Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Chapter 217: 217 people feel quite generous

”Yun Xiao, Ling Wan, now that you’ve entered the Inner Sect, don’t forget about us!”

In a courtyard of the Outer Sect, Yun Xiao and Ling Wan, who had packed up their belongings, were surrounded by several team members, feeling a heartfelt reluctance. Tan Yun’s words fell, and her heart couldn’t help but feel a twinge of melancholy.

Back when they first encountered Yun Xiao, he was just a reckless ”water man,” who would have thought, in just a matter of months, he had grown to this point.

Putting aside the prodigious Yun Xiao, Ling Wan was also someone Tan Yun and her team saw grow up. At that time, not only was Ling Wan’s Meridian Qi Cultivation at the Middle Stage of the Channel Introduction Realm, but he also had to endure the pain of transformation every seven days.

The once weakest member of the team had seen a surge in strength in just these few short months, and even advanced to the Inner Sect with Yun Xiao, becoming a Direct Disciple of the Great Elder. Anybody would have thoughts about such an advancement in their heart.

Fortunately, the team members were not narrow-minded. They sincerely rejoiced for Yun Xiao and Ling Wan’s admission to the Inner Sect. After all, with these two Inner Sect Disciples looking out for them—who in the Outer Sect would dare to bully them?

The gap in strength would inevitably lead to parting. Hearing Tan Yun’s words, Ling Wan scratched his head and chuckled, ”Don’t worry, Sister Tan Yun, if anyone in the Outer Sect bullies you, just send a message to me, and I’ll make sure they’ll be searching for their teeth on the ground!”

Now in control of the Mixed Element Qi, Ling Wan became more spirited. His words were true; after Feng Hang and Shen Xiao had fallen from grace, there would be no rivals left for him in the Outer Sect.

”You little rascal, you really should learn more from Yun Xiao—being in the Inner Sect isn’t as easy as the Outer Sect!”

Tan Yun scolded with a smile, then stepped forward to smooth out the wrinkles on Ling Wan’s clothes, looking every bit the elder sister.

To be honest, Ling Wan was not well regarded in his family. If he hadn’t encountered Tan Yun’s team during this visit to the Jade Pot Sect’s Outer Sect assessment, he might not have survived long enough to meet Yun Xiao.

”I understand, Sister Tan Yun!” Ling Wan’s mood seemed to become pensive after her words, and he also knew that with his Mixed Element Qi, the gap between him and his ”sister” could become wider as time passed, possibly leading to fewer interactions.

”Come on, everyone is within the Jade Pot Sect, isn’t it easy to meet if we want to?”

Seeing this, Yun Xiao had no choice but to speak up. As soon as he finished, he reached to his Waist Storage and swiped, and immediately a Jade Bottle appeared in the palm of his hand.

”Sister Tan Yun, I’m grateful for your care during this time, here is a small token of appreciation. Please don’t be too polite!”

As Yun Xiao spoke, he stuffed the Jade Bottle into Tan Yun’s hands without further ado, then pulled Ling Wan out of the courtyard, apparently not wanting to dwell on the feelings of farewell.

Watching the two disappear into the courtyard gate, Tan Yun was momentarily stunned, until a team member beside her asked, ”Sister Tan Yun, hurry and see what good thing Yun Xiao has given you?”

Returning to her senses, Tan Yun was not pretentious, and upon opening the bottle, a round, white Elixir appeared in her jade hand as she tilted the Jade Bottle.

”This... this is...”

When Tan Yun saw the white Elixir, her beautiful eyes suddenly sharpened. Her family, the Tan Family, was not small, hence her knowledge exceeded that of ordinary young geniuses. Her figure trembled slightly as she murmured.

”The aura of this Elixir, could it be a Gathering Energy Pill? But... but...”

One of her team members, also with good perception, started to speak about his doubts but trailed off with a couple of ”buts” without completing his thought.

”It is indeed the Mortal Rank Advanced Elixir, the Gathering Energy Pill. This favor... it is indeed a big one!”

With the team member’s reminder, Tan Yun had no more doubts. The moment she first saw this white Elixir, she felt it was the Gathering Energy Pill that she had once seen briefly in her family.

However, this Gathering Energy Pill is a Mortal Rank Advanced Elixir. Like the team member, Tan Yun initially was shocked by the Grade of the Elixir and knew that Yun Xiao should not be able to refine such a Grade of the Elixir.

That was the source of the team member’s repeated ”buts.” They indeed knew that Yun Xiao was a genuine Meridian Refining Master, but Mortal Rank Advanced Elixirs required the skills of a Mortal Rank Advanced Meridian Refining Master to refine.

The Gathering Energy Pill is, in fact, a Mortal Rank Advanced Elixir. Originally, when Yin Huan first arrived at Moon Bow City to visit the Shang Family, to annul the engagement on behalf of the young lady from the Lingyun Sect of the Lingtian Empire, the first gift was a Mortal Rank Advanced Elixir, the Gathering Energy Pill.

At that time, that very Gathering Energy Pill was offered, which led the Family Head of the Shang Family, Shang Yan, to disregard Yun Xiao’s own wishes, and he readily agreed, one can imagine the immense temptation a Mortal Rank Advanced Elixir has for some smaller families.

