This was an extremely lengthy, slow, gradual process.
Initially, the stone palace appeared even more crude and simplistic than it was now. Along with the passing of time, it had gradually become more fine and intricate.
Yan Zhaoge believed that if he had not taken this great beam away this day, some decades or even centuries later, that stone palace beneath the sea would appear even more intricate, looking as though it had been delicately and painstakingly carved out by countless artisans.
Meanwhile, in the numerous scenes recorded by this great beam of the Divine Palace, what caught Yan Zhaoge’s attention the most was that many years thereafter, there had shockingly also been someone who had found the underwater stone cavern.
However, it was not that woman who was related to the Extreme Yin Crown, instead being a black-clothed middle-aged man.
His skin was pale and his expression severe. His cultivation base appeared to be inferior to that of that woman, seeming as though he had yet to reach the Martial Saint realm. He was either an Essence Talisman Martial Grandmaster or a Transcending Mortality Martial Grandmaster.
Seeing the great beam of the Divine Palace, the middle-aged man was first shocked and then enraptured.
He had also tried to obtain the great beam of the Divine Palace, yet having ultimately been unsuccessful in doing so.
The black-clothed middle-aged man’s gaze cleared up somewhat as he murmured to himself, “It can’t be wrong, it can’t be wrong…this is a treasure of pre-Great Calamity times! And it is a truly remarkable treasure at that! It is likely related to the Divine Palace of the Heavenly Court that the legends speak of!”
“Perhaps it was even a portion of that Divine Palace! What a pity, what a pity. How might I be able to take it away from this place?”
The black-robed middle-aged man stayed for many days, yet could only helplessly give up in the end as he was ultimately unable to take away the great beam of the Divine Palace.
Still, he did not appear depressed, “It’s fine. I’ll just go and search for the burial grounds of numerous dragons entering the sea first. If I can obtain sufficient good fortune there and raise my strength, perhaps I can come back here again and take away this beam.”
“Haha, to think that there was actually such great fortune and treasures to be found in this mere Vast Ocean World. My trip down here this time round was definitely not wasted.”
Amidst his laughter, the black-clothed man turned and left, leaving the underwater stone cavern. The scenes that were related to him ended with that.
After he had left, this person had never appeared here again.
Quietly watching this scene, Yan Zhaoge’s thoughts flashed at lightning speed, innumerable thoughts flashing through his mind in an instant.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 534: Mid Essence Talisman stage
534: Mid Essence Talisman stage
While it had been just for an instant, there were a few things the black-clothed man had said that had left a deep impression on Yan Zhaoge.
The burial ground of numerous dragons entering the sea…
This mere Vast Ocean World…my trip down here…
When he had heard the burial ground of numerous dragons entering the sea being mentioned, Yan Zhaoge’s mind had wavered momentarily as he had seemed to feel a vigorous essence qi leaping slightly within his body.
It stemmed from the essence qi of the ice dragon within his acupoints that he had yet to fully absorb and refine.
While many days had passed and Yan Zhaoge had already stepped into the Essence Talisman stage, there was still an abundant amount of this essence qi that had been absorbed from the corpse of the ice dragon.
The scene of when he had stepped into the old residence of the Glacial Dragon Martial Saint and obtained this ice dragon corpse seemed to appear before his eyes once more.
“Is there also a legend of numerous dragons entering the sea in this Vast Ocean World? Or are there also clues for their burial ground which can be found here?” Yan Zhaoge pondered.
Still, what he was more concerned about were those final words that black-clothed man had said before leaving.
“His trip down here?” Yan Zhaoge’s eyes narrowed into slits, “Not merely coming over but coming down from a ‘high’ to ‘low’ place? Where can that be?”
Already knowing about the existence of the World beyond Worlds as well as being aware that his mother had come from there, the first thought that appeared within Yan Zhaoge’s mind was naturally that this black-clothed man might have come from the World beyond Worlds as well.
