The Nine Cauldrons

Book 8 Chapter 51 The Total Amount of Fiery Gilt Steel

“Haha, right! Mining!” Mu Yunji laughed and said, “Mister, don’t worry about the ore excavation. The excavation of the Fiery Gilt Steel Ore Deposit is not difficult. Moreover, the Fiery Gilt Steel Ore is akin to Darksteel and Millennium Coldsteel. It has no impurities, thus the amount of the Fiery Gilt Steel is measured according to the weight of the ore.”

Teng Qingshan nodded. In the past, he had retrieved two pieces of Millennium Coldsteel from the bottom of the Frost Jade Pool, and both pieces had no impurities.

“When will the excavation start?” Teng Qingshan asked.

“It’s late now.” Mu Yunji glanced at the sky and answered, “We will make preparations tonight and start the excavation tomorrow morning! The greater a number of ores in this deposit, the longer the excavation will take. I hope we will spend a long time excavating.”

“Agreed. The longer, the better.” Duan Shijin and Fu Dao laughed.

……

Teng Qingshan ordered his disciple ‘Teng Shou’ to carve a courtyard into a nameless hill only several Li away from the Fiery Gilt Steel Valley in the Ox-Head Mountain Range. When Teng Qingshan had resided by the Crescent Moon Lake, he had easily constructed a few stone houses with the Reincarnation Spear. This time, the tool that Teng Shou used was the Splitting Mountain Axe!

Teng Shou naturally had no intention to rebel against his teacher’s order. However, it was evident that he was not as fast as Teng Qingshan.

After spending half a day, Teng Shou finally completed the construction of a very plain and simple courtyard. Three houses were situated within.

“Ah Shou, your axe arts are improving.” As Teng Qingshan stared at the courtyard, a smile crept up his face.

Hearing this, Teng Shou blushed.

“Brother Shou just blushed! He just blushed!” Fu Yuping burst out giggling. At her side, Yang Dong covered his mouth and snickered. The actions of the two immediately caused Teng Shou to glare at them.

“Big Brother Teng, I think the axe is a more suitable weapon for Ah Shou.” Li Jun looked at Teng Qingshan and suggested.

Recently, Teng Qingshan had been thinking about what type of weapon the Great Disciple of his should use. After all the experiments, the result showed that the axe was a more suitable weapon for Teng Shou. It made sense. Of the few fist arts Teng Qingshan taught him, he was most proficient with the 《Earth Elemental Fist》. The cultivation of the《Thirty-six Splitting Mountain Forms》created by the Emperor Yu also began with the Earth Element…”

“Then I shall teach him the Splitting Mountain Axe Art!”

Indeed, Teng Qingshan specialized in the cultivation of spear arts!

However, during the process of the analyzing the 《Thirty-six Splitting Mountain Forms》, Teng Qingshan’s understanding of the axe art also reached an exceedingly profound level. His skills and understanding of the axe art were sufficed for him to instruct even Golden Dan Innate Experts.

“Ah Shou, I will start teaching you axe arts tomorrow morning.” Teng Qingshan said, “As for the axe…You can use a stone axe temporarily.”

“Yes, Teacher.” Teng Shou said as he reluctantly handed the Splitting Mountain Axe back to Teng Qingshan.

……

The next day, Teng Qingshan began comprehending the Heavenly Dao at the courtyard. Now, He was inches away from stepping into Emptiness Realm. Every morning, he would spend fifteen minutes instructing his Great Disciple ‘Teng Shou.’

As for the axe art that Teng Qingshan taught, it was a simplified axe art produced after Teng Qingshan organized his understanding of the 《Thirty-six Splitting Mountain Forms》and the axe art was named《Seventy-two Splitting Earth Forms》.

Teng Qingshan himself had only comprehended a paltry portion of the 《Thirty-six Splitting Mountain Forms》. Even so, the 《Seventy-two Splitting Earth Forms》was very powerful. It was even more powerful than the Heavenly Ranking Secret Codices in the Land of the Nine Prefectures It made sense as it was a simplified version of the strongest technique created by Emperor Yu.

The 《Thirty-six Splitting Mountain Forms 》would be too confusing for Innate Experts to learn. However, innate experts could make progress when learning the《Seventy-two Splitting Earth Forms》! After all, the most suitable one was the best!

Teng Qingshan cultivated assiduously on the nameless hill. In the Fiery Gilt Steel Canyon, the ongoing excavation was very active. Unknowingly, one month passed.

One evening, in the Fiery Gilt Steel Valley.

Clang! Clang! Clang!