History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474

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

  Intense ripples unceasingly expanded from the depths of the sea into the surrounding area.

  Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin, “Oh, it looks like the person who was in the sea earlier was indeed restricted and trapped by some sort of force at the depths of the sea.”

  Such a major disturbance having occurred at the depths of the sea, it was naturally from Chen Zhiliang having broken the restrictions in his bid to rescue his disciple.

  Now, Chen Zhiliang shot through the sea surface, returning aboard the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel.

  The divine vessel with its majestic aura rose into the air once more, breaking through the all-encompassing storms and thunderbolts as it navigated out of the Clear Scenic Region.

  After having picked them up, the other side did not immediately leave just like that. Instead, they headed over towards the Myriad Dragon Palace’s location.

  Yan Zhaoge had already retracted his true essence, with the Myriad Dragon Palace similarly having retracted its aura as the silhouetted massive vessel had thus vanished.

  Looking at the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel that was gradually nearing, Ah Hu gave a simple and honest laugh, “Young Master, an innocent man gets into trouble because of his wealth. Could they be intending to interrogate you regarding that secret technique from earlier which strengthened the power of the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel?”

  Yan Zhaoge said, “They would have been able to tell that the technique was incomplete. Also, their previous gains are already sufficiently great.”

  “As compared to the technique for the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel, if the background of my Myriad Dragon Palace were to be revealed, it would actually be more greed-inducing. The same goes for my Extreme Yang Seal as well.”

  “Now that the aura of the Myriad Dragon Palace has been retracted completely, there is no need to worry. According to the words of the Dim Darkness Sect and the martial practitioners active in the Royal Reed Sea, the disciples of the Southeastern Exalt are still rather reasonable people.”

  Yan Zhaoge gazed at the massive vessel halted before him that resembled a city, gazing at that massive sail.

  A massive, complex emblem adorned its surface. It was the symbol that represented the Southeastern Exalt.

  Now, a voice resounded from atop the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel, “I wonder what lineage you hail from. Can I invite you up our vessel for a chat?”

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 685: The youngest Martial Saint!

  HSSB685: The youngest Martial Saint

  Just having emerged from amidst the terrifying Endless Magnetic Storms, the exterior of the massive vessel was shrouded in multi-coloured light as the terrifying light of electricity also leapt ceaselessly.

  Having domineeringly broken through those terrifying storms and thunderbolts, this massive vessel was filled with a dauntless, unstoppable aura that intimidated one’s soul.

  While it had borne a great impact amidst the storms earlier, gazing at it now, not even a single scratch was visible on its surface.

  A powerful aura was displayed in all its glory, all visible with a single glance.

  Yan Zhaoge raised his head and gazed at the massive Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel in front of them before he turned and said to Feng Yunsheng and Ah Hu, “You guys wait for me here.”

  The two nodded. Yan Zhaoge left the Myriad Dragon Palace, taking to the air as he approached the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel.

  Arriving in mid-air, he saw a stream of radiance condensing amidst space from that divine vessel, forming an existence that resembled a bridge.

  Seeing this, Feng Yunsheng and Ah Hu both nodded slightly.

  This showed that Zheng Ming and the others who were atop the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel had a very friendly attitude towards them.

  Yan Zhaoge stood unmoving atop that bridge which automatically retracted on its own, the radiance bringing him aboard that massive vessel.

  Everyone on the vessel, Bai Ziming included, was appraising Yan Zhaoge with their gazes, seemingly wanting to see through him.

  Yan Zhaoge smiled slightly, “I am surnamed Yan, Yan Zhaoge. Greetings, everyone.”

  While he was before three great Seeing Divinity Martial Saint experts, Yan Zhaoge’s expression was as per usual.

  His gaze that appraised the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel was only that of an appreciative perusal, exhibiting no shock or admiration in the least.

  The hearts of Zheng Ming, Chen Zhiliang and Bai Ziming involuntarily jolted, “This young man has a dignified air about him. His experience must run deep…”

  Bai Ziming felt this exceptionally intensely. The first time he had seen the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel back then, he had been rather shocked by it.

