One’s longevity was related to the state of their body.
If one’s longevity did not increase, the increased rate of time would be equivalent to causing them to grow old faster, hastening them towards the end of their lives.
However, if they could continue improving, as compared to those who lived with a normal flow of time, those who cultivated in the Aeon Light Heavenly Scripture would appear to rise in strength exceptionally rapidly as they seemed to improve by leaps and bounds.
The ten scriptures of the Primordial Heavenly Scriptures were all legendary and miraculous, all serving limitless uses.
Ah Hu imitated Yan Zhaoge in stroking his lower chin, “From what you say, that Kang Jinyuan should be quite old already. Still, his mentality does seem more or less in sync with the age he looks like.”
Yan Zhaoge said nonchalantly, “This is not that hard to understand. It is said that humans are wise, ghosts are acute, old rabbits are no longer as easy to catch.”
“However, this does not mean that one necessarily always grows wiser with age. It just means that having lived through and seen more things, our experiences would thus be increasingly abundant.”
“A hundred-year-old man who has spent ninety years of his life unconscious-can he be as wise as someone who has lived normally through a hundred years, experiencing the vicissitudes of life and becoming used to ways of the world? Anyway, I don’t think that it’s possible.”
“Unless those ten years in which he was awake were filled with grand, magnificent, remarkable events, strange, rare things continuously cropping up throughout those ten years which normal people would not be able to experience in decades or even centuries, in which case that would still be possible. However, such situations are rare at the end of the day.”
“For us martial practitioners, if we live a hundred years and ninety of these years are spent cultivating painstakingly in a cave, our martial improvements aside, it would be no different from us having spent the last ninety years sleeping in terms of interacting with others and living in this world. Without any way to experience this, there are still only those remaining ten years that would apply.”
Yan Zhaoge said, “Due to the unique characteristics of the martial arts he cultivates in, Kang Jinyuan may have a greater discrepancy in this area.”
“Of course, the main reason for this should still lie with himself, him being arrogant and the seniors of his family possibly doting on him rather too much as well.”
“The descendants of Shen Lingzi’s lineage mostly shouldn’t be like this. Otherwise, I would really suspect that the Grand Xuan Dynasty is just making use of them to kill their enemies for them.”
Yan Zhaoge curled his lips as he spoke, “Just from the current situation alone, of the Grand Xuan Dynasty and Shen Lingzi’s lineage, it is probably the latter that holds more of a leading position.”
Ah Hu gave a simple and honest laugh, “Young Master, in you having broken the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation this time, the anti-Xuan forces owe you a great debt. The North Sea Sword Pavilion will definitely remember it at the very least.”
“What do we do now? Do we head to the Grinding Hut Region?”
Yan Zhaoge said, “We should get out of the Whole Tower Region first. With me having broken the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation and helped the anti-Xuan forces out greatly, the Grand Xuan Dynasty and the Shenling Nine Swords will definitely be unwilling to let it go just like that.”
……
Not long after Yan Zhaoge had fled into the sea in the Myriad Dragon Palace, an extremely powerful and terrifying aura swept through the heavens and the earth from the north of the Whole Tower Region, heading all the way south.
The sword-light resembled tides of water as it enveloped the heavens and covered the earth, shooting over. Wherever it passed, all objects seemed to fall still.
The terrifying light pillar where the power of the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation in the Whole Tower Region was condensed was currently in the midst of exploding, terrifying tides formed which expanded into the surroundings.
The sword-light that resembled water that seemed able to freeze time solid navigated the area, finally focusing on a single point.
There, a white-clothed young man was currently pushing a youth in attempting to escape the prison of thunder and fire with all his might, barely holding on.
The sword-light that resembled water instantly turned, reinforcing them.
As the treasure on the youth that resembled a heart-protecting plate was swept along by this sword-light, it instantly unleashed great defensive power that merged with the sword-light.
The heart-protecting plate shook, seemingly returning to the embrace of its true owner.
While the thunder and fire were terrifying, the newcomer did not intend to resist it head on as they only wanted to launch a rescue from the outskirts before leaving.
The sword-light temporarily delayed the thunder and fire before bringing the two people along in immediately escaping far away.
After having gone far away from that exploding thunder and fire, the sword-light stopped, a woman appearing.
This woman appeared to be in her early thirties. Mature and beautiful, as she looked at the two people she had saved, her gaze was filled with worry as well as tenderness.
The white-robed youth’s face was pale, “Jinyuan is fine.”
The woman sighed, “It was fortunate that you risked yourself to help him, Maosheng. Otherwise, I might not have managed to make it in time.”
Kang Maosheng smiled weakly.
Kang Jinyuan was currently still in an unconscious state.
That woman stroked his face, “Rest assured, my son. Your mother will definitely take revenge for you.”
She lightly tapped the Turbid Heavenly Mirror Armour. The existence that resembled a heart-protecting plate instantly resembled a mirror as a mirror-light shot out of it, pointing into the distance.
