Everyone changed to another hiding spot. Ah Hu looked back into the distance.
That was the direction of the Spirit Wind Valley, although it was already out of sight.
Ah Hu said with some regret, "The aboveground facilities of the Spirit Wind Canyon were completely destroyed. Fortunately, the various underground mineral veins, including the Cloud-Patterned Stones, were not damaged."
By the side, Xu Chuan didn't seem to care much about it, "Even if the Sacred Sun Clan were to occupy that place, they wouldn't go as far as to wreak havoc. If they want to vent their anger, they wouldn't go as far as to vent it on a tiny little Spirit Wind Canyon. Destroying some of the buildings left behind by our clan would be enough."
"As long as the secret of the Jade Essence is not leaked, it will be fine. Even if they occupy the Spirit Wind Valley, they will only use it as an ordinary resource to mine."
Looking at Yan Zhaoge, Xu Chuan sighed in admiration, "Everyone under the heavens has underestimated Young Master Yan in the past."
"Even without mentioning the important contributions of the Internal Crystal Furnace and the Cloud-Veined Gem, young master Yan's personal strength is already enough to dominate the younger generation."
Ah Hu smiled innocently. "It's funny that people still doubted my Young Master's position as the Fourth Young Master."
"The Illuminating Young Master, Huang Jie, is merely ranked alongside Xiao Shen and Chao Yuanlong as one of the Four Rising Suns. However, my Young Master defeating Xiao Shen and Chao Yuanlong at the same cultivation level is as easy as taking something out of his pocket!"
Xu Chuan said in a low voice, "World Illuminating Young Master Huang Jie's words, other than a startling appearance when he first became a grandmaster, there has been little news of him in recent years."
"Whether it is the Sacred Sun Clan's Four Rising Suns or the current era's Four Young Masters, the World Illuminating Young Master is the most mysterious of them all. It is really rather hard to judge his strength."
"Not counting the World Illuminating Young Master, of the Sacred Sun Clan's Four Rising Suns, only the Radiant Sword Tang Yonghao might be able to contend with Young Master Yan a little."
"However, even Tang Yonghao would not be able to defeat Xiao Shen and Chao Yuanlong so easily like Young Master Yan did when they were at the same cultivation level."
The Radiant Sword Tang Yonghao, publicly acknowledged as the head of the Sacred Sun Clan's Four Rising Suns, the eldest of the four.
At the same time, he was also the most famous genius of the entire Sacred Sun Clan's younger generation.
The World Illuminating Young Master Huang Jie was too low-key. If not for the fact that he was the Sect Leader's son, his brilliance would have been completely overshadowed by Tang Yonghao.
In the territory governed by the Sacred Sun Clan, there were many who hailed Tang Yonghao as the number one person of the entire Eight Extremities World's younger generation.
Other than the special case of the Maiden of Extreme Yin, not considering external factors and only looking at the martial practitioner's own strength, Tang Yonghao reigned supreme over the younger generation of the Eight Extremities World.
The territories under the rule of the other Holy Lands naturally wouldn't acknowledge this.
But everyone acknowledged that Tang Yonghao was at least one of the strongest contenders for the title of champion of the younger generation.
Yan Zhaoge smiled slightly, "Tang Yonghao is someone with true ability, but as I see it, what is rarer is that this person's way of doing things is rather open and aboveboard."
"However, if he wants to compete for the number one of the younger generation, he must first defeat Senior Brother Xu of our sect."
Xu Chuan smiled and nodded.
The 'Heavenly Roc' Xu Fei, a disciple of Broad Creed Mountain, of the same age as Tang Yonghao, having competed with him from youth all the way till now. He was one of the leading figures of Broad Creed Mountain's younger generation.
Yan Zhaoge shook his head, unable to help but laugh. Speaking of this, the contest between Broad Creed Mountain and the Sacred Sun Clan in the younger generation could be described as a tit against a tat.
Xu Fei versus Tang Yonghao, Lu Wen versus Xiao Shen, the former Yan Zhaoge versus Chao Yuanlong, etc.
Continuing to look at the younger generation, among the representative figures, Sikong Qing also shouldered the heavy burden of resisting Meng Wan.
Looking at the older generation, it was also an unceasing conflict of gratitude and enmity.
The two sides either had victories or were locked in a stalemate.
