The past Xuan Emperors had all been tyrannical and cruel in their regimes, especially the current third generation Xuanmu Emperor who was extravagant and licentious, oppressing the martial practitioners in the Royal Reed Sea greatly.
Now that the Grand Xuan Dynasty was in decline, revolts instantly began all around.
The powers like the Radiant Light Sect and the Dim Darkness Sect began openly attacking the Grand Xuan Dynasty, the flames of war arising about the entire Royal Reed Sea.
At the same time that they were resisting the Grand Xuan Dynasty, they were also secretly acting against the experts recruited by the Grand Xuan Dynasty and gathering experts of the Royal Reed Sea, regardless of cultivation base, to rise up in revolt together, shaking the foundations of the entire Grand Xuan Dynasty in all areas.
This was what the heavily injured and unconscious Dim Darkness Sect martial practitioner, Zhang Qiansong, as well as his companion, had been doing.
The Grand Xuan Dynasty was naturally trying to stamp them down with all their might, a great battle raging on between the two sides.
It was not just here. The chaotic skirmishes encompassed the entire Royal Reed Sea.
Yan Zhaoge nodded repeatedly at his words, “It is better the more chaotic it is. It would be more convenient for those of our generation to retrieve millet from the flames.”
As it seemed now, rather than simply their longtime enemy, the Dim Darkness Sect, the Radiant Light Sect had other enemies here in the Royal Reed Sea as well.
It was a pity, though, that the Grand Xuan Dynasty seemed not to be a good cooperation target.
Just from irrevocable enemies like the Radiant Light Sect and the Dim Darkness Sect acting together against it alone, it was already visible how hated and unpopular the Grand Xuan Dynasty was.
Also, this Grand Xuan Dynasty was used to acting tyrannical and unreasonably. Cooperating with it would really be like trying to work together with a tiger.
Still, the current chaos in the Royal Reed Sea was inevitably good news for Yan Zhaoge and Broad Creed Mountain.
After all, if a massive entity like the Radiant Light Sect were to go all out, they would be sufficient to suppress and crush a world like the Eight Extremities World or the Vast Ocean World.
According to Old Man Mo’s words, the Dim Radiant Emperor Yin Tianxia had died, the strength of the Dim Radiant Sect deteriorating greatly as a great many of their peak experts had perished as well, till finally it had collapsed and split apart for good.
Even so, there had still been experts of the sixth level of the Martial Saint realm sitting over the Radiant Light Sect that year. Also, as compared to the Eight Extremities World, the number of experts they had was as many as the clouds in the sky.
Meanwhile, their cultivation bases would not be suppressed in the World beyond Worlds as they would be able to use their full strength.
Looking at the youth before him, Yan Zhaoge smiled, “We’ve talked for a while, but I still don’t know your name.”
The youth hesitated slightly for a moment. Yan Zhaoge had saved him and Zhang Qiansong. It was indeed terribly rude of him not to reveal his name.
Yet, he was still a little worried that Yan Zhaoge might be someone of the Grand Xuan Dynasty, all of this being an act.
The Wei Family that he was from was rather well established in the Phoenix Bearing Region of the Royal Reed Sea. As soon as he reported his name, most people would connect it to the Wei Family.
Having come out together with Zhang Qiansong to rebel against the Xuan Dynasty had been his own idea. He had kept it from the seniors of his family.
After a while, the youth sighed as he still answered honestly, “I am Wei Lang. How do I address benefactor?”
“I’m surnamed Yan, Yan Zhaoge.”
While it might spread to the ears of the Radiant Light Sect, Yan Zhaoge did not give a fake name, appraising Wei Lang as he said rather interestedly, “From observing the martial arts that you used, while they are not top-tier, they are still rather laudable. The family or sect you come from should not be nameless?”
If this was someone of the Grand Xuan Dynasty, the name of the Wei Family would be sufficient for them to act and make things difficult for him.
Hearing Yan Zhaoge say this, Wei Lang instead heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that Yan Zhaoge was indeed not a local of the Royal Reed Sea.
Relaxing greatly, he said, “These are the martial arts of my family. My Wei Family is still rather famous in the Royal Reed Sea’s Phoenix Bearing Region.”
