"Did I... pass this?"

Yun Xiao didn't care about those strange looks. As he turned his gaze towards Lu Liancheng and the others, he continued to hold the constantly struggling mutated yellow bile worm.

"Passed!"

Lu Liancheng had no hesitation about this, and the appearance of this Yun Xing brought him some unexpected surprise. Although he seemed a bit old, his insight and skills were indeed extraordinary.

Even Lu Liancheng himself, a genuine Earth Rank Middle Level Meridian Refining Master, might not be able to extract the mutated yellow bile worm with such ease as Yun Xiao did.

"No, I refuse to accept it. He hasn't neutralized the severe poison within the patient's body, just extracted the yellow bile worm. How could he have passed?"

However, just as the two words dropped from Lu Liancheng's mouth, a voice filled with dissatisfaction suddenly came from somewhere, and everyone knew it was from Liu Yu, the Princely Heir of the Liu Family.

For some reason, upon seeing Liu Yu's angry and disgruntled expression, the crowd felt no longer the earlier sense of reverence and fear, but rather a twinge of disdain and contempt. Is it because he can't afford to lose?

Yet some other Meridian Refiners were thoughtful, secretly acknowledging that Liu Yu's words held some truth. The yellow bile worm is highly toxic, not to mention the mutated one wreaking havoc in the body for so long, inevitably causing irreversible damage.

Simply extracting the yellow bile worm might not be enough to revive the person. One must completely neutralize the poison of the yellow bile worm within to truly save him.

Moreover, the rules stated by the middle-aged man earlier also mentioned that the patient must be healed to pass, so at this moment, many turned their eyes back to Yun Xing to see how he would explain himself.

"A bunch of talentless fools!"

But what the crowd didn't see was, as they fixed their peculiar gazes on Yun Xiao, Lu Liancheng in the chief seat murmured with a hint of disappointment.

"Detoxification?"

Upon hearing Liu Yu's doubt, Yun Xiao was momentarily stunned, then turned his head towards the man on the wooden platform. Unexpectedly, as he turned, he found the man sitting up directly, startling him.

Not only was Yun Xiao startled, but compared to his sudden fright, the crowd fell silent because they clearly knew what this scene meant.

Although most of the two or three hundred people present had never seen a yellow bile worm, they still had some understanding of this special poisonous creature.

Especially Liu Yu, who raised that doubtful voice earlier, intended to prove that even if Yun Xing neutralized the yellow bile worm's poison, the person couldn't wake so quickly, leaving him a chance to regain a moment of victory.

After being poisoned by the yellow bile worm, besides expelling it from the body, one must timely neutralize its poison and then slowly recover with some rich medicinal herbs, taking at least a few days to wake up, and more than a month for full recovery.

However, at this very moment, the man who was earlier lying unconscious suddenly sat up as the mutated yellow bile worm was extracted by Yun Xing, astonishing everyone. His complexion wasn't as sallow as before, hinting at a slight blush.

In this way, Liu Yu's doubts were dispelled, rendering him like a buffoon, and it was clear that at the moment Yun Xing extracted the mutated yellow bile worm, he had already neutralized all the poison within the man.

The crowd guessed correctly. Yun Xiao indeed had the presence of the Golden Snake Worm and the Dragon Guiding Tree Spirit Little Dragon within him, making detoxifying such poisons that were not yet at the Earth-rank Level a mere trifle.

While extracting the yellow bile worm, Yun Xiao effortlessly neutralized the poison it left behind. Little did he anticipate the remarkable effect, allowing the man to sit up shortly after.

This saved Yun Xiao the trouble of explaining himself, while the spectators, including Lu Liancheng and others seated above, found themselves both satisfied and puzzled. For even with their understanding of yellow bile worms, such a miraculous occurrence was deemed impossible.

"Where exactly did this Yun Xing come from? How come we've never heard of him before?"

The low-level Earth Rank Elders of the Meridian Refining Master Guild exchanged puzzled glances, seeking answers. Despite the Refining Cloud Mountain disciple selection occurring every three years, they were informed of skilled Meridian Refining experts nearby and couldn't recall Yun Xing.

"Hmm?"

