Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor
Chapter 189: One hundred and eighty-nine breakthroughs as if cut from the same cloth

Chapter 189: One hundred and eighty-nine breakthroughs as if cut from the same cloth

"Brat, what grade is this meridian array?"

As the Second Elder of the Jade Pot Sect, the ruler of the Poison Vein faction and also the refiner of this Extreme Cold Yinsu, Elder Fu Du’s face now looked somewhat conflicted.

Despite Fu Du’s recognition of Yun Xiao’s exceptional resistance to poison, he was largely unaware of this youngster from the Shang Family.

Watching Yun Xiao’s brows relax slightly, Fu Du suddenly remembered the scene from more than a year ago, when he first encountered Yun Xiao at the Shang Family’s Commerce Medicine Pavilion.

Back then, Yun Xiao, for some reason, engineered a plan that led Shang Li, the second uncle from the Shang Family, to disrupt Fu Du’s refining of the Yin Suppressing Pill, nearly bringing about his own untimely demise due to Fu Du’s fury.

It was at that moment that Fu Du first noticed something peculiar about Yun Xiao; his usual solution to suppress the Three Yin Meridians, the Yin Suppressing Pill, was belittled by Yun Xiao, who instead presented an intermediate-grade Spiritual Rank pill recipe.

Back then, Fu Du was merely a low-level Spiritual Rank Meridian Refining Master, and that Yin Transformation Pill recipe was something he had the Sect Leader of the Jade Pot Sect refine personally.

However, he hadn’t given it much thought at the time, assuming that Yun Xiao had simply come across a pill recipe that could counteract the cold of his Three Yin Meridians by chance.

Only when Fu Du visited the Shang Family for the second time and kidnapped the peculiarly afflicted Yun Xiao to the Jade Pot Sect to serve as a poison tester did he realize how greatly this boy could contribute to his fortune.

In fact, Fu Du knew little about Yun Xiao; what he understood most was that Yun Xiao was immune to all poisons, unaffected even by the Cold Ice Poison of the Three-legged Ice Crystal Toad—all other poisons were inconsequential in comparison.

Yet Fu Du was aware that even with Yun Xiao’s immunity, neutralizing intense poisons still required time. Fu Du intended to use Shen Xiao’s efforts to stupefy Yun Xiao with the Extreme Cold Yinsu, then step in himself, to justifiably capture Yun Xiao and add him to the Poison Vein faction again.

Little did Fu Du know, Shen Xiao was too impatient and used the Extreme Cold Yinsu before meeting Yun Xiao, forcing the Second Elder, Elder Fu Du, to expend additional effort.

Of course, Fu Du’s current thoughts were no longer focused on capturing Yun Xiao for the Poison Vein faction; he originally thought Yun Xiao was only capable of curing his own poison, but unexpectedly, in just a few words, Yun Xiao revealed a Detoxification Meridian Array that allowed Great Elder Lu Zhan to counteract the poison of the Extreme Cold Yinsu within Ling Wan.

No one present possibly knew better about this kind of intense poison than Fu Du, a Poison Vein Master himself. He recognized that the Evil Exorcism Pulse Array demonstrated through Lu Zhan was not a targeted antidote, specifically devised for the Extreme Cold Yinsu Poison.

It was clear this was a special Detoxification Meridian Array designed to combat various intense poisons. The Poison Vein faction of the Jade Pot Sect had always been in a covert struggle with the Medical Pulse faction. Now with Lu Zhan learning such miraculous Detoxification Meridian Array, should conflict arise again, the tactics of the Poison Vein faction would inevitably be significantly impaired.

Even Fu Du pondered, if the meridian array that casually cured the severe poison of Ling Wan, as mentioned by Yun Xiao, were to spread, it might considerably diminish the deterrent power of all Poison Vein Masters across the Hidden Dragon Continent, a scenario he did not wish to see.

Only at this moment, when the Evil Exorcism Pulse Array truly neutralized the intense poison in Ling Wan as spoken by Yun Xiao, did Fu Du begin to reassess this young man; he suddenly realized, his understanding of this youngster from the Shang Family was still far too insufficient.

This further cemented Fu Du’s determination to bring Yun Xiao back into the Poison Vein faction - not just because of the threat posed by the Detoxification Meridian Array, but also because he wanted to extract more secrets from Yun Xiao that could substantially boost his own power.

Putting aside Fu Du’s flurry of thoughts in an instant, compared to him, Great Elder Lu Zhan of the Jade Pot Sect was already overflowing with ecstasy at this moment; a Detoxification Meridian Array so threatening to Poison Vein Masters was, to their Medical Pulse Meridian Refining Masters, akin to a powerful lifesaving technique.

Lu Zhan, who harbored a compassionate heart, had saved countless cultivators with his own hands, yet for a long time, he found himself somewhat helpless against the deadly toxins conjured by the Poison Vein faction.

While Lu Zhan was indeed adept in Medical Pulse Technique, when the toxins were administered by a Poison Vein Master on par with himself, such intense poison would still trouble even him to resolve.

The things that Fu Du could discern, Lu Zhan naturally came to understand just as swiftly; this seemed to be an Evil Exorcism Pulse Array capable of expelling all poisons, something he had never seen before, and the effects seemed almost too good to be true?

Several days ago, right here in the Arena Hall, Yun Xiao mentioned a meridian array that allowed Lu Zhan to miraculously save Song Tian, who was previously deemed certain to die.

