"This is... an Earth-level Meridian Array?!"

After all, Lu Liancheng was a genuine Earth Rank Middle Level Meridian Refining Master, so he could naturally cast some Earth Rank Low Level meridian arrays. So when he sensed that trace of power coming from below the ground, he no longer had any doubts.

If one does not display their strength of soul, outsiders can never know their level of soul power, and naturally cannot know their level of Meridian Refining.

Thus previously, Lu Liancheng did not pay much attention to Yun Xiao, assuming that at most he was similar to Liu Yu, just a Spiritual Rank Advanced Meridian Refining Master. Even if he had some skills, his Meridian Refining Technique would still be limited.

As the vice-chairman of the Lushan City Meridian Refining Master Guild, Lu Liancheng had a clear understanding of the formidable Meridian Refining Masters in the city and its surroundings. The triennial Lianyun Mountain selection had almost picked out some formidable Meridian Refining Masters.

Even if Lu Liancheng suspected that this guy called Yun Xing came disguised, he did not truly believe that his Meridian Refining Technique was very powerful, until this moment when he discovered this Earth-level Meridian Array.

Only a Meridian Refining Master who has reached the Earth-rank Level can truly perform an Earth-level Meridian Array. Moreover, for many initial Earth Rank Low Level Meridian Refining Masters, casting this array comes with great risks—a mistake can lead to destruction and death.

It can be said that Yun Xiao successfully casting an Earth-level Meridian Array has already made Lu Liancheng look at him in a new light. It seems that this guy called Yun Xing is at least at the Earth Rank Low Level of a Meridian Refining Master, having progressed quite far.

However, Lu Liancheng still did not understand at this point how this Yun Xing, who could not even be helped by himself, could revive the patient before him? And what was the meaning of inserting a mutated Yellow Gall Insect into him earlier?

According to Lu Liancheng's knowledge, the Yellow Gall Insect only consumed the bile energy of cultivators and had no other use. Even if it was a mutated Yellow Gall Insect that could consume the energy of the Five Internal Organs and Six Hollow Organs of a human body, it should have no significant effect in healing or saving a patient, right?

"Could it be that he intends to use this mutated Yellow Gall Insect to consume the medicinal poison inside the patient?"

Suddenly, this thought flashed in Lu Liancheng's mind, but he immediately dismissed it with a self-mocking smile, thinking how could it be possible?

Even if a mutated Yellow Gall Insect can consume the qi of the internal organs, it won't only consume the medicinal toxin among them, right? The difficulty involved in controlling this is simply incalculable.

Lu Liancheng firmly believed that even an Earth Rank Middle Level Meridian Refining Master like himself, or even a Heavenly Rank Meridian Refining Master, could not achieve this, as the mutated Yellow Gall Insect lacks high Spiritual Wisdom and inherently consumes internal organ qi.

Under such circumstances, controlling the Yellow Gall Insect to only consume the medicinal toxins in the human body is simply an impossible task. Then, what exactly is the reason behind this guy's actions?

It must be said, although Lu Liancheng was the top Meridian Refining Master within the Lushan City scope, his insight was still too limited.

For one, he did not know that the Meridian Refining Master calling himself Yun Xing had memories of a Ninth Layer Dragon Ascension Saint Rank Meridian Refining Master in his past life; furthermore, even Yun Xiao himself had not thought of certain things, let alone an outsider like him.

Indeed, as Lu Liancheng thought, attempting to control a mutated Yellow Gall Insect to only consume the medicinal toxins in a patient's Five Internal Organs and Six Hollow Organs is something even a Heavenly Rank Meridian Refining Master cannot achieve.

Yet within Yun Xiao's body, there resided a golden snake worm claiming to be a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon. Under the subtle suppression of its dragon power, Yun Xiao surprisingly found that he possessed an almost effortless ability to control the mutated Yellow Gall Insect.

Moreover, Yun Xiao just realized that the medicinal toxin in the patient's body seemed to have some connection with the mutated Yellow Gall Insect. He became more certain when he approached and saw that this person bore some resemblance to the man from before.

Actually, Yun Xiao didn't need to use the mutated Yellow Gall Insect to cleanse the medicinal toxin from the patient's body, as the Dragon Guiding Tree Spirit could solve numerous poisons with a single thought, and there wasn't a poison in this world it couldn't dissolve.

Yet, in such a public setting, Yun Xiao did not wish to reveal his true trump cards. Since the mutated Yellow Gall Insect could accomplish the task, why not use it?

With Yun Xiao leveraging the control of the golden snake worm's dragon power, when the mutated Yellow Gall Insect entered the patient, it did not consume the qi of the internal organs as Lu Liancheng had imagined. Instead, it systematically consumed the remaining medicinal toxin residues that had not yet been thoroughly eliminated.

