Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”This is my savior, Xue Ningxiang?”

Xue Ningxiang thought to herself as she saw the roughly dressed young man slowly walking towards her, his eyes unreservedly fixed on her, which seemed quite impolite.

”Err... Yun Xiao, this lady here is Miss Xue Ningxiang from the Xuanyin Hall of Tenglong Continent, you must not be rude!”

Yu Shu was taken aback by Yun Xiao’s audacious gaze, thinking to himself that Miss Xue has a quirky temper, just a casual inquiry from the Second Elder Fu Du had upset her, and here this boy was audaciously staring at a young lady, which was utterly impolite, so he hurriedly voiced a reminder.

After all, Yun Xiao was the only direct disciple of Yu Shu, and now Yu Shu regarded Yun Xiao as if he were his own child. It would be heartbreakingly regretful if, due to an unintentional mistake, they were to offend the lady from Xuanyin Hall.

After all, Xue Ningxiang was a grown young woman, and being stared at by a man in such a manner would naturally cause anyone to become angry, wouldn’t it?

But even as Yu Shu finished speaking, Yun Xiao’s gaze remained steadfastly fixed on Xue Ningxiang’s face, and at that moment, even Lu Zhan and the others realized what was happening, while Fu Du and Mo Li sneered in their hearts.

Yun Xiao’s rudeness had been witnessed many times over the past two years by Fu Du, albeit only towards those affiliated with Hidden Dragon Continent. Now that he was behaving so impudently towards a miss from the Xuanyin Hall of Tenglong Continent, this youngster truly had unparalleled audacity.

”What... are you looking at?”

Feeling overwhelmed by Yun Xiao’s stare, Xue Ningxiang couldn’t take it anymore. Her knowledge of Yun Xiao was limited to his curing her Innate Pulse Cutting and his performance at the Countries Hidden Dragon Conference.

As for Yun Xiao’s personality and background, Xue Ningxiang knew nothing. She wondered, although she was thin due to her Innate Pulse Cutting, she was still undeniably beautiful. Could it be that this fellow was some lecherous rogue?

With these thoughts turning in her mind, Xue Ningxiang’s initial good opinion of Yun Xiao dissolved instantly. If he really was a profligate, then even if he had unintentionally saved her life, she would only compensate him with some money and would not have further dealings with him.

”Yun Xiao!”

Yu Shu, who had been watching Xue Ningxiang, noticed the change in her expression and felt a sinking feeling in his heart, fearing troubles had just begun, and he immediately shouted sternly.

Yu Shu couldn’t comprehend why Yun Xiao, who typically seemed very astute, would act so impolitely at this moment. Did he not realize the consequences of offending the miss from Xuanyin Hall? That could bring calamity not only upon the whole Jade Pot Sect but also the entire Xuanyue Empire!

Yun Xiao finally came to his senses after Yu Shu’s shout, but his gaze did not shift at all; instead, he looked straight into Xue Ningxiang’s eyes and said softly, ”Miss Xue, you must have had the Innate Pulse Cutting constitution before, right?”

This unexpected inquiry from Yun Xiao left Yu Shu and many elders of the Jade Pot Sect stunned, and they then noticed the term ”Innate Pulse Cutting” in Yun Xiao’s words, which immediately made their faces change.

As elders of the Jade Pot Sect, the ministers were either Spiritual Rank Intermediate Pulse Refining Masters or Spiritual Rank Advanced Pulse Refining Masters, and particularly Sect Master Yu Shu, who was practically stepping into the Earth-rank Pulse Refining Master level.

On the Hidden Dragon Continent, the condition of Innate Pulse Cutting had appeared before, so Yu Shu and the others were not unfamiliar with this innate constitution and knew it was fatal.

If it was true as Yun Xiao said, and Miss Xue before them had had Innate Pulse Cutting, how could she stand and speak here alright, and how could she have cultivated her Meridian Qi to the Meridian Rushing Realm Early Stage?

”Could it be...”

Thinking of a particular possibility, the thought sent a shiver down the spines of Yu Shu and the others as they looked disbelief at the roughly dressed young man.

That one impossible possibility, if it were anyone else, Yu Shu and the others would never believe it, but if it were Yun Xiao who had achieved it, they were not so sure.

After all, Yun Xiao had cured Elder Li Shan from the Seven Evil Poisonous Flame, and he had also cured Second Prince Xuan Jing, who had left countless Spirit-grade Advanced Pulse Refining Masters helpless. Apart from his Pulse Refining Level, his skill in treating diseases and injuries was unparalleled in the Jade Pot Sect.

Even the top Pulse Refining Masters from the Meridian Refining Master Guild of the Xuanyue Empire might not be a match for Yun Xiao in curing diseases, and that was the greatest shock to Yu Shu and the others.

”It seems you have already guessed it!”

When Xue Ningxiang heard Yun Xiao’s question, she didn’t know why, but all her previous thoughts vanished in an instant. It turned out this fellow was observing her Innate Pulse Cutting condition, and not rudely looking at her like some profligate.

”Mhm, if I’m not mistaken, the Pulse Refining Master who resolved Miss Xue’s Innate Pulse Cutting has not yet broken through to the Heavenly Rank, but is just an Earth-rank Advanced Master at the peak, right?”

Yun Xiao nodded, but his expression became somewhat puzzled. Then, clapping his hands, he added, ”That’s right, I’m afraid it was a few Earth-rank Advanced Pulse Refining Masters working together who were initially able to control your Innate Pulse Cutting!”

