Chen Qianhua had a completely disappointed look on his face, “I should still give this a few more tries to see how it goes.”
“Why are you so persistent regarding this, elder brother?”
“Offspring from two human beings, how rare is that? Offspring from man and demon-there have also been quite a few examples of these over the course of history,” Chen Qianhua said casually, “Still, there has never been offspring from union of man and devil. I have a bit of interest in this.”
Chen Kunhua forced a smile. Everyone knew that fallen practitioners aside, the naturally born devils of the Nine Underworlds were all nourished and birthed naturally from the qi of extreme yin and evil of the Nine Underworlds.
Offspring could not be produced from the merger of yin and yang even amongst devils themselves.
He could not help but blurt out, “Elder brother, why do you always love to do such troublesome whilst also totally meaningless things?”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Chen Kunhua actually already regretted it.
The purple-clothed youth before him seemed not to be concerned about this at all as he casually replied, “Because I find it interesting.”
“You should know that interesting things are so precious and hard to come by. This world is such a dull place. I can only find some pleasure for myself.”
He left the room without so much as a backward glance. The Chief of Overgrown Jade Island and that female devil were completely thrown to the back of his mind as he was already totally not concerned with it. He always simply did as he pleased.
Behind him, Chen Kunhua sighed once more.
His elder brother was just like he had always been. Still, he could not always let him do as he pleased.
Along with the advancement of his cultivation base, his elder brother who had always acted as he pleased had been doing more and more ludicrous things.
However much the Three Sovereigns and Five Sovereigns cherished talent, they would probably feel dissatisfied with and wary of him somewhat.
The titles of Heavenly Young Master and Upper Exalt were still rather glorious, hence allowing him to obtain the approval of most people.
Still, whatever the actual situation was, they had to put on a show up front at the very least.
With that, things were much better for him as the Earthly Young Master.
Chen Kunhua shook his head, not following his brother immediately as he instead came before the Chief of Overgrown Jade Island and that female devil.
He soundlessly raised and brought down his palm, with the lives of human and devil brought to an end at once.
Devils would be reborn in the Nine Underworlds, but that was unimportant.
It was already sufficient so long as they were silenced.
Only now did Chen Kunhua leave the stone chamber whereupon he saw his elder brother seated again on the wooden armchair with a totally lazy look on his face.
Chen Qianhua naturally knew what his brother had done. Still, he didn’t care. Whether they were killed or not meant nothing to him.
“So you went to Broad Creed Mountain. How did it go?”
“They were stronger than I expected.”
Chen Kunhua narrated the entire course of events from Broad Creed Mountain’s opening ceremony.
Chen Qianhua listened on lazily. Only when he heard about the Earth Mother Dao Ritual, the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud and Yan Di’s origins did his eyes light up slightly.
“I like unexpected events like these,” The purple-clothed youth smiled as he got up and stretched lazily, “It has been a long time since I met anyone so interesting. If not for the fact that I have one matter on hand that I am even more interested in, I would really like to have some fun with them.”
Chen Kunhua looked at his elder brother upon hearing this as he was met with a mysterious smile, “Aren’t you curious as to why the Brocade Emperor failed to show up all throughout?”
“Was it your handiwork, elder brother?”
“No, it was Zhuang Shen’s,” Chen Qianhua said with a leisurely expression on his face, “Zhuang Shen was boring his entire life, but who would have thought that he would do such an interesting thing before his death. It is a pity that I did not notice it earlier. Otherwise, there may have been more pleasant surprises if I had headed to Broad Creed Mountain and rescued him.”
Chen Kunhua felt rather curious, “What exactly is up with the Brocade Emperor?”
Chen Qianhua smiled, “He’s gone crazy.”
Chen Kunhua was rendered dazed right there and then.
“You never would have thought, right?” Chen Qianhua laughed loudly, “Me too! That’s why I find it interesting!”
“How could I not go take a look for something like that?”
Amidst his laughter, he transformed into a streak of rainbow light, directly traversing numerous mountains as he disappeared from Overgrown Jade Island.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1055: Where it all began
HSSB1055: Where it all began
The Upper Exalt Chen Qianhua waved his sleeve and left.
Regaining his wits, the Earthly Young Master Chen Kunhua shook his head, finding it to be simply inconceivable, “The Brocade Emperor has actually…”
“How did Zhuang Shen do it?”
He had to admit that not only was his elder brother interested in this matter, he too was extremely curious regarding it.
This was a major issue which was likely to change the global situation of the World beyond Worlds!
Its influence was far greater than that from the death of the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen.
It was a pity, though. As this matter concerned too many things, he could not casually get involved in it like Chen Qianhua.
From the Brocade Emperor, Chen Kunhua came to think of that dazzling figure, “I wonder if there is anything that might be worth manipulating to bring about from this?”
He too left the back mountain of Overgrown Jade Island, not letting anyone be alerted in the least.
The corpse of the female devil transformed into black smoke and disappeared, not leaving any traces behind whatsoever.
The corpses of Overgrown Jade Island’s three Immortal Bridge Martial Saints had all been taken care of by him as it seemed as though they had undoubtedly perished from cultivation deviation.