Let alone being at the fourth level of the Martial Saint realm, this person wasn’t even a Martial Saint yet.
In having left the World beyond Worlds and come to this Vast Ocean World, had he been intending to settle down here?
Otherwise, how had he been intending to return to the World beyond Worlds?
Was it like Xue Chuqing had said, with him possessing some treasure which could stabilise dimensional boundaries?
Where was that black-clothed man now? Had he already returned to the World beyond Worlds?
“If everything went successfully for him, he should have returned to the underwater stone cavern and taken a look at the great beam of the Divine Palace once more,” Yan Zhaoge slowly shook his head, “Whether or not he made any gains in the burial ground of numerous dragons, whether or not he successfully increased in strength, he would probably have returned here to try things out again after having finished with his matters on hand.”
Yan Zhaoge pondered, “Looking at the remnant images of light, his arrival at the underwater stone cavern was an event of a very long time ago. A few hundred years might already have passed.”
Accompanied by the passing of time, the scenes transmitted over by the great beam of the Divine Palace were still changing unceasingly.
Perusing the countless scenes recorded by the great beam of the Divine Palace, while one would seem to have experienced an extremely long amount of time, it was actually but a matter of a mere instant.
Yan Zhaoge felt that he was currently in the midst of an infinitesimally rare opportunity.
Due to the inadvertent meeting of the pillar and beam of the Divine Palace, a shocking change was currently occurring between the two.
A special environment seemed to have been formed, going along the river of time as an instant was turned into countless long years.
This would be impossible upon establishing contact with merely the pillar or beam of the Divine Palace alone.
Even with the two of them having met, there was only this first interaction between them in which such a mysterious change would be had.
Yan Zhaoge perused the scenes of light recorded by the great beam of the Divine Palace whilst moderating his breathing and circulating his profound art.
He did not lack martial arts, did not lack resources. All he lacked was time and accumulation.
Faced with such an instant during which time was stretched infinitely long, it was inevitably the greatest fortune for Yan Zhaoge.
As Yan Zhaoge breathed, his true martial essence talisman appeared over his head. Next shockingly came a second, then a third…
Meanwhile, the scenes recorded by the great beam of the Divine Palace played on. After that black-clothed man had disappeared, no human had set foot in this underwater stone cavern until the sudden arrival of two figures.
Yan Zhaoge’s spirits lifted greatly as the youth within was precisely the grown up Shi Jun.
While they had not met face to face before, Xu Fei had already let Yan Zhaoge look at an image of light depicting Shi Jun. Therefore, he was now able to generally confirm his identity on sight.
However, the Shi Jun who had arrived in the underwater stone cavern was clearly injured.
Having made use of the great starlight tide in order to bury a crowd of Blood Dragon Sect martial practitioners in a single go earlier, while he himself had escaped underground, he had been a
ffected by the aftershock of this as well.
Accompanying Shi Jun was a girl, her features outstanding as she was gentle and beautiful.
She supported Shi Jun, the two of them walking into that stone palace together.
Seeing this, the corners of Yan Zhaoge’s mouth arched slightly, “Oh, being in close proximity ever so naturally? Not bad, little fella, not bad.”
This girl was likely the daughter of Shen Shicheng of the Blood Dragon Sect, Shen Ying.
As she helped Shi Jun to sit down, Shen Ying asked concernedly, “Big Brother Shi, are you alright?”
Shi Jun waved his hands, “I’m okay. What about you?”
Shen Ying said, “With you having guarded me, I’m fine.”
Shi Jun glanced at Shen Ying, “I had no other choice just now, or I would have been unable to face my many enemies. It is just that like this, your fellow disciples would probably have perished.”
Shen Ying sighed softly, appearing to be in low spirits, “As they wanted to kill you, it was only natural that you would act in self-defence. It’s just that I feel rather sorry about it. After all, they were all my fellow disciples.”
