History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474
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After the coolness, though, actually came a gloomy coldness!
Elder Qin’s form now also appeared above the mansion as he stared enraged at that massive golden sun.
With his low shout, the winds gusted and the clouds surged as though a gigantic, formless blade had appeared, piercing open a fissure in the very air itself.
The fissure spread in the direction of the second sun, desiring to split it apart along with everything else!
“Eight Extreme Arts—Chaotic Elements Uniting Blade?” An imposing voice resounded from the massive golden sun.
The next instant, instead of retreating, the massive golden sun actually advanced, smashing straight down toward Elder Qin!
It was as though the sun had tilted westward—an incomparably bright radiance illuminated the ground below, looking like it was going to incinerate the entire mortal realm!
It was precisely the Sacred Sun Clan’s West-tilting Heaven Incinerating Blade!
On the golden sword-light that portrayed the setting sun tilting towards the west, a huge divine talisman suddenly lit up. Vast and intricate, it appeared as if it was going to engulf the entire Jingyang City.
Elder Qin activated the Chaotic Elements Uniting Blade—the formless blade that slashed the heavens and split the earth wherever it passed also lit up with a huge divine talisman.
The power of the two sides having increased by yet another level, when they clashed, it was as though Jingyang City was about to be shattered.
Now, the voice of the King of the Eastern Tang Kingdom resounded within Jingyang City, “If the two of you want to fight, please go somewhere else; do you want to tear down my Eastern Tang Capital?”
Jingyang City’s grand formation abruptly brightened, as the intertwining spirit patterns grew clearer and more densely packed.
The grand formation began operating at its maximum power, its power rising steadily.
Elder Qin stopped his sword-qi, as he snorted, “If someone wants to create trouble out of nothing, this old man will accompany him to the very end; does he think that my Broad Creed Mountain is so good to bully?”
From that massive golden sun suspended in the sky, a voice resounded, “Zhao Shicheng, you want to interfere in the matter between Broad Creed Mountain and my Sacred Sun Clan?”
The calm voice of Zhao Shicheng, the King of the Eastern Tang Kingdom, now resounded from Jingyang City’s grand formation itself, “The East Rising Lord speaks too heavily. My Eastern Tang is naturally unable to interfere in a matter between two Sacred Grounds.”
“However, with the two of you fighting it out in my Jingyang City, this King is unable to sit back and do nothing.”
From within the mansion, Yan Zhaoge stoked his lower jaw, “Ah, so it’s the East Rising Lord, one of the Seven Reigning Suns. However, according to my memories, the East Rising Lord should have changed just a few years ago.”
After the Sacred Sun Clan had risen to prominence, it had possessed seven outstanding experts, who had been known by the world as the Seven Reigning Suns.
Their titles corresponded with the Seven Great Sun Arts: Dawn, East Rising, Heaven Striking, World Illuminating, West Tilting, Sunset as well as Twilight.
Afterwards, the Seven Reigning Suns became a fixed title. After any one of these experts fell or retreated into seclusion, there would be a replacement who would inherit the title.
Swivelling his head, Yan Zhaoge saw that Feng Yunsheng had a rather strange expression on her face.
Seeing Yan Zhaoge looking at her, Feng Yunsheng just shook her head. “My Grand Master was the previous East Rising Lord before him. After Grand Master fell, the title was naturally passed down, and the one who inherited it was that guy out there.”
“He is the youngest among the Seven Reigning Suns and also has had the least experience. However, his cultivation and skill in martial arts are fairly astounding.”
The massive sun within the sky gradually vanished, as a middle-aged, golden-robed man now materialised. He was precisely the current East Rising Lord.
The East Rising Lord stared at Elder Qin before his gaze swept down across the Jingyang City beneath him, as he slowly said, “Someone has been harbouring a disciple who betrayed my Sacred Sun Clan; naturally, I’d have to get myself involved.”
“Hand the person over and apologize to redeem your sins.”
“Otherwise, we fight.”
Elder Qin’s burly frame stood steadfast and tall in mid-air, his expression not changing whatsoever, “This old man has already said that we do not have the one you seek here.”
