Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Since you know, then I won’t say more. If there’s anything you need help with, just come to me!”

Yun Xiao patted Xuan Jing’s shoulder, empathizing with him. Recalling the days when he was in the Shang Family, wasn’t he also suppressed by those of the family? But evil begets evil, and the entire Shang Family had been annihilated.

Upon hearing the words, Xuan Jing simply nodded his head without saying much more. Perhaps in his heart, though Yun Xiao had broken through to the Peak of Meridian Rushing Realm, his help was still likely limited.

The royal family’s intense struggle consumed all aspects of life. Yun Xiao was always an outsider, and both his Meridian Qi Cultivation and his Meridian Refining Technique were insufficient to catch the attention of the powerful members of the Royal Family who were in the Spirit Vein Realm.

Even in the hearts of Xuan Haoran or Xuan Jing, Yun Xiao’s ability to identify the Yin Light Devouring Energy Worm and to open up the governor and conception vessels was just a fluke. This youngster was, after all, only sixteen or seventeen years old.

But the biggest reason was that Xuan Jing was rather reluctant to drag Yun Xiao into this quagmire, knowing well the throne’s struggle involved blatant attacks and sinister schemes. A single misstep could spell irreversible doom.

What Xuan Jing didn’t expect was that, having treated his condition and opened up his governor and conception vessels, Yun Xiao was already stuck in the royal mud. Even if he wished to extricate himself, that venomous and ruthless Crown Prince would definitely not let him go easily.

For a while, the two conversed until they were summoned by King Xuan Haoran and went to the banquet together. As for the various strategic confrontations during the feast, Yun Xiao seemed completely indifferent.

At the banquet, Xuan Haoran also restored Yun Xiao’s status. He publicly rescinded the Xuan Kill Order against Yun Xiao, which clearly made supporters of the Crown Prince, like Yan Yong and his brothers, look unhappy.

Especially Xuan Jiuding, who wore a superficial smile as if carefree, his eyes still flickered with a sharp light that betrayed his deep resentment towards Yun Xiao.

He had schemed to have Yun Xiao hand over the Black Key willingly and falsely implicated him, making Yun Xiao a wanted criminal under the Xuan Kill Order and nearly dying in the Heaven and Earth Net.

Moreover, it was through Ran Xing that he managed to get his threatening younger brother, the Second Prince, lost between life and death. All of this was under Xuan Jiuding’s control, and he was close to achieving his great success.

But at this time, a person disguised as Bo Ku—Yun Xiao—emerged. In a turning of the tide, he completely disrupted the favorable situation Xuan Jiuding had tirelessly orchestrated, even arousing King Xuan Haoran’s suspicion.

The incriminating Xuan Heavenly Mirror was found in the Crown Prince’s chamber, the black wooden box was taken away by Yun Xiao with full entitlement, and he even cured the Second Prince, Xuan Jing, who was a significant threat to the Crown Prince’s position.

At this moment, Xuan Jiuding felt like a loser, an unfamiliar sensation he hadn’t experienced in his more than twenty years as Crown Prince, all brought upon by this man named Yun Xiao.

It was his first bitter defeat in life, making Xuan Jiuding seethe with rage, and to add to his frustration, at this very moment, he had to respectfully raise his glass in a toast to Yun Xiao, thanking him for saving his brother. It was truly a tormenting experience, as if his heart were bleeding.

Previously, no matter how dazzling Yun Xiao was in the Jade Pot Sect, he was never taken seriously by Xuan Jiuding, as his rivals were only natural talents such as Yue Qi and Mo Qing.

But from this day forward, Yun Xiao would be deeply engraved in Xuan Jiuding’s heart, unforgettable, and the taste of that defeat wasn’t something he wanted to experience a second time.

If he didn’t completely eliminate Yun Xiao from the Continent, this defeat would likely haunt Xuan Jiuding for life, potentially having a profound impact on his future cultivation and inner peace.

Especially when Xuan Jiuding thought of King Xuan Haoran publicly rescinding the Xuan Kill Order against Yun Xiao, he couldn’t help feeling panic, as this seemed to indicate a certain intent of Xuan Haoran.

That day, Xuan Jiuding fabricated a series of lies, believing them flawless. Now it seems, his father, the King, was not so easy to deceive.