Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Chapter 245: 245 I have already finished watching!

”This guy!”

Mo Qing couldn’t figure out why Yun Xiao still chose to recklessly attempt it again even after she mentioned that the Protective Light Shield was reinforced by Soul Power. Wasn’t that just humiliating himself?

The genius girl of the Inner Sect didn’t believe that Yun Xiao, being just a Mortal Rank Middle Level Meridian Refining Master, could truly break a Spiritual Rank Low Level Soul Power-enhanced Light Shield.

Yun Xiao was always thoughtful and calm, a trait that Mo Qing had recognized early on. Thus, although she was puzzled, she refrained from further discussion. In her view, letting this young man taste failure again might make him realize his limitations.

As for Mo Qing’s thoughts, Yun Xiao wasn’t concerned. Now that he knew the secret of the Protective Light Shield, he couldn’t bear not to try again.

The reason Yun Xiao hadn’t advanced to a Mortal Rank Advanced Meridian Refining Master was only due to his physically weak body. Regarding Soul Power alone, he definitely wasn’t far behind this genius girl of the Inner Sect.

Sigh...

Yun Xiao reached out for the third time, placing the Task Token against the dark golden Light Shield. However, this time he was wise not to force it. After releasing his Meridian Qi, he simultaneously unleashed his Soul Power.

”Hmm? This power?”

When a trace of invisible force emerged from Yun Xiao’s forehead, Mo Qing, who was not too far away, sensed it immediately. At this moment, she realized just how foolish her earlier words and actions had been.

Because she could sense that Yun Xiao’s Soul Power was scarcely inferior to hers. Though he hadn’t truly broken through to the Spiritual Rank Low Level, he was not far from it.

Is this young man really just a Mortal Rank Middle Level Meridian Refining Master? Why is his Soul Power so formidable? Could it be that Yun Xiao’s Meridian Refining Technique is much more advanced than his Meridian Qi Cultivation Talent?

For a moment, Mo Qing thought through many possibilities. She suddenly found that the more she interacted with this young man, the less she understood him. This guy’s strangeness and mystery seemed far too great.

Yun Xiao completely ignored Mo Qing’s astonishment. With his Soul Power surging out, he began decoding the Protective Light Shield, marrying together his Meridian Qi.

Although Mo Qing had mentioned earlier that there was a Spiritual Rank Low Level Soul Seal on the Light Shield, it still wasn’t a genuine Spiritual Rank Low Level Soul Power, but merely an ownerless force attached to the Shield.

Moreover, this power lacked backup, and it was significantly lesser compared to real Spiritual Rank Low Level Soul Power. Perhaps this was also a leeway left by the elders of the Jade Pot Sect for the advanced Mortal Rank Meridian Refining Geniuses.

Regardless, among the younger generation, even the incredibly talented Mo Qing had not broken through to the Spiritual Rank Low Level. If even such a genius couldn’t obtain this Spiritual Rank Low Level Meridian Array, then likely no one else in the younger generation of the Jade Pot Sect could succeed.

But perhaps those elders never anticipated that besides Mo Qing and that Poison Vein first senior brother, there would be a third person capable of unlocking this Protective Light Shield.

Moreover, this was a youth who had joined the Inner Sect only a few days ago, a peculiar young man whose Meridian Qi Cultivation was merely at the Meridian Rushing Realm Early Stage, and whose Meridian Refining Technique was at the Mortal Rank Middle Level.

Nevertheless, as soon as Yun Xiao’s powerful Soul Power burst forth, the Spiritual Rank Low Level Soul attached to the Protective Light Shield dissipated in no time.

Without the reinforcement of that formidable Soul Power, with Yun Xiao’s strength at the Meridian Rushing Realm Early Stage, breaking the Protective Light Shield became much easier.

”Crack!”

Within moments, Mo Qing heard a faint crackling sound. When she focused her attention, she saw tiny cracks beginning to form on the Light Shield atop the stone platform.

Crash!

A breaking sound ensued. Mo Qing didn’t need to look again to know that the Protective Light Shield had shattered. That youth at just the Meridian Rushing Realm Early Stage had actually managed to break a Spiritual Rank Low Level Light Shield that even she would’ve needed significant effort to break.

As said earlier, Spiritual Rank Low Level Meridian Arrays are generally only cultivatable by Meridian Refining Masters who have reached Spiritual Rank Low Level. Thus, although Mo Qing and that Poison Vein first brother had sufficient Meridian Qi Cultivation and their Soul Power were strong, they could not successfully cultivate this Meridian Array.

In fact, this was another reason for Mo Qing’s earlier confusion. Yun Xiao had barely managed to break the Protective Light Shield and intended to exchange 2500 points for this Spiritual Rank Low Level Meridian Array at half-price. If it turned out to be un-cultivatable, it would indeed be a laughter-inducing spectacle.

Therefore, Mo Qing did not leave at this moment. Instead, she wanted to see how this miraculous guy would attempt to cultivate this Spiritual Rank Low Level Meridian Array or, perhaps, she wanted to witness Yun Xiao’s frustrated expression upon a cultivation failure.