Especially for those cultivators at the peak of the Meridian Introduction Realm, obtaining a Gathering Energy Pill would be equivalent to possessing the qualification to break through to the Meridian Gathering Realm.

The sole efficacy of the Gathering Energy Pill is to allow a cultivator at the peak of the Meridian Introduction Realm to achieve a one hundred percent breakthrough to the early stage of the Meridian Gathering Realm within a short period of time.

At this moment, Tan Yun was precisely at the peak of her Meridian Introduction Realm cultivation, which is why she had made the statement earlier. However, she was utterly baffled about how Yun Xiao managed to refine this Mortal Rank Advanced Gathering Energy Pill.

In fact, Yun Xiao’s current level of Meridian Refining was indeed only at the Mortal Rank Middle Level, but this was not the Mortal Rank Middle Level of the Hidden Dragon Continent. The alchemy techniques stored within his soul had originated from the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, a top-tier plane.

When Yun Xiao had just activated his first Ancestor Vein and become a low-level Mortal Rank Meridian Refining Master, he had successfully refined a Mortal Rank Middle Level Meridian Rushing Pill, which had helped his sister Yun Wei break through to the early stage of the Meridian Introduction Realm.

Although the Gathering Energy Pill was a Mortal Rank Advanced elixir, it was nevertheless the lowest level amongst the Mortal Rank Advanced elixirs, much like the Meridian Rushing Pill he had refined in the past.

With Yun Xiao’s Meridian Refining Technique, it might be impossible to refine higher-grade Mortal Rank Advanced elixirs, but spending several days to refine a Gathering Energy Pill was not an impossibility.

However, such Meridian Refining Technique, in the eyes of Tan Yun and her few young team members, was undeniably shocking and unconventional. Not to mention them, even the elders and the Sect Leader Yu Shu of the Jade Pot Sect would probably be astounded to the point of dropping their jaws upon discovering this.

The team members looked at the white elixir in Tan Yun’s hand with a hint of envy in their eyes, but knowing that they were all only in the late stage of the Meridian Gathering Realm, they had the sense not to bear any resentment towards Yun Xiao for his unequal treatment.

”Getting to know Yun Xiao is truly the greatest luck in my life,” Tan Yun commented after clenching the Gathering Energy Pill in her hand, though what exactly she was thinking inside remained unknown.

”Ah, his talent is not something we can compare with; who knows if we’ll even see him again in the future?”

One of the team members expressed his melancholy, and after his words, he went straight back to his own room to cultivate. Tan Yun, too, after being lost in thought for a while, returned to her room. It seemed they were all stirred by Yun Xiao and the Ling Wan.

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Stepping out of the courtyard, Yun Xiao paid no mind to the shock and gratitude of the team members. Although the Gathering Energy Pill was precious, in a sense, Tan Yun and her team could be considered his lifesavers.

Yun Xiao had always been clear about debts of gratitude and vengeance. Like what the team members thought, with his joining of the Inner Sect of the Jade Pot Sect, it was uncertain if they would have the chance to meet again in the future. So, let this small Gathering Energy Pill be a minor repayment for saving his life.

Moreover, Yun Xiao knew that with his talent, the gap between himself and Tan Yun and others would only widen further. They would ultimately not be on the same level, and those past friendships could only be deeply buried in their hearts.

Outside the courtyard stood two people, one of them was Song Tian, but Yun Xiao did not recognize the other. However, upon sensing a faint oppressive aura from the other person, he had some guesses.

”Yun Xiao, Ling Wan, let me introduce you; this is Elder Chang Qing from the Medical Pulse lineage of the Inner Sect!”

It seemed like Song Tian had already met this young man before, as he promptly began the introductions, confirming Yun Xiao’s previous guess.

”Greetings to Elder Chang Qing!”

Yun Xiao and Ling Wan would not neglect an elder from the Inner Sect. They paid their respects with a clasped fist, but as they did so, Chang Qing was also sizing up these two names that had become as thunderous as the skies over the past few days.

This Chang Qing was not a direct disciple of the Great Elder Lu Zhan. His mentor was the Fourth Elder Li Shan, the proud disciple of the red-faced elder guarding the Jade Pot Cave that Yun Xiao had met before.

Normally, someone outstanding from the Inner Sect like Chang Qing would disdain to pay attention to an Outer Sect competition. Even if someone as formidable as the former Feng Hang or Shen Xiao dominated amongst the outer disciples, their Meridian Rushing Realm Early Stage cultivation would not catch Chang Qing’s eye.

However, this Outer Sect competition stood out from the previous ones. These past few days, wherever Chang Qing went within the Jade Pot Sect’s Inner Sect, he could not escape the name ”Yun Xiao.”

This was because he was the first genius since the foundation of the Jade Pot Sect to be accepted as a Direct Disciple by the Sect Leader, and this was achieved just three months after joining the Outer Sect.

After Chang Qing sought out those who had good relations and had witnessed the final battle of the Outer Sect, he finally became very interested in Yun Xiao, and for the moment, he found himself without words.

Yun Xiao’s cultivation was still at the peak of the Meridian Gathering Realm, a level Chang Qing would usually disregard, but now, as he stared at Yun Xiao, he had some private thoughts unknown to others.