  His feelings of grandeur and might from having ascended to the World beyond Worlds had instantly been retracted greatly as a result.

  Zheng Ming and Chen Zhiliang exchanged glances. Even for those who had grown up in the World beyond Worlds, there were only a limited few who had truly witnessed the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel in person before.

  Most people with insufficient cultivation bases and of lower tiers wouldn’t even be able to come into contact with Riding Wind Heavenly Vessels under ordinary circumstances. They would just have seen projected images of it at most.

  The shock from truly seeing the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel in person and feeling its pressure and aura that surged to the heavens in close range was far from comparable to merely seeing it visually.

  The gazes of Zheng Ming and the others turned more serious somewhat as they carefully appraised Yan Zhaoge, “First level of the Martial Saint realm, the early Merging Avatar stage. So young…wait!”

  They were shocked yet once more.

  However one looked at it, his actual age and that of his external appearance didn’t seem different?

  He should only be thirty years old at most. Yet, a Martial Saint who had yet to reach thirty?!

  Of these people, Zheng Ming possessed the highest cultivation base and the greatest discernment. Naturally, he was able to discern the most things.

  However, it was precisely because this was so that he stared, entering a reverie for just that moment as he looked at Yan Zhaoge.

  Chen Zhiliang and Bai Ziming had originally just had some suspicions. Seeing Zheng Ming like this, however, their hearts began beating faster as well.

  “Senior apprentice-brother Zheng, his age…” Chen Zhiliang looked at his senior apprentice-brother somewhat disbelievingly, sending via sound transmission.

  Zheng Ming recovered his wits, shaking his head slightly, “Definitely not more than thirty!”

  Chen Zhiliang sucked in a breath of cold air, “Not more than thirty?! This would be the youngest Martial Saint ever since the time of the Great Calamity, right?”

  “I cannot be certain whether he is the youngest,” Zheng Ming was similarly shocked, “I can only say that amongst those I definitively know of who have Transcended Mortality and entered Sainthood, he is the youngest.”

  Chen Zhiliang frowned, “I have never heard of such a figure before. Such shocking talent-logically speaking, he should have quite the reputation. Even if his fame is not spread far and wide, he also shouldn’t be unknown like this.”

  His heart suddenly shook, “Could he have been cultivating in Kunlun Mountain all this while, only having entered the world to journey around now?”

  “Of the direct lineage of the Three Sovereigns or the Five Emperors?” Zheng Ming wondered before ruling out this possibility, “No, if such a person were to be journeying out and about, it is impossible that there would be no news of it at all. It is even more impossible that Master would not know of such a person having entered the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory.”

  Chen Zhiliang smiled bitterly, “Where did such a monstrous genius suddenly appear from?”

  Zheng Ming shared his sentiments, “I would really like to know as well.”

  Even whilst interacting with Chen Zhiliang via sound transmi
ssion, Zheng Ming gazed at Yan Zhaoge, slowly asking, “I am Zheng Ming of the Southeastern Exalt’s lineage. I wonder where you hail from?”

  Yan Zhaoge smiled, “I learnt martial arts from my father since young. Still, regarding that earlier matter, it was from a legacy site of pre-Great Calamity times that I inadvertently unearthed. Having analysed some fragmented records, I showed my insubstantial skills earlier. Please don’t mind it.”

  Zheng Ming said, “It was quite a remarkable technique.”

  Chen Zhiliang turned and said, “Luoxia, come here and thank this Little Friend Yan. It was with his help that you were able to escape.”

  There was someone else on the deck of the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel. That person had been seated in the meditative position earlier, only having stood up upon seeing Yan Zhaoge’s arrival.

  Hearing Chen Zhiliang’s words now, that person obediently walked over. It was a girl who appeared to be in her twenties or thirties on the outside.

  This girl was Chen Zhiliang’s personal disciple, a direct lineage descendant of the Southeastern Exalt. Her name was Wen Luoxia.

