The first time Yan Zhaoge had seen him, Xia Guang had been extremely young for a Martial Saint, really being like a youth considering his longevity.
Now, relative to his longevity, he was truly about to reach old age.
“While I was on the way to a cave manor, I previously passed by the Consecutive Drum Mountain Range. I have heard about your family’s matter,” Yan Zhaoge said candidly, “I just did not know at the time that someone of the Xia Family still lives on in this world.”
Hearing this, thinking of his deceased family members, sorrow arose in Xia Guang’s heart once more.
“I encountered quite a number of Three Foot Mountain martial practitioners in that cave manor. This is only one of them,” Yan Zhaoge scanned the corpse of the decapitated Elder of Three Foot Mountain, “They must be the ones who decimated your Xia Family?”
Xia Guang ground his teeth, “Definitely so! Back then, the Chief of Three Foot Mountain personally led them in slaughtering everyone of my Xia Family!”
“They have all already been slaughtered by me,” Yan Zhaoge said mildly.
Xia Guang was instantly stunned.
Yan Zhaoge continued, “Still, there is no need for you to thank me. I only killed them because they were competing with me over the treasures in the cave manor.”
“That…even so, I still have to thank you!” Xia Guang regained his wits, exclaiming rather emotionally.
His hands behind his back, Yan Zhaoge looked at Xia Guang, “What are you planning to do next? It is not just those who decimated your Xia Family and entered the cave manor who compose the entirety of Three Foot Mountain. They still have many disciples in the Green Peak High Plains.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 963: Upper Exalt
HSSB963: Upper Exalt
Their Chief included, a great many of Three Foot Mountain’s peak experts had been slain by Yan Zhaoge.
Their two major treasures, the soul flag containing the remnant soul of a Golden Crow and the high-grade Sacred Artifact, the Golden Crow Incinerating Heaven Sabre, had both fallen into Yan Zhaoge’s hands as well.
Having suffered a great blow to their vitality, that Three Foot Mountain’s strength would drastically plummet was already virtually set in stone.
Still, they were not all that easy to take down even now. Three Foot Mountain still had quite a few experts.
With their forces who had entered the Daoist temple having been completely wiped out, no longer would Three Foot Mountain reign supreme in the Green Peak High Plains like before.
Even so, Three Foot Mountain would still be a renowned major sect of the Green Peak High Plains or the Consecutive Drum Mountain Range.
It was still a massive entity to Xia Guang.
The Three Foot Mountain martial practitioners who had decimated the Xia Family were actually that batch who had entered the cave manor that was the Daoist temple.
While Xia Guang had not personally taken revenge, with that final Three Foot Mountain Elder having had his head separated from his body in front of him, the killers from back then could be considered completely exterminated.
It was just that he still had his rage over his destroyed eye which had not diminished in the slightest.
Glaring savagely at the Golden Crow Incinerating Heaven Sabre and soul flag that Yan Zhaoge took out, Xia Guang declared with pent-up fury, “Their Three Foot Mountain decimated my entire family, not leaving anyone else alive besides me at Listening Thunder Peak that day. After I have seen some accomplishments in the martial arts in the future, I must definitely decimate Three Foot Mountain!”
“Only when one side between my Xia Family and their Three Foot Mountain has died out can this matter be considered over!”
Yan Zhaoge asked in a neutral tone, neither affirming nor refuting him, “Oh? You’re so determined?”
Xia Guang nodded vehemently in response.
Still, looking at Yan Zhaoge, he suddenly felt rather embarrassed.
It was rather laughable, how he was currently unable to even preserve his own life for sure yet was vowing in front of someone else that he would make sure an entire major sect paid for their deeds.
This was especially so when the person before him was really a benefactor who had helped him to slay many of his enemies.
“I know that this will be very difficult,” Xia Guang calmed greatly, yet spoke even more resolutely, “Still, I definitely won’t give up.”
