History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474

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

  Yan Zhaoge laughed, “Actually, it still isn’t too late. There’s still a chance.”

  Wu Zixiu was taken aback, “Oh?”

  He pondered for a moment, “Please follow me, Little Friend Yan. Our Chief has always wanted to meet you. Sadly, the chance had never come before.”

  Yan Zhaoge smiled, “Time waits for no man. Let us hurry.”

  Whilst meeting Zhou Haosheng, he also met the other bigwigs of the anti-Xuan coalition.

  The Pavilion Lord of the North Sea Sword Pavilion, “North Sea Divine Sword’ Gu Hong of the seventh level of the Martial Saint realm, the early Immortal Bridge stage.

  The Chief of Copper Men Island, the ‘Three Dragon Forms’ Gongsun Wu of the sixth level of the Martial Saint realm, the late Seeing Divinity stage.

  As well as the Chief of the Radiant Light Sect, “Light Dazzling the Nine Heavens’ Luo Zhiyuan of the sixth level of the Martial Saint realm, the late Seeing Divinity stage.

  Apart from that, the other peak experts of the North Sea Sword Pavilion, the Radiant Light Sect, the Dim Darkness Sect and Copper Men Island were also gathered here together. Besides they of these four powers, there were also the leaders of other rebelling sects and solitary practitioner experts.

  Most of them were appraising Yan Zhaoge with their gazes, while those of the Radiant Light Sect were all forceful and domineering with their gazes.

  This was the first time they too were seeing Yan Zhaoge in person.

  That youth who had a limited cultivation base yet had left the Radiant Light Sect frustrated beyond compare.

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 698: Also caused by this Yan

  HSSB698: Also caused by this Yan

  This was also the first time Yan Zhaoge was meeting the Radiant Light Sect higher echelon experts as led by Luo Zhiyuan up close.

  Being stared at by so many Seeing Divinity Martial Saints, just their gazes alone made it seem like it was a furnace.

  Yan Zhaoge smiled, appearing not to mind it.

  Amidst this current environment, however much those of the Radiant Light Sect wanted to tear him into shreds, they would not be able to manage it.

  Right amongst them stood Pavilion Lord Gu Hong of the North Sea Sword Pavilion, his gaze sweeping through the surrounding crowd.

  Where his gaze passed, it seemed like a tangible blade as it slashed off the gazes of all those who harboured ill intent towards Yan Zhaoge.

  Luo Zhiyuan swivelled his head, meeting Gu Hong’s gaze. Gu Hong did not let off in the slightest.

  “He may be connected to the Grand Xuan Dynasty. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain how he managed to flee from the hands of two fifth level Martial Saint experts,” Luo Zhiyuan said mildly, “One of those two even being a formations grandmaster.”

  As the Chief of the Radiant Light Sect, he was dressed completely in black, being diametrically different from the other Radiant Light Sect martial practitioners beside him who wore white.

  At the head of the Dim Darkness Sect martial practitioners who were garbed in black, the Chief of the Dim Darkness Sect, Zhou Haosheng, was instead dressed in white.

  The two sides stood at a standoff, rather resembling the picture of a Taiji diagram with fish of yin and yang.

  Zhou Haosheng stroked his beard, smiling, “Don’t forget who it was who broke the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation. Was it your Radiant Light Sect?”

  The faces of those of the Radiant Light Sect all darkened somewhat as they grew more irritated.

  Luo Zhiyuan’s expression did not change, “This old man feels deeply apologetic at Yuxuan’s mistakes, also having already apologised to Pavilion Lord Gu for it. Still, this is not in conflict with the matter that we are discussing now.”

  Gu Hong and Zhou Haosheng raised their brows slightly.

  A Dim Darkness Sect longtime Elder asked, “Could Chief Luo mean that the Grand Xuan Dynasty wrecked their own Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation such that this Little Friend Yan would be able to gain our trust, thus serving greater use in baiting us into some greater crisis?”

  “What kind of crisis could be comparable to the Grinding Hut Region’s sword domain being broken by the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation?”

  That Dim Darkness Sect Elder snorted, “The worst case scenario would be us battling to the death without any territorial advantages.”

