"What about my sister?"
Yun Xiao blurted out the possibility that ca to mind. Since his mother was still alive, his sister might also be alive. If that were true, it would be a double blessing.
"Your sister? She is probably dead."
Yu Qian pondered for a mont but couldn’t rember anything. However, he knew that the tall and thin elder who took them away only took Yun Xiao’s mother Shang Li and Xue Qi. As for the others, they were probably all dead.
"Is that so?"
Yun Xiao was extrely disappointed at not getting the answer he wanted. A trace of sadness flashed through his eyes, instantly turning into hatred.
"Yun Xiao, I’ve told you so much, can you cut your ridians and obediently co with now?"
Yu Qian said with a smiling face. He only divulged so much because he felt in control of the situation. In his view, the boy before him had no chance to struggle.
"You’re right, I should thank you!"
Hearing Yu Qian’s words, Yun Xiao oddly nodded his head, then his figure subtly shifted, and a golden light was already erupting from the palm of his right hand, aiming straight for Yu Qian at the peak of the Spirit Vein Realm.
"Is this... a ridian Spirit?!"
Yu Qian, catching a glimpse of the golden light flying out of Yun Xiao’s right palm, was surprised. He sensed it clearly; the golden light seed to contain a spiritual elent, indeed the unique ridian Spirit attack thod of a strong cultivator in the Spirit Vein Realm.
But how could this kid, who is rely at the early stage of ridian Union Realm, possess a ridian Spirit? It completely defied the usual rules of ridian Qi Cultivation.
"Hmph, even if you have a ridian Spirit, what does it change? The outco remains the sa!"
After a brief shock, Yu Qian snorted coldly. Whatever the case might be, Yun Xiao was only at the early stage of ridian Union Realm. How powerful could the ridian Spirit he summoned be?
Little did he know, Yun Xiao did not summon a ridian Spirit this ti, but a golden snake worm with an extraordinarily mysterious origin.
This creature professed to be a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon. Even if its power hadn’t restored a fraction, it was certainly not soone Yu Qian, a cultivator at the peak of the Spirit Vein Realm, could dismiss lightly.
"I’ll leave this guy to you!"
Seeing this, Yun Xiao shouted, and then his figure shifted, with no intention of engaging in battle. He darted out in a different direction.
Joking aside, Yu Qian was a strong cultivator at the peak of the Spirit Vein Realm. Although the golden snake worm was powerful, it might not be able to hold him off. With the Blood Winged Fire-Eyed Lion trapped, if Yun Xiao didn’t seize this chance to escape, when would he?
Bang!
As Yun Xiao turned to flee, Yu Qian lashed out in anger, not a trifling matter. Nevertheless, when he tried to slash away the little snake worm radiating golden light, he suddenly felt a strong force attacking him. He struggled to maintain his stance and took a step back.
"Hm?"
Only at this mont did Yu Qian realize he had underestimated that golden snake worm. Contained within that tiny body was a physical strength not inferior to his own.
That strike, even though Yu Qian didn’t use his full strength, would have severely injured any late stage Spirit Vein Realm cultivator, yet it shockingly forced him to retreat.
Looking at the golden snake worm, although it tumbled and was sent flying dozens of feet away by the slash, it seed to have not received any serious injuries and floated in mid-air. Its pair of snake eyes was filled with hostility, glaring at Yu Qian.
At this very mont, Yun Xiao’s figure was about to disappear behind a large tree, making Yu Qian quite anxious. Could his flawless plan ultimately fail because of this golden snake worm?
Yun Xiao, running far away, naturally thought the sa. Sensing the commotion behind him, he couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief. As long as the golden snake worm could hold off Yu Qian for a few breaths, allowing him to escape from this place, it wouldn’t be so easy for the Great Elder of the Lingyun Sect to find him again.
But plans always change faster than reality. Just when Yun Xiao thought he could escape and be free as a bird, without knowing when, an old man and a young man appeared on the path ahead of him.
"Damn!"
Sensing sothing with his Power of Soul, Yun Xiao’s heart sank, and his footsteps ca to an abrupt halt. As he lifted his head, he couldn’t help but curse silently.
"Ran Xing! Nie Qianqiu!"
The two figures standing not far in front of Yun Xiao were not strangers to him. He had several encounters with one of them, and those encounters were rather unpleasant.
The elder dressed in black was none other than Ran Xing, the Earth Rank Low Level ridian Refining Master who had dealings with the Royal Family of Xuanyue Empire back in the day, and the young figure was Yu Qianqiu, the Crown Prince of Lingtian Empire.
Speaking of which, Yun Xiao did not have such a bad impression of Yu Qianqiu. Back at the ridian Refining Master Guild, the Crown Prince had even lent him money to participate in the assessnt, having been called a "good person" by him several tis.
But now, when Yun Xiao saw Yu Qianqiu standing together with Ran Xing, he naturally understood so things. It seed that the intentions of these two were not much different from those of Yu Qian over there.
"Crown Prince, what do you an by this?"