In the Myriad Dragon Palace within the deep sea, Yan Zhaoge’s heart suddenly leapt as he vaguely felt something.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 656: The world within the Earth Devouring Burner
HSSB656: The world within the Earth Devouring Burner
Yan Zhaoge’s heart leapt as he vaguely felt a sense of unease.
“There’s indeed a major crisis approaching. I wonder if it is the Grand Xuan Dynasty or the Radiant Light Sect?” Yan Zhaoge thought as he conceived of a plan.
The Northern Ocean Clone sat on the ground in the meditative position, unceasingly inhaling and exhaling the essence qi of true dragons of the Myriad Dragon Palace and the remnant power of dim moon from the Dim Sun Cold Moon Ritual.
Yan Zhaoge’s body shook as he left the Myriad Dragon Palace. Then, with a pinching movement on his part, the massive Myriad Dragon Palace rapidly shrunk.
At the end of it, the majestic Myriad Dragon Palace that had originally resembled a residence of divinities or a palace of the Dragon King actually became as tiny as a grain of rice.
True dragons could change their sizes at will. They would soar above the nine heavens when they were large, conceal themselves amongst the scales of a fish when tiny.
The Myriad Dragon Palace that was forged of the skeletons and bones of myriad dragons possessed such capabilities as well.
Yan Zhaoge raised his palm, a scene of chaos appearing within. Afterwards, he kept the tiny Myriad Dragon Palace directly within.
Yan Zhaoge circulated the Peerless Heavenly Scripture to the maximum, his entire body seemingly entering chaos as it became blurry and indistinct, formless and shapeless.
Yan Zhaoge did not exert force as he just drifted along with the hidden undercurrents of the deep sea.
His heart relaxed slightly as he felt the thread that had seemingly been sticking onto his body earlier snap. It was like there had been dust on his body earlier which had now been wiped away.
“What were they tracing my location with? That K
ang Jinyuan doesn’t have the capabilities to leave behind a mark on my body. It looks like it was that mid-grade Sacred Artifact.”
Pondering for a moment, Yan Zhaoge had already understood, “It can already be considered a rather good thing amongst mid-grade Sacred Artifacts. Not only is its defensive power shocking, it has other miraculous uses as well.”
Yan Zhaoge could be certain now that this treasure did not belong to Kang Jinyuan himself. Instead, it belonged to a senior of his family.
After he had been injured from his battle with Nong Yuxuan, his seniors had been afraid of him getting into an accident again. Therefore, they had bestowed this upon him for his protection.
It had to be said that this had truly been a wise choice. Otherwise, Kang Jinyuan would long since have been stabbed to death by Yan Zhaoge with a single spear.
He drifted along with the waves. While he was indeed concealed, his speed of progression was too slow, really being very inefficient as he gradually drifted up to the sea’s surface.
Gazing back, the horizon behind him was enveloped by crimson heavenly fire and purplish-green thunderbolts, erupting with powerful lights and booms that shocked the heavens and the earth, causing people to feel a chill within their hearts.
Now, an extremely powerful sword-light traversed the fire and thunder, speeding over.
The sword-light enveloped the heavens and covered the earth. Gazing over from far away, the horizon there had become totally blurry.
All objects seemed to have turned still.
Yan Zhaoge nodded slightly, “A descendant of Shen Lingzi’s lineage, and the cultivation base isn’t low.”
He sunk into the great sea once more, soundless and without aura as he concealed himself amidst the seawater as though non-existent.
His figure seemed transparent, no noise being emitted at all as no aura was emanated and no divine will moving.
While he was already far away from the centre of the explosions of thunder and fire, whether it was the spacetime on or beneath the sea’s surface, all of it was still in a distorted, shattered state as it was like a scene from the end of the world.
While the other party’s cultivation base was high, wanting to find Yan Zhaoge who was circulating the Peerless Heavenly Scripture with everything seemingly returning to nothing in such an environment, they would be searching completely blind.
Without the help of the Turbid Heavenly Mirror Armour, she had no clues as to his location.
Madame Kang’s expression was stern as she carefully appraised the surrounding environment, calculating within her heart before she suddenly made a move.
Soft sword-light expanded, instantly turning into a massive barrier that enveloped the surrounding region of sea.
Everything within the barrier lost its lustre and turned ashen, seemingly about to wither away.
Everything within the great sea down below seemed sealed in amber, unable to move at all.
Madame Kang’s eyes were like a torch that illuminated the deep sea, shifting bit by bit as she searched carefully, not letting anything that was possibly suspicious go unnoticed.
Within the great sea, Yan Zhaoge was currently unable to move as well.
“Hmmm, this is rather a dangerous figure,” Yan Zhaoge knit his brows.
Since the other party had a method and had patience, as she continued searching like this, he would surely be exposed sooner or later.
The gaze was not sharp, just resembling an eternal existence like the river of time, flowing in an endless stream with a feeling of pressure and heaviness that could not be overcome.
The gaze scanned the various areas of the great sea bit by bit, not hurried or rushed and in an orderly fashion.
Madame Kang seemed not to be worried about Yan Zhaoge already having left this region of sea at all, not worried that her patient efforts here would allow him to be fleeing even further elsewhere.