The earlier actions of Liu Yu and Lu Liancheng did have some effect, but due to the extremely stubborn nature of the medicinal toxin, and after Liu Yu's provocation with the Qi Boosting Pill, the medicinal poisons latent in the Five Internal Organs and Six Hollow Organs exploded in full force, causing the near-death state.

Everything was a stroke of misfortune; this does not mean Liu Yu and Lu Liancheng's methods were incorrect. It's merely that their skills and experience were limited. They did not possess Yun Xiao's method of controlling the mutated Yellow Gall Insect, so the final result could only be a regretful retreat.

"Could it really... be like this?!"

As time passed, Lu Liancheng, who found himself closest, clearly sensed the patient's breathing in front of him becoming heavier, vastly different from moments ago, when he was gasping for his last breaths.

After all, Lu Liancheng was a Meridian Refining Master of the Earth Rank Middle Level. Initially, he didn't believe that Yun Xiao could control the mutated yellow bile bug, but now faced with the facts, he had no choice but to believe. The improvement in the patient's condition was the best evidence.

"How exactly did he accomplish this?"

Racking his brain yet unable to find an answer, Lu Liancheng was itching to immediately seize Yun Xing and get a clear explanation, but he also knew that this was a crucial moment for whether the patient could survive or not. No matter how unbearable his curiosity was, he had to restrain himself for now.

However, at this moment, Lu Liancheng had already developed a huge interest in this Meridian Refining Master named Yun Xing. The appearance of such a remarkable Meridian Refining Master within the scope of Lushan City was indeed an unexpected delight for him.

"It seems that this young boy is indeed not very old!"

Shifting his gaze from the patient to Yun Xiao, Lu Liancheng stared at that face which seemed to be that of someone in their forties or fifties for a while, finally confirming a fact and guessing that this was the first time the other had come to participate in the selection of Lianyun Mountain.

Amid Lu Liancheng's wild thoughts, the onlookers also finally perceived some clues, so their glances at a certain figure were filled with a hint of schadenfreude.

"That Liu Yu is indeed unlucky, huh!"

The focus of these gazes was naturally Liu Yu, the Princely Heir of the Liu Family. Two consecutive mistakes in treating illnesses, both ultimately failing at the hands of one person, could only be described as bad luck—there was no other explanation.

But Liu Yu, usually taking advantage of the Liu Family's background, along with his astonishing Meridian Refining Talent, truly disregarded everyone in Lushan City, so his popularity was not good. The glances he received at this time were naturally filled with schadenfreude.

"Damn little bastard!"

Feeling these malicious glances, Liu Yu's eyes were almost spitting fire. He was dying to immediately go up and snuff out that guy named Yun Xing, maybe that way he could regain some of his lost dignity.

Unfortunately, this was a division of the Lianyun Mountain selection, and even if Liu Yu had the guts, he wouldn't dare to act at this moment. Otherwise, not only would he fail to regain his reputation, but he would also provoke the wrath of the Meridian Refining Master Guild, which was something the Liu Family could not bear.

"Fail, let him fail!"

At this moment, all Liu Yu could do was curse fiercely in his heart. After all, everyone could see the patient's condition, and the chance of actually saving him was quite slim.

However, Liu Yu's curses eventually turned into disappointment, as another fifteen minutes passed and the patient suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood with a 'whoosh,' and this fresh blood was all pitch-black in color.

The pitch-black blood this time was several shades darker than the patient's previously vomited fresh blood. Even the nearby Meridian Refining Masters could smell an extremely pungent stench, as if it wasn't spewed from the mouth at all.

At this point, the crowd's attention did not linger long on the black blood. In the next moment, their eyes shifted to the patient on that wooden platform.

One must know that the patient had vomited blood previously, and with each instance, his vitality waned a bit more, almost to the point of no return. So this time, after expelling black blood, would it lead directly to death?

Whoosh!

Just as the crowd's gaze returned to the person, they happened to see Yun Xing's right hand retracting from the patient's lower abdomen. A small yellow bug was struggling between his thumb and forefinger — it was the mutated yellow bile bug.

However, in the next moment, everyone no longer had any interest in the black blood or the mutated yellow bile bug, because they astonishingly found that the patient, who was previously on the brink of death, suddenly sat up from the wooden platform, just like the previous patient had.

What this scene meant needed no further explanation. A patient who was on the verge of death sitting up in an instant — though his face was still pale, his eyes were undeniably filled with vital energy.

"He actually... really saved him?!"

Every Meridian Refining Master, including Lu Liancheng, felt an intense incredulity rising in their hearts. Illness comes like a mountain tumbling down; recovery is like spinning silk from a cocoon. How did everything become so easy in front of this guy named Yun Xing?

The previous patient was like this, and so was this dying person now. Is there any illness that this guy named Yun Xing can't cure? And the effects are immediate and incredibly effective — this was completely contrary to what everyone had previously thought.