History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474
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“Seeing you come out from the interior of the barrier, we had still thought that you might be able to tell us what lies within.”
Yan Zhaoge spread his palms apart, smiling, “You don’t believe that I came out of the barrier empty-handed?”
Seeing them smile ingratiatingly, Yan Zhaoge nodded noncommittally, “Alright. If it were me, I too wouldn’t believe it.”
“Since that is so, let me truly go for a spin within. Anyway, I already know how to go to Changli Mountain.”
Yan Zhaoge leisurely turned, returning within the barrier. Behind him, the Spirit Rhino Island martial practitioners exchanged looks, smiling bitterly.
Fang Min smiled bitterly, “Whatever. If not for this Young Master Yan, we would probably already have died at the hands of Jiang Xiong and co. Considering that, we should instead thank him for saving our lives.”
Other than her who was the granddaughter of the Chief of Spirit Rhino Island, Jiang Xiong having wanted to capture her alive due to her special identity, the rest would all likely have perished.
Yang Chufan nodded, “I don’t know how this person managed to get in. However, he was within the barrier first. Whether or not he obtained any treasures earlier, he did definitely arrive earlier than us. It cannot be considered taking advantage of us.”
He paused for a moment, “Most importantly, it’s also not like we can stop him.”
The other Spirit Rhino Island martial practitioners beside him looked rather helplessly at him, “Now that he has gone within again, what do we do?”
“Even if we go in, we will not be able to fight for the good treasures with him.”
Yang Chufan said, “This barrier encompasses an area so vast that its depths are hard to ascertain. Just he alone could still be insufficient to account for and look over all of it.”
“If we go in, fortune might still await us.”
A Spirit Rhino Island martial practitioner asked hesitantly from beside him, “This person is very tyrannical and also ruthless in his methods. Will he snatch away the fortune that we obtain as well?”
Fang Min said, “No matter what, we should still try. It is a matter of fate if we obtain it and luck if we lose it. No matter what, it is still better than having died at the hands of Jiang Xiong and co.”
Yang Chufan said, “Since it is fortune, it is often that it is not decided simply through strength alone. We must definitely strive for what we are able to strive for.”
He glanced at Fang Min, “Junior apprentice-brother Fang is in the vicinity. Earlier, we were trapped by Jiang Xiong and the others and unable to contact him. Now, we will be able to establish contact with him. If junior apprentice-brother Fang is here, we naturally won’t have to worry about the one surnamed Yan forcibly attempting to snatch what we acquire.”
“At the end of the day, this person did help us. Our Spirit Rhino Island is clear on gratitude and enmity; we can just give him some rewards later on. However, this does not mean that we have to give way to him, avoiding him even while we are looking for treasures.”
Hearing his words, the other Spirit Rhino Island martial practitioners all nodded, “Yes, this is how it should be.”
Fang Min asked curiously, “Second Uncle has also come to the Bewildering Mist Sea?”
Yang Chufan said, “That’s right. Send a signal and leave a message. Let’s enter the barrier as well.”
Currently, Yan Zhaoge was walking on the air above the sea within the barrier.
Temporarily not considering matters in the Eight Extremities World and also not having to worry about Xu Fei and Shi Jun, Yan Zhaoge could now concentrate fully on the barrier before him as he gradually felt something unique.
“Yes, this is interesting. This barrier is rather extraordinary, encompassing such a vast area yet normally being so deeply concealed, hard for others to detect as it is majestic yet also finely concealed. Such methods could not have been achieved by Martial Grandmasters.”
Yan Zhaoge clicked his tongue curiously at this, “Instead, it feels a little like when I entered the old residence of the Glacial Dragon Martial Saint back then. Might this be another Martial Saint legacy site?”
“Yes, and one belonging to a Martial Saint expert who is proficient in the dao of barriers and seals.”
Yan Zhaoge pondered as he progressed forward unceasingly.
