History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474

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

  “Therefore, verification will be easy. You just need to infuse your power within and see whether changes will appear in the hairpin.”

  Yan Zhaoge fingered the snow crane hairpin, smiling, “No wonder I felt a strange mechanism inscribed on it.”

  “Still, could she have accurately predicted that someone would be searching all the way over here for their mother today?”

  Su Yun shook her head, “This is an accessory that Lady casually forged for herself that year while forging artifacts. There is not just this one, just that it just happens to have such a use, thereby bringing convenience to us.”

  “Only pure blood would be effective. Therefore, there is no need to worry about fakes obtaining a portion of the real person’s essence blood and refining it within their bodies before coming over to swindle their way in. By the looks of it, it also doesn’t seem like you are being threatened and forced by someone.”

  Swivelling his head over to look at Feng Yunsheng, Xu Fei, Ah Hu and Ying Longtu, Yan Zhaoge suddenly laughed, “Why me, and not my companions? You are actually already certain of my identity, right?”

  Looking at Yan Zhaoge, a smile finally blossomed on Su Yun’s face, “You are rather similar to Lady between your eyebrows. Also, when you smile, you especially resemble her.”

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 435: Greetings, Young Master

  HSSB435: Greetings, Young Master

  Yan Zhaoge held the snow crane hairpin, his expression leisurely, “From what I know, my mother had no other blood relatives.”

  Su Yun nodded, “That’s also my understanding of it. If there were, it would be her descendants.”

  Yan Zhaoge asked rather interestedly, “What would you do if my father came searching then?”

  Su Yun laughed, “If Lord came searching over, I wouldn’t have any means with which to verify his identity. I would only be able to refuse him, and even if I offended him in doing so, that would be an inevitable thing.”

  “Still, I believe in Lady’s discernment. Lord definitely wouldn’t be weak, and I should not have to ability to stop him.”

  Yan Zhaoge’s smile was rather strange, “That means that I look easy to bully then?”

  Su Yun shook her head, saying firmly and resolutely, “Whether or not I am their opponent, if someone wants to do Lady harm, I will see the battle through to its end regardless of the outcome.”

  Yan Zhaoge was silent for a moment before he scanned the surrounding Snow Crane Sect martial practitioners.

  Su Yun had not employed the means of sound transmission in speaking earlier. Her words had been broadcasted clearly for all around them to hear.

  Everyone of the Snow Crane Sect currently had uncomprehending expressions on their faces.

  From their fixed impressions, their Chief was already strong to the point of her strength being indiscernible. While she often said that her strength had not reached the level of the peak experts of the Floating Life World, just the power that she exhibited alone was already extremely great.

  Their Chief was able to cultivate to an extremely high level in the qi cultivation that others were unable to proceed in, not falling behind the strength of demonic bloodline cultivators.

  The reason for the Snow Crane Sect being able to hold a place in the Floating Life World as an eminent sect which cultivated not in the bloodline of demonic beasts but in the traditional martial dao of pre-Great Calamity times was not merely because Su Yun’s daughter had married the son of the Chief of Green Dragon Mountain.

  Su Yun’s own strength similarly had a huge part in this.

  From another perspective, it was not just someone of any power who could enter a marriage with the son of the Chief of Green Dragon Mountain.

  However, at this moment, the Snow Crane Sect martial practitioners saw their Chief whom they usually respected as they would a divinity mention a ‘Lady’ in a tone that was humble and respectful to the extreme, filled with reverence.

  Su Yun, though, did not feel this to be any abnormal at all. Her expression was calm as she instead looked like this was just the way it should naturally be.

  Yan Zhaoge looked at her and was silent for a moment before he slowly said, “There are people in this world whose appearances are similar, perhaps even exactly the same, even though they are not related by blood in any way at all.”

  “You are completely sincere; I will not make things hard for you.”

  Saying thus, he spread his hands apart, holding up the snow crane hairpin before him and then infusing a wisp of his true essence within.

