Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Squeak!

The door of the room within the courtyard was finally pulled open from the inside with a soft sound, and a coarse-clad figure who hadn’t gotten up for two months stepped out.

”Big brother, I told them you would be fine, but these Ling Wan guys just didn’t believe me!”

A fiery red shadow swept over, its voice arriving before its body, it was precisely the Fire Cloud Rat Chi Yan, but upon hearing his words, Ling Wan and the two women couldn’t help but twitch their mouths.

During this period, although Chi Yan seemed carefree, incessantly munching on sunflower seeds and peanuts, the mouse eyes that occasionally glanced at the door betrayed him.

Anyone could see that Chi Yan appeared relaxed but was actually far from calm inside until the aura of Yun Xiao’s breakthrough three days ago emerged, only then did he truly relax.

”I’ve worried you all, but I’m fine!”

Seeing the expressions of his companions, Yun Xiao naturally knew they had always been keeping watch outside the courtyard, their faces full of haggardness, so he couldn’t help but speak softly, with a hint of apology.

”Yun Xiao, what on earth happened?”

Seeing that these people seemed likely to chat for three days and nights, Qian Sanyuan finally couldn’t hold back, still utterly perplexed by now.

How could someone whose meridians were in utter chaos, seemingly about to become a cripple, suddenly break through two realms in the blink of an eye, directly reaching the Middle Stage of the Floating Life Realm in cultivation?

As a Heavenly Rank Meridian Refining Master, without figuring out the causal relationship, Qian Sanyuan might not be able to eat or sleep well for a while afterward.

Upon hearing Qian Sanyuan’s question, Qingmu Wu also perked up his ears. Although not a Medical Pulse Master, he was quite aware of Yun Xiao’s previous situation and also wanted to know a definite answer.

”Hehe, just luck!”

Even with these Elders from Lianyun Mountain, with whom he had a good relationship, how could Yun Xiao possibly reveal his greatest secret? His face merely showed an odd smile, brushing it off.

”This kid...”

Seeing Yun Xiao unwilling to talk, Qian Sanyuan didn’t press further, after all, everyone has their own secrets, and forcing someone to speak would inevitably lead to resentment.

Since returning from Impermanence Island, Yun Xiao’s status in Lianyun Mountain had become comparable to those influential figures of the two academies, especially revered among the younger generation.

Now that Yun Xiao had broken through to the Middle Stage of the Floating Life Realm, those who had seen his combat prowess like Qian Sanyuan and Qingmu Wu knew clearly that in a one-on-one fight, they might not be this young boy’s match.

After experiencing the events on Impermanence Island and a significant leap in cultivation, the aura of the Long Xiao Battle God’s past life in Yun Xiao had become even more intense.

The undeniable aura exuded in every move also made Qian Sanyuan and Qingmu Wu bury their doubts deep in their hearts, waiting for future opportunities to resolve them.

”Huh? You all...”

While Qian Sanyuan and Qingmu Wu were feeling frustrated, Yun Xiao let out a startled exclamation, then turned his gaze to the two women and Ling Wan, his eyes flickering as he stepped forward.

”I say, you all are on the verge of a breakthrough, yet still so heedless?”

Upon sensing the auras of Liu Hanyi, Mo Qing, and Ling Wan, Yun Xiao’s face turned somewhat unpleasant, feeling both frustrated and helpless because he knew exactly why.

Since Yun Xiao’s breakthrough to the Middle Stage of the Floating Life Realm, his Power of Soul naturally reached the Low-level Heavenly Rank, making his sensing ability far superior to before.

In Yun Xiao’s sensing, whether Liu Hanyi, Mo Qing, or Ling Wan, they were all at the critical moment of breaking through from half-step Heavenly Rank to the Early Stage of Floating Life.

At such a moment, these three didn’t choose to retreat and seek the breakthrough opportunity but instead stayed guarding his door.

This discovery made Yun Xiao both angry and touched, his mouth unwilling to utter harsh words, but these words changed colors in the ears of the two nearby.

It might be because Liu Hanyi and Mo Qing concealed it well, or perhaps because Yun Xiao’s Power of Soul was superior, that even Qian Sanyuan and Qingmu Wu, these two Heavenly Rank men, failed to discover it.

”Qing’er (Hanyi), is what Yun Xiao said true?”

Qian Sanyuan and Qingmu Wu both spoke simultaneously, their tones carrying a hint of anger. They knew clearly what a breakthrough opportunity to the Heavenly Rank Third Realm meant to a cultivator.

Human cultivation, from the Earth Rank Third Realm to the Heaven Rank Third Realm, is a significant watershed and also a transformative process from ordinary cultivators to true strong ones.

However, this step has trapped countless remarkable talents, leaving many cultivators who advanced rapidly before the Earth Rank Third Realm stuck at this step for life.

