Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”If I’m not mistaken, that old fellow from the Star-picking Tower didn’t actually take you back in the end, but just dumped you in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, did he?”

Yun Xiao now knew quite a few things; he knew that the tall, thin elder who went to annihilate the Shang Family back then was actually from the Star-picking Tower, while those people from the Lingyun Sect were nothing more than insignificant small fry.

”So it seems, little brother, you actually know quite a lot!”

Hearing Yun Xiao bring up this matter, a trace of gloom flashed through Xue Qi’s eyes; after all, it was obvious that she now also knew there was an even higher Plane above the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud.

Back then, when Xue Qi betrayed the Shang Family mother and son, apart from wanting to save her own life, she mainly wanted to soar into the heavens in one move and cling onto that tall, thin elder’s lofty branch.

Yet just as Yun Xiao said, in the end that Steward of the Star-picking Tower did not take Xue Qi back to the Li Yuan Realm, but instead threw her to the Emperor Canglong Palace of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud.

Although, for someone who had grown up on the Hidden Dragon Continent, the Emperor Canglong Palace was likewise an unreachably gigantic tree, someone like Xue Qi had always been extremely hard to satisfy.

If she hadn’t known there was an even higher Plane above the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud it would have been one thing, but once she knew, she kept brooding over this matter; even if she didn’t show it, in her heart she had long been incomparably unwilling.

One had to know that when Xue Qi was sent to the Emperor Canglong Palace, she personally saw how the Emperor Canglong and the Empress Canglong treated that tall, thin elder with utmost respect.

And that was even when the strength of the Canglong Emperor couple far surpassed that elder’s; Xue Qi, being bright as ice and snow, naturally understood the reason behind all of this.

It was very clear that the Plane that tall, thin elder belonged to was much higher than the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, and the background behind him was not something a trifling Emperor Canglong Palace could afford to offend.

This had always been a regret and unwillingness lodged in Xue Qi’s heart, she had simply never shown it; now that Yun Xiao exposed it in a single sentence, she appeared calm on the surface, but inside she was already seething with rage.

Since there was still that trusted aide Ma Nu sent by the Empress Canglong at her side, Xue Qi naturally did not dare to reveal the thoughts in her heart; at this moment she made up her mind that she would definitely make that youth live a life worse than death.

The bond of childhood sweethearts had already vanished like smoke the moment the Shang Family was exterminated and Xue Qi betrayed them; now that the brother and sister met again, there would only be one outcome—either you die or I live.

”Yun Xiao, my good little brother, if you think that this old fellow named Wu Zhukong beside you is the final support you can rely on, then I have to say, you’re far too naive!”

At this moment, Xue Qi finally swept her beautiful gaze over Wu Zhukong; having stayed in the Spirit Fighting Commerce for so long, she had naturally heard of the famous Palace Master of the Wuyan Palace.

Although she found it rather incomprehensible that Wu Zhukong had broken through to the Heavenly Realm Early Stage, Xue Qi undoubtedly had more confidence in Ma Nu’s strength, so when she said this, her words contained an extremely strong self-confidence.

”Ma Nu, kill that old fellow!”

Before Yun Xiao could reply, Xue Qi directly stretched out her jade-like finger and pointed at Wu Zhukong; it seemed she also knew that to deal with a Heavenly Realm expert, only Ma Nu, who was likewise at the Heavenly Realm, could stand against him.

”Ma Nu?”

Suddenly hearing this name, Yun Xiao’s gaze also shifted onto that old man in coarse hemp clothes; with this one look, a gleam of light flashed in the depths of his eyes.

”So it’s this old fellow; it seems Xue Qi’s relationship with that Lu Qinwan really isn’t shallow!”

As the former husband of the present Empress Canglong, Yun Xiao’s figure and appearance had changed quite a bit, but his mind was the same as back then; with one glance, he had already recognized Ma Nu.

Yun Xiao knew that Ma Nu was a house slave Lu Qinwan had brought out of the Lu Family, and he listened only to her; even after the two of them married, Ma Nu still turned a deaf ear to the Long Xiao Battle God’s words.

Bang!

While these thoughts were turning in Yun Xiao’s mind, Ma Nu had already obeyed Xue Qi’s order and blasted a strike toward Wu Zhukong; with a loud boom, Yun Xiao’s mind was yanked back.

And with this one look, not only Yun Xiao but all those belonging to the Demons Mountain changed expression, because Wu Zhukong, at the Heavenly Realm Early Stage, was actually blasted straight back several zhang by the old man in hemp clothes, his aura in complete chaos.

”He’s actually at the Heavenly Realm Middle Stage—this is trouble!”

Hou Tianlie’s expression was extremely ugly; although he still hadn’t figured out why Wu Zhukong, the dignified Palace Master of the Wuyan Palace, would obey Yun Xiao’s orders, there was no doubt this former Palace Master had come to help the Demons Mountain deal with outside enemies.

But now, seeing Wu Zhukong blasted back several zhang and the aura of the old man in hemp clothes no longer concealable, Hou Tianlie’s heart instantly sank to rock bottom.

At the level of the Heavenly Rank Third Realm, the gap between each small realm was incomparably vast, let alone in the tier of the Heavenly Realm; with such a difference in Realm, it was impossible for Wu Zhukong to be that old man in hemp clothes’ match no matter what.

Even Yun Xiao’s expression had turned somewhat unsightly; he had originally understood Ma Nu somewhat and thought the latter was at most only at the Heavenly Realm Early Stage, but he hadn’t expected that he had actually broken through to the Heavenly Realm Middle Stage.

