Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Chapter 1508: Truly Remarkable!

"Hey, have you heard? Xuanyin Hall was wiped out by Wuyan Palace!""How could I not have heard? They say the old Palace Master of Wuyan Palace, Mu Shiyi, has returned, and even broken through to the Heavenly Realm!"

"Wuyan Palace and Xuanyin Hall were mortal enemies to begin with, and with the new grudge from Impermanence Island piled on, Wuyan Palace using this chance to destroy Xuanyin Hall is pretty much within reason!"

"Brothers, your information is a bit outdated. Don’t tell me you don’t know Shenxiao Sect’s latest intel?"

"Brother, you mean you’ve got the newest information? Come on, tell us!"

"Heh heh, this news is explosive as hell. Lemme lay it out for you in detail!"

"..."

While those little incidents were happening in Yujiang City in the Southern Continent, Shenxiao Sect had already rushed out a brand-new batch of intel and sent it all over the Continent. It was just that many Cultivators were still stuck on the previous issue.

Back when Xuanyin Hall was annihilated by Wuyan Palace, Shenxiao Sect rushed out a special intel report and made a huge profit off it. But as time passed, the destruction of Xuanyin Hall stopped being anything fresh.

As for the follow-up news, even Shenxiao Sect itself wasn’t too clear on it, let alone these Ordinary Cultivators, not until this new batch of intel appeared.

Of course, on this Continent where information is king, the moment the news of the Lianyun Mountain battle came out, Shenxiao Sect had a very precise read on how valuable this situation was.

Only some filthy rich Cultivators or wealthy Meridian Refining Masters could get first-hand intel from Shenxiao Sect. At times like this, their sense of superiority naturally showed itself.

Take that young man in this tavern, for example. At a glance you could tell he was a pampered scion from some great clan. He’d just bought a report from Shenxiao Sect; after being shocked senseless, he came to this crowded place to show off.

"Let me tell you, not long ago on Lianyun Mountain, that Lord Yun Xiao..."

As the young man lightly fanned himself and narrated, one by one, the intel he’d spent a fortune on from Shenxiao Sect, everyone listened, utterly enthralled.

This whole affair twisted and turned, with way too many reversals. Many times, even these folks just listening to the story felt Lianyun Mountain was doomed, because the high-level forces of Wuyan Palace were much stronger than the Meridian Refining Master Association.

As for the name Yun Xiao, by now on the Tenglong Continent it was probably known to every man, woman, and child. They just hadn’t expected that that youth would actually play a decisive role in such a high-level battle.

Suppressing Wu Zhukong, slaughtering all the Elders of Wuyan Palace, and in the end stabbing that Low Level Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit to death with one Sword—just hearing the story made countless Cultivators’ hearts yearn uncontrollably.

Tell me, which Cultivator on the Continent has never dreamed of shining that bright, of standing at the peak of the Continent and being worshipped by all? That youth named Yun Xiao actually pulled it off.

"Heh heh, I’ve got a fresh Heavenly List ranking from Shenxiao Sect right here. Wanna take a look?"

After the fan-wielding youth finished passionately recounting the news of that great battle, he casually wiped a hand across his waist, and a small booklet appeared out of thin air in his hand.

"A freshly ranked Heavenly List?"

Hearing what came out of the young man’s mouth, everyone’s eyes lit up. They all immediately thought of Wu Zhukong’s "death"—the top three spots on the Heavenly List probably had to be reshuffled, right?

"What’s there to see? It’s definitely just Chairman Wei Duzheng of the Spirit Fighting Commerce Association, who was fourth, moving up one spot, that’s all!"

One of the Cultivators, apparently annoyed by that rich kid hogging the spotlight, muttered a sarcastic line. His words earned quite a few secret nods around him.

By everyone’s reckoning, Wei Duzheng was originally ranked fourth on the Heavenly List. In fact, in terms of strength, he wasn’t necessarily much weaker than Xue Tianao and Wu Zhukong, who were ranked ahead of him.

With Wu Zhukong dead, the fourth-ranked Wei Duzheng stepping up was the most natural thing in the world. Yet this young man was still trying to act all mysterious, which naturally rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.

"You all got it wrong this time!"

The young man didn’t get angry at the mockery. With a hint of emotion on his face, he simply tossed the booklet onto the table.

Whoosh...

By sheer coincidence, a light breeze blew past, flipping through the Heavenly List booklet page by page. When everyone’s eyes landed on a certain name on the third page, they all sucked in a cold breath without meaning to.

"Third on the Heavenly List: Yun Xiao of Lianyun Mountain!"

The nine big characters on the first line were crystal clear to those who were close or quick-eyed. This was something they had never even considered.

No matter how you looked at it, although Yun Xiao had "killed" Wu Zhukong and cut down a Low Level Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit with his Sword, all the Cultivators who’d merely heard the news assumed that Yun Xiao had only achieved such feats because two Heavenly Realm experts had backed him up.

In the Shenxiao Sect’s intelligence, they also hadn’t concealed Yun Xiao’s true cultivation. A Meridian Qi Cultivation at the Half-step Lingyun Realm was indeed astonishingly brilliant, but compared to top experts like Lu Yanji and the others, there should still be a certain gap, right?

And ever since the Heavenly List was established, there probably hasn’t even been a single expert in the top ten, or even the top hundred, who was just in their early twenties, right?