  The snow crane hairpin shook slightly within Yan Zhaoge’s palm. Then, bright radiance suddenly shone.

  Within the radiance, a massive silhouette of a snow crane appeared above the snowy mountains. It spread its wings, letting out a clear, bright cry.

  Seeing this snow crane, Su Yun looked startled as her gaze actually lost its focus for a time.

  The Snow Crane Sect martial practitioners all gazed dazedly at that massive snow crane.

  Some reacted very quickly, looks of comprehension appearing on their faces.

  Su Yun was the founder of the Snow Crane Sect, but while she was still alive, there was already an altar that the Snow Crane Sect disciples had to pay their respects to in their ancestral hall. It did not belong to Su Yun, instead depicting a snow crane.

  There were many different kinds of rumours regarding this.

  Some said that Su Yun had been saved by a snow crane, having had an extraordinary encounter afterwards through which the current foundation of the Snow Crane Sect had been established.

  Some said that of all of Su Yun’s martial arts actually originated from a snow crane.

  A rather more reliable rumour was that Su Yun had once been under the tutelage of an expert, having been like both a servant and a disciple to that expert, who had gone under the symbol of the snow crane. Afterwards, that expert had vanished.

  Due to her gratitude at the grace of that expert, in its founding, Su Yun had christened her new sect as the Snow Crane Sect, similarly representing it with a snow crane and worshipping it.

  The people of the Snow Crane Sect knew that that final rumour was real.

  While they did not know why Su Yun had not just directly made that expert the ancestral founder of the clan and come to directly worship that person, not even telling her disciples that expert’s name as she instead just used a snow crane as a substitute, they knew that that expert truly existed, also being the reason behind the Snow Crane Sect’s existence.

  Linking this to Yan Zhaoge’s ‘descendant of an acquaintance from the past’, they now gradually came to understand things.

  Looking at that snow crane, Su Yun was silent for a long time. After a while, she sighed, lowering her gaze back onto Yan Zhaoge.

  At this moment, her gaze that was on Yan Zhaoge was clearly filled with respect and warmth as she also seemed to be filled with emotions.

  Now, this Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster did something that left everyone here slightly shocked.

  Without the slightest bit of hesitation, she bowed reverentially to Yan Zhaoge, “Greetings, Young Master. Being able to meet you is Su Yun’s utmost honour.”

  Yan Zhaoge’s true essence surged, only letting her go halfway down before he stopped her.

  Su Yun felt surprised. First not mentioning that her being a Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster, a great amount of strength would have been needed to stop her actions, as the true essences of the two had met, she had clearly felt that this youth of around twenty years of age was similarly an Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster just like her!

  Possessing such a cultivation base at this young age, how terrifying was that?

  “Should it be said that it is only befitting of Lady’s son?” Su Yun praised inwardly, “No, Young Master has already surpassed even that!”

  Feeling the fluctuations in Su Yun’s true essence, Yan Zhaoge realised, “Life Creation Heavenly Scripture! Of the Clear Jade Linea
ge!”

  “Yeah, it’s indeed superior to the legacies of Broad Creed Mountain. What exactly are the origins of my mother?”

  Countless thoughts flashed through Yan Zhaoge’s mind at lightning speed. Still, he quickly set them aside, focusing first on what lay before him.

  He looked quietly at Su Yun, saying, “Having imparted the Life Creation Heavenly Scripture to you, my mother surely does not see you as a mere maid.”

  “Since she did not take you on as a disciple and your ages are similar, let me address you as Aunt Yun.”

  Looking at Yan Zhaoge, Su Yun smiled, “Young Master is decreasing Su Yun’s longevity.”

  At this moment, Su Yun had completely discarded her previous stern look as she appeared as genial as the spring wind now that she had confirmed Yan Zhaoge’s identity.

  Everyone of the Snow Crane Sect was currently feeling rather awkward. They had seemed like they were facing a great enemy earlier, but with their Chief acting so humble and subservient now, they suddenly didn’t really know how they should be acting.

  Su Yan’s authority was unshakeable. Even having experienced today’s matter, it was impossible for them to be dissatisfied with her.

