Qiu Jiahai said, “Whereas the feeling side will definitely move to prevent this.”
The three simply looked at one another.
Yan Zhaoge slowly said, “These are all just guesses on my part. We should take a look at what exactly is up with the Brocade Emperor before considering what should be done.”
Qiu Jiahai gazed towards the south, “In heading to the southern Blazing Heaven Territory right upon his return, it should have been to take revenge on Southern Zhuang and Wutong Slope?”
“It would have been a wasted journey…”
Upon Zhuang Shen’s death, facing the looming threat of Yan Di and Broad Creed Mountain, beneath the lead of its new Chief, Mao Yuansheng, Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope had already long since moved away from Wutong Slope, seeking to find a new, secret location.
“No, that’s not right,” Partway through his words, Qiu Jiahai rejected his own guess, “Not only would the unfeeling one not have love or sympathy, he would also not have emotions like hatred and fury.”
Yan Zhaoge nodded, “That’s right. For the unfeeling Brocade Emperor, emotions would not be his benchmark in considering affairs. Instead, it would be how reasonable something is, or whether such might benefit him.”
“Being unfeeling does not mean that one has no desires. Still, in the process of seeking to achieve a goal, he will do whatever it is that might aid him in doing so, and avoid all that would be pointless.”
“For example, if he wishes to regain his original state or advance further, and taking revenge on Zhuang Shen and Wutong Slope would not be of any help in this, he would probably not do so.”
“But…” Yan Zhaoge lightly rubbed his temples, “The feeling one would probably have the exact opposite benchmark in his decision-making process.”
It was just-exactly what state of mind was the Brocade Emperor currently in?
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1066: Difficult to identify as friend or foe
HSSB1066: Difficult to identify as friend or foe
Qiu Jiahai looked at Wang Pu, “Has the Concealed Sovereign been notified of this?”
Wang Pu shook his head, “The Concealed Sovereign definitely already knows of the Brocade Emperor’s return. Still, we are only guessing about the Brocade Emperor’s current state, having no actual proof of this.”
“Of the bigwigs who are currently in the World beyond Worlds, the Female Emperor will definitely not be involved in this,” Qiu Jiahai said, “That leaves…the Heaven Emperor?”
He, Yan Zhaoge and Wang Pu exchanged glances, the three shaking their heads in unison.
It would already be great if that person did not stage a robbery amidst the fire.
Wang Pu said, “Whatever the case, the main thing now is to confirm what the Brocade Emperor is thinking and ascertain if junior apprentice-brother Yan’s guess is accurate.”
He looked at Qiu Jiahai, “Junior apprentice-brother Qiu, I will have to trouble you to make a trip to the south.”
Qiu Jiahai nodded, “Very well.”
Yan Zhaoge suddenly said now, “I should be the one to go.”
Wang Pu and Qiu Jiahai both looked at him, with the latter hesitating momentarily before he asked, “Junior apprentice-brother Yan, it couldn’t be that towards Red Lotus Fu, you…”
“Red Lotus Fu is outstanding and I admire her greatly. Still, that’s all this is to it. I have no intention of pursuing her,” Yan Zhaoge waved a hand dismissively.
He lightly rubbed his temple.
Back then, he had already thought about this when he had guessed that Meng Wan’s father should have an extraordinary background.
It was very difficult to say how the Brocade Emperor would treat this additional daughter of his who had suddenly appeared.
She could be too much of a stranger to him as the relationship between them thus remained distant.
The Brocade Emperor could dislike her for having caused him to plummet to his current dismal state.
Yet, it might also be that he would give her whatever she wanted in order to compensate her due to his guilt.
The first two possibilities would not affect him. Still, Yan Zhaoge had to pay attention to the last one.
Meng Wan who hailed from the Sacred Sun Clan had never displayed clear hostility towards Broad Creed Mountain before. All and any friction between them had stemmed from the battle between the two sides in the Eight Extremities World as she had no personal enmity with them whatsoever.
She was also close as sisters with Feng Yunsheng.
