Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Yun Xiao, you have quite the nerve to interrupt the Great Elder in the midst of activating the Meridian Array. How should you be punished for such a crime?”

As the Third Prince of the Empire, Xuan Zhi was only afraid of a handful of people within the royal family. As for the others, even those cultivators stronger than him, he has always been arrogant and looked down upon everyone.

Moreover, there was already deep-seated enmity between Xuan Zhi and Yun Xiao from their time in the Yulin Mountain Range, and this enmity had only deepened over time. True to his nature, Xuan Zhi immediately placed a heavy accusation upon Yun Xiao as he spoke.

”Yes, Yun Xiao, even if you are a Meridian Refining Master, you probably don’t even know what a Meridian Array is. Speaking recklessly here, you’re just making others laugh until their teeth fall out.”

As a vassal of the Royal Family, it was natural for Guan Tong to speak up at this time, and his words were even more justified and well-founded than Xuan Zhi’s baseless accusation.

Many of the Outer Sect geniuses now knew about Yun Xiao’s background. What kind of foundation could a small Shang Family from Moon Bow City possibly have, especially now that the Shang Family had been wiped out and no longer existed?

A small family like this indeed might not even know what a Meridian Array is. Guan Tong wasn’t wrong in what he said; if this were the Yun Xiao of the past, he truly wouldn’t have known what a Meridian Array is. But now, the knowledge he possessed probably surpassed that of all the cultivators on the Hidden Dragon Continent combined.

Following these two’s statements, almost everyone believed that Yun Xiao was trying to gain the attention of the Great Elder Lu Zhan, who was right before their eyes, by taking a different approach, thus they all looked down on him with contempt.

Among them, even Shen Xiao, who ranked second on the Outer Sect’s Mortal List, saw a glint flash in his eyes and chimed in, ”Yun Xiao, when it comes to things you don’t know, it’s better not to talk recklessly. If your interruption affects the Great Elder’s activation of the Meridian Array and causes Song Tian’s death, that responsibility will fall on you.”

It must be said that Shen Xiao really was a person of considerable scheming. His words seemed calm but were actually piercing. After he spoke, almost everyone forgot about Feng Hang’s ruthless actions from earlier and focused solely on Yun Xiao’s despicable intention to draw the Great Elder’s attention.

However, Yun Xiao completely ignored the remarks of these three and, keeping his gaze fixed on Lu Zhan, who had yet to make a move, he spoke again, ”First point to the Tianshu Acupoint, pass through the Juque, Guan Yuan, and then connect it with the Danzhong Acupoint that you have already touched. Give it a try!”

At this moment, Yun Xiao did not resemble a newly-initiated Outer Disciple, but rather a peerless expert instructing a rookie, leaving the onlooking crowd dumbfounded.

Compared to Xuan Zhi and Shen Xiao, who had preconceived notions and disdain for Yun Xiao, his words were like a bolt from the blue to the Great Elder Lu Zhan, causing him to stand there, looking somewhat at a loss.

”Young fellow, you... do you know what Meridian Array I am activating?”

Only after a moment did Lu Zhan come back to his senses. He took a deep breath and then asked this critical question. Although Yun Xiao’s words sounded half true, he dared not fully believe them and needed to clarify some things first.

”Heh heh, this kid is finally going to expose himself!”

Hearing Lu Zhan’s query, and not noticing the brief shock that had flitted across the Great Elder’s face, Xuan Zhi and the others were somewhat gloating, convinced that Yun Xiao was being sensational and that under this questioning, he would certainly reveal his true nature.

In the eyes of Xuan Zhi and the others, a Yun Xiao who came from a small city and a small family like Moon Bow City might not even have heard of a Meridian Array, so how could he possibly recognize what kind of Meridian Array the Great Elder Lu Zhan was activating just now?

Even Xuan Zhi, who was of royal birth, and the well-born Shen Xiao, couldn’t identify which Meridian Array Lu Zhan was activating. It was supposed to be a unique transmission Meridian Array of the Jade Pot Sect, known probably only to the Second Elder Fu Du and the Sixth Elder Su He.

”Hehe, it’s just a Minor Universe Meridian Array. But your practice of the Minor Universe Meridian Array is somewhat lacking!”

Just when everyone was expecting Yun Xiao to embarrass himself, the youth from the small city and small family casually chuckled and then spoke words that left everyone stunned.

”Learned... but not well enough?!”

Especially after hearing Yun Xiao’s last sentence, there was a brief silence before the crowd erupted into a fierce wave of discussion. These voices contained accusations against Yun Xiao for his presumptuous comments.

”Who does this kid think he is, to speak so boldly in front of the Great Elder?”

”If even the Great Elder hasn’t perfected it, then who in the Jade Pot Sect could ever master it?”

”Such a clueless fool, I want to see how he’ll get out of this one.”

”The Minor Universe Meridian Array, what is that?”

”...”

Despite the noisy disdainful voices, there were also some mature and serious individuals who took note of the first two sentences of Yun Xiao’s speech, because the name of this Meridian Array was something they had never heard of before.

