This giant fellow’s current size was already comparable to an elephant’s, or perhaps even a little bigger than that…
Yan Zhaoge naturally stopped Pan-Pan irritably as he patted his huge head, “You can already control your size now. Being so big, you take up too much space. Rushing around blindly in the clan, you might even break something without even noticing.”
Pan-Pan blinked, streams of spiritual qi surfacing about him, transforming into white fire and black water which shrouded and surrounded his entire body.
The next moment, the fire and water dissipated, with his size indeed much smaller.
Yan Zhaoge nodded satisfiedly. Then, he strode off in the direction of the Martial Repository.
The fourth level of the Martial Repository which he had always been interested in before-he could finally go and experience it this time.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 204: I really didn’t mean it this time
HSSB204: I really didn’t mean it this time
The martial arts Ah Hu were currently cultivating in had already long since surpassed the level of the first and even the second floor of the Martial Repository.
However, according to the rules, however close he was to Yan Zhaoge and Yan Di, not being a disciple of Broad Creed Mountain, he also couldn’t enter the Martial Repository.
Ah Hu had already long since accepted this, as he asked Yan Zhaoge, “Young Master, around how long will you be staying in the Martial Repository?”
Yan Zhaoge thought for a bit, “This time is a little special, and will take much longer than previous times. I shouldn’t be emerging before sunset.”
Ah Hu nodded, waving his hands towards Yan Zhaoge, “Young Master, then you be busy with your things; I’ll go find a place to play, and come here to wait for you when its sunset.”
Yan Zhaoge similarly waved his hands out of habit, “En, find a cool place to go hole up like a cat.”
While he was mocking Ah Hu a little, Yan Zhaoge knew that that casual looking big man was most likely going to find a place to cultivate in.
Ah Hu’s position and his actions of always following beside Yan Zhaoge made it very easy for people to overlook him.
However, actually, Ah Hu was not yet thirty, being younger than Xu Fei and the others, while similar in age to Liu Shengfeng and Xie Youchan.
Being able to attain such a cultivation base at such an age; other than possessing shocking talent, this big man was also much more diligent and hardworking in his martial cultivation than most.
Yan Zhaoge entered the first level of the Martial Repository. At this moment, there were quite a few people there, all younger disciples of Broad Creed Mountain who had entered the clan a bit later.
Seeing Yan Zhaoge, everyone was stunned for a moment, before they bowed towards him in unison, “Greetings, senior apprentice-brother Yan.”
To these young people, while Yan Zhaoge was of the same generation as them, he was already a legendary figure.
Seeing Yan Zhaoge, they were even more nervous than when seeing many Elders of the clan.
Yan Zhaoge smiled and nodded towards them. Then, his gaze sweeping the area, he suddenly saw familiar faces.
Wearing white clothes covered by black-bordered blue robes, Feng Yunsheng was in the garb of a core, direct disciple of Broad Creed Mountain.
Beside her followed a child, currently looking dazedly at him. It was precisely Han Long’er, Ying Longtu.
Ying Longtu still looked to be rather sluggish, but he seemed to recognise Yan Zhaoge.
Feng Yunsheng smiled, “Longtu, don’t you always ask me where senior apprentice-brother Yan has gone? He is right before you now.”
Ying Longtu gave a simple smile, “Senior…senior apprentice-brother Yan.”
Smiling, Yan Zhaoge nodded, going up to them, “Not having seen you in over half a year, Longtu has grown by quite a bit.”
He turned to look at Feng Yunsheng, smiling, “The two of you have grown rather close.”
Feng Yunsheng glanced somewhat strangely at Ying Longtu before saying, “Because we share a common interest.”
The corners of Yan Zhaoge’s mouth twitched slightly, “…eating?”
“Also being very good at it,” Feng Yunsheng nodded, patting Ying Longtu’s shoulder, “Many a times, I don’t even dare to start a fire on Broad Creed Mountain, instead going out to hunt. Otherwise, with the two of us added together, some things on the mountain might have been eaten extinct.”
Yan Zhaoge laughed, “Having returned this time, you must count me in as well.”