This was not only unprecedented; it could even be said that there would never be anyone like this again. Shocked as they were, everyone also had many doubts about this issue of the Heavenly List rankings released by the Shenxiao Sect.

But no matter what, the Shenxiao Sect’s Heavenly List was absolute authority. These Ordinary Cultivators who had nothing to do with it were just here to watch the show anyway. For matters like this, didn’t it make them all the more worth discussing?

......

Crash!

In the southwest of the Inner Domain of the Tenglong Continent, at the headquarters of the Spirit Fighting Commerce, a sudden shattering sound rang out in a grand hall, making the many Elders in the hall not even dare to breathe loudly.

Because the person standing at the top seat, body trembling, and smashing a teacup in furious rage, was none other than Wei Duzheng, President of the Spirit Fighting Commerce. It was very clear that this President at the moment was on the verge of exploding in anger.

"Outrageous! Outrageous! Has Ouyang Wuantong’s brain flooded with water? What virtues and capabilities does that Yun Xiao have to actually be ranked above this Chairman?"

In Wei Duzheng’s left hand was a thin booklet that, from the looks of it, was precisely the latest issue of the Shenxiao Sect’s Heavenly List. Judging from the anger in his words, it was clearly because of a certain person occupying the third place on the Heavenly List.

As mentioned before, Wei Duzheng had originally been ranked fourth on the Heavenly List, but he had always believed that his strength was not much weaker than Xue Tianao, who was ranked second, and Wu Zhukong, who was ranked third.

Regarding this great battle at Lianyun Mountain, Wei Duzheng had indeed been extremely shocked when he received the news; but what truly enraged him was the subsequent issue of the Heavenly List rankings.

Whether it was Wei Duzheng himself, the Elders of the Spirit Fighting Commerce, or the Cultivators of the Tenglong Continent, all of them believed that Wei Duzheng would naturally take the third position on the Heavenly List.

As for the top two Heavenly Realm experts, even though Wei Duzheng had already broken through to the Peak of the Lingyun Realm, he didn’t have much confidence in contending for those spots.

However, that name at the third rank was like a sharp blade stabbing into Wei Duzheng’s heart and mind, making him feel as if he could cough up a mouthful of old blood and drown that name in it.

Setting aside his personal grudges with Yun Xiao, Wei Duzheng also knew from the Shenxiao Sect’s previous intelligence that Yun Xiao only had a Half-step Lingyun Realm cultivation. Compared to himself, a Peak Expert of Lingyun Realm, the gap was simply like heaven and earth.

As for Yun Xiao’s so-called battle achievements, Wei Duzheng, like the Ordinary Cultivators, believed that he had relied on the assistance of Xue Tianao and Lu Yanji. These two great forces wanted to prop Yun Xiao up, so they credited all the merit to that brat.

Thus Wei Duzheng cursed here, both to vent the anger in his heart and because he felt the Shenxiao Sect was blind. Yet no matter how furious he became, it was utterly impossible for him to change the Shenxiao Sect’s decision.

This freshly released Heavenly List had most likely already spread throughout the entire Tenglong Continent. From this moment on, he, the dignified President of the Spirit Fighting Commerce, a Peak Expert of Lingyun Realm, would be firmly suppressed by a brat who hadn’t even grown all his hair.

"What exactly has happened to make Chairman Wei so angry?"

Just as the many Elders of the Spirit Fighting Commerce below were as silent as cicadas in winter, a faintly smiling female voice suddenly came from outside the hall, startling everyone present.

If this voice had come from an ordinary Elder of the Spirit Fighting Commerce, Wei Duzheng would probably have exploded long ago. But this voice was so gentle that it made him spring up from his seat as if a spring had been installed beneath him.

"Lady Xue Qi, what brings you here?"

Seeing the two figures walking in from outside the hall, Wei Duzheng hurriedly went up to greet them. The dignified President at this moment became incomparably respectful, seemingly not daring to show the slightest neglect or offense.

"Is there new news about Yun Xiao?"

The one entering the hall was Xue Qi, Yun Xiao’s childhood sweetheart. She did not answer Wei Duzheng’s question. Instead, she walked toward the top seat while asking this question.

"Yes, that brat... Yun Xiao has been ranked third on the Heavenly List by the Shenxiao Sect, and has even been placed above me!"

Wei Duzheng’s expression flickered slightly. To tell the truth, even now he still hadn’t figured out the relationship between the woman before him and Yun Xiao, so he held back a little, with a trace of sullen bitterness in his tone.

"Oh? Third on the Heavenly List?"

Xue Qi had been on this Tenglong Continent for more than half a year now. She had some understanding of the high-end experts of this Plane and knew that the Heavenly List arranged by the Shenxiao Sect was the authoritative ranking of the top experts of the Tenglong Continent.

"It seems my dear little brother is truly remarkable!"

Xue Qi sat upright on the top seat, her jade-like right fingers, slender as scallion shoots, lightly tapping the back of the chair. The words of praise that came from her mouth made Wei Duzheng all the more confused.

In Wei Duzheng’s estimation, this great figure from the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud should have some sort of connection with Yun Xiao, but the nature of their relationship remained shrouded in mystery.

If one were to say they were truly siblings, then why was Xue Qi’s attitude so strange? But if one were to say they were enemies, how could a great figure from the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud possibly bear a grudge against a youth from the Hidden Dragon Continent?