Still, the Sacred Sun Clan had been destroyed by Broad Creed Mountain at the end of the day.
It was fine when Meng Wan had lacked the capabilities, but what would she do after she had gained them?
Meanwhile, what sort of attitude would the Brocade Emperor have towards this?
The current Broad Creed Mountain was supported by the Northern High Peak’s Jade Capital Crag.
The problem was that the current Brocade Emperor was in an abnormal state and could not be judged by normal standards.
This was especially significant as the Sword Sovereign, Yue Zhenbei, had currently still yet to return to the World beyond Worlds.
Yan Zhaoge had no choice but to pay attention to this problem.
If some Martial Saint expert were to descend to the Eight Extremities World, Yan Zhaoge would not be concerned about it at all.
He would descend too, with both sides being suppressed at the third level of the Martial Saint realm together as anyone who came would not be able to return.
Still, when True Immortals descended to lower worlds, their cultivation bases would not be restricted by the dimensional boundaries of the heavens and the earth!
It would not be an exaggeration to say that if the Brocade Emperor descended into the Eight Extremities World, just one single loud cough on his part could simply reduce it all to nothing.
If he headed to the Eight Extremities World through the Royal Reed Sea, Yan Zhaoge would be helpless.
First not speaking of how the Brocade Emperor possessed an Immortal Artifact, even if he was bare-handed, the method that had been effective against the Heaven Emperor would not work on him.
Of course, this was the worst case scenario.
Meng Wan might not do anything to harm Broad Creed Mountain, and it was the same for the Brocade Emperor.
It was even the case that whether or not Meng Wan was currently still alive was unknown.
Therefore, Yan Zhaoge was currently rather curious as to what the Brocade Emperor was thinking.
Also, his father was currently leading members of the sect in expanding into the southern Blazing Heaven Territory. His path would coincide with that of the Brocade Emperor as he headed south.
Fortunately, Shi Jun and the others had already settled down at Jade Capital Crag, and his affairs at Dragon Butterfly Valley and Wind Thunder Manor were already settled too. Wang Pu and Qiu Jiahai would be assisting him in the initial stages of preparations after this.
Yan Zhaoge did not mind departing from Kunlun Mountain at this moment.
After taking his leave of Wang Pu and Qiu Jiahai, Yan Zhaoge headed south for the southern Blazing Heaven Territory.
As he travelled, news was unceasingly transmitted to him.
With Jade Capital Crag supporting him, the thing Yan Zhaoge was most satisfied with was that he was able to utilise its information channels a great deal.
While it would still surely be impossible for him to have full control over them, Wang Pu was still rather generous with him in this area.
Therefore, after Broad Creed Mountain’s opening ceremony, Yan Zhaoge had felt all at once like many things in the Worlds beyond Worlds which he had not understood before were no longer completely unbeknownst to him as there was more information which was accessible for him.
The latest news that had arrived was that the Brocade Emperor had arrived at Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope.
It was already a desert
ed location now.
The Brocade Emperor had remained there for a short while before immediately leaving, going around everywhere to search for those of Wutong Slope who had moved away!
“Is it because he wants to take revenge for Zhuang Shen’s actions or is it because of something else?” Yan Zhaoge wondered.
As he left the central Jun Heaven Territory and arrived in the southern Blazing Heaven Territory, some more information came in.
The Brocade Emperor spread word that he was not going to find trouble for Mao Yuansheng and co. He had only come to the south to look for someone, wanting them to tell him the person’s location.
The first name that immediately appeared in Yan Zhaoge’s mind was none other than Liu Xianting!
This was Meng Wan’s mother.
“I just wonder how this will end,” Yan Zhaoge traversed the Region of Thousand Lakes.
This was where the southern Blazing Heaven Territory bordered the central Jun Heaven Territory.
When Yan Zhaoge had rampaged through the south that year, this was where Peng He, Qing Shuzi and the others had believed he would leave the south through.
Going further south from the Region of Thousand Lakes, one would arrive at the Endless Mountain Range which Yan Zhaoge had once visited before.