He released a sword-light once in a while which shot into the skies. The sword-light seemed to vanish into the horizon, but undulating water-like ripples would quickly be seen in the clear sky up above which seemed to be completely devoid of anything.
Feeling the changes in the barrier as it was impacted, Yan Zhaoge unceasingly adjusted the direction in which he was travelling.
Yan Zhaoge did not stop the Spirit Rhino Island martial practitioners from entering the barrier after him.
As they attempted to follow him, Yan Zhaoge smiled, seemingly not caring about it at all.
However, while Yan Zhaoge appeared slow, leisurely and at ease in his progress, as they travelled, Yang Chufan and the others were unable to keep up with him as they were soon able to see him no longer.
After a long time of searching, Yan Zhaoge suddenly came to a halt.
Looking down from the sky up above, one would see a great stretch of vast, boundless jade sea, the sea’s surface being completely empty as no islands were visible on it at all.
After observing the sea’s surface down below for a moment, Yan Zhaoge suddenly raised his palm, slamming downwards.
His true essence condensed into a line, breaking through the seawater and heading all the way downwards. Going deeper and deeper, the palm-force finally landed at the bottom of the sea.
Yan Zhaoge could clearly feel an intense reactionary force emanate from the bottom of the sea that caused even his heart to feel cold.
“With a force of this level, it can’t be wrong. This is a seal that was left behind by a Martial Saint,” Yan Zhaoge raised his brows slightly as he watched the seawater at the sea’s surface where his palm had struck disperse towards the surroundings, revealing a massive spirit formation at the bottom of the sea which glowed with radiance.
Light circulated about these spirit patterns, a powerful force beginning to expand unceasingly towards the surroundings, stirring up the sea water as a massive vortex was gradually formed.
As the vortex spun unceasingly with the spirit formation as its centre, the sea water all around churned alongside it, making for a rather majestic sight.
Yan Zhaoge descended, entering within the vortex as he headed towards the spirit formation at the depths of the sea.
The centre of the vortex and the spirit formation seemed to have broken through space as a door was formed.
As Yan Zhaoge stepped within the door, a foreign dimensional space lay before him.
This space gave off a desolate, barren feeling. Gazing within, all Yan Zhaoge could see was a grey, overcast world.
He was unable to feel abnormally abundant spiritual qi or some shocking power from it, just feeling that it was extremely dense and heavy.
Yan Zhaoge closed his eyes, his entire body’s true essence circulating as streams of clear qi seemed to flow out of his acupoints before dispersing and expanding in an ethereal manner towards the space of this foreign dimension all around.
Where the clear qi went, it seemed to become one with the surrounding space as the situation within was revealed incomparably clearly to Yan Zhaoge.
His sensory abilities having expanded to their maximum, Yan Zhaoge still felt that this place contained completely nothing. It was such that he could not help but think that he might have come here too late. Even if there had been a treasure here, it had already been obtained by someone else before this.
“Huh?” Yan Zhaoge’s mind jolted slightly as he felt a stream of clear qi seemingly having met with some sort of resistance, he having actually lost his connection to it.
Rather than feeling shocked, Yan Zhaoge rejoiced, a hint of a smile appearing a
t the corners of his mouth as he immediately headed off in that direction.
After a moment, a stone statue appeared before Yan Zhaoge.
The stone statue depicted a skinny-looking old man seated on the ground in the meditative position. He was seated all alone within this foreign dimension, the surroundings dim with no vegetation or soil present around him whatsoever.
Looking at this stone statue, Yan Zhaoge fell into deep thought.
Meanwhile, outside of the foreign dimension, in the region of sea enveloped by the barrier, Yang Chufan and the others were currently walking on the great sea.
Joyful expressions suddenly appeared on all their faces. They turned and gazed as a figure rapidly sped through the air towards them.
A majestic force that shook the heavens and the earth, its true martial intent being of Spirit Rhino Island’s direct lineage, its corresponding cultivation base clearly being that of an Essence Talisman Martial Grandmaster.
