Yan Zhaoge felt that he had grasped that flash of inspiration from earlier.
While Xue Chuqing had not left behind any valuable clues at the places where she had resided before, these locations were actually thought-provoking in themselves.
If one were to connect the various coordinates with lines, they might find that some sort of rhythm seemingly existed within.
After realising this, Yan Zhaoge felt that his mother was really not simple indeed.
While she had been fleeing, this had not been the sole thought on her mind as she had even been up to some kind of scheme.
One might say that she had been fulfilling some sort of mission, which might be hers or instructions of her lineage.
Yan Zhaoge was still unable to get to the bottom of this rhythm right now.
Some of the places that Xue Chuqing had hidden in would surely have been chosen as impromptu hiding places due to some unforeseen circumstances and such.
In other words, they did not fit into that rhythm, not being part of her overarching plan.
At the same time, in order to conceal her true goal, Xue Chuqing would definitely had created many false trails too.
He would have to precisely exclude these locations before he might be able to restore the entirety of her plan.
Moreover, some of her hiding places might still be unknown as no one had discovered them thus far.
Before he had managed to gain a precise grasp of this, Yan Zhaoge would be unable to see through the profundities that existed therein.
This was especially so considering how most of the places that she had been to had been investigated on a large scale by those seeking to find her. Even if she had left some special mechanisms behind, they would long since have been deactivated or cleared away.
How would her scheme exert its effects?
Or was it to say that just having made a single trip to these places was already sufficient?
Next, had she already finished the route that had been pre-planned in her schemes?
How far away was she from the endpoint as of right now?
“Has anyone else besides me managed to see through this?” Yan Zhaoge wondered as he walked.
At this point in time, Yan Zhaoge already no longer planned to continue examining those locations.
He looked at the vast map of the World beyond Worlds and marked the points where Xue Chuqing had previously appeared based on the information provided by Wang Pu.
Then, he quietly observed these points and lines that might exist between any two individual ones.
Yan Zhaoge believed that others should have thought of this possibility as well. While they would doubt that Xue Chuqing had really been doing something like this, they would probably not have neglected any possibility whatsoever.
At a time like this, one would have to depend on their accumulated knowledge to seek the truth, finding the underlying rhythm that potentially existed.
With the current strength of Yan Zhaoge’s soul, it was not difficult for him to construct hundreds of crisscrossing lines in his mind to form thousands, ten of thousands of combinations.
He unceasingly recalled the various diagrams and information from his memories before performing some comparison and selection.
The combinations swiftly decreased as the wrong ones were eliminated non-stop.
While several hundred possibilities still remained, the search radius had already been reduced greatly.
Yan Zhaoge exhaled, next muttering to himself, “I will require more information from here on out. Rushing matters will not help.”
He composed himself before saying to Wang Pu, “Senior apprentice-brother Wang, it has been tough on you.”
“It looks like it would indeed be difficult to gain anything if we continue searching like this.”
Wang Pu smiled, “I understand your thoughts.”
Yan Zhaoge said, “Let us return to the Northern High Peak then. Still, there is a matter which I may have to ask you about when the time comes.”
“Of course,” Wang Pu nodded before looking at the surrounding environment, “Speaking of which, we are in the vicinity of Ingenious Flying Peak right now. You can be considered acquainted with Ingenious Flying Peak. How about paying them a visit?”
Yan Zhaoge answered, “Passing by without visiting would surely be rude. Also, I wonder if the Brocade Emperor has returned.”
Wang Pu immediately led the way as the two traversed the lofty peaks of Kunlun Mountain together.
Ingenious Flying Peak was a part of Kunlun Mountain. As the main peak of that area, it was surrounded by an endless range of mountains which could all be considered landmarks in their own right.
The Brocade Emperor’s dao arena, Red Lotus Cliff, was the highest peak of Ingenious Flying Peak.
As Yan Zhaoge and Wang Pu paid a visit now, Red Lotus Cliff naturally treated them with due respect.