As Yan Zhaoge continued heading south, yet more news was transmitted to him.
‘Phoenix Crying Southern Territory’ Mao Yuansheng had finally appeared. He had left after a short meeting with the Brocade Emperor, who had indeed not made things difficult for him.
Also, after Mao Yuansheng had left, the Brocade Emperor had not stayed where he was as he had instead gone to the Flooded Flat Plains in the southeast of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory.
Finally, he had stopped by a huge lake in the northern region of the plains.
The Star Reflecting Lake was a famous scenic spot of the Flooded Flat Plains which was renowned throughout the entire southern Blazing Heaven Territory, being relatively well-known even in the World beyond Worlds itself.
After arriving at the Star Reflecting Lake, the Brocade Emperor had stopped and ceased to move.
His strength had completely sealed and locked down the heavens and earth about Star Reflecting Lake.
When everyone else got there, they were unable to approach, only able to watch on from the side while waiting for stronger experts to arrive.
The news transmitted by Wang Pu had already drawn the attention of the Southern High Peak’s Qilin Cliff as the Earth Exalt Wang Zhengcheng had sent disciples over to take a look at things in the south.
Yan Zhaoge travelled southward, arriving in the Flooded Flat Plains.
Gazing over from far away, he saw a black hemisphere in the horizon which looked incomparably massive as it was affixed above the great earth.
Closer to it, one would discover that it was not pure black as it was half white and half black, resembling Taiji as the two colours intermingled.
This hemisphere was located at Star Reflecting Lake as the entire lake was currently enveloped by it.
Approaching the black and white hemisphere, Yan Zhaoge discovered that people were gathered on its outskirts in several groups as they observed it.
Yan Zhaoge was more familiar with two of them.
One of them was his second apprentice-uncle, Fang Zhun of Broad Creed Mountain. The other was a personal disciple of the Brocade Emperor’s from Ingenious Flying Peak’s Red Lotus Cliff, He Xixing.
Fang Zhun had accompanied Yan Di in their conquest of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory.
He Xixing had come from Ingenious Flying Peak not long ago at Yan Zhaoge’s reminder as he had specifically come south to look for the Brocade Emperor of whom no news had been heard at all.
In the end, not long after he had arrived, the Brocade Emperor had returned to the World beyond Worlds, even having come straight to the southern Blazing Heaven Territory.
Yet, He Xixing felt helpless at the fact that he had yet to meet his Master even once since his return.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1067: The dead are departed
HSSB1067: The dead are departed
‘Embracing Grand Ultimate’ He Xixing was an expert of the late Immortal Bridge Martial Saint realm.
He was a prided disciple of the Brocade Emperor’s and the peak descendant of Red Lotus Cliff.
He had always been acclaimed alongside the likes of Nie Jingshen and Qing Shuzi in the World beyond Worlds.
While not as famous as Nie Jingshen, he was still a peak expert of the World beyond Worlds’ younger generation.
He was one of those who stood at the peak of the ninth level of the Martial Saint realm and merely a step away from the Human Exalt stage, having a chance of becoming a new Exalt in the near future.
When talking about her fellow disciples to Yan Zhaoge, Fu Ting had been full of praise towards this He Xixing.
Yan Zhaoge had also met him once at Ingenious Flying Peak before.
Afterwards, due to Yan Zhaoge’s reminder, He Xixing had come south in an attempt to locate the Brocade Emperor.
Now, while he had finally managed to find him, He Xixing could not feel happy at all.
“Why exactly has Master come here?” After greeting Yan Zhaoge, He Xixing gazed again towards that hemisphere of black and white above the great earth with a troubled expression on his face.
Yan Zhaoge glanced and him and hesitated, not telling him about his guess that he had told Wang Pu and Qiu Jiahai about in the end.
Through sound transmission, he conveyed a bit of this to Fang Zhun. A strange light instantly glowed in Fang Zhun’s eyes upon having heard this.
