Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

A white threadlike line stretched from the spherical body of the Ling Wan, extending from the top of its head to between its buttocks. At this moment, Yun Xiao’s other hand also touched the endpoint of this white line, his Meridian Qi drilling into it, seemingly enacting some unknown technique.

Whoosh!

As Yun Xiao’s hand infused Meridian Qi into Ling Wan’s body in a mystical manner, a black threadlike line emerged on the corpulent body’s back, starting from between its buttocks and spanning upwards, halting where Yun Xiao’s right hand touched.

The two lines, one black and one white, appeared to bisect the ball-like body of Ling Wan, yet the colors remained starkly distinct, with neither line interfering with the other or sharing any visible linkage.

If some high-level Meridian Refining Masters who had reached the Spiritual Rank, such as the Great Elder or Second Elder of the Jade Pot Sect, were to witness Yun Xiao’s actions, they would likely be so shocked that their eyeballs could fall out.

Because these two lines, one black and one white, represented the two most important meridians in the human body, commonly known as the Ren Du Meridian Array.

Starting from the Baihui Acupoint at the top of the head, passing through the Yintang Qingming, down to the Tianshu and Danzhong in the chest and abdomen, reaching the Qi Sea at Dantian, and finally to the Huiyin between the thighs—this is the Ren Meridian, the central main meridian on the front of the body.

The so-called Du Meridian begins at the Huiyin between the thighs, passes through the life gate at Zhongyu, up to the Dazhui Acupoint, and ends at the Baihui on top of the head—it is the most important main meridian on the back.

Meridian Qi Cultivation involves the cultivation of power from meridians throughout the body, and these meridians vary in size and capacity for storing Meridian Qi. The Ren and Du Meridians are unquestionably the most crucial among them.

Normally, the meridians on the body are interconnected, and their Meridian Qi can exchange freely, enabling continuous flow during combat.

However, there are two exceptions to this rule—the Ren and Du Meridians. These two most critical and important main meridians of the body can only be unblocked when one reaches the Meridian Union Realm. Before then, there is simply no way to achieve it. Not even Yun Xiao himself can defy this supreme natural principle.

Mortal Rank Three Realms of Meridian Qi, Meridian Rushing, and Meridian Gathering; Spiritual Rank Three Realms of Meridian Rushing, Meridian Union, and Spirit Vein. The Meridian Union Realm is a special realm one rank higher than the Meridian Rushing Realm.

Even in the entire Xuanyue Empire, there are not many cultivators who have reached the Meridian Union Realm, and most of them are Family Heads of powerful families or Sect Elders.

Moreover, even if one reaches the Meridian Union Realm, it does not guarantee immediately unlocking the Ren and Du Meridians. The meaning of the Meridian Union Realm’s name signifies the process of joining the Ren and Du Meridians together.

Only when the Ren and Du Meridians truly interconnect does one qualify to break through to the Spirit Vein Realm; otherwise, one’s entire life might be spent without ever stepping into the realm of Spirit Vein Cultivation.

Hence the remark earlier—if a high-rank cultivator or Meridian Refining Master saw Yun Xiao’s current actions, they would likely be unable to hold back their laughter, noting that Yun Xiao himself was only at the peak of Meridian Introduction Realm, and Ling Wan was merely at the Middle Stage of the Meridian Introduction Realm. The audacity of these two youths to attempt such a defiance of the heavens was nothing short of ludicrous.

Was Yun Xiao’s thinking absurd? Of course not!

His reason for trying to unblock and combine Ling Wan’s Ren and Du Meridians wasn’t merely because Ling Wan was facing a life-and-death situation; the primary cause was Ling Wan’s one-in-a-billion Mixed Element One Qi Body physique.

Such an extraordinary physique, rarely seen even in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, could not possibly be treated like an ordinary cultivator. They might be slighted and humiliated at birth or in the low ranks, but once they gained control over their special energy, their cultivation speed was bound to skyrocket.

Unlike ordinary cultivators, Mixed Element One Qi Body cultivators practice Meridian Qi as well, albeit not the typical kind. In a sense, from the moment they are born, they could attempt to unblock the Ren and Du Meridians. However, in the Hidden Dragon Continent, there would be no one with such awareness.

It’s a deeply entrenched notion, and moreover, cultivators of the Hidden Dragon Continent probably wouldn’t even know about the one-in-a-billion Mixed Element One Qi Body. The temperament of the Zhao Family Head certainly wouldn’t bother finding a High-level Pulse Refining Master for this ”freak.”

Of course, even if a high-rank Meridian Refining Master realized this possibility, they wouldn’t dare try it rashly. This was also because Yun Xiao, back in his time in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, had come to know a powerful Mixed Element One Qi Body cultivator, which resulted in his partial understanding and also because he had a technique that no other Meridian Master on the Hidden Dragon Continent possessed.

This technique, known as the ”Fu Du Meridian Array,” is a special array specifically aimed at unblocking the Ren and Du Meridians. It is a method that Yun Xiao developed in his past life only after meeting that Mixed Element One Qi Body expert.

The Fu Du Meridian Array can not only help a cultivator who has broken through to the Meridian Union Realm quickly open and merge the Ren and Du Meridians, but it also has an alternative effect on the special physique of the Mixed Element One Qi Body.

