Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Let me see just how strong your talent in Poison Meridian Skill really is.”

The Dean of the Sky Poison Institute, Qingmu Wu, was standing behind Room Five, observing everything inside the room. It was his sudden idea to change the poison erosion within the room temporarily.

It seems Qingmu Wu has discovered Yun Xiao’s talent in the Poison Meridian Path and wants to further test his Poison Meridian Skill. The previous poison erosion clearly couldn’t affect Yun Xiao unless Qingmu Wu decides to use more potent poison.

A Poison Vein Master’s methods aren’t just for creating poisons to harm people; they also have the ability to detoxify potent poisons. After all, when refining toxic substances or refining Poison Pills, poisons can easily invade the body, and a slight mistake could cost one their life.

In the realm of treating illnesses and saving lives, the Medical Pulse Masters are indeed mighty, yet when it comes to detoxifying potent poisons, the Poison Vein Master’s methods are likely more effective and faster.

Discovering a poison vein genius is more difficult than finding a medical pulse genius, especially those exceptionally gifted in the Poison Meridian Path; they are rare and hard to come by. Over these years, Qingmu Wu only ever cherished Ye Ku and Liu Hanyi as talents.

Now, suddenly appearing is Yun Xiao, and with Qingmu Wu’s love for talents, he has decided to personally test this poorly dressed youth’s skill in the Poison Meridian Path. If Yun Xiao truly is an exceptionally rare poison vein genius, Qingmu Wu wouldn’t care about Yun Xiao’s background and would ensure he joined the Sky Poison Institute.

Watching the youth inside the room subtly, when Qingmu Wu heard the sound of someone gasping in shock, his brows furrowed. Could it be that the youth with apparent poison vein talent doesn’t even know what poison this person was poisoned with?

In fact, Qingmu Wu’s expectations were a bit high; even a regular Earth Rank Low Level or even Earth Rank Middle Level Meridian Refining Master might not recognize what poison this man suffered from.

However, considering his attention, if Yun Xiao couldn’t even recognize the poison, it would be incredibly disappointing. Proud people often have strong subjective consciousness, and Qingmu Wu was no exception to this.

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Inside the room, when Yun Xiao lifted the white cloth covering the man, what he saw was a terrifying sight. He knew this time he faced a troubling poison.

In front of him, the man’s entire body, except for the head and face, was covered in black lines, densely sprawled, causing both nausea and fear.

At this moment, the man resembled a zebra with countless fine patterns, and Yun Xiao realized these black lines were clearly a special form of potent poison. Interestingly enough, he had seen this poison before.

”To think that even on the Tenglong Continent, there’s this ’Thousand Threads of Lure and Trap’?”

After carefully observing the man for a moment, Yun Xiao mumbled, and as he spoke, Qingmu Wu’s brows raised slightly outside, but with a hint of confusion.

While Yun Xiao recognized the poison as ”Thousand Threads of Lure and Trap,” his previous words revealed certain information. Qingmu Wu knew Yun Xiao came from the Hidden Dragon Continent, yet Yun Xiao’s tone suggested he might be from a higher plane, which was undeniably curious.

”This should count as an Earth Rank Middle Level poison, right? Would a disciple selection evaluation be this difficult?”

Inside the room, after identifying the ”Thousand Threads of Lure and Trap,” Yun Xiao’s face showed a hint of confusion, knowing that if not for him, any other Earth Rank Middle Level Meridian Refining Master wouldn’t be able to detoxify this.

The ”Thousand Threads of Lure and Trap” poison in front of him appears as an Earth Rank Middle Level poison, but detoxifying it is extraordinarily troublesome. It requires a significant amount of Time Power, and the consumption of Power of Soul is also at an exceedingly frightening level.

Every black line on the man’s body contains toxicity; these poisonous threads have invaded every meridian in the human body.

To completely detoxify, it’s not just about expelling all the black toxic lines but also ensuring that the human body’s meridians remain unharmed. Otherwise, it can’t be considered a true detoxification.

For example, if someone poisoned by the ”Thousand Threads of Lure and Trap” finally has the toxin neutralized, but ends up living a life worse than death, unable to cultivate ever again, is it truly success or failure? That’s subjective.

Like the previous detoxification method by Ye Ku outside, it couldn’t be considered genuine detoxification but merely ensured the person’s survival. Restoring the person to their original state wasn’t within Ye Ku’s responsibilities.

Now is a true test. Yun Xiao doesn’t know if merely ensuring the person’s survival would suffice to pass. Since he has arrived here, he demands perfection.

Though Yun Xiao is decisive in his daily actions, he is, in fact, genuinely a Medical Pulse Master. Treating diseases and saving lives is his duty, and for patients with whom he holds no grudges, he is always dedicated.

”I’ll try myself first; if it doesn’t work, then I’ll have Little Dragon help!”

