History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474

by 八月飞鹰, Ba Yue Fei Ying, August Eagle

  “At least, he had not thought that that might be a journey from which he would never return.”

  Yan Zhaoge pondered, “Perhaps he went to investigate that secret of ‘Dragons Entering the Sea’, vanishing thereafter, his life or death a mystery.”

  At this point, Yan Zhaoge checked over those treasures that had been stored within the ice palace once more, looking for possible clues.

  Finally, a few fragmented scales attracted his attention.

  “Dragon scales…” While the spiritual qi within the scales had already gradually dissipated completely, Yan Zhaoge still identified them very quickly.

  Arriving at the ice pillar at the centre of the great hall, Yan Zhaoge carefully observed the body of the true dragon preserved within the ice pillar, before looking at the fragmented scales in his hands once more, “It was not from this dragon.”

  “After piecing back the scales together, perhaps there’ll be some gains,” Yan Zhaoge ceased his pondering, raising his head to look at the massive ice pillar before him.

  He reached out and pressed down on the ice pillar, feeling the cold aura within as he closed his eyes.

  After a while, he took out the pillar of the Divine Palace in the form of a short stone rod once more.

  The pillar of the Divine Palace grew massive, supporting the great palace of ice alongside that ice pillar.

  Yan Zhaoge pressed down on the ice pillar containing the true dragon’s body with both hands, infusing his aura-qi within.

  With his hands as the centre, a rectangular rune appeared beneath each hand, radiance intermingling as numerous patterns of light began appearing on the ice pillar’s surface.

  Yan Zhaoge retracted a palm, taking out a pair of silver hoops.

  With a light spin of his fingers, the two silver hoops flew out, one above, one below.

  The silver hoop that flew upwards landed where the top of the ice pillar touched the ceiling of the great hall, while the one that flew downwards landed on the foundation of the ice pillar, at its bottom where it touched the ground.

  The two silver hoops transformed into silver rings of light, slowly merging within the ice pillar before finally vanishing.

  Yan Zhaoge pressed down with both hands on the ice pillar once more, before the aura-qi in his hands surged in reverse, creating a suction force on the ice pillar.

  Having earlier still appeared to be one and inseparable with the ice palace, the massive ice pillar now shook as it was gradually shifted by Yan Zhaoge.

  Amidst the friction, a great amount of shattered ice descended from above, the ice pillar becoming a little shorter. Yan Zhaoge exerted force with his hands, pushing the ice pillar to lie horizontally across.

  The ice pillar were densely packed with silvery patterns of light that shone non-stop, the true dragon’s body sealed within still unmoving, as though in a deep slumber.

  Yan Zhaoge attempted to keep this massive ice pillar within his Shadow Shrinking Pouch.

  However, the ice pillar that had earlier appeared quiet and even a little ordinary suddenly surged with an extremely powerful aura that was terrifying beyond compare.

  The ferocious spiritual force rejected entering the Shadow Shrinking Pouch, almost wanting to rip it into pieces.

  “Remarkable indeed,” His expression not changing, Yan Zhaoge lightly tapped the pillar of the Divine Palace beside him.

  The stone pillar shrunk slightly. Then, Yan Zhaoge controlled the descending ice pillar, the powerful aura from within finally calming somewhat.

  Yan Zhaoge immediately kept the pillar of the Divine Palace and the true dragon’s body together within the Shadow Shrinking Pouch.

  On the other end, Ah Hu had also kept everything else as Yan Zhaoge now said, “Let’s go.”

  It did not have to be thought to be known that the people of the Heavenly Thunder Hall were currently outside the ice palace, waiting for them outside the ice lake.

  Very possibly, having been at the Ice Pith Vein earlier, the Heavenly Thunder Hall’s Elder Zhen and the others were also rushing back at rocket speed.

  Having viciously harmed the Heavenly Thunder Hall at the Ice Pith Vein, causing a great many of their personnel in the Extreme Northern Lands to have been lost, it was not like there was no chance of the Heavenly Thunder Hall sending over reinforcements from the Thunder Domain.

  However, this was not hard at all for Yan Zhaoge. Leaving the ice palace, he did not leave the ice lake, instead taking out the Underground Splitting Shuttle and entering the depths of the lake, leaving from underground.

