History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474

by 八月飞鹰, Ba Yue Fei Ying, August Eagle

  “This talisman originates from the Upper Exalt. The foundation of the Upper Exalt is the Origin Heavenly Scripture of the Earlier Heaven Three Scriptures of the Jade Clear lineage, one of the greatest divination techniques beneath the heavens.”

  “This talisman can suppress the acute senses of that Snow Crane who can virtually sniff out and foresee danger before it even approaches her, even disrupting that half a River Diagram of hers.”

  “If Master’s projections are correct, this chance should be arriving soon. Please project the general location so that we can better find clues and obtain accurate information.”

  “With the help of the Upper Exalt’s talisman, even if the Snow Crane changes her position, we will still be able to track her for a certain period of time.”

  “It is just that the time we have is ultimately limited. If we miss out on this chance, it would be even more difficult to trap this Snow Crane again.”

  “At the same time, while Master already has suitable preparations in place for if that father and son of Broad Creed Mountain detect any abnormalities, it would be best to take care of things quickly just in case.”

  “Having trapped that Snow Crane, you can decide whether to kill her or not. Still, please remember that Master wants to look through the various treasures that she has on her.”

  The other party had not seemed worried that he might take all the treasures for himself.

  Still, he indeed had not the time to consider so many things now.

  To him, the best case scenario was him eliminating Xue Chuqing with that father and son of Broad Creed Mountain wholly unaware. That would be the greatest fortune. Otherwise, there would be endless potential trouble.

  Sighing, he closed his eyes and silently performed a divination.

  After a long time, his eyes abruptly opened before he vanished from the spot, speeding off in a certain direction.

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1143: One after another

  HSSB1143: One after another

  Even as hidden undercurrents were surging in the World beyond Worlds, a momentous event was taking place on the surface.

  The Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion whose fame had spread far and wide as it had already established its status in the World beyond Worlds welcomed its third anniversary.

  After the usual sale of treasures to the public, the auction officially began on a greater scale.

  Those who could participate in the auction all possessed token plates without exception.

  In Yan Zhaoge’s words, this was an auction which only ‘members’ could participate in.

  The auction goods did not all belong to the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion as they were acting as intermediaries for over half of them.

  Many of them were rare and precious goods that were naturally enticing.

  As a result, the auction was very considerably well received.

  From the scale to the process, this looked set to be an incomparably successful auction in every aspect.

  The black-clothed Brocade Emperor whom those of the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion had previously been concerned about had been very quiet all this time.

  Ever since arriving in Yuanzhou City till during the auction itself right now, he had done nothing at all as if he had truly come just to witness this momentous occasion.

  Still, Yan Zhaoge and the others increasingly felt that something was wrong.

  The Female Emperor Jie Mingkong who had originally agreed to attend the auction this time had failed to show up!

  With that, the pressure brought about by the black-clothed Brocade Emperor instantly rose multifold for Wang Pu and the others.

  “Could it be that the Female Emperor learnt about you bringing back a message from the Roving Jade Heavens, hence feeling dissatisfied?” Wang Pu asked Yan Zhaoge in private.

  Chu Lili’s existence was a big secret as few knew about it even in the World beyond Worlds.

  It had not been covered up deliberately like that of the Bright Connection Emperor. Instead, she had seldom interacted with people even when she had been in the World beyond Worlds in the past.

  There was almost no one who knew that the Astro Sovereign had another disciple besides the Female Emperor Jie Mingkong.

  The Sword Sovereign Yue Zhenbei was naturally in the know as he was on closer terms with Chu Lili. His disciples of Jade Capital Crag knew vaguely of this as well, just not in so much detail.

  When Yan Zhaoge had returned to the World beyond Worlds, the Sword Sovereign had still been in extradimensional space. Therefore, he had briefly mentioned this issue to Wang Pu.

  Now that the Female Emperor had unexpectedly failed to show up, Wang Pu naturally wondered if it was related to this.