Although Yun Xiao guessed sothing, he still had to give it a shot at this ti. After all, he believed that he and the Crown Prince did not have deep hatred for each other; perhaps it was just a misunderstanding.
"Hmph, what do I an?"
Seeing Yun Xiao’s confused face, Yu Qianqiu was really infuriated. Not knowing Yun Xiao’s identity before was one thing, but now that he knew this was the person who was betrothed to Xu Hongzhuang, how could he possibly wear a pleasant expression?
"Hongzhuang is mine, Yu Qianqiu’s. To insult her is to insult this Crown Prince, naturally deserving of death!"
As if declaring his authority, Yu Qianqiu’s words were full of vigor, which made Yun Xiao instantly understand why the Crown Prince suddenly appeared here, targeting him at every turn.
For so reason, when Yun Xiao heard the words "Hongzhuang is mine, Yu Qianqiu’s", an inexplicable irritation welled up from the depths of his heart, even though he himself had crushed the Jade Pendant that represented the betrothal token into several pieces.
"Crown Prince, why waste words on this brat, just kill him and be done with it!"
Ran Xing had not a single good feeling towards Yun Xiao, having his plans thwarted by him several tis. Now that there was such an opportunity, how could he possibly let it go easily?
"Heh, looks like this kid has offended quite a few people!"
Hearing what Ran Xing said, Yu Qianqiu glanced at Yu Qian in the distance, imdiately recognizing this Great Elder of the Lingyun Sect, and sneered coldly.
In Yu Qianqiu’s view, the reason why Yu Qian made a move against Yun Xiao must be because of the latter’s trip to the Lingyun Sect to cancel the engagent. How could the first major sect of the Lingtian Empire swallow such a humiliation?
Whoosh...
Ran Xing could hardly bear it any longer, and in the next mont, his ridian Qi surged violently. His strength seed even stronger than Yu Qian, the Great Elder of the Lingyun Sect. With the eruption of energy, Yun Xiao felt his breathing becoming constrained.
"Boy, rember in your next life not to offend those you cannot afford to offend!"
Seeing that Yun Xiao was about to die under his palm, Ran Xing’s cold voice ca out without any hesitation, as he believed there would be no unexpected outco to his strike.
Bang!
However, Ran Xing’s palm strike, which he believed would surely end Yun Xiao’s life, ultimately failed to kill him because, in that critical mont, a golden figure swept across and blocked his sure-kill blow.
The powerful blast of wind forced Yun Xiao back several steps, his face quite unsightly as he thought to himself that Ran Xing had attacked without warning. If the Golden Snake Worm hadn’t arrived in ti, he might have indeed been in an indefensible situation.
The one who blocked a palm strike for Yun Xiao was naturally that Golden Snake Worm. Although it usually displayed great disdain for Yun Xiao, in this life-and-death mont, it understood that their fortunes were intertwined. If Yun Xiao died, it would do no good for itself either.
"Kid, let’s see where you can escape to this ti!"
With the Golden Snake Worm no longer a hindrance, Yu Qian quickly moved forward, a loud shout erging, completely disregarding the peculiar expressions on Ran Xing and Yu Qianqiu’s faces. A gigantic ridian Qi Palm Seal pressed down towards Yun Xiao from above.
This was the critical mont, and Yun Xiao had to act without restraint. With a re thought, the three Ancestor Veins on his left and right hands and right leg erupted together.
Whoosh... Whoosh...
In just a brief mont, Yun Xiao’s ridian Qi Cultivation had soared directly from the Early Stage of ridian Union to the Mid Stage of ridian Union Realm. Such an elevation caused a flash of unspeakable jealousy in Yu Qianqiu’s eyes.
With Yu Qianqiu’s insight, he naturally knew that what Yun Xiao had activated was the power of the Ancestor Vein. And whether it was the quantity or quality of this Ancestor Vein Power, it far surpassed what he, the Crown Prince of the Lingtian Empire, could compare to.
To Yu Qianqiu’s knowledge, Yun Xiao ca from an extrely weak family in the Xuanyue Empire. How could such a family pass down such a formidable Ancestor Vein, and moreover, as many as three of them?
To be able to invoke Ancestor’s Power at the ridian Union Realm and advance by a minor realm, these Ancestor Veins must at least reach the Spiritual Rank. At least such Ancestor Veins, even Yu Qianqiu, the Crown Prince of the Empire, only possessed a single one.
The Lingtian Empire had a thousand years of heritage, and yet their Ancestor Vein Power couldn’t compare to a young man from a minor family; how could Yu Qianqiu accept this?
At this mont, both Yu Qianqiu and Ran Xing felt a surge of intense killing intent in their hearts. Such a heaven-defying talent, if allowed to grow unchecked, one day they may all be stepped on by him.
On the other side, Yu Qian, who had already smashed out that gigantic ridian Qi Palm Seal, believed that even if Yun Xiao activated the Ancestor Vein Power and increased his ridian Qi to the Early Stage of ridian Union, the consequences of taking this palm strike would be no different.
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