First not speaking of how Yan Zhaoge currently possessed unordinary strength and status, Wang Pu was a ninth level Martial Saint and a disciple of the Sword Sovereign Yue Zhenbei who represented the Sword Sovereign in managing the usual affairs of Jade Capital Crag. This was worth Ingenious Flying Peak treating him with the utmost respect beneath only the Brocade Emperor.
Of course, the martial practitioners of Ingenious Flying Peak inevitably felt rather awkward as they saw Yan Zhaoge at this moment.
Amidst their awkwardness, they appeared rather anxious.
As Yan Zhaoge arrived at Red Lotus Cliff, he saw ‘Grand Red Lotus’ Fu Ting whom he had not seen for many years.
Close to seven years had passed, yet Fu Ting still remained in secluded cultivation at Red Lotus Cliff, never once emerging. Her cultivation base had been improving by leaps and bounds, though.
She had been a fifth level Martial Saint in the past. Now, she was at the peak of the sixth level of the Martial Saint realm, the late Seeing Divinity stage, also already being confident of ascending the Immortal Bridge.
It was only because of her father, the Brocade Emperor, that she felt unable to settle down, thus having been delayed.
Both sides felt rather emotional as they saw each other. Fu Ting first congratulated Yan Zhaoge on the success of Broad Creed Mountain’s opening ceremony before expressing her apologies yet again.
“There is no need to stand on ceremony, Miss Fu. Speaking of the Brocade Emperor’s current situation, it might still be because of this Yan and Broad Creed Mountain,” Yan Zhaoge said, “It probably is not the case that the Brocade Emperor went back on his word and failed to show up. Instead, there must have been a cause behind this.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1057: A deep valley within Kunlun Mountain
HSSB1057: A deep valley within Kunlun Mountain
Looking at Yan Zhaoge, Fu Ting nodded lightly, “Looking from the current situation, my father is indeed being tied down by some matter. Someone did not wish for him to attend your sect’s opening ceremony.”
“Even so, I am still deeply apologetic at how my father ultimately failed to fulfil his promise.”
Yan Zhaoge said, “During my sect’s opening ceremony, the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen’s lot vaguely hinted at this with their words. They seemed confident from the start that the Brocade Emperor would be unable to make it to our opening ceremony in time.”
“The Heaven Emperor, though, did not seem to be privy to this.”
Fu Ting was rather taken aback upon hearing his words, “Oh? We were still suspecting earlier that it might be the handiwork of the Heaven Emperor or the Southern High Peak’s Qilin Cliff.”
Yan Zhaoge said, “If I am not wrong, this may have been caused by Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope.”
Fu Ting was even more surprised upon hearing this.
While the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen had been one of the World beyond Worlds’ Ten Exalts, the lord of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory, it would really be shocking to say that he possessed the ability to trap the Brocade Emperor
for a great many days.
Fu Ting knew that Yan Zhaoge had no need to malign Wutong Slope regarding this matter.
Zhuang Shen had already perished in the Royal Reed Sea. Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope would be completely unable to withstand Broad Creed Mountain’s upcoming domineering advance into the southern Blazing Heaven Territory.
There was no need for Yan Zhaoge to frame Wutong Slope at all, giving them another enemy in the form of Ingenious Flying Peak.
“While I cannot be completely certain of this, I feel that the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen seemed to have been the most confident back then.”
Yan Zhaoge had his own guess about this, but still could not be certain of it. Thus, he merely hinted at the matter. Still, it was already sufficient for Red Lotus Cliff to make a decision.
“When my father and I accepted the invitation of the Brocade Emperor back then, heading to the Minor No Hatred dao arena as guests, the Brocade Emperor suddenly left for outside and only returned after a very long time. I actually think that this might be related to today’s matter.”
Yan Zhaoge said, “At that time, it was none other than the Brocade Emperor who helped my sect and the southeast to obstruct the Heaven Emperor, wrecking the plans of he and Southern Zhuang.”
