Following the great tribulation that Broad Creed Mountain had suffered, there were many things that needed to be done. It was not just the construction of the mountain, but also many personnel adjustments.
Disregarding everything else, with Xin Dongping having been purged and Shi Tie having perished, the two important positions of the Martial Repository's First Seat and Disciplinary Hall's First Seat had been vacated.
These need to be filled by people.
Yan Zhaoge did not say anything about this. However, his current position was not ordinary, as he had the qualifications to even participate in the clan's internal decision-making meetings.
Broad Creed Mountain's final decision was to summon back the two higher echelon experts who had been dispatched to the East Sea and the Earth Domain.
In order to deal with the threat of the Flame Devil World on the East Sea, the six great Sacred Grounds had long since come to an agreement that each of them would send out a mid Essence Talisman Martial Grandmaster expert who was at least at the eighth level of the Martial Grandmaster realm to be stationed on the East Sea, guarding over the critical juncture between the Flame Devil World and the Eight Extremities World.
The various families could change the people they wanted, but each family had to maintain at least one peak Martial Grandmaster stationed at sea. Together, they formed the first line of defense to monitor the Flame Demon Great World's movements and deal with the daily small scale conflicts.
If the Flame Devils made any major movements, the coastal Heavenly Thunder Hall, Jade Sea City and Turbid Wave Pavilion would immediately send reinforcements to deal with it.
Depending on the situation, the inland Infinite Boundless Mountain, Broad Creed Mountain and the Sacred Sun Clan would also have to dispatch experts to reinforce the East Sea when necessary. However, that would generally be a very serious matter, similar to the all-out war with the Flame Devils that year.
It had already been a few years since such a situation had occurred in the end. Generally speaking, major matters would be like the incident at Clear Concealed Lake earlier and the great tribulation of Broad Creed Mountain this time, with Jade Sea City and the other powers dealing with it.
Their daily dealings with the Flame Devils and the purging of the Flame Devils who had invaded the Eight Extremities World were all handled by those six Martial Grandmasters of each of the six great Sacred Grounds.
Under their command, there were also martial artists from the same sect who were either permanently stationed or temporarily training.
Feng Yunsheng's former Master of the Sacred Sun Clan had perished in a battle with the Flame Devils when he had been stationed at the East Sea.
Broad Creed Mountain's bigwigs stationed in the East Sea were usually referred to as the East Sea's First Seat Elder.
Speaking of which, this was a tough job. It was similar to guarding the borders, but there were not many benefits to speak of. At the same time, one had to fight against the Flame Devils all year round.
Therefore, ever since Broad Creed Mountain's East Sea First Seat Master had been established, it had always been a rotation system.
What was worth mentioning was that before Yan Zhaoge's father, Yan Di, had inherited the position of First Seat Elder of the Martial Inheritance Hall, he had been the East Sea's First Seat Elder, slaying the Flame Devils on the great sea to the point that the entire sky was filled with flowing flames, incinerating the heavens and boiling the sea, his fame spreading far and wide.
Meanwhile, the current First Seat Elder of Broad Creed Mountain was another peak expert of the late Essence Talisman stage at the ninth level of the Martial Grandmaster realm, Chang Zheng.
During Broad Creed Mountain's great tribulation, Chang Zheng had wanted to return to the clan. In the end, the Flame Devils had invaded, causing chaos everywhere.
The longtime Elder of the Sacred Sun Clan who was permanently stationed at the East Sea just happened to clash with him. The two clashed with the Flame Devil experts whilst also facing off against each other, Chang Zheng thus being delayed in the East Sea.
Now that the great tribulation of Broad Creed Mountain had come to an end and the chaos of the Flame Devils in the East Sea had gradually subsided, Broad Creed Mountain had dispatched someone to replace Chang Zheng, transferring him back.
Yan Zhaoge was rather familiar with the new East Sea First Seat Elder. It was precisely Feng Yunsheng and Sikong Qing's Master, Fu Enshu.
The situation in the Earth Region was similar to the East Sea.