  “That should not be the case,” Yan Zhaoge said, “I myself told no one else about this. Even if anyone from the Roving Jade Heavens tried to leak the information, they only know at most that I met with Senior Chu, not knowing what it was that we discussed and the fact that I returned with a letter for her.”

  Gao Xuebo, Long Xueji and the others would not intentionally cause him harm.

  While Little Gao Qing was a bit talkative, her grandfather Gao Xuebo would definitely have repeatedly reminded her to be careful with her words. Thus, the possibility of her leaking the news was low as well.

  The Cloud Conquest Emperor and some others did not like the World beyond Worlds. Still, even if they wished to induce an internal conflict there, they lacked sufficient kindling for such as they would naturally have no way of going about it.

  If all Yan Zhaoge had done was merely meet with Chu Lili once, it would be impossible for the Female Emperor to be enraged as a result.

  “I guarantee that I did not leak the news too,” Wang Pu forced a smile.

  “Therefore, it should not be about me returning with the letter. The possibility of this is very low, at least,” Yan Zhaoge lightly rubbed his temples, “It is probably some other matter which has caused the Female Emperor to fail to show up. Still, there aren’t many things which could potentially do this.”

  The Female Emperor Jie Mingkong was famous for not getting involved in the affairs of others, caring not about whatever happened to them.

  Most of the time, of the Five Emperors of the World beyond Worlds, she was the one with the lowest sense of existence.

  There were very few things which could get her to appear.

  It was because of this that everyone had been shocked when she had appeared at Broad Creed Mountain’s opening ceremony.

  Even in the rare battle between Emperor-level experts that year when the Brocade Emperor had battled Mars Halberd, the Female Emperor had simply ignored it completely.

  The Female Emperor had similarly done nothing when Chen Qianhua had stomped on Ingenious Flying Peak.

  When Chen Qianhua had revealed his intention to become the Southern Exalt and clashed with Jade Capital Crag’s Nie Jingshen, as this matter concerned Jade Capital Crag and Broad Creed Mountain, only then had the Female Emperor appeared once more.

  It was considerably difficult to get this number one female expert of the World beyond Worlds to make a move.

  “Whether it is my Broad Creed Mountain or senior apprentice-uncle Yue’s Jade Capital Crag, the reason for the Female Emperor’s relative closeness to us is actually the relationship of the Astro Sovereign with my grandfather that year.”

  “While it is most likely not because of me delivering a letter for Senior Chu…” Yan Zhaoge pondered aloud, “A matter that is most able to move the Female Emperor in the World beyond Worlds would have to be related to the Astro Sovereign.”

  Hearing this, Wang Pu nodded slowly.

  “Indeed, it is not just a single person who has come looking for trouble,” Yan Zhaoge raised his head slightly, gazing at the ceiling as he promptly said, “The black-clothed Brocade Emperor would not be able to do something so major in his current situation. Someone who can bring together all of this…”

  Xiao Ai and the other
s simultaneously blurted out in realisation, “Southern High Peak’s Qilin Cliff!”

  “The white-clothed Brocade Emperor is unable to come, and the Female Emperor cannot make it too…” Yan Zhaoge exhaled lightly, “However one looks at it, these are not unrelated incidents. All this seems planned.”

  “Elder Wang must not like how the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion has increased the influence of my Jade Capital Crag, huh?” Wang Pu asked in a heavy tone.

  With how the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion had stirred up the World beyond Worlds greatly, as Qiu Jiahai and other disciples of Jade Capital Crag had participated in this, it was indeed unceasingly raising the influence of the Sword Sovereign.

  All along, of the Three Sovereigns of the World beyond Worlds, the Concealed Sovereign had been the most low-key and the Sword Sovereign the most inexperienced as the Earthly Sovereign had thus basically been seen as their leader.

  The appearance of the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion now was still insufficient to change the situation.

  Still, as time passed and its influence grew, there was no guarantee that nothing would crop up as a result.

