After leading Yan Zhaoge inside, Heng Xianda said, “The news has already been broadcast like you wished, Mister Yan. Most within the central Jun Heaven Territory already know the name of the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion. As for the other eight Territories, they have gotten wind of it too.”
The Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion was the name that Yan Zhaoge had decided on. He had already informed Wind Thunder Manor of it previously, requesting them to create hype through all those relevant channels that they had.
The site for the pavilion had already long since been decided as well, even having previously begun construction as it was already nearing completion now.
Of course, the location was not in the Consecutive Cloud Mountain Range. If they were put alongside Wind Thunder Manor, that would really be too crowded.
“Thank you for your efforts, old Manor Lord Heng,” Yan Zhaoge smiled, “I was busy with many things before this as things were thus delayed for a time. Still, the first batch of treasures will be produced very soon.”
He knew that Heng Xianda and the other Wind Thunder Manor martial practitioners were surely hungriest for that Vajra Thunder.
The reason for them being so enthusiastic and diligent was that they wished to acquire a large amount of Vajra Thunder from Yan Zhaoge.
To those of Wind Thunder Manor who were proficient in artifact forging and did not lack any external goods, the greatest problem they faced were bottlenecks in their cultivation as this, therefore, was what they yearned for most desperately.
“If there is anything you are busy with, you can work on it as is necessary, Mister Yan. This old man will definitely make sure that nothing goes wrong with all the extraneous tasks in the initial stage,” Heng Xianda smiled widely, “It is just- I wonder if Mister Yan has a specific date in mind for your official opening?”
Yan Zhaoge mentally did some calculations before answering, “Half a year at least, a full year at most.”
“Oh, Mister Yan, isn’t this a little too…” Heng Xianda ventured hesitantly, “If too much time passes, people may not continue paying as much attention to it as they are now.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, “That’s fine. According to what you have said, the focus of the world on this has still yet to reach the peak right now. It can still go higher.”
“Of course, your worries are not baseless, old Manor Lord. This Yan naturally has plans for this. Creating a bit of a stir once in a while will surely be necessary such that the attention does not dissipate.”
Heng Xianda nodded, “Since you already have your own ideas regarding this, this old man will speak no further on it. I believe that this pavilion will be spectacular in the future.”
“Spectacular, huh?” Yan Zhaoge laughed.
It would indeed be spectacular in a way that the current Heng Xianda and co would never be able to imagine.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1129: Finally, after a long time
HSSB1129: Finally, after a long time
After leaving Wind Thunder Manor, Yan Zhaoge set off for Kunlun Mountain.
He first made a trip to the Concealed Sovereign’s dao arena at Restful Immortal Valley.
There were no pleasant surprises to be had as the Concealed Sovereign was still in seclusion there.
Yan Zhaoge could naturally only hold on to what Chu Lili had entrusted him with in the Roving Jade Heavens.
After leaving Restful Immortal Valley, Yan Zhaoge headed to Northern High Peak’s Jade Capital Crag where he said hi to Wang Pu and the others.
Qiu Jiahai was currently working on the establishing of the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion as requested by Yan Zhaoge as he was away from the mountain.
Xiao Ai had gone off with him too.
Right, Xiao Ai was the person whom Yan Zhaoge had arranged for to manage the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion’s general affairs.
While she would go man-crazy and money-mad once in a while, always acting like a little girl in front of Yan Zhaoge, she had experienced much in having roamed the world with Xue Chuqing in the past as she had the capability to hold her own as was necessary.
While she might still be somewhat inexperienced, she had the potential and was worth developing.
Along with Qiu Jiahai to watch over her, nothing should go wrong.
As for whether she might give some customer a discount because she found them handsome after operations had begun, Yan Zhaoge could only feign obliviousness then.
“As long as she doesn’t fall prey to some pretty boy scheme and get taken down, it should be fine,” Yan Zhaoge thought rather ignobly.
Managing a treasure trove like this was truly a wonderful job for someone like her whose eyes sparkled when she saw money.
Even though she did not own them, just being part of the process gave her great fulfilment.
Still, with that, Xiao Ai lost her status as maid as she was unable to serve Yan Zhaoge all the time as she wanted. Xiao Ai felt somewhat regretful at losing this status.
She had still not gotten used to the change in having gone from a maid to a supervisor.
“The things you have asked for have mostly already been sent to Dragon Butterfly Valley,” Wang Pu said, “Some of them are rather low in quantity. When more arrives, they will be sent over as quickly as possible too.”
Yan Zhaoge clapped his hands, “That’s wonderful. Thank you, senior apprentice-brother Wang.”
He also described his experiences this time to Wang Pu and the others in a succinct manner, meanwhile omitting the parts that were inconvenient.
“We should pay close attention to the Brocade Emperor’s situation.”
Wang Pu had originally been of the same opinion as Liu Zhenggu on the contest between the white and black Brocade Emperors.
After communicating with Yan Zhaoge, he too changed his stance, coming to support the white-clothed Brocade Emperor.
Still, as the whereabouts of the two were currently unknown, he too could not do anything about this even if he wanted to as he could only wait and see.
