Huang Qidao laughed loudly. "What a fine move. Why not reinforce the wards while you're at it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, light shimmered across the hall's four walls. In an instant, the trembling hall settled.
But just as the wards stabilized, the entire hall began shaking violently again. Twelve pillars of fire appeared, and in a flash, the whole hall became a fiery prison. Though the onlookers had already retreated far away, they still had to conjure defensive barriers to withstand the raging flames.
Wang Guanyuan, at the heart of the inferno, was swallowed by a fire dragon almost instantly. Fortunately, Elder Qingfeng rushed into the formation in time and managed to haul out Wang Guanyuan, who had been burned to a crisp. He promptly channeled several streams of Dao-seed essence into him, and at last Wang Guanyuan spat out a mouthful of turbid Qi.
The Three Pure Lotus above Elder Qingfeng's head swayed and shed light as it warded off the inferno. His eyes blazed as he glared at Xu Yi. "You dare attack me?"
Xu Yi replied loudly, "Daoist Qingfeng, are your eyes failing you? This was clearly a life-and-death duel between Wang Guanyuan and me. We signed the oath document for it, and the ink hasn't even dried, yet you, Daoist Qingfeng, were the first to break your oath on Wang Guanyuan's behalf.
"How can you blame me now?"
Daoist Qingfeng roared, "Fine, fine! Since there's an oath document and I've gotten involved, if you want to kill Wang Guanyuan, you'll have to kill me first!"
As an elder of Shangqing Temple, Daoist Qingfeng was one of the foremost figures in the three thousand Cultivation Worlds.
Wherever he went, he was met with boundless reverence. The disrespect he'd suffered at Xu Yi's hands today was