Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Earth Thorn Poison Fruit?!”

Having come to the Refining Cloud Mountain Headquarters of the Tenglong Continent for more than a year, Liu Hanyi’s insight and experience as a Poison Vein Master, for less than three years, have been growing at a very rapid pace due to the training at the Poison Vein branch.

Knowing that if she doesn’t work harder, she would be left far behind by Yun Xiao, Liu Hanyi has spent all her effort over the past year absorbing knowledge about being a Poison Vein Master, including the identification of deadly heavenly materials and earthly treasures, which is a compulsory course.

Over a year’s hard work certainly has not been in vain, so when Liu Hanyi laid eyes on the green poisonous fruit amidst the thorns, she knew she had struck gold this time.

This was an Earth Thorn Poison Fruit that had already reached the Eighth Rank Advanced level. According to Liu Hanyi’s understanding of this type of poison fruit, it is known to grow among some special thorn bushes, absorbing countless Earth Essence with only a ten percent chance of forming the poisonous fruit.

This type of poison fruit for an ordinary cultivator or Medical Pulse Master is like a chicken rib, not very useful, and collecting it might even backfire due to its contained potent poison.

However, this poison-laden fruit is a treasure that can be sought but not found for a Poison Vein Master at the Earth-rank Level, as it might likely advance their Poison Meridian Skill further.

Also, if one can withstand the deadly poison within this Earth Thorn Poison Fruit, the Earth Essence inside will become usable, leading to a significant boost in either poison techniques or Meridian Qi cultivation.

”Eighth Rank Advanced, this is a bit dangerous!”

The only thing Liu Hanyi found lacking was the grade of this Earth Thorn Poison Fruit, which was somewhat too high. After all, she was currently only at the Origin Seeking Realm Early Stage, with her Poison Meridian Skill only at the Earth Rank Low Level, both just recently broken through.

Liu Hanyi was not Yun Xiao, neither having the Devouring Power of the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique nor the assistance of the Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu and Red Feather. If she dared to refine this Eighth Rank Advanced Earth Thorn Poison Fruit, which is an entire great rank higher, the likely outcome would be that she’d be blown apart.

”Nothing ventured, nothing gained; how can you gain power without taking risks?”

However, Liu Hanyi was not one to retreat in the face of difficulties. At this moment, a rough-clothed youth with a wooden sword suddenly emerged in her mind, followed by a black-clad, graceful figure soaring into the sky.

Despite Liu Hanyi having told Mo Qing that she had no such thoughts towards Yun Xiao, over the past few months of the latter’s performance on the Hidden Dragon Continent, she suddenly found her thoughts wavering.

Liu Hanyi and Mo Qing had a good relationship, so she naturally wouldn’t consider her a conceptual rival. However, Shen Xingmou, who seemed to have even borne a son, made her feel like an insurmountable mountain.

Liu Hanyi knew that in terms of temperament, appearance, or family background, she was far from comparable to Shen Xingmou. Yet, she possessed a resilient spirit, evident in her current determination upon discovering the Earth Thorn Poison Fruit.

It was precisely these thoughts in her heart that caused Liu Hanyi to momentarily overlook the power two great ranks above hers, knowing that only by disregarding everything could she have a chance to catch up with Shen Xingmou, to pursue Yun Xiao’s footsteps. All the risks were worth taking.

As these thoughts flashed through her mind, Liu Hanyi didn’t hesitate further, extending her jade hand to pluck the Earth Thorn Poison Fruit from the thorny vines and swallowed it whole.

Boom!

As the Earth Thorn Poison Fruit entered her stomach, Liu Hanyi’s whole body stiffened, as an extremely violent force surged through her, almost tearing her body apart.

One must know that the person most suitable to consume an Eighth Rank Advanced heavenly material and earthly treasure is a cultivator who has attained the Earth Bending Realm, whereas Liu Hanyi had just barely reached the Origin Seeking Realm Early Stage. If this scene was witnessed by other cultivators, they’d likely think she had a death wish.

The raging force rampaged within Liu Hanyi, and a unique energy began seeping from beneath her feet, mixing with the energy of the Earth Thorn Poison Fruit inside her, evidently the conjured Earth Element.

If it were an ordinary Origin Seeking Realm Early Stage cultivator, they would likely already have died bleeding from all seven orifices. Fortunately, Liu Hanyi had the Immortal Poison Body physique, thus those fierce poisons could not harm her much.

Liu Hanyi could indeed easily neutralize the toxic power of the Earth Thorn Poison Fruit, but she had clearly underestimated the energy of the poison fruit, a full great rank higher. Momentarily, her delicate face seemed ready to burst with blood.

Step step step!

At this critical moment, two figures slowly emerged from the woods. If Liu Hanyi were conscious, she would recognize these two as her senior brothers from the Sky Poison Institute.

”Hmm? Isn’t that Junior Sister Hanyi?”

Next to Ye Ku, the Sky Poison Institute’s genius named Si Mo, upon seeing the trembling graceful figure in the distance, turned to check his senior brother’s expression, noticing the latter had already spotted her plight.