With these two reasons combined, Yun Xiao unhesitatingly initiated this technique. As long as the Fu Du Meridian Array is formed, Ling Wan would have a chance to genuinely connect the Ren and Du Meridians.

Once the governor and conception vessels of Ling Wan’s Ling Wan are successfully connected, he will be able to preliminarily control his own Mixed Element Qi. By then, this special physique that has caused him unspeakable suffering since childhood and even made him unwelcome in his family will no longer be a burden to him. Instead, it will make him a super genius with extreme innate talent.

Of course, all of this is based on the success of Yun Xiao’s Ren Du Meridian Array. In other words, the Ren Du Meridian Array set up by Yun Xiao has already been established successfully. Next, it is to see whether Ling Wan can withstand the ravaging of the Ren Du Meridian Array and the Mixed Element One Qi Body.

Yun Xiao’s palms, one placed on the Baihui Acupoint on the top of Ling Wan’s head, and the other on his perineum between his legs. If it were a normal human form, this would be quite awkward, but since Ling Wan is just a ball of flesh, there is no such concern.

In fact, Yun Xiao himself did not expect the Ren and Du Meridian Array to really succeed. After all, he is only at the peak of the Meridian Introduction Realm. This array requires at least the Three Realms of Spiritual Rank, or a Low Rank Spirit Meridian Refining Master to cast.

What made Yun Xiao somewhat joyous was that this time, it seemed that the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique was helping again. Just now, there was a moment when the Meridian Qi connecting to Ling Wan’s back Du Meridian Acupoints was about to falter. However, the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique automatically activated, giving him the support he needed.

Now, what Yun Xiao needs to do is to allow his own Meridian Qi to pass through these acupoints he had targeted earlier and enter Ling Wan’s governor and conception vessels, to see if he could really break through these two main meridians. This is Ling Wan’s only chance.

A whole night passed by quickly.

And throughout the night, Yun Xiao’s hands did not leave Ling Wan’s Baihui and perineum. Now, his face was as pale as death, a sign of extreme weakness, as his Meridian Qi had almost run out.

Although with the special effect of the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique, human effort has its limits. After all, Yun Xiao’s Meridian Qi Cultivation was too low, and there was too little Meridian Qi that could be stored in his meridians. Managing to persist throughout the night was already an incredible achievement.

Drip, drip...

Bean-sized beads of sweat slid from Yun Xiao’s forehead down to his chin, eventually dropping to the ground. However, he could not spare his hands to wipe them off, as he knew that the Ren Du Meridian Array had reached a critical moment. The success or failure hinged on this one effort.

Or it could be said that it was a crucial moment for Yun Xiao himself because if his Meridian Qi was exhausted, he would no longer be able to maintain the operation of the Fu Du Meridian Array. The hard work of the night would be in vain.

Even the white line in front of Ling Wan’s body and the black meridian line on his back seemed to become dim at this moment. Clearly, both he and Yun Xiao were about to give out.

”It looks like... it’s not going to work!” Yun Xiao couldn’t help but show a wry smile on his face, secretly thinking that desiring to deploy the Ren Du Meridian Array at the peak of Meridian Introduction Realm and trying to break through someone’s governor and conception vessels was indeed overestimating himself.

Yun Xiao knows that perhaps in the next moment, his Meridian Qi will be exhausted, and Ling Wan’s governor and conception vessels will not be connected, even possibly suffering backlash from the Ren Du Meridian Array. This would truly be an instance of messing things up while trying to be clever.

Boom!

But who would have known that at this last critical moment, a surge of intense heat suddenly erupted from Yun Xiao’s palm on top of Ling Wan’s head at the Baihui Acupoint.

Feeling the warmth from his right shoulder to his palm, Yun Xiao had a thought; he naturally knew that the force of the Ancestor Vein had autonomously activated at this moment. Would this become a turnaround from despair?

Indeed, Yun Xiao’s luck was truly not bad, or perhaps it was Ling Wan’s luck. Once that power of the Ancestor Vein was injected into Ling Wan’s Baihui Acupoint at the top of his head, the originally dimmed white line of the Ren Meridian suddenly emanated bright light.

It was like a small stream suddenly injected with the waters of a great river, in just a moment’s time, from Ling Wan’s Baihui Acupoint on the top of the head to the perineum between the thighs, the white light was dazzling.

Puff!

When a strange sound—a sound that seemed as if it didn’t exist—reached Yun Xiao’s ears, his pale cheeks immediately became ecstatic with joy since he knew that the connection of Ling Wan’s governor and conception vessels had been half-successful.

And this great surprise did not end there, the white light breaking through from Ling Wan’s perineum instantly transformed into pitch black, followed by a streak of black light shooting up from below. In just a moment, it had already reached the Baihui Acupoint at the top of the head.

Like a cycle of rebirth, Yun Xiao’s Ancestor Vein’s power had traveled a full circle through Ling Wan’s Ren and Du Meridians, ultimately returning to the Baihui Acupoint. As long as it could truly break through this Baihui Acupoint and connect with the Ren Meridian, then this attempt could really be considered a resounding success.