…However, if he were to have to lift this stone pillar all the way from the Wind Domain back to Broad Creed Mountain back at the Heaven Domain, he probably wouldn’t feel so happy anymore.
Especially when he didn’t have a way to pass it over to others.
Because a special thing about this pillar was that whether it was drawn by a carriage, drawn by a beast, or carried by many people, it would also be hard to successfully transport.
But Yan Zhaoge currently didn’t have the ability to let it shrink in size.
In other words, if no changes occurred in the situation, Yan Zhaoge would have to personally lift this giant fella all the way back to Broad Creed Mountain.
And if he would have to walk all the way back. If he were to ride, let alone other spirit beasts, even Pan-Pan would be crushed by its weight.
Think about it, a domineering steed like Pan-Pan following beside him was already very attention-drawing. Now, if he were to add in one upraised thick stone pillar greater than twenty metres in height, that scene, would really be too beautiful, such that he could not bear to imagine it…
Actually, carrying along such a giant fella, while feeling a little dumb, would still be pretty cool.
The corners of Yan Zhaoge’s mouth twitched. While he rather liked to show off, being flashy to the extreme, the precondition was that he himself wanted it, and had a choice in doing so.
Showing off when he wanted to show off, keeping low-key when he wanted to stay low-key-that was life.
If he were forced to be in the limelight, to go out to be surrounded by onlookers, that would really make for a rather uncomfortable feeling.
“This thingy…” Yan Zhaoge thought rather nastily, “…would be rather good for smashing people with.”
While languishing in dark thoughts in the midst of his bitterness, Yan Zhaoge sighed within his heart, though he did not outwardly reveal any of this.
One hand lifting the stone pillar, the other meanwhile stroking the patterns on its surface, putting on a look of analysing it in earnest…
As Yan Zhaoge handled the stone pillar, he said to Ah Hu and the others, “Our goal has been achieved. The Black Nightmare Storm will rise again very soon-we should leave.”
In the distance, the dispersed storm was already was already surging back in this direction.
Everyone hurriedly followed behind Yan Zhaoge, going back the way they had come.
‘Elder Li’ and ‘Yao Shan’ felt defeated to the extreme, but they still put on forced smiles as they followed Yan Zhaoge.
A storm having risen once more, their return journey also became tougher. After trekking a long distance, they finally arrived back at the supply point they had set up earlier.
A few Broad Creed Mountain martial practitioners and Jun Luo’s trio were awaiting them there.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 222: A storm arising once more
HSSB222: A storm arising once more
Seeing Yan Zhaoge appear before them with that massive stone pillar on his palm, Jun Luo and the others were all stunned, not recovering for a long time.
Looking at Yan Zhaoge, the usually talkative Jun Luo actually seemed to stutter a little at this moment, “Bro…Brother Yan, what…what is this ah?”
Yan Zhaoge said with a nonchalant expression on his face, “Entering the Great Western Desert this time, it was because I had an assignment to carry out, the surveying of some historical remains.”
“As for this….it’s part of those remains. Because it is rather valuable, I had to think of a way to bring it back to the clan.”
Looking at that massive object supported on Yan Zhaoge’s palm, Jun Luo could not help but gulp down a mouthful of saliva, “If you want to take it back to Broad Creed Mountain, if it is like this all the way, wouldn’t it be a little too…eh, a little too spectacular…”
Yan Zhaoge raised his brows slightly, saying to her in a patient, preaching manner, “Luo Luo, haven’t you always wished to live a colourful, exciting life where you just do as you like? This is it ah; a flashy life does not have to be explained.”
Jun Luo’s little face frowned till it scrunched up as she murmured softly, “I just feel that this is not quite right ah…”
Yan Zhaoge just smiled, not answering.
The others were also full of sighs within their hearts. These few they had just met up with were just the beginning. They could foresee that from this day on, they would be facing similar such questions for a long, long time.
What caused Yan Zhaoge a bit of a headache was that this wasn’t his original intention.
While he had achieved an initial refinement of the stone pillar, at present, it was still restricted to lifting it up from the great desert.
Yan Zhaoge knew clearly of the origins of this stone pillar. It was a broken pillar of the past Divine Palace, that had descended into this world.
However, whether or not other changes had occurred to it after it had been broken, and what kind of changes they were, was still something that Yan Zhaoge would have to research carefully into.
The result was that Yan Zhaoge was currently still unable to freely control this massive stone pillar, and was only able to leave it at its current massive size.
The shining radiance that had repelled the Black Dragon Dread earlier had disappeared in a flash, no longer appearing.
Even the light patterns on the stone pillar’s exterior had gradually dimmed, no longer shining.
Other than the strange changes in weight which deviated from the ordinary, everything seemed completely normal, making it hard for people to believe that it had been this stone pillar which had shaken the surrounding world earlier.
Yan Zhaoge had once fantasised about purely smashing to death his would-be opponents, who had come to make things difficult for him. Still, at present, unless the enemy was directly below his palm, such a thing could only exist in his imagination.
Raising the stone pillar and sweeping it horizontally was temporarily also out of the question. Yan Zhaoge had already experimented with this, and at present, the stone pillar could only remain in a vertical position.
