"Chichi ~ ~" Cold air pervaded the surroundings of the Frost Jade Pool. The figures floating on the surface of the pool also appeared blurry in the cold air.
"I can't see the source of the water in the Frost Jade Pool. It looks like a stagnant pool, but the water doesn't stink at all. Moreover, the water level never drops. If I use a wooden pole to poke the bottom of the pool, I won't be able to reach the bottom. "Teng Qingshan pondered.
"Yes, it's been almost a month since I last explored the bottom of the Frost Jade Pool." Teng Qingshan used all his strength and stood in the pool. The water reached up to Teng Qingshan's chest. "Compared to a month ago, my strength has improved a lot. Let me try again and see if I can reach the bottom of the pool!"
In the past few years, Teng Qingshan, who was curious about the miraculous nature of the Frost Jade Pool, would often explore the bottom of the pool.
However, he had never been able to reach the bottom of the pool.
"Splash ~ ~" Swimming to the side of the pool, Teng Qingshan hugged a stone that weighed more than a hundred Jin. He took a deep breath and immediately sank towards the bottom of the pool. Actually, with Teng Qingshan's control of the strength of his muscles and bones, he could easily fall to the bottom of the pool as long as he controlled his strength well.
However, the density of the water in the Frost Jade Pool was much higher than that of ordinary river water. There were two ways to reach the bottom of the pool. One was to hug a stone, iron, or other heavy object, or use inner strength to press down. Of course, Teng Qingshan would not waste his inner strength by not using the simple method.
Hugging a large stone, Teng Qingshan continued to fall.
There were no weeds or living creatures in the Frost Jade Pool. It was completely silent.
As he sank, Teng Qingshan could clearly feel the water temperature dropping rapidly, becoming colder and colder. However, at the beginning, Teng Qingshan could still resist it by relying on his strong body.
"The surface of the Frost Jade Pool is only seven or eight meters wide and a dozen meters long, but the depth is so shocking." Teng Qingshan hugged the stone and continued to sink. "The Frost Jade Pool is halfway up the Double-headed Mountain. Now, it has already sunk more than a hundred meters. It should be deep inside the Twin Peak Mountain. "
The Double-headed Mountain was just a small mountain on the Great Yan Mountain. Its height was only three to four hundred meters.
"So cold." Teng Qingshan's muscles trembled slightly. At this moment, the water was so cold that it felt like needles piercing into every part of Teng Qingshan's skin, penetrating into his bones. "I remember this protruding rock. This time, I dived four meters more than last time before using my inner force."
The vigorous inner strength in his body had already quickly circulated in his body to resist the extreme cold.
The deeper one went into the Frost Jade Pool, the wider it became. Currently, it was more than ten meters wide. However, Teng Qingshan still couldn't find the bottom of the pond.
"Now, we have passed the foot of the Double-headed Mountain." Teng Qingshan estimated the depth. "It is really dark here." Even with Teng Qingshan's eyesight, he could only see within five to six meters. One could imagine how dark the depths of the cold pond were. But …
Teng Qingshan still hadn't reached the bottom of the pond.
Actually, with Teng Qingshan's strength, holding his breath underwater for two to four hours wasn't difficult. As an expert of the Internal Martial Arts, training the internal organs was of utmost importance. Teng Qingshan's strong lungs allowed him to persist underwater for a long time. This was one of the reasons. His lung capacity alone wasn't enough for him to persist underwater for two to four hours.
The most important reason was — —
Teng Qingshan's main meridians, including the branches that connected the pores on his skin, were almost all unobstructed.
With Teng Qingshan's control of the blood and Qi in his body, he could completely absorb the oxygen in the water through his pores to replenish his energy. Of course, this replenishment speed was much slower than breathing through his nose and mouth. It could only maintain a low level of consumption, and he couldn't make any intense movements. If he had a fierce battle underwater, with Teng Qingshan's strong internal organs, he would probably have to come up to the surface to breathe after a short while.
"It's getting colder." Teng Qingshan felt that even his bones, which were covered by his fascia and skin, were being stimulated by the cold.
With such a low temperature, even if Teng Qingshan used his inner strength, he still wouldn't be able to withstand it.
"I can't go on like this." Teng Qingshan loosened his grip, and the stone fell towards the bottom of the water. His entire body, however, was affected by the buoyancy and floated upwards.
"Splash!"
Teng Qingshan's head popped out of the water.
"The water at the surface of the water actually makes me feel warm. Haha … … "Teng Qingshan laughed. Compared to the depths of the Frost Jade Pool, the water at the surface of the Frost Jade Pool was indeed considered 'warm'. Teng Qingshan also understood that this was an illusion of the human body. For example, in the winter, the tap water would sometimes feel very warm.
But in the summer, the tap water would feel very cold.
It was the same principle. The water at the bottom of the pool could be considered extremely cold. After experiencing extreme cold, it wasn't strange for the water at the surface of the pool to feel 'warm'.
"The water pressure at the depth of two to three hundred meters is really high." Teng Qingshan took a deep breath to make his internal organs feel better. An ordinary person could only dive ten meters, but the pressure was too much to bear. Teng Qingshan remembered that in his previous life, the world record for unarmed diving was around one hundred meters.
Only people who had trained for a long time could reach such a level. In his previous life, even a grandmaster of the Internal Martial Arts who possessed inner strength couldn't bear to dive more than two hundred meters.
