He looked at Yan Zhaoge again and said irritatedly*, “Prince, this time An’m afraid you might really need to look after that Ye Jing. Otherwise, if he dies in the Dragon Sealing Abyss, even if you didn’t do it, the blame will still fall on you.”
Yan Zhaoge twitched his lips and thought to himself, “As if. How can someone possessing the main character aura die so easily?”
“After I enter the Dragon Sealing Abyss, you will be responsible for remaining the link between us and the outside world. Thank you for your trouble, you will need to run many trips.”
The expedition proceeded along the path with the green smoke lanterns that suppressed the Dragon Sealing Abyss. They quickly reached the end of this path.
Yan Zhaoge stopped walking. He took out a specialized compass, which served to prevent disorientation and stabilize their path, and a green candle, which functioned similar to the lanterns. After lighting the candle, he brandished it and walked into the heavy black mist. Everyone else performed the same action, carefully following behind Yan Zhaoge.
Leaving the lantern’s suppressive seal, the black mist of the surroundings immediately grew more violent and turbulent, like enormous raging waves charging at the group.
If not for Yan Zhaoge and Ah Hu shielding everyone from the front, the rest of the group would only be able to remain in this black mist for a short while even with their candles lit.
“As expected, the chaotic dao baleful qi is much thicker and the flow is far faster than before. There is clearly something causing this disturbance.” Yan Zhaoge’s eyes looked around as his gaze pierced through the heavy black mist.
With the field conditions such that a person could not see his fingers after stretching out his hands, even Yan Zhaoge’s eyes could only see the objects nearby.
There was an indistinct red light flowing quickly flashing by like lightning in the night. This type of phenomenon is something never before seen in the Dragon Sealing Abyss.
Without needing Yan Zhaoge’s instructions, Ah Hu stretched out his hand and grabbed at the light.
When his hand returned, a piece of something red could be seen in his palm. In the dark, it faintly glowed and wiggled continuously as if it were alive, almost like it wanted to enter Ah Hu’s flesh.
“Something from the outside…” Yan Zhaoge said after giving it a glance. He suddenly squinted his eyes, “As I thought, this isn’t a natural anomaly, but rather something that’s caused by humans.”
* This part could also be translated as “said as if his balls were breaking/in pain”… it’s funny but not really the correct translation.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 10: Close the Door, Release the Ye Jing
Following the vibrations of the specialized compass, Yan Zhaoge and the rest of the people traversed the Dragon Sealing Abyss.
Flashes of red light occasionally passed by only to be caught by Ah Hu, who used his astral qi to constrain the fragments and then sealed them into specialized crystals.
They traveled for half a day. When suddenly, the chaotic dao baleful qi of the black mist seemed to slightly calm down and thin out.
Ah Hu who was beside Yan Zhaoge said, “Prince, we have arrived at the center of a whirlpool.”
Yan Zhaoge nodded.
In the Dragon Sealing Abyss, there are occasionally areas of relative calm, such as the middle region of a whirlpool, which is similar to the eye of a tornado, surrounded by danger all around but rather safe in the middle. This kind of region tends to be variable in size and in location. Even the number of regions tends to change. With the passage of time, these areas can even experience movement and transformations.
“The center region of a whirlpool is relatively safe. Everyone can rest for a bit,” Yan Zhaoge said, “normally, this kind of area tends to easily produce unusual treasures. Because this environment is somewhat safe, it is also a good place to hunt for treasure and pick medicine. Everyone may move independently. See if you can get lucky. However, please mind your safety. This is the Dragon Sealing Abyss after all.”
Ye Jing, Si Kongqing and the other young disciples all voiced their assent and then curiously investigated their surroundings.
Yan Zhaoge took his special compass and carefully examined it, “This whirlpool’s center region seems to be more special than expected…”
“Hmmm?” Yan Zhaoge had a sudden hunch. He lifted his head and casually swept his gaze over everything as he calmly said, “Everyone draw back.”
