Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Chapter 1523: Gathering Qi and Raising Veins

"What’s going on here?"When Hou Tianlie and the others sensed Xue Qi’s aura, their faces turned to shock and disbelief, seemingly unable to comprehend the reality happening at this moment.

Because that genius girl who was clearly kicked sideways by Yun Xiao, directly flying into the waterfall, not only wasn’t seriously injured, but her aura had a strange surge.

"Cloud Ascending Realm Middle Stage..."

Eventually, Hou Tianlie murmured these words, his face also becoming somewhat unsightly, seemingly unable to resist wanting to go up and help Yun Xiao.

However, when Hou Tianlie saw Wei Duzheng’s aura locking onto him at any moment, he dispelled this thought, knowing that if he dared to act, the President of Douling Commerce would also make a move.

At that time, he would only plunge Demons Mountain into deeper trouble, as Hou Tianlie himself had not fully recovered from his injuries, even with the help of Xu Hongzhuang and Chi Yan, he might not be a match for the Peak Experts of Lingyun Realm like Wei Duzheng.

At this moment, Xue Qi emerged from the waterfall, her entire body, including her hair, was soaking wet, accentuating her graceful curves, making many young men stare with eagerness.

But Xue Qi didn’t care about those eager gazes, instead turning her beautiful eyes to the rough-clothed boy not far away, with a trace of madness and a hint of pride on her face.

"Yun Xiao, you didn’t expect this, did you? I wonder if with your strength, you can still defeat a Cloud Ascending Realm Middle Stage opponent?"

Not knowing how she enhanced her strength, Xue Qi was quite triumphant, and a cold smile flashed in her beautiful eyes as she stared at Yun Xiao, believing that in this situation, the boy would be powerless to reverse the tide.

"Tsk tsk, it seems your teacher indeed treated you well, even teaching you this ’Gathering Qi and Raising Veins’ method!"

Unexpectedly, after Xue Qi’s proud words, the rough-clothed boy on the opposite side uttered this sigh, causing her delicate face to change slightly once again.

Because what Yun Xiao said was entirely correct, notwithstanding the seemingly ordinary name ’Gathering Qi and Raising Veins,’ it was a formidable means envied by everyone on Nine-layered Dragon Cloud.

The greatest effect of this method was to cause a change in a cultivator’s ordinary meridians, ultimately gathering Meridian Qi into several meridians, transforming them into a power equivalent to Ancestor Vein Power.

A human’s Ancestor Vein is hard to come by, Xue Qi was merely an abandoned baby Shang Li picked up from the snow years ago, and her parents were just ordinary people from Hidden Dragon Continent.

With such an origin, Xue Qi had difficulty even activating an Ancestor Vein, but she had luck, taking advantage of selling out the Shang Family mother and child, and swiftly climbed to the heights of Nine-layered Dragon Cloud Dragon Emperor Palace, soaring ever since.

’Gathering Qi and Raising Veins’ method was not unique to Nine-layered Dragon Cloud Lu Family, but rather a secret created by Canglong Emperor of the Dragon Cloud Battle God, perhaps an undisclosed secret of Emperor Canglong Palace.

Even Yun Xiao himself only knew of this secret technique of Canglong Emperor’s, back then even he, the best friend of Canglong Emperor, never received instruction.

What Yun Xiao hadn’t expected was that the Xue Qi before him had already mastered this ’Gathering Qi and Raising Veins’ method, and had instantly increased her Meridian Qi Cultivation to Cloud Ascending Realm Middle Stage.

"Hmph, how could it matter knowing this, aren’t you still going to die?"

At this moment, despite being shocked by Yun Xiao’s knowledge of this method, after the previous encounters, Xue Qi was no longer surprised.

Her only desire was to quickly kill this boy, and having boosted her Meridian Qi Cultivation to Cloud Ascending Realm Middle Stage, she possessed such confidence, as the gap between similar realms was vast.

"If this ’Gathering Qi and Raising Veins’ method is your trump card, then I must say, you are very mistaken!"

When Xue Qi’s words finished, Yun Xiao smiled lightly and pointedly remarked, "I wonder if your half-baked Ancestor Vein Power can compare with my genuine Ancestor Vein Power?"

Whoosh... whoosh...

Yun Xiao’s seemingly mocking voice spread, and immediately from his hands, feet, and a place on his torso, five distinctly different energy auras erupted.

"Five Elements Ancestor Veins Power, activate!"

A deep command issued from Yun Xiao’s mouth, as everyone’s eyes were on him, he suddenly activated his Five Elements Ancestor Veins Power, attracting Heaven and Earth Energy to rush towards him.

In just a few breaths, Yun Xiao’s Meridian Qi Cultivation, like Xue Qi’s, also rose from Lingyun Realm Early Stage to Cloud Ascending Realm Middle Stage, both reaching the same level.

This scene left those below utterly dumbfounded, for although they had seen Yun Xiao’s Five Elements Ancestor Veins Power before, Yun Xiao at that time had at most broken through from half-step Heavenly Rank to Floating Life Realm Early Stage by relying on Ancestor Vein Power.

