History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474
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Standing up, Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin, “Some things, seem like they can be brought forward.”
Thinking thus, Yan Zhaoge waved his hands, several lights flickering into existence as they hovered within the air. They were the low-grade spirit artifacts he possessed.
Lofty Mountain Armour, Incinerating Light Sword, Vapour Sealing Sword, Radiant Sun Wheel, Purple Gold Thunder Sword, Flying Thunder Sabre.
Aside from the mid-grade spirit artifact, the Hidden Clear Sunlight Sabre, as well as the Jade Dragon Sword which had always been Yan Zhaoge’s accompanying spirit artifact, the low-grade sprit artifacts which Yan Zhaoge possessed were basically all here.
Speaking of it, they were all the signature weapons of core, direct disciples of the other Sacred Grounds.
Their original owners were Liu Shengfeng, Zhao Hao, Xie Ziyi, Xiao Shen, Yan Shan and Lin Zhou respectively.
Just looking at this namelist and these spirit artifacts, it would already be enough to let martial practitioners of the same generation sigh in great admiration.
If Yan Zhaoge decided to hold an exhibition for his spoils of war, there would probably be many who would be angered to the point of spitting out blood.
With Yan Zhaoge’s current cultivation, he could actually only wield a single low-grade spirit artifact at once. The extras could either be switched out to use, used as hidden weapons as their connection were broken off for a moment’s explosive power, or used to entangle an opponent’s spirit artifact.
Having many spirit artifacts, directly slamming the opponent into death-this was not simply a joke.
When Yan Zhaoge ascended into the Martial Grandmaster realm, these spirit artifacts could then be wielded by him simultaneously.
However, Yan Zhaoge had other thoughts, though with his cultivation speed, he was not far from the Martial Grandmaster realm.
After considering for a moment more, Yan Zhaoge lightly tapped out with his fingers, keeping the Lofty Mountain Armour, the Radiant Sun Wheel and the Flying Thunder Sabre, only leaving behind those three swords, the Incinerating Light Sword, the Vapour Sealing Sword and the Purple Gold Thunder Sword.
After that, he flipped his palm, a bamboo branch appearing within it.
A dark green bamboo branch that flickered faintly with a purple light.
Opening the Internal Crystal Furnace, Yan Zhaoge placed that bamboo branch and the three low-grade spirit artifacts within.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 210: The Fourth Extreme Yin Bout
HSSB210: The Fourth Extreme Yin Bout
The Internal Crystal Furnace rumbled, overflowing with streams of light.
The furnace was actually circulating very slowly internally, enveloped by numerous clouds as it was impossible to clearly see what was happening within.
Yan Zhaoge appeared especially serious as he operated the Internal Crystal Furnace.
At the same time, he was also especially patient. He wanted to forge for himself a treasure purely created by him that stemmed completely from his intentions, compatible with his martial abilities.
Yan Zhaoge already had an idea of it within his heart, as he sought perfection as much as possible. This was not something that he could expect to complete in a single go.
Regarding this, Yan Zhaoge was neither panicked nor harried as in the midst of the forging process, he unceasingly fine-tuned and improved on his original thoughts based on the actual results seen.
In the days that followed, Yan Zhaoge’s days were extremely fulfilling, as he either worked on martial cultivation to raise his strength, on the studying of formation principles, or on the forging of his treasure with the Internal Crystal Furnace.
As time whizzed by, a few months had already passed.
Over this period of time, Yan Zhaoge spent nearly all of his time holed up working on his endeavours. It was only when the season when the Black Nightmare Storm of the Great Western Desert weakened was soon to arrive that he finally emerged.
“Ah Hu, help me to contact our clan’s people in the Wind Domain, getting ready some necessities beforehand,” Yan Zhaoge stretched his body lazily, with Ah Hu nodding, then leaving to carry out his task.
Squinting, Yan Zhaoge raised his head to look into the forest, rays of sunlight penetrating through the gaps between the branches and the leaves.
“The Fourth Extreme Yin Bout should already have ended. I wonder what the result was?” Murmuring to himself, Yan Zhaoge pondered as he walked.
