System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

In just five or six breaths, Chen Xuan and Qinglian flew out of the side hall like shooting stars.

As the two puppets entered the arena, it was as if a thunderclap had risen from the ground. The senior disciples in the stands all gasped in surprise, their eyes all focused on the arena.

"This Junior Brother Chen Xuan is so arrogant, daring to use the Thousand Swords Puppet? Although this puppet is powerful, it is extremely difficult to control. If you are not careful, it will backfire on your mind."

"A Thousand Swords Puppet?" Jianxin, the second disciple carrying the black divine sword, frowned upon seeing this, as if two ink marks had condensed between his brows.

As a sword cultivator, he was wary of the Thousand Sword Puppet when discussing Dao with others of the same level, and dared not choose it lightly. Yet this junior brother Chen Xuan actually chose it in such a crucial discussion, which was truly audacious.

"Look, Senior Sister Qinglian is acting prudently, and the puppet she chose is naturally a puppet of a hundred arts. This puppet complements the lotus magic perfectly, it can be said to be a match made in heaven."

"The lotus magic is most suitable for use on puppets of a hundred arts. It seems that even Senior Sister Qinglian dares not be the slightest bit careless when facing Junior Brother Chen Xuan."

……

All the senior disciples focused their attention on the two people who entered and the two puppets with very different appearances, their eyes flashing with fervor and curiosity.

When Chen Xuan and Qing Lian landed on their respective jade platforms for discussing the Dao, they stood like two majestic mountain peaks facing each other.

The puppet referee below the stage, like a god in control of the battle, raised his hand and shouted: "The first match is a duel between the Thousand Sword Puppet and the Hundred Arts Puppet!"

"Array up!"

wow——

As his words fell, a massive protective light shield, resembling a dome cast from crystal, slowly rose from the ground, enveloping the entire battlefield. Runes flickered on the shield, shining like stars, radiating a powerful and mysterious aura.

Although Qinglian dared not face Chen Xuan directly because of Fengyue's strategy, she dared not hold back in front of so many senior brothers and sisters, and with sect elders watching from a secluded place.

Then, Qinglian gracefully landed on the jade platform. As the great array's light barrier rose, she looked at Chen Xuan and said, "Junior Brother Chen Xuan, you must be careful. Since you were able to sweep away all the third-generation junior brothers and sisters, this time in the Dao discussion, your senior sister will not hold back and will definitely go all out."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan smiled confidently and nodded in response, "Junior brother has obtained what he sought, and is willing to compete with senior sister."

Qinglian stopped looking at Chen Xuan, as if entering a state of selflessness. Her hands rapidly changed hand seals, her ten fingers moving like nimble snakes. Then, she shouted to the hundred-art puppet below: "A drop of clear spring water becomes rivers, ten thousand green lotuses bloom across the sky!"

"go with!"

wow——

With a soft shout from Qinglian, as if celestial music had descended to the mortal realm, a stream of water gushed forth from the bodies of the hundred puppets below. The water initially meandered and thin, like a small blue snake slithering through the air, agile and cunning, until it reached the center of the arena and then splashed onto the ground.

The moment the slender green snake touched the ground, it transformed into a raging river in the blink of an eye. The river flowed mightily, like ten thousand horses galloping, surging and surging, exuding an extremely rich life force, like a mother nurturing all things.

Then, a scene that greatly surprised Chen Xuan unfolded.

On both banks of the rushing river, tender buds sprouted like bamboo shoots breaking through the soil, and then lotus blossoms bloomed instantly, covering half of the battleground in just a breath or two. The lotuses swayed gracefully, like a group of beautiful young women dancing in the wind.

This is a battle formation! This is the formation of magic.

The river is the inexhaustible foundation, while the blooming blue lotuses are the killing move, like sharp blades hidden among the flowers.

As thousands of blue lotuses bloomed, a murderous aura spread towards the other half of the area where Chen Xuan was, as if a dark cloud had enveloped the land.

Huhu——

A gust of wind arose, and one after another, blue lotus flowers detached from their roots and flew straight toward Chen Xuan's Thousand Sword Puppet, like a flock of blue butterflies rushing toward flames.

"The Domain of the Life Spring Dao, the Domain of the Lotus Dao, the True Meaning of the Pure Breeze?"

Looking at the overwhelming and crushing formation, Chen Xuan easily analyzed the underlying Daoist principles contained in this formation and spell, and already had a plan in mind.

Compared to the three debates yesterday, the difference in strength between the third-generation disciples and the second-generation disciples of Xuanqing Palace is like heaven and earth, or the chasm between mortals and immortals.

"Good heavens, Senior Sister Qinglian is truly ruthless. She unleashed her strongest dual-domain fusion attack right from the start. Junior Brother is probably going to be unable to withstand it."

"This formation is too powerful. If it were me, I would not dare to confront it head-on. I would only be able to avoid its sharp edge for the time being and wait for an opportunity to act."

"As expected of a direct disciple of an immortal, this is where its value lies; its methods are indeed extraordinary."

"With such a powerful magical formation, I wonder how Junior Brother Chen Xuan will deal with it? Will he be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, or will he have some other ingenious plan?"

"How to deal with it?" Haoyue stared at Qinglian, who was casting a spell, his eyes filled with fervor and admiration, as if he were looking at the white moonlight in his heart. This was the person he admired, the one he had almost become engaged to.

"Oh?" Seeing Junior Sister Qinglian unleash such a deadly move, Senior Sister Piaoxue also looked at Chen Xuan in another direction with great interest, as if anticipating the start of a spectacular show. "I wonder, how will you deal with Junior Sister Qinglian's methods?"

Yun Yi and Jian Xin watched the debate silently, like two statues, expressionless, but secretly speculating about the course of the battle.

However, just as everyone was discussing and thinking that the Thousand Swords Puppet was about to be easily defeated by Lotus,

Chen Xuan, however, seemed to be a war god descending upon the world. He laughed loudly, his voice shaking the heavens. Then, he waved his hand at the Thousand Sword Puppets below the arena and shouted, "What a wonderful lotus spell! Senior Sister, let's see if this spell of yours is pleasing to your eye?"