“If you want to fight, then we’ll fight. This old man has nothing else, but he has a sword and a pair of fists to accompany you as you’d like.”
The golden-robed Elder beside the East Rising Lord said angrily, “My Sacred Sun Clan disciples saw with their own eyes how your Broad Creed Mountain’s Yan Zhaoge took away that rebel disciple. How is this something that you can completely absolve yourself of with just a few words?”
Standing beside Elder Qin, Yan Xu’s face was expressionless. “It is true because you say it is?”
“This old man still says that your Sacred Sun Clan stole my Broad Creed Mountain’s treasures. Return them swiftly.”
A golden light flickered within the East Rising Lord’s eyes, piercing till Yan Xu’s entire body hurt. “What words! You’re courting death!”
Elder Qin strode forward, “If you want to show off your power, please return to your Sacred Sun Clan’s World Illuminating Peak to do so.”
Suddenly, Yan Zhaoge’s voice resounded from within the mansion.
“Before the East Rising Lord, Broad Creed Mountain’s Yan Zhaoge pays his greetings.”
“In the Luliao Mountains, I indeed clashed with your Sacred Sun Clan’s Xiao Shen and Chao Yuanlong, and I also encountered the Feng Muge that your Sacred Sun Clan is currently looking for.”
“However, after that, I no longer had any interactions with that Feng Muge,” Yan Zhaoge said mildly. “It’s just that, after talking with her a bit before this, I actually came to know about some interesting things.”
“For example, a certain Sacred Ground whose fame resounds throughout the entire Eight Extremities World actually shelters evil people and accepts wrongdoing, allowing the grandson of a certain Grand Elder to try to forcibly taint a fellow female disciple without doing anything about it.”
“Him having failed in his attempt, they actually shielded the culprit and oppressed that female disciple instead.”
“The most interesting part was that, a certain person whose lust consumed his life actually received Heaven’s retribution in having his descendants’ root broken…”
Yan Zhaoge said leisurely, “Well, at least there is no fear of such a thing ever happening again in the future.”
“A load of utter nonsense!” The East Rising Lord spoke coldly, “Just from you smearing my Sacred Sun Clan’s good name alone, I could kill you right here on the spot, and no one would be able to say anything about it!”
“If your father Yan Di is unhappy about it, ask him to come to the World Illuminating Peak. I wonder if he’ll live to reach the summit alive?”
Saying thus, he clapped down with his palm.
Elder Qin laughed heroically, “Not being fair in dealing with matters, not knowing how to educate your own disciples. Rather than caring about that fugitive of yours, you should spend the effort on examining yourself more closely instead!”
“This is still not a place where you can run amok and do whatever you like!”
As the two sides began clashing once more, the King of the Eastern Tang Kingdom remained silent throughout, just suppressing the combatants simultaneously with Jingyang City’s grand formation.
Without doubt, he was naturally skewing towards Yan Zhaoge’s side.
Although he could not afford to offend the Sacred Sun Clan, and, as much as possible, tried to remain neutral whenever the two Sacred Grounds clashed, this matter involved his old friend
Yan Di’s only son. Zhao Shicheng chose his side without any hesitation whatsoever, running the massive risk of offending the Sacred Sun Clan as he threw all thoughts of sitting on the fence to the back of his mind.
The East Rising Lord’s gaze was cold. If things were as usual, Jingyang City’s grand formation would be unable to do much to him at all.
However, with him being in an intense fight with Elder Qin at the same time and having to deal with two threats at once, the power of Jingyang City’s grand formation gradually shone through.
With Elder Qin fighting him as if he had the home advantage, the East Rising Lord, who had originally been evenly matched with him, was slowly being put at a disadvantage as time passed.
“Good… Very good!” The East Rising Lord retreated from the battlefield, turning his head to glance one final time at Jingyang City before he transformed into a massive sun once more, disappearing beyond the distant horizon without saying anything else.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 63: No longer in the early outer aura stage
HSSB63: No longer in the early outer aura stage
Having forced the East Rising Lord into retreat, Elder Qin nodded in thanks towards the Eastern Tang royal palace far away. “Many thanks, King Zhao, my Broad Creed Mountain will remember this favour.”