Yan Zhaoge swept his sleeve and a flash of azure light pierced the air like lightning through the night sky, lighting up the surrounding canyon.
A golden glow that had been half hidden in the black mist became clearly visible. An enormous body appeared. This was a cyclopian devil python and the golden glow from before had radiated from its single eye.
However, just as the devil python appeared, the azure light had already arrived at its neck while faintly releasing a dragon’s roar.
The golden glow was extinguished almost immediately. The devil python releasing a hissing cry that was quickly cut off with a grunt followed briefly by silence.
A moment later, a loud thump could be heard. This was the sound of the devil python’s huge body falling to the ground.
“Golden eyed python, this is a specialty of the Dragon Sealing Abyss. To those of you here, its entire body could be said to be a treasure at least to the current you. You may divide the body among yourselves, split the materials evenly.” Right after the azure light flashed, Yan Zhaoge had already shifted his focus back down onto the specialized compass.
Everyone else only returned to their senses at this time. Looking at the enormous python corpse that was at least several tens of meters long, the disciples secretly tutted their tongues in wonder.
The golden eyed python’s charge just now was incredibly fast, fierce and violent. It was not at all inferior to a warrior of the martial scholar stage. Remembering its ability to move without any presence, the disciples felt a lingering fear.
When the group dismantled the python, they also discovered its scales were tough and soft at the same time, comparable to artifact grade scale mail.
Even though the golden eyed python’s blood and qi had already declined after death, they still had a lot of difficulty cutting apart the snake scale despite activating their artifacts.
And yet this golden eyes python had been killed by Yan Zhaoge in a single sword strike. The cut was as smooth as glass without any rough edges. It looked just like a knife cutting through tofu.
“Senior brother Yan’s widely famous self created sword style, Azure Dragon Sleeve. Even though this isn’t the first this I’ve seen it, but every time I see it, I can only gasp in amazement.” Some young disciples couldn’t help but swallow at the thought.
A young disciple suddenly asked, “Senior brother Yan, what is that?”
Yan Zhaoge lifted his head and looked over to see a far away cliff that had been enshrouded in black mist. A white light spontaneously flashed by. Its speed was even faster than the golden eyed python.
“That is a radiant spirit cat,” Yan Zhaoge took a brief look before withdrawing his gaze, “Harmless and beneficial.”
The entire group was surprised. Ah Hu, who was by Yan Zhaoge’s side, grinned and said, “The Dragon Sealing Abyss’s environment is harsh with plenty of demonbeasts. Their nature is mostly fierce and savage but this radiant spirit cat is an exception. Its size is small, its strength is surprisingly pretty good. Its speed is especially fast like lightning, much faster than normal demonbeasts. However, its nature is very gentle. It doesn’t attack and its diet is composed of plants. It mostly eats the specialty plants of the Dragon Sealing Abyss to survive.”
Ah Hu pointed at the flickering white light, “Moreoever, this animal is empathic. It is kindhearted will help humans who have met danger in the Dragon Sealing Abyss. In the future, should you enter the Dragon Sealing Abyss alone and unfortunately meet danger. Maybe, you can receive assista
nce from this type of beast and scrape by with your life.”
Ye Jing, Si Kongqing and the others couldn’t help but click their tongues in wonder after hearing Ah Hu’s explanation. They developed a favorable impression towards that radiant spirit cat and made their way towards it.
The flickering white light had also stopped moving. Its true appearance was revealed. It looked like a tiny kitten the size of one’s palm. A flickering white glow detailed a large pattern that covered its entire body. Its appearance gave the impression of gentleness and also cleverness.
The radiant spirit cat also observed the Broad Creed Mountain disciples with curiosity.
Some female disciples looked at it with interest, wanting to get closer. The radiant spirit cat retreated in response. The young girl stopped her advance. The tiny cat stopped as well.
“Senior brother Yan, is it possible to tame this little cat?” asked the young girl in a pitiable tone after retreating to Yan Zhaoge’s side.
