Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”It truly is Holy Rank Wine, indeed extraordinary!”

When the intoxicating aroma from the wine jar wafted into his nostrils, Ma Nanfeng felt a wave of pleasure in his soul and couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

”Hmm?”

But in the next moment, as the aroma spread out through Ma Nanfeng’s nostrils, his expression changed slightly to one of confusion and incomprehension.

”I... I...”

Meanwhile, standing not far away, Yun Xiao was astonished to see this Lord Supervisor of the Drunken Immortal City Emperor Palace at the peak of the Heavenly Realm, his face flushed, swaying unsteadily, uttering unclear words, clearly signs of inebriation.

Generally, cultivators with a certain level of cultivation wouldn’t get drunk from ordinary wine, but the wine aroma in Zuichun Hall was different.

Earlier, drinkers like Yu Xu, upon entering Zuichun Hall, used their own Meridian Qi to resist the aroma, yet ultimately collapsed one after another, demonstrating the formidable nature of the hall’s aroma.

The higher one’s Meridian Qi cultivation, the stronger their ability to resist the aroma, and ultimately only Ma Nanfeng and Meng Zhidao were left standing, while the unconventional Yun Xiao was not included in this list.

Clearly, Ma Nanfeng’s current state was due to the aroma from the wine jar in his hand being even stronger than that in the depths of Zuichun Hall.

In fact, the intensity of this aroma exceeded what Ma Nanfeng, at the peak of the Heavenly Realm, could bear, causing him to be flushed and tottering unsteadily.

”I must say, as a wine connoisseur who has tasted countless wines, you don’t even know if you can withstand Holy Rank wine aroma?”

Seeing this, Yun Xiao shook his head slightly, a hint of regret in his tone, knowing full well what was inside the wine jar as soon as he held it earlier.

In reality, there was no fine wine in the jar, only a jarful of Holy Rank wine aroma sealed within, which clearly wasn’t something Ma Nanfeng at the peak of the Heavenly Realm could withstand.

What Yun Xiao said was true; in the Northwest Territory of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, anything associated with the word ’Holy’ was extraordinary, even something as trivial as wine.

Unfortunately, Ma Nanfeng, confident in his peak Heavenly Realm strength and triumphant after defeating Meng Zhidao, clearly overlooked this fact, thus falling victim unprepared.

The Holy Rank wine aroma was so powerful that even a small whiff caused Ma Nanfeng to stagger like a drunkard, his staggered steps appearing quite comical.

At this moment, Ma Nanfeng had no mind to care about Yun Xiao’s teasing remarks. Deep within, he suddenly realized that if he truly got drunk, he might never be able to leave Zuichun Hall.

Previously, Ma Nanfeng didn’t pay the slightest attention to Yun Xiao, believing he could easily eliminate the young upstart with a flick of his wrist.

But now, as Ma Nanfeng caught a glimpse of the young man in rough clothes watching him coldly, a sense of dread and unprecedented fear arose within him.

Based on Yun Xiao’s demeanor both outside and inside Zuichun Hall, Ma Nanfeng clearly perceived that Yun Xiao was far from being as benign as he appeared, and his ruthless decisiveness was one reason why Ma Nanfeng harbored murderous intent towards him.

Ma Nanfeng had already noticed that Yun Xiao possessed a treasure to resist the wine aroma, allowing such a young man to reach a place on par with these peak Heavenly Realm powerhouses.

Moreover, at present, Yun Xiao had not inhaled the potent wine aroma from the jar, and Ma Nanfeng truly wasn’t confident that the young man wouldn’t take advantage of the situation, striking him down while he was incapacitated by the aroma.

If that were to occur, Ma Nanfeng would undoubtedly feel extremely aggrieved, possibly dying in vain, not even knowing where this youth in rough clothes had suddenly appeared from.

Thud!

Moments later, no matter how much discontent and fear Ma Nanfeng harbored, the potent surge of the aroma eventually overcame him, causing him to collapse to the ground, bereft of all strength.

Fortunately, although Ma Nanfeng was completely powerless, he retained a shred of consciousness, and seeing the youth in rough clothes not approaching him, he breathed a silent sigh of relief.

”This...”

In the scene besides the two involved and the severely injured Meng Zhidao, the only other conscious person was perhaps Lu Ye, who had previously been aided by Yun Xiao.

Moments earlier, he had been watching from a distance as Ma Nanfeng and Meng Zhidao engaged in fierce combat, worried and anxious for Yun Xiao, yet he hadn’t anticipated the outcome to take this turn.

The mighty Ma Nanfeng, Supervisor of the Drunken Immortal City Emperor Palace at the peak of the Heavenly Realm, had been felled by the aroma from a wine jar, an utterly unforeseeable turn of events.

