Chapter 564 Yin Yang - Live and Death (2/2)

In the midst of chaos, Shen Lian sensed the will to kill which was produced throughout the warring of the two armies, as Yunyang was defeated too quickly, the will to kill was weaker than Shen Lian originally predicted.

Nevertheless, for the creation of the killing sword, the collective will was sufficient, but this meant that there can be no failures during the process.

Shen Lian was in fact not troubled and was rather leisured and relaxed, analyzing the reason behind why Yunyang was defeated so tragically. After spending some time over this deliberation, he finally had a rough idea of what had happened.

When he figured out the situation, he did not leave urgently. In fact, he stayed out of sight, erased his tracks, and observed the Xia Camp from a distance. There was an astounding aura of some treasure that heightened Shen Lian's awareness. He managed to examine the origin of it.

As the Xia Camp had an extra treasure of the fire element in their possession, specifically, a lamp. It was termed as the Lamp of Yin and Yang, life and death. This lamp can radiate two versions of light, one red and one white. The red directed the death while the white directed the living.

If one was exposed to the red light, one's spirit would be severely damaged instantaneously and could even cause a complete destruction of the spirit, that even the almighty Buddhas were unable to escape such a fatal fate.

The white light, however, was the complete opposite of it. No matter how fatal one was wounded, as long as they live, they could be reborn when exposed to the white light and healed into their original healthy form.

This light was originally an irreplaceable treasure of a historic celestial. Ensuing his demise, the treasure was left in the cave which he used to reside in. Yunyang inherited much from his forefathers and clearly understood the mysterious secrets of this treasure. It was not long before the deity's cave was unearthed. He had long planned to acquire the valuable lamp and used it to defeat Emperor Xia.

Unfortunately, despite Yunyang's deliberate plots, he failed to estimate the advanced abilities of Guan Longzi in the Xia Camp. He used Lianshan to predict Yunyang's plan and followed Yunyang secretly. As the treasure was unearthed, he swiftly seized the lamp in hand before Yunyang did.

As Yunyang's scheme was disrupted, he immediately returned to his league, where Emperor Xia challenged him unexpectedly and arrived furious as if thunders struck through the empyreal, leading the army and ignited a war. Guan Longzi returned speedily, used the Lamp of Life and Death to entrap the demon lord, thereby preventing counterattacks from Yunyang's coalition.

By then, Yunyang was already in a state of tumult and was not a capable opponent to Emperor Xia. Owing to the demon lord's harsh acceptance of the flash of deadly light from the lamp, Yunyang had a close escape from the soldiers of Emperor Xia. Regrettably, the situation could no longer be salvaged.

This was also the very first time Shen Lian witnessed Guan Longzi's profound mastery. His achievements in the fields of fate prediction had perhaps surpassed that of Shen Lian's.

If he did not leave the Xia Camp that very day, he might have been deceived, given that the power of the lamp was able to ensnare the demon lord. Such power would also be able to affect Shen Lian as well.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.

Even though he and Guan Longzi were good friends, but when it comes down to hostile battles, Shen Lian believed that he would not have any mercy, yet Shen Lian found difficulty in living alongside Emperor Xia.

This was because since the High Priest had passed, there were no possibilities of reconciliation between the two.

However, Shen Lian's furtive observations over Xia Camp did not alarm Emperor Xia and Guan Longzi. This had led to confusion and there must have been certain changes. This was also the reason that kept Shen Lian distancing himself from them.

In fact, he hoped to meet Guan Longzi once more. He was extremely wise whereby his intellect can be compared to the depths of the sea, with that he clearly understood the reason for Shen Lian's failures in creating a physical body.

With the regard to the state of Taiyi, he admittedly lacked much understanding of it. Although, through life experiences, such deficiency can be offset. His confidence of setting foot into the Taiyi state was also rather strong, but Shen Lian wished to enter the state earlier and this was the only method available. Only then can he further develop his ambition without any worries.

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Currently, in the Xia Camp, numerous tribes of Dongyi had ordered representatives to send their greetings to Emperor Xia, but Guan Longzi, a major contributor to the successful defeat of the Dongyi Coalition was imprisoned in a part of the camp.

Those who pleaded mercy for Guan Longzi were all executed, the number of generals who sacrificed themselves amidst the battle against Yunyang's army was not even comparable to the number of generals who died upon their begging of mercy for Guan Longzi.