Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Shang Family, small courtyard!

In a secluded small courtyard, there were two graceful figures who seemed to be restless. The younger one kept glancing outside the courtyard gate, as though waiting for someone’s return.

”The sky is almost dark, why hasn’t my younger brother returned? Could something have happened?”

Yun Wei looked out again, and not seeing that familiar figure, couldn’t help but express her anxiety. After her voice rang out, the middle-aged woman who had been sitting properly on a stone bench in the courtyard also suddenly stood up.

”Don’t talk nonsense!” Shang Li scolded Yun Wei, but in her heart, she was truly worried, especially after the incident in the Righteous Hall a few days ago, she believed that those people from the Shang Family would not easily let things settle.

”No, I must go and look!” Yun Wei was impulsive, and this anxious waiting was too much to bear. As her words fell, she had already quickly walked to the courtyard gate.

But who knew, just as Yun Wei hurried to the courtyard gate, a familiar figure came from the opposite side outside - if it wasn’t Yun Xiao, who else could it be? The siblings almost collided, barely stopping in time.

”Younger brother, you’re back!”

Yun Wei didn’t care about the near collision and its awkwardness. Her face showed obvious joy as she pulled her brother’s hand, bringing him back to the courtyard to see another face filled with happiness.

”Mother, I’m back!” Yun Xiao knew all too well that his mother and sister were extremely worried. After greeting them, he immediately took out a Jade Bottle from his bosom and said with a smile, ”Sister, guess what this is?”

”Is it an Elixir?” Yun Wei received the Jade Bottle, opened the cap and sniffed, then the very next moment, she cried out in surprised joy, ”It’s a Meridian Rushing Pill, little brother, where did you get this from?”

Yun Wei was beside herself with joy. Although she did not hold any ill will towards Yun Xiao for using the Meridian Rushing Pill that originally belonged to her, the chance to obtain another one, with the opportunity to break through to the Meridian Introduction Realm, naturally made her extremely delighted.

”Hehe, I refined it myself!” Towards his own mother and sister, Yun Xiao didn’t hide anything, but after these words came out, he was met with two utterly disbelieving gazes.

”Xiao’er, lying is not good. If the origin of this Meridian Rushing Pill is unclear, we cannot accept it!” Shang Li stepped forward, taking the Jade Bottle from Yun Wei’s hand, the words spoken out made Yun Xiao feel warmth in his heart.

Yun Xiao naturally understood the meaning behind his mother’s words; she did not want him to get into trouble. It was the heart of a caring mother and a good-hearted person. It seemed that although the Shang Family was full of sinister and venomous people, his own mother remained unblemished by the mud.

”Mother, I really didn’t lie to you, this Meridian Rushing Pill was indeed refined by me!” Yun Xiao first emphasized, and then, seeing that the two still didn’t believe him, he had no choice but to use some means.

Seeing Yun Xiao extend his right hand, as Meridian Qi flowed, a blood-red glow instantly emerged from his index finger and turned into a tiny flame with a blood-red hue, dancing like a sprite without any wind.

”This... this is... Meridian Fire?!”

Although Shang Li had been staying within the family’s small courtyard and not venturing out for many years, she had once traveled around Hidden Dragon Continent with her father and her experiences were indeed extraordinary.

From the flame that emerged from Yun Xiao’s fingertip, Shang Li instantly recognized that it was the most iconic element of a Meridian Refining Master: Meridian Fire. Thinking of a possibility, she couldn’t help but show ecstatic joy.

”It’s true, mother, it’s true, my little brother really has become a Meridian Refining Master!”

Having her mother’s affirmation, Yun Wei, who couldn’t keep things to herself, immediately showed ecstatic joy on her face, which seemed even more exciting than her own breakthrough to the Meridian Introduction Realm and activating the Ancestor Vein.

Shang Li, on the other hand, was a bit more composed than her daughter. After pondering for a moment, she stepped forward and rolled up the sleeve on Yun Xiao’s right arm, revealing the blood-red thin line that ran from the right shoulder to the palm of his hand, which could no longer be hidden.

”Is this the Ancestor Vein?”

Gently caressing the blood-red thin line that looked like a small blood-colored snake, Shang Li’s mind couldn’t help but bring up an image of a somewhat similar line, except that the one she remembered was much thicker than Yun Xiao’s.

”Yes, Mother, this is indeed the first Ancestor Vein I’ve activated. You should know something about it, right?” Yun Xiao spoke softly, yet his following question contained a hint of inexplicable meaning.

Upon hearing this, Shang Li finally snapped back to reality. After a moment of contemplation, she continued, ”All I can tell you is that your Ancestor Vein was passed down from your father’s lineage. It seems he indeed did not deceive me!”

”Mother, aren’t you willing to tell us who our father really is?” Yun Xiao’s curiosity was piqued even more. He was certain that his mother knew something.

Hearing Yun Xiao’s question, Yun Wei also leaned in curiously. However, her focus wasn’t on their father, but she muttered, ”Since Xiao’er can activate the Ancestor Vein, and we share the same mother, doesn’t that mean I could also activate the Ancestor Vein?”

Shang Li looked up, saw the excited Yun Wei, and laughed, ”Indeed, there is a possibility. It all depends on whether you have as much good fortune as Xiao’er!”

