History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474

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

  The dispute between Immortal Court and the Blessed Land was slowly calming down after the intense dispute a few years ago.

  If the opponent showed an obvious weak spot, they would definitely utilize the chance to deal a fatal strike, no matter if it was people from the Immortal Court nor the Blessed Lands.

  Now, the Immortal Court had spent a part of their stamina to pursue the Exalted Fire – Suo Mingzhang.

  However, the Blessed Lands that discovered their actions were staring intently at the Immortal Court.

  However, if they were to receive an actual clue about the Pill Hall like the Demon race and Roving Jade Heavens, there was a chance for them to intervene.

  There was no doubt about the value of the Pill Hall.

  “Other than that, I feel like there’s something weird about the Pill Hall. We have to be on our guards.” Yan Zhaoge said in a serious tone.

  [1] The previous translation mentioned him as “Zhenwu Emperor”.

  [2] Here’s a picture for reference purpose; despite it being sourced from Chinese Baidu.

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  “There’s something weird about the Pill Hall itself?” Nie Jingshen frowned when he heard it.

  Yan Zhaoge nodded, “I’m still not sure about the details, but I’m sure that there are some problems with that place.

  As he was talking, he looked at Yu Ye.

  The green-clothed girl seemed to be distracted.

  When she came along with Yan Di and the others, Yan Zhaoge had taken notice of this senior apprentice-sister of his. When walking or traveling through the void, her gaze didn’t seem to have any focal point. She seemed like she was daydreaming, and was contemplating her own life.

  It seemed like she was always deep in thoughts about the reasonings of heaven and earth, which caused her to ignore whatever was in front of her.

  Her interest in the Original Nebula didn’t seem to be any smaller compared to the interest towards the Pill Hall.

  It wasn’t until she met Yan Zhaoge and walked into the shaded area engulfed by the Dim Radiant Wheel that she came back to her senses, and greeted Yan Zhaoge with courtesy.

  She wasn’t someone unaware of courtesies. However, when she was not interacting with anyone, she would always habitually be daydreaming.

  After greeting Yan Zhaoge, she stepped back when Yan Zhaoge was talking to Yan Di, and her eyes seemed to turn hollow again. It didn’t have a focal point anymore and was just staring at blankness.

  However, her sword intent that was being contained still caused others to have a chill down their spine. It was as if it would unsheath at any time.

  Without it, others would be really worried about her, as she might be abducted by others anytime.

  After she felt Yan Zhaoge’s gaze looking towards her, focus immediately returned to her eyes.

  When the others were discussing just now, she was deep in her thoughts about understanding dao and didn’t have time to bother about their conversation. However, she was still listening to what they said.

  Everything seemed to have been stored for her in preparation. Now that she came back to her senses, she immediately came in handy.

  “Senior apprentice-uncle Tang and the others, as well as the three people of the Grand Clear lineage had all gone missing because of the Pill Hall.” Yu Ye nodded and said, “There might be something suspicious about that place.”

  Yan Di nodded slowly and was deep in thought.

  Yan Zhaoge had told him before about what Yu Ye had said.

  During that time, Yan Zhaoge was fighting for the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace together with the people of the Roving Jade Heavens and Ingenious Flying Peak.

  Everything happened very abruptly, which caused six Immortal Bridge Martial Saint Realm to go missing, and were devoured by the strength of the mysterious mechanism.

  According to Yan Zhaoge’s speculations, the origins of the mysterious mechanism was from the Pill Hall.

  After Nie Jingshen and Mars Halberd understood the situation, their expressions turned serious, “Someone was ahead of us? Or did a pre-Calamity expert take over it, and used it to escape the Great Calamity?”

  “I’m not sure about it yet. We can only be more cautious, and adapt to any changes.” Yan Zhaoge muttered to himself for a while, and said, “Actually, from what I can tell, the changes that happened at the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace seemed to be a trap purposely laid down by someone else.”