Lu Ye wasn’t a fool. He had witnessed Yun Xiao toss the wine jar to Ma Nanfeng, surmising that this was indeed part of the plan devised by the youth in rough clothes.

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But how did Yun Xiao, who even Ma Nanfeng fell for the trick, see through the wine jar? The incomprehensible matters made Lu Ye’s reverence for Yun Xiao grow even deeper.

”Damn it!”

At this moment, Ma Nanfeng finally noticed the wine jar rolling to the side, completely devoid of any fine wine inside, let alone Holy Rank Wine.

Conversely, Ma Nanfeng knew more clearly that he had been schemed by that brat. The latter must have sensed the absence of wine the moment he hugged the jar, realizing there was only a hint of Holy Rank wine scent within.

Laughably, Ma Nanfeng thought he had intimidated the other into throwing the jar over, only to be impacted by the Holy Rank wine scent, leading to his immobilization.

Since the jar contains no wine and only wine scent, Ma Nanfeng suspected this might be yet another test of the Drunken Immortal Conference. Then where is the actual Holy Rank Wine within Zuichun Hall?

”Are you wondering where the true Holy Rank Wine is?”

As this thought arose in Ma Nanfeng’s heart, a familiar voice suddenly rang out, spoken by Yun Xiao, instantly capturing the attention of the three individuals in the hall who retained a hint of clarity.

”Fine, let me show you what Holy Rank Wine truly looks like!”

Yun Xiao, at this moment, paid no attention to the drunken Ma Nanfeng on the ground, listening as he spoke eloquently, before stepping forward, gently placing his five fingers on the table where the wine jar had just been.

This table seemed entirely made of redwood, appearing antique and rustic, yet earlier everyone’s attention was focused on the wine jar atop the table rather than the table itself.

”Could it be...”

Seeing Yun Xiao’s fingers in motion at this moment, whether Heavenly Realm Peak Ma Nanfeng and Meng Zhidao or Lu Ye remaining standing farther away, all had a surge of emotion in their hearts.

Since earlier outside, these individuals had witnessed Yun Xiao’s ability in recognizing and discerning wines, with the so-called Thousand Flower Stone and Blood Erosion Intense Flame discovered by Yun Xiao using some special methods.

From this, one can see that the young man, though young, had knowledge and understanding in the realm of wines, not much inferior to old-generation winos like Ma Nanfeng, possibly even superior.

Due to what transpired earlier and the fact of being schemed, Ma Nanfeng no longer believed Yun Xiao’s actions were casual, suspecting there might be something peculiar about that redwood table.

Crack! Crack!

Yun Xiao wouldn’t bother with the thoughts of the observers, and with his mind in motion, his five fingers pressing on the redwood tabletop erupted with an immensely powerful Ice Cold Power, clearly sensed by the nearby Ma Nanfeng and Meng Zhidao.

”What is he trying to do?”

At this moment, a sliver of doubt arose in the hearts of the two Heavenly Realm Peak cultivators, wondering if freezing a redwood table into an ice table would make the Holy Rank Wine appear.

Under the extraordinary thoughts of these two, the Ice Cold Power within Yun Xiao’s left arm erupted outward, and soon the redwood table was genuinely frozen into an icy table.

No one noticed that as the table was frozen by the icy force, the redwood within underwent an unknown change.

The table, initially like wood, under the ravage of Ice Cold Power, was slowly being transformed into solid ice; however, this solid ice was somewhat different from the solid ice created by Yun Xiao’s Ice Cold Power.

It was a kind of transparency infused with a dark red eeriness, resembling a block of blood ice, or a semi-transparent blood case, while the table’s shape within was gradually changing.

”Hmm?”

A moment later, the heavily injured Meng Zhidao also finally noticed the change within the ice block, involuntarily making a surprised sound, clearly realizing something.

Compared to Meng Zhidao, the look in Ma Nanfeng’s eyes was much more complex; he hadn’t expected the things deep within the Zuichun Hall to be hidden so deeply.

In retrospect, Ma Nanfeng was too superficial, even everyone was too superficial; the truly precious thing in Zuichun Hall was indeed that table seemingly forged from redwood.

After ten or so breaths of time, the redwood tabletop encased in icy crystal no longer resembled its original appearance. Under the watchful eyes of observers, it seemed like an ice crystal encasing a block of dark red blood ice.

This even looked somewhat like the Blood Erosion Intense Flame Yun Xiao discovered outside, only one was Fire Attribute, and the other Cold Attribute.

Of course, perhaps due to the wrap of Yun Xiao’s Ice Cold Ancestor Vein Power, it appeared like a blood ice block. If stripped away, other attributes might emerge perhaps.