Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

This breakthrough of one realm, with the concept of instantly healing even the most severe injuries, had long been in Lu Yanji’s mind. However, given his current condition, how could he possibly make another breakthrough?

”You must think this is impossible, right?”

Yun Xiao completely ignored Lu Yanji’s expression, and, after a rhetorical question, he continued, ”It may be impossible for others, but don’t forget, you are a member of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud Lu Family. Flowing in your veins is the family bloodline that ranks among the top in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud!”

”Additionally, you’ve met me, Yun Xiao. Seizing the opportunity while seriously injured to break through to the Heavenly Realm Middle Stage, that is indeed possible!”

Yun Xiao spoke confidently, a thick sense of self-assurance on his face, because as he said, for ordinary people to make such a breakthrough while seriously injured is naturally not possible. But once all conditions are ripe, achieving this step is not that difficult.

In the Tenglong Continent, or even in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, if anyone knows the Lu Family bloodline best, besides the Lu Family themselves, it would likely be Yun Xiao, who was once the Long Xiao Battle God.

As the former Long Xiao Battle God, he had countless dealings with the Lu Family. However, at that time, he had not yet witnessed the true character of the Lu Family and always treated them as friends.

The Lu Family has many Poison Vein Masters, while Yun Xiao is proficient in Medical and Poison Cultivation. Thus, many times, when the Lu Family encountered some illnesses or toxins, they would invite the Long Xiao Battle God to help resolve and study them.

Therefore, Yun Xiao is exceptionally familiar with the Lu Family, and he also knows that breaking through one level of small realm in the Heavenly Realm might not be as difficult as imagined.

”Alas, I don’t know if doing this is right or wrong?”

This sentence was not spoken by Yun Xiao because the President of the Meridian Refining Master Association in front of him is a member of the Lu Family. Activating the entire Lu Family bloodline today will surely create a super expert in the future.

And for such a super expert to come from the Lu Family, with whom Yun Xiao has an irreconcilable feud, whether Lu Yanji will turn against him under the instigation of those despicable individuals from the Lu Family in the future, is something uncertain.

But as things have come to this point, Yun Xiao also knows that he currently has limited choices. The Gold Attribute Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit outside is the greatest threat at the moment.

”Sit down!”

Suppressing his worries about the future, Yun Xiao gestured with his hand, and Lu Yanji did not show any delay, sitting cross-legged as instructed. Then, the youth’s fingers moved like the wind, and he immediately touched several acupoints on Lu Yanji’s body.

Pop, pop, pop...

Suddenly, everyone outside could hear the sound coming from that side. However, at this moment, they all remained silent, just staring blankly at Yun Xiao’s moving fingers.

Some people were curious about the conversation between Yun Xiao and Lu Yanji just now, but naturally, they dared not inquire at this time, and they also knew that Yun Xiao was already performing a special technique to help Lu Yanji recover from his injuries.

Some Heavenly Rank Meridian Refining Masters, particularly Qian Sanyuan, Qiu Xian, and other Medical Pulse Masters, watched Yun Xiao’s technique intently, seemingly trying to memorize every acupoint he touched.

After all, Yun Xiao had once won first place at the Meridian Refining Conference. Solely comparing the Meridian Refining Technique, aside from Lu Yanji, who is receiving treatment, there is likely no one present who can match him.

Even Lu Yanji himself said earlier that with such serious injuries, it is absolutely impossible to recover in less than a few months, so the technique used by Yun Xiao at this moment, upon reflection, is undoubtedly extremely miraculous.

Even these Heavenly Rank Meridian Refining Masters are not very confident that Yun Xiao can truly restore Lu Yanji to his peak within a few days. But there is always a chance. Have there been fewer miracles appearing on that young man?

If they could seize this opportunity to learn a powerful Meridian Array, it would likely be a considerable enhancement to their own Medical Pulse Technique.

However, those observing did not know that the acupoints Yun Xiao is currently targeting are indeed an impressive Heavenly Rank Pulse Array, but the effect is completely different from what they imagine.

It is not a medical pulse array used to heal Lu Yanji’s serious injuries but a pulse array that can stimulate the Lu Family bloodline hidden deep within his body. The two are incomparable.

Strictly speaking, although Yun Xiao possesses the experience and knowledge of a Holy Rank Meridian Refining Master, limited by his strength, he has not even broken through to Heavenly Rank Intermediate in the Meridian Refining Technique.

And the serious injuries suffered by Lu Yanji, even for a Heavenly Rank Advanced Meridian Refining Master, could only preserve his life. Wanting to restore him indeed requires several months.

Therefore, Yun Xiao does not engage in futile efforts. He believes that as long as he can fully activate Lu Yanji’s Lu Family bloodline, the President of the Meridian Refining Master Association has one or two chances of breaking through to a higher level with the power of these bloodlines.