As soon as the stone pillar leaned to the side, Yan Zhaoge would immediately feel intense vibrations on his palm as the stone pillar abruptly became much heavier.
Every time that happened, he would experience what Ah Hu had felt earlier, the feeling of the stone pillar seemingly possessing infinite weight, his wrist instantly feeling like it was going to be dislocated or even break as he held onto it.
However, as time passed, Yan Zhaoge could vaguely feel his connection with that stone pillar getting stronger and stronger.
As the images and scenes that flashed before his eyes got clearer and clearer, the pillar also got lighter and lighter. Even when tilted to the side, while its weight would still increase rapidly, Yan Zhaoge had gradually began to grasp it, as it became easier and easier to control as he wished.
The only problem was that the stone pillar could not shrink, to the point that Yan Zhaoge had to lift such a giant fella up all around wherever he went, being high profile to the extreme.
It was fine in deep mountains and old forests, where there was at least some concealment. In the desert, while there were sand dunes that rose up everywhere, making it more than a vast stretch of nothing, if he were really to lift this stone pillar that was more than twenty metres high along his entire journey, it would still be eye-catching to the extreme.
“The Wind Domain and the Great Western Desert is not all that peaceful ah,” Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin, “It’s totally like I have ‘Come beat me up’ written on my face…”
Seeing Yan Zhaoge and Jun Luo conversing happily, their tones casual, envy surfaced on the faces of the two Lians.
It was fine for the younger Lian Cheng who looked to be full of illnesses, whose gaze was filled with envy and yearning.
On the other side, the other, Lian Ying, had some gloominess and restlessness within his gaze.
As his gaze fell on Yan Zhaoge, he unconsciously drooped his eyelids, not wanting Yan Zhaoge to detect the light flickering within his eyes.
After having finished packing up their things at the supply point, they set off once more, traversing through the Black Nightmare Storms that were rampaging outside, painstakingly making their way out of the Great Western Desert.
After reaching the supply point, ‘Elder Li’s’ mood instantly improved, “The chess piece that I casually set up earlier will soon come to fruition.”
‘Yao Shan’ beside him looked like there were many matters weighing on his heart, still feeling frustrated by their earlier failure.
‘Elder Li’ shook his head slightly, sending over a sound transmission with his aura-qi, “Prepare to move at any time. I have already sent the news over.”
That martial practitioner in the guise of Yao Shan, whilst controlling his expression very well, not revealing any flaws or discrepancies in the least, clearly had an excited light flash by within his eyes.
“There’s still a chance?” The fake Yao Shan immediately pressed.
The real Yao Shan in the guise of Elder Li smiled, “An interesting child, living in his own thoughts, not caring about other things, unable to see the current situation, unable to weigh the importance of matters…”
“Oftentimes, as long as they are used appropriately, with the timing also grasped well, those little things which originally weren’t all that important might become extraordinarily valuable.”
‘Elder Li’ smiled as he stroked his long beard. This habit of the true Elder Li was imitated by him to the point of perfection.
He sent over, “Very quickly, another Black Dragon Dread will descend!”
“Although our people may be completely exposed because of it, as long as we spend most of our time in the Great Western Desert, it would be very hard for Broad Creed Mountain to do anything to us.”
“But if we succeed, our accomplishments would be great. While Yan Zhaoge is only a Martial Scholar, he is far from ordinary. If we can kill him, the blow towards Broad Creed Mountain would even surpass that of losing some Martial Grandmasters.”
At ‘Elder Li’s’ words, ‘Yao Shan’, whilst being excited, was also a little doubtful, “This person has many methods, could he…”
‘Elder Li’ glanced at him, “Him lifting up that stone pillar can be considered a miraculous feat, but I believe that this must be taking up quite a bit of his energy. Other than that, the wariness of someone whose goal has yet to be attained and is yet to succeed must be different from someone whose goal has been attained and is full of excitement at his success. He is most likely off guard.”
“Although we don’t know if he can use that Sacred Artifact fragment right now, this second Black Dragon Dread will hopefully see some gains.”
As he stood guard, ‘Elder Li’ gazed to the side. There, Lian Ying’s gaze constantly lingered on Jun Luo, some madness gradually appearing on his face.
‘Elder Li’ began smiling faintly.
Just at this time, the howl of the distant storm grew louder, as the terrifying Black Dragon Dread appeared once more!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 223: Wanting more
HSSB223: Wanting more
The originally rampant Black Nightmare Storm suddenly became more violent at this moment, transforming into a Black Dragon Dread once more, barreling towards Yan Zhaoge and the others.
Where the strong winds passed, everything, the sands of the desert included, was shattered into dust.
Placed within it, if one’s cultivation base was too low, without possessing any special protective methods, they would be destined to die without a proper burial ground.
Yan Zhaoge knit his brows slightly, surveying his surroundings.
While Black Dragon Dreads weren’t all that rare, the known disasters within the Great Western Desert were filled with unpredictability, and no one would be able to say for certain whether they would definitely encounter any single one.
