Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

The aura of surging energy burst forth from the hundred-plus Array Flags Yun Xiao had cast out, and immediately after, Yu Beiche discovered a fact: that very real mountain seemed to have become somewhat different.

In Yu Beiche’s sensing, the Heaven and Earth Energy that had originally been blocked by the mountain now seemed to be completely unobstructed, surging toward the Spirit Gathering Array in a great tide, everything proceeding in perfect order.

"This... could this also be some kind of special large array?"

Yu Beiche was at least an Earth Rank Advanced Array Master. As he sensed that energy surging in without being hindered by the mountain, he reacted at once, and in his heart waves of shock surged up.

"But how could such a miraculous large array possibly be set up in an instant, and even produce such an effective result?"

This was what Yu Beiche simply could not figure out. Take his arrangement of this Spirit Gathering Array, for example—he had studied it for a long time, determined one by one the positions where each Array Flag would be placed, spent several days, and only then had he half-succeeded.

Yet that coarse-clothed youth Yun Xiao had simply tossed out over a hundred Array Flags as if throwing them at random, and that mountain which blocked nature’s spiritual energy seemed to have ceased to exist.

Such godlike array methods, while leaving Yu Beiche utterly puzzled, also birthed a faint sense of reverence. That Demon whom even his teacher admired to the extreme truly could not be judged by common sense.

Because according to common sense, with that immovable mountain there, Yu Beiche’s Spirit Gathering Array this time should have been a complete failure. Unless the mountain was leveled, there was no possibility of any change.

Yet once this youth named Yun Xiao arrived, with just a few movements he brought the Spirit Gathering Array back from the dead, and he hadn’t even flattened that mountain.

Yu Beiche could well imagine that Yun Xiao must have arranged another kind of special, miraculous array, completely concealing the aura of that mountain, thereby allowing the Heaven and Earth Energy to ignore the mountain and enter the Spirit Gathering Array.

Such a concept had never before existed within Yu Beiche’s understanding of the Array Formation path; perhaps his comprehension of the Array Formation path had not yet reached a certain level, so he had never touched upon these things.

But after Yun Xiao displayed this array method, Yu Beiche discovered that his understanding of the Array Formation path seemed to have advanced another step; many things he had never dared imagine came flooding in and would no longer be dispelled.

In this moment, Yu Beiche stared blankly at those Array Flags Yun Xiao had cast out, as though he wanted to memorize the positions where they were inserted into the ground, and as though he were recalling Yun Xiao’s hand techniques just now, becoming somewhat entranced.

"This genius from Ling Kong Island, his Talent is not much inferior to that of Li Jizhou!"

Within the Spirit Gathering Array, seeing Yu Beiche’s state, Yun Xiao couldn’t help but nod slightly. Since he felt no ill will toward this genius from Ling Kong Island, he did not begrudge him guidance. As for how much he could comprehend, that would be Yu Beiche’s own matter.

Whoosh... whoosh... whoosh...

Just as Yu Beiche was lost in intoxication studying Yun Xiao’s Array Flags, endless waves of energy suddenly surged in from the sky, making this region wrapped in Array Flags become completely different.

"The Spirit Gathering Array has taken effect!"

This fluctuation finally brought the absent-minded Yu Beiche back to his senses. Sensing that familiar energy wave, he could not help becoming incomparably excited; in his eyes flickered a gleam of exhilaration.

Although Yu Beiche’s own arrangement of the Spirit Gathering Array had almost ended in complete failure this time, he still had a share of the credit. Being able to see the large array truly begin to operate and take form, he naturally felt a trace of honor.

"Many thanks for your guidance, Senior Brother Yun Xiao!"

After his emotions settled, Yu Beiche directly knelt to the ground toward Yun Xiao. Perhaps only he knew how great a benefit he had gained from Yun Xiao’s intervention this time.

For an Earth Rank Array Master to break through to a Heaven Rank Array Master was an enormous chasm; many Earth Rank Advanced Array Masters, even if they exhausted their entire lives, would still be unable to break through.

Yet at this moment Yu Beiche sensed that after studying those Array Flags of Yun Xiao’s, his long-stagnant Array Formation path seemed to be stirring restlessly.

From this, Yu Beiche also had some guesses, secretly thinking that the Array Flags Yun Xiao had seemingly cast casually just now were definitely not random, but deliberate.

The Heavenly Dao Rules of arrays contained within them had benefited Yu Beiche immensely. He knew that this time he owed Yun Xiao an immense favor, and that coming to Lianyun Mountain was ultimately an extremely correct decision.

When those Cultivators in the outer area heard Yu Beiche’s words of thanks, all of them were filled with emotion, secretly thinking: on this Continent, is there anything that youth cannot do?

The double champion of the Meridian Refining Conference in medicine and poison, rumored to also be a Beast Vein Master of impressive Grade, now revealed such a Demonic level of attainment in the Array Formation path—this simply wasn’t something a human could accomplish.

A person’s energy was ultimately limited; whether in the Medical Vein or the Poison Meridian Path, or in the Beast Vein and the Array Formation path, even if one spent an entire lifetime, one might not be able to thoroughly master any single path.

Yet that youth named Yun Xiao seemed to be extremely proficient in every Domain.

