Only one thing was for certain, they hadn’t come because of the changes in the Sealing Dragon Abyss. Rather, it seemed like they were searching for something.
From what he had seen, it seemed more like a personal affair of someone inside the clan rather than a mission from the clan itself.
“Young master.” At this moment, a black clothed cultivator appeared in front of Yan Zhaoge.
Yan Zhaoge asked: “Whose whereabouts have you discovered?”
“The Sacred Sun Clan’s Maiden of Extreme Yin’s.”
Yan Zhaoge clapped his hands unworriedly: “Lead the way, let’s go take a look. Also, let Ah Hu’s side keep searching for traces of Ye Jing.”
It was a rare change that Meng Wan had left the clan by herself and fallen into a trap. From the looks of it, it didn’t seem like there were experts from the Sacred Sun Clan laying in wait to ambush them either.
If there wasn’t an opportunity, that would be that, but if there was a chance and he didn’t take the opportunity to do something, Yan Zhaoge would feel as though he had no face left to return to Broad Creed Mountain.
Regarding the struggle between two Sacred Grounds, if there wasn’t any third party meddling, any single Martial Saint or Saint Artifact could decide the outcome of the war— perhaps even as the most important factor.
That was even without taking into account the superiority of the Crown of Extreme Yin as compared to regular Saint Artifacts. If a Maiden of Extreme Yin equipped with the artifact was able to step into the Martial Grandmaster realm, she would be able to wield enormous power.
The only question was… if he was going to do something, to what degree was he going to do it?
…Get rid of her?
That seemed a little bit too vicious.
And after the news spread out, the entire Sacred Sun Clan would be up in arms, with the inevitable outcome of a full-out war erupting between the two Sacred Grounds.
Previously, Meng Wan had already sustained some injuries in the icy cold pond, but were those injuries enough to ensure that she would definitely be defeated in the next Extreme Yin Bout?
Yan Zhaoge pondered as he flew through the mountains.
“Young master.” At this time, another black clothed cultivator appeared. “There’s another group of Sacred Sun Clan cultivators in the vicinity. They seem to be the same group that was with Chao Yuanlong.”
Yan Zhaoge rubbed his chin: “Now things are getting interesting.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 41: What a valiant girl
HSSB41: What a valiant girl
After following Meng Wan’s trail for a period of time, they realised that they had lost her.
While Yan Zhaoge was a little sorry about this, he still wasn’t too upset by it.
Yet, not long after, his underlings sent over the news that they had once again discovered Meng Wan’s whereabouts.
Yan Zhaoge and the others did not stop to think too much about it, once again setting off in their pursuit. Still, a few mountains later and some distance away, all traces of the girl had once again disappeared.
“Something’s up.” Having found this repetitive pattern suspicious, Yan Zhaoge said as he stopped walking, a deep look within his eyes.
One of the black-clothed Martial Scholars beside him nodded, “It seems like we’re being baited and led somewhere.”
Looking at the lofty, majestic mountains that loomed ahead, Yan Zhaoge mused, “An ambush? Doesn’t seem like it; on our way here, we’ve passed by many suitable ambush locations already.”
After considering for a moment, a hint of a smile surfaced at the corner of his mouth, “Well, let’s go see what you’re up to then.”
He waved his hand, indicating for the group to break up, and the many black-clothed martial practitioners immediately scattered without a sound as they merged into the dense forest.
In the meantime, Yan Zhaoge continued on his journey through the mountains and the forests.
A while later, a black-clothed martial practitioner suddenly returned, reporting, “Young Master, near a valley about a kilometer east of here, disciples of the Sacred Sun Clan have been spotted.”
As Yan Zhaoge looked at him for confirmation, the black-clothed martial practitioner nodded, “They’re all young disciples of the Body Refinement Realm, the very ones who accompanied Chao Yuanlong into the Sealing Dragon Abyss previously.”
“Let’s have a look,” Yan Zhaoge began heading east.
