"Three days later, at the Shang Family's dicine Pavilion!"
Having gotten his answer, Yun Xiao put half of the jade pendant into his chest pocket, then whispered into Yin Huan's ears, finally allowing him so relief.
Yin Huan wasn't worried about Yun Xiao pulling any tricks; the trio, being rely at the early stage of ridian Gathering Realm, could be crushed by him with a flick of a finger. Moreover, after today's events, the Shang Family wouldn't likely stand up for Yun Xiao again, right?
Just as Yin Huan was about to turn and leave, Yun Xiao suddenly rembered sothing and asked, "Brother Yin Huan, I heard that the Jade Pot Sect is recruiting Outer Disciples. I wonder if I'm eligible to participate?"
At these words, Yin Huan's steps faltered, and the people of the Shang Family began to clamor, especially Shang Ying, who had been humiliated earlier, responded angrily, "Yun Xiao, don't even think about that spot. It's reserved for Huixu!"
"Shang Huiyu? Him?"
Hearing this, Yun Xiao turned his head and looked at Shang Huiyu, whose face was twisted with resentnt. Though Yun Xiao's cold laugh was brief, its aning was clear to everyone.
It should be noted that earlier, Shang Huiyu had been defeated by Yun Xiao, breaking his wrist with just one move, even his grandfather, who tried to intervene, ended up being humiliated by Yun Xiao.
So, solely in terms of talent and combat power, Yun Xiao was not inferior to Shang Huiyu. His questioning was justified, and even Yin Huan felt a spark of admiration.
"Our Jade Pot Sect's place for an Outer Sect Disciple is reserved for the Shang Family, not for any particular individual. As long as it's the most talented person from the Shang Family, it's fine!" Yin Huan didn't directly answer Yun Xiao's question but essentially gave his answer.
"In that case, I'm in no hurry to leave the Shang Family. After all, I share half of the Shang Family's bloodline. I should compete for that spot!" Yun Xiao said with a slight smile, and his words made everyone from the Shang Family inwardly seethe.
Earlier, after slapping Shang Ying, Yun Xiao claid he surnad Yun not Shang. But now, for that spot in the Jade Pot Sect, he brazenly claid ties with the Shang Family. The thickness of his face was truly astounding.
Yin Huan wasn't particularly concerned. He valued the thod Yun Xiao previously ntioned to resolve certain matters, so after speaking, he turned to leave again.
However, just then, Yin Huan suddenly rembered sothing and said without turning back, "During this period, I hope the Shang Family won't take private revenge on Yun Xiao. Otherwise, bear the consequences!"
As his voice faded, Yin Huan's figure had already disappeared beyond the doors of the Righteous Hall, leaving the people of the Shang Family looking at each other, speechless for a long ti.
To be honest, Shang Ying did contemplate seeking revenge after Yin Huan left, thinking about settling scores from the autumn account for the humiliation Yun Xiao caused him in the Righteous Hall today. Even killing him ten tis would not quench his thirst for revenge.
However, Yin Huan's veiled threat as he left made even Shang Ying too afraid to act rashly. The Jade Pot Sect was a colossal entity that the Shang Family couldn't provoke, despite Yin Huan being only an Inner Sect Disciple of the Jade Pot Sect.
With this matter concluded for now, Yun Xiao no longer wished to stay and watch the faces of these people from the Shang Family. He knew that after today's events, their future in the Shang Family would be even more difficult.
His pursuit of the spot in the Jade Pot Sect was exactly for this reason. The once Long Xiao Battle God, a figure so revered that even the highest echelons of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud wouldn't disrespect him, now had to adapt to the new realities and start over. His past glory was nowhere to be seen.
An Inner Sect Disciple from the Jade Pot Sect could make many powerful people from the Shang Family grit their teeth and swallow their blood. Yun Xiao wondered if he were to join the Jade Pot Sect and earn a status as an Inner Sect Disciple, would these scheming individuals of the Shang Family still dare to command Shang Li and her daughter around?
"Mother, let's go back!"
Without even glancing at Shang Ying and the others' resentful looks, Yun Xiao helped Shang Li, and the three of them quickly left the Righteous Hall.
Until now, Shang Li and Yun Wei were still in a dreamlike state. They had never imagined that their first visit to the Righteous Hall could have turned out so triumphant, all thanks to Yun Xiao.
"Little brother, what exactly did you say to Yin Huan? How co he listened to you so obediently?"
Yun Wei was the type who couldn't hide her curiosity. On the way back, she couldn't help but ask. Yun Xiao had many secrets that he couldn't easily disclose, so he barely managed to fabricate a lie to brush it off.
Seeing that Yun Wei didn't pursue the matter further, Yun Xiao sighed in relief, took a Jade Bottle from his chest, and said, "Sister, could you lend your ridian Rushing Pill for a bit? I promise I'll return a higher quality ridian Rushing Pill to you later!"
