“When the owner of the manor did not acquiesce, a conflict broke out between the two, wherein his son injured someone of the Iron Yuan Sect. In retaliation, they broke through the manor’s defences, wanting to kill to vent their anger.”
“Miss Jing having sat down as a guest at that very manor before, as a longtime acquaintance of the family living there, she rushed over to save them as soon as she came to hear of this piece of news.”
“In the end, the Chief of the Iron Yuan Sect, being familiar with one of the disciples of Infinite Boundless Mountain here, instead got over reinforcements, coming to ask for people at their door.”
“Fourth Prince and Miss Jing were not willing to hand them over; thus, the other side promptly headed to burn down their spirit field.”
Yan Zhaoge raised his head slightly, “Intentionally, huh?”
That retainer was greatly shocked, “Young Master Yan, Fourth Prince did not want to make an enemy of Infinite Boundless Mountain on purpose, only…only that…”
“I’m not talking about Zhao Ming’s side,” Yan Zhaoge waved his hands, swivelling his head to look at Ah Hu, “Go and inform senior apprentice-aunt Fu.”
Ah Hu scratched his head, “Young Master, Infinite Boundless Mountain has three higher echelon bigwigs here; that’s quite a few Martial Grandmaster experts…”
Yan Zhaoge shook his head, “At the present moment, this bit of things still isn’t yet sufficient to alarm someone of their level; Infinite Boundless Mountain will definitely also send someone lower to handle it first.”
“In asking you to inform senior apprentice-aunt Fu, it is to allow her to understand the situation and be prepared for it. If those bigwig figures really are alarmed and come to deal with it themselves, we will not be afraid.”
“In rushing over now, it is in case the other side possesses an expert that can make Zhao Ming suffer a loss.”
Saying thus, Yan Zhaoge strode off ahead up the mountain.
Standing at the mouth of the valley, currently discussing a new martial technique that Fu Enshu had just passed down to them, Feng Yunsheng and Sikong Qing could not but ask curiously, “Where is it that you are going?”
Yan Zhaoge pointed towards the black smoke halfway up the mountain, “There are fellow disciples of our clan who are in conflict with people of Infinite Boundless Mountain up there; let’s head over and take a look.”
Taking a quick glance at each other, Feng Yunsheng and Sikong Qing both nodded, following behind Yan Zhaoge.
On the mountain road, an Infinite Boundless Mountain martial practitioner came over to block them, “Happenings on the mountain; newcomers halt your steps!”
Yan Zhaoge said mildly, “If I do that, your Mountain’s Giant Spirit Magnetite Vein will see harm.”
The other party stared blankly, “The vein is at the foot…”
Yan Zhaoge didn’t cease walking, as he instantly strode past him, “You would not be able to bear that responsibility.”
That Infinite Boundless Mountain martial practitioner wanted to block him, but felt a strong wind directly assault him, directly suppressing his intended words back down into his chest, completely unable to open his mouth at all as his figure was also constantly pushed back in retreat.
Not saying a word, Feng Yunsheng and Sikong Qing followed closely behind Yan Zhaoge, rushing up the mountain.
Arriving in the vicinity of the fire halfway up the mountain, Yan Zhaoge swept his gaze over his surroundings and saw that within the dense smoke, there were people currently clashing.
One of them was precisely Zhao Ming, his opponent being a middle-aged man with the cultivation of a mid outer aura Martial Scholar, not using the martial arts of Infinite Boundless Mountain. That should be the Chief of the Iron Yuan Sect.
This middle-aged man was being suppressed by Zhao Ming, but there were quite a few people near him helping him to surround and attack Zhao Ming.
With his martial arts of Broad Creed Mountain, Zhao Ming’s martial prowess was far superior to his opponents’. Even while surrounded, he could still manoeuvre around with few problems and with strength to spare, even having the leisure to protect a little boy in the process.
It was only that Zhao Ming was hassled to the point of being unable to extricate himself. Looking rather anxious, he looked to the side.
There, a girl was currently clashing with a disciple of Infinite Boundless Mountain.
That girl was precisely Zhao Ming’s lover and a fellow disciple of theirs, Jing Yunzhi.
