Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Well done, Qingshan Sect, for secretly harming someone with a poison needle!”

The disciples of the Jade Pot Sect, sensing the aura on that green needle, were seething with anger, pointing and cursing at Fei Yan, who was on the stage.

Though using a poison needle in a fight is not a big deal, this is supposed to be a ”friendly exchange” between two major sects, and even when the fight gets intense, some restraint should be shown.

Such a poison needle was clearly aimed to kill, and had Yun Xiao not returned and discovered it, by the time the Ling Wan’s poison took effect, there would have been no saving him.

”Fellow brothers, you have wronged that person; this poison needle was not set by him!”

Yun Xiao pressed his right hand on Ling Wan’s wound, turned his head, and a strange, cold smile appeared on his face. Then his gaze sharpened, suddenly turning to someone, and he shouted loudly: ”Brother Li Yue, am I right?”

The sudden rise in his voice attracted the attention of everyone’s minds. Their gazes all turned to the first genius of the Qingshan Sect, as if they had sensed some clues.

Because during the fight on the stage just now, everyone had not seen Fei Yan making any superfluous moves, yet Ling Wan seemed to have suddenly returned to his original form as if he was cursed and eventually got blasted off the stage.

”Yun Xiao, what are you saying? I don’t understand!”

Being stared at by so many unusual gazes, even Li Yue’s thick skin couldn’t help but change slightly. However, at this time, how could he admit to it? He directly retorted loudly.

”Tsk tsk, it is said that the Qingshan Sect always focuses on Body Refinement as its foundation, but who would have thought they would secretly learn the Poison Vein of our Jade Pot Sect? Brother Li Yueshan, this secret poison needle attack of yours is truly masterful indeed!”

Although Yun Xiao was extremely angry in his heart, a cold smile surfaced on his face. His words not only pointed out Li Yue’s despicable move but also mocked the conduct of the Qingshan Sect, with words sharp and cutting.

”So it turns out that it was Li Yue who launched a sneaky attack, these people of the Qingshan Sect are indeed despicable and shameless!”

With that, all the disciples of the Jade Pot Sect understood, and immediately started buzzing with excitement. The looks they gave Li Yue were full of mockery, and even some disciples of the Qingshan Sect appeared somewhat disdainful.

”Yun Xiao, without evidence, do not falsely accuse others!”

Having his secret ploys exposed in public, Li Yue’s face flushed red. He already bore a grudge against Yun Xiao, and now his hatred for him had deepened. However, his rebuttal did have some logic.

After all, when Li Yue launched his poison needle sneak attack, no one had noticed, and the needle didn’t have Li Yue’s name written on it. If he flatly denied it, no one could do anything to him.

”Are you the so-called first genius of the Jade Pot Sect?”

Seeing Yun Xiao appear on the stone platform, Fei Yan felt rankled as Yun Xiao, with his smooth and eloquent speech, completely suppressed the momentum of the Qingshan Sect and he couldn’t help but sneer.

”Yun Xiao, being verbally clever is useless. If you have the ability, come up on the stage and fight me. Let’s see how this first genius of the Jade Pot Sect is so... impressive?”

Fei Yan thought his words were quite clever, but unexpectedly, after he spoke, all the disciples of the Jade Pot Sect looked at him with eyes full of... pity!

Yun Xiao’s Meridian Qi aura was not concealed at all, so all the disciples of the Jade Pot Sect sensed it very clearly. During the seven or eight months of his disappearance, he had already broken through to the Early Stage of Meridian Union Realm.

Before, when Yun Xiao was at the Peak of Meridian Rushing Realm, he could even defeat Yue Qi, who was in the Mid Stage of Meridian Union Realm. Now that he had broken through, facing Fei Yan in the Early Stage of Meridian Union, it would probably be very easy for him to deal with, right?

However, while the people of the Jade Pot Sect were clear about this, the disciples of the Qingshan Sect knew nothing at all. They only knew that Fei Yan, at the same cultivation level, was invincible. Didn’t they see how Chang Qing, the Early Stage Meridian Union genius of the Jade Pot Sect, was taken down by Fei Yan in one move just now?

”In that case, I’ll follow the advice respectfully!”

Seeing the guy on the platform blissfully unaware of his impending doom, Yun Xiao did not refuse. He glanced at Ling Wan’s neck wound and saw the bright red blood flowing out before he let go of his hand.

”Brother Yun Xiao, give that guy a good lesson!”

Watching Yun Xiao with a wooden sword on his back slowly walk up the stone platform, the morale of the people from the Jade Pot Sect seemed to come back instantly. The continuous defeats of the geniuses from the Jade Pot Sect had been extremely stifling for them, and now they were finally going to have their moment of triumph.

It was laughable that Fei Yan of the Qingshan Sect was still oblivious, thinking even Ling Wan, who had just pushed him into a corner, was only because he was caught off guard. In a fight between the same cultivation levels, he had never been afraid of anyone.

”Your greatest strength is Physical Strength, isn’t it?”

Yun Xiao, having stepped onto the stage, did not immediately take action, but instead softly inquired. Then, without waiting for Fei Yan to respond, he went on: ”Take this one move from me head-on. If you can withstand it, our Jade Pot Sect will concede defeat!”