Fang Min called out happily, “Second uncle!”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 501: The world is a dangerous place
HSSB501: The world is a dangerous place
That figure came to a halt before the people of Spirit Rhino Island. It was an authoritative-looking middle-aged man in his forties.
Fang Zhaohong, the youngest son of Spirit Rhino Island’s Chief, Fang Kan, as well as Fang Min’s uncle.
Seeing Fang Zhaohong appear here, the Spirit Rhino Island martial practitioners present, the comparatively more senior Yang Chufan included, all had on relieved expressions on their faces.
Amongst the experts of Spirit Rhino Island’s senior generation, Fang Zhaohong was the indisputable strongest of them all. Having already been famed throughout the entire Vast Ocean World as a blessed genius in the past, he was currently an elite figure amongst martial practitioners of the same cultivation level.
As compared to his cultivation base, he was still young, still possessing boundless potential.
Being slightly older than the Evil Shifting Sect’s Jiang Xiong and the Blood Dragon Sect’s Hai Zhengjie, back when he had still been in the Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster realm, his ranking on the list of top ten Essence Spirit Martial Grandmasters had been higher than even the two of them.
It was only after he had stepped into the Essence Talisman Martial Grandmaster realm that their rankings had moved up a place.
Fang Zhaohong nodded slightly towards Fang Min before looking at Yang Chufan, “Senior apprentice-brother Yang, what exactly happened? The news that you transmitted to me was too brief.”
Yang Chufan hurriedly explained the situation.
A Spirit Rhino Island disciple said at the end, “Senior apprentice-uncle Fang, that person surnamed Yan turned back and entered the barrier’s confines again, his current whereabouts unknown. What exactly should we…”
Fang Zhaohong slowly said, “If there are treasures, we certainly can’t let this person have them.”
“And now, it is no longer a problem of the treasures. We have to be careful of this person’s schemes. If we can capture him, we should. However, if that is not possible, slaying him on the spot is also fine.”
Fang Min was stunned somewhat, “Second Uncle, he saved us. Otherwise, facing the ‘Dark Evil’ Jiang Xiong, we wouldn’t even have had the chance to ask you for aid.”
“Little Min, you are still just too inexperienced,” Fang Zhaohong shook his head, looking at Yang Chufan, Zhao Min and the others, “You said just now that that hole in the barrier was not caused by your Zhongyuan Spirit Flags, instead having been broken by that Yan Zhaoge from within, right?”
The Spirit Rhino Island martial practitioners exchanged looks before nodding in unison.
Fang Zhaohong then asked, “Then, do you know what it was that he used to break through the barrier?”
They all shook their heads in unison, Fang Zhaohong snorting, “It was the Blood Ghost Heavenly Talisman!”
Some relatively younger Spirit Rhino Island martial practitioners were unable to immediately understand the implications of this, but Yang Chufan immediately exclaimed, “Blood Ghost Heavenly Talisman?”
Fang Zhaohong nodded with a sunken expression on his face, “When coming in through that hole within the barrier, feeling that something was wrong, I stayed there for some additional time to analyse it. The remnant aura and traces are precisely of the Blood Ghost Heavenly Talisman of the Sacred Evil Sect!”
“It is rumoured that the Blood Ghost Heavenly Talismans were treasures obtained by the Sacred Evil Sect from unearthing the remnant legacies of the Great Calamity, their quantity being limited. Every one more that is used means every one less that there is…” Yang Chufan muttered to himself.
Being greatly experienced and familiar with the ways of the world, while he had not been able to identity the Blood Ghost Heavenly Talisman, he had heard of its existence and use before.
Fang Zhaohong said, “That’s right. So many years having passed, the Sacred Evil Sect should logically not have many of these left. Such a rare and valuable thing having appeared in this person’s hands, it can only mean that what he is scheming is not small. We must definitely guard against him!”