Feng Yunsheng stared, “You, the Broad Creed Young Master, famed under the heavens as a Heaven’s favoured son of the new generation, actually fights for food with frail women and children-how can you bear to do it? Aren’t you afraid that it will harm your reputation?”
“The two of you can also be considered frail women and children?” Yan Zhaoge appraised her and Ying Longtu, shaking his head in mock disgust.
However, after a few glances, Yan Zhaoge suddenly chortled, “Bearing Ying Longtu’s weight has fallen mostly onto your shoulders- do you have the feeling of being a mother?”
“Longtu, what do you call her?” Not waiting for Feng Yunsheng to rebut, Yan Zhaoge asked Ying Longtu smilingly.
Ying Longtu glanced at Feng Yunsheng somewhat dazedly before answering honestly, “Junior apprentice-sister Feng.”
Yan Zhaoge shook his head repeatedly, “Wrong, wrong, you should call her…Mother Yun!”
Ying Longtu blinked, swivelling his head to stare at Feng Yunsheng, seemingly really considering if he should change his calling of her.
Even the easygoing Feng Yunsheng was stared at by this gaze to the point of her hairs standing up a little.
She stared at Yan Zhaoge unhappily for a moment, then snorted, sending a sound transmission over with her aura-qi, “Whose hairy child is this, already rather old yet still so immature, only knowing how to snatch food from his little brother all day long.”
“What are you so worked up about it for? It is also not snatching milk to drink…” Relaxed, Yan Zhaoge failed to think a little before he spoke, casually rebutting her, only instantly feeling the words to be inappropriate after they had left his mouth, “Erm…I’m sorry…”
Feng Yunsheng was stunned, only reacting after quite some time had passed, looking at Yan Zhaoge finding it somewhat aggravating whilst also funny.
She instead smiled at this time, also not feeling distressed as she chuckled, “I’m really sorry, sir. I have caused you to be disappointed. The season is not right, and our store indeed doesn’t have this dish at this time. Even a skilful woman would be hard pressed to cook a meal without rice.”
Yan Zhaoge let out a dry cough, “It’s alright, it’s alright-don’t put it to heart…”
Luckily, those last few sentences were communicated through sound transmission via aura-qi, and others could not hear it. Otherwise, with so many junior apprentice-brothers and sisters beside them, if they heard it, that might be a little bad.
The two exchanged glances, then changed the topic by a tacit understanding.
Feng Yunsheng gave a natural and poised laugh, “They all say that my generation’s Maidens of Extreme Yin, as Martial Scholars, can shake the global situation of this world. However, at the end of the day, the basis of this still lies in the Sacred Artifact, the Extreme Yin Crown.”
“It can’t compare to senior apprentice-brother Yan this time, truly relying on your personal power to change the situation greatly, standing against and overthrowing the great tides!”
Yan Zhaoge waved his hands, “That’s overstating things; there was some luck involved this time.”
“After the matter, I also reflected on it,” Yan Zhaoge sighed, saying, “Thinking back on the entire incident, it was still rather dangerous.”
“When the time comes for books to be used, hating how few had been read earlier –I felt this deeply this time.”
“In the past, while I h
ad done some research into formations before, they were only surface research. For the Devilish Domain Grand Formation this time, I was unable to see through many of its principles as well as details of its circulation; otherwise, I wouldn’t have had to risk making my move at the final critical moment.”
As Yan Zhaoge said this, he shook his head, “Returning to the Mountain this time, in the remaining time left over from cultivation, I have already decided to put in more effort on formations, working to make up for my own shortcomings.”
As he was saying this, Yan Zhaoge suddenly discovered Feng Yunsheng directing a strange gaze at him.
Yan Zhaoge lowered his head to look at his clothes. They were worn correctly.
“What is the meaning of this expression of yours?” Yan Zhaoge asked curiously.
Feng Yunsheng appraised Yan Zhaoge all over, then said to him in a strange tone, “Senior apprentice-brother Yan, do you know? Saying that so seriously just now, you appeared exceptionally arrogant.”