Both of them were in the mid inner aura Martial Scholar realm, one of them utilising Broad Creed Mountain martial arts, the other utilising Infinite Boundless Mountain martial arts, the result however being Jing Yunzhi being suppressed and placed at a disadvantage.
Looking at it, there was actually the feeling of her being stuck in a situation with perils around every corner.
Carefully distinguishing for a moment, Yan Zhaoge remembered the information report that he had once viewed back in the clan, revealing the other party’s name to be Hou Xiang or something of the like, a genius of Infinite Boundless Mountain who had just risen up in recent years.
In the vicinity of the fire, a few corpses were already strewn about. From their attire, they were all of Zhao Ming’s and Jing Yunzhi’s side.
Glancing around, Yan Zhaoge said directly, “Junior apprentice-sister Sikong help junior apprentice-sister Jing; junior apprentice-sister Feng help junior apprentice-brother Zhao.”
As Feng Yunsheng stroked the handle of her sword, not waiting for her to ask it herself, Yan Zhaoge directly motioned with a flourish, “Murderers, must die.”
Saying thus, Yan Zhaoge waved his sleeve, causing numerous strong winds to surge, dissipating the blazing fire and the dense smoke before them, first moving to extinguish the fire.
Beside him, Sikong Qing, not saying a word, unsheathed her sword, a cold light flickering as she directly replaced Jing Yunzhi, engaging that Infinite Boundless Mountain disciple Hou Xiang in battle!
Feng Yunsheng also invited herself in. As she brandished her sword, the clouds and the winds changed, the resulting violent momentum of her stroke directly pushing back the many people surrounding Zhao Ming.
Zhao Ming let out a long howl, the sword within his hands rising upwards, creating sword shadows that resembled seven stars shooting through the sky as he focused solely on that outer aura stage middle-aged man, attacking and pressuring him to the point that his back was streaked with sweat.
That Infinite Boundless Mountain disciple Hou Xiang was greatly enraged, “People of Broad Creed Mountain, dare to be so arrogant in our clan’s territory?”
Extinguishing the blazing fire, Yan Zhaoge didn’t even turn over to glance at him as he just said casually, “Those who died here all died from blades. Being bare-handed, you are evidently not a murderer. Therefore, you can rest easy; you needn’t die.”
Feeling stifled for a second, Hou Xiang then continued smiling coldly as he looked at Yan Zhaoge, “Today, I’ve really come to experience new things; never before have I seen people who’ve come for a favour be so arrogant!”
“I know who you are, and also what you’ve come to our Mountain Domain for.”
“However, you still seem to be a little unclear: to put it more plainly, it is currently your Broad Creed Mountain that has need of our Infinite Boundless Mountain!”
“With the Extreme Yin Crown having fallen to the Sacred Sun Clan, even if their East Rising Martial Saint doesn’t leave seclusion, just from their two Sacred Artifacts alone, it is already not something that your Broad Creed Mountain can withstand alone!”
Hou Xiang wasn’t very old, looking like he had still yet to turn twenty. Already being in the mid inner aura Martial Scholar realm at this age, it was somewhat hard to come by.
Even more so was his martial prowess. In fighting with Sikong Qing, up to now, he had yet to fall to a disadvantage, being able to both attack and defend as he executed his techniques in an orderly manner
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He smiled coldly as he looked towards Yan Zhaoge, “In coming to Infinite Boundless Mountain, to put it bluntly, you have come to seek reinforcements, wanting my clan to resist the pressure of the Sacred Sun Clan alongside you.”
“In the war of the Eastern Tang earlier, if my clan had not stood by the side and done nothing, instead having provided assistance to the Sacred Sun Clan, even with you allied with Jade Sea City, it is still unknown which side the victory would have gone to.”
“Now, it is the same. Jade Sea City has lost the Extreme Yin Crown, and is also having its attentions occupied by the Heavenly Thunder Hall.”
“If we help your Broad Creed Mountain, you will no longer have to fear the Sacred Sun Clan; if we help the Sacred Sun Clan, your Broad Creed Mountain will immediately be finished!”
His palms crossing each other to shock the edge of Sikong Qing’s blade aside, he shouted severely, “Open your eyes wide and put on a proper attitude of asking for a favour; this is not a place where you lot can run amok as you like!”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 124: When discussions fail, fight!
