Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

"It’s finally over!"

On the brightly lit plaza of the Sky Poison Institute, when the last person left with satisfaction, Yun Xiao finally stretched lazily. Looking at the faintly brightening eastern horizon, he couldn’t help letting out a sigh.

Originally, Yun Xiao had only wanted to take Hu Ying’er around the headquarters of the Meridian Refining Masters, but he hadn’t expected that as soon as they strolled into the Sky Poison Institute plaza, he wouldn’t be able to move his feet anymore, all the way until dawn of the second day.

After helping Si Mo successfully complete his Alchemy, Yun Xiao practically didn’t have a single moment of free time, constantly resolving everyone’s problems and hidden dangers one after another.

But since he was already standing here, Yun Xiao had no intention of holding back. Aside from problems like Xu Changgui’s, where there was enmity between them and resolving it would be extremely troublesome, he answered all the others one by one.

Sometimes Yun Xiao would casually deploy some Meridian Arrays, dissolving internal injuries that certain Cultivators had accumulated over many years, or even allowing them to directly achieve a breakthrough; such cases were too many to count.

Seeing those familiar or unfamiliar figures, each with joy written on their faces as they left with gratitude toward Yun Xiao, Heavenly Thunder Child Xu Changgui felt as if his heart was dripping blood, filled with endless regret.

Now, even though Yun Xiao had slammed the door in his face, Xu Changgui no longer dared give rise to the slightest hint of resentment, because he understood the gap between himself and that monstrous youth.

Joking aside, even the entire Sky Thunder Valley had no choice but to bow their heads to Yun Xiao. As for him, a mere Heavenly Thunder Child, what dissatisfaction could he possibly have? He could only stew in silent regret and frustration.

If Xu Changgui were given another chance, perhaps he would never, even if beaten to death, form a grudge with Yun Xiao again. If not for that, then his damaged meridians today could have been repaired in a single day.

To become the Heavenly Thunder Child of Sky Thunder Valley, Xu Changgui was naturally no fool. Whatever Ye Ku and Si Mo could think of, even if he was slow on the uptake, he had certainly thought of as well.

He knew that it wasn’t that Yun Xiao truly couldn’t resolve his problem, but that he didn’t want to. Realizing this made the regret in Xu Changgui’s heart grow all the more intense.

This round of resolving hidden dangers and problems had astonishingly lasted an entire day and night before Yun Xiao finally drew a temporary close to it when the eastern horizon turned white.

Some of the talented Elders of the Sky Poison Institute, having obtained satisfactory gains, couldn’t help feeling a faint sense of something different rising in their hearts, and their gazes all shifted toward the area where the Heavenly Hospital was located.

"Heh heh, those old fellows over at the Heavenly Hospital really missed their chance this time!"

One Elder of the Sky Poison Institute had a smile appear on his face. The words that came out of his mouth made the other Elders all strongly agree.

Although under Yun Xiao’s overwhelming presence the two paths of medicine and poison within the Meridian Refining Master Association currently coexisted quite harmoniously, because of differing philosophies, the two institutes still had some underlying disagreements.

The situation of brawling at every turn like in the past naturally would no longer occur. Now it had shifted into healthy competition, allowing the Meridian Refining Techniques of both institutes on Lianyun Mountain to achieve a qualitative improvement.

However, seeing that over the course of this entire day and night only the Poison Vein Masters of the Sky Poison Institute had received Yun Xiao’s guidance, while the Medical Pulse Masters of the Heavenly Hospital hadn’t shown up at all, they naturally felt a strong sense of superiority.

"If you ask me, since Vice Chairman Yun’s Poison Meridian Skill is so brilliant, he ought to join our Sky Poison Institute!"

One Elder was clearly a bit overjoyed and blurted this out. The people beside him all looked at him with extremely strange expressions, leaving him rather embarrassed.

"You just called him Vice Chairman Yun. If he came to the Sky Poison Institute to be a mere Dean, how could his status possibly be higher?"

Another Poison Vein Elder rolled his eyes at the previous speaker. His words made the few people beside him all nod. Currently, within the Meridian Refining Master Association, Yun Xiao stood on equal footing with President Lu Yanji.

In fact, in a certain sense, Yun Xiao’s status might even surpass Lu Yanji’s, since if that President faced an Intermediate Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit, he might not necessarily be able to win.

"Alright, I was wrong!"

The Elder who had spoken earlier was straightforward enough. He also suddenly remembered that Yun Xiao wasn’t just proficient in Poison Meridian Skills—his Medical Pulse Technique should now also be unrivaled on the entire Tenglong Continent, right?

Boom!

Just as these few Elders of the Sky Poison Institute were chatting, a sudden surge of energy fluctuations erupted from some distant place, drawing everyone’s eyes over.

"That’s in the direction of the Heavenly Hospital. What happened?"

The Elders of the Sky Poison Institute were naturally very familiar with the locations of each institute within the Meridian Refining Master Association. Someone immediately cried out, letting the outside Cultivators know exactly where those fluctuations were coming from.

"This energy aura seems to be..."

Yun Xiao’s gaze also shifted over. His knowledge and sensing ability were a notch above those Sky Poison Institute Elders. With a slight act of sensing, he couldn’t help falling into thought.

"Let’s go take a look. You haven’t even had a chance to visit the Heavenly Hospital yet!"