”Relax, I won’t let Ma Nu deal with you. Your life—I’ll take it myself.”

Just as Yun Xiao’s expression kept shifting, a familiar soft voice suddenly sounded by his ear. It was Xue Qi, and in her tone there was a strange undercurrent.

As for those events back then, although Xue Qi felt she hadn’t done anything wrong, in the eyes of the world she was nothing but a shameless person who had betrayed her own kin.

Therefore, after Xue Qi achieved success in her cultivation, she made up her mind to kill all those who knew of that matter from those years, to silence them completely—and among these, Yun Xiao was naturally the one at the very top of the list.

Even though at this moment Xue Qi could already sense that Yun Xiao was, like her, at Lingyun Realm Early Stage, she, however, came from the Emperor Canglong Palace of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, and possessed absolute confidence.

And this brat in front of her, although he had stirred up huge commotions on the Hidden Dragon Continent and Tenglong Continent, in Xue Qi’s eyes was still somewhat not worth mentioning. As she stood here now, she very much had a sense of superiority of looking down from on high.

In truth Xue Qi also originated from the Hidden Dragon Continent, yet she felt extreme contempt for the natives of the Lower Plane, believing herself to be a heaven-favored daughter akin to a princess of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud. How could she possibly be compared to these ants of the Lower Plane?

Thus Xue Qi had extreme self-confidence: with both of them at Lingyun Realm Early Stage, she was certain she could crush this so-called good little brother of hers in overwhelming fashion, letting him, before he died, understand who was actually in the right.

Unfortunately, Xue Qi far overestimated herself and far underestimated Yun Xiao. This former little brother standing before her had once stood shoulder to shoulder with that teacher of hers.

Even the Sovereign of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, Emperor Canglong, did not dare claim he could surely defeat the Long Xiao Battle God. In the end he still had to resort to some despicable means before he managed to thrust a spear through the Long Xiao Battle God and kill him.

How could Xue Qi possibly know of these bygone matters?

What’s more, even putting aside the experience and methods from his past life, just relying on the Creation cultivation of Yun Xiao in this life, he had never once been defeated in any battle between cultivators of the same level.

Bang!

Another loud boom rang out; it was Ma Nu and Wu Zhukong clashing violently once more.

This time, however, Wu Zhukong fought to the death without retreating. He knew this was the strongest fighter on the other side; he had to stall him, so that his own master would not fall into a deathtrap.

It’s worth mentioning that, after the highest-level battle erupted over here, the Spirit Fighting Commerce cultivators under Demons Mountain had, for the moment, all ceased to take action, as if they were waiting for some particular outcome to appear.

”Yun Xiao, you’ve never been to the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, so you will never know how powerful that place is!”

Xue Qi was rather pleased with herself. Yet hearing these words, Yun Xiao truly wanted to laugh. Speaking of understanding the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, perhaps only that Emperor Canglong could be considered a match for him.

This woman before him had only been in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud for a few short years, and she actually dared flaunt her understanding of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud before the former Long Xiao Battle God? Sadly, Xue Qi had no self-awareness at all and continued, in front of this ”good little brother,” to flaunt the sense of superiority that belonged to her.

”Yun Xiao, for you to break through to Lingyun Realm Early Stage in such a short time, your talent is indeed not bad. But a frog at the bottom of a well—how could it know how vast the sky is?”

The more Xue Qi spoke, the more pleased she became. The arrogance filling her face made the strange look on Yun Xiao’s face grow thicker and thicker, until in the end he almost couldn’t hold back.

”Heh, isn’t it just the Xuanji Heavenly Transformation Technique? That’s what gives you your confidence?”

Yet just as Xue Qi’s face was brimming with pride, that plainly dressed youth opposite her suddenly spoke this sentence, causing her expression to freeze on the spot.

”You... you actually know the Xuanji Heavenly Transformation Technique?”

Xue Qi was truly shocked to the extreme, because what she cultivated was precisely this Supreme Technique passed down from the Empress Canglong—and what was called the so-called Xuanji Heavenly Transformation Technique was merely its initial manifestation.

The true name of this cultivation technique was the Xuanji Saint Transformation Technique. As the name implied, once a cultivator cultivated this technique to Great Success, they would be able to obtain boundless Creation in all three realms of the Holy Rank.

As for this Xuanji Heavenly Transformation Technique, Yun Xiao, as the Soul of the Long Xiao Battle God, naturally understood it extremely well. He knew that it was the Clan Treasure of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud Lu Family, and it had always been something that only a very small number of Lu Family Members were allowed to cultivate.

From this, Yun Xiao could deduce that the relationship between Xue Qi and that former wife of his was absolutely anything but ordinary. Otherwise, how could the Xuanji Heavenly Transformation Technique possibly be passed on to an outsider?

Perhaps it was precisely because Xue Qi had, in this period of time, cultivated the Xuanji Heavenly Transformation Technique to Minor Achievement that she had been able to break through in one fell swoop to Lingyun Realm Early Stage. Unfortunately, all of this was seen through by Yun Xiao at a single glance.

After hearing those five words spoken from Yun Xiao’s mouth, Xue Qi’s heart undoubtedly surged with tumultuous waves.

One must know that when her teacher had passed this cultivation technique to her, she had repeatedly and emphatically warned her not to reveal the name of this technique to others. From this, one could well imagine just how important and secret this cultivation technique was.