Yang Chufan said slowly, “That person’s martial arts were very unfamiliar…”
Fang Zhaohong glanced at him, “The Sacred Evil Clan has always been mysterious and indiscernible, no one ever having been able to clearly grasp their foundations.”
Fang Min said rather hesitantly, “He did kill people of the Evil Shifting Sect, and not just any random disciples of theirs. He killed the ‘Dark Evil’ Jiang Xiong, the senior generation expert of the Evil Shifting Sect who possessed the most potential.”
“There are often internal conflicts amongst the Six Evil Sects, with slaughtering occurring even within these sects themselves, much less with other sects,” Fang Zhaohong looked solemnly at Fang Min, “The other party clearly wishes to obtain your trust through such a sacrifice for their side, intending harm towards our Spirit Rhino Island.”
Fang Zhaohong looked at Zhao Ming, pausing for a moment before secretly sending over via sound transmission, “I especially suspect that he came specifically because of you this time, his desires impure as he wishes to make use of you for his own ends.”
“Little Min, you are still inexperienced. Do not be easily fooled and made use of by others.”
Hearing his words, Fang Min’s face turned slightly red as she lowered her head, “Second Uncle, he didn’t even look at me once.”
Fang Zhaohong snorted, “Merely a little scheme in his capturing methods. Otherwise, why would he still have remained within this barrier? Whatever treasures there were would have already been completely obtained by him long ago. To return within the barrier after having exited, it must mean that he has some further schemes up his sleeve.”
Looking at his niece, his expression eased slightly, “Little Min, you have already grown up, but you must know that this world is a dangerous place. While our Spirit Rhino Island has no Martial Saint, no one would dare lightly intrude on our Spirit Rhino Island regardless.”
“Our enemies will use all manner of schemes to try to wreck our foundations. The disciples of our sect have to remain vigilant at all times!”
Fang Zhaohong gazed around the surrounding region of sea, his expression rather gloomy, “This person is really a vicious, scheming one. Too bad for him that he overlooked that one tiny detail, not knowing that I once saw a place where a Blood Ghost Heavenly Talisman had been used before, thereby being able to see through his intentions.”
Yang Chufan asked, “What do we do now?”
Fang Zhaohong said, “The Sacred Evil Sect’s schemes are not small. With them intending to do harm to our Spirit Rhino Island, we definitely cannot sit back idly and fall to their schemes. It would be best if we could capture this person alive and understand the conspiracy behind this. Otherwise, we would have no choice but to make the first move and kill him before he harms us.”
“Currently, just having succeeded in his schemes and sneakily obtained your trust, it is the moment when he is the most full of himself and has his guard most down. It is the best moment for us to exterminate him.”
Standing within the air, Fang Zhaohong closed his eyes and carefully felt the spiritual qi flow of the surrounding region of sea, “Oh? There is a vortex here that remains undissipated?”
He opened his eyes, “It is likely there.”
Having said thus, he transformed into a streak of light and shot off into the distance.
Within the foreign dimension, Yan Zhaoge was currently seated in the meditative position right opposite that stone statue.
Streams of clear qi flowed out of his body before coiling about, landing on that stone statue.
The clear qi connected Yan Zhaoge to that stone statue. The acupoints of Yan Zhaoge’s entire body shook together, causing specks of light to appear on the stone statue corresponding to where the acupoints of the human body were located.
The specks of light were like the numerous stars within the universe.
Accompanied by their appearance, a vigorous force suddenly emanated from the stone statue.
That force was extremely terrifying such that even the current Yan Zhaoge felt shocked by it. However, he felt even more joyful about this.
“This really is a great thing,” A hint of a smile appeared at the corners of Yan Zhaoge’s mouth.
However, Yan Zhaoge quickly felt someone else entering this foreign dimension as well. His gaze focused slightly as even the clear qi connecting him to the stone statue instantly disconnected, retracting within his body, with the shining specks of light on the stone statue falling dim as well.