Therefore, when encountering a Black Dragon Dread where he had pulled out the stone pillar, other than carefully dealing with it appropriately, Yan Zhaoge did not ponder too much on it.
Entering the Great Western Desert that was filled with Black Nightmare Storms, expecting the possible occurrence of a Black Dragon Dread and carefully dealing with such sudden unforeseen circumstances was not any out of the ordinary at all.
But within such a short period of time, they had continuously encountered Black Dragon Dreads, which seemed to be pursuing them non-stop.
This obviously abnormal matter was not something that Yan Zhaoge could ignore.
Gazing at the Black Nightmare Storm sweeping between the heavens and earth in the distance, many thoughts instantly flashed through Yan Zhaoge’s mind.
“Someone wishes to harm me, or is here for the stone pillar…”
“Decimating Abyss? Sacred Sun Clan? Remnants of Black Nightmare Mountain? Remnants of Five Spirit Flags? Or someone else?”
“Able to form and control Black Dragon Dreads in a fixed area without leaving behind any traces-with their understanding of the power of the Great Western Desert being thorough to this extent, it is most likely to be the remnants of Black Nightmare Mountain!”
“It also cannot be ruled out that they are working together with the Sacred Sun Clan, or perhaps in collusion with the Decimating Abyss, or even that they themselves are important members of the Decimating Abyss.”
The power of the Great Western Desert was too tyrannical, yet also profound and unpredictable, complicated and hard to understand.
Whether it was Broad Creed Mountain, the Sacred Sun Clan or Infinite Boundless Mountain, they were currently still in a probing phase with regard to the Great Western Desert.
Of the Eight Extremities World of after the Great Calamity, there had not been anyone who had truly managed to completely grasp the power of this land of great perils.
However, if one were to speak of those who were the most familiar with the Great Western Desert, and thus possibly able to make use of a limited amount of its power, that would be none other than the past Wind Domain Sacred Ground Black Nightmare Mountain.
After Black Nightmare Mountain had been destroyed, some of its remnants had retreated into the Great Western Desert, and have been active by the border of the Great Western Desert and the Wind Domain’s Four Regions all the way up till now.
While Yan Zhaoge had not had any official dealings with them before, he knew that they were known for their brutality, whilst also good at laying low and biding their time.
Their actions were sinister, and there were no means they were above using. But at the same time, they were also exceptionally cautious-if there were just the slightest signs of trouble, they would retreat back into concealment in the Great Western Desert.
These past years, while the remnants of Black Nightmare Mountain had been decreasing, they did not lack vicious, ruthless experts.
Swiftly scanning the crowd, Yan Zhaoge’s gaze was deep and distant.
Within a few short breaths of time, gusting over rapidly from the distance, the Black Dragon Dread was already right before everyone’s eyes!
Everyone unconsciously gazed at Yan Zhaoge, hoping that he would have a method to get them all through this perilous situation once more!
Earlier, where the stone pillar had been buried, he had been able to repel the Black Dragon Dread relying on the distorting and infighting of the phenomena of the desert itself. At the same time, the profound concept within the stone pillar had surfaced.
Such a method could only be used once.
Wanting to do as they had earlier, within a short period of time, even if Yan Zhaoge immediately buried the stone pillar back within the desert, there would also be no time to turn things around.
/> However, this did not stop everyone from placing their hopes on Yan Zhaoge at this moment as they treated him as their mainstay.
Yan Zhaoge’s gaze swept across them once more as he looked at them deeply, before he said, “Everyone gather around me; don’t get separated.
Hearing Yan Zhaoge’s words, everyone immediately gathered around him.
‘Elder Li’ and ‘Yao Shan’ were at their forefront!
The two gathered around Yan Zhaoge, outwardly turning back to look at the assaulting hurricane whilst actually observing Yan Zhaoge in secret!
The massive Pan-Pan who was even bigger than an elephant was current guarding behind Yan Zhaoge.
And Ah Hu, like always, was guarding behind Yan Zhaoge like a guardian spirit.
A cold light flashed through ‘Elder Li’s’ eyes, “This time is different from the last!”
Remnant light flashing by the corner of his eye, he saw that youth Lian Ying currently staring fixedly at the girl Jun Luo’s shadow.
Lian Ying bit his lips tightly, bloodstains already having appeared on it at some point in time without him realising it.
In his eyes, he could only see Jun Luo walking towards Yan Zhaoge with a face full of joy, trust, admiration, praise, even some worship.
How he hoped that Jun Luo would also look at him with such an expression ah.
Lian Ying had not received the love and care of his family members since young; he was lacking love, lacking a sense of security, and was also often being bullied by his peers.
The sole exception was Jun Luo, who had never looked down on him, even having risked her life to save his in the Great Western Desert.
To Jun Luo, perhaps this was only the interaction with an ordinary friend.
But for Lian Ying, he had received care and warmth from her that he had never experienced before.
It was only that-he still wanted more!
He had always feared in secret that if it was not more and more, it might end up less and less.
The him with a somewhat sick, distorted mind irrevocably wanted to grab hold of that person tightly, never letting her go, that only light that existed in his life.
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