While the Turbid Heavenly Mirror Armour was currently unable to be used, it had already pinpointed her target’s general location earlier.
With the difference in cultivation base between her and Yan Zhaoge, she was certain that she would be able to catch up with him, and he couldn’t have gone far.
Not having been able to find Yan Zhaoge after having arrived at this region of sea, she estimated that he should have concealed himself using some special methods.
While she couldn’t find Yan Zhaoge, if Yan Zhaoge made any major movements, it would not be able to fool her eyes.
Therefore, Madame Kang firmly believed that Yan Zhaoge was within this region of sea. So long as she searched carefully, she would eventually be able to find him.
This was not blind arrogance. Instead, it stemmed from her confidence and accurate grasp of her own abilities, being an answer that she had obtained after having considered every aspect.
While her deduction might not be a hundred percent accurate, there was a very low chance of something going wrong.
Therefore, Madame Kang calmed herself, carefully searching through the area as she seemed to want to look through every single drop of water in this great sea.
The terrifying gaze scanned the great sea, seeming like it was right about to scan over him.
Yan Zhaoge’s heart was like the deep sea as he maintained his calm.
He had already basically seen through that the other party was a fifth level Martial Saint, a mid Seeing Divinity stage expert.
Enemies of this stage could not be easily dealt with by the current him. Even if he could wield the Extreme Yang Seal, it would still serve limited use.
After all, he would only have enough power for a single blow, and the Extreme Yang Seal could currently only unleash the power of a mid-grade Sacred Artifact.
Moreover, while it had been reduced to a pitiable state by the thunder and fire, the Turbid Heavenly Mirror Armour in this woman’s hands was a mid-grade Sacred Artifact as well.
Yan Zhaoge thought of numerous plans before he denied and rejected them the very next instant.
Until…
Yan Zhaoge’s gaze focused as his mind vaguely entered darkness.
The Earth Devouring Burner.
Without any prior signs, Yan Zhaoge vanished entirely from the spot.
Within the great sea where he had previously been only remained a single tiny black incense burner.
Yan Zhaoge seemed to stand atop boundless darkness. As he quietly looked at the space before him that contained no light, a pair of eyes seemed to open there, meeting his gaze.
Accompanied by the growth of Yan Zhaoge’s cultivation base and his rise in power, his connection with this strange treasure had been getting increasingly stronger as well, allowing him to do many things which had not been possible before.
Such as his tangible body that possessed form having entered this Earth Devouring Burner now.
While he was unable to wield the Earth Devouring Burner to devour other things as he wanted, it was still fine for him to enter.
This place seemed to have formed an independent space of its own.
It was just that Yan Zhaoge still wasn’t sure whether this strange black incense burner could help him to evade the search of an expert of the fifth level of the Martial Saint realm.
Staring at the existence in the darkness before him that resembled pond water, he hesitated slightly for a moment before just treading within.
This was somewhere he had never set foot in before.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 657: True dragon hides its head without a trace
HSSB657: True dragon hides its head without a trace
“Could it be? He already left this region of sea earlier?”
Madame Kang’s face appeared surprised. She had carefully searched through this entire region of sea, yet had been unable to spot Yan Zhaoge’s figure at all.
There were many lifeforms in the sea. She had found numerous strange, rare things or just ordinary and average things, but she had still been unable to find what she had bee
n looking for.
Madame Kang inhaled deeply, contacting other Grand Xuan Dynasty martial practitioners over to help her whilst carefully searching through the region of sea before her once more.
With her having spent much time here, if Yan Zhaoge had already not been in this region of sea from the start, he should already long since be far away from here now.
His direction of escape being uncertain, there would be no meaning in her continuing to blindly pursue him.
Like this, it would still be better for her to firmly believe in her initial judgment and check the area once more, lest she have overlooked something.
Having allowed the other party to hide right beneath her very eyes and fool her-that would really be too depressing a thought.
Sadly, after having searched yet once more, she could still discover nothing.
Even the experienced Madame Kang felt at a loss at this moment as she could not but suspect that her initial judgment had been wrong all along.
“But, how did he flee?” Madame Kang raised her head, looking into the distance.
In front of her, in the depths of the broad, boundless great sea where rocks and reefs were scattered about the seabed.
Amongst the scattered rocks was an ordinary, innocuous-looking small black incense burner from which no abnormalities could be seen in the least. It was like someone had accidentally dropped it into the great sea whilst passing by on a boat. It had sunk onto the seabed, gradually being buried by sand and mud.
Over the years, this great sea had accumulated many other messy things of all kinds.
Currently, within the Earth Devouring Burner, a completely new heaven and earth had appeared before Yan Zhaoge’s eyes.
Before his eyes was an ocean that was boundless and without end. While there were no winds and tides on the ocean’s surface, it emanated a desolate feeling of death.
This was even more terrifying than shocking waves and tides. Pressured by this aura, the sea and the sky seemed to have condensed into a solid entity.
Yan Zhaoge raised his brows slightly. Where was this place?
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