“If your judgment of their temperaments is correct, there is something you must be wary of,” Wang Pu suddenly said after pondering for a time, “You must beware the black-clothed Brocade Emperor openly attacking the east but actually attacking the west. He could draw the attention of the white-clothed Brocade Emperor with the Four Grands Earlier Heaven Flag before suddenly turning around and launching a strong offensive.”
Yan Zhaoge understood what he was getting at. The black-clothed Brocade Emperor might suddenly shake off the white-clothed Brocade Emperor before murderously returning to the World beyond Worlds, launching a sneak attack on Fu Ting and Meng Wan as well as Yan Di, the owner of the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud.
“Your reminder makes much sense, senior apprentice-brother Wang,” Yan Zhaoge nodded, “I too discussed the possibility with my father earlier. While it is somewhat less likely to happen, it is true that it must be guarded against.”
The current situation was such that for either the white or black-clothed Brocade Emperor to continue advancing their cultivation bases, they would first have to get rid of the other party.
This was the foundation of everything which had to be settled before anything else was even discussed.
In the competition between the two, the Four Grands Earlier Heaven Flag naturally served an integral role as an Immortal Artifact.
If the black-clothed Brocade Emperor forsook the Four Grands Earlier Heaven Flag and returned to the World beyond Worlds to first handle these other affairs, this would undoubtedly be taking a risk.
Still, having gone through the cost-benefit analysis, one had to conclude that the possibility did exist.
Although the black-clothed Brocade Emperor would not be able to defeat the white-clothed Brocade Emperor having lost the Four Grands Earlier Heaven Flag, it was actually not absolutely necessary for him to face the latter alone.
Such contests were not simply about martial superiority as the right of might existed wit
h the victor.
“If Master returns, the black-clothed Brocade Emperor would not dare to take this risk,” Wang Pu said, “Master would definitely not let him go if he sought to do senior apprentice-uncle Yan harm.”
“If he wants to act against senior apprentice-uncle Yan, he must first be sufficiently confident of successfully advancing within a short period of time to become a Sovereign afterwards. Only with the ability to withstand Master’s wrath would it be possible for him to do so. Otherwise, calculating the gains and losses, he would definitely not choose to do so lightly.”
Still, Wang Pu too was not certain on when the Sword Sovereign might be able to return to the World beyond Worlds, “If Master does not return, I wonder how likely it is for the black-clothed Brocade Emperor to take this risk?”
“Perhaps he might be able to contact some others beforehand, receiving their aid in withstanding senior apprentice-uncle Yue,” Yan Zhaoge smiled, “If only he alone takes the risk, his chances now would be much lower.”
Hearing this, Wang Pu smiled too.
Nie Jingshen was not like any normal ninth level Martial Saint in having ascended to the Human Exalt stage.
As a sword cultivator who was proficient in offence rather than defence, he might not actually fare as well as Chen Qianhua could against a True Immortal.
Nie Jingshen was still effectively different from typical Human Immortals, though.
With him having ascended the Human Exalt stage, the pressure brought about by the Brocade Emperor had decreased greatly.
Moreover, the Sword Sovereign had also left an Immortal Artifact in the World beyond Worlds.
After finishing his discussion on some other matters with Wang Pu, Yan Zhaoge took his leave in departing Northern High Peak and heading towards Dragon Butterfly Valley.
There, many preparations had already been made beforehand with the help of Wang Pu and the other martial practitioners of Jade Capital Crag.
Ah Hu was waiting there for him as he instantly grinned widely upon seeing him, “You are finally back, Young Master.”
“It has certainly been eventful indeed,” Yan Zhaoge said, “Still, things have finally settled down somewhat, and I can finally get to doing these things that I have been planning for.”
As he stood at the centre of Dragon Butterfly Peak, a smile could be seen by the corners of his mouth as he sensed the spiritual fluctuations of the area.
He stomped lightly as the entire valley instantly shook in response.
Streams of radiance lit up, extending into the distance and forming a massive formation which enveloped the valley.
The radiance gradually dimmed now. Nothing could be seen from the outside though traces were still left behind on the ground of the valley.
Within the valley, the earth veins shook as multiple streams of spiritual qi shot out from the ground like geysers.
“Arise!” Ah Hu did as Yan Zhaoge had previously instructed, raising one large furnace after another which landed on the sources of those geysers from which spiritual qi was gushing.
A total of nine pill furnaces simultaneously opened now with their fires automatically coming alit.
The spiritual qi that surged from the earth veins was directed within, as though used as kindling.
As the nine pill furnaces circulated simultaneously, combining their strength in a formation, they gradually began drawing the spiritual qi cycle of the surrounding heavens and earth in converging towards the valley together.
A subtle change shockingly occurred with the spiritual qi flow about Kunlun Mountain with Dragon Butterfly Mountain as its centre.
“Very good,” Yan Zhaoge nodded satisfiedly as he saw this.
“Where do we start, Young Master?” Ah Hu asked in a simple and honest manner, “Vajra Thunder? That Wind Thunder Manor has been pretty diligent. Should we reward them so that they will work harder and more yearningly for us?”
