Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Yun Xiao, long time no see!”

In Xu Hongzhuang’s heart, perhaps she had thought many times about what to say when she reunited with Yun Xiao. But now that they truly met, thousands of words turned into such a simple six-word phrase.

Or perhaps Xu Hongzhuang believed she would be extremely excited to see Yun Xiao again, even unable to control her own mind. But at this moment, she suddenly felt that all this unease was gone.

”Yes, long time no see. How did you come to be here?”

Yun Xiao’s emotions were also a bit complicated, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to say. Ultimately, he asked some meaningless questions about her recent situation. But he indeed wanted to know why it was so coincidental that she also came to the Chunxiao City Spirit Fighting Commerce branch.

In fact, Xu Hongzhuang was not just arriving there. She had already spotted Yun Xiao’s figure on the streets of Chunxiao City.

However, at that moment, she only saw a silhouette and couldn’t be certain, so she followed along, tailing Yun Xiao and Li Gongnian, to this Chunxiao City Spirit Fighting Commerce branch.

The Chunxiao City Spirit Fighting Commerce had been busy trying to capture the Fire Cloud Rat Chi Yan, so no Origin Seeking Realm experts noticed Xu Hongzhuang. She hid in the shadows and saw everything that happened before with clarity.

If Yun Xiao could easily get away, Xu Hongzhuang naturally wouldn’t have shown up. She would have found an appropriate time to meet Yun Xiao, but she didn’t expect things to escalate to this point, so she had no choice but to appear.

Even though Xu Hongzhuang had seen Yun Xiao stirring up storms on the Hidden Dragon Continent, killing several kings of the Early Stage Qi Seeking Realm with his Peak Spirit Vein Realm cultivation, such a disparity in cultivation was nothing compared to the difference between Origin Seeking Realm and Earth Bending Realm.

So even if Xu Hongzhuang had great confidence in Yun Xiao, having not seen him for over a year, she didn’t know how far Yun Xiao’s combat ability had reached. But she understood clearly in her heart that at least an Early Stage Earth Bending Realm expert was beyond Yun Xiao’s ability to handle.

”I joined the Demons Mountain...”

”Hey, I say, have you two finished talking yet?”

Just as Xu Hongzhuang started to speak a half sentence, an abrupt voice interrupted her. Turning her head with a somewhat dark expression, she glared at Situ Lang, who had spoken.

”Little girl, if you’re really from Demons Mountain, don’t expect to leave today!”

Situ Lang couldn’t care less about Xu Hongzhuang’s angry glare. He heard the part of her sentence just now and a glint flashed in his eyes.

On the Tenglong Continent, the four top-tier forces and thirteen first-class forces stood side by side. Between them were allies who watched over and helped each other, and also mortal enemies who couldn’t stand each other. For instance, the Spirit Fighting Commerce and the Demons Mountain were two irreconcilable rival forces.

The biggest business Spirit Fighting Commerce conducted was in Meridian Spirit trading, which required refining a large number of vein demons. This was completely contrary to the ideology of the Demons Mountain.

Although cultivators of Demons Mountain also refined their own Meridian Spirits, they wouldn’t hunt vein demons across the continent for profit like the Spirit Fighting Commerce.

The Beast Vein Masters of Demons Mountain mostly took in vein demons as their demon pets. They preferred to befriend vein demons, and some Beast Vein Masters didn’t hesitate to spend years or even more than a decade to bond and build relationships with a powerful vein demon.

The difference in ideology caused conflicts over veins between the Spirit Fighting Commerce and the Demons Mountain for many years. If not for their mutual concerns, they might have already fought to wipe each other out.

Therefore, when Situ Lang heard that this red-skirted girl was from Demons Mountain, he no longer worried. The two forces were already mortal enemies and weren’t afraid of one more conflict.

If it was an ordinary Origin Seeking Realm Early Stage girl, perhaps she wouldn’t even be worthy of Situ Lang’s attention. But since this girl was from Demons Mountain and seemed to have a not-so-shallow relationship with Yun Xiao, there was nothing more to say.

”Demons Mountain, huh? A good place indeed!”

Yun Xiao nodded, completely ignoring Situ Lang’s threatening words. Memories of the Demons Mountain Elder Meng Liyang flashed in his mind, seemingly understanding a bit.

And from certain auras on Xu Hongzhuang, Yun Xiao could sense her hidden Fire Attribute. It seemed Xu Hongzhuang also achieved some fortune of her own over this past year. Now she was likely a genuine Beast Vein Master.

”You’re called Situ Lang, right? If you’re wise, get out of here immediately, or you won’t save your life. Don’t blame me for not warning you!”

Aside from her helplessness in front of Yun Xiao, Xu Hongzhuang was actually a cheerful and assertive girl. Listening to Situ Lang’s stern voice, her words made Yun Xiao quite puzzled.

What Situ Lang could sense, Yun Xiao naturally could sense as well. This girl he hadn’t seen in years, though her strength had not modestly improved, had only broken through to just an Origin Seeking Realm Early Stage. Compared to Liu Hanyi and Mo Qing, she was likely weaker by far.