In the Fourth Extreme Yin Bout, Broad Creed Mountain had still remained on the sidelines, not participating.
While Feng Yunsheng’s Extreme Yin Physique had already been restored, she was still in the midst of cultivation.
Not only Yan Zhaoge, even Fu Enshu and the other higher echelon experts of Broad Creed Mountain, while greatly feeling the urgency of the situation, did not ask Feng Yunsheng to participate in the Fourth Extreme Yin Bout by a tacit understanding.
The reason was none other than Feng Yunsheng still needing more time to make up for the two years she had missed.
Her opponents were also improving, similarly giving it their all to progress rapidly, and not staying where they were waiting for her to catch up.
As Yan Zhaoge pondered, he came to the little valley which Feng Yunsheng resided in.
There, as expected, he saw Feng Yunsheng cultivating diligently and painstakingly as always.
Her sabre-wielding hand was always stable, but within the depths of her gaze, there seemed to be flames surging, getting more and more blazing hot.
Outsiders would generally find it very hard to understand what kind of strength someone who obtained a chance after plummeting down to the bottom of the lowest valley, having gained a chance to regain that which had been lost, could erupt with.
Feng Yunsheng’s will and resolve were all the best of the best, all of the pressure on her being transformed into motivation as she continued pushing herself beyond her limits.
Even while she had temporarily not been dispatched by Broad Creed Mountain to participate in Extreme Yin Bouts, she could also understand that as she just worked even harder in raising her abilities.
Yan Zhaoge stood silently where he was, looking at Feng Yunsheng cultivating in martial arts.
On the other side, another person was cultivating in martial arts in a methodical manner.
That was a child who was still not even twelve, yet had already refined his qi into aura-qi, stepping into the Martial Scholar realm!
Ying Longtu had successfully broken the record set by Yan Zhaoge’s father Yan Di, becoming the youngest recorded Martial Scholar of the entire Eight Extremities World following the time of the Great Calamity.
The current Ying Longtu was fully focused, his gaze flickering with an intelligence that usually could not be seen within, cultivating without the slightest sign of fatigue whatsoever, his level of concentration not inferior to Feng Yunsheng by the side in the least.
It was only at times like this where he didn’t seem as slow as he usually was.
Accompanied by his punches, the qi and blood of his robust body surged, far surpassing many martial practitioners of the same cultivation level.
Yan Zhaoge smiled as he watched the two cultivating. In the distance, the giant panda Pan-Pan was currently seated on the ground, extremely boredly stuffing food inside his mouth. Seeing Yan Zhaoge now, his eyes instantly lit up as he ran over towards him.
“Following junior apprentice-sister Feng, your stomach has been blessed,” Yan Zhaoge smiled as he hugged Pan-Pan, stroking his huge head.
Feng Yunsheng’s small black dog Little Meaty had long since gotten close to Yan Zhaoge. While she didn’t rush over like Pan-Pan, she also wagged her small tail happily.
Finishing with his fist-technique, Ying Longtu retracted his stance. Seeing Yan Zhaoge, his eyes also lit up, heading over towards him as he smiled somewhat shyly, “Senior apprentice-brother Yan.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, “Have you met with a
ny problems in you cultivation?”
Scratching his head, Ying Longtu worked hard to consolidate his thoughts, “Before, I heard a senior apprentice-brother said that it is hard to achieve both speed and power at the same time, also having used Infinite Boundless Mountain and the Heavenly Thunder Hall as a comparison. However, it just felt like he was wrong somewhere.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled. Han Long’er was frank indeed, just that he did not know why he had not promptly brought up this query to that senior apprentice-brother.
“What he says is right, whilst also wrong,” Yan Zhaoge explained, “Purely saying that it is hard to achieve both speed and power at the same time is not accurate. Punching out with your fist, as long as your fist is fast, the power contained within it will not be low.”
“People often say that the Heavenly Thunder Hall’s attacks are as fast as flashing lightning and like the descent of thunderbolts. The first half is speaking of its high speed, while the second half praises its fierce attacks.”
