Chapter 17: Seventeen Mortal Rank Advanced Meridian Refining Master
"Huixu, do you have confidence that you can defeat Yun Xiao in a face-to-face combat?"
Amidst his excitement, Shang Huiyu suddenly heard his grandfather asking this question. His expression immediately stiffened, and his initially excited mood rapidly cooled down, his face turning somewhat bitter.
If it were before today, Shang Huiyu probably had never considered Yun Xiao as a rival. Even when he tempted Xue Qi to betray Yun Xiao and his mother, he had never personally taken action.
But the Yun Xiao who walked out alive from Snake Nest seemed to have transformed into a different person. In that secluded little courtyard, Shang Huiyu gained no advantage, and later in the Righteous Hall, Yun Xiao broke his wrist with a single move.
With such a combat record, speaking of confidence, even Shang Huiyu himself didn't believe it. Until now, he couldn't understand why Yun Xiao, who clearly only had late-stage Meridian Qi cultivation, could win against him in the middle stage of the Meridian Introduction Realm?
Even though Shang Huiyu was unwilling and unconvinced, whenever he thought of Yun Xiao's ghostly techniques, he felt a chill, as if Yun Xiao's two attacks had cast a shadow over his heart.
Moreover, Shang Huiyu vaguely guessed that the techniques Yun Xiao displayed were not his full strength, so after his father's question, he kept a straight face and did not respond immediately.
"Huixu, do you know why Yun Xiao's strength suddenly improved so drastically?"
Shang Ying also harbored some doubts in his heart. Logically speaking, Shang Li and her son had been living in a secluded small courtyard all these years, practicing the most basic Cultivation Techniques and Meridian Techniques, without access to any resources. How could their strength suddenly increase?
Hearing his grandfather's question, Shang Huiyu suddenly recalled something and replied, "Grandfather, I guess that the kid Yun Xiao must have found some treasure in the Snake Nest, which gave him those strange techniques. This treasure, perhaps it could be of great use to our Shang Family!"
Shang Huiyu was not entirely foolish. Now that he had a psychological shadow regarding Yun Xiao, he knew that regardless of how strong Yun Xiao was, he could not surpass his own grandfather. If he could acquire that "Treasure" by some means, then he could become as powerful as Yun Xiao.