  Within the Underground Splitting Shuttle, looking at the cracks that lay across its exterior, Yan Zhaoge smacked his lips, “Over at the Ice Pith Vein earlier, the pressure was really a little great. The damage to the Underground Splitting Shuttle is even more tragic than back then with Old Man Great Sorrow’s Tomb.

  Ah Hu’s heart leapt in shock, “Young Master, might it break down halfway? If that happened, we might be buried underground.”

  Yan Zhaoge chuckled, “Relax, it is at least still sufficient to complete this trip.”

  Very quickly, the Underground Splitting Shuttle shot out of the earth, the two seeing the light of day once more.

  Yan Zhaoge kept the Underground Splitting Shuttle. Gazing backwards, snow filled the entire sky, the vast territory of the Extreme Northern Snowy Plains filled with the feeling of desolation.

  “While this is rather close to the Thunder Domain, at the end of the day, it is still not the territory of the Heavenly Thunder Hall, “Yan Zhaoge shook his head.

  Lin Zhou and the others might not recognise the Underground Splitting Shuttle, but they should still know that he had this treasure.

  However, other than guarding the exterior of the ice lake, there weren’t many things that they could do. Their manpower was far from sufficient to spread out across the surrounding area and completely cover the nearby lands.

  Controlling the Underground Splitting Shuttle, he could choose whatever direction he liked, with it being extremely convenient.

  For the martial practitioners of the Heavenly Thunder Hall, finding a way to quickly open the ice palace was still the more practical choice.

  Yan Zhaoge said to Ah Hu, “Let’s go. Make sure to clear up the traces, lest we get tracked.”

  The two headed east once more, towards that blue hot spring that they had discovered previously.

  Calculating the time, Yan Zhaoge found that the accumulated spiritual qi within should already be sufficient.

  After journeying for many days, returning from whence they had come, Yan Zhaoge broke through the layers of ice and soil, the blue hot spring from which hot steam rose reappearing before them.

  Yan Zhaoge took out a transparent crystalline object, throwing it within the blue hot spring.

  Instantly, the hot spring began to bubble and surge. At the same time, the blue light faded away, to be replaced by a bloodred glow.

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 346: Blood Spring and golden lamp, a black wind howls

  HSSB346: Blood Spring and golden lamp, a black wind howls

  The transparent crystalline object was known as Glazed Heart, being something that Yan Zhaoge had forged within his Internal Crystal Furnace using many different kinds of treasures.

  The hot spring before him whose waters had originally been blue was called a Time Connection Spring, being extremely rare, only able to be born in places of extreme coldness.

  Time Connection Springs were miraculous things, especially being renowned for their ability to restore and awaken wavering life.

  However, these being underground springs, their spiritual qi held back and not released, most were usually unable to find them.

  The nurturing and birth of the spring water itself was also reliant on the great forces of nature, being hard to forcibly induce, requiring fortune.

  In coming to the Extreme Northern Snowy Plains this time, one of Yan Zhaoge’s main goals had been to find a Time Connection Spring
like this.

  This strange and miraculous hot spring held a very important position in Yan Zhaoge’s method with which to save Shi Jun and his mother, Ying Yuzhen.

  The spiritual qi contained within the Time Connection Spring resembled tides as it rose and fell in a continued cycle.

  After reaching a peak, it would fall, and after reaching the bottom, it would rise once more.

  Having come here earlier, breaking open the ground and discovering the spring, feeling the spiritual qi within, Yan Zhaoge had determined that the spiritual qi of this spring had yet to reach a peak.

  Under such circumstances, the spiritual qi of the spring water would be unable to support Yan Zhaoge’s plan. Therefore, Yan Zhaoge could only seal it up, going to deal with other matters first.

  Counting the days, the spiritual qi of the spring water should have reached a peak in recent days.

  Checking once more, Yan Zhaoge found that the spiritual qi contained within was indeed more abundant than before.

  After throwing the Glazed Heart into the spring water, it turned from its original blue to red, crimson as blood.

  Within the world of snow and ice, the hot spring bubbled and surged, roiling hot stream rising from within, also appearing the colour of blood.