With such cultivation, claiming boldly that she could endanger the life of an Early Stage Earth Bending Realm expert seemed ridiculous to anyone.

”Could it be that there’s a Demons Mountain Elder following him?”

Yun Xiao, with keen intuition, pondered briefly and thought of a possibility, but after he released his Power of Soul to sense for a moment, he found nothing.

However, Yun Xiao overlooked one place, which was the extremely high sky. After all, he knew that even if there were experts from the Demons Mountain following Xu Hongzhuang, they probably wouldn’t be Heavenly Rank Experts. Moreover, whether Demons Mountain had Heavenly Rank Experts was still a question.

”You little brat, you really think I don’t dare to kill you?”

Situ Lang didn’t have that many thoughts, and since there was no fourth person in the courtyard now, as he shouted, his entire figure lunged out, seemingly not wanting to delay any longer.

”Let me deal with him!”

Seeing this, Yun Xiao reached out his hand, intending to shelter Xu Hongzhuang behind him. This action, coupled with his words, undoubtedly put Xu Hongzhuang in a great mood, but with his pull, she remained unmoving.

”Don’t worry, he can’t kill me!”

A gleam of peculiar light flashed in Xu Hongzhuang’s beautiful eyes, and not only did Yun Xiao beside her hear this, but even Situ Lang, who was approaching quickly, heard it loud and clear, causing his fury to almost burst out.

”Let this little brat see whether I, the protector, can kill you or not!”

Sensing the Seeking Origin Realm Early Stage cultivation of the red-skirted girl before him, Situ Lang felt his dignity was greatly challenged, and at this moment, he suddenly noticed that the plainly clad boy behind the girl lifted his head.

Boom!

Almost in an instant, as Yun Xiao lifted his head, Situ Lang finally felt an irresistible, majestic force descending from the sky, making him involuntarily raise his head.

In the moment Situ Lang raised his head, he saw a white steed descending from the sky, and strangely, this steed also had a pair of snow-white wings on its back.

If it were just that, perhaps Situ Lang’s expression wouldn’t be so shocked. It was because he was horrified to discover that the white flying horse descending from the sky was actually a Ninth Rank Advanced supreme evil demon.

A Ninth Rank Advanced Vein Demon, which is equivalent to a Late Stage or even Peak level expert of the Earth Bending Realm in human terms. It is said that only the top Elders or even the Mountain Masters of the Demons Mountain can tame such a Vein Demon, so how could it be following a Seeking Origin Realm Early Stage girl?

”Could it be that some big figure from the Demons Mountain has arrived?”

In this flash of lightning, a thought suddenly emerged in Situ Lang’s mind, but the next moment, he had no more thoughts because the white flying horse from the sky was already upon him.

Bang!

Crack!

The two front hooves of the white flying horse accurately landed on Situ Lang’s chest, and then a great force attacked, directly breaking several of his ribs, and judging by the depth, they were already deeply embedded in his heart, making it obvious that he could no longer survive.

This protector of the Spirit Fighting Commerce headquarters, a formidable expert of the Early Stage of Earth Bending Realm, probably never thought he would die in such a bizarre manner. As he was knocked to the ground by the flying horse, the thought in his mind was one of disbelief.

Even Yun Xiao was stunned by the sudden scene.

He certainly recognized it as a Ninth Rank Advanced flying Vein Demon, but such a flying horse with wings was something even he hadn’t seen many times in his previous life in Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, suggesting it might also be an Ancient Species Vein Demon.

Like Situ Lang, Yun Xiao was even more certain that behind Xu Hongzhuang, there must be a super powerhouse from Demons Mountain, and a Beast Vein Master capable of taming a Ninth Rank Advanced Vein Demon must surely be among the top ranks in Demons Mountain, right?

As the reincarnated Long Xiao Battle God, Yun Xiao was certainly more familiar with the methods of Beast Vein Masters, but not every Beast Vein Master had the Dragon Power of a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.

At least he knew Xu Hongzhuang had only become a Beast Vein Master for at most a little over a year, so how much could she have refined the Beast Vein Technique?

It was only after the flying horse knocked Situ Lang down to the ground, his chest deeply caved in, that Yun Xiao was unable to sense the presence of any human expert, making the shock in his eyes even more intense.

This white flying horse from the sky was, of course, the Snow Stepping Flying Horse that Xu Hongzhuang had tamed at the Demons Mountain, the supreme evil demon she named ”Xue’er.”

By relying on some kind of thing, Xu Hongzhuang had fortunately tamed the Snow Stepping Flying Horse, undoubtedly acquiring an extremely powerful protective trump card, a trump card that could even allow her to walk fearlessly across the entire Tenglong Continent.

Recognizing Xu Hongzhuang as its master, the Snow Stepping Flying Horse could observe clearly even from the extremely high sky, and so it could not stand by and watch its master being humiliated, directly flying down.