  It was she who had been trapped in the depths of the sea in the Clear Scenic Region earlier. It was thanks to Zheng Ming and Chen Zhiliang’s group having arrived in time that she could have been saved. Otherwise, after the power of the Surrounding Heavens Protective Talisman that protected her had been used up completely, she would undoubtedly have perished amidst those rampant Endless Magnetic Storms.

  As Yan Zhaoge saw it, while her actual age was higher than that of her actual appearance, it wouldn’t be off by too much.

  Her cultivation base was, shockingly, already that of a late Essence Talisman Martial Grandmaster. As compared to her age, it was already sufficient to make most martial practitioners start sweating.

  In those few worlds aside from the World beyond Worlds that Yan Zhaoge had visited, aside from just a mere handful of people, the speed of this girl’s cultivation would really be able to domineeringly suppress the myriad lifeforms that existed there.

  Wen Luoxia had been staring fixatedly at Yan Zhaoge earlier with a troubled expression visible on her face.

  She first bowed to and thanked Yan Zhaoge, “Many thanks for aiding me earlier, such that I was able to escape.”

  Yan Zhaoge smiled, “You are polite. In adventuring outside, unexpected dangers will always crop up. It is the same for everyone.”

  Wen Luoxia nodded before glancing questioningly at her Master through the corner of her eye.

  Before she could ask, Chen Zhiliang sent via sound transmission, “His actual age is virtually the same as that of his external appearance. He wouldn’t be more than thirty at most.”

  An irrepressible look of shock appeared within Wen Luoxia’s gaze. When she next looked at Yan Zhaoge, her gaze had involuntarily turned more solemn.

  The descendants of the Southeastern Exalt’s lineage were not many.

  As compared to this, each of his descendants was incredibly talented.

  Wen Luoxia was used to seeing too many monstrous geniuses in her life. She herself was a genius amongst geniuses such that she had become numb to seeing geniuses from her daily experiences.

  However, seeing this youth before her that was more than ten years younger than her yet had already Transcended Mortality and entered Sainthood now, Wen Luoxia was shocked for once.

  Yan Zhaoge’s expression was as per usual as he smiled, “I have long heard of the famed name of the Southeastern Exalt. I had just not thought that I would be meeting his reputed descendants today.”

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 686: True motive

  HSSB686: True motive

  The World beyond Worlds had a much great populace as compared to worlds like the Eight Extremities World and the Vast Ocean World.

  With so many people existing here, there would naturally correspondingly be more geniuses, monstrous geniuses and geniuses amongst geniuses as well.

  It was not impossible that shocking figures unprecedented and unimaginable to martial practitioners who hailed from the likes of the Eight Extremities World and the Vast Ocean World actually did exist.

  Therefore, to Chen Zhiliang and his disciple Wen Luoxia, to those who were used to seeing geniuses, even if there was really an incomparable genius who appeared before them, they still wouldn’t take it too seriously.

  The reason for this was very simple. Today’s genius might not still be outstanding tomorrow.

  There was only having transformed one’s talent and potential into true strength that geniuses proved their worth.

  The problem was that the person who had appeared before them now was already a Martial Saint!

  A Martial Saint who was not yet thirty!

  Even while Zheng Ming and Chen Zhiliang were Seeing Divinity Martial Saints, their strength far surpassing ordinary Merging Avatar Martial Saints by who knew how much, currently faced with a youth who had already Transcended Mortality and achieved Sainthood and possessed incomparably shocking talent, they were unable to take him lightly at all.

  This meant that aside from his incredible talent, the youth before them could have had major fortuitous encounters as well.

  From a certain perspective, this was even more noteworthy than merely martial talent alone.

  After all, talent was something that could be wasted.

  Currently, Zheng Ming and Chen Zhiliang were feeling even more curious regarding Yan Zhaoge.

  Still, they quickly stabilised their emotions, calming their thoughts as their expressions and gazes regained their normalcy. While shocking tides still surged within their hearts, they were no longer revealed on the outside.