The faint words echoed from the stone platform, causing a momentary silence on both sides to suddenly erupt into a frenzy, although the disciples of the two great sects reacted differently.

”Brother Yun Xiao is mighty!”

Here on the Jade Pot Sect’s side, naturally, they were all in support of Yun Xiao. Although some of the more prudent and experienced members did not believe Yun Xiao could defeat Fei Yan in a single move, wasn’t this domineering attitude exactly what they wished to see?

”Boastful nonsense! Overestimating his own abilities!”

These eight characters, however, were the best appraisal the disciples of the Qingshan Sect had for Yun Xiao. Some even uttered curses, thinking that the lad truly didn’t know the immensity of Heaven and Earth.

Fei Yan is one of Qingshan Sect’s top geniuses. If Yun Xiao were a late-stage Meridian Union cultivator like Li Yue, saying such a thing wouldn’t be too unreasonable.

But a kid who is also in the early stage of Meridian Union Realm and even harbors the delusion of defeating Fei Yan with physical strength in one move, isn’t this just a fantasy?

”Such an unbearably arrogant brat!”

Not far away on the pavilion, upon hearing Yun Xiao’s domineering words, Li Feng, the sect master of the Qingshan Sect, cursed softly, and then turned to look at Yu Shu, speaking in a deep voice: ”A year has passed, and the disciple of Sect Master Yu Shu is still so arrogant!”

Back at Xuanyue Palace, Li Feng had naturally seen Yun Xiao before. At that time, Li Yue suffered a setback, causing him embarrassment, so he had always harbored resentment towards that boy in simple clothes.

”To defeat Fei Yan in a head-on confrontation with a single move, even Li Yue can’t do it. Does that kid think he is a Spirit Vein Realm expert?”

Another elder of the Qingshan Sect also snorted coldly. As an elder of Qingshan Sect, he was extremely familiar with Fei Yan’s physical strength. Even cultivators in the late stage or peak of Meridian Union Realm didn’t dare to make such grand claims.

The coordinated responses from the two powerhouses of Qingshan Sect, however, met with no reply. When they turned their heads, the irritation they felt was substantial.

On the other hand, several elders of the Jade Pot Sect wore smiles, seemingly considering the words spoken by the youth below as a matter of course. Could it be that these fellows truly have such great confidence in that kid?

Indeed, that was the case. Even Second Elder Fu Du of the Poison Vein lineage, who wanted nothing more than to kill Yun Xiao, was well aware that, at least among cultivators of the same level, that kid had no rivals.

”Hmph, I would like to see if you can still keep your faces after this,”

Li Feng, receiving no response, could only snort coldly in his heart, shifting his gaze to the stone platform below. At this moment, Fei Yan was nearly bursting with rage.

In Fei Yan’s mind, shouldn’t this sentence be said by himself? Confident in his overpowering physical strength, even within a sect like Qingshan that prioritized physical power, he was a rare talent.

Ordinary cultivators at the same early stage of Meridian Union Realm couldn’t even withstand a punch or a kick from Fei Yan, just like Chang Qing, who had been previously struck unconscious and severely injured in a single hit.

Yet this newly rising top talent of the Jade Pot Sect, merely at the early stage of Meridian Union Realm in cultivation, had the audacity to claim he would defeat him with physical strength in one move.

”Haha!”

Although seething with anger inside, Fei Yan responded with laughter instead of anger, pointing at Yun Xiao and loudly saying, ”Good! Good! Good! Today, I, Fei Yan, want to see how you’re going to defeat me with one move!”

”Sorry, Brother Fei Yan, you’ve misunderstood. I didn’t say I would defeat you; I said that if you can still stand and talk after my one move, I will admit defeat,”

As soon as Fei Yan finished speaking, Yun Xiao shook his head. The words he uttered caused the disciples of the Jade Pot Sect to want to laugh but couldn’t, feeling unbearably stifled, yet their hearts were truly exhilarated!

”That guy is really insane!”

As for the members of the Qingshan Sect, their heads were full of black lines, and they all secretly criticized, taking it as an affront. Could it be that the kid couldn’t hear that Fei Yan was speaking sarcastically?

Unable to hold back any longer, Fei Yan’s body was suddenly surrounded by earthy yellow Meridian Qi, which, after a fluctuation of aura, formed a thin earthy yellow armor around his body.

”It’s Brother Fei Yan’s ’Thick Earth Armor’!”

As the earthy yellow Meridian Qi Armor appeared, many disciples of the Qingshan Sect exclaimed in astonishment, and in their hearts, they all harbored a peculiar thought. It seemed that despite Fei Yan speaking dismissively, he didn’t underestimate Yun Xiao after all.

Indeed, just as everyone thought, Fei Yan’s position as the third person of the Qingshan Sect wasn’t baseless. Although Yun Xiao seemed to be spouting madness, Fei Yan knew clearly that becoming the first on the Jade Pot Sect’s Spiritual Chick List wouldn’t be as simple as it appeared on the surface.

This so-called Thick Earth Armor was a Defensive Meridian Technique that had reached the middle level of Spiritual Rank. Coupled with Fei Yan’s physical strength far beyond ordinary people, he believed that even if Li Yue, at the late stage of Meridian Union Realm, took action personally, it would likely be impossible to break through with a single hit, not to mention injuring him!