Yan Zhaoge raised his palm, pushing forward, “However, when we strike, it is always connected to the matter of force exertion. Only with force both accumulated and exerted is an attack truly launched.”
“But in the process of accumulating and exerting force, one would have to make a choice between speed and power. In most situations, the more ample the accumulated force, the fiercer the exerted force, just that the time required will also be longer.”
Yan Zhaoge looked at Ying Longtu, “It is often said that Infinite Boundless Mountain and the Heavenly Thunder Hall walk extreme paths-the split between them actually lies here.”
Ying Longtu nodded rather dazedly, “It is in the entire process of exerting force where the choice between speed and power lies, with speed not being an entity independent of the exerted force.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, “That’s right. Rather than saying that the difference between Infinite Boundless Mountain and the Heavenly Thunder Hall lies in the speed of their techniques, it might as well be said that there is a difference in the speeds at which techniques are executed.”
“In terms of style in power, both of them walk roads of toughness, with the Heavenly Thunder Hall’s attacks being more violent, and Infinite Boundless Mountain’s more forceful.”
As the two talked, Ah Hu arrived within the valley, his face wide in an open grin as he came up to Yan Zhaoge.
“Young Master, I have already contacted the Wind Domain’s side as you instructed,” Following his normal report, Ah Hu then said happily, “Also, the results of the Fourth Extreme Bout are out-the Sacred Sun Clan’s Meng Wan failed!”
Yan Zhaoge raised his brows slightly, “Speak more specifically of this.”
Ah Hu smiled happily, “A problem seemed to crop up with Meng Wan herself, with her meeting defeat in the final round of the Bout.”
Yan Zhaoge knit his brows slightly, “Did our clan’s spectating Elder bring back a recording of it?”
Ah Hu nodded, “Yes.”
Watching the scenes of the battle play out for real, not only did Yan Zhaoge not rejoice, his expression instead turned grave, “What I had feared has truly happened-the worst case scenario has surfaced.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 211: Feng Yunsheng’s resolve
HSSB211: Feng Yunsheng’s resolve
Watching the recorded silhouetted scene, Yan Zhaoge had a seldom seen sombre expression on his face.
Yan Zhaoge and Broad Creed Mountain’s higher echelons had all not let Feng Yunsheng participate in the fourth Extreme Yin Bout.
The past two years had been left free for Feng Yunsheng to chase after the other Maidens of Extreme Yin, whom she had fallen behind.
She especially needed to make up for her gap with the Sacred Sun Clan’s Meng Wan.
Although using various methods, Yan Zhaoge had helped her to improve by leaps and bounds, the Sacred Sun Clan’s Meng Wan was originally also not a lamp who lacked oil, at least having held the Extreme Yin Crown for two years.
The Extreme Yin Crown had a major bolstering effect to the cultivation of Maidens of Extreme Yin that could not be ignored.
If she wanted to secure victory in an Extreme Yin Bout, Feng Yunsheng needed patience, needed to work hard, needed more time.
Her participating in the Extreme Yin Bout was to win, and not to serve as mere accompaniment.
If she was first, it would mean a Sacred Artifact. If she wasn’t first, there would be nothing at all.
Although this was a cruel reality, it was the true face of the Extreme Yin Bout.
Following their discussions, Yan Zhaoge, Fu Enshu and the others had decided only to let Feng Yunsheng participate from the next Extreme Yin Bout onwards.
Before that, they could only still their hearts and lie dormant in patience.
Actually, in Yan Zhaoge’s projections, in the next Extreme Yin Bout, the fifth Extreme Yin Bout, Feng Yunsheng still wouldn’t stand much of a winning chance. It was more for her to accumulate some experience of clashing with other Maidens of Extreme Yin.
Luckily, the time required was not too long, and Broad Creed Mountain could still afford to wait. It was only that the pressure was still not small, what with the current volatile situation at hand.
What Yan Zhaoge and Broad Creed Mountain were especially concerned about was the fact that the Sacred Sun Clan’s East Coming Martial Saint Huang Guanglie could emerge from seclusion at any time.
If Huang Guanglie emerged, also having successfully improved, it would be extremely pressurising on Broad Creed Mountain.