Yan Zhaoge looked at that black-clothed martial practitioner, “He’s called Zhang Qiansong? He’s rather heavily injured. It looks like he won’t be waking up for a while. Do you know other ways for establishing contact with Dim Darkness Sect martial practitioners?”
Wei Lang said troubledly, “Brother Yan, I did not lie. I am indeed not a Dim Darkness Sect disciple.”
“As for other Dim Darkness Sect martial practitioners, while I have seen a few of them before, I don’t have any way of contacting them.”
Hearing his words, Yan Zhaoge put his hand to his forehead, smiling bitterly within his heart, “This really is…”
After pondering for a moment, Yan Zhaoge mentally communicated with the Northern Ocean Clone who secretly left.
Having come to the World beyond World this time, it was to understand the situation and establish contact with the rivals of the Radiant Light Sect on one hand whilst preventing the Radiant Light Sect from obtaining the supreme Rahu treasure of magnificent dimness on the other.
While he might be able to establish contact with the Dim Darkness Sect now, it was impossible to say when progress might be made in this area. Thus, Yan Zhaoge decided to work on it from both routes.
He would work on establishing contact with the Dim Darkness Sect while the Northern Ocean Clone would work on the matter of the supreme Rahu treasure.
With Feng Yunsheng by the side of his original body, even if he found clues regarding that treasure here, things would also not be delayed.
Wei Lang naturally did not detect any of this as he was currently looking worriedly at the unconscious Zhang Qiansong.
Now, the expression on Wei Lang’s face suddenly changed as he took out a spirit talisman that was folded into the shape of a paper crane.
As the wings of the paper crane flapped, Wei Lang was rather astonished, “A senior of my family is nearby and searching for me.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 620: Shocking the Dim Darkness Sect
HSSB620: Shocking the Dim Darkness Sect
With a single glance at the paper crane, Yan Zhaoge knew that it was a secret communication technique commonly used by blood relatives, facilitating the seniors of a family in coming to save their descendants.
Just a short while later, a group of people appeared before them.
It was a middle-aged man who led them, Wei Lang calling rather shamefully as he saw him, “Second Uncle…”
The middle-aged man looked first at Yan Zhaoge and the others and then at Wei Lang before sighing, “Lang’er, eldest brother and I were both very worried about you.”
Wei Lang hurriedly said, “It is my fault for making Second Uncle and Father worry.”
As he looked at Yan Zhaoge, seeing that his expression was as per usual, he introduced for him, “Brother Yan, this is my second uncle, Wei Yunsheng.”
“Second Uncle, this brother Yan is Yan Zhaoge. He saved me just now.”
On hearing his words, Wei Yunsheng cupped his hands towards Yan Zhaoge, “Many thanks for saving my little nephew.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, “You are polite, Mister Wei.”
Wei Yunsheng looked at Zhang Qiansong, Wei Lang saying slowly, “Second Uncle, Mister Zhang is injured…”
“You, really…” Wei Yunsheng shook his head, “I told you before not to mess around with the people of the Dim Darkness Sect. If they cannot sustain themselves in the Phoenix Bearing Region, they can just leave the place at most
. Yet, where would my Wei family be able to go to?”
Wei Lang said softly, “Second Uncle, the Xuan dogs have always been tyrannical. Our Wei Family has suffered deeply, being oppressed and exploited. Now that the Xuan dogs have been taking so many losses, now is the best time to overthrow them.”
Wei Yunsheng said, “You are still young. Even without the Grand Xuan, there would still be other powers claiming the territory and establishing their rule. Our Wei Family has no place in this.”
Wei Lang muttered, “It couldn’t be any worse than being oppressed by the Grand Xuan…”
Wei Yunsheng was silent as he looked at Zhang Qiansong, next glancing at Yan Zhaoge’s group as he sent over a sound transmission, “Why did these people save you? Was it merely out of goodwill?”
“Actually, they mainly wanted to save Mister Zhang,” Wei Lang answered honestly, “This Brother Yan is not a local of the Royal Reed Sea. Instead, he is here to escort the bones of a former senior of the Dim Darkness Sect back to his hometown. Yet, he does not know how to establish contact with the Dim Darkness Sect.”
