Translator: Iamgt Editor: Lucas

Oh no!" Teng Qingshan immediately understood that the members of the Barbarian Tribe Temple had viewed him as an enemy.

As Teng Qingshan glanced over, he saw the two hovering above the forest of the Desolate Land. The one in the center was an elder with a dry and skinny body covered with wrinkles, while the person who stood beside him was a bald giant with the height of 1.8 Zhang (4.5 meters), and this giant was like a demonic god. Below the two people was a 60-meters-long gigantic, shining, black centipede. Each and every one of its legs was terrifying. An elder with his silver hair untied sat cross-legged on the black, gigantic centipede.

The demonic beast Black Crow, which Teng Qingshan had fought against, hovered on their left side. Currently, Black Crow was glaring at Teng Qingshan with bloodshot eyes. Behind them was a black, demonic dragon with its head lifted high up. The eyes of this demonic dragon were of a darkish gold color and its two white whiskers drooped from the side of its mouth.

"These demonic beasts..." Teng Qingshan was completely overwhelmed by the power.

Boom! The forest below shook fiercely.

A monster the size of a small hill, carrying a huge tree, flew to the side of the dragon. It had the figure and appearance of an ape, but it had a height of around 10 Zhang (25m). Even though the ape was very furry, it had very sharp nails. With a swing of its hands, the branches of the trees all fell off, leaving only the tree trunk.

"This should be the one that Brother Violet Rain had talked about: the Purple Fur Godly Ape with power on par with the demonic dragon." Teng Qingshan scanned through the four Emptiness Realm demonic beasts. "The gigantic centipede and Black Crow should be weaker. The demonic dragon that is the size of Violet Rain should be the strongest among the four Emptiness Realm demonic beasts."

"Everyone, I am Teng Qingshan, and I am not here to fight," said Teng Qingshan loudly.

"Hmph."

The sound came from the bald giant who was four and a half meters tall. His voice was so deep that it seemed to have echoed in his chest. "The Barbarian Tribe Temple does not make enemies easily. However, if you are an enemy of the Barbarian Tribe Temple, we will not let you go easily. Are you going to surrender or do you want me to take action?"

"Just give up." The silver-haired elder, who was sitting on the giant centipede, stood up, revealing his height of three meters.

In the Barbarian Tribe, also known as the Giant Tribe, even the ordinary tribe members had the height of one Zhang. The height of some of the elites was even crazier. It wasn’t weird for someone in the Barbarian Tribe to reach a height of 1.2 Zhang (3 meters). However, the height of 1.8 Zhang was considered an extremely tall height even among the people of the Giant Tribe.

"Don’t ask me to surrender. If I had wanted to kill this demonic beast named Black Crow, it would have already been dead.

"I only stopped because Brother Violet Rain asked me to stop. That’s the reason why I didn’t kill it," Teng Qingshan said loudly.

"Violet Rain?"

When the three elders of the Barbarian Tribe Temple heard the name, they were slightly shocked.

"However, you did injure the Godly Beast Black Crow. And so, you must be punished," said the skinny old man with wrinkles all over his face. He stared at Teng Qingshan as he said, "Even if you are a friend of the demonic dragon Violet Rain, you must receive punishment anyway."

"Roar!"

The Purple Fur Godly Ape glared, and Teng Qingshan immediately felt a strong force. The Purple Fur Godly Ape swung the tree trunk with its furry claws and bared its sharp teeth towards Teng Qingshan.

"Caw!" The Undying Phoenix screamed and the flames that enveloped its entire body intensified. 𝚋𝚎ｄ𝚗ｏｖ𝚎𝚕．ｃｏ𝚖

Teng Qingshan held the Reincarnation Spear in his hand.

Whether it was Teng Qingshan or the Undying Phoenix, they both felt a strong force. Their opponents were too strong. A black demonic dragon on par with Violet Rain and a Purple Fur Godly Ape nearly as strong as the black demonic dragon. Just these two were enough to force Teng Qingshan to flee.

"Three elders of the Barbarian Tribe Temple! Tell me. Is it then reasonable for you all to send the Black Crow of your temple to my sect to engage in a massacre? I, Teng Qingshan, have had no relations or interactions with you guys at all. I came here today because I want to know why the Barbarian Tribe Temple attacked my sect," shouted Teng Qingshan.

"Attack your sect? Impossible," growled the god-like giant with a height of 1.8 Zhang.

"Hmm?"

The skinny old man gave out a few tweets towards the demonic beast Black Crow.

"Caw caw!" Black Crow also gave out a series of tweets.

"Ah!"

The three temple elders were shocked.

"May I ask the three elders whether it happened?" shouted Teng Qingshan, standing on the back of the Undying Phoenix.

"It did happen," admitted the skinny old man, nodding his head.

"I, Teng Qingshan, do not have any grudges against you all. Why did you attack us?" shouted Teng Qingshan.

"Hmph."

The bald giant shouted, "According to what the Godly Beast Black Crow said, you and our temple’s Elder Jin are enemies, and you killed Elder Jin’s friends and family. The Godly Beast Black Crow and Elder Jin are friends, so the Black Crow fought for him. The Barbarian Tribe Temple has never meddled with external affairs. Since there is a reason, let’s forgo this matter. You should leave immediately!"

Their own Godly Beast had gone to other people’s sect, stirred up a commotion, and killed the disciples of that sect.

The Barbarian Tribe Temple also knew that they were the unreasonable ones.

"Elder Jin?" said Teng Qingshan, frowning. "The Elder Jin you are talking about is not a native of the Barbarian Tribe, right?"

"He is not," said the skinny old man, nodding his head. "However, Elder Jin has done a lot for the Barbarian Tribe, and so, he became the foreign elder. Elder Jin is a foreign elder, but according to the commands issued by the ancestors of the Barbarian Tribe Temple, we are not allowed to meddle or interfere with the old grudges he has held against anyone in the outside world."