  Everyone’s gaze shifted towards Yan Zhaoge when they heard it. Yu Ye was no exception.

  “It’s like… a very primitive way of hunting.” Yan Zhaoge said to Yu Ye, “Please forgive me, senior apprentice-sister Yu. I didn’t mean to insult the senior apprentices that went missing. I was just making an example.”

  Yu Ye shook her head, “It’s fine, I understand.”

  She slightly blanked out for a moment, and said slowly, “According to Little Qing’s description of the aftermath, if junior brother Yan’s guess is correct, then the opponent would be a martial art practitioner with a higher cultivation.”

  “At the very least, he should already have ascended the Immortal Bridge?”

  Yan Zhaoge nodded, “That’s my guess as well. It is apparent that someone conspired this trap. It wasn’t the Pill Hall’s defence contraption.”

  “Since a trap is used to capture others, and not kill them on a spot…” Nie Jingshen asked the main problem, “What does the people that set up the trap want to accomplish?”

  Yan Zhaoge did not answer.

  After coming in contact with the ice cold will of the Pill Hall, he had a guess in his heart already. However, it hadn’t been proven yet.

  He didn’t feel that it was appropriate to say this guess out.

  Because its connections were too broad.

  “Maybe we’ll have to try and find the answer after we reach there.” Many scenes from Yan Zhaoge’s memories flashed through his mind. However, he didn’t show it on his face, and answered, “Let’s hope that those who were lost are still safe. We’ll be able to save them if we go there.”

  Yu Ye and the others nodded lightly, “We can only do this for now.”

  The group of people crossed the rainbow bridge, and continued advancing forward.

  At the end of the rainbow bridge, the hall finally appeared in Yan Zhaoge’s sight again. Its blurry appearance became clearer and clearer.

  However, based on his memories, the hall was supposed to be radiating with golden light, like a hall made out of white jade. Now, it was plain black.

  The closer they were to the hall, the more concentrated the medicine’s fragrance was. It made their whole body relaxed.

  However, when Yan Zhaoge and the others had came down from the rainbow bridge, the fragrance of the medicine suddenly turned into rows and rows of mist, blocking their path.

  “Although we have Exalted Wood’s inheritance to help us, we still have to use our brain to think of how to go in.” Yan Zhaoge was walking in the mist. In front of him, everything was blurry, and it was hard to determine the direction.

  When walking inside, Yan Zhaoge felt that he was just walking on the same spot.

  However, the ice cold will from before did not appear once more.

  This didn’t put Yan Zhaoge at ease. Instead, he was even more alerted.

  “The trap at that time didn’t seem like it can only be used once. The Pill Hall of the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace had been fully maintained, and was not in ruins. If so, wasn’t it making too much of a fuss for just capturing a few Immortal Bridge Martial Saint Realm?” Yan Zhaoge thought to himself.

  For humans, Immortal Bridge Martial Saint Realms were already very strong.

  Unless if they were Human Exalts standing on the pinnacle of a human being, Immortal Bridge Martial Saint Realm would indeed be the strongest existence.

  In front of Human Exalts, they m
ight seem to be weak. However, any of them would be able to move the mountains and fill the seas with a raise of their hands, and were capable of destroying both heaven and earth.

  If they were placed at those lower realms like Eight Extremities World, Flame Devil Word, or the Floating Life World, they could easily cause havoc to the world.

  However, those were just for humans.

  For the Immortal Realms above the Nine Heavens, humans were still humans in the end.

  The one who laid the trap had captured the six Immortal Bridge Martial Saint Realm, and also retrieve the Profound Sky Purple Golden Furnace. Yan Zhaoge predicted that his original plan was to repeat the same trick over and over again in order to capture more prey.

  However, he never expected his plan to be interrupted and ruined by Yan Zhaoge halfway through.

  Which was why he was so angry.

  Yan Zhaoge still remembered the ice cold will which was full of anger and vengeance very clearly.

  “You should be happy that I’m jumping into the trap myself.” Yan Zhaoge felt scornful in his heart.

