HSSB413: Yan Zhaoge's new weapon

If one said that others had still had doubts regarding Feng Yunsheng's ability prior to the fifth Extreme Yin Bout, after it was over, with her forcibly defeating Turbid Wave Pavilion's Fan Qiu in a domineering manner, there was no longer anyone who suspected her ability and potential as a Maiden of Extreme Yin.

To the Sacred Sun Clan, this held additional significance, causing them to hold complex feelings, at the same time also wishing to get rid of Feng Yunsheng even more.

Having experienced the Fifth Extreme Yin Bout, Broad Creed Mountain had internally cemented its confidence in Feng Yunsheng as well.

The doubtful, dissenting voices of earlier had all vanished, with no one bringing up such things anymore.

Yan Zhaoge said mildly, "You already lost out once that year. You should remember that lesson."

Feng Yunsheng answered, "You can't just not eat because you choked once."

She said slowly, "After winning the Extreme Yin Crown, it is not to be brought back to the clan as adornment. The opponents that I will have to face are not just Little Wan and the other Maidens of Extreme Yin; they also include the Flame Devils. More precisely, it would be the powerful Flame Devil Kings."

"As well as…other powerful opponents."

Feng Yunsheng's gaze was calm and stable, apparently already having considered this matter very thoroughly.

Hearing her words, Yan Zhaoge nodded, "Good, looks like this is not a moment's rashness on your part. Since that is so, I have no objections. Still, you are not an ordinary disciple. If you want to leave the Mountain, you first have to obtain the consent of my father and your Master."

Feng Yunsheng said, "That is only natural."

Yan Zhaoge took his leave, returning to his lodgings to rest.

Within his room, Yan Zhaoge sat quietly in the meditative position, moderating his breathing.

Like his father had said, most of the essence of that dead ice dragon's flesh and blood had transformed into essential qi, being absorbed within his body.

Before he attempted his breakthrough into the Transcending Mortality Martial Grandmaster realm, he would not have to worry about the accumulation of his true essence at all. All he had to do was strive fiercely to improve, comprehending the martial principles.

Of course, the precondition was that he was able to effectively refine and absorb that large amount of pure, refined qi within his body.

As Yan Zhaoge sat in the meditative position, the chaotic qi mass in his body rippled, with a great amount of pure, refined qi in which ice and fire was merged appearing within.

As the fire and ice rotated, they were unceasingly absorbed and assimilated by the chaotic qi mass, gradually becoming a portion of Yan Zhaoge's strength.

Yan Zhaoge refined this large amount of qi accumulated within his body whilst also perusing various martial arts, thereby passing his days in an incomparably substantial manner.

As time slowly passed, the strength of the illusory scenes within the Marsh of Illusory Sea weakened, the days gradually drawing near to when the Ten Character Heavenly Rainbow was set to appear.

Just around this time, Yan Zhaoge's Grand Master Yuan Zhengfeng completed his work as well, sending over a message calling for Yan Zhaoge to come and collect the item.

As Yan Zhaoge arrived at Yuan Zhengfeng's lodgings, as he entered, he found Yuan Zhengfeng seated within the courtyard, a middle-aged man beside him.

"Grand Master, senior apprentice-uncle Gao," Yan Zhaoge came forward, bowing to the two in greeting.

Yuan Zhengfeng and that middle-aged man both smiled as they nodded to him.

The middle-aged man was surnamed Gao. He was also Yuan Zhengfeng's personal disciple, just that his accomplishments were slightly inferior to that of Yan Di, Shi Tie, Fang Zhun and Fu Enshu.

This man was rather proficient in the forging of artifacts. During the artifact forging this time round, it would not have been possible for Yuan Zhengfeng to do everything personally as he had only been in charge of the most crucial part, in the meantime leaving most of the work to this middle-aged man to perform on his behalf.

Still, the middle-aged man was currently also feeling rather emotional. It was fine that as Yan Zhaoge's senior, he was forging an artifact for him.

Yuan Zhengfeng personally forging an accompanying weapon for Yan Zhaoge-if this piece of news spread, everyone would most probably be greatly shocked.

Ever since olden times, how many cases had there been heard of an exalted Martial Saint personally forging an accompanying weapon for an Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster?

But what was even more hard to come by was that after recovering from their initial shock, most would probably feel that it actually didn't seem that hard to accept after all.

Because that Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster was Yan Zhaoge.

