It seemed the thing before them was indeed sinister. It was not only Ji Yuan who found it distasteful—even Xiezhi had finally found it hard to swallow.
To Ji Yuan, the peach tree he saw through his Dharma Eyes no longer counted as a tree. It looked more like a lump of festering, rotten mud, so unbearable that he understood there was no life left in it. Though he knew the tree must have been extraordinary when it was alive, he did not want to look at it for another moment.
After thinking for a moment, Ji Yuan asked Wang Youhong.
"Does this peach tree still serve any purpose for you?"
Wang Youhong hurriedly waved her hands in reply.
"It serves no purpose anymore. Mister Ji may dispose of it however he wishes."
"Mm. You'd best not have any other use for it either."
It would not be right to say the peach tree had absolutely no use, but any use it could have would certainly be nothing good. Even if one intended to fight evil with evil, Ji Yuan did not lack such trifling resources. Without another word, he opened his mouth and released a cluster of Samadhi True Fire.
Whoosh...
The red-gray, terrifying flames ignited the decayed peach tree the instant they touched it. The blazing fire leaped three feet high, yet the physical sensation of the surrounding temperature was not particularly intense. Still, Wang Youhong instinctively retreated several steps. This was no ordinary wildfire; even the slightest touch would bring grave consequences.
Yet this peach tree, which had no use Ji Yuan wanted beyond being revolting, lasted beneath the Samadhi True Fire far longer than Ji Yuan and the others had imagined.
In the past, Samadhi True Fire had swept through all before it. Most of the