  He looked at the mist blocking his path. After thinking for a while, he raised his finger and wrote in the air.

  The light left a mark in the air. It didn’t dissipate, and formed a few sigils.

  Many sigils were tangled against each other, and transformed into a door, which opened up in the mist.

  Yu Ye who was daydreaming turned around and looked at the door blankly. After being surprised for a short while, her focus returned to her gaze.

  “Junior brother Yan, did you perhaps acquire the Profound Sky Purple Golden Furnace?”

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  After hearing Yu Ye’s question, Yan Zhaoge nodded with honesty, “It was a coincidence for me to acquire the Profound Sky Purple Golden Furnace. Because of how huge of a matter this was, I had been keeping quiet about it, and even hid it from all of you. Please forgive me, senior apprentice-sister.”

  He looked at Nie Jingshen again, “Senior apprentice-brother Nie, please forgive me.”

  “It’s a shame to say this but, even though I got this powerful Immortal Relic for many years, I still can’t get it to work. Senior apprentice-uncle Yue hadn’t returned to the World beyond Worlds yet, while senior apprentice-granduncle Long and Profound Sovereign are still in seclusion, which caused the delay until now.”

  If they wanted to achieve something after entering the Pill Hall, the Profound Sky Purple Golden Furnace would play an important role.

  Since Yan ZHaoge had invited Nie Jingshen, Yu Ye, Mars Halberd and the others to go alongside him, he didn’t plan on hiding it any longer.

  If Yu Ye never guessed it out, Yan Zhaoge would have also told them later on his own.

  He was different from back then. Now that he had this level of cultivation, he didn’t have to worry about the matter regarding the Profound Sky Purple Golden Furnace being exposed.

  In all honesty, he believed that Gao Xuebo and the others that had received the report of Gao Qing, or the Brocade Emperor Fu Yunchi that received the report of Fu Ting must have already had their suspicions raised. During that year, Yan Zhaoge had benefited the most without doing much.

  Of course, if someone had any malicious intent, Yan Zhaoge would not just let him off the bat.

  However, the people he chose to follow him were chosen after many rounds of thinking. At the very least, no internal conflict would happen.

  As expected, Yu Ye was just asking. After she gained a confirmed answer, she nodded and said, “Seems like our chances have increased.”

  After that, her attention wasn’t on Yan Zhaoge any longer. Instead, she reanalysed the surrounding mist, and her gaze lost focus once more. She seems like she was experiencing the environment’s profoundness.

  It was very obvious that the disappearance of those fellow members was due to the Pill Hall, and wasn’t related to Yan Zhaoge at all. Naturally, Yu Ye wouldn’t get mad at him.

  “After Master returns, there wouldn’t be much use if you tell him about the Profound Sky Purple Golden Furnace.” Nie Jingshen laughed and said, “There aren’t many that is proficient in alchemy in the Jade Capital Crag.”

  “There shouldn’t be any problems for Tranquil Profound Immortal to wield the furnace. It’s just the percentage of success.” Yan Zhaoge advanced forward, “However, let’s talk about those after we settled our matters here.”

  After absorbing the medicinal qi that was fused into the colorful light, all of them had benefited from its effect, despite not benefiting from it as much as Yan Zhaoge did.

  However, it wasn’t easy to utilize it as their own power.

  Other than Yan Di who was quite proficient in alchemy, and Yan Zhaoge who could use his own body as a furnace to quickly absorb the medicinal qi, the other three of them required time to absorb it.

  However, time and tide waits for no one. They could only afford to store them, and just slowly absorb its effects.

  Yan Zhaoge was the first to traverse through the mist into the door. The space in front of him turned wide in an instant.

  Yan Di and the others followed him inside. The majestic hall was erected in front of them.

  The black hall was flying alone in the void. There weren’t any altars nor buildings surrounding it.

  Waves and waves of black lights were spreading everywhere. While it was causing havoc to the void, it vaguely built up a space dimensional boundary.

