Everyone’s eyes lit up at once. The scenery at the lake was indeed intoxicating.
The bright starlight was reflected on the lake’s surface as it was beautiful and majestic, profound and abstruse, causing those who saw it to forget about wanting to leave.
“Could here be where the Brocade Emperor met with Liu Xianting that year?” Yan Zhaoge wondered, “It is indeed a good place for picking up chicks.”
Although the black and white Taiji diagram was receding, everyone dared not approach immediately as they continued to observe it from a distance away.
There was only the Brocade Emperor’s disciple, He Xixing, who strode forward, slowly heading for the centre of the Taiji diagram which was also the centre of Star Reflecting Lake.
Yan Zhaoge looked towards Li Junxin beside him and saw that he too was looking at him.
The two retracted their gazes, heading towards the centre of the lake as well.
The scenery of Star Reflecting Lake was beautiful as it vaguely appeared intricate and graceful somewhat. Still, this entire lake actually occupied a very big region.
At the centre of the lake, there were a few small isles which were all very tiny, resembling some stars which were scattered amidst the starry sky of the universe.
Yan Zhaoge, He Xixing and Li Junxin jointly ascended one of these isles based on their intuition.
The isle was dense with greenery and beautiful too.
Still, the trio was not in the mood to admire this.
Their gazes traversed the countless trees and finally came to rest on a clear spring of the forest.
There were two people seated there.
Beside them was a grave. From the difference between the soil and the surrounding environment, one could tell that it was an old grave which had been newly shifted over from elsewhere.
Controlled by an expert of the martial dao who had the power to move mountains and fill seas, the grave did not have to be dug up at all for this to be done.
The entire surrounding area could be unearthed and moved over to a new area before being settled down again.
For example, the graves of the ancestors of Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope had also been moved away by Mao Yuansheng and the others as they had abandoned their original headquarters.
Looking at the words inscribed on the stone tablet before the grave, Yan Zhaoge raised his head slightly, “So Liu Xianting was already dead…”
The Brocade Emperor had indeed been looking for Liu Xianting in seeking a person’s whereabouts from the martial practitioners of Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope.
From the looks of it now, Liu Xianting had already died and been buried long ago. When the martial practitioners of Phoenix Ritual Mountain had left, they had moved her grave along with the others.
Mao Yuansheng had handed it over to the Brocade Emperor afterwards.
The Brocade Emperor had moved Liu Xianting’s grave over to the Star Reflecting Lake.
Yan Zhaoge gazed at the two who were seated before the grave.
One of them was a handsome middle-aged man who appeared around forty on the outside.
He was garbed in snow white clothes and a red robe as his hair streamed untied behind his back.
This was none other than one of the World beyond Worlds’ Five Emperors, the Brocade Emperor Fu Yunchi.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1068: A meeting long overdue
HSSB1068: A meeting long overdue
Across from the Brocade Emperor sat a girl.
Others might find her extremely unfamiliar.
Yan Zhaoge, however, found her extremely familiar, despite the fact that he had already not seen her for more than ten years.
She was still fresh and beautiful with her features virtually perfect and without flaw. She had a pair of small, doe-like eyes that were intelligent yet tender, instinctively making one want to protect her.
As compared to in her youth, her spiritual air had not faded over the years as she had instead seemingly become more transcendent as though she was some beautiful spirit of nature.
She did not have Fu Ting’s beautiful, exposed sharpness which dazzled one’s eyes, yet possessed a flair of her own that was not inferior in the least.
This was none other than Meng Wan.
She had been the Sacred Sun Clan’s Maiden of Extreme Yin in the Eight Extremities World, having presided domineeringly over the rest multiple times and won the right to control the Extreme Yin Crown.
Afterwards, she had been brought to the World beyond Worlds by the Radiant Light Sect. When the Grand Xuan Dynasty had destroyed the Radiant Light Sect, she had been defeated by Feng Yunsheng with the Extreme Yin Crown hence finally falling into the hands of Feng Yunsheng and Broad Creed Mountain.
Back then, Meng Wan had been abducted by the late son of the Southern Exalt, Zhuang Chaohui, who had been passing by.
Her whereabouts had remained unknown afterwards.
When Yan Zhaoge had rampaged through the south that year, besides the battle where he had killed many famed experts of Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope like Peng He, Zhang Shuren and Yuan Xiancheng with the help of the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, he had also asked about Meng Wan’s whereabouts from some martial practitioners of Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope whom he had casually captured. Still, he had not been successful in gaining any information.
It seemed like only the coremost martial practitioners of Phoenix Ritual Mountain like Zhuang Shen, Mao Yuansheng and Zhuang Chaohui had been in the know about this.
On seeing Meng Wan again now, Yan Zhaoge saw that she looked to be in an okay condition. While it probably could not be said that she had lived well over the past few years, she had probably not been ill-treated too.
Looking at her, Yan Zhaoge sighed, unable to stop himself from shaking his head and smiling bitterly as he recalled Feng Yunsheng whom he had not seen for many years since her departure previously.
Meng Wan sat quietly there with a calm, tranquil expression on her face.