Even young talents like Luo Fusheng and Xiao Ming knew that back in the Xuanyin Cave, when Yun Xiao unleashed the power of his Five Elements Ancestor Veins, he could only break through a single small realm in the Earth Rank Third Realm.

In fact, even Yun Xiao had not fully understood his own Five Elements Ancestor Veins Power. It seemed that it did not require the Ascending Meridian method of a High Rank Meridian Refining Master to automatically advance in grade.

For instance, at this moment, when Yun Xiao unleashed his Five Elements Ancestor Veins Power, without even activating the remaining four Ancestor Veins, his Meridian Qi Cultivation had already been elevated to the Middle Stage of the Lingyun Realm.

For Yun Xiao, this was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise. Now he was somewhat looking forward to seeing what level he would reach if he activated all nine Ancestor Veins.

This was still the case after Yun Xiao broke through to the Great Rank of the Lingyun Realm, without finding that tenth Ancestor Vein. That deeply hidden Ancestor Vein might appear on its own at times, greatly increasing his strength.

But regardless of anything else, at this moment, after Yun Xiao unleashed his Five Elements Ancestor Veins Power, his cultivation was already comparable to Xue Qi, bringing everything back to square one.

"No! This is impossible!"

It was unclear how many times Xue Qi had said such words today. In short, at this moment, sensing Yun Xiao had reached the Middle Stage of the Lingyun Realm, she couldn’t believe her eyes as if she had seen a ghost.

"He’s just an ant from a small family on the Hidden Dragon Continent, how could he possess such a powerful Ancestor Vein? There must be some mistake!"

In her heart, Xue Qi frantically sought reasons and excuses for herself, because in her impression, apart from the father of Yun Wei and Yun Xiao who had disappeared, the Shang Family where Shang Li was from was just a small family in a small city of the empire.

With such a few generations of inheritance, the strongest was only a Spiritual Rank Three Realms small family, how could they let a descendant possess such a formidable Ancestor Vein Power?

To have Ancestor Vein Power that could break through one level of a small realm in the Heavenly Rank Lingyun Realm, it would at least have to be an Intermediate Heavenly Rank Ancestor Vein. Such an Ancestor Vein is rare even in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud.

Only those mighty family sects that have been inherited for tens of thousands of years might have such a talented individual with powerful Ancestor Vein Power among their descendants.

At this moment, Xue Qi only felt the imbalance in her heart arising once again, why should all the benefits be taken by Yun Xiao alone, why should she only forcibly enhance her strength using the Gathering Qi and Raising Veins method?

Back then, Xue Qi, due to jealousy, subconsciously believed Shang Li was biased, and that’s why she recklessly betrayed Yun Xiao and his mother. Now this thought grew even stronger.

Because Xue Qi couldn’t find any reason from the Shang Family where Shang Li was, she could only attribute it to Yun Xiao’s never-before-seen father, and such things were never mentioned by Shang Li back then.

Of course, in Xue Qi’s heart, she thought Shang Li just never told her, as for Yun Wei and Yun Xiao siblings, Shang Li must have secretly informed them, always keeping her in the dark.

"No, I’m not reconciled, today you must die!"

With these "old and new hatreds" surging in her heart, Xue Qi hysterically let out a roar, and then as her hand seals changed, a giant Meridian Qi Sword appeared in front of her.

This Meridian Qi Sword was nearly ten meters long, pitch-black in color, with an aura somewhat similar to the previous Netherworld Finger, but its manifestation was entirely different.

"Humph, if the Netherworld Finger couldn’t deal with me, do you think this Netherworld Sword can?"

As soon as the black giant sword took shape, Yun Xiao sneered coldly, evidently already recognizing the nature of that black giant sword.

It was a special transformation of the Heavenly Rank Advanced Pulse Technique Netherworld Finger, transforming the finger into a sword, making the attack power even more formidable, and with Xue Qi reaching the Middle Stage of the Lingyun Realm, performing this pulse skill now was undoubtedly more adept.

"Then try it!"

At this moment, Xue Qi was already at a point of no return. She barely managed to feign ignorance towards Yun Xiao’s "broad knowledge", not letting these things affect her mind, merely replying in a similarly cold tone.

Whoosh!

In the vast sky, a black giant sword of a dozen feet long traversed across, like a black comet streaking across the horizon. In the face of this black giant sword, the young man in rough clothes appeared exceedingly insignificant.

If he were an ordinary Middle Stage expert of the Lingyun Realm from the Tenglong Continent, he might struggle to cope with this Netherworld Sword, but with Yun Xiao’s familiarity with the myriad transformations of this technique, dealing with it was relatively easy.

"Five Elements Power, Condense!"

One could hear Yun Xiao utter a soft cry, immediately extending his right hand, and five light spots suddenly formed in front of him.

Then, as the five light spots rapidly rotated, a dazzling five-colored light burst forth from the central position, countering towards that black giant sword.