  An Elder beside Luo Zhiyuan said slowly, “Each thing should be scrutinised on its own. Perhaps this Yan Zhaoge indeed wrecked the plans of the Grand Xuan Dynasty last time, but this does not mean that they could not have established a cooperative relationship afterwards.”

  “This fellow was likely captured alive by the Grand Xuan Dynasty. In order to stay alive, his allegiance is now with the Grand Xuan Dynasty as he has returned to fool us, atoning for his crimes with merit.”

  Another Radiant Light Sect Elder beside him said coldly, “The Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation having been broken, the Grand Xuan Dynasty should indeed hate him to the core. Yet, the other side might also have people with foresight, not focusing on their past losses as they instead concentrated on future schemes, making use of this fellow possibly having obtained our trust and working off that basis.”

  This person’s gaze was like an eagle’s as he stared fixatedly at Yan Zhaoge, “We should check him first, seeing if there are any restrictions or perhaps mechanisms placed on him by someone else.”

  Yan Zhaoge laughed upon hearing his words, “Does this mean that I could only be considered innocent if I had died at the hands of the Grand Xuan Dynasty back then?”

  That Dim Darkness Sect Elder’s expression was indifferent, “You can try. See if you can escape alive from two of my sect’s fifth level Martial Saint experts at once, proving my deduction to be wrong.”

  They all fell silent for a time.

  Honestly speaking, this was something that everyone was puzzled about. It was the same for those of the North Sea Sword Pavilion and the Dim Darkness Sect as well.

  Everyone felt it utterly beyond comprehension how Yan Zhaoge might have been able to escape alive before the combined forces of Madame Kang and Qi Wei.

  While they knew that Yan Zhaoge was a heaven-defying genius, possessing great strength, the gap between their abilities was still much too large at the end of the day.

  Those of the Radiant Light Sect too suspected that even with the Extreme Yang Seal, it should still not have been this way, unless Yan Zhaoge had been able to wield the power of the seal for a long period of time or unleash its full power.

  However, that should be impossible with Yan Zhaoge’s current cultivation base.

  Therefore, Yan Zhaoge whom they had originally thought dead currently standing before them in the flesh, they were all astonished, unable to get their heads around it.

  Wu Zixiu frowned, “In having come here this time, Little Friend Yan has an important matter to report. It cannot be delayed.”

  The other side clashed head-on, “Not verifying whether he is a spy of the Grand Xuan Dynasty, who knows if his news is real or false, actually being a scheme of the Grand Xuan Dynasty? Now that the Grand Xuan Dynasty is acting so strangely, he just happens to appear right now. Is it not suspicious?”

  Yan Zhaoge chortled, “Could the descendants of the Southeastern Exalt’s lineage be in cahoots with the Grand Xuan Dynasty, luring you into a trap?”

  Everyone momentarily felt suffocated.

  Copper Men Island’s Chief Gongsun Wu raised his brows, “Do not speak drivel. Such things cannot be joked about.”

  Everyone felt the same way. Having heard Yan Zhaoge’s earlier words, they could only feel as though their hearts were about to leap out of their chests.

  Of course that couldn’t be joked about. If the Southeastern Exalt were to back up the Grand Xuan Dynasty like this, they would be completely helpless to resist. There would also be no need for them to join hands like they were doing now. They might as well just disperse and make
their ways home.

  Even if it was just disciples of the Southeastern Exalt’s lineage who had such intentions, everyone would already have to carefully weigh the significance of things.

  Speaking of this again, if Golden Court Mountain really had such intentions, there would be no need for them to use schemes. They could simply just sweep over them with their overpowering might.

  While all the bigwigs were not doing anything, just standing there all at once, their aura was virtually sufficient to cause others to suffocate.

  However, Yan Zhaoge remained calm and at ease amidst his words, “Doesn’t it sound ridiculous, like it cannot be joked about? This already proves that it is completely impossible.”

  He raised his head, his gaze scanning across Luo Zhiyuan’s group, “However I managed to survive is not something that you should worry about. For now, the main issue at hand is how to deal with the upcoming situation within the Royal Reed Sea.”