Just as the elders were feeling perplexed, Lu Liancheng, the branch chairman of the Meridian Refining Master Guild, seemed to have discovered something that piqued his interest, and his eyes brightened once more.

After all, Lu Liancheng was a Meridian Refining Master whose Power of Soul had reached the Earth Rank Middle Level. In terms of expertise in the soul domain, perhaps even Yun Xiao couldn't quite compare to him, which finally allowed him to see some clues.

Yun Xiao's Disguise Technique, though clever, could only fool those cultivators whose soul power wasn't strong and who wouldn't deliberately approach to scrutinize him.

It seems Lu Liancheng has already discovered that Yun Xiao is disguised, and even speculates that the name Yun Xing might not be real. But this is not a major issue; the Meridian Refining Master Guild values talent as long as the true identity is revealed upon joining.

Of course, for someone who hides their identity through disguise, Lu Liancheng would naturally pay extra attention afterward, since if anything went wrong, the responsibility would fall on the Lushan City Meridian Refining Master Guild.

"Does Liu Yu have anything to add?"

Yun Xiao turned to glance at the bewildered-eyed man, then turned back, and calmly spoke to Liu Yu, whose face was clouded, conveying a sense of confrontation in the ears of the audience.

Being stared at and hearing some "provocative" words from Yun Xiao, Liu Yu wished he could find a hole to crawl into. Furious, he shifted his gaze to a certain spot, where a wooden platform stood surrounded by a crowd.

"Get out of my way!"

Feeling the loss of face, Liu Yu shouted, then rushed straight toward the wooden platform, indicating he hadn't lost his sanity entirely, as he knew what method to use to salvage his dignity.

Around the wooden platform stood more than a dozen Meridian Masters, carefully studying the patient's condition. Though momentarily distracted by Yun Xiao's technique, they had now regained their focus.

Unexpectedly struck by this calamity, no one dared to provoke Liu Yu, knowing he was someone they couldn't afford to offend. Despite feeling angry at his arrogance, they didn't want to challenge his bad luck.

Everyone knows Liu Yu is aggrieved and angry with Yun Xing. Today, the Meridian Refining Master Guild might disregard it, but outside the guild hall, if the Liu Family deliberately seeks trouble, they cannot withstand it. Not everyone has the courage of Yun Xiao.

So, as Liu Yu rushed toward them, they reluctantly stepped aside, secretly hoping this guy would fail again and embarrass himself.

The guild's examination didn't stipulate that failing once means losing all chances. As long as there's no loss of life, or even if there is, they can continue to find the next patient to heal.

Of course, the prerequisite is to appease the family of the deceased, since the examination standard is to heal one of ten patients to pass the first day.

You can even participate the next day if you fail today, though whether you pass depends on your skills. Liu Yu obviously understands this principle, hence his overbearing behavior at this moment.

Regarding conflicts among these candidates, Lu Liancheng and others naturally wouldn't intervene. Regardless of Liu Yu's earlier situation, being young and reaching the Spiritual Rank Advanced level as a Meridian Refining Master, he indeed has Meridian Refining Talent.

However, what the audience didn't see was that as Liu Yu hurried to the wooden platform, a figure's eyes revealed a hint of peculiar light.

"This is too coincidental, isn't it?"

The owner of this peculiar gaze was naturally Yun Xiao, who, holding the struggling mutated golden snake worm, nodded toward a grateful man and ignored him further, muttering softly to himself.

Liu Yu, rushing to the wooden platform, was unaware of his ill fate. He only knew that by healing the patient before him, he could regain his dignity, hence he acted without hesitation.

"Wait!"

Just as Liu Yu placed his right hand's five fingers on the patient's pulse, a familiar voice reached his ears, provoking him to almost explode on the spot.

"Yun Xing, you've already passed the examination; what more do you want? Do you really think my Liu Family is easy to mess with?"

Liu Yu recognized the same voice as before, spoken by the annoying Yun Xing. Finger on the patient's pulse, he turned to glare at Yun Xing, his voice full of threat.

In Liu Yu's view, this guy from nowhere was targeting him, continuously disrupting. At this moment, he had already listed Yun Xing as someone he must eliminate. Once the guild's protection ceased, he doubted Yun Xing could survive in Lushan City.