History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474

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

  They approached a big city. Seeing the large crowds and hearing the foreign tongue in which they spoke, they all looked at one another, exchanging bitter smiles.

  Yan Zhaoge shrugged, “We still have to interact with someone first. The ancient texts do not touch on the current in depth situation here.”

  Xu Fei frowned, “It would still be okay if they took us as strangers from a foreign land, but if we are exposed as not being from this Floating Life World, some conflict might inevitably arise. Actually, the foreign faces of strangers already very easily attract attention.”

  Yan Zhaoge smiled, “There is an old adage that makes great sense: Children speak without reservation.”

  Saying thus, Yan Zhaoge then leisurely walked and halted around the area, observing the sort of currency that was used here as he passed by some small stalls that sold street food.

  After knowing that gold and silver was used here as well, Yan Zhaoge quietly took away some cakes and sweets before leaving behind some taels of silver that far exceeded their value.

  Afterwards, he toured around the city, following the sound of children’s studying voices to find a place that resembled a private school.

  Yan Zhaoge stood by the window, quietly watching the teacher inside imparting his knowledge.

  As the children listened, Yan Zhaoge was actually listening earnestly as well.

  Seeing this, Feng Yunsheng, Xu Fei and the others did not mock him. They watched on as after the lesson was over, Yan Zhaoge made use of the language of this Floating Life World that he was still rather unfamiliar with as he smilingly got close with these young children using those little cakes and sweets.

  Xu Fei turned and asked Han Long’er, “There are many young children here. Do you know why your senior apprentice-brother Yan came to look for these children at the school?”

  Han Long’er shook his head uncomprehendingly, Xu Fei explaining to him, “While children speak without reservation, there are different types of children as well. The children playing in the city naturally know more about the little things that occur there, but what we want now is to understand the greater picture of this world. That is why we’ve come to look for these children who attend school.”

  Here, Xu Fei sighed, “Also, the children who grew up in the city are more experienced, slick and playful and will not be so easily coaxed by your senior apprentice-brother Yan. At the same time, news also travels fast. Information about and related to us would very easily be leaked.”

  “These children in the school usually come into contact with simpler characters, either that from the school or their parents at home. Therefore, they are more naïve as well.”

  “Meanwhile, notice that your senior apprentice-brother Yan has only talked to those children whose clothing is comparatively simpler. While the families of these children can afford to send them to study, they will not be too rich or extravagant, most likely being stable, honest folk, believing that it is better to avoid troublesome matters. Therefore, even if these children mention the strange actions of us strangers, the chances of news of us spreading would be lower as well.”

  “At the same time, their parents should also not give them too much pocket money. Those children from richer families would not be so easily won over with a few biscuits from your senior apprentice-brother Yan.”

  While they had currently accidentally entered the Floating Life World and were temporarily stuck within, since they had brought Han Long’er out this time, Xu Fei made good use of this chance to impart some experience to this junior apprentice-brother of his.

  This was really a minor matter, but Xu Fei mainly hoped for Ying Longtu’s thoughts to become somewhat more active, with him becoming increasingly enlightened on matters of the world.

  Hearing his words, Ying Longtu nodded as he looked like he was still considering the matter.

  Ah Hu grinned, “It’s really not easy that Young Master hasn’t been taken for a human trafficker.”

  Feng Yunsheng smiled, “It should be: It’s really not easy that he can converse with the locals so quickly.”

  Ah Hu gave a simple and honest smile, “Right, this time, I really admire Young Master to the point of prostrating myself on the ground.”

  Actually, Yan Zhaoge was currently not relaxed at all. Having to learn a whole language on his own on the spot, also only having been given such a short amount of time for such, it was definitely not a comfortable thing at all.

  He had to exert much effort in order to make the children before him understand his questions.

  Yan Zhaoge constantly felt as if the gazes of these little kids that were on him held great scorn.

  So old already, yet not even being able to speak as smoothly as us.

  It was basically this meaning…

  As for the children’s responses, Yan Zhaoge couldn’t understand the meaning of most of them, only able to memorise them whilst coaxing the children to write them down for him before going back and slowly thinking on it himself afterwards.

  Of these, there should also be many incorrect responses from the children having not understood his meaning properly. He would only be able to distinguish them slowly afterwards.

  “How is this easy for me…” Yan Zhaoge kept on thinking.

  Now, he suddenly detected something, swivelling his head over.

  On a street within the city, someone was dragging in a massive enclosed cage on a wagon, sharp bestial roars emanating from within.

  Yan Zhaoge thought, “From the looks of it, the people here will try to capture rare, strange demonic beasts before extracting their bloodline, thereby grooming their demonic bloodline cultivators.”

  As the wagon emerged, the children beside him were no longer able to stay still as they all rushed towards it, looking at it excitedly.

  Yan Zhaoge continued standing there, not minding their departure. He had already finished asking all that he wanted anyway.

  Still, as his gaze landed on a certain someone, his focus was involuntarily drawn over.

  Sikong Qing!

  “No, it should be said: the kind of person similar to Ouyang Qi and Chang Ning,” Yan Zhaoge’s pupils dilated slightly.