HSSB124: When discussions fail, fight!
Completely not bothering to entertain Hou Xiang’s delusions nicely, Yan Zhaoge shook his head somewhat amusedly, “The Extreme Yin Crown having fallen into the Sacred Sun Clan’s hands, it’d still be possible for your Infinite Boundless Mountain to help neither side. But helping the Sacred Sun Clan; that would really be having a hole in the brain.”
“Their willingness to be a vassal to another aside, if the people of Infinite Boundless Mountain are all as sensible as you, it’s destined never to be able to rise up.”
Seeing Sikong Qing having replaced Jing Yunzhi, battling Hou Xiang in her place, Zhao Ming instantly let out a small sigh of relief.
The worries in his heart having disappeared, also having Feng Yunsheng helping him to sweep away the surrounding interference, he instantly lunged towards his opponent like a ferocious tiger leaving the mountain.
Whilst extinguishing the fire, Yan Zhaoge also scanned the surrounding area.
After a once-over, Yan Zhaoge’s attention fell on that child whom Zhao Ming had been protecting earlier.
That was a boy who looked not much older than ten. He appeared rather dazed, as though he was mentally unsound.
He knelt beside a man, shaking that man’s arm, “Daddy, daddy?”
Yan Zhaoge knit his brows slightly. With just a single glance, he knew that that man had already breathed his last.
Seeing the man ignoring him, the boy stumbled and swayed as he got up and walked elsewhere, treating the nearby flashes of blades and shadows of swords like they were invisible.
He arrived at a woman’s side, also shaking her arm, “Mummy, mummy?”
Yan Zhaoge sighed silently.
This child, was already an orphan…
The boy looked all around uncomprehendingly, his eyes still filled with incomprehension as though not understanding why his parents were just not paying him any heed.
Having been replaced by Sikong Qing, Jing Yunzhi came over to the boy’s side, also seeming somewhat not able to bear it. Looking at the other corpses strewn across the ground, fury surfaced within her eyes once more.
Other than the boy’s family, the rest of the dead were all people sent over by the Scarlet Rainbow Sect to manage their medicinal field here.
Letting out a loud yell, Jing Yunzhi joined in the fray over by Zhao Ming’s side, exterminating the martial practitioners of the Iron Yuan Sect alongside Feng Yunsheng.
That middle-aged man in the mid outer aura Martial Scholar realm was precisely the Chief of the Iron Yuan Sect who had initially brought people along to find trouble.
At this moment, facing Broad Creed Mountain’s direct disciple Zhao Ming, even while their cultivation levels were similar, he also quickly fell to defeat.
He called out towards Hou Xiang, “Help…”
Before his words had landed, Zhao Ming had already stabbed out with his sword.
Now, a cold snort suddenly resounded from afar, “Killing someone in the lands of my Infinite Boundless Mountain?”
A strong aura-qi shot through the air, tough and vigorous, resembling a massive mountain-splitting knife, chopping down towards Zhao Ming!
The other party had obviously not exerted his full strength, but as this axe chopped over, it was something that Zhao Ming would be unable to withstand. If he took it, even if he didn’t die, he would also be heavily injured!
Yan Zhaoge’s expression did not change, as, substituting his sword with his fingers, he stabbed out.
Seven streaks of aura-qi took the form of swords, resembling seven stars converging as they blocked that massive axe formed of aura-qi.
The seven streaks of sword-qi moved at different speeds and with different levels of force, each contacting a different point of that massive aura-qi axe, not destroying it but casually adjusting its direction, causing it to veer slightly off course.
Seeing this, Zhao Ming did not stay his hand, piercing his sword straight through the chest of the Iron Yuan Sect Chief.
That middle-aged man opened his eyes wide, and collapsed onto the ground.
The final scene that he saw was of the corpse of the woman who had previously died by his hands with a grievance lying strewn across the ground, with that simple and foolish boy by her side.
The next moment, before the middle-aged man’s eyes was only blackness, as he breathed his last.
Feng Yunsheng, Zhao Ming and Jing Yunzhi swept up the remaining enemies before congregating together by Yan Zhaoge’s side.