“A hundred and twenty-seven people died at my Xia Family. I want Three Foot Mountain to pay a hundred and twenty-seven lives at the very least!”
Looking at Xia Guang’s resolved, brutal face from the side, Ah Hu thought, “With his temperament, he definitely would not target those weaklings. He definitely would not just casually look for some younger disciples of Three Foot Mountain with weaker cultivation bases to fill up these numbers.”
Xia Guang’s targets would definitely be the higher echelon experts of Three Foot Mountain.
To him, his greatest desire would really be to decimate Three Foot Mountain entirely.
Ah Hu was very calm despite this. While exterminating entire lineages might seem rather brutal to ordinary people, it was very common in the world of martial practitioners.
“The courage when the blood rushes to your head is not true courage. Ignorant courage is also not true fearlessness,” Yan Zhaoge said mildly, “Three Foot Mountain is also not as simple as you think.”
“Even if you have the ability to defeat the combined forces of everyone of Three Foot Mountain, it does not mean that you can really decimate Three Foot Mountain.”
Smiling, Yan Zhaoge said, “Also, if you decimate Three Foot Mountain and complete your revenge, things might still not end just like that.”
Xia Guang was rather dazed upon hearing this, “Mist…Mister Yan…”
“How much do you know about Three Foot Mountain?” Yan Zhaoge asked.
Looking at the soul flag and Golden Crow Incinerating Heaven Sabre before him, Xia Guang said a bit awkwardly, “I only know that they are from the Green Peak High Plains, having several Immortal Bridge Martial Saints and a high-grade Sacred Artifact, the martial art they cultivate in being comprehended from the great sun, the Solar Star, and the profundities of the Three Footed Golden Crow.”
While he was temperamental and unwavering, he was not a real fool as he reacted somewhat upon hearing Yan Zhaoge’s words, “Mister Yan, do you mean that Three Foot Mountain has even stronger experts as their backer?”
“You are not wrong. Three Foot Mountain’s martial arts indeed involve the profundities of the great sun, the Solar Star, their direct lineage supreme martial art being the Golden Crow Incinerating World Scripture,” Yan Zhaoge said, “Still, the scripture which Three Foot Mountain’s founder obtained after the Great Calamity was fragmented and incomplete.”
“Therefore, while Three Foot Mountain was also unordinary a century ago, it had far from as high a status in the Green Peak High Plains as it has now.”
“Besides the hard work of its experts, the glory that Three Foot Mountain enjoys today is attributed to a great extent to someone having helped them to restore the originally incomplete Golden Crow Incinerating World Scripture.”
Yan Zhaoge smacked his lips, “The complete version of that scripture is still rather remarkable.”
Xia Guang fully understood now, “That person who restored it is the backer behind them?”
“Who is it? Is it the Southeastern Exalt?”
Yan Zhaoge looked rather interestedly at Xia Guang.
The peak expert that Xia Guang was most familiar with was obviously the Lord of the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory, the Southeastern Exalt Cao Jie.
Still, despite asking this, Xia Guang did not look afraid.
While he seemed even more solemn, the gaze in his only remaining eye was resolute, not wavering or containing any fear in the least.
“It is not the Southeastern Exalt,” Yan Zhaoge shook his head, pausing for a moment before smiling,
“He is someone who is even stronger than the Southeastern Exalt.”
As he said so, Yan Zhaoge pointed upwards.
Xia Guang was taken aback, “Up…Upper Exalt?”
“Precisely so,” Yan Zhaoge said neither swiftly nor slowly, “The strongest of the ten.”
The peak existences of the World beyond Worlds were collectively acclaimed as Three Sovereigns Five Emperors, Exalts of Ten Territories.
The famed Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors aside, the Ten Exalts represented the eight cardinal directions and upper and lower, the two Exalts of Kunlun Mountain.
Upper and lower were superior to the directional ones here.
The Lower Exalt was the Earth Exalt Wang Zhengcheng.