And now, days later, within this same Arena Hall, Yun Xiao divulged yet another meridian array that saved a cultivator stricken with potent poison and once again given up on by everyone.

In both these scenarios, Lu Zhan was the greatest beneficiary, for he believed these two unprecedented meridian arrays were likely beyond even the scope of the foundational capabilities of the Xuanyue Imperial Family.

In some sense, although Yun Xiao volunteered for these two incidents, Lu Zhan has invisibly taken on two huge favors from him, which will have an all-important impact on his Medical Pulse Technique.

Boom!

However, just when Lu Zhan, Elder Fu Du, Su He, and several others were lost in their thoughts, believing that the Ling Wan would expel all the poisoned blood from his body, an extremely powerful energy fluctuation suddenly burst forth from the little fatty.

"This... this aura..."

Not only did the few people above the arena sense this forceful fluctuation, but nearly a thousand young elites watching in the Arena Hall also turned their gazes towards the main stage at this moment.

And when these young elites realized a possibility, their expressions once again became incredulous, especially a certain young figure beside Tan Yun.

This figure was named Song Tian, who, just a few days ago, faced the same life-threatening situation as Ling Wan, but ultimately turned disaster into fortune, not only being saved but also achieving a breakthrough.

It seems that Song Tian and these spectating elites all sensed that sudden aura, which was the energy fluctuation produced by a breakthrough, instantly becoming extremely envious and passionate.

The events that just took place on the arena could no longer be concealed from these spectating elites below, and the Great Elder Lu Zhan’s revival of Ling Wan under Yun Xiao’s direction was witnessed by all.

However, now, the person who was previously on the brink of death due to severe poisoning has, like Song Tian that day, reached the critical point of breakthrough, and when these elites linked these events together, their gazes unanimously and swiftly fixed on that slim youth in rough clothing.

The resurrection and the very similar breakthrough of Song Tian and Ling Wan, to a certain extent, were both instigated by Yun Xiao—after all, both had been sentenced to death by the Great Elder, Lu Zhan.

If the first time could be attributed to luck, then could the second time still be explained by luck? At this moment, numerous Outer Sect geniuses who thought they understood Yun Xiao began to doubt their own one-sided understandings.

Especially the Third Prince Xuan Zhi of the Xuanyue Empire, who had previously made up his mind to have his eldest brother investigate Yun Xiao’s identity more thoroughly, was now more determined in his thoughts; Yun Xiao wasn’t as simple as he seemed.

What Xuan Zhi and these Xuanyue Empire geniuses didn’t know was that even if they turned the Hidden Dragon Continent upside down, they would not be able to discover Yun Xiao’s true background because the soul of this miraculous youth did not belong to the low-level plane of the Hidden Dragon Continent.

Yun Xiao above the arena, however, didn’t have as many thoughts; he was well aware that Ling Wan possessed the Mixed Element One Qi Body, and this special physique experiencing a fortunate breakthrough after a great disaster was not too surprising.

Thinking of certain things, Yun Xiao suddenly turned his head to look at the dark-faced number two talent on the Mortal List, revealing a hint of subtle killing intent in his eyes.

Initially, Yun Xiao didn’t have much of an animosity against Shen Xiao, and he hadn’t planned to fight a life-and-death battle with him in tomorrow’s final showdown because, after securing a spot for ascending to the Jade Pot Sect, why bother spending too much effort?

However, what happened on the arena today had truly enraged Yun Xiao; Shen Xiao’s cruel nature became clear, as he still struck to kill even after Ling Wan had conceded defeat, even resorting to despicable methods of deploying deadly poison.

Yun Xiao thought, with poisons as potent as the Extreme Cold Yinsu Poison, it was impossible for Shen Xiao to refine it; the most likely scenario was that some Poison Vein Elders from the Inner Sect of the Jade Pot Sect were secretly aiding him.

As a result, Yun Xiao’s hatred for Shen Xiao deepened even more, even more despised than Feng Hang. Such a hypocrite, if he set his sights on Yun Xiao, could become an endless source of trouble in the future.

Yun Xiao’s gaze, filled with an unusual intent, was naturally sensed by Shen Xiao, a Meridian Refining Master. As Shen Xiao turned his head around, the sullen look on his face vanished, replaced by an intense eagerness to fight.

In fact, ever since the time at Yurong Mountain, Shen Xiao had found Yun Xiao somewhat disagreeable, perhaps due to jealousy in his heart; the Fire Spirit Crystal that even he couldn’t obtain was eventually taken by Yun Xiao, how could he be willing to accept that?

Moreover, in this Outer Sect competition, the most dazzling figure was Yun Xiao, making Shen Xiao’s jealousy grow even stronger, which was even the underlying reason for his ruthless actions against Ling Wan.

Now that Yun Xiao, with the help of the Great Elder, had healed and even caused Ling Wan to break through to the peak of the Meridian Gathering Realm, Shen Xiao’s previous actions made him seem as ridiculous as a clown.

From any perspective, it was impossible for Shen Xiao to have any good feelings towards Yun Xiao, and these two Outer Sect geniuses, who originally didn’t have much interaction, were bound to fight each other to the death in tomorrow’s final showdown.

An invisible fighting spirit burst forth from above the main arena’s stage, as if invisibly heating up the Arena Hall by a few degrees.