The density of the water in the Frost Jade Pool was much higher than normal water. Although Teng Qingshan only dived two to three hundred meters this time, it was equivalent to diving almost four hundred meters in normal water. With such water pressure, even with Teng Qingshan's strong body, he still felt uncomfortable. His chest felt stuffy, and he needed to use his inner strength to relieve the pressure.
"Every month I dive to the bottom of the pool, the muscles, bones, and even the five viscera and six bowels would be stimulated by the extreme cold. This would also help strengthen the muscles, bones, and viscera." In the past few years, Teng Qingshan had also discovered such a rule.
Every time he dived, his five viscera and six bowels would become stronger in the future during training.
Just like how muscles would become stronger when stimulated, the viscera would also become stronger when stimulated. However … this kind of extreme stimulation, Teng Qingshan didn't dare to do it often. He only did it once a month or so.
"Let's go ashore!"
Teng Qingshan left the Frost Jade Pool and used the towel in his bag to wipe his body. He then put on his clothes and trousers. He then took out the two parts of the long spear and combined them into one. This Wrought Iron Spear was no longer the same one from four years ago. Because Teng Qingshan was much taller now, he switched to a nine chi long Wrought Iron Spear that weighed sixty-eight Jin.
"Whew!" "Whew!"
Teng Qingshan began to practice his spear art at the side of the Frost Jade Pool.
… …
The sky gradually darkened, and the clansmen who were farming outside of Teng Jia Village returned. Many people gathered at the busiest training field, and it was noisy.
"Sister Lan, your family's Qingshan is back." A woman's voice sounded from the training field.
Mother Yuan Lan, who was at the training field, turned her head and saw Teng Qingshan, who was wearing cotton clothes and trousers and carrying a bag, walk in from the side door beside the main entrance of Teng Jia Village. At the same time, he smiled and greeted the surrounding clansmen. The clothed Teng Qingshan looked very delicate and pretty.
Because he practiced Internal Martial Arts, there wasn't a single scar on his body. Although his facial features weren't very handsome, they could still be considered delicate and pretty.
No one would have thought that such a delicate and pretty young man possessed such a frightening strength.
"Mother." Teng Qingshan shouted from afar.
"I was waiting for you to come home for dinner." Yuan Lan looked at her son and smiled until her eyes were squinting. Beside Yuan Lan, there was a cute girl who was almost six chi tall. This was Teng Qingshan's eleven year old sister, Teng Qingyu. Girls usually developed earlier than boys. Teng Qingshan's family's living conditions were good, so Teng Qingyu's body had already started growing.
"Brother, my stomach is growling." Teng Qingyu purposely shouted.
"Okay, let's go home and eat." Teng Qingshan dotingly walked over and patted his sister's little head.
Teng Qingyu also giggled. She was used to Teng Qingshan's doting actions.
"Qingshan, you're back."
"Haha, Qingshan, don't forget to go hunting in the mountains tomorrow."
On the training field, many people enthusiastically greeted Teng Qingshan. In these four years, Teng Qingshan's status in Teng Jia Village became higher and higher. During the annual sacrifice two years ago, Teng Qingshan once lifted a two thousand Jin boulder in one go, causing the clansmen to be amazed. Everyone guessed that the current Teng Qingshan could probably lift a three to four thousand Jin boulder.
After all, for the simple clansmen, being able to lift three to four thousand Jin was already terrifying enough.
For Teng Qingshan, if it wasn't necessary, he wouldn't reveal all his strength.
Moreover, during last year's annual sacrifice, cousin Teng Qinghu, who practiced the Tiger Fist, also lifted a two thousand Jin boulder. In the clan, his strength was second only to Teng Qingshan.
… …
At the wooden table in Teng Qingshan's house, a family of four was eating dinner together. Because Teng Qingshan only returned home at night, Teng Qingshan's family had the most sumptuous meal.
"Qingshan, eat." Yuan Lan picked up a piece of chicken thigh and put it in Teng Qingshan's bowl. She also picked up a piece of chicken wing and gave it to her daughter Qingyu.
"Thank you, Mother." Teng Qingshan smiled. In his previous life, he didn't feel fatherly and motherly love, but in this life, he felt it. Teng Qingshan was very satisfied.
"Qingshan, have you heard? Right now, a powerful gang has appeared in our Yi City. " The mature and steady father, Teng Yongfan, opened his mouth and said. Teng Yongfan had long treated Teng Qingshan as an adult. Within the clan, Teng Qingshan's words were also very useful.
"Father, are you talking about the Iron Mountain Gang?" Teng Qingshan frowned and said, "Yesterday, when we were hunting, I heard others mention it."
"Yes." Teng Yongfan was somewhat worried, "This Iron Mountain Gang is very arrogant and doesn't even put the White Horse Gang in their eyes. In just half a year, they have become the second largest gang in the entire Yi City. It is said that the core gang members are more than three thousand people, and the three leaders are all powerful experts. In just half a year, they have expanded to such a large scale. The Iron Mountain Gang is in urgent need of silver. Many villages in the Yi City are threatened by them. "
Teng Qingshan slightly nodded.
The White Horse Gang collected the annual tribute to maintain the White Horse Gang's normal expenditure.
As for the Iron Mountain Gang, they rapidly developed, so they naturally needed more silver.
"It is said that they collected a lot of silver. Today, I just received the news that yesterday, because the Iron Mountain Gang demanded too much silver, the Black Wood Village, thirty Li away, refused to pay. Who would have thought that the Iron Mountain Gang would slaughter all of the one thousand people in the Black Wood Village! "
"What! Slaughter the village? "No matter how calm Teng Qingshan was, he was still shocked by this news.
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