  Public opinion was far less important in the world of martial practitioners than it was in the world of mere mortals.

  Still, as the World beyond Worlds had developed over the years, a connection would naturally arise between the higher and lower branches of that figurative growing tree.

  While it was the higher levels affecting the lower levels most of the time, when the lower levels gradually formed a collective voice, even the higher levels would have to take this seriously.

  When the stance of the higher echelon experts shifted on a widespread scale, it would naturally affect the authority of the peak experts to decide matters.

  Of course, the precondition for this was that the gap between their strength was not too great.

  As that head steward who governed the World beyond Worlds most of the time, it was really impossible that the Earth Exalt Wang Zhengcheng did not understand this, as Wang Pu saw it.

  “Still, there is a precondition,” Qiu Jiahai said, “The Concealed Sovereign has to remain neutral. If the Concealed Sovereign unconditionally supports the Earthly Sovereign, it would require an even longer time for the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion to exert its effects.”

  “Based on this, the Earth Exalt should not make a move before the Concealed Sovereign has expressed his stance. This does not correspond with his usual style of handling matters.”

  Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin, “So, the Earth Exalt should not be in a rush to suppress the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion, unless he is intentionally going against his usual style of handling affairs.”

  While the possibility of this was not zero, it was still on the low side.

  “In that case, his goal…” Yan Zhaoge narrowed his eyes, “Ah Hu…”

  Before he could finish speaking, a startled look suddenly appeared on the face of Ah Hu beside him as he pulled out a purple ice crystal and shattered it.

  Light flickered within the crystal, forming a message.

  Reading it, everyone’s faces fell as Yan Zhaoge put a hand to his forehead, “Our helpers are getting held up one after another, while our enemies are arriving one after another.”

  The contents of the ice crystal read:

  “The Heaven Emperor has arrived in the southeast.”

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1144: Ninth level of the Martial Saint realm, late Immortal Bridge stage!

  HSSB1144: Ninth level of the Martial Saint realm, late Immortal Bridge stage!

  Upon seeing the message contained within the ice crystal, everyone’s expressions turned solemn.

  The Heaven Emperor had undoubtedly gone to the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory to acquire the Later Earth Text that was buried so deeply in the Royal Reed Sea that even Broad Creed Mountain was unable to retrieve it.

  Still, for the Heaven Emperor who was already an Immortal, he would surely have a solution for this given enough time.

  There were many restrictions on the Earth Mother Dao Ritual. With Yan Zhaoge having established a certain level of connection with the Later Earth Text, the other practitioners of Broad Creed Mountain would not be able to replace him when trying to borrow the power of the Later Earth Text to fend off the Heaven Emperor.

  The enmity between the two sides was deep enough to rule out any possibility of reconciliation.

  If the Heaven Emperor obtained the Later Earth Text, his strength would surely rise as a result.

  Broad Creed Mountain would naturally not want to see such an enemy becoming even more powerful.

  Normally, Yan Zhaoge would simply set the matter of the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion aside and rush back to the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory to deal with the matter of the Later Earth Text.

  Right now, however, the black-clothed Brocade Emperor was right before him, his motives hard to decipher.

  “The Earth Exalt is indeed meticulous in his actions, having considered things thoroughly in every aspect,” Yan Zhaoge chuckled coldly, “I wonder if he and Upper Chen will be acting themselves?”

  “Junior apprentice-brother Nie should be rushing over to deal with things over at the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory,” Wang Pu said in a heavy tone, “I will immediately return to Jade Capital Crag now and borrow the Origin Opening Sword!”

  The Origin Opening Sword was the Leakless Immortal Artifact that the Sword Sovereign Yue Zhenbei had used in the past!

  When Yue Zhenbei had left the World beyond Worlds and departed for extradimensional space, the sword had been left behind by him to guard his lineage.

  Wang Pu would not be borrowing the Origin Opening Sword for his own use, though. He was only a ninth level Martial Saint after all.