  Yan Zhaoge carefully focused on the bloodred spirit spring, feeling the spiritual qi within. After mentally calculating for a moment, he could not help but knit his brows slightly, some gloominess appearing within his gaze.

  Observing his expression, Ah Hu asked carefully, “Young Master, is there a problem?”

  Yan Zhaoge did not deceive him, frowning as he said, “The spiritual qi contained within this Time Connection Spring that is transforming into revival blood qi used for curing and restoration is rather little ah…”

  The spiritual qi of the Time Connection Spring itself could not serve an effect in Yan Zhaoge’s plan.

  However, through some special methods, transforming the spiritual qi of the spring water into revival blood qi, it could then see shocking effects. While it might not be able to actually revive the dead or those who were as good as dead, it was also not far from it.

  However, a problem lay therein. The conversion rate of different Time Connection Springs of spiritual qi into revival blood qi varied.

  What caused Yan Zhaoge to feel rather unlucky was that this Time Connection Spring he had found could be considered one of those with a lower conversion rate.

  “I’m afraid that…there is only enough for one person,” After mentally calculating such, Yan Zhaoge concluded, “Sister-in-law Yuzhen’s condition is worse. If used on her, it might not even be enough.”

  “Using it on Little Jun’er, it should be enough, with a ninety percent chance of him waking up. Using it on Sister-in-law Yuzhen, while her life should basically be secured, whether she would be able to awaken would be a matter of fate.”

  “However, it seems like Sister-in-law Yuzhen can’t wait any longer.”

  Yan Zhaoge rubbed his temples, “Considering carefully, are there any other plans…”

  Ah Hu also looked despondent by the side, “Young Master, how about we bury this place and go elsewhere to look for other Time Connection Springs? With the Extreme Northern Snowy Plains being so vast, we might even be able to find another.”

  Yan Zhaoge shook his head slowly as he surveyed the desolate snowy plains that surrounded then, “While this place is vast, nurturing Time Connection Springs is not easy. Under normal circumstances, it would only be after this spring has dried up and some years have passed that nature will nurture and birth a new spring of this kind.”

  “The problem is that it is hard to say whether Jun’er and Sister-in-law Yuzhen can wait that long.”

  Yan Zhaoge had brought along two Shadow Shrinking Pouches with him. One of them had been specifically emptied, only containing two objects.

  They were the ice coffins in which the bodies of Ying Yuzhen and Shi Jun were stored.

  Yan Zhaoge silently took out both ice coffins from the Shadow Shrinking Pouch, looking at the deeply slumbering features of the two people within.

  “Young Master, if there is really no other way, it’d be best to save Sister-in-law Yuzhen first,” Ah Hu said softly from the side, “Otherwise, as you say, she probably wouldn’t be able to hang on to the time of the birth of the next Time Connection Spring.”

  His hands crossed around his chest, Yan Zhaoge looked earnestly at the bloodred hot spring before him, considering for a moment before he said, “Let’s just try it; perhaps the situation may be better than I thought.”

  Saying thus, Yan Zhaoge opened the lids of the two ice coffins.

  As the seals of the ice coffins were dispelled, while Shi Jun’s condition was still relatively okay, signs of weakness and deterioration instantly surfaced on Ying Yuzhen’s face.

  Yan Zhaoge’s expression did not change as he swept the bodies of the two with his aura-qi, sending them out of the ice coffin.

  Amidst the howling of the cold wind, his aura-qi seemed even colder than that wind was as it was completely white.

  Under the guidance of Yan Zhaoge’s aura-qi, while the faces of the mother and son were still very pale, any signs of weakness and deterioration had already vanished.

  Yan Zhaoge asked, “Do you still remember what I taught you earlier?”

  Ah Hu replied earnestly, “You can rest easy, Young Master. I still remember all of it.”

  Yan Zhaoge nodded, not speaking further as he moved his aura-qi, placing the bodies of Shi Jun and Ying Yuzhen within the bloodred hot spring together.

  On the other side, Ah Hu took out two long poles, the top ends of the poles each carrying a golden lamp.