Yun Xiao turned his head slightly, gave Hu Ying’er in the distance a light smile, then took the lead walking toward where the Heavenly Hospital was located. The graceful young girl behind him hurried to catch up.

"Let’s go check it out too!"

Seeing this, the many Elders and geniuses of the Sky Poison Institute, as well as those visiting Cultivators, all felt a trace of curiosity.

Aside from the few Cultivators who had sensed a chance to break through and wanted to seize it right away, everyone else surged toward the Heavenly Hospital in a rush.

......

Meridian Refining Master Association, Heavenly Hospital!

Dawn had just broken, yet on the flat ground in front of this back mountain stood numerous figures. These figures all had extraordinary auras, and powerful invisible force swirled around them. They were some of the young geniuses of the Heavenly Hospital.

Ever since Bai Wushuang was killed by Yun Xiao and Liu Qingchen had his arm severed and became a cripple, the overall strength of the younger generation of the Heavenly Hospital had declined greatly, until Mo Qing’s forceful rise later on.

However, Mo Qing had long since left the younger generation in the dust; she could no longer be defined as a mere young genius. She was even far stronger than the leaders of some first-class forces.

Now Mo Qing was in seclusion, attacking the Great Rank of the Lingyun Realm. Once she succeeded, she would be an even more formidable figure than the Heavenly Hospital’s Dean Guan Rufeng, and even Vice Chairman Qian Sanyuan.

The reason these Heavenly Hospital geniuses were gathered here today was naturally because, in the middle of this open space, a young figure was busily moving about.

If the Shenxiao Sect genius Nie Xiaosheng were here, he would recognize that young figure as one of the twin prodigies of Ling Kong Island, one of the top Array geniuses on the Continent: Yu Beiche!

Yu Beiche, the Array genius from Ling Kong Island, not only had his own Meridian Qi Cultivation reach the Early Stage of Earth Bending Realm, his mastery of Array Formation Technique had also reached Earth Rank Advanced.

In terms of attainment on the path of Array Formation alone, Yu Beiche was not much inferior to Wu Yingjiang, the Second Elder of Shenxiao Sect whom Yun Xiao had met before; he might even be a bit stronger.

After all, Yu Beiche had a master known as the number one Array Master on the Continent, the current Island Master of Ling Kong Island, Li Yunfan. However, after the battle at the Stepping Heavenly Stone, Li Yunfan had already yielded that title of number one Array Master to Yun Xiao.

But in any case, Yu Beiche still had a resounding name among the younger generation. Don’t look at the fact that he had only just broken through to the Early Stage of Earth Bending Realm not long ago; if he was allowed to set up an Array beforehand, even Ye Ku wouldn’t dare say he could definitely win.

The reason the path of Array Formation could not become the mainstream of combat on the Continent was because setting up an Array required a certain amount of time. At the very least, when you were fighting an enemy face to face, the other side was not going to just stand there and let you calmly do Array Formation, right?

After the battle at the Stepping Heavenly Stone, Li Yunfan had witnessed Yun Xiao’s attainments in Array Formation, so he directly sent Yu Beiche here to Lianyun Mountain to find an opportunity to learn about the Dao of Arrays from Yun Xiao.

However, after Yu Beiche arrived at Lianyun Mountain, he didn’t get to see Yun Xiao even once. A month of monotonous life made his hands itch, and he finally persuaded some Elders of the Heavenly Hospital to let him set up a Spirit Gathering Array here.

The so-called Spirit Gathering Array, once completed, could make the nature’s spiritual energy within a region a bit denser. Some large arrays at the Heavenly Rank level could even double or multiply the density of nature’s spiritual energy.

Yu Beiche was an Earth Rank Advanced Master of Array, so the Spirit Gathering Array he was setting up this time was naturally also only Earth Rank Advanced. After three days of Array Formation, the Spirit Gathering Array was finally nearing its end.

Within a radius of one li around Yu Beiche, more than a hundred Array Flags were planted almost in a circle. But at this time, his forehead and cheeks were covered with dense beads of sweat; clearly, he had expended no small amount of effort.

In truth, this was also the first time Yu Beiche had set up such a large array. Even within the level of Earth Rank Advanced Array Masters, there were definitely differences in strength, and this might already have been his limit.

Boom!

Yet just as Yu Beiche was about to draw upon the power of the hundred-plus Array Flags and forcibly condense the nature’s spiritual energy of this space, an accident still occurred. A powerful wave of energy erupted, and his expression couldn’t help but change greatly.

As an Earth Rank Advanced Array Master, Yu Beiche naturally understood the array he had set up very well. At the instant that energy fluctuation burst out, his gaze immediately turned to the dozen or so Array Flags on the side close to the mountain.

"Damn it, I actually overlooked this side being covered by the mountain, which makes the energy different from that in the open areas!"

Yu Beiche muttered a curse under his breath. It seemed that, setting up this Spirit Gathering Array for the first time, he was ultimately still somewhat lacking in experience. But only discovering the cause and effect at this moment was undoubtedly a bit too late.

For a large array to succeed, many factors were involved. It did not just depend on the Array Flags set up by the Array Master; sometimes the layout had to be adjusted according to special terrain.

For example, the sea region where Ling Kong Island was located was a Natural Formation formed by generations of Island Masters and experts, who constantly improved and shifted things. Many conditions came together, with not a single one being dispensable.