  It was as if a solitary world was formed with the hall as its centre.

  If there wasn’t any guidance or door, it was impractical to enter this world from the outside world’s boundless space.

  When they reached the front of the hall, the ancient and old aura filled their face.

  “After the Great Calamity, it had been existing here, silently floating until now…?” Yan Zhaoge’s gaze swept through the faint dark light, “It doesn’t seem to be infested by the Nine Underworld yet. However, it’s different from what I remember.”

  “Is it because of the Great Calamity, or is it because of the inside of the Pill Hall?”

  As he was thinking, he turned around to Yan Di and the others and said, “Let’s go in. The path is unpredictable, so everyone, be careful. If we get separated, remember to always protect yourself. Remember what I told all of you on the way here.”

  “For the person entering here first has the upper hand advantage, they would also be the first to come in contact with the traps. There are pros and cons of going first.” Yan Zhaoge said smilingly.

  Nie Jingshen smiled casually.

  Yu Ye was still distracted, and seemingly a daze.

  Mars Halberd shook his head, “Still, the persson going first has the advantage.”

  Yan Di laughed as well, “Since we’re here, let’s just get used to it.”

  “Indeed…” After contemplating for a short while, Yan Zhaoge looked towards Nie Jingshen, “However, we still have to be extremely careful.”

  Nie Jingshen looked back at him. Yan Zhaoge said, “We’re much more special. We might be the prey the opponent is looking for.”

  Yan Di and the others were deep in thought.

  Nie Jingshen’s body was the Earlier Heaven Nascent Form, one of the most top notch earlier heaven forms that was extremely rare. There were many times where the word “one of the” description could be trashed away.

  Yan Zhaoge’s earlier heaven physique could be said to just be above average.

  However, after so many years of continuous cultivation, and non-stop training, his later heaven form could be considered the strongest one among all human martial art practitioners.

  Even if the Mother Goddess Nuwa who created humans during the Ancient Era saw his physique, she might be surprised as well, as she would never have expected a human’s physique could be this strong.

  Yan Di’s situation was similar to him. However, it was not as
exaggerated as Yan Zhaoge.

  As for the Mars Halberd, although he was a weapon, the soul sealed inside it belonged to the former expert, Ye Yang. He was an actual True Immortal Emperor that pushed open the Immortal Door.

  Although he had transformed into the Mars Halberd, he was still a Leakless Immortal Artifact.

  According to the information everyone had a grasp on, he might be the first Immortal Realm expert to approach the Pill Hall after the incident.

  In other words, the highest level prey that the hunter that laid the traps had encountered.

  Yan Zhaoge had limited understanding towards Yu Ye. When Yan Di contacted the Roving Jade Heavens to search for helpers, while Gao Xuebo and Long Xueji dispatched Yu Ye to follow him, they also mentioned a few things.

  After hearing it from Yan Di, Yan Zhaoge had a clearer understanding towards her.

  This senior apprentice-sister of his looked like she would always desert her role solely, and wouldn’t care about anything unless if it was martial arts that she was passionate about. Her way of doing things deeply resembled people like Exalted Fire, Suo Mingzhang and Si Kongqing.

  On the other hand, because of her early heaven soul, she was different from the average people.

  From the looks of it, the five of them seemed to have different traits which made them special.

  “We can’t obtain the tiger cub without entering the tiger den.” Everyone looked at each other, and put up a smile on their face.

  They wouldn’t belittle their opponent. However, they weren’t afraid as well.

  “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” Yan Zhaoge smiled and said. His gaze retracted from Nie Jingshen.

  Actually, the one that he was worried about the most was Nie Jingshen.

  If his suspicions deep down his heart was correct, Nie Jingshen would be the easiest target.

  However, it wasn’t convenient to explain his suspicions. Therefore, he decided to remind not only Nie Jingshen, but the other five as well, which caused them to be more alert.

  As they were talking, they reached the front door of the Pill Hall.