Yan Zhaoge said, “I’ve arrived late; my condolences, junior apprentice-sister Jing. Junior apprentice-brother Zhao, let us slowly talk later.”
Zhao Ming nodded cautiously, his gaze directed straight into the distance.
There was precisely the direction from which the massive aura-qi axe had attacked, where a group of people was currently rushing down the mountain.
Gazing over from afar, Yan Zhaoge saw that above the head of their leader was a spiritual light that shot up into the horizon, flickering as it was sometimes visible. Without question, it was a Xiantian Martial Scholar.
The other party, possessing a big build, looked to be about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, his features cold and stern.
He was garbed in black, with an emblem of a mountain peak stitched onto his clothes. It was actually the appearance of a core, direct disciple of Infinite Boundless Mountain.
When he saw Yan Zhaoge, that person’s gaze instantly hardened.
Yan Zhaoge glanced at him calmly, similarly recognising him.
Ji Hanru, one of the leading figures of Infinite Boundless Mountain’s younger generation, of the same age group as Lu Wen and Xiao Shen, though still slightly older than them.
In the Eight Extremities World, the name of the ‘Little Mountain Lord’ Ji Hanru, an elite of the current younger generation, already resounded familiarly like thunder to the years.
Many years ago, Ji Hanru had had a battle with the successor of the Thunder Domain Sacred Ground Heavenly Thunder Hall, the Thunder Rumbling Young Master.
The only son of one of the Heavenly Thunder Hall’s bigwig Elders, the Thunder Rumbling Young Master was hailed alongside the Broad Creed Young Master Yan Zhaoge and the Radiant Prince Huang Jie as one of the current era’s Four Young Masters.
Ji Hanru had secured a draw in that fight, cementing his status as one of the strongest experts of the current younger generation.
Earlier, just having arrived at Cloud Portent Mountain, Yan Zhaoge had already met him once. Therefore, Yan Zhaoge knew that he had just happened to come to this region for tempering, thus leading to their coincidental meeting here.
Looking at Yan Zhaoge, Ji Hanru said coldly, “Killing in Infinite Boundless Mountain; is this how your Broad Creed Mountain plays the part of guests?”
Yan Zhaoge raised his lower chin slightly, indicating
for Ji Hanru to look towards the Hou Xiang who was still currently in the midst of a battle with Sikong Jing, “The Scarlet Rainbow Sect is a clan of my Heaven Domain, while junior apprentice-sister Jing is a disciple of my Broad Creed Mountain, having rented a spirit field of your Infinite Boundless Mountain for plantation purposes, and never having failed in giving you your share of it.”
“Our clan comes over to visit, and your Infinite Boundless Mountain disciple abets people in burning down this spirit field here.”
“Is this how your Infinite Boundless Mountain plays the part of hosts?”
In their attitude towards Broad Creed Mountain, Infinite Boundless Mountain was split internally into two great factions.
According to what Yan Zhaoge knew, amongst the younger generation, Ji Hanru belonged to the faction which had no good feelings towards Broad Creed Mountain.
Thus, facing Ji Hanru, Yan Zhaoge similarly didn’t put on a nice face.
Looking at Ji Hanru, Yan Zhaoge’s face was expressionless, “Or is it to say, that it was completely intentional on your part?”
Ji Hanru said indifferently, “I know what you have come here for, but that is not something that you can rely on to act unbridled and without reservation.”
“All of your logic can’t change the one simple fact that this place is Cloud Portent Mountain, the territory of my Infinite Boundless Mountain.”
“Whatever happens here, it will naturally be settled by my clan’s laws. Your Broad Creed Mountain stepped past these boundaries and even killed-do you treat my Infinite Boundless Mountain as non-existent?”
Yan Zhaoge chortled, “When we really needed you to appear just now, you indeed were non-existent.”
The aura-qi around Ji Hanru’s entire body surged as he strode forward step by single step, the Infinite Boundless Mountain martial practitioners behind him doing the same.
“As long as it is someone who has killed, take down all of them, and hand them over to our clan’s Elders to deal with.”
“Yan Zhaoge, I am of no mind to engage in battles of the tongue with you. Recently, your name has come up quite a lot; I wonder how much of it stems from the true abilities that you possess?”
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