"You and I are siblings; why even talk about borrowing? Just take it!" Yun Wei was in a great mood and agreed without a second thought, still seemingly imrsed in the joy of the mont.
"Xiao'er, you want this ridian Rushing Pill, could it be that..." Shang Li, who was calm by nature, thought of a possibility, and upon the realization, she was both shocked and overjoyed.
The ridian Rushing Pill is an auxiliary elixir used for breaking through to the ridian Introduction Realm. Generally, only cultivators at the peak of ridian Qi strength are qualified to consu it, and Shang Li, having realized this possibility, showed a look of surprise and delight.
Upon hearing this, Yun Xiao nodded and said, "After my two battles with Shang Huiyu, I should be able to reach the peak of ridian Qi strength soon. By then, perhaps I could use this ridian Rushing Pill to try and break through to the ridian Introduction Realm!"
"Really, that would be wonderful!" Upon receiving a positive response from Yun Xiao, Yun Wei beside him beca even more excited, seemingly even happier than if she had made the breakthrough herself.
However, what neither mother nor daughter noticed was the strange flicker in Yun Xiao's eyes as he spoke; his request for the ridian Rushing Pill was not for such a simple reason.
Shang Li looked at her beloved son with affectionate eyes. Suddenly, her expression hardened as she quickly stepped forward and asked, "Xiao'er, where is the Blood Moon Jade you wore around your neck?"
Suddenly hearing the hint of panic in her mother's voice, Yun Xiao was taken aback, but after a brief pondering, he realized what Shang Li was referring to, and his heart stirred. He reached out, opening his palm.
"Mother, do you an this?" Yun Xiao extended his right palm towards Shang Li, and then the blood-red crescent mark in the center of his palm was presented before Shang Li's eyes.
"Could this... this be the transformation of the Blood Moon Jade?" Shang Li widened her eyes, exclaiming in surprise. She knew every part of her beloved son's body like the back of her hand, but as far as she knew, Yun Xiao's right palm had never borne such a blood-red crescent mark before.
"Eh?" Even Yun Wei, who was nearby, got curious and ca closer, grabbing Yun Xiao's right palm and examining it from left to right, her beautiful eyes filled with confusion and perplexity.
"It should be. Before I entered the Snake Nest, the Jade was on my neck, but when I ca out, it had disappeared, and this mark appeared on my palm!" Yun Xiao first explained, and knowing certain mories, he also knew this must be the truth.
However, what Yun Xiao was concerned about wasn't this mark. Seeing his mother deep in thought with lowered eyes, he couldn't help but ask, "Mother, you have always refused to tell where the Blood Moon Jade really ca from. Can you tell now?"
Hearing Yun Xiao's question, Shang Li finally raised her head, gently stroked the back of her son's head, and then said, "Since the Blood Moon Jade has rged into your body, it is indeed no longer right to keep you in the dark. This Blood Moon Jade was actually left by your... your father!"
"Father?"
The mont Shang Li said this, both Yun Xiao and Yun Wei were montarily stunned. To be honest, since they could rember, they only knew they had a mother and had never known a father.
Even in the hearts of these siblings, there was no lack of resentnt towards this father; had he not abandoned their mother, why would they have suffered such disdain and humiliation in the Shang Family?
"Mother, our father... who is he?" Yun Xiao, being more than an ordinary person, quickly cald down and asked this critical question, also extrely curious about this piece of his missing mory.
"Your father... Ah, I too do not know who he really is, and moreover, you..."
It seed Shang Li thought of sothing, sighed softly, but did not continue, only saying, "Just concentrate on your cultivation. Perhaps when you reach a certain realm, you can go and find the real answer!"
Mother didn't say more, and the Yun siblings didn't feel it right to press further. However, after this incident, their regard for this absent father, who sired children yet was unknown even to their mother, diminished even further—what kind of father could possibly do such a thing?
The family of three chatted a bit and soon returned to the small courtyard. Yun Xiao went straight into his own room; after the day's events, he felt more than ever that enhancing his ridian Qi Cultivation was of utmost importance. Otherwise, even a ridian Gathering Realm cultivator like Shang Ying would be a significant headache for him.
Night fell.
Across the entire Shang Family manor, peace seed to return at the mont the night descended, yet in a secluded small courtyard, in one of the rooms, sat a youth in coarse clothes, cross-legged—it was Yun Xiao.
Around Yun Xiao, there lingered a faint, peculiar aura. It seed to be the ridian Qi produced from cultivation, yet also seed to contain sothing else, presenting a sowhat mysterious aspect.
"Whew..."
At a certain mont, Yun Xiao on the bed opened his eyes, exhaled a breath of stale air, and murmured, "This 'Ancient Dragon Taming Technique' is truly miraculous, not only quickly replenishing the lost ridian Qi but even advancing it further. I wonder what grade this Cultivation Technique is?"
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