Still, all her attention was clearly on the Brocade Emperor before her at this moment as she could not be focused elsewhere at all.
While this handsome middle-aged man was gazing entrancedly at the grave beside her most of the time, his gaze that would land on her from time to time just left her feeling vaguely uneasy within.
That was a very strange gaze.
If it was simple killing intent, hostility, evil or malicious intent, Meng Wan would not be feeling as uneasy as she was now.
Instead, the Brocade Emperor’s gaze seemed to be flickering unceasingly.
With this frequency being too high, one might mistakenly believe it to be unchanging.
Actually, however, interchangeably appearing in the Brocade Emperor’s pupils were a warm gaze and an indifferent gaze.
It changed countless times in an instant!
Not only was his gaze like this when he was looking at Meng Wan, it was flickering all the time at any single moment.
It was just that no changes visibly appeared on the Brocade Emperor’s face as his aura was eternally stable too, looking just like it always did.
Li Junxin did not notice any abnormalities for the time being. Still, Yan Zhaoge who had long since had his suspicions and He Xixing who was familiar with his Master were vaguely able to tell that something was up.
“This disciple greets Master,” While He Xixing felt quizzical, he still went forward and greeted the Brocade Emperor at once.
Li Junxin did the same, greeting the Brocade Emperor.
Yan Zhaoge did the same too, but observed the surroundings even as he paid attention to the Brocade Emperor.
The feeling of crisis that had existed in his heart earlier was even more intense than before.
Suddenly, his gaze shot towards the distance at lightning speed.
Yan Zhaoge’s gaze traversed space, falling on a mountain peak by the Star Reflecting Lake.
At the same time, he
felt a gaze falling on him from that location. Their two gazes clashed.
The space between the mountain peak by the lake and this isle that was on it distorted at this moment with electricity being born from nowhere.
The originally calm surface of the Star Reflecting Lake suddenly surged.
“Oh?” A rather surprised voice seemingly resounded by Yan Zhaoge’s ear.
He too clearly saw the other party’s appearance now.
At the top of the mountainous rocks and by a dense forest, there was a rather obtrusive old wooden armchair with a dense scholarly air about it.
Atop the wooden armchair sat a purple-clothed youth with rather pale skin. He looked very lazy, as if there was nothing which could get his spirits up at all.
At this moment, however, this youth no longer appeared so listless as he looked at Yan Zhaoge through the corner of his eye.
With one look at him, Yan Zhaoge recognised him as the head of the Ten Exalts and the current strongest Martial Saint of the World beyond Worlds, the Upper Exalt Chen Qianhua!
Chen Qianhua too was appraising Yan Zhaoge at this moment.
He had been the first one to arrive, having even beat He Xixing, Fang Zhun and the rest to it.
Chen Qianhua who always acted as he liked just focused on watching the commotion, having no intention of interacting with anyone else.
While he did not reveal his location, he did not intentionally conceal himself as well.
Even so, however, there was no one else who had discovered his presence besides the Brocade Emperor.
Chen Qianhua had not minded this whatsoever as he lazily awaited that beginning of what he was sure would be a good show.
Only when the hemisphere of black and white had disappeared and Star Reflecting Lake had seen the light of day once more, with the Brocade Emperor appearing and Chen Qianhua paying more attention to the small isle in the middle of the lake, had he suddenly discovered that the Brocade Emperor aside, there was also someone else who had detected his presence, even having located him with a single glance.
He immediately gazed back in that direction.
After appraising him and recognising him to be Yan Zhaoge, a hint of a smile involuntarily appeared by the corners of Chen Qianhua’s mouth.
Seeing this, Yan Zhaoge raised his brows slightly.
A deep yet pleasant voice resounded by his ear now, “In having been able to deduce Chen Qianhua’s location, you are indeed not simple.”
Retracting his gaze and looking over, Yan Zhaoge saw that the Brocade Emperor was currently gazing towards him too.
Facing the Brocade Emperor’s gaze, Yan Zhaoge’s heart jolted slightly as he could be even more sure that while this Emperor might appear normal, he was currently in an extremely unstable state just as he had predicted.
“At this moment, he is probably locked in an inner battle with himself at every single point in time.”
Yan Zhaoge thought, “His unfeeling and feeling sides have really split apart and become opposed, merely being in a subtle equilibrium for now as neither has been able to clearly grasp the upper hand.”
The Brocade Emperor’s current state was one that Yan Zhaoge least wanted to see.
Whether it was feeling or unfeeling, both had a general way in which they operated which one could be certain of. There would be methods and ways with which to interact with them.
Now, however, there were too many variations that were really difficult to predict.
Far away on the mountaintop, Chen Qianhua showed no intention of approaching as he was instead smiling happily.
“This trip was not a wasted one,” He now rejoiced, “Right, just like this, it’s only interesting like this!”
Despite knowing that Chen Qianhua was there, the Brocade Emperor had a calm expression on his face at this moment as he just looked mildly at Yan Zhaoge, “While I wanted to meet you since way back, it happened that it was continually delayed as I have only gotten to meet you in person today.”