He was the Lord of the central Jun Heaven Territory and of the direct lineage of the head of the Three Sovereigns, the Earthly Sovereign, having already been a Human Exalt a few millennia ago.
It was widely believed that if not for the heavy injuries he had sustained that year, he would long since have opened the door to Immortality, gaining an Emperor title.
Yet, this longtime Human Exalt of the World beyond Worlds with the highest seniority was inferior to one person amongst all those of the Martial Saint realm there.
He was the Earth Exalt not because it was similar to the title of the Earthly Sovereign who was his Master.
Instead, it was because he could not be the Upper Exalt!
There was someone who was even stronger than him!
The publicly acclaimed current number one Martial Saint of the World beyond Worlds.
Someone who was far younger than the Earth Exalt Wang Zhengcheng and even younger than the Southeastern Exalt and the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen too, being younger than all the other Exalts as he was even younger than many other martial practitioners whose cultivation bases were inferior to his.
Someone who was so young it was crazy.
At the present time, he had only lived for merely a bit over a century.
Relative to the longevity of Exalts, he was so young it was like he was still a mere infant.
He was publicly acclaimed as being the closest to Immortality amongst those of the World beyond Worlds.
“Two centuries ago Little Sword God, one century ago Heavenly Young Master,” Yan Zhaoge said smilingly, “The ‘Heavenly Young Master’ here refers to none other than him.”
“The former Heavenly Young Master and the current Upper Exalt-he is the one who helped Three Foot Mountain to restore their Golden Crow Incinerating World Scripture that year.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 964: Two centuries ago Little Sword God, one century ago Heavenly Young Master
HSSB964: Two centuries ago Little Sword God, one century ago Heavenly Young Master
Two centuries ago Little Sword God, one century ago Heavenly Young Master.
This was a widespread phrase in the World beyond Worlds. While not as deeply embedded within their minds as Three Sovereigns Five Emperors, Exalts of Ten Territories, it was still widely known.
The former half, ‘Little Sword God’, referred naturally to Long Xueji who had appeared for a time and shocked the world that year.
Of course, everyone in the World beyond Worlds believed his name to be Qian Xueji.
While he had not been active for a long time in the World beyond Worlds, having only been a Seeing Divinity Martial Saint then, Long Xueji had still earned quite a reputation for himself.
It was difficult for outsiders to determine the cultivation speed of Long Xueji whose origins were unclear.
Still, he had only been in thirties back then, so young it was unthinkable relative to what his cultivation base had been like.
Also, another reason for his great fame besides his youth and arrogance was that truly domineering might of his.
Traversing the world with his lone sword, he had beat all those of a similar age and cultivation level within the World beyond Worlds into submission.
Besides that well-known legend of how he had battled the Northern Exalt who had suppressed his cultivation base that year, when fighting those of the same cultivation level, Long Xueji had always ended the battle within three swords.
It was said that Long Xueji had set a marker for later geniuses of the World beyond Worlds which was truly difficult to surpass.
After he had mysteriously appeared and mysteriously disappeared again, a figure like him had not appeared in the World beyond Worlds for a long time.
It was until a hundred years later.
Around a century later, another monstrous genius had finally appeared in the World beyond Worlds.
Heavenly Young Master, Chen Qianhua.
He was a shocking talent, another Heaven’s favoured son who had shaken the entire World beyond Worlds at a young age.
Unlike Long Xueji’s short-lived reign, the Heavenly Young Master had been active throughout in the World beyond Worlds, having left behind many legends.
Eventually, he had become the youngest Human Exalt in the history of the World beyond Worlds.
He was well deserving of the title of the youngest legend of the past century in the World beyond Worlds.
Even more notable was how the young him had surpassed numerous predecessors within an extremely short period of time, even having surpassed the Earth Exalt Wang Zhengcheng.
While he fell short in front of Mars Halberd, Wang Zhengcheng who had already been an Exalt several thousand years ago was no weakling.
It depended on who he was pitted against.