While shocking waves surged within his heart, his expression remained unchanged and as per usual.
After a while, he took his leave of He Xixing before departing in a nonchalant manner like nothing was the case.
He had left to contact others of Broad Creed Mountain and make some preparations beforehand.
Yan Zhaoge remained where he was, gazing at that hemisphere of black and white along with He Xixing. There was no use in being anxious now as they could only await patiently.
Soon after, yet another person arrived from the north.
Gazing over, Yan Zhaoge and He Xixing saw the newcomer who was garbed in brownish-yellow clothing and had a solemn expression on his face.
“Li Junxin…” After seeing that person’s features, a name appeared within Yan Zhaoge’s mind.
This was a disciple of the Earth Exalt and a descendant of the Earthly Sovereign, ‘Earth Spirit Lord’ Li Junxin.
He was also a late Immortal Bridge Martial Saint who was acclaimed alongside He Xixing and Qing Shuzi’s lot.
His fame surpassed even that of He Xixing and Qing Shuzi somewhat, being inferior only to Nie Jingshen’s.
The Heaven Emperor had said that besides his disciple Qing Shuzi, there were three others who had an extremely high possibility of attaining the Human Exalt stage within a short period of time.
This referred to none other than Nie Jingshen, Li Junxin and He Xixing.
The Earth Exalt Wang Zhengcheng had an extremely high age and seniority within the World beyond Worlds. As a result, Li Junxin’s seniority was remarkably high as well.
Still, Li Junxin was not putting up any arrogant act as he was simply looking with a grave expression on his face over at that massive hemisphere of black and white that enveloped Star Reflecting Lake.
As he saw Yan Zhaoge, his gaze flickered slightly before he took the initiative to walk towards them.
“Long time no see, Fellow Daoist He,” Li Junxin greeted, “This is our first meeting, Fellow Daoist Yan. This Li greets you here.”
Yan Zhaoge and He Xixing returned proper greetings to him, “You are polite, Fellow Daoist Li.”
The trio stood together. As more people arrived in their surroundings to take a look at the situation, their attentions momentarily shifted away from that white and black hemisphere, instead falli
ng on them.
One was a personal disciple of the Brocade Emperor, another a descendant of the Earthly Sovereign.
There was another who was the junior apprentice-nephew of the Sword Sovereign. Not even looking at his background, this person had also stirred up incomparable waves in recent years, being a figure of the younger generation of the World beyond Worlds who had most been in the limelight recently.
As the three stood together, while Yan Zhaoge’s cultivation base was the lowest amongst them, he drew the most gazes.
In Broad Creed Mountain’s opening ceremony, Yan Di had slain the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen and shocked the world.
Still, prior to that, Yan Zhaoge had also majorly grasped the upper hand while battling Zhuang Shen.
As an Immortal Bridge Martial Saint, he had left a Human Exalt hard pressed to parry his blows. He would naturally be the subject of all eyes with that.
It need not even be mentioned how Yan Zhaoge had mightily resisted the Heaven Emperor.
While Li Junxin and He Xixing had yet to attain the Human Exalt stage, even if they had, they still might not be able to defeat Yan Zhaoge.
Still, Yan Zhaoge felt somewhat alert.
He vaguely felt as though there seemed to be someone who could truly threaten him present.
It was just that this feeling was extremely indistinct as it was as if he was just imagining it.
“How long has the Brocade Emperor been like this?” Li Junxin now asked in a low tone.
He Xixing took a deep breath before answering, “It has almost been a full day already.”
Yan Zhaoge and Li Junxin both frowned upon hearing this, neither of them speaking.
Everyone remained silent as they simply focused their gazes on that black and white hemisphere.
After who knew how long, Yan Zhaoge’s heart suddenly jolted slightly.
Then, that black and white hemisphere visibly began to collapse as it flattened, finally transforming into a Taiji diagram.
The Taiji diagram rotated, shrinking towards its centre.
As the black and white receded, Star Reflecting Lake which had previously been enveloped by it now finally saw the light of day once more.
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