Yan Zhaoge thought it over before saying, “Do you remember that when we were exploring the Dragon Sealing Abyss, all of you collected the serpent oath grass? That type of spirit grass is the radiant spirit cat’s favorite food. You can try using that. So long as you harbor no ill intentions, this cat will be willing to get close to you. However, if you want to bring it out of the Dragon Sealing Abyss, you need to spend a lot more consideration.”
The young girl gave a cheer, “Thank you senior brother. I’m going to try!”
As she just said, she carefully took out several stalks of spirit grass from her pack and walked towards the radiant spirit cat.
After the initial wariness and familiarization, one girl and one cat gradually became friends.
The other Broad Creed Sect disciples also took out their serpent oath grass after seeing the first girl’s success. They also started feeding and playing. Suddenly, the tiny cat was overwhelmingly doted on by everyone.
Even those who did not have any interest in playing were smiling as they watched this heartwarming scene.
The radiant spirit cat became a streak of white light in the canyon as it ran back and forth, stopping every once in a while. The young girl followed behind it. The dangerous Dragon Sealing Abyss at this moment no longer seemed so sinister.
In the same canyon a few cliffs away, a man could be seen lying on a big rock as if on his last breath. The darkness could consume him at any time.
The female disciple from Broad Creed Mountain was alarmed. Then she suddenly saw a white light flash by. The radiant spirit cat had appeared. It carefully observed for a while before approaching the man lying on the big rock.
Remember what Yan Zhaoge and Ah Hu said earlier, the young girl felt relieved.
The delicate seeming radiant spirit cat climbed up to the man and used its mouth to grab his collar. Then with a toss of its head, the cat managed to drag the man along. Despite its tiny size, its strength was quite impressive.
But just then, the young man who had seemed to be on his last breath suddenly reached out and grabbed the radiant spirit cat before sitting up.
The cat let out a screech and struggled with all its might but the youth started to laugh loudly, “Senior brother’s method is definitely effective. If not for it, then it would really be impossible to catch this little thing. It’s just as fast as a martial scholar.”
The Broad Creed Mountain female disciple was given a scare, “What are you doing?”
The young man turned to look at her before carelessly saying, “What’s it to you?”
The young girl frowned and said, “That radiant spirit cat thought you were in danger and tried to save you out of kindness. And you actually pretended to be in trouble just to catch it?”
“This tiny thing is stupid. It fell for my trick so it can’t complain,” the young man without care said, “All living things have their advantages. God gave demonbeasts their increadible speed and we humans got intelligence. Why should I use my weakness to measure against this thing’s strength? Using brains to defeat demonbeasts is only natural.”
The young girl was furious. She said, “Clearly it’s you who is despicable. You’re just abusing its kindness.”
That young man chuckled and said, “Since when did people from Broad Creed Mountain have authority over the matters of my Sun Saint Sect?”
The Broad Creed Sect female disciple carefully took a look and discovered the youth wore white clothes with red cuffs and a sun pattern emblem. This attire was indeed the Sun Saint Sect uniform.
The young man lifted the radiant spirit cat and used his fingernails to make a cut on the little cat’s neck. Blood immediately leaked everywhere.
“So what if I catch it. The spirit light crystal core in this creature’s head is my true goal.” The Sun Saint Sect disciple smilingly said, “In this world, whoever has the bigger fists can make the rule. If you can beat me, then naturally you can steal this little thing away. If you can’t beat me then no amount of words can make a difference. You Broad Creed Mountain disciples, do you have any abilities other than that mouth of yours?”
The young girl looked at that palm sized kitten as its body twitched yet it could not even give voice to its despair. She could not help but become more angry until she could no longer suppress her rage. She charged forward.
Broad Creed Sect and Sun Saint Sect possessed neighboring territories. There were often conflicts and fights between the young disciples of the two sides.
The some disciples of Broad Creed Sect had also caught up at this point. Seeing the situation, they also stepped foward without hesitation to assist their fellow disciple.