Mars Halberd was an Immortal Artifact who had once roamed the vast universe alongside the Exalted Fire Luminary several thousand years ago as well.
The Brocade Emperor was famed throughout the world yet still could not defeat Mars Halberd bare-handed.
Wang Zhengcheng was an absolute expert in the Martial Saint realm. Still, there were peak experts even amongst peak experts.
The Upper Exalt Chen Qianhua was that strongest person who had attained heights that most would eternally be unable to reach throughout their entire lives within a short period of time.
The strongest of the Ten Exalts.
This was everyone’s recognition of his abilities.
At the same time, virtually no one doubted that he would definitely push open the door to Immortality, becoming a True Immortal.
The question, really, was when he would get that Emperor title.
In truth, in the eyes of many, let alone an Emperor title, even a Sovereign title was virtually assured for him.
Still, this Upper Exalt’s movements were hard to predict and he possessed a strange temperament.
Even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors could not easily discern and follow his thoughts.
Xie Guang did not really know much about this major figure who was too distant to him.
There was one thing he did know, however.
The peak expert whom he had been geographically closest to in the past, the Southeastern Exalt, was inferior to this Upper Exalt.
“I, I’m not afraid,” Xia Guang pursed his lips, exhaling slowly after a while, “I am just afraid that I might not be able to wreak vengeance on Three Foot Mountain. I mind not even if I end up dying immediately afterwards.”
He suddenly regained his wits, looking like he had something to say to Yan Zhaoge yet not saying it.
Yan Zhaoge knew what he was thinking, “Yes, there is a bit of a relationship between the Upper Exalt and Three Foot Mountain. Still, Three Foot Mountain is not where he comes from in the first place. It is Three Foot Mountain that owes him, not he who owes Three Foot Mountain. So, he may not stand up for Three Foot Mountain for sure.”
“More importantly, a whole bunch of Three Foot Mountain fellas was killed by me as I can be said to have crippled over half their sect.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled as he said, “If the Upper Exalt really wants someone to pay for this, I will be the first one he looks for.”
Xia Guang said resolutely, “I will definitely not l
eak the news.”
He had never even considered that Yan Zhaoge might silence him.
He was determined to protect Yan Zhaoge because he was his Xia Family’s benefactor, having slain a great many experts of Three Foot Mountain.
His hands behind his back, Yan Zhaoge appraised Xia Guang for a moment before smiling and asking, “And if someone said that they would help you to deal with your remaining enemies in exchange for selling me out?”
Xia Guang was taken aback for a moment before he shook his head, “I would not do so even then.”
“As you said earlier, Young Master Yan, Three Foot Mountain has been greatly crippled by you. If I succeed in my revenge, a great amount of it would still be thanks to you having acted against them.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, shaking his head, “Fate can be said to have brought us together. You look heavily injured. I have some medicinal pills here that can aid in your recovery. If your injuries go untreated for too long, they will accumulate and be hard to cure, ending up harming your very foundation.”
Now, a small porcelain bottle floated over to Xia Guang.
Xia Guang dazedly took it. Opening the porcelain bottle, a medicinal fragrance instantly wafted out from it which did not give off an intense feeling, instead feeling distant.
Just inhaling that medicinal fragrance, Xia Guang already felt much more comfortable.
He was shocked by this. Even the Clear Radiance Pill that he had sought so desperately was probably less efficacious than this, according to what he had heard about it.
“Thank…thank you,” Xia Guang said slowly.
The debt he owed Yan Zhaoge was becoming greater and greater to the extent that he knew not how he should repay him.
Thinking about it, there seemed to be no way that he could be of any use to Yan Zhaoge.
After all, Yan Zhaoge’s cultivation base was already so much higher than his.
While it was rather hard to accept, Xia Guang felt that even his steed seemed stronger than he was…
Yan Zhaoge asked nonchalantly, “So, what are your plans now?”
“Plans?” Xia Guang recalled the second stage of his simple three-step plan, “I need to find a way to get back to the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory.”
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