Understanding that his mother was deliberately avoiding the subject of their father, Yun Xiao did not press further. Instead, he followed her lead and said, ”Sister, why don’t you take the Meridian Rushing Pill tonight and try breaking through to the Meridian Introduction Realm? I can offer you a helping hand!”

”You?” Upon hearing this, Yun Wei was first startled, then joyfully said, ”I nearly forgot, my little brother is now a certified Mortal Rank Middle Level Meridian Refining Master. It looks like your sister will have to rely on you from now on!”

Unlike the members of the Shang Family such as Shang Yan and Shang Ying, both Shang Li and Yun Wei believed the moment they saw Yun Xiao’s Meridian Fire that he truly was a Mortal Rank Middle Level Meridian Refining Master, and that the Meridian Rushing Pill was indeed personally refined by Yun Xiao.

However, what Yun Wei did not know was that although Yun Xiao did indeed refine a Mortal Rank Middle Level elixir, he was only a Mortal Rank Low Level Meridian Refining Master. Successfully refining the pill was due not only to some good luck but also largely to Yun Xiao’s past life experience as the Long Xiao Battle God.

Plus, the Meridian Rushing Pill was just the lowest level elixir among the Mortal Rank Middle Level ones. If it had been any other Mortal Rank Middle Level elixir, perhaps Yun Xiao would not have been so lucky to refine it successfully.

The siblings then entered the room. As Shang Li watched the backs of her children, her mind suddenly drifted far away, and she murmured softly, ”Yun Ge, do you know? Wei’er and Xiao’er, they’ve both grown so much!”

Inside the room, Yun Xiao and his sister obviously could not hear their mother’s faint words. Yun Wei, who had reached the peak of Meridian Qi strength, couldn’t wait and immediately sat cross-legged on the bed, swallowing the Meridian Rushing Pill.

Yun Xiao found her eagerness somewhat amusing, but in the next moment, he too leapt up, extending his index and middle finger of his right hand and pressing them swiftly against a spot on Yun Wei’s back.

Yun Xiao’s touch was not random; the spot on Yun Wei’s back that he pointed to was an acupoint known as the Dazhui. It is a key point that connects the primary meridians along the back of the body.

After taking the Meridian Rushing Pill, Yun Wei experienced a violent burst of medicinal power. Yun Xiao himself had the miraculous Ancient Dragon Taming Technique to cultivate, but Yun Wei only practiced a Mortal Rank Low Level Cultivation Technique.

Yun Xiao, reborn as the Long Xiao Battle God, indeed had many High Rank and even Holy Rank Cultivation Techniques stored in his memory, but he hadn’t offered them to his mother and sister. The reason for this was something else altogether.

In truth, Yun Xiao’s soul didn’t have much to do with this mother and daughter anymore. In order to maintain the guise of their familial relationships, he chose not to reveal his true abilities in front of Shang Li and Yun Wei.

This wasn’t because Yun Xiao was stingy; should he reveal a Spiritual Rank or Earth Rank Cultivation Technique or Meridian Technique, how would he explain it? Given Yun Xiao’s status within the Shang Family, he likely didn’t even qualify to access such advanced techniques.

Therefore, Yun Xiao needed to wait for the right opportunity, rather than just conveniently producing an advanced technique for Yun Wei to cultivate. Through the trials of his past life and his current experiences, he had undoubtedly become extremely cautious.

The cultivation of the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique allowed Yun Xiao to absorb and refine the violent energy within the Meridian Rushing Pill effectively. If Yun Wei, who only practiced a Mortal Rank Low Level Cultivation Technique, had not received Yun Xiao’s assistance, her chances of successfully breaking through might not have exceeded fifty percent.

Even if the effect of the Meridian Rushing Pill was to allow a cultivator at the peak of Meridian Qi strength a hundred percent chance to break through to the Meridian Introduction Realm, the prerequisite was surviving the impact of the violent energy.

For someone like Shang Huiyu, who had practiced Mortal Rank Advanced Cultivation Techniques, such worries were non-existent, and the chances of breaking through would be much higher. Yun Wei’s disadvantage was due to her inferior technique, which was why Yun Xiao volunteered to help, and not just for the reason he had initially stated.

With a point of his finger on Yun Wei’s Dazhui acupoint, Yun Xiao channeled the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique and sent a mystical energy into his sister’s body, easing the violent energy somewhat.

In fact, it wasn’t that the energy from the Meridian Rushing Pill had become more moderate, but rather that Yun Xiao was using his refined Meridian Refining Technique to temporarily expand some of the main meridians in Yun Wei’s body from her Dazhui acupoint, preventing the energy from the pill from rupturing her meridians.

This was akin to a smaller river incapable of handling the surge during a flood, unlike the capacity of a larger river. At that moment, Yun Xiao temporarily transformed some of the main meridians in Yun Wei’s body into a larger river, though only temporarily, it was sufficient.

With Yun Xiao’s assistance, Yun Wei’s breakthrough encountered no surprises. In just one night, she easily advanced to the level of the Meridian Introduction Realm. However, Yun Xiao now had another expectation in his heart.

Or rather, Yun Xiao hoped to validate his suspicion, to see if his father truly had an exceptional origin. Perhaps Yun Wei’s subsequent changes would reveal some clues.