“You should also know that the main altar of the Dim Darkness Sect is mysterious and indiscernible. Few people in the outside world know its location.”
Wei Yunsheng pondered for a moment before sighing, “Whatever. Since that is so, let us bring them back to Labour Wind City first.”
Hearing this, Wei Lang instead felt rather uneasy, “If we bring them back to our Family, would it bring danger to our kinsmen?”
He would not hesitate to sacrifice his own life. Yet, there were old, infirm, wives and children in his family. If the Grand Xuan Dynasty set their eyes on them, he dared not imagine the consequences.
Wei Yunsheng said, “With me around, you should be able to avoid getting exposed. Otherwise, if you lot were to drift about outside, if you were captured by the Grand Xuan Dynasty, our entire family would definitely be affected.”
Wei Lang solemnly said, “Thank you, Second Uncle.”
He went to tell Yan Zhaoge about it, the latter not minding as he immediately nodded, “Since that is so, we will be troubling you.”
Beneath the concealment of the Wei Family martial practitioners, they quickly traversed mountains and crossed seas.
As they walked, only then did Yan Zhaoge and the others carefully feel everything in the World beyond Worlds.
As he raised his head and gazed over, the spiritual qi vein in the sky crossed and intersected, virtually becoming visible to the naked eye.
The blue ocean was not a pure blue, instead looking more like it was emitting a faint green lustre.
Day and night were not so distinguishable.
At night, it was unlike the Eight Extremities World where the bright starlit sky could be seen.
The sky was not completely dark, instead seeming as though he was enveloped by a blurry white veil, everything being indistinct behind him.
Once in a while, extremely powerful jade-light would suddenly shoot through the sky. While it could not compare to the all-encompassing power of the great sun, the starlight was extremely dazzling as well. Just a moment having passed, it seemed like the same world had intersected.
“It is like we are within a galaxy of stars,” Feng Yunsheng murmured, “Even if we aren’t, we should still be very close to one.”
Yan Zhaoge laughed, “This is the World beyond Worlds.”
While it could not compare to the Heavenly Court of the of pre-Great Calamity times, it was already no longer an ordinary world.
Having travelled for a few days, a great city appeared over the horizon, half on the continent and half over the vast ocean. It remained staunch and unmoving despite the beating of the waves, being rather magnificent in its atmosphere.
Gazing at the distant city, Yan Zhaoge knew that it must be Labour Wind City, one of the important cities of the Royal Reed Sea. The Wei Family that Wei Lang and Wei Yunsheng had been born in were the rulers of this place.
The Wei Family Patriarch was Wei Lang’s father and Wei Yunsheng’s brother. His name was Wei Yunchang.
Wei Yunchang’s gaze fell somewhat severely on Wei Lang, leaving the latter a little unable to raise his head.
Still, Wei Yuncheng did not punish Wei Lang in front of Yan Zhaoge, only greeting Yan Zhaoge’s group and thanking them for having saved Wei Lang’s life.
After Yan Zhaoge’s group had been settled down, Zhang Qiansong also sent people over to take care of them.
With Yan Zhaoge’s help, Zhang Qiansong’s injuries began gradually recuperating as he soon woke up.
“Liang Zhichao? That was a figure of my Grand Master’s generation. It is said that he went to the lower worlds that year, no news being heard of him afterwards,” Zhang Qiansong’s face was pale, “So, senior apprentice-granduncle Liang has really perished?”
Holding onto that paper fan with one hand, Yan Zhaoge lightly waved his other hand, streams of clear qi causing a skeleton to appear. The clothes on the skeleton were similar to Zhang Qiansong’s.
Zhang Qiansong struggled to place a finger on the skeleton, infusing his aura-qi within and feeling it for a moment before saying dismally, “While I cannot be sure that it is senior apprentice-granduncle Liang, it is definitely the legacy of my sect.”
He cupped his hands towards Yan Zhaoge, “I thank your lofty virtue.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, “No need to be polite. It was also through coincidence that I came to meet the senior of your sect. As for that, it has to do with another power of your Royal Reed Sea.”
Zhang Qiansong raised his brows, “Oh? Which one?”