While the Decimating Abyss had been exterminated, the Earth Domain still existed. There would still be people guarding it, but Broad Creed Mountain would also have to make some adjustments in their personnel.
Song Chao conveyed Broad Creed Mountain's intentions to Jade Sea City. Jade Sea City very quickly responded, expressing that they were happy to see the large amount of resources exchanged between the two sides. They would do their best to satisfy Broad Creed Mountain's needs.
The two sides were allies in the first place, often interacting with each other. However, the scale this time was exceptionally huge. Both sides had to make corresponding preparations.
Song Chao also felt that Yan Zhaoge and Broad Creed Mountain might have realised their intentions.
However, Broad Creed Mountain did not make things difficult for Jade Sea City. In the exchange of resources, they also did not intentionally raise the price.
While the price was comparatively higher than before, to Jade Sea City, the gains from obtaining the Unfalling Ghost Rock were much greater than what they had paid.
Song Chao was a kind and magnanimous person. Seeing Yan Zhaoge again, he was exceptionally grateful.
"Senior Brother Song is really too polite." Yan Zhaoge held a jade talisman in his hand, looking at Song Chao, "Our two clans have always been on good terms, helping each other out."
Song Chao said, "No need to decline, Junior Brother Yan. This precious jade talisman may be a fortuitous encounter, but it is still an ephemeral object. Song Chao actually feels guilty in using this as a gift. It's just that I really don't have anything valuable on me, and other things are really not enough."
Yan Zhaoge stroked the jade talisman. Both sides were well aware of why Song Chao had added such a gift. Therefore, he smiled, "With senior brother Song's great hospitality, it would be too pretentious of me to decline. Since that is so, I thank senior brother Song."
Song Chao shook his head, "It's junior brother Yan who is too polite."
Yan Zhaoge pondered for a moment before asking, "Senior brother Song is about to return to the Water Domain?"
Song Chao said, "I'll be leaving within these two days."
Yan Zhaoge stood up, "I'll see you off."
The two left together, Yan Zhaoge sending Ah Hu some instructions via sound transmission with his aura-qi. Ah Hu nodded and left.
Yan Zhaoge and Song Chao returned to their lodgings. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw two figures shuttling about unceasingly, sparring with one another.
The two figures were Sikong Qing and Li Jingwan. The sparring between the two was rather amicable. On one hand, it was behind closed doors, unknown to the outside world, and on the other, it was only a simple sparring session.
They didn't go to Fire Leaving Peak, where disciples of Broad Creed Mountain sparred, or to the Martial Inheritance Hall. They just sparred behind closed doors at the lodgings of Song Chao's group.
The cultivation bases of the two girls were not low now. If they fought freely, their destructive power would already be very shocking. Emptying the surrounding buildings would be nothing difficult for them.
Therefore, their current sparring method was mostly based on variations in their techniques and their understanding of martial arts, not using their aura-qi to a large extent. It was somewhat similar to when Yan Zhaoge had sparred with Lu Wen in the Big Dipper Sword in the Martial Repository that year.
But even so, as the two figures flew about, they still caused one's eyes to be dazzled.
Looking at Sikong Qing's figure, Song Chao sighed, "I already had a feeling during the last Heavenly Connection Meet, but I didn't discover it then. This junior apprentice-sister Sikong's talent is truly world-shocking."
Yan Zhaoge nodded.
The cultivation bases of the two present were both in the late outer aura Martial Scholar realm.
To Li Jingwan, this was very normal. Her age was close to Yan Zhaoge's. To the core, direct disciples of the six great Sacred Grounds, stepping into the outer aura stage at around twenty, stepping into the Xiantian stage at around twenty five, and entering the Heavenly Connection stage at around thirty — this was the average speed.
But Sikong Qing was a little scary. The current her was not even twenty yet.
Yan Zhaoge said, "Junior apprentice-sister Sikong's talent is indeed outstanding, worthy of praise."
The tone in which he said this was somewhat like a senior evaluating a junior, but Song Chao didn't feel that there was any problem with it.
The person beside him was similar in age to Li Jingwan, but was already a Martial Grandmaster. (To be continued.)
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