Truly, you are the wind and I am the sand, entangled for all eternity …
All these years, other than Yan Zhaoge's father Yan Di who had suppressed his peers of the same generation, the two sides had always been at each other's throats.
Strictly speaking, not counting Yan Di's batch, the Sacred Sun Clan still held the upper hand.
This was a derivative effect brought about by the clan's overall strength.
Xu Chuan sighed, "I heard that the old Chief has thoughts of entering death seclusion, just that I don't know if he will be able to achieve the Martial Saint realm."
Hearing his words, Yan Zhaoge did not speak.
Not counting that Sacred Sun Saint whose whereabouts were unknown, even his life and death a mystery, only existing in legends, the only thing Broad Creed Mountain lacked in comparison to the Sacred Sun Clan was a Martial Saint.
In that year's confrontation with the Flame Devil World, Broad Creed Mountain's losses had been too disastrous.
Fortunately, with the legacy of their predecessors and the Sacred Artifact guarding the clan, Broad Creed Mountain's guardian grand formation having been maintained for many generations, was also impregnable.
Thanks to the Heaven Diviner Zhan Xilou, while he was still alive, he had preserved the last of Broad Creed Mountain's vitality.
Over the years, talents of the clan had emerged in an endless stream, gradually maturing as they had at least not tarnished the reputation of the Sacred Ground.
However, Broad Creed Mountain's greatest sore point now was that after the Heaven Diviner Zhan Xilou had perished, no Martial Saint had emerged.
Transcending Mortality and entering Sainthood, how difficult was that?
In the entire Eight Extremities World, the number of Martial Saints could be counted on one's fingers.
Yan Zhaoge said slowly, "The injuries that year still left behind a hidden danger for Grand Master, causing him to be unable to take that final step for a long time."
Xu Chuan also had a look of pity on his face.
Broad Creed Mountain's current number one expert was Yan Zhaoge's Grand Master, the current Chief, the Heaven Equalling Yuan Zhengfeng.
He was publicly acknowledged as the number one expert beneath the Martial Saint realm in the entire Eight Extremities World, being at the peak of the tenth level of the Martial Grandmaster realm, a veteran Transcending Mortality Martial Grandmaster.
Possessing outstanding talent and powerful strength, stepping into the Martial Saint realm would originally have been nothing difficult for him.
Sadly, having been injured in his youth, his foundation had been damaged, and he had never been able to make up for it. As a result, even after having stepped into the Transcending Mortality realm for so many years, he had still been unable to take that final half-step, stepping into the Martial Saint realm.
Even martial practitioners outside of Broad Creed Mountain often sighed in pity that the old Chief of Broad Creed Mountain was just a paper-thin distance away from the Martial Saint realm, yet it was still hard to cross.
Meanwhile, the Sacred Sun Clan still had its previous Chief, the current Grand Elder, the East Coming Martial Saint, the 'Sun Comes East' Huang Guanglie.
The father of the World Illuminating Young Master Huang Jie, the son of the old Chief Huang Guanglie, Huang Xu, was the current Chief of the Sacred Sun Clan, also a long-time Martial Grandmaster expert.
The Sacred Sun Clan similarly had a Sacred Artifact guarding it. The combination of the Martial Saint Huang Guanglie and the Sacred Artifact, as well as Huang Xu and the numerous experts of the Sacred Sun Clan who were constantly emerging, together formed the might of the current number one Sacred Ground.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, Broad Creed Mountain was also not willing to start a full-scale war with the Sacred Sun Clan.
The Sacred Sun Clan had similarly seen Broad Creed Mountain's growth, and had been unceasingly restraining it these past few years.
The clash between the two Sacred Grounds in the Eastern Tang this time was only one of the more intense ones.
Huang Guanglie had entered secluded cultivation once more a few years ago. When he emerged, no one knew what kind of changes would occur to him, and it was hard to estimate what level his strength would have reached.
The old Chief of Broad Creed Mountain, Yuan Zhengfeng, had wanted to enter death seclusion and attempt a breakthrough into the Martial Saint realm, but it was also because the pressure brought about by the Sacred Sun Clan was growing greater and greater.
Therefore, even though Xiao Shen had first struck a killing blow, when Yan Zhaoge had truly killed him, Xu Chuan and the others would still feel conflicted and uneasy.
Yan Zhaoge gazed towards the distant horizon, in the direction of Broad Creed Mountain.
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