Yan Zhaoge said, “The Radiant Light Sect.”
Zhang Qiansong instantly snorted coldly, “Radiant Light Sect, huh!”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, “Do not misunderstand. My sect and I do not have any ties with the Radiant Light Sect. On the contrary, there is enmity between us.”
“Do you have impressions of the names Deng Sen, Sun Hao, Liu Feng, Yang Zhanhua and Jin Jie?”
Zhang Qiansong was taken aback, “All of them are Martial Saint Elders of the Radiant Light Sect, two being of their direct lineage with the other two being guest Elders. How would this Zhang not have heard of them before? Amongst them, Deng Sen is a fourth level Martial Saint expert. Placed in the entire Royal Reed Sea, he can be considered a widely known figure.”
Yan Zhaoge flashed his teeth in a smile, “Hasn’t your sect felt that you haven’t heard any news about them in a while?”
Zhang Qiansong was stunned as he only reacted after a while, his expression even more shocked, “They are dead? It is related to your sect?”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, “Actually, there should still be three more third level Martial Saints, just that I do not know what their names were. Also, they only just died not long ago. Your sect may not have received news of it yet.”
Zhang Qiansong sucked in a cold breath, “Can I ask what sect you hail from?”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 621: The cunning Yan Zhaoge
HSSB621: The cunning Yan Zhaoge
While he was grateful to Yan Zhaoge for having escorted Liang Zhichao’s remains back to the Royal Reed Sea, while he was grateful to Yan Zhaoge for having saved the lives of he and Wei Lang, as a descendant of the Dim Darkness Sect, pride existed within Zhang Qiansong’s heart no matter how bad of a predicament he was in.
Still, after having heard that the disappearances and deaths of Deng Sen and the others were all related to the sect that Yan Zhaoge hailed from, Zhang Qiansong could not help but take it seriously.
Be it direct lineage or guest Elders, so many Martial Saint experts having perished would inevitably have been a painful loss for the Radiant Light Sect.
The Dim Darkness Sect would not have been able to remain composed at such a loss as well.
This was especially so when he heard that three other third level Martial Saints had likely perished as well. Zhang Qiansong felt even more shocked at this.
Like this, there had be
en a total of eight Martial Saints who had perished, five of them being third level Martial Saints in addition to Deng Sen who had been at the fourth level of the Martial Saint realm. Such a loss was already extremely immense.
Deng Sen was of the Radiant Light Sect’s Eternal Light Palace, a Grand Elder of theirs who could rank in the top five. He was already a famous figure of the entire Royal Reed Sea.
Looking at Yan Zhaoge now, Zhang Qiansong could not help but feel solemn and respectful as he saw him in a new light.
Even if the power he came from was incomparable to the Dim Darkness Sect, it would definitely still be a major power that could not be overlooked. It might be even stronger than he thought it was.
Yan Zhaoge spoke no further on this, only smiling mildly, “My sect is not from the Royal Reed Sea. You would probably not have heard of it before.”
Seeing that Yan Zhaoge was reluctant to speak more on this, Zhang Qiansong could only leave it as that. Still, he would not underestimate him due to this secrecy, instead feeling even more solemn.
“If what he says is true, the enmity between them and the Radiant Light Sect would already be irrevocable. Perhaps they can serve as powerful support for our sect. While we are rebelling against the Xuan together now, the Radiant Light Sect is our irreconcilable enemy at the end of the day,” Zhang Qiansong pondered, “Still, we will have to guard against this really being a scheme of theirs.”
Yan Zhaoge not having mentioned it, Zhang Qiansong unconsciously dismissed the possibility of him having come from somewhere other than the World beyond Worlds.
This was similar to the thoughts of those Radiant Light Sect experts from back then as they attributed a sense of superiority to powers of the World beyond Worlds.
In truth, Deng Sen and so many experts, in descending into a world aside from the World beyond Worlds, would basically have been able to rampantly sweep through all of them without question.
There were only an extreme few worlds, their martial civilisations flourishing, which were exceptions to this rule. While they could not compare to the World beyond Worlds, they did not lack third level Martial Saint experts, quite a few of theirs having ascended to the World beyond Worlds before.
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