Yan Zhaoge snapped his fingers, “Vajra Thunder will be second. Let us forge something else first.”
“Something that will be of use to we ourselves. I have been waiting for this day for a long time.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1130: One year of cultivation equivalent to others’ many years
HSSB1130: One year of cultivation equivalent to others’ many years
Standing in the air above Dragon Butterfly Valley above the nine furnaces, Yan Zhaoge waved his hands as dense mist circulated.
The dense purple qi instantly suffused the valley, being condensed and prevented from flowing outside.
Within the dense purple mist, a massive three-footed treasured furnace appeared. This was shockingly the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace.
Even now, this pill furnace was too wondrous and of too high a tier for Yan Zhaoge to control at this point in time.
Still, he could make use of the furnace’s miraculous aspects to implement some ideas that he had.
The nine Internal Crystal Furnaces down below assumed the positions of the nine palaces before collectively guiding the streams of purplish-gold radiance that surged out from the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace.
One big and nine small, a total of ten furnaces with one above and nine below.
Streams of splendid light vaguely constructed an even larger transparent and illusory furnace between them.
Yan Zhaoge tapped the furnace as purple mist surged inwards and dyed it a similar color.
Accompanying the purple mist into the furnace were the various materials that Yan Zhaoge had readied for artifact forging this time.
A purple fog was born within the furnace as subtle runes in space extended into the surroundings, gradually becoming a formation that resonated with the previous one engraved in the ground and enveloped Dragon Butterfly Valley.
Yan Zhaoge descended from mid-air and sat cross-legged upon that furnace that resembled a mountain peak.
Ah Hu stood beneath the furnace, sorting out the other materials while watching Yan Zhaoge up above.
Fog suffused Dragon Butterfly Valley but did not dissipate as it instead caused spiritual qi to converge from the surrounding heaven and earth.
Whether it was artifact forging or pill concoction, both took up great amounts of time as it was necessary for one to be patient and meticulous.
Despite having exerted numerous methods in order to cut down on this time period, Yan Zhaoge was still unable to circumvent the most fundamental steps.
With his focus completely directed on the task at hand, time became indeterminate for Yan Zhaoge.
Around a month later, Yan Zhaoge suddenly opened his eyes from atop the furnace as he yelled, “Open!”
He rose into the air alongside which the purple furnace began mightily disintegrating!
All-encompassing purple qi dispersed into the surroundings, forming thick layers of clouds.
The layout of a total of ten furnaces, one big and nine small, reappeared at the scene as streams of purplish gold light circulated, enveloping something in mid-air.
That was the fruits of Yan Zhaoge’s labour this time.
Having been informed beforehand that today was the day, Ah Hu rushed over excitedly for a look. He saw that enveloped by the purplish-gold light were seven longish metallic things, all curved at a certain angle.
Engraved on each of these curved metallic objects were spirit patterns containing unique and abstruse principles.
When they were all linked together, the connection between the seven of them seemed especially profound.
“What exactly can this do, Young Master?” Ah Hu asked curiously after circling around the objects a couple of times.
Yan Zhaoge extended a hand and waved lightly towards the seven long metallic objects.
They then descended in unison, surrounding Ah Hu before coming together to form what seemed like a long cage.
“This isn’t some torture device, right Young Master?” Ah Hu could not help but shiver as he saw this.
Yan Zhaoge joked, “Righ
t, you’ve been slacking off too much in cultivating recently. You need to be taught a lesson.”
Radiance lit up about the metallic structure, collectively forming a mechanism.
Ah Hu blinked, not sensing that any danger had befallen him within the cage.
Instead, the spiritual qi within had become denser and more refined!
Kunlun Mountain was the place with the most abundant spiritual qi in the World beyond Worlds in the first place. Those with lower cultivation bases would even be hard pressed to adapt to it due to the sheer amount of it.
While the spiritual qi in Dragon Butterfly Valley was still inferior to that in places like Northern High Peak, Southern High Peak and Restful Immortal Valley, it could still be considered top-tier.
Yet, as he stood within the mechanism, Ah Hu could feel that the spiritual qi around him had become even more pure and refined.
Even more miraculous was how he was able to easily adapt to it with his cultivation base of the Merging Avatar Martial Saint realm.
Such an environment was totally unheard of for Ah Hu.
“This isn’t some technique that pulls up the shoots to hasten the seedling’s growth, right?” As opposed to being overjoyed, Ah Hu instead felt fearful.
Yan Zhaoge exclaimed exasperatedly, “Can’t your thoughts be nicer?”
He tapped one of the curved metallic objects, “This art is known as the Seven Paths Centred Mechanism. It is an ancient art of pre-Great Calamity times that originates from the…Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace.”
While there had been as many experts as there were clouds in the Heavenly Court back then, it would still inevitably be the case that some would be lost from time to time.
In order to fill up their positions, there would be a selection of experts outside of the Heavenly Court even as they groomed their own talents.
Besides their vast amount of supreme martial arts and miraculous medicines, the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace also had many wondrous methods of grooming martial practitioners.
It was just that most of these arts were extremely stringent in their requirements.
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