The soliloquy from the young man made the expressions of Yu Shu and the others beside him even more stunned. What are Earth-rank Advanced Pulse Refining Masters and Innate Pulse Cutting? Those were things utterly out of their reach.

”Initially controlled?”

As the person in question, Xue Ningxiang caught the crucial four words from Yun Xiao’s mouth and couldn’t help furrowing her beautiful brows. Could it be that Vice Chairman Qian and the other Great Elders of the Pulse Refining Master Guild hadn’t completely resolved her Innate Pulse Cutting?

”Sigh, since it includes the word ’Innate,’ how could Innate Pulse Cutting be so easily resolved?”

By now, Yun Xiao had guessed a bit of the process, knowing it was he who had originally written the method to resolve Innate Pulse Cutting at the Lingtian Empire Pulse Refining Master Guild. Eventually, it was learned by the Meridian Refining Master Association of Tenglong Continent, inadvertently saving this young lady from Xuanyin Hall afflicted with Innate Pulse Cutting.

”The things I wrote indeed can resolve Innate Pulse Cutting, but the grade of the Pulse Refining Masters who resolved it for you was too low. If it were led by a Heaven-rank Pulse Refining Master, perhaps it might have been completely resolved, but now...”

Yun Xiao stared at Xue Ningxiang’s face, sensing that faint, hidden aura, and couldn’t help but shake his head. His face showed his regret without much concealment, which made Xue Ningxiang’s heart sink.

”Didn’t I already make a breakthrough to the Early Stage of the Meridian Rushing Realm? What’s the problem?”

Xue Ningxiang was somewhat disbelieving, feeling that Yun Xiao was a bit too young, and besides, what she said was also true. She had broken through to the Early Stage of the Meridian Rushing Realm within an extremely short time. If Innate Pulse Cutting still existed, how could she have made a breakthrough?

”True, you’ve made a breakthrough and your life is no longer in danger. However, your Meridian Qi Cultivation can at most only reach the Peak of the Spirit Vein Realm. To break through to the Third Realm of Earth Rank, I’m afraid...”

Yun Xiao shook his head again. As the reincarnation of the Long Xiao Battle God, he was profoundly knowledgeable about diseases that left the Lower Five Realms and Middle Three Realms helpless.

As he said, Innate Pulse Cutting was indeed rare, and the methods he had written would have certain aftereffects depending on the level of the Pulse Refining Master resolving the condition.

For Xue Ningxiang, who had to rebuild from scratch, although she had indeed reached the stage of the Early Stage of the Meridian Rushing Realm in an extremely short time, the third realm of Spiritual Rank was already a limit.

Xue Ningxiang, who had regained her meridians, was left with less than ideal meridians due to Qian Sanyuan and others who were all of Earth Rank as Pulse Refining Masters.

To achieve the Third Realm of Earth Rank, one must draw upon the Earth Power. With such meridians as Xue Ningxiang’s, should she forcefully attempt to draw the Earth Power to make the breakthrough, there is a fear that not only would it be unsuccessful, but it could also lead to meridian destruction and death.

”Yun Xiao, do you still have a way?”

Even though the youth in front of her seemed too young to be true, for some reason, after hearing Yun Xiao’s words, she felt inexplicably anxious and couldn’t help but ask.

For the past decade or so, being unable to cultivate was one thing, the previous Xue Ningxiang, as well as the Hall Master of Xuanyin Hall, their greatest wish was just to preserve this life, no need to think about anything else.

But once one has gained strength, if one truly cannot continue cultivating in the future, it would undoubtedly be excruciating for Xue Ningxiang.

Since the method to initially control Innate Pulse Cutting was thought of by Yun Xiao, and moreover, this youth had only taken one look to guess the grade of the Pulse Refining Master who performed the resolution method, Xue Ningxiang couldn’t help but instinctively hope in this young man.

”I don’t have a way!”

However, when Xue Ningxiang was full of expectation, Yun Xiao shook his head, and his words made her heart instantly sink to the bottom. Could it be that not even this miraculous youth had a way to thoroughly cure Innate Pulse Cutting?

Originally, Xue Ningxiang had wanted to meet Yun Xiao today and take the opportunity to express her thanks, but she had not expected to hear such bad news upon just meeting him.

”Or to say... right now I don’t have the power. Perhaps once I make a breakthrough to the Earth-rank Pulse Refining Master level, I will find some methods!”

However, Yun Xiao’s following words rekindled the light of desperation in Xue Ningxiang’s eyes, also containing a touch of reproach. You, this guy, can you not pause in your speech like that, it’s quite frightening when you stop midway.

Although what Yun Xiao had said was still not definitive, as he had just mentioned, as long as Xue Ningxiang, who had initially controlled her Innate Pulse Cutting, did not forcibly attempt to break through to the Third Realm of Earth Rank, there would be no threat to her life.

By then, waiting for Yun Xiao to make a breakthrough to the Earth-rank Pulse Refining Master level, wouldn’t there be hope? Thinking of this, Xue Ningxiang then recalled the reason for her visit, and the thought in her mind became even more determined.

Meanwhile, at this very moment, others such as Yu Shu and Lu Zhan were utterly astonished. From the dialogues between these two, they had absolute reason to believe that the legendary incurable disease, Innate Pulse Cutting, had indeed been cured by Yun Xiao!