“If the Sacred Sun Clan comes back to find trouble with the Eastern Tang later, my Broad Creed Mountain will bear the burden for you.”
The voice of Zhao Shicheng, the King of the Eastern Tang Kingdom, resounded from far away. “Elder Qin is too polite—Broad Creed Mountain is the true owner of the Heaven Domain.”
Although Zhao Shicheng was not there to see it, Yan Zhaoge got up and bowed in his direction from within the mansion. “I have caused trouble for Uncle.”
Elder Qin and Yan Xu returned within the mansion, getting seated once more.
“It was only the East Rising Lord who came here. This shows that the Sacred Sun Clan has not yet reached the point of thinking about this as an extremely urgent matter that they must deal with.”
Yan Xu said slowly, “What they are concerned about now is the matter of one of their disciples betraying them and fleeing, and then our Broad Creed Mountain taking that disciple in.”
“They don’t realize that they’re losing a Maiden of Extreme Yin, and moreover, it’s even to Broad Creed Mountain.”
As he said this, Yan Xu’s gaze line of vision was directed at Yan Zhaoge and Feng Yunsheng.
Yan Zhaoge nodded his head. Yan Xu’s analysis was indeed not wrong, happening to coincide perfectly with his own.
Feng Yunsheng had already gone through the various diagnostics and examinations of many peak Sacred Sun Clan experts, with all of them arriving at the conclusion that her Extreme Yin Physique was completely crippled for good.
Otherwise, the incident of two years ago would not have happened. Furthermore, Yan Zhaoge and Broad Creed Mountain would also not have been able to pick up a Maiden of Extreme Yin who had slipped through their net like they were doing now.
Elder Qin said, “This is a good thing for our clan.”
This way, the Sacred Sun Clan’s retaliatory actions would not be excessively intense.
While they didn’t fear the Sacred Sun Clan, Broad Creed Mountain would also not want to start a war between the two sides when it wasn’t necessary. A confrontation between two Sacred Grounds would inevitably result in a scene that no one would be able to control.
While the Sacred Sun Clan held the position of strength, Broad Creed Mountain would naturally be happy to continue working on bolstering its own strength in peace before it truly obtained the power to contend with the Sacred Sun Clan head-on.
Therefore, when Yan Xu had gone out, while his attitude had been rather tough and he had not held back with his attacks, he had also stubbornly not admitted that their side had taken in Feng Yunsheng, thus leaving some face for the Sacred Sun Clan and leaving it a pedestal to step down from.
Even Elder Qin, who had adopted an even more tough and unyielding stance, also silently agreed with this.
With them having reached a consensus on this, Yan Zhaoge naturally hadn’t spoiled things for his clan’s Elders.
The Sacred Sun Clan disciple Feng Muge, naturally wouldn’t have any more interactions with himself and Broad Creed Mountain.
However, the vagrant Maiden of Extreme Yin Feng Yunsheng… now that was a different matter altogether.
You say they look exactly the same?
Under the vastness of the heavens and the earth, many wonders abound; it would also not be the first time that there are people who so strikingly resemble each other.
So beautiful, and yet also looking exactly the same?
That’s also not impossible, isn’t it? Maybe they are even twin sisters who were separated at birth…
At the end of the day, if you want people there’s none; if you want a fight there’s some.
I’ll give you a pedestal; if you get down from it, everyone will be safe just like that. If you don’t, well, we’ll just do it the hard way then.
Yan Xu said, “In the last Extreme Yin Bout, Meng Wan failed and lost the Extreme Yin Crown, which fell into the hands of Jade Sea City, which is on bad terms with the Sacred Sun Clan while on rather good terms with us.”
“Their Clan Chief went into secluded meditation and has not emerged for a long time. If it’s not an extremely major issue, the Sacred Sun Clan also won’t want to fight all-out with our clan at present.”
Elder Qin looked towards Feng Yunsheng, “The crux of this matter lies with this Little Friend Feng.”