  However, some people couldn’t immediately get to terms with it as they felt rather despondent, yet had nowhere to vent it out.

  A robust man of around thirty years old swivelled his head to look at those before him, shaking his head slightly before he bowed to Yan Zhaoge, “Chang En of the Snow Crane Sect greets Young Master Yan.”

  His greetings were extremely humble and subservient as well.

  “Eldest apprentice-brother?!” The other Snow Crane Sect martial practitioners were all shocked as they looked at him.

  Chang En did not move his lips as he sent a sound transmission over via aura-qi to them, “Even if you ignore his origins as well as identity, there’s also no way to ignore his cultivation base ah!”

  Not knowing how to transmit sound, someone beside him asked quietly, “Senior apprentice-brother, can you tell how strong they are?”

  Chang En wished that he could find something to stuff that person’s mouth with as he continued with his sound transmission whilst also smiling at Yan Zhaoge and the others, “I can’t tell for all the others; I can only tell the cultivation base of that youngest child.”

  “That child is an early outer aura Martial Scholar at the very least!” Chang En virtually let out all those words one by one, “What do you think would be the cultivation bases of the adults accompanying him?”

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 436: Snow Crane Message

  HSSB436: Snow Crane Message

  “Early outer aura Martial Scholar? That youth not even into his teens!”

  Hearing Chang En’s words, the other Snow Crane Sect martial practitioners all let out a breath of cold air.

  Unlike others of the Floating Life World, the Snow Crane Sect martial practitioners knew full well what the early outer aura Martial Scholar realm entailed.

  The fourth level of the Martial Scholar realm, the early outer aura stage. This was the ultimate goal of most qi cultivation martial practitioners of the Floating Life World.

  However, there were few who could achieve it.

  Yet, Ying Longtu who was just around ten years of age was already an early outer aura Martial Scholar. How would they not feel dizzy and dazed at this?

  Even Chang En himself was greatly shocked after having discovered this, only having managed to stabilise his mind after some time had passed.

  In comparison to Yan Zhaoge’s identity, it was this discovery which left Chang En more shocked.

  And very quickly, through Ying Longtu’s cultivation base, he also came to think about the strength possessed by Yan Zhaoge, Xu Fei and the others. With that, cold sweat trickled down his back.

  Having earlier heard about Yan Zhaoge’s group causing great chaos in Kanghe City, Chang En and the other Snow Crane Sect martial practitioners had not paid much attention to it.

  After all, the Furan Kingdom was but one out of thirty-six kingdoms under the Blood Cloud Clan. Let alone mighty existences like the Blood Cloud Clan and Green Dragon Mountain, even the Snow Crane Sect itself was already much more powerful than it.

  However, after having met, Chang En now felt deeply that Yan Zhaoge and the others must not have felt anything about the Furan Kingdom at all. Otherwise, the Furan Kingdom would long since have been decimated.

  The Snow Crane Sect martial practitioners beside him were unable to recover for a long time as one of them slowly asked, “Eldest apprentice-brother, I…I’m not doubting you, but this really is much too unbelievable.”

  “Could you have seen wrongly?”

  Chang En sighed. He did not doubt his junior apprentice-brother, for even he himself had initially felt that he had made a mistake, only having dared to be sure after verifying it several times.

  “I can’t blame you for not being able to hear it, because most of your cultivation bases aren’t sufficient.”

  Chang En said slowly, “The flow of that youth’s blood is slight and virtually inaudible, but it is not weak at all, instead being dense yet smooth.”

  “Do you still remember? This is the phenomenon of blood flowing like mercury that Master once spoke of. It is a characteristic one only possesses after having undergone the second washing of the bone marrows as early outer aura Martial Scholar experts!”

  As Chang En spoke, the remaining Snow Crane Sect martial practitioners with comparatively higher cultivation bases all bowed in unison towards Yan Zhaoge and the others.

  Seeing this, the rest of them doubted it no longer as they all bowed as well, “Unlearned and ignorant, we greet Young Master Yan.”