  The current owner of the sword might be the Southwestern Exalt Bai Tao or the Southern Exalt Nie Jingshen.

  Although it would naturally be best if he could manage to deliver the sword to Nie Jingshen in time, Wang Pu was prepared to contact Bai Tao at any time if needed.

  “The black-clothed Brocade Emperor, the Heaven Emperor and the Upper Exalt who may possibly participate,” Qiu Jiahai inhaled deeply, “From the looks of it, they are dead set on succeeding. If Elder Wang personally moves, he will definitely use the Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram!”

  The Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram was the Immortal Artifact of the Leakless level that the Earthly Sovereign had once used.

  It had also remained at Southern High Peak’s Qilin Cliff all along, only very rarely making an appearance.

  Even when the Earth Exalt Wang Zhencheng had previously stood witness to the confrontation between the Brocade Emperor and Mars Halberd, he had not brought along the Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram along.

  From the look of things, however, if Wang Zhengcheng did personally act today, he would definitely utilise the Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram.

  Yan Zhaoge had a calm expression on his face, “This is fine since we are prepared. I will be troubling you then, senior apprentice-brother Wang. Still, of the major experts remaining in the World beyond Worlds, what will the stance of the Encompassing Emperor be?”

  “It is most likely that he will help neither side,” Wang Pu and Qiu Jiahai exchanged glances before saying.

  “I see,” Yan Zhaoge nodded slowly and stood up, “Alright. I will send you out, senior apprentice-brother Wang. Otherwise, with the Brocade Emperor blocking the door, it would probably be difficult for you to return to Jade Capital Crag.”

  Wang Pu frowned, “Junior apprentice-brother Yan, you…”

  “I originally intended to get Ah Hu to take a look at Dragon Butterfly Valley earlier,” Yan Zhaoge said mildly, “While that place is obscure, it cannot be guaranteed that nobody knows about it.”

  “Actually, destroying Dragon Butterfly Valley would also be a good way to wreck the business of our Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion.”

  Dragon Butterfly Valley had a unique environm
ent and was even more suitable for forging artifacts on a large scale after having been refurbished by Yan Zhaoge.

  If it was destroyed completely at its core, it would be tough for Yan Zhaoge to find another suitable place.

  “Still, I feel that the other side’s target is not the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion,” Yan Zhaoge led the way out of the elegant room, “Be it the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion or the Later Earth Text in the Royal Reed Sea, both of them are only distractions.”

  “They are just ways to split our attention and waste our manpower. His real target and the people implementing it are actually different.”

  Yan Zhaoge smiled, “The Earth Exalt has already fully made preparations. If we still continue to wait, we will only lose the initiative. Therefore…”

  With that, he strode forward, shifting through space as he instantly arrived outside the room the black-clothed Brocade Emperor was in!

  “Therefore, I would much rather make a preemptive strike, seeking a chance to dispel the situation.”

  As Yan Zhaoge opened the door, the black-clothed Brocade Emperor was already gazing over at him.

  “This Yan has some matters that I have to handle. I have specifically come to take my leave from the black-clothed Brocade Emperor.”

  The black-clothed Brocade Emperor’s gaze had no fluctuations whatsoever as he just looked silently at Yan Zhaoge, “When the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion is having such a major event, little Friend Yan is actually leaving?”

  “In the eyes of some, some other things may be more important,” Yan Zhaoge said mildly, “I share these sentiments.”

  “How regretful indeed,” The black-clothed Brocade Emperor said in an indifferent tone, “I had wanted to ask Little Friend Yan for pointers regarding the Taiyi Fist.”

  “Haha…” Yan Zhaoge chuckled, “While you desire the Taiyi Fist, you have probably also made an agreement with someone to block this Yan from leaving Yuanzhou City, right? I wonder what sort of price it was the other party offered which managed to move you?”

  The black-clothed Brocade Emperor’s eyes suddenly flickered, though not because of Yan Zhaoge’s words.