Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

In fact, the moment Yun Xiao had just taken the Jade Bottle from Yu Guang’s hand, he conveniently planted a certain vicious poison on his palm; with his current Poison Meridian Skill, doing this didn’t take the slightest effort.

For these people belonging to the Emperor Canglong Palace, Yun Xiao did not have even a shred of compassion, especially after witnessing the vicious and poisonous nature of this Yu Guang.

The former Long Xiao Battle God had once had many friends in the Emperor Canglong Palace, but he had reason to believe that after those two framed him, those friends’ endings were likely no better.

Take the Four Great Families for example; back then, they and the Long Xiao Battle God practically wore the same pair of pants, yet they were picked off one by one by the Emperor Canglong Palace, ending with their clans destroyed and families ruined, not even knowing if any of them were still alive.

Yun Xiao had reason to believe that today’s Emperor Canglong Palace was already completely different from what it had been back then; people like Yu Guang, who would casually kill for treasure and exterminate entire clans, deserved to be put to death by everyone.

The moment Yu Guang decided to kill to silence witnesses, his fate had already been sealed; now, with deadly poison rampaging through his body, his heart was filled with terror, utterly clueless as to where this monstrously freakish youth had sprung from.

"Brat, I am an Elder of the Yongxiu City Emperor Palace. If you dare kill me, you will never again have a place to stand in this Nine-layered Dragon Cloud!"

This Yu Guang was indeed hard‑boned; especially when he thought of his status as a member of the Emperor Palace, his courage swelled. As these words came out, all the Wang Family Elders over there changed expression.

Earlier, they had also been shocked by Yun Xiao’s bizarre and formidable methods and, for a moment, had somewhat forgotten this point. Now that Yu Guang himself brought it up, they only felt this matter was extremely serious.

With the Emperor Palace backed by the Emperor Canglong Palace and spread throughout the entire Human Territory, virtually no one dared provoke them lightly; because the consequence of provocation was not only that one would have nowhere to flee, but might even bring calamity and disaster down upon their family.

"Humph, just now he was going to slaughter my Wang Family to the last person. If Lord Yun Xiao doesn’t kill him, would he let us go?"

The Wang Family Law Enforcement Elder, Wang Yuzhi, had quite a fiery temper; seeing many Wang Family Elders’ faces filled with worry, he couldn’t help coldly snort and speak out a simple fact.

Once these words came out, all the Elders suddenly saw the light, secretly thinking that this was indeed the case. In any event, offending the Emperor Canglong Palace meant certain death; now, however, there was a sliver of hope—between the two, which was lighter and which heavier was not hard to choose at all.

And imperceptibly, these Wang Family Elders’ way of addressing Yun Xiao had also changed to honorifics; this was respect for a strong one, a subtle iron rule of the Continent.

In Wang Zilang’s eyes flickered a trace of excited light; he had once seen Yun Xiao make a move, yet had never thought that the youth he had inadvertently saved would still be so relaxed when facing a Peak of Lingyun Realm expert.

At this moment, Yun Xiao was undoubtedly displaying another side of himself—that was the bizarre poisoning methods of a Poison Vein Master, causing one to be struck by deadly poison without even knowing how; it was truly fearsome and terrifying.

"Emperor Palace?"

Hearing Yu Guang’s words, a half‑smile appeared on Yun Xiao’s face as he said, "I’m not even afraid of Emperor Canglong, so how would I fear a mere Emperor Palace like yours?"

When this sentence came out of Yun Xiao’s mouth, the entire Wang Family Hall abruptly fell silent; everyone seemed to have heard something utterly inconceivable, staring blankly at that coarse‑clothed youth.

"You... you... you actually show disrespect to Emperor Canglong—what crime should that be?"

For some unknown reason, even though Yu Guang’s body was already being ravaged by deadly poison, after hearing Yun Xiao’s words, he somehow found a surge of strength; he suddenly stood up from the ground, pointed at Yun Xiao, his face full of shock and fury as he shouted.

In the hearts of Cultivators belonging to this Emperor Palace such as Yu Guang, even if they never saw Emperor Canglong with their own eyes in their entire lives, that pair who ruled the Emperor Canglong Palace were their supreme faith, not allowing the slightest desecration from others.

Once, there had been an ordinary Cultivator of the Continent who, when passing by a statue of Emperor Canglong, failed to bow respectfully; when this was found out by people of the Emperor Palace, they ultimately slaughtered his entire clan.

For so many years, under the meticulously woven methods of Emperor Canglong, these Cultivators of the Emperor Palace had already been brainwashed; they no longer acted entirely according to reason, but according to Emperor Canglong’s commands.

In their subconscious, Emperor Canglong was even more important than the Emperor Palace Cultivators’ own parents; if they truly had to make a choice between the two, they would definitely choose Emperor Canglong without the slightest hesitation.

This was the result of blind faith, and the effect of this brainwashing was undoubtedly excellent; for example, at this very moment, Yu Guang, upon suddenly hearing Yun Xiao dare to insult Emperor Canglong, instinctively wanted to curse him out.

"Did I tell you to get up?"

However, Yu Guang had clearly ignored his current condition; just as he shouted, he felt the deadly poison in his body erupt once more, and immediately his legs went weak and he dropped back to his knees before Yun Xiao.

