Thirty years ago, the Xiao Family produced a heaven-defying prodigy—Xiao Hailong!

Xiao Hailong could run and jump at the age of one, began learning Ancient Martial Medical Technique at two, could skillfully use needles by three, started practicing Ancient Martial Arts at four, mastered it by five, and began saving lives by six!

By the age of eighteen, his Ancient Martial Medical Technique had reached its pinnacle, curing a Half-step Divine King Level expert of a stubborn illness that had plagued him for over thirty years and had been untreatable by renowned doctors from all around, shaking the entire Huaxia Ancient Martial Realm!

Everyone knew that the Xiao Family had produced a super prodigy in the field of Ancient Martial Medical Technique!

Xiao Hailong's father, the then Patriarch of the Xiao Family, Xiao Feng, was naturally immensely proud of having such a genius son, and believed with Xiao Hailong, the Xiao Family's future was limitless, thus establishing him as the heir of the Xiao Family and nurturing him heavily!

For a time, Xiao Hailong shone brightly, and under the guidance of Xiao Feng, he began to represent the Xiao Family in various activities within the Ancient Martial Realm.

With the passage of time, he accumulated immense prestige in both the Ancient Martial Realm and the Xiao Family, with countless followers!

But no one expected that beneath this prodigy's radiant exterior, a filthy heart was concealed!

On the night Xiao Feng held a family banquet to announce passing the position of Patriarch to Xiao Hailong, Xiao Hailong got drunk, barged into the room of a young girl from the Xiao Family, and violated her!

As the Xiao Family had invited numerous guests from other families, many were present; upon hearing the girl's cries for help, they went to investigate, witnessing Xiao Hailong's beastly actions firsthand!

At this moment, several other young girls from the Xiao Family, seizing the opportunity presented by the crowd, mustered their courage to cry out about their experiences to those present!

They had also been more or less harmed by Xiao Hailong; some were even pregnant with his child, but due to Xiao Hailong's status and tyranny, they dared not report it!

This incident caused an uproar among those in the Ancient Martial Realm, and Xiao Feng was furious beyond measure, angrily retracting his decision to pass the position of Patriarch to Xiao Hailong!

Xiao Hailong, with a venomous glare, cursed Xiao Feng as inhuman, pressuring him to pass the patriarchal position, but to no avail; he leveraged his accumulated influence over the years, taking with him a large number of talented young members of the Xiao Family to form the "Xiao House," announcing its establishment in front of many present!

Many young members of the Xiao Family, seeing most of the family's talents departing, lacking faith in the family's future, also left to join Xiao Hailong's side!

Later, Xiao Hailong further incited followers to head to the Xiao Family's study, robbing many original manuscripts of Ancient Martial Arts handed down through the Xiao Family, infuriating Xiao Feng, causing his blood pressure to spike, leading to a stroke and his subsequent death from untreated illness!

The position of Patriarch fell to the very mediocre brother of Xiao Hailong—Xiao Zhan.

Since then, the Xiao Family, having lost many talents and its Ancient Martial Medical Techniques, never recovered, achieving worse results in each successive session of the Ancient Martial Medical Technique Competition!

The Xiao House founded by Xiao Hailong grew more prominent year by year, developing at a rapid pace, crushing the Xiao Family in every medical competition since its establishment, turning the Xiao Family into a laughing stock in the Ancient Martial Realm, and continually suppressing the Xiao Family in the shadows!

The decline of the Xiao Family is attributed 99% to Xiao Hailong and the Xiao House!

Currently, the Xiao House has advanced to a top-tier medicinal family!

The Xiao House boasts that in this session of the medical competition, it will utterly crush the Xiao Family into an abyss of no return!

Most crucially, they indeed have the capability!

The Xiao House has numerous capable younger generations, especially this year, when a heaven-defying prodigy from their family has reached the age limit!

This prodigy is set to represent the Xiao House in the competition!

As for the Xiao Family? Lacking in talent, numbers are extremely low!

Relying solely on their own strength, the Xiao Family cannot possibly contend with the Xiao House!

If the Xiao Family wishes to redeem its honor and astonish everyone in the Ancient Martial Medical Technique Competition, retaining its title as a top-tier medicinal family and curb the arrogance of the Xiao House, it can only take action from one aspect: alliances!

The performance of alliances greatly influences the final results of the Ancient Martial Medical Technique Competition, even on par with the Ancient Martial Medical Techniques strength of each family's young members!

As long as the Xiao Family can find suitable and impressive alliances, the troubles they face will surely be resolved!

