As soon as Liu Zixuan appeared, the situation was immediately reversed.

Although Jiang Yunxuan broke through the realm during battle, due to the instability of his realm, he still couldn’t contend with them alone. Even with Huzi’s help, they could only barely hold their own against those four Martial Artists!

But Liu Zixuan was different. With strength at the Peak of the Imperial Realm, he could battle against those at the Half-Step Emperor Realm. After demonization, he wasn’t even afraid of masters of the Emperor Realm. Facing four masters at the Imperial Realm Early Stage was akin to using an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken!

In a move like sweeping through thousands of troops, he directly knocked the four Martial Artists to the ground!

The two Ghost Gate Needles representing Profound Yin and Profound Yang appeared suddenly between Liu Zixuan’s fingers and directly pierced into two acupoints on Jiang Yunxuan’s back. He said in a deep voice, "Sit cross-legged, hold your breath, and focus. I’ll help you stabilize your realm!"

At this moment, Jiang Yunxuan was extremely solemn and quickly followed the instructions.

Moments later, Liu Zixuan withdrew his hands and slowly looked at the four Martial Artists: "I’ll give you a choice: either never set foot here again or die!"

"Are you threatening us just because your realm is higher than ours?" one of the Martial Artists asked discontentedly, clutching his chest.

With a brush of his fingers, Liu Zixuan released a burst of Qi, and in the blink of an eye, this Martial Artist breathed his last breath!

He then looked at the other three Martial Artists: "It’s your turn to choose!"

"Kid, we’re from the Gu Family, one of the Eight Great Powers. If you kill us, the Gu Family won’t let you off!"

Though the Martial Artist muttered obstinately, he, along with the other two, embarrassingly fled towards the outside.

Liu Zixuan sneered, "Eight Great Powers? Gu Family? Do you really think you’re that important?"

After simply tidying up the entrance, everyone entered the room.

Huzi glanced at Jiang Yunxuan, who was still focusing on understanding his realm, and grumbled unhappily, "He broke through to the Imperial Realm before me; it’s really frustrating!"

"You’re almost there too," Liu Zixuan laughed. "On the path of the Martial Artist, every step cannot be rushed."

"I know, taking big steps can strain oneself!"

Though he understood, having been competing with Jiang Yunxuan all along, now that Jiang Yunxuan broke through, Huzi naturally felt unhappy.

He sat beside Jiang Yunxuan and nudged him, "Can you stop pretending? It’s just a breakthrough, not enlightenment, is this really necessary..."

Who’d have thought, before Huzi finished his sentence, Jiang Yunxuan suddenly spewed a mouthful of deep red blood onto the ground and directly fell backward.

"Hey, hey, I just nudged you, it’s not that serious!" Huzi panicked and hurriedly checked on Jiang Yunxuan.

At this moment, Jiang Yunxuan’s face turned ashen pale, devoid of any color, but bean-sized beads of sweat began to flow instantly from his skin, soaking his coat within seconds.

"Brother Xuan, come and see what’s happening to him!" Huzi said in a fluster.

Liu Zixuan frowned, as it was the first time he’d seen such a situation.

Previously, whenever there was a breakthrough, Liu Zixuan simply needed to stabilize it for someone to recover, but Jiang Yunxuan broke through during battle; Liu Zixuan thought maybe his meridians couldn’t hold up and didn’t worry at first.

But being gently nudged by Huzi in the room for a while resulted in this strange situation.

He walked up and placed his fingers on Jiang Yunxuan’s pulse for a check, then lifted his eyelids to examine his pupils.

"Truly strange," Liu Zixuan scratched his head, "His pulse rate is twice that of an average person. If he were injured or dying, the pupils would dilate, but his pupils are constricted together."

"So... what is happening?" Gu Yu and the others grew anxious.

"Brother Xuan, look!" Huzi suddenly pointed at Jiang Yunxuan.

Everyone looked again, all showing expressions of surprise.

Jiang Yunxuan seemed like he was placed in a steam box, sweat was pouring from his body, and white vapors could be seen emitting from him, almost like steamed buns!

"Stand aside!"

Liu Zixuan stepped forward, helping Jiang Yunxuan to sit upright, and took off his shirt directly.

Suddenly, they saw Jiang Yunxuan’s upper body had lost its normal color; it was as white as his face, like paper. Even the normally visible veins had vanished.

Liu Zixuan furrowed his brows and directly channeled the power of the Holy Medical Scripture, placing both palms against Jiang Yunxuan’s back!

At the moment Liu Zixuan’s hands touched his back, he suddenly felt as if both hands were being burned by fire!

This was highly unusual; usually, when the skin had a burning sensation, it should be red, but Jiang Yunxuan’s skin was overwhelmingly white!

Forcing himself to endure the burning, Liu Zixuan used the Holy Medical Scripture to try to help Jiang Yunxuan, but as time passed, Jiang Yunxuan did not improve, and Liu Zixuan’s own face began to show signs of distress.

Bang!

Just as Liu Zixuan was about to withdraw his hands, a powerful and terrifying force burst from Jiang Yunxuan’s body, directly sending Liu Zixuan flying into the wall.

Thud!

Liu Zixuan landed on the ground, feeling as if his body fell apart.

Huzi immediately helped him up, anxiously asking, "Brother Xuan, are you alright?"

Liu Zixuan shook his head, "I’m fine, but Yunxuan’s body..."

"What’s wrong?"

"It’s so bizarre; just before I was thrown, I felt a peculiar force suddenly appear within his body, like something that had been sealed for a long time suddenly emerged, very violent!"

Liu Zixuan grimaced, "You all stand aside and don’t get close to him. I’ll continue to observe and intervene if necessary."

Upon hearing this, everyone realized there was nothing they could do and could only stand by watching the peculiar Jiang Yunxuan quietly.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yunxuan felt like he was dreaming. In his dream, he saw a giant black dragon. He was terrified, but the dragon showed no intention of harming him and was slowly approaching.

He recognized it as a dream, but in reality, the black Dragon-shaped Jade Pendant in his pocket was gradually melting!

Indeed, it transformed into streams of black gas, slowly permeating into Jiang Yunxuan’s body.

"Hey!"

After a moment, Liu Zixuan suddenly expressed suspicion.

Hearing this, Huzi and others came over and asked, "What is it?"

Liu Zixuan pointed to Jiang Yunxuan’s shoulder and chest, "Look for yourselves."

Everyone looked over, exclaiming in surprise!

The originally pale skin was gradually returning to its normal color, but from Jiang Yunxuan’s shoulder to his chest, a dragon pattern was faintly visible, like a tattoo, yet it appeared innate!

"I felt this pattern looks so familiar," Huzi murmured.

Liu Zixuan said, "It’s the black Dragon-shaped Jade Pendant!"

ps: For those interested in Jiang Yunxuan’s dragon tattoo, you can check out the last few Chapters of Ye Zi’s other book, "Soldier King’s School Beauty Wife," where there’s a detailed description. Of course, this is a new storyline and won’t affect reading.