Unfortunately, the other side was not alone either. Other members of the Sun Saint Sect also made their way over. The battle field suddenly became messy developing into a group battle where Sun Saint Sect disciples ganged up on Broad Creed Mountain disciples.
“Prince, it’s people from the Sun Saint Sect.” Ah Hu returned to Yan Zhaoge’s sound to report the situation and how things led up to that point.
Yan Zhaoge asked, “Do they have a martial scholar?”
Ah Hu replied, “None have appeared so far.”
“Then it’s simple,” said Yan Zhaoge as he shrugged his shoulders.
“Close the door! Release the Ye Jing!”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 11: Using Equipment to Crush the Opposition
Ah Hu revealed a stumped expression. He did not understand the deeper profound meaning hidden behind his prince’s simple orders.
Nevertheless, he carried out Yan Zhaoge’s directives to the letter.
And the facts confirmed the situation was well within Yan Zhaoge’s expectations.
The young disciples of Broad Creed Mountain started out at a disadvantage but once Ye Jing and Si Kongqing arrived on site, they quickly gained the upper hand.
As both sides fought each other, they progressively got more serious. This group battle in the Dragon Sealing Abyss resulted in both sides drawing their weapons.
Sun Saint Sect is a Holy Ground on the same level or perhaps even better than Broad Creed Mountain. Their young disciples of the body refining realm would only dare enter a danger zone like the Dragon Sealing Abyss for raining purposes. Those that came were all major talents with strength surpassing those of the same age and cultivation realm.
For this very reason, their sect was willing to invest in them. Each of them were wealthy by average cultivator standards and possessed their own demi artifact.
The most talented among them even possessed their own artifact.
There were only twenty Sun Saint Sect members, yet there were eight low grade artifacts among them. The moment they brought out these artifacts, the surrounding spirtual qi surged and a bright glow lit up everything within a hundred meters.
Then… these Sun Sect Disciples were suddenly shocked stupid.
The sixteen Broad Creed Mountain disciples facing them brought out an artifact each and a few of them actually had more than one artif
act.
What followed was an earth-shattering collision between the two sects. Eventually Sun Saint Sect, which only possessed eight artifacts, fell in dire straits like a small sampan* trying to withstand a raging storm, about to sink at any moment.
All the Sun Saint Sect disciples were angry enough to vomit blood, “The Dragon Sealing Abyss is a danger zone but isn’t this Broad Creed Mountain too extravagant? They actually gave disciple their own artifact!”
“Maybe they have some sort of special mission? But who would send a bunch of body refining disciples on a special mission?”
“They’re not here for us, are they?”
“They have too many artifacts! A wise man knows when to run and when to fight. Let’s retreat and get revenge another day!”
The Sun Saint Sect disciples retreated as they fought. Ye Jing, Si Kongqing, and the others chased them all the way.
The combat advantage granted to cultivators of their level by artifacts was rather notable, thus the Sun Saint Sect disciples had difficulty even just trying to get away.
After a strenuous retreat to their temporary base within the calm central area of the whirlpool, once again surrounded by disciples of Broad Creed Mountain.
The Sun Saint Sect disciple who caught the radiant spirit cat laughed maliciously, “Very well. Does your Broad Creed Mountain want to go against my Sun Saint Sect? This radiant spirit cat is undomesticated. It’s not something that you raised. I caught it so naturally it is mine to deal with however I want. What right do you have to interfere?”
The female Broad Creed Mountain disciple who chased the radiant spirit cat to this place shouted back, “That little cat is close to me. I am going to raise it!”
The Sun Sect youth snorted, “I don’t see your name on it.”
The girl’s rage exploded, “You…!”
The leader of the Sun Saint Sect disciples coldly said, “To provoke my Sun Saint Sect over a single demonbeast, has Broad Creed Mountain recently grown stronger? Don’t forget who is the number one Holy Ground in the Eight Extremities World.”
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