook, and a hole in the ground appeared. The surrounding ground fissured apart, and Teng Qingshan let out a slight laugh as he walked out.

A 100 Zhang precipice; when I combine both my internal energy and my bodys strength, I really can significantly lessen the force of impact. Teng Qingshan subsequently left the hole and entered the subterranean lava lake area.

The first place Teng Qingshan searched was the subterranean area!

Myriads of martial artists had said that after the Red Scaled Beast had encountered that battle, it would leave the subterranean area in order to undergo its metamorphosis on the surface at a secret location. Thus, numerous people searched the surface!

Although they said this, a plethora of Martial Artists all knew in their hearts that

The Red Scaled Beast was most likely still in the subterranean area!

This was because the subterranean area contained a labyrinth of tunnels. Tunnels upon tunnels in the pitch black dark; there were even high ceiling tunnels that could completely accommodate for the Red Scaled Beasts movement. There were also portions of tunnels that were slightly shorter. However no one could see through the pitch black and clearly identify the tunnels; therefore, they were afraid.

Moreover, they werent willing to go.

Gugu~~ Behind him, the lava lake was bubbling.

Teng Qingshan directly entered the tunnels and walked very slowly. He held his Reincarnation Spear at the ready, prepared to attack at any time.

In the dark, my eyes can unexpectedly see this far. Teng Qingshan silently exclaimed in astonishment. In the pitch-black tunnels, Teng QIngshan was able to see a few tens of zhang. It must be known that only a month ago, when Teng Qingshan was in the tunnels, he was only able to see a few zhang.

Ever since hed cultivated Godly Tiger Form Technique, Teng Qingshans vision capabilities in the dark had clearly risen.

Moreover, his hearing ability had also increased.

In addition, if I were to completely exhibit my full strength, the skin on my entire body would turn a vague dark red color! Its tenacity has clearly also increased. Teng QIngshan was very satisfied with his transformation over the past 26 days. His skin was currently a dark red color and was even more tenacious this caused Teng Qingshan to think of a beast!

A Red Scaled Beast! I remember that the first time I chased down a Red Scaled Cub, its entire body suddenly became extremely red, and its speed increased by leaps and bounds.

My sudden increase in my bodys strength has rendered my skin slightly dark red. Only, dark red is unremarkable.

Teng Qingshan wasnt an idiot.

He felt that this most likely had something to do with the Black Fire Spirit Root.

The first time hed voluntarily absorbed the Black Fire Spirit Roots energy, Teng Qingshans eyesight, hearing, skin, and other areas hadnt changed. However, after actively cultivating and absorbing the energy, progressive transformations had occurred.

At the very least, in the darkness, I hold the advantage! Moreover, my bodys defenses are even stronger! Of course its not as extreme as the Red Scaled Beasts! Teng Qingshan thought of the Red Scaled Beast and couldnt help but sigh in admiration. When the Red Scaled Beast was just a cub, its bodys strength had only been average. However, its Scaled Armour was terrifying.

Although Teng Qingshans strength had increased, the increase wasnt obvious.

Hmm?

Teng Qingshan was walking very nonchalantly, when suddenly, he abruptly turned his head and looked into the distant place. Approximately ten zhang away was a rather large Red red colored head that was facing him.

Red Scaled Beast! Red Red Scaled Armour? It It completed its metamorphosis? Teng Qingshan was greatly alarmed in his heart, Hmm? Im looking straight at it, yet it hasnt displayed any reaction. Could it be that the Red Scaled Beast cant see me?

Teng Qingshan was unclear of the Red Scaled Beasts vision capabilities.

At the same time, the Red Scaled Beast figured that Teng Qingshan was unable to see it, since it was nearly ten zhang away. In its eyes, in the pitch-black environment, humans were blind.