Chapter 204: Chapter 130: Bone Shadow Sore, Chen Kuang Exposed (Double Chapter)_2

Just as Liu Qingcheng said, as soon as Chen Kuang touched the Glazed Shadow Lamp, he immediately understood the lamp’s inherent capabilities.

Once illuminated, shadows are fixed.

As long as one is within the light range of this Glazed Shadow Lamp, a person can be immobilized for a breath of time, though only one target at a time.

Indeed, it’s an extraordinarily powerful supernatural spiritual treasure, but it doesn’t hold much utility for ordinary people or even typical cultivators.

After all, it’s just a single breath of time, able to freeze only one person. Whether it’s for escape or turning a situation around, it seems insufficient...

Yet for high-level duels, this single breath may be vital in deciding life and death.

"Would King Jingnan so casually gift such an extraordinary spiritual treasure to a brothel girl?"

Chen Kuang furrowed his brows, instinctively sensing something was amiss.

But this Glazed Shadow Lamp was indeed important to him; even if there were issues, he had no choice but to keep it...

Chen Kuang looked down at his own shadow and gazed behind him.

Two shadows quietly rested on the wall, motionless, seemingly lacking any intent to come alive suddenly.

Yet just the sight of it was enough to instill fear in one’s heart.

Chen Kuang tried moving his body.

The two shadows moved immediately with his actions, their clothes’ creases and textures completely synchronized, proving they truly were his own shadows.

But Chen Kuang’s heart was filled with deep chill.

Because this simultaneously proved that Su Yu’s shadow had now entirely fused with Chen Kuang, impossible to detach.

This is precisely like a bone shadow sore!

And even more terrifyingly, Chen Kuang currently had no means to resolve the issue of Su Yu’s shadow.

He didn’t even know how Su Yu accomplished this!

Chen Kuang looked at the shadow, forcing himself to remain calm, rapidly thinking and listing his doubts and clues:

"First, and most importantly, when did this shadow come onto me, and how?"

Chen Kuang looked at the status bar at the bottom right corner, calmly sliding to the first passive that appeared after traversing.

[You have digested the Elixir of Longevity, gaining the passive "Meat Ganoderma": Your flesh can nearly infinitely regenerate, comparable to divine substance, consuming it can extend life and heal diseases.]

He was thoroughly aware.

"There’s only one possibility: the memory loss period of the original body is during the time after drinking the wine bestowed by Emperor Liang into a stupor."

Chen Kuang sighed.

This passive was also the only one not triggered through his own subjective actions.

Because before he traversed, the original body had already consumed the Elixir of Longevity.

After Chen Kuang traversed, only then did his body digest the Elixir of Longevity, which resulted in this passive.

The original body’s high fever then should have been due to enduring the elixir’s effects.

Most likely, after that, Su Yu’s shadow had already lurked on Chen Kuang.

That is to say, the Elixir in Emperor Liang’s wine might just be the medium!

This Elixir, it’s a curse rather than a blessing...

’What’s done is done,’ he thought, he couldn’t possibly extract the Elixir now.

Chen Kuang coldly regarded those two shadows, feeling more burdened, continuing his thoughts:

"Second, why does the Glazed Shadow Lamp illuminate two shadows?"

"Logically, if the lamp reveals an additional shadow, it should only show Su Yu’s shadow, not my own."

"Unless..."

A thought emerged in Chen Kuang’s mind, one even he found extremely horrifying.

"I myself am the extra one!"

Chen Kuang startled himself.

But immediately, he felt the idea was remarkably reasonable!

Because Chen Kuang is a traverser.

He is from another world, not originally one of this world.

Saying he’s the extra is entirely accurate.

And in the illusion, the original body’s corpse just so happens not to have a shadow...

This is not a coincidence.

Because Chen Kuang, as a traverser, was recognized by the Eternal Demon Sword as a bug, incapable of simulating the world, hence creating this bizarre situation.

And now, with this Glazed Shadow Lamp, it’s the same principle.

"But what is the rationale behind this Glazed Shadow Lamp? Why can it exclusively reveal shadows upon me..."

Chen Kuang was at a loss.