Teng Qingshan hastily asked, "Did Elder Jin come here nineteen years ago?"

The elders exchanged glances, then one of them spoke.

"Yes, it was nineteen years ago," said the bald giant loudly. "Elder Jin has done a lot for Barbarian Tribe. The things he has done for my tribe were acts of selflessness. So the Barbarian Tribe is very thankful for all that he has done for us. Therefore, we made an exception and made him a foreign elder of the Barbarian Tribe Temple. In these recent eight years, the Barbarian Tribe Temple has only appointed six foreign elders."

It was nineteen years ago!

Teng Qingshan was more certain that this man was Guyong!

"May I know where this Elder Jin is?" said Teng Qingshan.

"Leave immediately," shouted the bald giant.

The silver-haired elderly frowned, "Elder Jin is not in the temple. Even if he was, we would not let you harm him."

"Leave immediately, or else we will have to fight each other," said the skinny old man coldly.

The Barbarian Tribe Temple was very fond of guests. However, the Emptiness Realm Expert in front of them was a person that had grudges with one of their foreign elders. Since this Emptiness Realm Expert was an enemy of their foreign elder, they naturally wouldn’t see this Emptiness Realm Expert as their friend. And so, their attitude became very unfriendly.

"Roar!"

The black demonic dragon glared at Teng Qingshan with its huge, dark golden eyes, warning him. The Purple Fur Godly Ape at the side held the tree trunk while also looking at Teng Qingshan. At this moment, the elders and the Emptiness Demonic Beasts of the Barbarian Tribe Temple were all glaring at Teng Qingshan.

"If that is so, goodbye." Teng Qingshan turned, letting his sleeves fly along with the wind.

"Let’s go."

The Undying Phoenix looked at the people of the Barbarian Tribe Temple with its eyes revealing a glimpse of anger. It emitted a high-pitch scream, flapped its wings, and flew away, leaving a red, glowing afterimage.

The members of the Barbarian Tribe Temple then all went back home.

The Barbarian Tribe Temple didn’t care about Teng Qingshan. They were just slightly surprised when they saw the Undying Phoenix.

******

The sky had darkened.

The Undying Phoenix was flying in the sky above the Desolate Land. Teng Qingshan, who was sitting on the back of the Undying Phoenix, looked very angry. The powerful members of the Barbarian Tribe Temple had forced him to retreat, and there was nothing he could do. Indeed, his own ability and strength were nothing when compared to the powerful force of the Barbarian Tribe Temple.

"It is true that I am weaker than them. Even if the Barbarian Tribe Temple was the unreasonable side, they could still look down on you, the weaker one."

"If it was the Insightful Emptiness Realm expert Pei San who had gone there, the Barbarian Tribe Temple might not have had the audacity to act so arrogantly. At the least Pei San would’ve received a just and fair treatment," Teng Qingshan said to himself as he shook his head.

"Caw!" Little Blue suddenly tweeted.

"Hm? Little Blue, have we arrived at your old nest?"

Teng Qingshan looked down at the forest of the Desolate Land. A range of mountains was located down below. Although the mountains looked ordinary, it was actually the Undying Phoenix’s nest in the Desolate Land.

"Oh yeah, you have been protecting Linlin for this whole time and did not go back to your old nest. Let’s go down." Teng Qingshan knew that Little Blue was worried about the birds under her rule. Immediately, the Undying Phoenix chirped and rushed down happily, entering her nest.

...

The mountain was like a paradise, and there were many different types of birds. Among the birds, the Undying Phoenix was obviously the strongest being there.

"Roarrr!"

The waterfall at the side was like a white horse, leaping downwards and descending in the center of the lake. Teng Qingshan sat by the lake and watched the great number of flying demonic beasts gathering on the top of the mountain to worship the Undying Phoenix. Most of the flying demonic beasts were ordinary demonic beasts, but there were some Innate demonic beasts and even Golden Dan Innate demonic beasts.

There various kinds: huge, tiny, colorful... Some emitted high pitch sounds, some emitted clear sounds, and some emitted ethereal sounds.

"All birds looking up to the Phoenix?"

Teng Qingshan murmured. He stopped looking at the joyous Undying Phoenix Little Blue, and lied down and laid his eyes on the dark lake and the hanging waterfall.

It was already night time.

Teng Qingshan stared at the lake. Because of the hitting of the waterfall and the reef in the lake, whirlpools formed at the edge of the lake. There were big ones and small ones. Sometimes, they formed and sometimes they disappeared. Also, there were a lot of bubbles caused by the waterfall hitting the surface of the lake. New ones formed as the old ones popped.

He looked at the swirls and then at the bubbles.

"Can I be like this?"

"Give up?"

Teng Qingshan stood up and started practicing the five fist techniques, such as Earth Element Fist and Fire Element Fist. For the past year, Teng Qingshan had been searching for a breakthrough, desiring to step into the Insightful Emptiness Realm. It felt like there was just one more step, but he could not find a breakthrough. After every seclusion, he learned something, but still, he could not succeed in achieving a breakthrough.

The night passed and the day arrived, but Teng Qingshan was still practicing.

The sun rose and set, day and night exchanged.

The Undying Phoenix also landed at the side of the lake, watching Teng Qingshan, who was practicing, feeling a bit puzzled.

After five days, on the morning of the sixth day...

When the Sun rose.

Boom! The waterfall which smashed into the lake was rolled up and a large amount of water flowed towards Teng Qingshan. The plants and rocks around were all circling around Teng Qingshan. For a moment, Teng Qingshan became the center of an enormous tornado that engulfed the rocks and plants and carried the water away.