“Not long afterwards, my father and I arrived to find that the Brocade Emperor had suddenly left. I felt that the matter was out of the ordinary then.”
Fu Ting knit her brows, pondering for a moment before she finally said, “I asked father about this afterwards. Still, he merely told me that it was a private matter and did not tell me the reason.”
Yan Zhaoge lightly tapped his temples, “I suspect that the matter at the Minor No Hatred dao arena back then was actually a prelude to today’s incident!”
The other party had already been scheming for this at that time.
At the Minor No Hatred dao arena, he had simply been testing things out.
He had not known if this would be effective or how exactly things might unfold.
Following that matter, Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope had basically become confident of this.
It was only because the Ten Exalts had congregated at Kunlun Mountain and the Heaven Emperor and the Brocade Emperor had gone to extradimensional space that this matter had been delayed.
Only when Zhuang Shen had returned from Kunlun Mountain to the southern Blazing Heaven Territory, preparing to seek vengeance from Yan Zhaoge and Broad Creed Mountain, had this been actualised.
Thus, today’s situation had been created.
Still, Yan Zhaoge deeply suspected that Zhuang Shen’s lot themselves had actually been unclear on what sort of effects their plan might actually be able to exert.
They could only be certain that it would definitely be able to hinder the Brocade Emperor, preventing him from making it to Broad Creed Mountain’s opening ceremony in time.
That the Brocade Emperor was still missing even now was probably beyond their predictions.
The disappearance of the Brocade Emperor, one of the World beyond Worlds’ Five Emperors, was definitely no minor thing.
It was only because the Concealed Sovereign was in secluded cultivation and the Sword Sovereign and Earthly Sovereign were absent that nothing was happening. Otherwise, the Three Sovereigns would be alerted eventually, coming to look into this matter.
Fu Ting muttered to herself, “Could it be that Southern Zhuang contacted others for assistance?”
“But even Mars Halberd would not possess the ability to continually entrap my father.”
“Could it be some perilous danger from some unique part of extradimensional space?”
Despite their puzzlement, the martial practitioners of Ingenious Flying Peak still directed their attention towards the south.
Though Zhuang Shen had perished, Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope still existed.
They might just be able to find someone there who was aware of what had happened.
Yan Zhaoge knew that everyone from Ingenious Flying Peak was currently worried about the Brocade Emperor. Therefore, he did not linger as he took his leave of Fu Ting and the others.
The martial practitioners of Red Lotus Cliff apologised again as they respectfully escorted Yan Zhaoge and Wang Pu out.
Gazing back at Ingenious Flying Peak, Yan Zhaoge wondered, “It would be understandable if he were a Martial Saint, even a Human Exalt. Someone who is already a True Immortal should be fine, right?”
He shook his head, ceasing in his thoughts as he returned with Wang Pu to Northern High Peak’s Jade Capital Crag.
“Senior apprentice-brother Wang, there is something which I would like your help with,” Yan Zhaoge requested on the way back.
Wang Pu smiled, “I have been curious ever since you mentioned it before.”
“What is this about? Say it, and I will help you out if I can. If I cannot, we can only wait for Master to return first.”
Yan Zhaoge chuckled, “You would definitely be able to get it done, senior apprentice-brother Wang.”
Wang Pu asked interestedly, “Tell me about it then.”
“Look over there,” Yan Zhaoge halted, standing atop the air as he pointed towards a distant valley.
Wang Pu glanced at it and soon said after identifying their surroundings, “That is Dragon Butterfly Valley which does have abundant spiritual qi. Why? You like it and want a branch altar for your Broad Creed Mountain there?”
He looked back at Yan Zhaoge, “I’m afraid we would have to wait for Master to return first.”
Dragon Butterfly Valley was an ownerless land. Still, according to the rules of Kunlun Mountain, only the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors could establish dao arenas or cave manors.
The Earth Exalt Wang Zhengcheng resided at Southern High Peak’s Qilin Cliff which was actually the dao arena of his Master, the Earthly Sovereign. His own cave manor was elsewhere other than Kunlun Mountain.