Yan Zhaoge said, “You overpraise me, Brocade Emperor.”
“My little daughter…” The Brocade Emperor smiled, glancing at Meng Wan, “Not this little daughter, but my eldest daughter, Little Red Lotus.”
Little Red Lotus was Fu Ting’s nickname which only her parents could call her, and not any of her other elders.
The Brocade Emperor said, “I must really thank you for helping out when Little Red Lotus was in danger back then.”
Yan Zhaoge cupped his hands, “Sadly, some regrets were still left behind. This Yan too finds it a great pity.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1069: The madman whose actions are hard to predict
HSSB1069: The madman whose actions are hard to predict
Yan Zhaoge had spoken in an obscure manner, naturally referring to how the seed of trouble had been planted within Fu Ting from her learning the name of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord as this matter had still not been resolved in a satisfactory manner even now.
Hearing his words, the Brocade Emperor nodded before saying very naturally, “There was just no helping how she stumbled into the lands of the Immortal Court and heard the name of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord.”
Yan Zhaoge’s pupils dilated abruptly as he broke out in a cold sweat, his hairs standing on end.
The Brocade Emperor had not actually conveyed this latest message to him via sound transmission.
Instead, he had blatantly said it out loud in front of so many people!
Moreover, while he had not spoken very loudly, his voice had spread far into the distance towards the surrounding world.
Without needing to spend any effort at all, the Brocade Emperor could let his own voice resound throughout half of the entire southern Blazing Heaven Territory!
He Xixing and Li Junxin who were standing beside them heard the Brocade Emperor’s words at once.
As the prided descendants of the Brocade Emperor and the Earth Exalt, they were privy to much top secret information.
They even knew about the opposing entities that were the Immortal Court and Buddhism.
However, even for late Immortal Bridge Martial Saints like them, the name of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord was an absolute taboo!
It was impossible that the Brocade Emperor was not aware of this.
Therefore, while He Xixing had heard of the Immortal Court before, it was just limited to this concept alone as he did not know about its specific details at all, much less the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord.
Now, however, he was rendered somewhat stunned right there and then.
As the name of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord flashed through his mind, even as he felt curious, a strange feeling also vaguely appeared within his heart.
While this feeling was totally baseless and indistinct, He Xixing just felt like something extra seemed to have appeared at the very depths of his soul.
Yet, trying to zero down on that feeling, there seemed to be nothing at all, as though he had been hallucinating it all.
Despite that, He Xixing’s lifeblood surged as he vaguely had a foreboding premonition now.
Meanwhile, Li Junxin who had also been paying close attention to the Brocade Emperor felt the same thing as He Xixing as he heard the name of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord at this moment.
As the voice of the Brocade Emperor spread, those in the vicinity of Star Reflecting Lake who were paying attention to this matter, having come over to gather news, naturally heard these words too.
Everyone felt bewildered, “Immortal Court, Immeasurable Heavenly Lord? What are those?”
Amidst their puzzlement, they also felt that some strange feeling now additionally existed within their hearts, undetectable at times whilst obvious at others.
On the mountaintop across the lake, Chen Qianhua blinked, shooting straight up from the wooden armchair as he burst into applause, “Magnificent indeed!”
Meng Wan who was seated beside the Brocade Emperor was also feeling slightly at a loss as to
what was going on. Still, like those others apart from Yan Zhaoge and Chen Qianhua, she had not realised what exactly this latest occurrence really entailed.
“This is why I hate madmen,” Yan Zhaoge touched his forehand with his left hand, next raising his right hand.
The Myriad Dragon Palace appeared, its gate now opening.
A black metal wheel rotated within, containing twelve slots of which nine were lit.
This was none other than the Dim Radiant Wheel.
The black metal wheel suddenly ceased to rotate, the radiance of the slots dimming as only one emitted a lustrous radiance.
The radiance surged up into the heavens, scattering in all directions within the sky to form a screen of light which expanded to overtake the sound waves emitted by the Brocade Emperor’s voice.
Finally, the screen of light transformed into a hemisphere which enveloped the entire surrounding region, preventing the Brocade Emperor’s voice from travelling outwards.
The sound waves that looked ordinary and formless visibly manifested at this moment, unceasingly striking at the screen of light before being reflected by it.
Fortunately, the Brocade Emperor did not attempt to break that screen of light. He let his voice be blocked, not minding it at all.
He completely ignored Yan Zhaoge’s actions, seemingly wholly unaware of what might be wrought as a result of his earlier action.
This True Immortal continued speaking mildly, “Little Friend Yan, the sect that you hail from, Broad Creed Mountain, will be attempting to occupy the southern Blazing Heaven Territory after this, is it not?”
“If that is so, I have something to request of you.”
He looked at the grave beside him before sighing, “I came to know Xianting here that year, falling in love and standing by each other. Still, I let her down in the end.”
“Now that the dead are departed, I can only abide by her wish and have her buried here.”
“After occupying the southern Blazing Heaven Territory, I hope that your Broad Creed Mountain will not disturb her. If you can help take care of things here, I will first thank you here.”
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