Seeing how he had flicked his fingers to Break Arrays on the Stepping Heavenly Stone, and now casually arranged arrays in the rear mountain of the Heavenly Hospital, the title of number one Array Master on the Tenglong Continent was probably his for certain.

One had to know that Yun Xiao, counting every bit, was only just over twenty years old; even if he had started cultivating from inside his mother’s womb, it shouldn’t have been possible for him to temper so many methods to such a level, right?

What these onlooking cultivators did not know was that although Yun Xiao in this life was only in his early twenties, in his previous life the Long Xiao Battle God had been an old monster who no one knew how many years he had lived.

It could be said that below Holy Rank Peak, Yun Xiao had not the slightest bottleneck; as time passed, his Meridian Qi Cultivation rose day by day, and he merely displayed, one by one, the things that had originally been recorded in his mind.

No one knew Yun Xiao’s true background, and so their current astonishment was forged; on today’s Tenglong Continent, in any Domain, there was probably no one who could surpass Yun Xiao anymore.

"A figure like this probably won’t stay on Tenglong Continent much longer, will he?"

Some of the older generation looked at that coarse-clothed youth standing within the Spirit Gathering Array, and couldn’t help but feel a trace of melancholy rise in their hearts, along with a hint of pride.

After all, such a genius belonged to the Meridian Refining Master Association; even if Yun Xiao left Tenglong Continent in the future, the legend he left behind would, in the end, belong to Lianyun Mountain.

"Let this Spirit Gathering Array count as the final gift I leave to Lianyun Mountain!"

For some reason, as Yun Xiao was sensing the surging Spiritual Energy within this Spirit Gathering Array, he couldn’t help feeling somewhat listless; perhaps from that Array Formation that concealed the mountain’s aura, he had thought of many grudges and enmities from his previous life.

The memories that once belonged to the Long Xiao Battle God surged wildly forth; those experiences in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, and the later hatred from his wife and brothers’ betrayal, all filled him with an extremely strong impulse.

"It really is time to leave!"

Thinking of those things, Yun Xiao no longer paid any attention to Yu Beiche, who was standing respectfully off to the side, but instead turned his gaze to the northern sky; there lay the entrance leading to the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud.

"Ying’er, let’s go back."

Yun Xiao withdrew his gaze from the northern sky, nodded toward Yu Beiche, then took Hu Ying’er and left the rear mountain of the Heavenly Hospital without looking back.

The group of cultivators left behind all seemed to sense something out of the ordinary from Yun Xiao’s body, and their moods likewise became tinged with a bit of melancholy.

In the next few days, Yun Xiao stayed in his own inpatient courtyard and did not show himself, causing many people, for a time, to think that he might have already left Lianyun Mountain.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Yet on this particular day, from several places within the Meridian Refining Master Association, waves of surging energy actually erupted simultaneously, startling all the Lianyun Mountain Elders.

"Haha, it’s Hanyi—Hanyi has finally broken through to Lingyun Realm Early Stage!"

In a certain great hall of the Sky Poison Institute, Dean Qingmu Wu strode quickly out of the hall; when he sensed that aura of breakthrough, he couldn’t help becoming incomparably excited.

Because with Qingmu Wu’s Heavenly Rank Intermediate Soul, he could clearly sense the aura of that energy fluctuation; it belonged precisely to the disciple he was currently most proud of, Liu Hanyi, who possessed the Immortal Poison Body.

At the same time, in the domain of the Heavenly Hospital, Qian Sanyuan and Guan Rufeng also leaped directly onto the roof of a great hall; sensing the energy fluctuations coming from several different places, joy appeared on both their faces.

"Vice President, congratulations. With Mo Qing breaking through to Lingyun Realm Early Stage this time, she’s truly eclipsed us old fellows!"

On the old face of Heavenly Hospital Director Guan Rufeng hung a trace of emotion; even he himself did not know whether his words were envy or jealousy, or perhaps both. But Qian Sanyuan, standing beside him, showed only an expression of excitement.

Among those several waves of breakthrough, one belonged to Qian Sanyuan’s beloved disciple Mo Qing, whereas he himself had only just broken through to Floating Life Realm Peak; there was still a long road before he reached Lingyun Realm Early Stage.

And that girl named Mo Qing had already surpassed the blue and overshadowed the blue; with his open-minded nature, Qian Sanyuan felt not the slightest jealousy, but instead a sense of pride.

"The other two waves of energy fluctuations should be Xu Hongzhuang and Ling Wan; what a bunch of Demons!"

Guan Rufeng’s gaze finally shifted away from the direction where Mo Qing was; after sensing the energy fluctuations in the other two directions, the emotion on his face grew a few shades richer.

"Since these companions have all broken through successfully, Yun Xiao should be about to leave Tenglong Continent as well, right?"

Qian Sanyuan, however, thought of another aspect. He knew why Yun Xiao had first returned to Lianyun Mountain this time—he was waiting for these companions of his to break through to the Lingyun Realm level.

Now that Liu Hanyi, Mo Qing and the others had broken through one after another, Yun Xiao likely no longer had any pressing matters left on Tenglong Continent; that even more monstrous genius ought to have a grander stage on which to perform.