It was very common for martial practitioners who were in death seclusion to not emerge for decades or even centuries.
Even if other martial practitioners on the isle discovered that their three Immortal Bridge bigwigs were dead, they would only believe that they had failed in their cultivation and thus perished together as a result, all their painstaking efforts over the years having gone down the drain.
The lofty Overgrown Jade Island which was renowned throughout the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory and reigned supreme over the Duckweed Sea would be falling from the clouds after today.
Everything had happened soundlessly with no one the wiser.
Chen Kunhua left the Duckweed Sea and headed north, returning to the central Jun Heaven Territory.
The Upper Exalt’s movements were unpredictable as he had no fixed residence and did everything according to his mood.
His cave manor in the central Jun Heaven Territory’s Kunlun Mountain had actually been given to his younger brother.
Second Young Master Chen also travelled outside constantly. Still, he stayed at Kunlun Mountain most of the time.
After all, this was the central part of the World beyond Worlds where the spiritual qi was the most abundant. It far surpassed that of the other eight Territories as well as elsewhere in the central Jun Heaven Territory.
Cultivation efficiency was much greater here as it was as though it was blessed by the heavens.
Still, when Second Young Master Chen returned to Kunlun Mountain, he suddenly received news.
“Yan Zhaoge has come to Kunlun Mountain?” Chen Kunhua wondered, “With the Sword Sovereign yet to return to
the World beyond Worlds, what is he doing here at Kunlun Mountain? Is it for the Brocade Emperor or for some other experts? Or could this be regarding the matter of his mother?”
……
Yan Zhaoge was currently standing amongst the myriad mountains of Kunlun Mountain.
Sensing the spiritual qi flow of the area, Yan Zhaoge nodded repeatedly, “This place that has inherited the name of the central peak of Daoism is extraordinary indeed.”
Kunlun Mountain’s position had been different even amongst all the five peaks of Daoism.
It was different from the other famous mountains to some extent.
This place had once been the dao arena of the Lord of Primordial Beginning of the Jade Clear lineage, one of the founders of the Three Clear lineages.
The Jade Clear direct lineage had been active in Kunlun Mountain in pre-Great Calamity times.
Sadly, following the Great Calamity, Kunlun Mountain too had been reduced to history.
Only after the World beyond Worlds had been created had Kunlun Mountain been created once more. That was why it was termed as New Kunlun.
Going by the introduction of Nie Jingshen, Wang Pu and the others, tracing the origins of the new Kunlun Nine Luminaries of the past, most of them originated from the orthodox lineage of the Jade Clear direct lineage from pre-Great Calamity times.
The Sword Sovereign’s lineage and that of his grandfather, Yan Xingtang, could be traced back to one of the twelve Immortals of the Jade Clear lineage in the era of the Investiture of the Gods, Cultivated Deity Jade Cauldron who had been a personal disciple of the Lord of Primordial Beginning.
Cultivated Deity Jade Cauldron had been a notable bigwig of Daoism as his legacy had also always been the highest accomplishment of the dao of the sword for the Jade Clear direct lineage.
His grandfather had created something new out of the old, bringing new life to the dao of the sword for Daoism with the Illusory Jade Heaven Opening Sword.
“While I never visited the actual Kunlun Mountain of pre-Great Calamity times, the abundance of the spiritual qi of this New Kunlun has already surpassed the average level of that of the great thousand worlds from pre-Great Calamity times. Only a few cave manors and blessed lands can be compared to this.”
Yan Zhaoge said rather interestedly, “The Northern High Peak, the Southern High Peak and Restful Immortal Valley are probably almost able to match with the Immortal realms of above the heavens from pre-Great Calamity times.”
At this moment, he was standing in the vicinity of Restful Immortal Valley with Nie Jingshen and the others.
Kunlun Mountain was split into north and south. The main peak of the south was Qilin Cliff as it was where the dao arena of the Earthly Sovereign was located. It was habitually known as the Southern High Peak.
The main peak of the north was Jade Capital Crag, being where the dao arena of the Sword Sovereign was located. It was habitually known as the Northern High Peak.
Besides these towering, precipitous peaks, there were also many other mountains and valleys around the area.
Restful Immortal Valley was one of these. Besides its abundant spiritual qi, it did not appear any unordinary at all as its scenery was very normal.
This was where the most mysterious and low key of the World beyond Worlds’ Three Sovereigns, the Concealed Sovereign, lived in seclusion.
He had been one of the new Kunlun Nine Luminaries alongside the Earthly Sovereign that year. Still, he had kept an extremely low profile in the years afterwards.
Amongst the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of the World beyond Worlds, he was a rare bigwig who often resided in the World beyond Worlds yet had an extremely meagre sense of existence. It was to the point where one might even wrongly believe his influence to be lower than that of the Five Emperors.
The Concealed Sovereign had seldom expressed his opinion within the World beyond Worlds all these years. Most of the time, he would stay silent or tacitly support the decisions of the Earthly Sovereign.
Still, those who truly attained greater heights would never overlook an existence like a Sovereign.