Hiding their movements, Yan Zhaoge’s group stealthily and noiselessly made their way to the vicinity of the valley. They ascended one of the mountain peaks on the side, then looked into the valley.
What they saw was that at this current moment, within the valley, there was already a confrontation taking place.
On one side was a group of three people all dressed in white robes, with the emblem of a sun tattooed on their red-bordered sleeves. They were exactly the disciples of the Sacred Sun Clan.
The three gazes were all focused on a single person. Fanned out loosely, they vaguely looked as though they could surround the other party at a moment’s notice.
The other party, currently in a stand-off with them, was actually a teenage girl.
White clothes, black sword, her long, beautiful hair cascading behind her like a waterfall.
Beside the teenage girl squatted a tiny, black little hound, currently staring with a face full of caution at the three Sacred Sun Clan disciples who currently had its master surrounded.
Yan Zhaoge’s line of vision fell into the short sword within the teenage girl’s hand.
Jet-black as ink, under the bright rays of the sun, it actually didn’t cause the reflection of any light whatsoever. It was as if it was not a metallic? object, but was, rather, black charcoal.
Even from such a long distance away, Yan Zhaoge could still feel the sharpness emanated by that pitch-black sword, as it sent a chill flowing throughout his entire body.
The teenage girl kept a firm grasp on the short sword within her hands, not moving an inch.
While she was garbed in white, her attire differed from what one was usually seen on disciples of the Sacred Sun Clan.
However, looking at the stance with which she held her sword, Yan Zhaoge’s eyebrows twitched.
“Ah, West-Tilting Heaven Incinerating Blade…”
Alongside the Heaven Striking Palm and the Sunset Thousand Illusionary Palms, the West-Tilting Heaven Incinerating Blade was one of the Seven Great Sun Arts that were only passed down amongst their direct lineage disciples. Its strength was similarly renowned throughout the entire Eight Extremities World.
This white-clothed girl, was obviously also from the Sacred Sun Clan by birth.
“Did she learn it sneakily and is therefore being pursued; or is this due to fragmentation within the clan itself?”
Feeling a bit interested, Yan Zhaoge got his black-clothed men to scatter, some of them continuing the search for Meng Wan, while others kept vigilant watch outside the valley.
Currently, the gazes of those three Sacred Sun Clan disciples were all locked on the white-clothed teenage girl.
One of them, a slightly older-looking youth, began to speak, “Junior apprentice-sister Feng, we are all just assisting senior apprentice-brother Xiao. Apologies if we’ve offended you.”
The white-clothed teenage girl laughed, “However much talk, it’s all useless. Looks like you have no intention of letting me pass. In the end, it’ll all still depend on whose trump cards turn out to be stronger in a real contest of strength.”
Resembling bullets being shot out consecutively from the barrel of a gun, the girl’s words flowed out at an extremely high rate, yet cut down as cleanly as a knife, as every single one of then was conveyed across perfectly clearly.
While being encircled by strong enemies, her expression did not change, as she continued speaking and smiling as though all was right with the world.
Another Sacred Sun Clan disciple, one who
was slightly younger this time, laughed, “Letting you pass is something that we obviously won’t do. Still, it’s not like there’s really a need for us to fight, is there?”
“It’s true that you, senior apprentice-sister Feng, are already in the Martial Scholar realm, but that is already a thing of the past.’
“Now, with your old wounds yet to recover, and new ones on top of them as well, you are unable to draw on your aura-qi, and even your inner qi is weak. With not even half of your actual strength left, don’t waste any pointless effort struggling about anymore.”
“Just be a good girl and follow us back to see senior apprentice-brother Xiao, won’t that do? Otherwise, if we do really get into a fight, you would probably sustain even more injuries. And how could we bear to see that happen?”
Yan Zhaoge smiled a little from his place by the sidelines. While the three Sacred Sun Clan disciples looked to be holding the absolute advantage, the West-Tilting Heaven Incinerating Blade was ferocious and violent. If the girl really went all out, they were also worried about being inflicted with injuries themselves.