It can be said that the opportunity to break through to the Heaven Rank Third Realm is something that can be encountered but not sought; ordinary people cannot find it even if they try, yet my disciple, possessing such an opportunity, chose to suppress it forcefully.

Qian Sanyuan and Qingmu Wu clearly thought that Liu Hanyi, Mo Qing, and even Ling Wan were forcefully suppressing the aura of breakthrough, waiting for Yun Xiao to achieve a result.

This action is indeed touching, yet it creates an extremely profound impact on themselves. Once the opportunity is lost, trying to find it again might take a very long time.

”Teacher, do you think with Yun Xiao’s previous state, our breakthrough can really succeed?”

Mo Qing naturally knew what her teacher was thinking, so she gave Yun Xiao a faint glance, turned her head, and uttered a word of explanation. As these words were spoken, everyone understood.

Mo Qing’s feelings for Yun Xiao were not unknown to her teacher, Qian Sanyuan. Sadly, the falling flower has affection but the flowing water is heartless; that Yun Xiao guy has always felt only a brother-sister bond with Mo Qing.

Liu Hanyi was roughly the same, but Yun Xiao had not reciprocated the affection. Yet, the two women were deeply in love. If they didn’t wait for a definite result, it might lead them into a dangerous situation due to worry.

Breaking through from the Earth Rank Third Realm to the Heaven Rank Third Realm is not without danger. Sometimes, one may even encounter an illusory test. If trapped in such a realistic illusion, the consequences could be unimaginable.

Moreover, the path of illusions is generally tailored according to the one attempting to break through. Whatever’s most worrying to your heart will appear. At that time, letting a blood-soaked Yun Xiao appear in Mo Qing and the other woman’s mind, who knows what might happen.

As for Ling Wan on the side, he already regarded Yun Xiao as his own elder brother. His mind was simple but more easily influenced by emotional kinship, and the likelihood of going astray was equally not small.

”Enough!”

After Qian Sanyuan and Qingmu Wu sorted out these threads, Yun Xiao immediately understood. Seeing him exhale lightly, he stepped forward.

”What is he going to do?”

Yun Xiao’s actions finally pulled the two influential figures of Lianyun Mountain back from their thoughts. Then they saw Yun Xiao walk beside Mo Qing, extend the index and middle fingers of his right hand, and gently tap forward.

This action left Qian Sanyuan and Qingmu Wu baffled. They seemed to vaguely guess Yun Xiao’s intention, yet found this intention bewildering.

”Calm your mind, focus your spirit!”

Yun Xiao didn’t have many other ideas. Hearing a low shout from his mouth, the index and middle fingers of his right hand had already tapped Mo Qing’s lower abdomen.

If this was on an ordinary day, with Yun Xiao making such a move, Mo Qing might be blushing with shyness. However, now she clearly knew what the other party intended to do.

It was to use the heaven-defying meridian refining technique to forcibly restore her dissipating breakthrough opportunity. Such a method, unheard of by Mo Qing, was something she chose to believe in Yun Xiao at that moment.

Mo Qing guessed correctly. At that moment, Yun Xiao was using some special methods rarely seen by cultivators on the Tenglong Continent or even in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, to help her regain the opportunity for breakthrough.

As mentioned before, after Yun Xiao’s Meridian Qi cultivation broke through to the Middle-stage of the Heavenly Rank Floating Life Realm, his power of soul also reached the low level of the Heavenly Rank. Therefore, he is now a genuine low-level Heavenly Stage Pulse Refiner.

And Yun Xiao, this low-level Heavenly Stage Pulse Refiner, was much more advanced than the two low-level Heavenly Stage Pulse Refiners beside him, which left Qian Sanyuan and Qingmu Wu dumbfounded.

They guessed Yun Xiao’s intention to help Mo Qing but could not comprehend how such a matter could be reversed by human strength. That was simply a fantasy.

A cultivator’s breakthrough opportunity is indeed elusive. It can appear while you are cultivating, asleep, or even when eating or going to the restroom, it might suddenly arrive.

But on the Tenglong Continent, never has there been a record of a Pulse Refiner using their Meridian Refining Technique to draw back such an opportunity to break through to the Heavenly Rank.

The breakthrough from Earth Rank to Heaven Rank is already considered to contain the Heavenly Dao, and if the Heavenly Dao doesn’t give you a chance, how can human force command it? This was the ingrained belief of Qian Sanyuan and Qingmu Wu.

However, what the two of them didn’t know was Yun Xiao was not from the Tenglong Continent, or rather not of the Tenglong Continent’s soul. He came from the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, once reaching the peak of the Holy Rank.

Especially with his unique meridian refining technique, he once dominated the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, another crucial reason why practitioners of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud revered the Long Xiao Battle God.

Therefore, what seemed incomprehensible on the Tenglong Continent was simply trivial to Yun Xiao.

If assisting someone in finding the opportunity to break through to the Holy Rank Third Realm is somewhat difficult, then at this time his intervention hardly takes any effort; it’s all a natural progression.