By then, no matter how severe the injuries, they can be easily resolved in a single move. All Yun Xiao needs to do is create such an opportunity for Lu Yanji. The real key still lies with Lu Yanji himself.

Bang!

After about thirty minutes, Yun Xiao withdrew his fingers, and from Lu Yanji erupted a subtle yet special power, clearly a result of the pulse array Yun Xiao had used.

”From here on, it’s all up to you!”

Having completed what he needed to do, Yun Xiao stepped back and withdrew, looking at Lu Yanji, whose face showed a trace of pain, and murmured under his breath. From this point on, there wasn’t much more he could do to help.

”Yun Xiao!”

Just as Yun Xiao was assessing the state of Lu Yanji, a slightly feeble voice suddenly reached his ears, allowing him to immediately recognize who it was.

”Yun Xiao, could you... could you save my father?”

When Yun Xiao turned his head, he saw Xue Ningxiang, the eldest daughter of Xuanyin Hall, had quietly approached without him noticing, and her voice carried a hint of sobbing.

To be honest, since the upheaval at Xuanyin Hall, for more than a month, Xue Ningxiang’s heart had been tightly wound, ready to snap at any moment.

It wasn’t until this very moment that she finally had an opportunity to calm down. Unfortunately, her father Xue Tianao, Master of Xuanyin Hall, was gravely injured and in a state of unconsciousness, unable to be reassured.

As for her father’s injuries, even though Lian Yuluo had braved her own severe wounds to examine him, the grim and despairing look on her face had been noticed by Xue Ningxiang.

Xue Tianao was holding onto life, merely because the culprits, Wu Zhukong and Mu Shiyi, wanted the cultivators of Lianyun Mountain to witness the outcome of futile resistance.

They understood clearly that Xue Tianao, who had been reduced to such a condition, wouldn’t be able to recover to his prior peak state, possibly not even as well as an ordinary person.

As a Heavenly Rank low-level meridian refining master, Lian Yuluo could naturally sense that Xue Tianao’s meridians were utterly severed. To reconnect them seemed impossible, even for a Holy Rank meridian refining master.

However, as Xue Tianao’s daughter, even though Xue Ningxiang had great faith in Lian Yuluo, she didn’t want to forsake the last chance, which was undoubtedly Yun Xiao, whom she believed could do anything.

Especially after seeing Yun Xiao employ techniques on Lu Yanji, Xue Ningxiang’s confidence grew even more. After all, Lu Yanji himself had said that his severe injuries would take months to heal.

But according to Yun Xiao, if his methods were successful, Lu Yanji could be restored to full health within a few days, possibly advancing even further. Such heaven-defying methods were something she had never even heard of.

Moreover, Xue Ningxiang’s own innate pulse cutting had been cured by Yun Xiao, a condition recognized as incurable on Tenglong Continent, which had stumped numerous Heavenly Rank meridian refining masters, including Lu Yanji.

”Master Xue’s injuries?”

Hearing Xue Ningxiang’s choked plea, Yun Xiao couldn’t help but frown slightly. In fact, when he first appeared, he had already subtly sensed the situation with Xue Tianao.

Although at that time, due to the presence of many external enemies, Yun Xiao couldn’t sense very clearly, he had already formed a hypothesis, knowing that Xue Tianao’s current condition likely involved every meridian being severed, leaving him no chance to cultivate again.

”What? You don’t have any way either?”

Seeing Yun Xiao frown, Xue Ningxiang’s heart subconsciously sank. She had gained considerable understanding of him, knowing that if he had a solution, he wouldn’t show such an expression.

Xue Ningxiang had witnessed Yun Xiao create miracles more than once. In those seemingly impossible situations, this young man had never shown this kind of expression before—this was a truly troubled expression.

”Let me take a look first.”

Not wanting to further hurt Xue Ningxiang, Yun Xiao, though truly at a loss for dealing with such severed meridians, still spoke softly and stepped to Xue Tianao’s side.

If they were in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, Yun Xiao might have been able to search for some special Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures at the Holy Rank, using some powerful methods to forcibly rejoin Xue Tianao’s severed meridians.

Although in that case, Xue Tianao might not recover his previous cultivation talent, at least he could cultivate Meridian Qi, avoiding this state of life-or-death limbo.

In comparison, the bones that Xue Tianao had broken were much simpler.

Unfortunately, here on Tenglong Continent, such special Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were unavailable, and Yun Xiao’s meridian refining technique was far inferior to that of his previous life as the Long Xiao Battle God.

Yun Xiao saying he’d ’take a look’ was merely to comfort Xue Ningxiang. He was well aware that the result of his examination would still likely be beyond saving.

Human capability is sometimes limited, and Yun Xiao wasn’t as omnipotent as outsiders imagined.

For the first time, he felt powerless in the face of Xue Tianao’s condition—a grievous injury that even he, in his past life as the Long Xiao Battle God, might not have been able to heal.