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 424: Wings grown on a tiger’s waist

  HSSB424: Wings grown on a tiger’s waist

  As Yan Zhaoge gazed over, he saw that above those wagons that were carrying cages were awning shelters.

  People sat within them, probably the demonic bloodline cultivators in charge of escorting these massive beasts.

  Within the awning shelter on one of the prisoner wagons carrying the most powerful of the captured demonic beasts sat a youthful girl, wearing easy-to-move-in clothing, her features like a painting. While her accessories and makeup were different, her features were clearly exactly the same as Sikong Qing’s.

  Seeing this ‘Sikong Qing’, the spectating crowds all let out great cheers, seemingly revering her greatly.

  Yan Zhaoge crossed his arms before his chest, retracting his gaze, “Unless we kidnap her directly, we won’t be able to make contact with her now.”

  Having experienced the matter of Ouyang Qi and Chang Ning before, meeting other similar people now, Yan Zhaoge could easily remain composed.

  When just having arrived in this Floating Life World, he had still thought about whether there might also be a person or people of similar appearance to Sikong Qing in this world. He had just not thought that he would meet one so quickly.

  Through reading the ancient texts and learning about the geography of the place, added on to what he had gained from conversing with the local children, Yan Zhaoge already knew that their current whereabouts were a rather remote corner region of the Floating Life World.

  Yan Zhaoge did not have any view on this ‘Sikong Qing’ herself, just being rather interested in whether she might be carrying a rune on her.

  “There were already four known cases in the Eight Extremities World; I wonder how many there might be here?”
Yan Zhaoge memorised the crest on the girl’s clothes before heeding her no further.

  They strolled around the city for some time more, trying to obtain what information they could.

  Making vague guesses while listening to the conversations of others, Yan Zhaoge’s grasp of the language of this world gradually grew.

  “This city is named Muzi City. Heading all the way north from this Muzi City, we will arrive at the capital of the Furan Kingdom, Kanghe City,” Yan Zhaoge said to Feng Yunsheng and the others, “We’ll first head to Kanghe City before deciding our next move.”

  He paused for a moment before continuing, “Having arrived there, my grasp of the language of this Floating Life World should be more or less complete. At that time, I should be able to converse with demonic bloodline cultivators directly.”

  Xu Fei said, “We’ll be fully relying on you. This time, we’ve all become mutes.”

  Yan Zhaoge smiled, “You can all learn together with me; a bit slower is also fine.”

  Xu Fei pondered for a moment before sending a sound transmission over to Yan Zhaoge, “Zhaoge, in my memories, your mother, Senior Xue, was intrinsically different from the demonic blood cultivators here. The martial dao she pursued seems to be the same as our Eight Extremities World.”

  “Is it that she only began cultivating after having come to the Eight Extremities World, or…”

  Yan Zhaoge did not reply. Now, he held deep reservations about whether his mother Xue Chuqing truly hailed from this Floating Life World.

  Perhaps Xue Chuqing had been but a passing visitor with regard to this Floating Life World?

  They headed north. In order to save time, on the way there, those with higher cultivation bases brought along those who were weaker in hurrying over speedily.

  As an Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster, the Immortal Crane Wings were no longer very useful to Yan Zhaoge. Thus, he just gave it to Ah Hu.

  Ah Hu was rather happy, liking them quite a lot as he said happily, “Young Master, can this be considered as adding wings to a tiger? Wings grown on a tiger’s waist-that’s real cool, isn’t it?”

  The corners of Yan Zhaoge’s lips twitched as he laughed, “Right, real cool indeed…”

  As they gradually made their way over to Kanghe City, Yan Zhaoge became increasingly familiar with the language of this Floating Life World, having already attained a general grasp of it. While some of his intonations might still be a little strange, he was at least able to understand most of the phrases that were used in normal conversation.

  He also gained further understanding on the situation of this Floating Life World.

  For example, the Furan Kingdom that was their destination was just a small part of the Floating Life World located in its south.

  Meanwhile, the Furan Kingdom and the vast territory surrounding it were all subjected to the rule of a clan known as the Blood Cloud Clan.

  To the citizens of the Furan Kingdom, the Blood Cloud Clan resembled the divinities of the heavens as they held incomparably exalted positions.

  Being accepted into the Blood Cloud Clan to cultivate was something dreamed of by everyone there, from the lowest peasants to the royal family of the Furan Kingdom itself.

  However, if one wanted to become a demonic bloodline cultivator, it had to depend on their talent as well. Most of the people under these heavens were unable to bear the infusion of demonic blood into their bodies.

  As for those who could bear it, differences also lay in the level of demonic bloodline their bodies could bear.

  Great talent was required to become a disciple of the Blood Cloud Clan.

  “Due to them residing in this territory, the normal citizenry worship the Blood Cloud Clan like divinities. With the Blood Cloud Clan always having been the overlords of the Furan Kingdom, their influence deeply set, it would be very difficult for us to judge from their evaluations what level of ability this Blood Cloud Clan possesses as compared to the rest of the Floating Life World as a whole.”