Someone who could not be measured in terms of seniority, in terms of age, in terms of cultivation base.

At the very least, the middle-aged man who was assisting Yuan Zhengfeng in helping to forge Yan Zhaoge's weapon now appeared very composed, not getting caught up over the gulf in seniority or feeling that his talents had been put to waste.

Yuan Zhengfeng smiled at Yan Zhaoge, "Try it?"

Saying thus, a streak of light appeared before the old man, next coming to arrive before Yan Zhaoge.

As Yan Zhaoge looked over, he saw that a sword hovered in mid-air. The blade of the sword was jade green in colour, peaceful and distant, with only a speck of crimson light on the sword's tip that revealed a sharp, baleful intent.

Powerful fluctuations of energy were kept within, resembling a sword being sheathed as they did not emanate to the outside.

However, observing it carefully, one would be able to detect how terrifying the power that was concealed within was, how it would definitely shock the heavens when it erupted.

Yuan Zhengfeng said, "The sword is named Green Abyss. Its primary materials are the Deep Abyss Green Iron that comes from the far oceans beyond the seas as well as the Nine Suns Crimson Gold that was obtained during our previous invasion of the Fire Domain. Other than that, some valuable materials that you brought back from the legacy site of the Glacial Dragon Martial Saint where he once resided were added in as well."

Yan Zhaoge bowed towards Yuan Zhengfeng, "Thank you, Grand Master."

Afterwards, he reached out, grabbing the hilt of the Green Abyss Sword from which a sharp sword-intent immediately surged and emanated.

A scene appeared within Yan Zhaoge's mind.  Amidst a vast patch of clear sky, flowing fire slid by, leaving behind a fiery red crack across the sky, resembling a great scar.

The fiery crack closed. However, focusing his gaze within, the heavens and earth seemed to be reversed.

He was clearly gazing at the sky, but, at this moment, it seemed like he was gazing at a deep, fiery red abyss down below.

The powerful sword-intent surged, almost wanting to first rip apart Yan Zhaoge's sword-wielding hand.

Yan Zhaoge's gaze focused slightly as he bore that boundless sword-intent, trying to instead integrate his own true martial intent within the Green Abyss Sword, striving to achieve harmony alongside it.

Yuan Zhengfeng and the middle-aged man silently watched on as Yan Zhaoge refined the Green Abyss Sword. Seeing the stability and order with which he did so, they could not help but nod in approval.

After a long time, Yan Zhaoge suddenly laughed, "Grand Master, I had still thought that you were going to forge a sabre for me, or a spirit artifact in which is integrated the concept of the Heavenly Broad Creed Palm. I had not expected that it would be a sword."

Of Broad Creed Mountain's Three Supreme Arts, Yuan Zhengfeng cultivated in the Heavenly Broad Creed Palm and the Immeasurable Heavenly Sabre.

When experts in the martial dao forged weapons, they would generally infuse their understanding and comprehension of martial principles within. Therefore, Yan Zhaoge joked with Yuan Zhengfeng like this.

Yuan Zhengfeng was not offended by this as he replied smilingly, "You were unlucky; this old man just happens to have been working on the Limitless Heavenly Sword in recent days. As I forged this Green Abyss Sword for you, I was casually exercising it for some training as well."

Yan Zhaoge smiled as well, "See, I knew it."

As Yan Zhaoge smiled, radiance suddenly flickered abruptly within his eyes, the Green Abyss Sword in his hand emitting the roar of a dragon before its sword-light was gone in a flash, disappearing within his sleeve.

"Very fast ah," Yuan Zhengfeng nodded, "Even faster than this old man predicted."

Seeing Yan Zhaoge successfully achieving his initial refinement of the high-grade spirit artifact, the Green Abyss Sword, Yuan Zhengfeng then said, "Yan Di and Enshu have already mentioned to me the matter of that girl Yunsheng. After discussing it, we decided to let her go out."

"If jade is not tempered, wares cannot be forged. The disciples of our Broad Creed Mountain have to be able to take stumbles and falls."

"However, we also cannot completely leave her be," Yuan Zhengfeng said, "Yan Di said that you will very soon be making a trip to the Marsh of Illusory Sea. You can have Yunsheng travel alongside you. The Marsh of Illusory Sea is a good place for tempering; with you bringing her along, the clan will be able to rest at ease."

HSSB414: When're you going to get a wife?