Being able to destroy the opponent’s will to fight would obviously be ideal.
At the very least, with the signal already having been sent out, just through the delaying of time alone, the other members of the Sacred Sun Clan would be arriving here soon. At that point in time, capturing the teenage girl before their eyes would be as easy as the flipping of a palm.
From Yan Zhaoge’s point of view, the girl was actually a rare beauty. While she could not match up to the stunning looks of Meng Wan, and also lacked Sikong Qing’s elegant beauty, she was, at the very least, still on par with Lin Yushao.
She had an egg-shaped face, soft facial features and sharply defined eyebrows. Her nose was obviously a little big, though, a little lacking when placed alongside the rest of her beauty.
However, what was most striking were her pair of eyes, which exuded a valiance seldom seen amongst those of the fairer sex.
Unlike Meng Wan, Sikong Qing and Lin Yushao who had already been strikingly beautiful from the first glance, this was a beauty who grew on one’s eyes the more one looked at her.
As he observed closely, he thought that, maybe, her looks weren’t actually inferior to those of Meng Wan and Sikong Qing after all.
It was just that from this girl’s eyes, Yan Zhaoge could also see an extraordinarily strong killing intent which far exceeded the norm alongside that valiance.
That jet black sword of hers, had truly seen blood.
The teenage girl laughed, “What are you waiting for; just come over and get me then, why don’t you? Acting tough but so weak inside; it’s three against one, and you still have to be so cautious?”
She looked laughingly at the Sacred Sun Clan disciple opposite her, “A silver spearhead that is really made of tin; looks good but is actually worthless.”
His expression changing slightly, that Sacred Sun Clan disciple snorted.
Then, staring at the girl, his smile slowly turned sinister, “I suppose senior apprentice-sister Feng must have lacked men these past days?”
“But what I don’t know is: how did you take care of your needs then? Don’t tell me that you’ve been using that black dog by your feet? No wonder you’ve always kept him by your side.”
“Still, doing it with a dog, it must have been much too tough on you, senior apprentice-sister. Do you want me, your junior apprentice-brother, to lend you a hand?”
Hearing this, the girl was not flustered in the least, as she just said in a slow and leisurely manner, “Too bad, you guessed wrong. My Little Meaty, is female.”
The small black dog by her feet yelped twice, as it gazed ferociously at that Sacred Sun Clan disciple.
Still, if one closely looked, there was indeed a lack of something hanging from its groin.
The girl said at her own relaxed pace, “As for that little toothpick of yours, junior apprentice-brother, you can just forget about it. Even if you snapped it into two then placed the two halves side by side, they would still only be as thick as two toothpicks. Whichever girl it is; it’ll never cut it.”
Hearing her words, the Sacred Sun Clan disciple’s face instantly paled with anger.
Another of his cronies by the side snorted as he gazed at the girl with a disgusting look on his face, “Senior apprentice-sister seems so familiar with junior apprentice-brother Cai’s sizes; looks like you must have had some personal experience with it ah.”
“I guessed it,” the girl laughed dismissively, “As for whether I was right or wrong, this junior apprentice-brother Cai can just take off his pants now and let us have a look; won’t we all know for sure then?”
That junior apprentice-brother Cai and his current urgent need to explain himself lest he fall victim to a heart attack aside, even the bystander Yan Zhaoge was currently stunned, and at a total loss for words.
Young lady ah, while it is said that female practitioners should not be too mindful of formalities, your current behaviour right now… there’s an 80 percent chance that it’s because you are young and inexperienced in that area, while the other 20 percent…also has something to do with you being young and inexperienced.
How valiant, competing against men in the area of who is more ‘corrupted’…Yet, how is that suitable?
The disciple surnamed Cai had his embarrassment turn into rage, as he walked towards the girl with an ugly smile on his face, “Whether or not I really am a toothpick, you’ll know it later!”