  Yan Zhaoge said, “The world in the eyes of ordinary people and that within the eyes of those who pursue the martial dao are completely different. Having reached certain heights, one would be able to know the appearance of the entire world.”

  “We need to establish contact with some real demonic blood cultivators before truly being able to understand the level of experts in this world.”

  As Xu Fei walked, he said, “The place we landed in might have had clues left behind by Senior Xue completely removed by some demonic bloodline cultivators, and their cultivation bases would not have been low. The most probable would be the local snakeheads here, the cultivators of the Furan Kingdom or those from the Blood Cloud Clan.”

  Yan Zhaoge snapped his fingers, “It is precisely so.”

  On the other hand, Yan Zhaoge had also already learnt by now that the girl who resembled Sikong Qing whom he had seen back in Muzi City back then, based on her clothing and adornments, was precisely a disciple of the Blood Cloud Clan…

  As they walked, they suddenly detected something as they all looked in a certain direction together.

  There, fluctuations of power could be felt as a battle seemed to be currently underway.

  As Yan Zhaoge and the others got closer to the battlefield, they saw a group of people currently in heated battle with a massive demonic beast amidst the numerous mountains.

  Under a hill, a massive wagon had been overturned, the cage within broken into pieces.

  Yan Zhaoge took a look at that demonic beast. It was a mutated python, with wings on its back and a horn on its head.

  Having broken free of its cage, this mutated python demonstrated its great abilities, with those escorting the cages hard pressed to parry its moves as they had already suffered many casualties, currently entrapped within a perilous situation.

  “It seems like a serpent of mixed blood,” Yan Zhaoge and the others exchanged looks, nodding in agreement, “This might be a pretty good opportunity for us.”

  Having made the decision, Yan Zhaoge signalled to Ah Hu, who punched out towards the snake from far away.

  A terrifying black storm agglomerated, its power condensed as it resembled a solid black lance. Flying out, it directly pierced through the body of that serpent of mixed blood!

  The serpent collapsed to the ground, struggling with its final breaths.

  Those escorting it could finally sigh in relief.

  The wagon already having been damaged, while the serpent was just heavily injured and not yet truly dead, it was no longer possible to load it on and continue escorting it to their destination.

  Therefore, Yan Zhaoge and the others saw them draw the blood out of the serpent directly before storing it. This way, while the spiritual qi in its demonic blood would dissipate greatly, not giving others the ability to cultivate in it, it would still be able to assist in other ways in the cultivation of them demonic blood cultivators.

  The leading demonic blood cultivator now looked in the direction from which the black storm had come.

  Seeing Yan Zhaoge and the others, he asked in the language of the Floating Life World, “Can I ask where these experts hail from?”

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 425: Demonic bloodline cultivators!

  HSSB425: Demonic bloodline cultivators

  While this group of demonic bloodline cultivators had accidentally let the serpent escape from the cage, inflicting immense damage, in the face of danger and death, they had mostly maintained their composure, cooperating in battling it in an orderly manner.

  Their clothes as well as equipment were orderly and of rather high quality as well.

  Yan Zhaoge deduced that their background must not be weak.

  Indeed, these martial practitioners hailed from a major power of the Furan Kingdom’s capital city Kanghe, the Eagle Feather Sect.

  Yan Zhaoge and the others all had limited understanding on the background of this Eagle Feather Sect, but that wagon which had been damaged carried a bright yel
low symbol.

  Yan Zhaoge already knew that in the various countries of the Floating Life World, the royal family similarly took on bright yellow as their colours. Like in the Eight Extremities World, this followed the ancient customs of before the time of the Great Calamity.

  While they had redeveloped their civilisations on what little foundation remained, the cultivation route of the martial practitioners of the Floating Life World being diametrically different from that of before, many things were still influenced by the civilisation of before the Great Calamity.

  For a clan to be able to prosper within a nation’s capital, it was either that their strength presided over that of the nation in question or that they were very close to the royal family.

  The Eagle Feather Sect was not the Blood Cloud Clan, not possessing such great power. Connecting this to them helping to escort the prisoner wagons, the latter situation clearly applied. They must be connected to the Furan Kingdom’s royal family.

  Yan Zhaoge was extremely satisfied by this.

  While his current party was currently masquerading as people from undeveloped, rural places, the Furan royal family should also wish for experts or those with ability to pledge fealty to them.

  Yan Zhaoge had no interest in being a guest there. All he was interested in was who the stone carving made by his mother had been excavated away by.

  At the same time, conversing with these Eagle Feather Sect demonic bloodline cultivators while travelling together, Yan Zhaoge was also able to gain a greater understanding of the Floating Life World through the perspective of martial practitioners.

  The strongest powers of the Floating Life World were known as the Three Demons and Four Clans. The Blood Cloud Clan was one of the Four Clans, being the current strongest power of the Floating Life World.

  In this world, the cultivation of demonic bloodline cultivators was rather unique.

  This was because as one guided the blood of the demonic beast into their body to refine, the demonic beast bloodline would meanwhile unceasingly affect the mind of that martial practitioner.