One must know that Lu Zhan, the Great Elder of Jade Pot Sect, is recognized as the second most important figure in the sect, with his Meridian Refining Technique and Meridian Qi Cultivation only bested by the astonishingly gifted Sect Master.

A mere Yun Xiao, a young Outer Disciple who had only joined the Jade Pot Sect for three months, was now, in front of this grand assembly, accusing the Great Elder of inadequate mastery over his Meridian Array, which was enough to make everyone burst out laughing.

However, while everyone else was casting looks of ridicule, Yun Xiao remained completely unfazed, pointing to Song Tian, who was lying on the ground with an increasingly weak breath, and spoke up.

”Great Elder, with your half-baked Mini Universe Meridian Array, you won’t be able to save Song Tian. Why not try it my way as a last resort, treating a dead horse as if it were alive?”

Yun Xiao spoke confidently, and phrases like ”on your own” and ”half-baked,” slipping from his lips, made the onlookers realize how utterly foolish and ignorant this young man was; he was clearly slapping the face of Great Elder Lu Zhan.

Just when everyone thought that the Great Elder would explode with rage due to Yun Xiao’s words, this highly regarded figure in the Jade Pot Sect, to the astonishment of all onlookers, actually extended his hands and pressed on a few acupoints as Yun Xiao had just indicated.

”Yufu, Heavenly Sect, Life Gate, ...”

Seeing Lu Zhan execute the moves perfectly, Yun Xiao let out a sigh of relief. Hearing him continuously utter the names of acupoints well known to Meridian Refining Masters, the crowd began to see Yun Xiao in a slightly different light.

”Baihui!”

Roughly after half an incense stick’s time, just as Yun Xiao’s last two words were spoken, Lu Zhan’s right index finger precisely touched the Baihui Acupoint on top of Song Tian’s head.

Boom!

At the same time, an extremely unusual surge of energy erupted from Song Tian’s body. His previously severe injuries seemed to have healed by seventy to eighty percent in that instant, and the Heaven and Earth Energy in the vicinity started to churn chaotically.

”This... What is this...”

Meridian Refining Masters like Xuan Zhi and Shen Xiao, with their powerful Soul energies, sensed the changes in Heaven and Earth Energy at that moment, their expressions turning incredibly animated.

Even Great Elder Lu Zhan from Jade Pot Sect was included; he had been passively following Yun Xiao’s instructions earlier, pressing all the acupoints mentioned by the latter.

After touching the final major acupoint, Baihui, he suddenly realized that these seemingly unrelated acupoints, combined with his previously performed Mini Universe Meridian Array, had unexpectedly formed a subtle and mystical connection.

Moreover, this was no ordinary connection. It was even linked to the Mini Universe Meridian Array Lu Zhan had initially performed, creating an even larger and more powerful Meridian Array.

”Could it be that I truly haven’t fully mastered my Mini Universe Meridian Array?”

Now, sensing the uncontrollable energy emanating from Song Tian, a very peculiar feeling surged within Lu Zhan, reminding him of what Yun Xiao had just said.

Before, almost everyone had assumed that Yun Xiao was grandstanding, using provocative language to draw the attention of the Great Elder.

However, now, including Great Elder Lu Zhan himself, that idea had completely dissipated. Lu Zhan had already written off Song Tian as dead, yet to his surprise, under Yun Xiao’s guidance, a resurrection had genuinely occurred.

Yes, it was guidance.

At this moment, Lu Zhan’s mind was filled with the acupoints Yun Xiao had mentioned. He dared not let his guard down for fear of forgetting their locations, as this might very well be an unexpected fortune for him.

A Meridian Refining Master of Spiritual Rank Intermediate level like Lu Zhan was certainly no fool. He knew that the acupoints Yun Xiao had recited were the unknown variations of the Mini Universe Meridian Array, which likely even the Sect Master of Jade Pot Sect was unaware of.

Compared to the Great Elder’s shock, Yun Xiao himself had far fewer thoughts on the matter. His only goal was to prevent Song Tian from dying or, more accurately, to avoid seeing Feng Hang so smug.

However, even Yun Xiao didn’t anticipate that his intervention would not only resurrect Song Tian but also provide him with a fortuitous opportunity to achieve a breakthrough at this moment.

As Yun Xiao, who had been reborn as the Long Xiao Battle God, the Meridian Arrays contained within his mind were probably more than the entire Hidden Dragon Continent combined. The Mini Universe Meridian Array performed by Lu Zhan was just a low-level practice in his eyes.

Yun Xiao, capable of personally performing the Ren Du Meridian Array, identified a significant flaw in the Mini Universe Meridian Array demonstrated by Lu Zhan at a glance – it was not the one he had practiced in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud.

Of course, even if Yun Xiao knew all the variations of the Mini Universe Meridian Array, with his current low-level Mortal Rank Meridian Refining prowess, he wouldn’t be able to perform it himself, hence he needed the help of Lu Zhan, a Meridian Refining Master of Spiritual Rank Intermediate level.