Anyway, there was already Xu Fei who was going to take Shi Jun along. Yan Zhaoge didn't mind if another person was added on. Moreover, he was only pretty good terms with Feng Yunsheng.

"I'm naturally fine with it, but I wonder how junior apprentice-sister Feng feels about it?" Yan Zhaoge said, "From her words, she wants to go out to experience danger this time."

"If I can control the situation, she naturally won't be in any danger. However, if I don't make a move, just being there alone is already an intimidation to the enemy. However much she controls her mentality, she would inevitably end up relying on me somewhat."

Yan Zhaoge spread his hands apart, "And if even I can't control the situation, let alone being tempered, we would all be finished together."

Yuan Zhengfeng said, "Where does perfection exist in this world? We can only do as much as is possible. With Yunsheng's clarity of mind, she naturally understands this as well."

"Speaking of which, this is already the most suitable choice. Zhaoge, you are currently already at the fourth level of the Martial Grandmaster realm, an early Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster, and the strength that you exhibit when truly in combat far surpasses the norm. Along with your many treasures, there are already not many who can truly endanger you."

"Meanwhile, you would able to withstand most of the dangers that could befall Yunsheng, who's still a Martial Scholar. Even if you make a move at the final moment, you would still be in time."

"As for opponents that even you cannot cope with, at the end of the day, the Marsh of Illusory Sea that you will be going to this time is the territory of Turbid Wave Pavilion. Turbid Wave Pavilion is strictly neutral, and will definitely not allow the higher echelon experts of the Sacred Sun Clan and the Heavenly Thunder Hall to enter the Marsh of Illusory Sea to do harm to you."

Hearing this, Yan Zhaoge nodded, "It is indeed so."

Yuan Zhengfeng said, "Therefore, going over this time, the threat posed by natural disasters is far greater than that by humans. As one of the six great danger grounds of our Eight Extremities World, even though the Marsh of Illusory Sea is currently in a period of deterioration, it is still not something that can be underestimated."

"As compared to the storms of the Great Western Desert, the extreme coldness of the Extreme Northern Snowy Plains and the blazing fire of the Southern Underground Palace, the threat of the Marsh of Illusory Sea seems not to be that great. Still, its threat is formless and instead even harder to guard against."

Lost within the environment of the Marsh of Illusory Sea, one would very possibly inadvertently come to lose their life.

Yan Zhaoge said, "Yes, Grand Master. Rest assured; I am aware of this."

Finally, it was decided that other than Feng Yunsheng, Xu Fei and Shi Jun, Ying Longtu would be coming along as well.

"Such a chance is truly hard found. Bring Longtu along with you," Yan Di very casually waved his hand.

Yan Zhaoge found this to be a little funny. He had already not performed similar tasks for quite a long time.

Not just Broad Creed Mountain, the other Sacred Grounds and other major powers would generally also use the method of the old leading the new, allowing their younger disciples to go out and temper themselves.

The one leading the group might be someone of the senior generation, but it might also be a senior apprentice-brother or sister who had entered the clan earlier than them and possessed a higher cultivation base.

This had been the case when Yan Zhaoge had brought Sikong Qing, Ye Jing and some others to the Sealing Dragon Abyss some time ago.

However, Yan Zhaoge's cultivation speed had been too great. Despite his young age, the distance between him and the other disciples of the younger generation was extremely pronounced.

If he were to lead teams out now, it would therefore be very awkward.

Going to a place that was dangerous, those brought along by him would completely become his burden. They would just be brought along by him like objects, completely protected by him as the goal of tempering would not be achieved at all.

If the place he went too was not that dangerous, it would appear like a waste of his talents.

For this current trip, Little Shi Jun aside, the one with the lowest cultivation base, Ying Longtu, was already an outer aura Martial Scholar, meanwhile being exceptionally talented and not weak at all.

Xu Fei was at the second level of the Martial Grandmaster realm, a mid Spirit Vessel Martial Grandmaster. If not for Yan Zhaoge having leapt up by three consecutive levels within a short period of time, it might instead have been him leading the team this time.

Regarding leading teams, Xu Fei was naturally much more experienced in it than Yan Zhaoge.

Those who would be going on this trip basically consisted of all the most brilliant elites of Broad Creed Mountain's younger generation these past years other than Sikong Qing.