“Huh?” Yan Zhaoge was bemused by this.
Feng Yunsheng said, “Senior apprentice-brother Yan, while I didn’t go along this time, I also heard that for that grand formation to be broken, it could not just have been achieved with the power of a Sacred Artifact fragment. A high attainment in formations was also required to accurately grasp that instant’s chance. Generally speaking, many Martial Grandmasters would also be unable to do it.”
“You say now that your attainment in formations is too low, still needing to continue putting in effort in it. This truly is…”
Feng Yunsheng looked at Yan Zhaoge disdainfully. Perhaps she didn’t know what acting cool meant, but this didn’t stop her from looking down of such actions of Yan Zhaoge’s.
Yan Zhaoge was stunned for a moment before his finally reacted, not knowing whether to laugh or to cry.
Although I rather like to act cool, rather like to show off, rather like to seem godly before others…
I really wasn’t thinking of doing so just now ah!
This time, I was truly reflecting on myself very earnestly, being humble and introspective ah!
I truly want to put in more effort in researching on formations, increasing my abilities in this area ah!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 205: The youngest Martial Scholar
HSSB205: The youngest Martial Scholar
Yan Zhaoge was shocked.
Looking at Feng Yunsheng, the corners of his mouth twitched, “Junior apprentice-sister Feng, I very seriously, very solemnly believe that I need to raise my attainment in formations, putting in some hard work in that area.”
Feng Yunsheng was surprised as she carefully appraised Yan Zhaoge, saying somewhat helplessly after a while, “With you like that, senior apprentice-brother Yan, doesn’t this make other people not know where to place their face even more?”
“At least now, I feel like I am an idiot.”
Yan Zhaoge was silent for a moment before he suddenly laughed, “It’s fine. Anyway, most of the time, when you think like that, it’s actually not wrong. Maligning me once in a while is also from the impression I gave you. In truth, it also cannot be considered as you maligning me.”
Hearing Yan Zhaoge’s words, Feng Yunsheng refocused on him once more, her gaze getting softer and softer.
Yan Zhaoge turned to look at Ying Longtu by the side, placing his hand on the latter’s wrist and checking for a while before smiling, “Longtu’s improvement is very fast ah.”
Although he seemed a little slow, upon receiving Yan Zhaoge’s praise, Ying Longtu smiled very happily.
Feng Yunsheng smiled, “The Big Dipper Body is truly remarkable; even eldest apprentice-uncle, Master and the others find Longtu’s rate of progress stunning.”
Yan Zhaoge and Feng Yunsheng no longer continued conversing via aura-qi for their discussion on Ying Longtu, instead conversing normally.
Hearing their words, the other younger disciples also gazed over curiously.
Ying Longtu momentarily became the focal point of everyone’s gazes.
There was no choice; despite only having been brought to Broad Creed Mountain for over half a year, the talent and potential Ying Longtu displayed was really too shocking.
As one of the six great Sacred Grounds, all those disciples who were able to make it into Broad Creed Mountain were one of ten thousand.
In Broad Creed Mountain, everyone was also very outstanding. Perhaps it wasn’t so easily visible, requiring those geniuses amongst geniuses like Xu Fei, Lu Wen, Yan Zhaoge, Feng Yunsheng and Sikong Qing to reveal their excellence even amongst them.
However, while before them, these others seemed rather ordinary, out of Broad Creed Mountain, amongst other first and second-rate powers, all of them were genius-level figures.
But it was in such an environment that Ying Longtu displayed a rate of improvement that left all the younger disciples stunned.
This child who seemed even a little unintelligent in his regular life, when cultivating, could not be described as improving one day a thousand li-one day ten thousand li was more appropriate to describe it.
Even Yuan Zhengfeng had been shocked; this little freak’s cultivation speed in the Body Refinement realm was even faster than Yan Di’s in the past.
Suddenly descending from nowhere, then coming up from behind to surpass them-this gave the other younger disciples immense pressure.
In constantly taking care of Ying Longtu, other than helping him in his day-to-day living, Feng Yunsheng was also preventing others from bullying him and rejecting him, preventing others from secretly setting him up to fall due to his usually rather unintelligent brain.