Also, the end of Clear Concealed Lake’s incident did not mean that the Decimating Abyss and the Nine Underworlds would lower their flags and cease their drums just like this.
Therefore, time was still very limited. However, by Yan Zhaoge’s projections, if nothing major happened, the sixth Extreme Yin Bout would be Feng Yunsheng’s chance to shine.
However, something major had happened.
The major change was not in Feng Yunsheng and Broad Creed Mountain, but in others.
When clashing with Lin Zhou previously, Lin Zhou had revealed his knowledge on Feng Yunsheng’s background, also even knowing of Yan Zhaoge making use of Cloud Portent Mountain’s Yin Yang Cloud Spring to help to restore her Extreme Yin Physique.
Having a general idea of Lin Zhou’s background within his heart, Yan Zhaoge had always been curious about how Lin Zhou had known about the matter regarding Feng Yunsheng.
By Yan Zhaoge’s projections, if he had not gotten involved, Feng Yunsheng would most likely not have entered Broad Creed Mountain. If she had still managed to escape the pursuit of the Sacred Sun Clan then, she would most likely have joined Jade Sea City.
She had been in the Sacred Sun Clan before, and its Maiden of Extreme Yin as well, but her Extreme Yin Physique having been destroyed being known by the entire world could still be understood.
However, how did Lin Zhou know of Yan Zhaoge’s yin-yang coexisting technique with which he had helped Feng Yunsheng to regain her Extreme Yin Physique?
Did Jade Sea City possess a similar technique?
Or was it that Lin Zhou had come up with such a method himself?
It was fine if it was the latter-Yan Zhaoge would not actually be worried by that. What he was worried of was someone else having come up with this technique, and it coming to be known by Lin Zhou from there.
It was fine if just Lin Zhou knew of it-the Heavenly Thunder Hall’s Maiden of Extreme Yin was not very strong. The most important thing was who this method’s original owner had been in that timeline.
It was fine if it was Jade Sea City, but the worst thing was that it was most possible that it had actually been the Sacred Sun Clan who had managed to research out this method.
Firstly, they cultivated in the pure yang energy of the sun, having a deep level of research in it, things only able to move the opposite direction once having reached an extreme, possessing common principles. Secondly, they were the Sacred Ground who had he
ld the Extreme Yin Crown for the longest time.
Even though they lacked information left behind from before the Great Calamity, through the painstaking research of their experts accumulated over time, the Sacred Sun Clan could also possibly attain results in this area.
This was something that Yan Zhaoge had always kept in mind.
And now, his worst predictions had come true.
Carefully looking at Meng Wan’s battle with another, Yan Zhaoge could tell that a problem had indeed come up with her, but not like in the second Extreme Yin Bout, when she had been injured.
Instead, attempting a yin-yang coexisting technique, just having started out and not yet developed sufficiently, she had been affected by this.
Even while the Sacred Sun Clan and the Heavenly Thunder Hall were allies, it was impossible that Lin Zhou would have revealed such techniques to the Sacred Sun Clan.
Moreover, the Heavenly Thunder Hall’s Maiden of Extreme Yin indeed showed the same symptoms as well, just that they were not as visible as Meng Wan’s.
This proved that Lin Zhou actually just knew of the existence of yin-yang coexisting techniques, not understanding it in detail. The Heavenly Thunder Hall had also only started experimenting down this route recently.
While the Sacred Sun Clan could still not match up to Yan Zhaoge’s methods, they were already on the right track.
Unlike last time’s accident, Meng Wan losing the Extreme Yin Crown this time was within the Sacred Sun Clan’s range of predictions as an acceptable loss.
Lying temporarily dormant was to secure a definite advantage along with domination in the future.
It could be predicted that having lost the Extreme Yin Crown once more, with Huang Guanglie yet to leave seclusion, the Sacred Sun Clan would at least retain a conservative stance for the next year.
However, when they raised their heads once more, they would erupt with even more terrifying power.
Moreover, the one who had won the fourth Extreme Yin Bout being a disciple of the strictly neutral Turbid Wave Pavilion, the pressure on the Sacred Sun Clan would also be less.