“Speaking of this, this all happened because of me. If not for you having saved me from Nian Wei, you would not have gotten into a conflict with the people of my sect.”
Shi Jun said, “I had already not liked the look of those Blood Dragon Sect people, aside from you.”
“That Condensed Orb Ancient Leaf was clearly first discovered by me, but your fellow disciples wanted to wrest it over just based on their numerical advantage. If not for you having put a stop to things, I would already have acted against them back then.”
“Still, although I dislike Nian Wei and the others, you all belonging to the same sect, I should logically not have interfered in a matter between you Blood Dragon Sect disciples. It was just that I really couldn’t stand watching those immoral actions of his towards you, thus finally making a move.”
Shen Ying raised her head, looking worriedly at Shi Jun.
Shi Jun smiled, “Just now, that Nian Wei was personally ended by me.”
“I know that he has a grandfather who is the number one expert of your Blood Dragon Sect, being an expert ranked highly even within the entire Vast Ocean World. However, I do not regret having killed scum like him.”
Shi Jun pursed his lips slightly as he said this, “I will bear steadfast responsibility for my actions. I am not afraid of Nian Wei’s grandfather wanting to kill me over his grandson. I am just afraid of Master and Changli Mountain being affected as a result.”
Shen Ying appeared greatly troubled.
Shi Jun was not a pessimistic person as after moderating his condition to the point that his wounds no longer hindered him, he stood up and smiled, “Master always says that I am too rash. I now share these sentiments a little as well. To be frank, I feel a little scared now after the deed. Still, I definitely do not regret it in the least.”
“If we could rewind time, I would still act to save you, just that I might be a little more restrained in my actions, trying not to kill anyone as much as possible. It is just that that way, it might instead have been me dying to your fellow disciples.”
Shen Ying murmured softly, “Big Brother Shi…”
Shi Jun clapped his hands, saying, “Someone from Nian Wei’s group might have gone to report about seeing us. Pursuers might be arriving here very soon.”
“We will see about matters of the future when the time comes. Let’s first analyse this place a little.”
Shen Ying nodded, “Okay.”
As Shi Jun turned to look at that great beam which was clearly different from the rest of the stone palace, he took out a jade sword, “Is it Master? Or is it little apprentice-uncle Yan?”
Afterwards, they touched the patterns on the beam, inadvertently activating the spirit array after which they were sent elsewhere.
The numerous scenes of light that had surfaced within Yan Zhaoge’s mind ended there as well.
He rubbed his temple lightly.
Yan Zhaoge thought back on everything he had just seen, the scenes finally ceasing with Shi Jun touching the great beam of the Divine Palace while Shen Ying stood behind him.
Yan Zhaoge’s expression was not bright. Instead, his smile had vanished as he was silent for a long time.
His heart jolted slightly, and he snapped out of it. The transference had already ended.
Yan Zhaoge ceased in his thoughts, yelling lightly as the unquantifiable amount of essence talismans above his head surged into the air, forming a massive spirit array!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 535: Reunion
535: Reunion
Essence talismans congregated unceasingly above Yan Zhaoge’s head, gradually forming a massive spirit array.
This spirit array was precisely an indication of him having stepped into the eighth level of the Martial Grandmaster realm, the mid Essence Talisman stage!
As the pillar and beam of the Divine Palace met, the unique force field created by their meeting distorted time, bringing Yan Zhaoge immense benefit.
Yan Zhaoge obtained the thing that he lacked the most on his current cultivation path.
Time.
The powerful essence qi of the ice dragon’s corpse that he had absorbed previously had still yet to be completely refined. As Yan Di had said, its accumulation would be available to him all the way till he Transcended Mortality, perhaps even lasting till just before he attempted his breakthrough into the Martial Saint realm.
What he needed was time in order to properly convert that tremendous power for his own use.
It could also be expressed like this: Yan Zhaoge was temporarily not lacking in wealth. What he had to consider was how to spend his money properly.