The sole exception was the Upper Exalt Chen Qianhua. When he had attained the Human Exalt stage that year, the Three Sovereigns had granted him special permission to establish a manor of his own at Kunlun Mountain.
Of course, people could look for places to hide like Xue Chuqing had done. Many would sneak into Kunlun Mountain to cultivate. Still, they would be sent off the mountain if they were discovered.
Wang Pu smiled, “This is not me being stingy and tyrannical.”
Yan Zhaoge nodded slightly, “The spiritual qi at Kunlun Mountain is too dense. It would be more efficient for cultivation in the short term. Yet, if they were to reside here for long periods of time, most martial practitioners would instead be unable to take it.”
“Only experts who have pushed open the door to Immortality are suited to reside here, establishing their cave manors amidst the spiritual qi flow of the heavens and earth of the surrounding area.”
Yan Zhaoge himself would certainly not be worried about this problem. As he bore the Cyclic Heavenly Scripture and Yin Yang Heavenly Scripture, his body would be able to tolerate it.
As his mother possessed a half of the River Diagram, she naturally had no need to fear this as well.
The Upper Exalt’s ability to establish a manor here truly added another brush stroke to his legend.
“You and senior apprentice-uncle Yan are of Grand Master’s bloodline and both possess strength no inferior to that of Upper Chen’s,” Wang Pu said, “While it may still be a bit early for you to establish a manor in Kunlun Mountain, it is not impossible. Still, we would require Master’s help for that too.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, shaking his head, “You misunderstand, senior apprentice-brother Wang. It is not that my Broad Creed Mountain wishes to establish a manor here. Instead, I wish to personally utilise this place.”
“I would like you to help with making sure that I am not interrupted during this process.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1058: Affecting the entire World beyond Worlds
HSSB1058: Affecting
the entire World beyond Worlds
“You wish to personally use it?” Wang Pu’s gaze flickered as he looked at Yan Zhaoge, “What is it that you want to do there?”
Yan Zhaoge’s skill at creating trouble was not inferior to his talent in the martial dao in the least.
Having collected information on Yan Zhaoge, Wang Pu had gained a deep understanding of him.
He knew how Yan Zhaoge had wrecked the plans of the Heaven Emperor in the Royal Reed Sea initially and how he had made a trip to the south and wrecked half of Phoenix Ritual Mountain afterwards.
Even less had to be said about how he had mightily resisted the Heaven Emperor at Broad Creed Mountain’s opening ceremony in the Royal Reed Sea only recently.
Yan Zhaoge’s name of Fallen Deity was already publicly recognised throughout the entire World beyond Worlds by now.
Still, his reputation for creating trouble was similarly resplendent.
It was just that he was mostly able to take care of the trouble that he himself had provoked and created.
Yet, a warning bell tolled loudly in Wang Pu’s heart now as he felt his head growing slightly numb.
“Why are you so nervous, senior apprentice-brother Wang?” Yan Zhaoge chuckled, “This is a good thing, a good thing of course.”
He gazed over in the direction of Dragon Butterfly Valley, “When passing by there earlier, I noticed some special characteristics in the spiritual qi flow there.”
“I would like to excavate a space in that area. It should be extremely suitable for refining pills and artifacts.”
Wang Pu was slightly taken aback, “Oh?”
While he was not all that familiar with Dragon Butterfly Valley, he was surely more familiar with it than Yan Zhaoge was.
Yet, he had not detected such advantages which were to be found in this area.
Yan Zhaoge smiled, flipping his palm. A massive pill cauldron flew out from his Shadow Shrinking Pouch, growing within the air as it appeared before Wang Pu.
Wang Pu gazed carefully at it, a quizzical look appearing on his face.
He was clearly able to tell that the pill cauldron was unordinary. He carefully observed it again to confirm it before looking at Yan Zhaoge, “This is an Internal Crystal Furnace?”
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