In the midst of Mo Qing’s eccentric gaze, the 2,500 points on Yun Xiao’s task token had already vanished. It seemed that when they had entered the Jade Martial Institute, the task tokens of these geniuses who visited the Jade Pot Cave yesterday had been tampered with by the five Elders, including Yan Chun.

Yun Xiao didn’t care about these minor points at all. Stretching out his hand, he grabbed the dark-golden scroll from the stone platform without any hesitation and immediately opened it.

Yun Xiao’s Soul Power was formidable, reading ten lines at a glance, the contents of the scroll were already etched in his mind. Mo Qing then saw him place the scroll back onto the stone platform.

”What’s wrong?”

Seeing this, Mo Qing couldn’t help but feel puzzled and asked, wondering if this fellow knew he couldn’t cultivate the low-level Spiritual Rank Meridian Array and had given up.

”What do you mean what’s wrong? I’ve finished reading it, let’s go!”

Yun Xiao turned his head, seemingly perplexed by the talented young girl’s words, which only deepened her sense of peculiarity and confusion.

”What do you mean ’finished reading’? Aren’t you going to cultivate it?”

This was what Mo Qing found strange, as within the Jade Martial Institute, Cultivation Techniques and Meridian Techniques, as well as Pill Formulas and Pulse Arrays, cannot be taken out. They had to be thoroughly practiced on site before leaving, just like Chang Qing had previously done.

Moreover, there was no time limit. Having spent so many points to acquire a powerful Cultivation Technique or Meridian Technique, wouldn’t it be worthwhile to master it thoroughly?

Mo Qing watched as a flicker of dark golden light ascended again from the stone platform as the scroll re-entered, thinking that Yun Xiao didn’t understand the rules and had caused some sort of blunder.

”You mentioned cultivation? Oh, I’ve memorized it already, I’ll ponder over it slowly when I go back!”

Yun Xiao seemed to have realized, but this response made Mo Qing somewhat frustrated; just a quick glance, and he claimed to have memorized it entirely, wasn’t that too trivial?

This was a low-level Spiritual Rank Meridian Array that even junior Meridian Refining Masters would need ten days to several months to successfully cultivate. You just glanced at it and put it back, would anyone believe you’ve truly memorized it?

If there’s any confusion during cultivation of this Array later, without any reference, and if he wants to take another look at that low-level Spiritual Rank Array, sorry, it would cost 2,500 points again, or rather, the full 5,000 points next time.

What Mo Qing didn’t know was that Yun Xiao originally didn’t have much interest in this low-level Spiritual Rank Array, if not for the fact that he couldn’t perform higher-level Arrays, he wouldn’t have spent so many points to acquire it.

In Yun Xiao’s eyes and experience, he wasn’t focusing on every detail of the Small Golden Light Array, just the key points were enough.

Moreover, Yun Xiao confidently relied on his Soul Power, certain that he wouldn’t forget a single character and believed that this Small Golden Light Array would receive more exquisite modifications in his hands, unleashing even greater power.

Yun Xiao naturally wouldn’t explain any of this to Mo Qing. Even the Small Universe Array performed by the Great Elder Lu Zhan, he could spot its flaws at a glance, let alone this low-level Spiritual Rank Small Golden Light Array.

This is exactly why Yun Xiao’s actions seemed so out of place to others, he was such an oddity, never doing anything the conventional way. Can’t you do something normal for once?

This was the genuine thought in Mo Qing’s heart, but now that the scroll had been returned to the platform and the Protective Light Shield rose again, any persuasion seemed futile.

”Whatever you want!”

Seeing Yun Xiao smile and pass by her, Mo Qing could only grumble discontentedly, thinking this might possibly be the shortest duration someone from the Spiritual Rank section had taken to exchange a scroll.

Observing other Meridian Rushing Realm talents like Chang Qing, whenever they obtained the items they desired, wouldn’t they cultivate them for several days or even tens of days until they mastered them thoroughly before they could leave in peace?

Yet here was this fellow, briefly scanning the low-level Spiritual Rank Meridian Array and putting it back immediately; if everyone in the Jade Pot Sect behaved like this, chaos would have ensued long ago.

But these were all Yun Xiao’s private affairs, even if Mo Qing couldn’t understand, she was powerless. She followed silently behind him, only to see that Yun Xiao was not heading deeper into the Jade Martial Institute.

Through his recent sensing, Yun Xiao had already understood the offerings within the Jade Martial Institute well. With his perspective as the Long Xiao Battle God, how could he value these Mortal and Spiritual Rank items?

Even the recent Small Golden Light Array, if not for a certain boost to his combat abilities, Yun Xiao wouldn’t have spent 2,500 points to obtain it. With those points, he would rather exchange for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures used for refining Elixirs in the Mysterious Artifact Hall.

Thus, even though he knew there might still be some intermediate or even advanced spiritual-level interesting items in the institute, Yun Xiao had little interest, as that would only mean a wasteful expenditure of points.