The long-lost ”Thousand Threads of Lure and Trap” makes Yun Xiao’s heart itch. In fact, he only needs to use Little Dragon’s One Thought to Transform Myriad Poisons method to expel the poison from the man before him in a very short time.

Yun Xiao knew that relying solely on external forces was not beneficial for his cultivation, even if Little Dragon and he were mutually dependent, it was still considered an external force.

Especially for this Meridian Refining Technique, it requires continual experience and practice for steady improvement. Encountering such a patient afflicted with the Thousand Silk and Myriad Links Poison was also a good practical opportunity for Yun Xiao.

”First protect the cardiac veins!”

Yun Xiao didn’t hesitate too much. Although he didn’t rely on the power of Little Dragon, he still had the experience from his previous life as the Long Xiao Battle God. So his right hand’s index and middle fingers extended out, tapping several times on the man’s chest.

”This technique...”

Seeing Yun Xiao’s actions, Qingmu Wu, watching from outside the room, frowned again, because the method he knew for neutralizing the Thousand Silk and Myriad Links Poison was completely different from Yun Xiao’s current actions, making him think the young man was blindly messing around.

What Qingmu Wu didn’t know is that the neutralization method he knew belonged to the Tenglong Continent, while the technique Yun Xiao was displaying originated from the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, incomparable to the former.

In fact, if Yun Xiao were to use Qingmu Wu’s neutralization method to resolve the Thousand Silk and Myriad Links Poison, it would be completely unfeasible because his Meridian Qi cultivation and soul power in this life have not reached that level.

Qingmu Wu projected his thoughts onto others yet overlooked Yun Xiao’s own cultivation and Meridian Refining technique, and in his view, any method not following his own neutralization technique would likely end in failure.

Pop, pop, pop...

Yun Xiao did not have so many thoughts, after protecting the patient’s cardiac veins, his hands moved like butterflies flitting among flowers, tapping on dozens of acupoints on the man’s body. This technique made even Qingmu Wu, watching from outside, feel a bit pleased.

”This is...an Earth Rank Meridian Array?!”

With Qingmu Wu’s eyesight, he naturally saw the implicit connections in the acupoints Yun Xiao tapped at first glance.

A Meridian Array is something some Spiritual Rank Meridian Refining Masters are qualified to cultivate and control. So seeing Yun Xiao display a Meridian Array, Qingmu Wu wasn’t overly surprised. He was just curious about the level this Meridian Array had reached and what detoxification effect it would have.

Bang!

After completing the Meridian Array, Yun Xiao withdrew his right hand, then pointed to his own forehead. Immediately, an immense, invisible force swept out from his brow, surprisingly Yun Xiao’s soul power.

”It’s actually...an Earth Rank Middle Level Soul!”

Not until sensing Yun Xiao’s soul power did Qingmu Wu’s expression undergo a significant change; he seemed to find it somewhat unbelievable and indescribably thrilled.

It’s essential to know that the current number one talent of the Sky Poison Institute, Ye Ku, was already over thirty years old, yet his soul power was only at the Earth Rank Middle Level. This was considered a once-in-several-centuries poison vein genius at the Sky Poison Institute.

Across the entire Refining Cloud Mountain, or even the whole Tenglong Continent, among the younger generation, only Bai Wushuang, the foremost Medical Pulse talent at the Heavenly Hospital, could rival Ye Ku in soul power.

This time, attending the selection for Refining Cloud Mountain disciples, in fact, there weren’t many Meridian Refining Masters who had reached the Earth Rank Low Level in soul power, except for Li Gongnian and Xu Changgui. The others reaching the Earth Rank Low Level in soul power were at least over forty years old.

But this young man named Yun Xiao, Qingmu Wu was confident he wasn’t mistaken; this kid wasn’t yet twenty years old. Yet, at such an age, he managed to cultivate his soul power to the Earth Rank Middle Level. What kind of talent was this?

”This Yun Xiao must belong to our Sky Poison Institute!”

At this moment, upon discovering Yun Xiao’s soul power had already reached the Earth Rank Middle Level, Qingmu Wu evidently overlooked the examination itself. Even if Yun Xiao failed this examination, he was determined to bring him into the Sky Poison Institute.

Simply from the perspective of soul power alone, Yun Xiao’s Meridian Refining Talent already far exceeded today’s number one poison vein talent at the Sky Poison Institute, Ye Ku. Qingmu Wu believes that as long as he puts effort into nurturing, Yun Xiao will likely become his inevitable successor.

Poor Ye Ku was still in the dark outside, the number one genius of the Sky Poison Institute, never imagining that, in mere moments, his position would be usurped by someone else.

As for Yun Xiao inside the room, he was unaware that his every move was being monitored. He only knew it was now the critical moment to resolve the Thousand Silk and Myriad Links Poison, and he couldn’t afford to lose even a fraction of his focus.