  “Due to having angered the Southeastern Exalt, the Grand Xuan Dynasty will be retreating on a full scale and keeping a low profile. They have sent someone to the Southeastern Exalt to explain things, and before an end has come to this matter, the Grand Xuan Dynasty will first have to shrink back its head like a tortoise.”

  Yan Zhaoge smiled leisurely, “If everyone feels the current movements of the Grand Xuan Dynasty to be strange, this is the reason for it.”

  It was silent once more, silent as had never been before.

  The next moment, while no one spoke, private conversations erupted mightily amongst the crowd.

  True essence roiled as sound transmissions occurred all around.

  Everyone exchanged looks all over the place, their gazes full of shock and disbelief.

  The Pavilion Lord of the North Sea Sword Pavilion, Gu Hong, asked in a deep tone, “What exactly was this about? How did the Grand Xuan Dynasty anger the Southeastern Exalt?”

  During this time, Wu Zixiu had already conveyed things to Zhou Haosheng via sound transmission.

  After hearing it, Zhou Haosheng too was astonished beyond compare, his gaze full of inquisitiveness as he looked at Yan Zhaoge.

  Wu Zixiu glanced at him. Zhou Haosheng pondered deeply for a moment before nodding slowly.

  “It’s actually like this…” Wu Zixiu broke the apparent silence on the surface, beginning to narrate what Yan Zhaoge had come to find him about.

  After hearing all of it, everyone felt overwhelmed as they all stared at Yan Zhaoge, “That means…”

  Yan Zhaoge smiled, nodding, “Right. Sorry for my inadequacies, but strictly speaking, this matter was also caused by this Yan.”

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 699: Losing without battling, winning without battling

  HSSB699: Losing without battling, winning without battling

  Everyone’s gazes fell on Yan Zhaoge.

  Scanning his surroundings, Yan Zhaoge smiled, taking a Shadow Shrinking Pouch from Ah Hu behind him.

  After it had been opened, a corpse appeared before all of them. It was precisely the old man of the Shenling Nine Swords who had been in charge of covertly escorting the Heaven Bearing Ceremonial Fragrance and the other treasures back then.

  He being a Martial Saint, while he had been dead for a long time, his qi and blood having already deteriorated, his body had still yet to decompose.

  Aside from his skin that was greenish without blood visible on its surface, there was not much difference from when he had been alive.

  After seeing this old man’s features, the gaze of someone present narrowed slightly, “Liao Zheng, a major figure of the Shenling Nine Swords.”

  Yan Zhaoge said, “I coincidentally met this person, killing him and unexpectedly gaining the Heaven Bearing Ceremonial Fragrance, Earth Ocean Lung Crystals, Prime Chaos Soil and other treasures that he had been carrying.”

  “These treasures are all used to set up the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation, which this Yan just happens to know about. Therefore, I saw through their hidden scheme.”

  The corners of Yan Zhaoge’s lips curved lightly, “Afterwards, when I met descendants of the Southeastern Exalt’s lineage, I casually mentioned it to them.”

  Seeing the corpse before them, everyone fell silent.

  The Chief of Copper Men Island, Gongsun Wu, swivelled his head to look at a longtime Elder of his beside him, asking via sound transmission, “I hear that this Yan Zhaoge bears a Heaven Spying Orb?”

  The other party answered, “That’s right.”

  Gongsun Wu indiscernibly nodded, exchanging looks with Gu Hong, Zhou Haosheng and Luo Zhiyuan.

  The bigwigs of the great sects were all silent as well now.

  Luo Zhiyuan’s gaze remained focused intently on Yan Zhaoge, growing increasingly deeper.

  Yan Zhaoge laughed inwardly. Luo Zhiyuan and Gu Hong’s previous words had revealed that they already knew about the matter of Nong Yuxuan stealing his credit.

  It seemed like in the great battle at the Heavenly Inheritance Region and the Suffering River Region previously, Qi Wei and Madame Kang had indeed been primarily targeting him, Yan Zhaoge, instead ignoring the likes of Zhang Chao, Elder Qi and Yue Baoqi.

  All the people of the various sects who had been present then were still alive. With the Radiant Light Sect unable to conceal the news, who had broken the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation no longer remained a secret.

  Having heard Elder Qi and the others report the events of back then, Gu Hong and the other bigwigs had come to know that Yan Zhaoge possessed a Heaven Spying Orb.