Even more perplexing was how the Elixir of Longevity could become Su Yu’s medium to parasitize Chen Kuang.

Chen Kuang thought, "In this vast world, there might be only four people who understand this causality."

"Su Yu, Huo Hengxuan, Xi Mengquan, and..."

Chen Kuang recalled someone evidently crucial, closely connected with Su Yu and the Elixir yet hidden in all affairs.

Someone who was once the National Preceptor of Liang, later disappeared without a trace— the Lai Zitou Daoist!

"I remember he was called..."

Chen Kuang dug into the original body’s memory, pulling out the name of the Lai Zitou Daoist.

"Jiang Wuya?"

...

Yang Kingdom.

Prince Jingnan’s Mansion.

This Prince Jingnan, Wen Chi, holds an extraordinary status in Yang Kingdom, being the Emperor most favored younger brother. At sixteen, he donned armor and defended the kingdom at the borders, gaining illustrious achievements.

Now fifty-six, he set up the Prince’s Mansion in Zangfeng State, reveling in brothels and taverns, indulging in a life of debauchery, known nationwide.

The Emperor of Yang Kingdom, considering his achievements, often allowed such excess, at most yearly urging him to at least marry a princess and settle down.

Urging him until now, Prince Jingnan was already fifty-six, and the Emperor grew tired of saying more.

Nevertheless, Prince Jingnan’s reputation remained relatively good, all owing to his numerous achievements in youth.

Zhou Kingdom borders the Northern Plains to the north, while Yang Kingdom borders the Southern Barbarian region, facing similar situations.

Northern Plains has the Night Barbarians, but the Southern Barbarian Blood Calamity Sect poses even greater ruthlessness, practicing blood and flesh-based evil arts, demanding frequent blood sacrifices, becoming a major enemy for Central Domain cultivators.

Sixteen Southern Barbarian Kingdoms all revere the Blood Calamity Sect, boasting tens of thousands, always coveting the borderlands for years.

If not for Prince Jingnan’s iron hooves setting up defenses, the Yang Kingdom would constantly be in danger.

The title "Jingnan" is not one anyone can easily bear.

But for those working within the Prince’s Mansion, Prince Jingnan’s image was simply a constantly drunk, beauty-spoiling old man—

Moreover, indifferent to gender, with voracity for all.

Recently, everyone in the mansion was aware Prince Jingnan had gained quite a peculiar guest.

This guest wasn’t a beauty or a handsome man, rather an exceedingly ugly Lai Zitou Daoist.

Even older than Prince Jingnan!

Yet Prince Jingnan was in his youth quite sociable, meeting old friends wasn’t grossly out of the ordinary.

But this old friend was unduly scandalous in appearance, hardly a type Prince Jingnan, who valued appearance, would associate.

At that moment, within the mansion’s back garden.

Prince Jingnan, Wen Chi, sighed, full of pity, his face troubled as he spoke:

"Daoist Master Wuya, although I acknowledge that Little Qingcheng possesses ethereal beauty, it’s not enough to warrant gifting the Glazed Shadow Lamp away, is it?"

"This lamp is a peerless treasure worth its weight in gold, with countless cultivators seeking it from me before yet not given, now bestowed upon a half-demon girl without cultivation!"

He was full of remorse, utterly puzzled.

Though nearing sixty, Wen Chi appeared akin to a middle-aged man, his temples graying yet still debonair, reflecting his youthful semblance.

Opposite him sat a genuine old man.

This Daoist wore a Daoist robe torn and dirty, his face wrinkled like a chrysanthemum, with festering sores atop his head, sparse hair, yellow teeth abound.

Walking outside, even able to stop crying children at night.

The Lai Zitou Daoist suddenly grinned: "Prince, your perspective is narrow."

"This Glazed Shadow Lamp has significant purpose, a divine fate!"

Wen Chi sighed, speaking: "Every time you say this, when will you demonstrate where the grand perspective lies?"

The Daoist suddenly squinted towards the direction of Rouge River in Zangfeng State, eyes flashing intensely:

"Found it!"

He laughed heartily: "Prince, do you wish to learn where Ji Chengtian is looking for the Elixir of Longevity?"

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