“All things considered, you should not continue staying in the Eastern Tang, in the East Heaven Region.”
“After the people dispatched from the main headquarters of the clan arrive, they will escort you back to Broad Creed Mountain.”
Elder Qin now turned to look at Yan Zhaoge. “Zhaoge, you go with her as well. Having encountered a setback this time, the Sacred Sun Clan will very likely target you after this.”
“After returning to the clan, you can just focus on helping this Little Friend regain her Extreme Yin Physique.”
Yan Zhaoge answered, “Thank you for your concern, Elder. However, I am preparing to continue staying in the Eastern Tang for a period of time. There are still some things that require my preparations.”
“Just escort Junior Sister Feng back to the clan as quickly as possible—I will return as soon as I have finished the matter at hand.”
“In this period of time, I will try to keep indoors as much as possible, as well as act in a low profile manner, not giving the Sacred Sun Clan a chance to make a move.”
Elder Qin knit his brows slightly. “What other matters are there that you still have to handle?”
Before Yan Zhaoge could reply, Yan Xu said slowly from the side, “Indeed, there are some matters that require his clarification.”
As Elder Qin directed his gaze over, Yan Xu said, “Our clan’s disciple Lin Yushao was killed in the Eastern Tang, and she was killed by our clan’s direct lineage martial art, the Tushita Palm.”
“Lin Yushao, this name…if this old man doesn’t remember wrongly, Zhaoge…” Elder Qin’s tone did not fluctuate as his gaze fell on Yan Zhaoge once more.
His expression steady, Yan Zhaoge nodded. “It was this disciple who brought her back to the Mountain, and guided her into our clan.”
“Like Ye Jing, she also hailed from the East Heaven Region’s Eastern Tang Kingdom.”
“In the past, we were lovers.” As he said this, Yan Zhaoge choked up a little.
Yan Zhaoge naturally felt some sadness and pity within his heart at the harm that befell Lin Yushao. After all, it was a human life. Regardless of who had been right or wrong, it had at the very least not been to the extent that a life had to be claimed.
Strictly speaking, though, the two had never even spoken a single word, his only understanding of her having come from looking through the memories of his b
ody’s original owner, which had been like watching a movie being projected.
Putting aside the memories of his body’s original owner, Yan Zhaoge had never even met Lin Yushao in person before.
If he said that he was inconsolable over this incident, who would believe it?
However, in the eyes of others, the two were lovers. Thus, Yan Zhaoge could only put on a sad expression on his face, slowly saying, “While in the Luliao Mountains, I had already received news of this.”
“It was only that I had an important task on hand back then, and could only complete it first before caring about my own personal matters.”
“Now that the matter about Junior Sister Feng is temporarily at an end, I request to personally investigate and hunt down the true culprit, to put at ease junior apprentice-sister Lin’s soul in heaven.”
Yan Xu looked at Yan Zhaoge, saying indifferently, “As this old man sees it, you’d do better to avoid suspicion.”
Yan Zhaoge looked at Yan Xu, who did not mind it one bit as he said, “Over at Overlooking Abyss City, there are many rumours flying about which are unfavourable to you.”
Elder Qin frowned, “What rumours?”
Yan Xu answered, “It is rumoured that Yan Zhaoge came to walk closer and closer with a young female disciple, Sikong Qing, in the Sealing Dragon Abyss. They now share a close relationship.”
“It was having heard this piece of news that Lin Yushao felt insecure and quickly hurried over to the Eastern Tang.”
Before he had finished all that he had to say, Elder Qin had already understood what was being implied by his words. “These rumours lack substance. They are completely insufficient.”
“While Lin Yushao was from Eastern Tang, she did not have any enemies here,” Yan Xu said. “And what she died to was our clan’s direct lineage martial art, the Tushita palm.”
He looked towards Yan Zhaoge. “This old man checked it personally—the culprit should have had a cultivation of the early outer aura Martial Scholar realm.”
“The Blood Recollection Ceremony is something that can only be used in situations where both parties that were involved are still alive.”