Chapter 324: Chapter 237: Sitting on the Fishing Platform, Masterminding the Strategy

Fortunately, Feng Yuan had stepped forward to uphold the Innate Sect’s honor!

"Senior Brother Fu..."

Xu Wan was growing anxious. She watched as Yu Changqing’s Magical Power gradually ran dry, leaving him like a fish on a chopping block, completely at his opponent’s mercy.

"Don’t be anxious, Junior Sister Xu. Junior Brother Yu is setting a trap for Feng Yuan... And now’s the time!"

Fu Lizi remained perfectly calm. If Feng Yuan had been so weak that Yu Changqing could have defeated him easily, *that’s* when he would have suspected something was amiss.

Within the Xiangyun Tian.

Yu Changqing had exhausted all his techniques, yet none could touch Feng Yuan, who wielded the Burning Wood Magic Saber. Gritting his teeth, he adopted a stance that suggested he was prepared for mutual destruction.

"Fellow Daoist Feng! I still have a final, killing blow. I fear you won’t be able to withstand it! Why don’t we call this match a draw?"

Feng Yuan laughed heartily, his voice booming like a great bell.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, your bluffing is rather crude! If you have some move, then by all means, use it!"

’Feng Yuan already thinks victory is in his grasp,’ Yu Changqing thought. ’It’s time.’

He abruptly surged his Magical Power. A turquoise radiance enveloped him, and his form transformed, resembling a colossal tree that shot skyward, growing taller and taller!

In the blink of an eye, it had soared to a height of eight hundred and eighty-eight zhang!

It was like a divine, canopied tree that scraped the clouds and held up the very heavens!

A majestic brilliance rippled outward like a tidal wave, forming a thousand hands and palms!

Feng Yuan feigned great shock, swinging the Burning Wood Magic Saber. But no matter how fiercely the flames burned, they couldn’t harm Yu Changqing in the slightest.

"Fellow Daoist Feng, the tables have turned! If you concede now, you can still avoid injury!"

Yu Changqing let out a booming laugh. He had mastered the "Earthly Nourishment and Harmony," which gave his wood-aspected body deep roots, making his Dao Foundation unshakable.

Even if Feng Yuan attacked him with the Burning Wood Magic Saber, under these circumstances, it would cause no significant harm.

On the contrary, it created a situation where a strong fire only promoted vigorous growth; the fiercer the fire, the more lush the wood became.

This would ultimately lead to the phenomenon known as "Wood and Fire in Bright Accord"!

In other words, Yu Changqing was now in an invincible position!

"It’s the ’Earthly Nourishment and Harmony’? The Taifu Sect actually found an Earth-aspect treasure to irrigate his Dao Foundation?"

Gu Changling shot to his feet, aggravating his injuries and causing his face to pale.

According to the principles of generation and restriction among the Five Elements, a weak wood body fears fire above all else.

But if harmonized with water and earth, allowing the great wood to take root and be nourished, it no longer fears the flames.

In fact, the stronger the fire, the more vigorously the wood would grow.

"So Senior Brother Feng has lost too..."

At the Kan Peak encampment, worry flickered in Qu Liu’er’s lovely eyes. If Feng Yuan lost to Yu Changqing, they would lose another Talisman Decree.

If that happened, it would be up to her to salvage the Innate Sect’s honor.

"Your techniques are truly sublime, Fellow Daoist Yu. I am impressed."

Feng Yuan’s expression remained composed, showing no sign of panic.

"Unfortunately for you, our sect’s Daoist saw through your intentions long ago!"

With that, he once again brandished the Burning Wood Magic Saber, pouring all his Magical Power into it to unleash hundreds of fiery slashes in an instant. They crisscrossed through the air, looking as if they would burn a hole through the sky!

Yu Changqing was about to laugh at his opponent’s wasted effort. He couldn’t believe that a mere Qi Cultivation Cultivator could possibly see through his hidden techniques.

But in the next moment, as the fiery lights rolled like waves, a murky yellow brilliance emerged from within them!

"Fire burns wood to ash. Ash becomes earth. Thus, Fire creates Earth."

Feng Yuan’s gaze was chilling as he drove the murky yellow brilliance down toward the colossal tree.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, your ’Earthly Nourishment and Harmony’ relies on a balance of water and earth to bolster your Wood aspect."

"But among the Five Elements, while Earth can give birth to Wood, it can also imprison it."

Before the words had even faded, hundreds of fiery slashes, now tinged with that murky yellow light, slammed like heavy hammers into the base of the giant tree.

Yu Changqing’s eight-hundred-and-eighty-eight-zhang-tall divine tree form trembled violently, its turquoise radiance instantly dimming.

The foundation formed by his "Earthly Nourishment and Harmony" began to crack!

It was like scorched, parched earth, utterly devoid of its harmonizing properties.

Feng Yuan leaped into the air, his Burning Wood Magic Saber displaying its awesome might as he viciously chopped down at Yu Changqing.

"CRACK—"

A thunderous crash echoed through the Xiangyun Tian. The divine, canopied tree that seemed to hold up the heavens was split in two by a single slash!

Yu Changqing’s trunk shattered, turquoise light scattered, and countless streams of wood qi dissipated into nothingness!

"Using Fire to parch Earth, destroying my foundation! What a ruthless fire technique, severing the root and branch!"

A large mouthful of essence blood spurted from the corner of Yu Changqing’s mouth as he staggered back several steps.

He stared at the Burning Wood Magic Saber in Feng Yuan’s hand, his mind replaying how his proud "Earthly Nourishment and Harmony" had been so easily shattered. His heart was filled with bitter indignation, but he was utterly helpless.

At that moment, the voice of True Monarch Guangzhao Jinghai rang out, echoing both inside and outside the Xiangyun Tian.

"The second battle of the Hongshui Dharma Assembly: Feng Yuan of the Innate Sect is victorious!"

As his voice fell, a heaven-shaking cheer erupted from the encampments of the eight peaks, even more fervent than before!

Feng Yuan once again turned toward the Grand Wei Treasure Palace and bowed from a distance, his eyes filled with admiration.

’Without the Daoist’s guidance,’ he thought, ’I would have been the one defeated today.’

Then, he sheathed the Burning Wood Magic Saber and looked calmly at the ashen-faced Yu Changqing, saying lightly:

"Thank you for the match."

Back at the Taifu Sect’s encampment, Xu Wan’s face was pale, and Fu Lizi had lost his earlier composure, his brow deeply furrowed.

"Was it really that Daoist Jiang who saw through Junior Brother Yu’s plan? That makes no sense... He’s only at the Qi Cultivation stage. How could he possibly comprehend the transformations of the Five Elements?"