  Some vaguely had a sort of feeling in their hearts.

  If that expert whom their Chief Su Yun had always respected like a divinity, the ancestral founder of the Snow Crane Sect, had a descendant, it was only logical that he would possess such an imposing manner as well as strength…

  Yan Zhaoge smiled to them, nodding slightly in appreciation. Still, he quickly retracted his focus, looking at Su Yun once more.

  “Aunt Yun, did my mother return to this Floating Life World around twenty years ago? Did you see her then?”

  Su Yun ushered him, “This way, Young Master. Please come to my Snow Crane Sect as a guest. We can talk on the way.”

  Yan Zhaoge nodded. He told Feng Yunsheng, Xu Fei and the others what was going on, all of them introducing themselves to Su Yun as they all got to know each other. Then, they began their journey.

  Already having found Yan Zhaoge’s group, the Snow Crane Sect martial practitioners had no further reason to remain in the outskirts of the snowy mountains as they returned to their sect as well.

  On the way over, Su Yun sighed as she said, “While Lady never mentioned it before, I can basically guess that she is not someone who grew up in our Floating Life World, instead having come from beyond the heavens.”

  “It was all thanks to Lady that I did not freeze to death by the roadside. She even took me in to remain by her side, teaching me supreme martial arts as well.”

  “As Young Master says, Lady never treated me like a maid. It was me who wanted to serve her; otherwise, I really wouldn’t know how I could have repaid my debt of gratitude to her.”

  Su Yun looked a little forlorn, “Still, Lady wasn’t someone of this world. At the end of the day, she still ultimately had to leave. Thirty years ago, Lady still left. I don’t know where she went. I wanted to ask, yet dared not to.”

  “Lady knew what I was thinking, but just smiled as we spoke. While she had considered bringing me along with her, she was also scared that she might bring me into danger as a result. Remaining in the Floating Life World, it would instead be safer and happier for me.”

  “I believe that Lady wouldn’t lie to me. Therefore, I listened to her and stayed behind, just praying for her safety every night.”

  At this point, Yan Zhaoge’s eyes narro
wed slightly into slits, “Meeting some danger…?”

  His mind spun, but he did not utter a sound as he continued listening to Su Yun’s words.

  She was saying, “Young Master asks me whether Lady returned once more after she had left. I cannot say this for sure, because I have not seen her ever since thirty years ago when she left. Still, I feel that Lady did return.”

  Yan Zhaoge raised his brows lightly, “Was it twenty years ago?”

  Su Yun said, “I cannot confirm the specifics of it. It was sixteen years ago that I made a trip to the southern regions. There, in a primordial forest, I found some things which seemed to have been left behind by Lady.”

  Yan Zhaoge’s spirits rose.

  Beside them, having spent all this time in the Floating Life World, while Xu Fei, Feng Yunsheng and the others were still not proficient in their language, they were already basically able to understand a portion of it.

  Hearing these words, they all involuntarily exchanged looks, thinking about that stone carving which had been half excavated away.

  Indeed, Su Yun said, “It was on a cliff, a stone carving which had been left behind.”

  “Because I had once gone there more than twenty years ago, I knew that this stone carving had not been there thirty years ago when Lady left. Therefore, I guessed that Lady must once have returned to this Floating Life World.”

  “The meaning of the stone carving was hard to decipher, seemingly possessing infinite profundities, and I was unable to see through it. Now that I think about it, perhaps it was left behind by Lady for Lord and Young Master. Momentarily blinded, I excavated it and brought it away, holding up Young Master’s matters. Please do not blame me for that, Young Master.”

  Yan Zhaoge shook his head, “While I had to come quite a long way, it was also because you missed my mother too much, not having known about this beforehand as well. How could I blame you?”

  “Rather than that, is this stone carving still with Aunt Yun now?”

  Su Yun replied, “It is worshipped in my Snow Crane Sect’s ancestral hall. When Young Master arrives at the sect with me, you will immediately be able to see it.”