  After having exchanged greetings, Yan Zhaoge glanced at Bai Ziming slightly surprisedly.

  From what Yan Zhaoge currently knew, there were quite a few of such people in the World beyond Worlds who had attained the Seeing Divinity stage and then ascended.

  There were even those who had re-established their clans and sects after having gained stable footing there, creating quite a name for themselves.

  Bai Ziming aside, Yan Zhaoge paid attention to Wen Luoxia as well.

  Yan Zhaoge was still wondering about why she had entered the depths of the sea of the Clear Scenic Region earlier.

  While Wen Luoxia had been trapped earlier, it was still unknown whether she had attained any gains from that earlier attempt.

  Still, while he had helped her out, he couldn’t very well ask her about it. After all, their two sides had only just met.

  Zheng Ming and the others were similarly rather curious about Yan Zhaoge, yet were unable to easily delve into it.

  They attached quite a bit of importance to Yan Zhaoge, not acting arrogantly towards him based on their identities.

  They invited his companions up the vessel as well. Seeing that there was no problem, Yan Zhaoge did not refuse, just retracting the Myriad Dragon Palace’s aura before carefully storing it away.

  After Feng Yunsheng had ascended the vessel, Zheng Ming’s expression changed slightly as he glanced at her in slight puzzlement.

  This girl seemed to bear some strange existence that he was unable to see through with a glance.

  “Could your fellow disciple have learnt martial arts from your father as well?” Zheng Ming smiled, asking.

  Yan Zhaoge looked at Feng Yunsheng, smiling, “This is my wife.”

  Zheng Ming and Chen Zhiliang both smiled apologetically, “So that’s it. We were impolite. It is just that seeing that she is still dressed as a maiden, we thought…”

  Yan Zhaoge smiled, “We have yet to marry. Still, the marriage has already been decided.”

  Feng Yunsheng smiled, bowing to them in greeting, “Greetings, seniors.”

  Zheng Ming and the others smiled and nodded, Yan Zhaoge saying, “At the same time, she is also my fellow disciple. Still, we do not follow the same Master. She is my senior apprentice-aunt’s disciple.”

  His words contained truth yet also withheld
information, causing the other side to be unable to grasp their full extent.

  Such a shocking figure whom he had never heard of before having suddenly appeared in the Royal Reed Sea, in the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory, Zheng Ming and the others inevitably had to take notice of that.

  After pondering for a moment, Chen Zhiliang decided to delve slightly deeper, “Little Friend Yan doesn’t seem to be a local of the Royal Reed Sea?”

  Yan Zhaoge smiled, answering candidly, “I’ve been here for just a year or so.”

  Having said this, he no longer continued.

  He did not utter falsehoods to deceive, yet did not reveal much else.

  Chen Zhiliang could not help but feel exasperated whilst also amused. If it were an ordinary person who was being this slippery with him, he would long since have sent a slap over.

  Even though the other party had just helped them out, saving Wen Luoxia from mortal peril, the gap between their identities and cultivation bases was laid out there for all to see.

  If he thought that he could gain whatever he wanted from that earlier chivalry, he was barking up the wrong tree.

  Those who were in positions of power were used to controlling the whole situation. They could be easily approachable, but if the inferior ones truly attempted to interact with them on equal terms, the result would most likely not be good.

  Those who were used to giving orders would only over truly interact on equal terms with those whose strength was on a similar level to theirs.

  However, Yan Zhaoge had already proven himself.

  Even if he had no backer behind him, just based on him and him alone, Zheng Ming and the others would also show a far warmer attitude towards him than to others.

  If such a shocking figure had no major background, they would instead be more welcoming of him, as there would then exist the possibility of him being drawn over to them as an asset.

  Of course, this tolerance had a limit. They would not blindly tolerate everything without question.

  As Yan Zhaoge grasped this, he would not lie to them and provide them with false information. If all his words from this current conversation were to be verified via other channels afterwards, it would be found that he had spoken only the truth.