As the head of the Three Sovereigns, the Earthly Sovereign would generally direct the decisions in the World beyond Worlds. Besides his own strength, this could also be attributed to the frequent, formless support of the Concealed Sovereign.
Upon his arrival at Kunlun Mountain, due to his relationship with his grandfather Yan Xingtang and his senior apprentice-uncle Yue Zhenbei, according to propriety, Yan Zhaoge needed to pay a visit to Qilin Cliff and Restful Immortal Valley.
As the Earthly Sovereign was not in the World beyond Worlds, there was no need to go to Qilin Cliff for now.
Therefore, led by Nie Jingshen and Wang Pu, he headed to Restful Immortal Valley before going over to the Northern High Peak.
Still, according to the rules of the Concealed Sovereign, there was no need to enter. He merely needed to pay his respects.
Besides a few attendants, there was no one else present in the Restful Immortal Valley.
Amongst the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Earthly Sovereign had disciples like Wang Zhengcheng while the Sword Sovereign had disciples like Nie Jingshen, Bai Tao and Wang Pu too.
The Heaven Emperor had descendants like Qing Shuzi and Daoist Leading Mist. Besides his daughter Fu Ting, the Brocade Emperors had other disciples too.
The other three Emperors, the Female Emperor Jie Mingkong included, all had descendants too.
There was only the Concealed Sovereign who had no children, disciples or descendants as he was all alone.
Yan Zhaoge and the others left the Restful Immortal Valley, immediately departing for the Northern High Peak’s Jade Capital Crag.
The Southwestern Exalt Bai Tao had already returned alone to the southwestern Vermillion Heaven Territory before this. Thus, it was Nie Jingshen and Wang Pu who brought Yan Zhaoge along.
All these years, Jade Capital Crag’s affairs had generally been handled by Wang Pu in an orderly fashion.
Nie Jingshen spent most of his time cultivating.
They first bowed and paid their respects to those ancestral tablets.
As he saw the one that belonged to his grandfather, Yan Xingtang, Yan Zhaoge felt rather emotional.
After settling down Shi Jun and the others, Nie Jingshen bid Yan Zhaoge farewell as he went off to cultivate.
Wang Pu led Yan Zhaoge in leaving Jade Capital Crag and descending the Northern High Peak.
They were headed to a valley at the north of Kunlun Mountain.
This was named Bright Connection Valley.
It was naturally where the cave manor of Xue Chuqing’s Grand Master, the Bright Connection Emperor Hu Yuexin, had been located that year.
While outsiders did not know of this, Hu Yuexin possessed a cave manor in Kunlun Mountain too.
Of course, this had been over a thousand years ago. It had been investigated by several different groups of people countless times as it had long since fallen to dilapidation and ruin now.
However, Yan Zhaoge still decided to begin his search here where everything had first started.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1056: Scheming while fleeing
HSSB1056: Scheming while fleeing
Bright Connection Valley had long since been overturned by others many times through.
Not only had all the things there been taken away and investigated, even the environment had already changed.
The ground had even been dug up, the earth exposed.
According to Wang Pu’s words, due to the countless investigations, the current spiritual qi flow of Bright Connection Valley’s earth veins was already completely different from how it had been in the past.
“This place has been in ruins for many years. Still, your mother was smart as she even deliberately returned here to stay for a period of time before where no one would think to look for her,” Wang Pu said, “Therefore, after her departure, this place was searched and investigated o
ver once more.”
Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin, “I can understand that.”
Many people, the Earth Exalt Wang Zhengcheng included, had been trying to capture Xue Chuqing not only due to the pressure from the Immortal Court.
They too were similarly interested in that Heavenly Essence Stone fragment.
Whether or not the Heavenly Essence Stone truly possessed the function that Yin Tianxia and Hu Yuexin spoke of, it was a treasure that the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord and the Immortal Court yearned for greatly at the very least.
Its value was definitely not low.
Since that was so, whether they would keep it for themselves or hand it over, there was still a need to seize Xue Chuqing and obtain it.
Overturning the entirety of the Bright Connection Valley was naturally something they would have no qualms in doing.
Walking once around the area, Yan Zhaoge did not discover anything.
Still, he was vaguely caught by a rather strange feeling as inspiration seemed to flash past his mind. Still, it was gone in a flash as he was hard pressed to apprehend it.
After investigating the area again and confirming his inability to learn anything from it, Yan Zhaoge could only quell his thoughts and leave the Bright Connection Valley together with Wang Pu.
The two then searched those other places where Xue Chuqing was said to have appeared before.
It was only to be expected that these places would definitely have been searched by others before.
Under such circumstances, even if clues had initially been left behind, they would already have been obtained or damaged by those who had come before.
Wang Pu very patiently led Yan Zhaoge along in visiting all these places.
While he believed that they would not learn anything from this, merely gaining reassurance from the fact that they had made an effort, he bore no resentment in accompanying Yan Zhaoge throughout.
Yan Zhaoge was not disappointed, however. On the contrary, he felt his thoughts growing increasingly clearer the more he saw.
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