”It seems that someone is forcing themselves to refine something of a high rank, and they’ve suffered an energy backlash!”

Ye Ku’s insight was naturally sharper than Si Mo’s, and after more than a year of understanding, he also knew that his junior sister from the Hidden Dragon Continent had an extremely strong poison resistance, almost as good as his own.

This first genius of the Sky Poison Institute had achieved extraordinary success after recovering from a unique childhood illness with the help of his teacher, Qingmu Wu.

Ye Ku considered himself unrivaled among the younger generation of the Tenglong Continent in terms of poison resistance, until Liu Hanyi’s arrival. Her resistance to certain toxins even faintly surpassed that of this Sky Poison Institute’s top genius, piquing his intense curiosity about the girl.

Later, under Qingmu Wu’s intentional or unintentional hints, Ye Ku learned that his teacher intended to match the two of them, so he paid even more attention to Liu Hanyi.

Who would have thought that Yun Xiao would come into the picture midway? From what Ye Ku had gathered, Liu Hanyi and Yun Xiao knew each other from the Hidden Dragon Continent, and their relationship seemed to be quite close, which made him rather depressed.

Though Ye Ku was from the Poison Vein line, he was straightforward and would never be as hypocritical and shameless as Bai Wushuang and Liu Qingchen.

Even if he disliked Yun Xiao, he wouldn’t resort to underhanded or diabolic means. His only true desire was to defeat that boy fair and square.

”Senior Brother, she seems to be unable to hold on any longer!”

Si Mo didn’t have so many thoughts. Seeing the trembling figure in front of him shaking more violently, he couldn’t help but exclaim, and then he felt the wind beside him flash, as a silhouette had already darted out.

”Si Mo, protect me, don’t let anyone disturb me!”

The figure that dashed out was naturally Ye Ku. How could he not perceive what Si Mo had already noticed?

He knew that if there was any further delay, Liu Hanyi might be blown apart by the force impact. Even if she survived, her Poison Meridian Skill and Meridian Qi Cultivation would plummet to the bottom.

So Ye Ku made a prompt decision, knowing that only external intervention could possibly save Liu Hanyi’s life in such a situation. Hearing his urgent cry, he was already standing in front of Liu Hanyi in no time.

”This woman, does she want to die?”

With his Earth Rank Middle Level Power of Soul, Ye Ku sensed up close, and although he didn’t detect what exactly Liu Hanyi had ingested, he sensed that it was at least an Earth Rank Advanced Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure.

With such Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, even Ye Ku, a Peak of Seeking Origin Realm Earth Rank Middle Level Poison Vein Master, would not dare to consume it easily, let alone Liu Hanyi, a girl at the Early Stage of the Seeking Origin Realm.

But now that it had come to this, Ye Ku knew it was useless to complain, so he directly reached out, grasping Liu Hanyi’s right wrist, as a sweep of Meridian Qi surged out and permeated into Liu Hanyi’s body.

Boom!

Ye Ku’s intervention seemed to provoke the energy of the Earth Thorn Poison Fruit, which surged toward Liu Hanyi’s right wrist, which was exactly what Ye Ku wanted. He intended to absorb and share the excess energy to help Liu Hanyi avert the danger.

Admittedly, Ye Ku’s method at this time was indeed addressing the problem correctly and was worthy of being an Earth Rank Middle Level Poison Vein Master. The energy tormenting Liu Hanyi was indeed instantly flooding into his body.

If Liu Hanyi, as an Early Stage cultivator, had consumed the Earth Rank Advanced Earth Thorn Poison Fruit alone, it would be too fierce and domineering. But with Ye Ku, a genius at the Peak of the Seeking Origin Realm, aiding the refinement, it became less difficult.

However, neither Liu Hanyi nor Ye Ku noticed that as the excess energy of the Earth Thorn Poison Fruit was being devoured by the latter, a trace of something not belonging to the Earth Thorn Poison Fruit also entered Ye Ku’s body.

This aura was somewhat similar to the energy of the Earth Thorn Poison Fruit, yet subtly different in an obscure way. It seemed to be the potent toxin of the Earth Thorn Red Fruit, mingled with something from Liu Hanyi after passing through her body.

Such a change might be irrelevant to Liu Hanyi, but for Ye Ku, it could be a fatal poison, for it unmistakably belonged to Liu Hanyi’s Immortal Poison Body.

Liu Hanyi originally possessed the physique of an Immortal Poison Body, rendering her immune to all poisons, but when such an Innate Poison enters the body of another cultivator, it undoubtedly turns into a Bone-Stripping Poison instantly.

Even though Ye Ku also possessed an Abnormal Physique, compared to Liu Hanyi’s Immortal Poison Body, it was like a Little Witch witnessing a Great Witch. Moreover, this special potent poison was something he had never seen before, and even now hadn’t noticed; perhaps in the next moment, he would be taken by surprise.

Everything was proceeding methodically, yet no one knew there was an obscure undercurrent beneath the calm surface, ready to erupt at any moment without warning.