And Ye Huan is the most suitable and impressive choice!

"Young Master Ye, please fight for the Xiao Family alongside me!" Xiao Qingming said with pursed lips, remembering the numerous brutal tactics the Xiao House had employed in recent years to suppress the Xiao Family, including but not limited to assassination, kidnapping, cutting off family funds, and other means, becoming furious!

At the same time, she felt a deep sorrow due to the imminent life-and-death crisis facing the Xiao Family.

Fused with various emotions, she gritted her teeth and dropped to her knees, begging Ye Huan for help!

"Miss Xiao, I detest when people beg me in this manner; there's no need for you to do so." Ye Huan said blandly, helping Xiao Qingming up, then tapping the table twice with his fingers, he asked, "Leaving everything else aside, let me first ask you, if I help the Xiao Family achieve a good ranking in the competition, what can I gain?"

"Any condition, you name it! Whatever the Xiao Family and I can accomplish, we will do for you! Even if we can't do it, I can find a way to make it happen for you!"

"I need extremely cold medicinal materials of about three thousand years' age; can the Xiao Family provide it?"

Ye Huan's demand stunned Xiao Qingming for a moment, then she exclaimed with joy, "Young Master Ye, if you needed this, you should have told me earlier!"

"I indeed need it."

Ye Huan smiled, realizing just as he predicted, the Xiao Family indeed possesses high-aged extremely cold medicinal materials!

Although scarce, an ancient top-tier medicinal family with immense heritage surely has some.

Ye Huan sighed in relief and directly asked the main issue, "How much does the Xiao Family have?"

"The Xiao Family has one three-thousand-year-old Everest Snow Lotus and two Northern Icefield Ice Soul Flowers, and besides that... the winner of this Ancient Martial Medical Technique Competition gets a chance to select treasures from the renowned Feng Family, who have clinched the championship across a few hundred sessions over the past three thousand years, sealing their place as the top medicinal family."

"Using this opportunity, one may choose any ten top-tier medicinal materials from the Feng Family's storage."

"Young Master Ye, the Feng Family's heritage is among the deepest across the entire Ancient Martial Realm; no other top-tier medicinal family can compare, even combined."

"The Feng Family, with a legacy spanning over three thousand years, has collected numerous rare medicinal materials, including some heaven-defying rare ones of exceedingly high age, with miraculous effects, even some extinct ones. I witnessed firsthand during the last competition when a genius from the Feng Family, the champion, opened their treasury and selected ten medicinal materials each aged three thousand five hundred years! Among them was an extremely cold medicinal material!"

"And, I recall, there were many other extremely cold medicinal materials aged over three thousand years in the treasury!"

Xiao Qingming spoke highly excitedly. While she provided this information to offer Ye Huan clues about extremely cold medicinal materials, it also indirectly served to pique Ye Huan's interest in the Ancient Martial Medical Technique Competition, hoping to lure him into representing the Xiao Family to compete for the championship!

In the past, she and the Xiao Family wouldn't have dreamed of claiming the championship as the Feng Family was simply too strong, with heaven-defying prodigies emerging every generation and possessing extremely exquisite Ancient Martial Medical Techniques, unmatched by any other family.

For thousands of years, there hasn't been a single person capable of breaking the Feng Family's undefeated legend!

But Ye Huan is different, the Saint of Huaxia, capable of unleashing limitless possibilities!

Xiao Qingming gazed at Ye Huan, her eyes glimmering with hopeful light.

Ye Huan sighed in relief, finally having a solution for the three-thousand-year-old ginseng black-bone chicken soup to fortify Jiang Shishuang's body.

With sharp glints in his eyes, he swirled the coffee mug in his hand twice, causing the coffee inside to ripple, pondering momentarily, then sipped a bit of coffee while saying, "I can serve as an ally, representing the Xiao Family in the competition, and make every effort to secure the championship for the Xiao Family. My condition is: I need the Xiao Family's three extremely cold medicinal materials and the right to enter the Feng Family's treasury to choose materials after winning."

"No problem!"

Xiao Qingming agreed without hesitation, her face beaming with joy!

Her previously anxious heart finally settled in peace!

The Xiao Family was saved!

"When does the competition begin?"

"Tomorrow! If possible, we'd better head immediately to Wudang Mountain, where the Feng Family has chosen to host this year's competition."

"Agreed."

Ye Huan made a call to Lilu to inform that he would be away for a few days, briefly said goodbye, then departed with Xiao Qingming, heading by car on their journey to Wudang Mountain!