  Therefore, even those of the Radiant Light Sect were not wasting their energy on continuing to question Yan Zhaoge now.

  Actually, in truth…Yan Zhaoge had not used the Heaven Spying Orb to record the scenes of what had gone on in the valley where the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation had been erected.

  Firstly, Kang Ping was too powerful, his methods strange and domineering. Sensing with his aura and diffusing his true essence, he would have been able to obstruct the spying of the Heaven Spying Orb.

  Secondly, in order to guard against Kang Ping, Zheng Ming’s group had circulated the defences of the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel to the maximum.

  Beneath the dense multi-coloured light, all had been bright as it would have been impossible for the Heaven Spying Orb to record anything.

  Just placing an orb outside, Kang Ping would have been able to detect it instantly, directly shattering it from far away amidst space.

  It was just that Yan Zhaoge naturally wouldn’t explain all this to Gongsun Wu and the others.

  They could just guess whatever they wanted to guess. It was more beneficial to him this way.

  Anyway, Zheng Ming and the others were still in the Royal Reed Sea. It was not like Yan Zhaoge really had no way of proving this.

  Gu Hong was silent for a moment before he looked at Yan Zhaoge, solemnly cupping his hands towards him, “Speaking of it, my North Sea Sword Pavilion already owes Little Friend Yan for the matter of the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation back then.”

  “Now, Little Friend Yan has even discovered a hidden secret of the Grand Xuan Dynasty, causing the Southeastern Exalt’s lineage to make a move and inflicting a great blow on the Grand Xuan Dynasty’s arrogance. This Gu first thanks you here.”

  Before this, the Grand Xuan Dynasty had unquestionably been the more powerful side in the overall battle, also having been at the upper hand as they possessed the initiative as well.

  The anti-Xuan coalition had been forced to just deal with whatever was thrown at them.

  The Grand Xuan Dynasty having changed its target to the Radiant Light Sect’s headquarters instead, this had inevitably left the anti-Xuan coalition in a bind, caught between a rock and a hard place.

  Gu Hong, Luo Zhiyuan and the others had only been able to barely cope with it. It should be said that bar any major occurrences, the goal they had been striving towards was merely the lowering of their losses to the greatest possible ex
tent.

  They would most likely suffer a loss. It was just-how great a loss would it ultimately turn out to be?

  Now, however, Yan Zhaoge had caused a major occurrence for them and the Grand Xuan Dynasty.

  It was not just that. The Southeastern Exalt’s lineage having been drawn into the fray as well, the battle situation in the entire Royal Reed Sea was about to be reversed completely.

  The anti-Xuan forces had virtually won without battling, the Grand Xuan Dynasty virtually losing without battling.

  This even caused Gu Hong, Luo Zhiyuan and the others to feel somewhat at a loss, as if they had been defeated somehow.

  The one who had caused all this was precisely the youth before them who had just stepped into the Martial Saint realm not long ago.

  The Radiant Light Sect felt especially awkward, because had the Grand Xuan Dynasty not retreated, it was most likely that their headquarters would eventually have been destroyed by them as a result.

  Yet, the gazes of Luo Zhiyuan and the others that were currently on Yan Zhaoge definitely couldn’t be called friendly at all.

  They definitely wouldn’t believe that Yan Zhaoge had been trying to get on their good side with this, repairing the relationship between them.

  Scanning the surroundings, let alone the North Sea Sword Pavilion and the Dim Darkness Sect, even those of Copper Men Island currently had faces full of admiration as they looked at Yan Zhaoge now.

  Luo Zhiyuan and the other Radiant Light Sect experts vaguely felt a sense of crisis arise within their hearts.

  The Chief of the Dim Darkness Sect, Zhou Haosheng, now sighed, “Little Friend Yan was truly remarkable in having mightily overturned the raging tides. It is just a pity that while we have received the news, it is still a bit too late at the end of the day.”

  “The earlier skirmish caused us to lose the chance to pursue and attack the Grand Xuan Dynasty. Now, it is already too late for that.”

  Yan Zhaoge instead smiled, “Maybe there is still a chance.”

  Hearing his words, everyone’s gazes simultaneously fell on him.