Thanks to the unexpected reaction between the pillar and beam of the Divine Palace, Yan Zhaoge had successfully stepped past another bottleneck, attaining the mid Essence Talisman Martial Grandmaster realm.
Not a lot of time had passed at all since he had accomplished the early Essence Talisman stage.
If those Vast Ocean World martial practitioners who had witnessed his breakthrough into the early Essence Talisman stage were to hear of this, they would probably be rendered collectively dumbstruck once more.
After the transference had ended, that unique environment disappeared as well.
Looking at the beam of the Divine Palace before him, Yan Zhaoge set it aside for the moment, using the pillar of the Divine Palace to tame it for the moment rather than immediately refining it first.
Afterwards, Yan Zhaoge took out that jade sword once more, carefully feeling the changes within it.
He analysed the changes within it, feeling that it was indeed reacting much more intensely than before.
Yan Zhaoge hurried along in the direction that the jade sword was guiding him in.
His speed was naturally much greater than that of Shi Jun and Shen Ying. Not being obstructed by others this time, after having travelled a certain distance, Yan Zhaoge’s eyes lit up.
Within the Star Shifting Sea, two youngsters were currently proceeding forward painstakingly.
Shi Jun was observing the changes in the jade sword he was holding as well, joy evident on his face as he gazed all around.
“Jun’er,” Yan Zhaoge and the Northern Ocean Clone descended from the sky together.
Seeing Yan Zhaoge, Shi Jun instantly rejoiced, “Little apprentice-uncle Yan!”
Yan Zhaoge sighed in relief as well, a smile appearing on his face, “Good kid, you’ve grown up well.”
Seeing Yan Zhaoge’s features, Shi Jun was rather stunned as he secretly asked via sound transmission, “Senior apprentice-uncle, your looks seem not to have changed at all…”
Yan Zhaoge smiled as he replied, “Only a little over a year has passed back in our world.”
Shi Jun understood, now turning to look at Shen Ying beside him and introducing, “Miss Shen, this here is my senior apprentice-u
ncle Yan Zhaoge. You must have heard of his name before.”
Seeing Yan Zhaoge having called out to him without reservation, Shi Jun knew that there was no need to conceal his identity as he graciously made the introductions.
Shen Ying looked at Yan Zhaoge with some curiosity as well as trepidation but remained polite, “Blood Dragon Sect disciple Shen Ying greets Mister Yan.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, “No need to stand on ceremony.”
After smiling, Yan Zhaoge asked solemnly, “What exactly transpired back there?”
Shen Ying’s expression dimmed while Shi Jun inhaled deeply, saying, “Senior apprentice-uncle, it’s like this.”
He narrated everything to Yan Zhaoge once over.
Yan Zhaoge listened silently. It was generally in line with what he had grasped earlier.
Having left Changli Mountain on his own, Shi Jun had gone out adventuring on the Star Shifting Sea. Amidst his travels, he had come across a group of Blood Dragon Sect disciples on an island.
While Changli Mountain was on bad terms with the Blood Dragon Sect, there had not been any heated conflict or interaction between them at the time.
Afterwards, however, Shi Jun had discovered a supreme healing medicine on the island, the Condensed Orb Ancient Leaf.
As he had been harvesting it, the Blood Dragon Sect martial practitioners had arrived as well. They had instantly been attracted to the Condensed Orb Ancient Leaf, having wanted to wrest it away as the two sides had immediately entered a standoff, a battle seeming like it might break out at any moment.
Afterwards, Shen Ying had personally persuaded Nian Wei and the others, saying that there were people of other sects as well as forces of Evil on the island, and they should not turn themselves into a joke. It was only with that that the people of the Blood Dragon Sect had been willing to give up and disperse.
Afterwards, a typhoon had just happened to encompass the entire surrounding region. Unable to leave immediately, those on the island had decided to set up camp there.
While Shi Jun had been cultivating on a reef, he had suddenly heard someone crying for help.
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