  The bottom ends of the two poles were sent into the Time Connection Spring below together, the long pole just hovering vertically straight above the spring water, not slanted, also not sinking.

  The bodies of Shi Jun and Ying Yuzhen instead sunk completely within the spring water, completely enveloped within it.

  Ah Hu carefully controlled the two long poles with his aura-qi, leaving them hanging above the bodies of Shi Jun and his mother.

  Feeling the spiritual qi fluctuations within, Yan Zhaoge tapped lightly with his finger, the golden lamps at the top of the two poles instantly lighting up.

  The firelight revealed a strange silvery colour that shone alongside the golden lamps, emitting bright radiance that sunk and rose within the bloodred spring water.

  The bottom ends of the two long poles were submerged, a thread of light shooting out from each of them, aimed straight at the hearts of Shi Jun and Ying Yuzhen within the spring water.

  As the threads of light fell on them, the bodies of Shi Jun and his mother shuddered in unison.

  While they still remained unconscious, some blood seemed to have returned to both of their faces.

  Yan Zhaoge’s expression was solemn as he formed a fist with his left hand, slowly pushing out with a palm with his right.

  The waters of the bloodred spirit spring actually began to spin, gradually taking up the appearance of a vortex.

  However, the bodies of the mother and son beneath the water as well as those two long poles never ever shifted, fixed stably within the water.

  Silently observing this bloodred spring water as well as the condition of Shi Jun and his mother beneath it, Yan Zhaoge struck out interchangeably with his hands, blows of aura-qi landing one after another, carefully proceeding with the moderation of the situation.

  As time passed, the bloodred glow of the spring waters gradually grew fainter.

  This continued as night passed into day and day into night, Yan Zhaoge focused on the ceremony taking place within the waters of the spring.

  Meanwhile, Ah Hu silently guarded over him from the side.

  One day, after yet another night had passed, as the dawn sun rose once more, Ah Hu’s expression suddenly changed slightly.

  In the distance, a black storm suddenly surged into existence, obscuring the sky an
d concealing the sun.

  Also raising his head and looking over, Yan Zhaoge immediately narrowed his eyes into slits, “It is that Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster of Black Nightmare Mountain. He is not like those of the Heavenly Thunder Hall, whose minds are on the legacy of the Glacial Dragon Martial Saint. Rather, he must have been hoping to find me once more, specifically wanting to find trouble with us.”

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 347: Someone is thinking too much

  HSSB347: Someone is thinking too much

  Looking at the black hurricane in the distance that was growing fiercer and fiercer, Yan Zhaoge sucked in a deep breath, “Ah Hu, sit in the air above the fire lamps, using your aura-qi to stabilise the ceremony.”

  Ah Hu glanced a little worriedly into the distance, but still did as Yan Zhaoge said.

  He rose into the air, coming above the spring water, his aura-qi surging as he sat in the air above the golden lamps on the two long poles.

  A black hurricane also appeared around Ah Hu, some faint purple qi mixed within, enveloping the Time Connection Spring to the west.

  Meanwhile, Yan Zhaoge shot off in the direction of the encroaching black storm sweeping over in the distance.

  An old man’s figure was indistinctly visible within the black storm, his face dark and gloomy. It was precisely the remnant Elder of Black Nightmare Mountain, Zheng Shuo.

  Zheng Shuo’s gaze was similarly fixated on Yan Zhaoge.

  He did not head to the ice lake, instead continuing to search for traces of Yan Zhaoge and Ah Hu on the Extreme Northern Snowy Plains.

  Whether it should be said that he was too lucky or Yan Zhaoge was too unlucky, after many days of searching, Zheng Shuo really found his way over to the Time Connection Spring.

  This time, Zheng Shuo did not attempt to look for helpers.

  Looking back on things, at the Ice Pith Vein earlier, he had exposed his intentions, to the effect that Yan Zhaoge had set up a trap, nearly burying everyone within the ice cave.

  While he had not gone to the ice lake, having established some communication with the Heavenly Thunder Hall martial practitioners earlier, both sides helping each other out, he had received news some time ago that Yan Zhaoge had already used his Sacred Artifact fragment at the ice lake, its energy having been depleted greatly. Even if it still possessed some energy, he needn’t fear it.