Raising her eyebrows, the teenage girl said calmly, “This junior apprentice-brother, you can actually just stay at your current position.”
“Because I, your senior apprentice-sister, will be going over!”
Before her words had even landed, a sword-light had already flashed!
It was like the sun had suddenly been made to tilt toward the west, before it began plummeting down in that direction!
Where the sword light flashed, it looked as though the very heavens and the very earth were about to be incinerated on the spot!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 42: A Sword-light flashes, Momentous Events Occur!
HSSB42: A Sword-light flashes, Momentous Events Occur!
White hands like jade, black sword like ink.
What arose, though, were great golden waves, resembling the blazing heat rays of the sun.
The sun was no longer hanging high in the sky. Rather, having slid down in a magnificent yet graceful arc, it now descended from the sky, incinerating the land all around!
The cold sword light instantly caused the three Sacred Sun Clan disciples to experience a suffocating feeling, as they fell into a panic.
“With such a huge drop in her cultivation base, having sustained such serious injuries, while also unable to fully unleash the power of that artifact, how could the power of her blow be so fierce and domineering?”
From the vantage point of the mountain ridge, Yan Zhaoge’s eyes shone, “She does have some ability.”
When she was not moving, so be it. Once she did move, though, just from that single move, Yan Zhaoge could already tell that the battle was already as good as over.
This girl, being clearly injured, shouldn’t be able to exert the original power of her cultivation base at all.
Ignoring a Martial Scholar’s aura-qi which would already be impossible to draw on, even her inner qi should be weak to the extreme.
Of the three major stages of the Body Refinement realm, the body-tempering stage, the meridian-connecting stage and the qi-directing stage, she should only be able to, at most, exert a level of power just equivalent to the early qi-directing stage.
And the three opponents before her, were also all at the early qi-directing stage.
Even so, going one against three, the victory was still going to go to this teenage girl.
While she had once been a Martial Scholar, far exceeding these three opponents in terms of experience and discerning ability, being able to win wit
h such ease, this girl’s comprehension and grasp over the martial arts she cultivated in obviously far, far exceeded that of her opponents.
Just from that one blow of her sword, Yan Zhaoge could already be certain that if both of them were in the same cultivation realm, even Xiao Shen might not be a match for her.
“When did the Sacred Sun Clan produce such an outstanding disciple?” Yan Zhaoge stroked his chin, “From the looks of it, she’s just seventeen, eighteen years of age.”
The three Sacred Sun Clan disciples each also possessed an artifact.
Now that they were all in the Body Refinement Realm, they were all similarly unable to unleash the full power of the artifact they had in hand.
Yet, the girl’s black short sword just seemed to be able to flout that principle, as it easily pressured her opponents’ artifacts by a head.
Where the sword-light moved, the winds billowed and the clouds surged, a thunderbolt rocked the land, and the sun began tilting westward!
In the blink of an eye, the three Sacred Sun Clan disciples had already been defeated.
Wielding the black short sword, the teenage girl stood before them, her laughter as light as the clouds and as gentle as the wind, “I said it before; you could actually just have waited in your original position.”
That Sacred Sun Clan disciple surnamed Cai cried in fear, “You dare to harm us? Senior apprentice-brother Xiao and the clan would never let you get away with it!”
“With your Grand Master, and now also your Master dead, there’s no one who can protect you anymore!”
The girl’s entire body shook.
The smile on her face instantly vanished, as she stared at him, asking, “You say something happened to my Master? Who did it!”
Junior apprentice-brother Cai snorted, “Earlier, when a group of Flame Devils attacked the East Sea on a small scale invasion, your Master just happened to be on her guard duty shift. During the ensuing conflict, she was killed by those Flame Devils.”
“Now do you get it? Your backers are all no more now. Be obedient and quickly let yourself be captured if you know what’s good for you; otherwise, you’ll have your share of bitterness to taste!”
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