"Brat, daring to insult the Empress, your life is finished—and your clan, your family and friends, they’re finished too!"

Yu Guang, who had been forcibly poisoned and forced to his knees, had a trace of madness flickering in his eyes. Such blind worship even left Yun Xiao a bit shocked.

He could easily imagine that if Emperor Canglong were to send down a single decree, these cultivators of the Emperor Palace in all likelihood wouldn’t bother to ponder the causes and consequences at all. Even if it meant wiping out an entire clan, they would slaughter first and talk later without the slightest hesitation.

This power of faith was terrifying to the extreme. It could erase a person’s humanity, leaving them only to follow orders. In a certain sense, that was no different from those Meridian Spirits that had been refined and enslaved.

Yu Guang’s words also made Yun Xiao think of many things, but in the end he only revealed a slightly strange smile, which, in the eyes of the many Wang Family Elders, appeared somewhat eerie.

They watched Yun Xiao bend down slightly, press his lips to Yu Guang’s ear, and then softly say, "Thing is, I’m actually the Long Xiao Battle God that Emperor Canglong killed back then. I... have returned!"

Other than Yu Guang, the person involved, no outsider heard Yun Xiao’s words. Yet that soft whisper exploded in his ears like thunder splitting the heavens, blasting his mind until it buzzed.

"No! That’s impossible!"

Meaningless murmurs spilled from Yu Guang’s mouth as if this piece of news had shocked him stupid, but he absolutely refused to believe it was true. After all, that Long Xiao Battle God had been dead for a full hundred years.

Cultivators of remote Emperor Palace branches like Yu Guang naturally had no way of knowing the true events of that year. In the information publicly released by the Emperor Canglong Palace, the Long Xiao Battle God was a great sinner who had betrayed the Emperor Canglong Palace and even betrayed humanity.

Yet no matter what, the legends about Long Xiao Battle God from that year had not faded with his death. Instead, they’d been passed on more and more wildly. Since then, no one in the wars against the Strange Spirits had ever been so invincible again.

It was said that at the height of his power, the Long Xiao Battle God’s strength had been on par with Emperor Canglong, and he even surpassed Emperor Canglong. If such a figure were to return, wouldn’t the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud be turned completely upside down?

Yu Guang did try to force himself not to believe Yun Xiao’s whisper, but deep in his heart there was a voice telling him that this might very well be the truth.

If he wasn’t the reborn Long Xiao Battle God, then how could a youth barely past twenty possess such terrifying methods and power?

Yu Guang hadn’t even witnessed Yun Xiao’s true combat strength before he was poisoned and made to kneel. Such Poison Meridian Skill was something that perhaps only those Old Monsters who had reached Holy Rank Level could easily display, right?

This Elder of the Emperor Palace clearly remembered that back then, the Long Xiao Battle God had been a Holy Rank Peak Meridian Refining Master who cultivated both Medical and Poison. His Medical Pulse Technique and Poison Meridian Skill had dominated the entire Dragon Cloud; no one could surpass him.

After linking together these things that originally seemed impossible, the unease in the depths of Yu Guang’s heart thickened by several degrees. At this moment, he had only one thought—to immediately transmit this earth-shattering secret back to the Emperor Palace branch and have it reported layer by layer to Emperor Canglong.

"Since you’ve learned my secret, how could I possibly let you live?"

Just as Yu Guang was about to use some means to snatch that sliver of life, he heard that coarse-clothed youth’s voice ring out again. His heart instantly sank to rock bottom.

"Empress... be... be careful!"

This was Yu Guang’s final thought before death. Unfortunately, the next instant he sank into eternal darkness and would never again be able to bring this news to the only faith in his heart, Emperor Canglong.

A堂堂 Elder of the Yongxiu City Emperor Palace, a genuine Peak Expert of Lingyun Realm, actually died without even managing to make a single move, felled by some strange, incomprehensible poison. One had to say it was both pitiful and lamentable.

Yu Guang had come here full of ambition, thinking that a mere Wang Family could never stir up any real waves. At the beginning, events did indeed unfold just as he had expected.

Unfortunately, this coarse-clothed youth who’d appeared out of nowhere hadn’t even touched his body and had already poisoned him to death. Who could have predicted such an outcome?

At this moment, the Wang Family Hall was eerily quiet. Everyone could sense the life force dissipating from Yu Guang’s body, while the shock and fear on his face remained frozen there, as if silently revealing some obscure secret from his final moments.

Only, at a time like this, naturally no one dared to question that terrifying coarse-clothed youth. First, because his strength was far too overwhelming; second, because he had just saved the entire Wang Family from destruction.

Wang Yingqi could imagine that if Yun Xiao hadn’t been here today, there wouldn’t be a single survivor left in the Wang Family, and even Wang Yinglong, who had drawn Yu Guang here, would probably have been silenced in the end.

"Wang Yinglong, you still want to run?"

In the midst of the silent hall, a furious shout suddenly rang out. It turned out the Wang Family’s Law Enforcement Elder, Wang Yuzhi, had caught sight of a figure slipping toward the doorway, and with one look he erupted in rage.