Ying Longtu aside, Yan Zhaoge, Xu Fei and Feng Yunsheng actually all possessed the ability to lead younger disciples of the clan along in going out to temper themselves.

While he would be the leader in name, Yan Zhaoge actually did not have to worry much about it. After bidding his father farewell, he took up that old mantle once more and headed out with Xu Fei and the others.

Ah Hu and Pan-Pan naturally went along as well.

Currently, the global situation of the Eight Extremities World appeared rather calm due to just having experienced that invasion by the Flame Devils.

However, Yan Zhaoge and the other all knew that now was precisely when hidden undercurrents were surging beneath, even having reached the point of the arrow having been strung, with tempestuous storms set to descend at any moment.

Jade Sea City's Lord Song Wuliang was in secluded cultivation recovering from his injuries, the Sacred Sun Clan and the Heavenly Thunder Hall, one in the north and one in the south, both raring to make a move.

As Jade Sea City's ally, Broad Creed Mountain and Infinite Boundless Mountain were ever vigilant, ready to reinforce Jade Sea City at a moment's notice.

Yuan Zhengfeng personally moved out, bringing the Clear Qi Robe along with him to an area of the Earth Domain, stationing himself between the Fire and Water Domains while meanwhile still being able to watch over the Heaven Domain from far away.

Yan Di and the others stayed behind to guard the clan, also ready to move out at a moment's notice.

Yan Zhaoge and the others were brought by Yuan Zhengfeng to the Earth Domain, after which they parted from their Grand Master and headed south towards the Lake Domain.

Leaving the Earth Domain, having arrived in the territory of the Lake Domain, Yan Zhaoge and the others could finally temporarily set their hearts at ease.

While Turbid Wave Pavilion's Lord An Qinglin was also heavily injured and in secluded cultivation, there was a low possibility of the Sacred Sun Clan making a move on this place. In the event of that happening, Yuan Zhengfeng would also be able to immediately rush north to save them.

"Senior apprentice-brother Xu, only now do I understand. You coming here-it is also for Senior Sister Xie, right?" As Yan Zhaoge guided Ying Longtu in practising the Big Dipper Sword, he smiled at Xu Fei.

Between the Big Dipper Sword and the Great Heaven Earth Sword, Ying Longtu had finally chosen the former.

The martial arts of the Eight Extreme Arts that he had cultivated in previously, the Vajra Body, the Chaotic Elements Uniting Sabre and the Wind Fire Calamities all walked the path of heaviness, being sharp and tyrannical.

Since he was following the path of keeping and accumulating his power, he naturally had to cultivate in such an intricate martial art.

Therefore, following Yan Di's suggestion, Ying Longtu had chosen the Big Dipper Sword.

Anyway, having come out this time, while there was Yan Zhaoge, there was also Xu Fei. Regardless of which of the two sword arts he chose, there would also be someone there to guide him.

Teased by Yan Zhaoge, Xu Fei was not troubled as he said, "Junior Sister Xie entered secluded cultivation before this time's invasion of the Flame Devils on the East Sea in preparation for her breakthrough into the Martial Grandmaster realm."

"So that's how it is. Back during the fifth Extreme Yin Bout, I still met her once. Still, at that time, Senior Sister Xie had already successfully entered the Heavenly Connection stage. Entering secluded cultivation in order to make preparations for her breakthrough into the Martial Grandmaster realm is also a very normal thing," Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin before chuckling towards Xu Fei, "Still, you know about it very well, senior apprentice-brother Xu. The two of you are very close."

Xu Fei laughed, "Is that very surprising?"

With Xu Fei being so straightforward, the gossipy flames within Yan Zhaoge's heart instead died down, "Huh…it's indeed also not that surprising. After all, the two of you are yet to be hitched…"

Rarely seeing Yan Zhaoge looking defeated like this, Feng Yunsheng and Ah Hu were both greatly amused.

Ying Longtu still looked a little dazed, "Senior apprentice-brother Yan, senior apprentice-brother Xu, what are the two of you talking about?"

Yan Zhaoge answered lazily, "We were talking about when your senior apprentice-brother Xu will get a wife. Right…just like your parents. Still, your senior apprentice-brother Xu will still have to wait for quite a while. On our trip this time, he will not be able to see his future wife-she's in secluded cultivation."

Han Long'er nodded, looking like he might have understood though maybe also not, before he suddenly asked out of the blue, "Then, when will senior apprentice-brother Yan be getting a wife?"

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