While Ying Longtu was obedient and loved to learn, he was indeed usually rather unintelligent. Sometimes, even being secretly misled by others, having committed an error, he might still not realise it.
Yan Zhaoge surveyed his surroundings, saying calmly, “Big Dipper Body, also known as the Thirty Six Acupoints True Dragon Body, or the Big Dipper Dragon Body.”
“Qi and blood at birth being strong like a dragon’s or elephant’s, mind clear as water and a mirror.”
Yan Zhaoge said, “As long as it is related to the qi and blood of the fleshly body, Longtu can virtually accomplish it in a single go, equivalent to having successfully cultivated it in his mother’s womb.”
“Therefore, in terms of fleshly body cultivation, he is very possibly the strongest in this world, with no one above him.”
“And in other areas, like the adjusting of the qi, the tempering of inner qi and its accumulation as well as many other areas, he also possesses a great advantage, the background gifted to him at birth being one of the best in this world.”
Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin, “Therefore, in the early stages of cultivation, in the Body Refinement realm, his speedy improvement is only natural.”
Feng Yunsheng nodded.
The Body Refinement realm had ten levels, with the body-tempering, the meridian-connecting and the qi-directing stages, following which was its peak stage, the Inner Discernment stage. Basically, these were all related to qi and blood as well as muscles and bones.
Starting out at the early body-tempering stage, one would first seek to strengthen their flesh and blood, tempering the flesh of the entire body till it was filled with power, much stronger as well as more agile than that of ordinary people.
Afterwards, in the mid body-tempering stage, the muscles were trained to become tougher, tempering the body a step further as the entire body’s explosive power was strengthened.
In the late body-tempering stage, where the bones and blood resonated, it was the first time the bones were being cultivated in as their toughness and resilience were increased greatly, the entire person’s strength and agility increasing an entire level.
Afterwards, they would begin pushing past the first major bottleneck for Martial Artists, moving towards the meridian-connecting stage.
Having successfully connected the body’s meridians,
they could be considered as having stepped into the early meridian-connecting stage. Afterward, they would unceasingly strengthen and expand the meridians, till they were about three times larger than they had been before, with the Martial Artist being said to have reached the mid meridian-connecting stage.
Afterwards, having connected all the meridians of the entire body meant that they would have reached the late meridian-connecting stage, having set up a good foundation for their future cultivation a step further.
After the late meridian-connecting stage, one could begin to cultivate in qi. Those who successfully cultivated out a breath of inner qi which did not dissipate could be known as qi-directing Martial Artists.
In the early qi-directing stage, the qi and blood was vigorous. Through inhaling and exhaling, speeding up and moderating the circulation of qi, conditioning the qi and blood, one’s strength would be increased greatly.
The mid qi-directing stage saw a very important process where a qi ocean was opened within the dantian, one’s inner qi growing greatly.
The late qi-directing stage was also known as the marrow-washing stage, wherein a martial practitioner would work on the marrows within their bones for the first time, relying on the moderation of the qi and blood, the inside and outside coming together as one, the inner qi entering deep into the bone marrows, from there achieving an initial level of switching out one’s bones and being reborn. Its special characteristic was inner qi entering the bones, the sound of thunder washing one’s marrows.
Finally, the peak stage of the Body Refinement realm was known as the Inner Discernment stage. Having attained it, one could look within their body, gradually gaining a grasp of their internal condition, also feeling the acupoints of their entire body.
At this point, a Martial Artist could be said to have reached the peak of the Body Refinement realm, beginning their attempts to cultivate their inner qi into aura-qi. On the successful production of aura-qi, they would have entered the Martial Scholar realm.
Yan Zhaoge patted Ying Longtu’s shoulder, “To Longtu, the ten levels of Body Refinement only consist of from the seventh to eighth level, opening a qi ocean within the dantian, and from the ninth to tenth level, Inner Discernment. These two bottlenecks require some time in earnest cultivation, while the others can just be casually breezed past.”
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