Chapter 715: Between White and Black

With Thelmipolos's reminder, Lumian immediately sensed something was off.

At that moment, the ambushers were leaving slowly, as if afraid that moving too fast would make Lumian notice the anomaly and realize the truth—yet for some reason, no massive vortex formed deep within the dark, void-like tunnel, no force pulling the intruders directly to another mirror.

Watching his back, Lumian glanced down at his own restored shadow, tucked away the brass revolver he'd taken from the enemy, and pulled the "Torture" gauntlets from "The Traveler's Satchel," slipping them onto his hands at a steady pace.

The next instant, Lumian's body was engulfed in blazing white flames, transforming into a spear of intense fire that shot toward the ambushers' back.

The ambushers' fears finally became reality—he frantically dodged, preparing to dissolve into shadow, splitting into five false forms and one true one to flee deep into the dark tunnel, then activate "Mirror Transit" to escape entirely and return to the preset mirror.

Just then, as the flames composing the white spear fell away one by one, Lumian's figure reappeared.

The shadow beneath the ambushers' feet suddenly came alive, entangling his body before it could fully become shadow, preventing him from splitting into six and forcing him to remain rooted in place.

Lumian stepped forward, closing the distance in an instant, his fists alternating as he struck—beginning the "Torture."

Thud!

Lumian's first punch intensified the ambushers' terror to an extreme degree, even as the target barely broke free from his own shadow's grip.

Thud!

Lumian's second punch instantly detonated the already overwhelming wave of fear.

This wasn't luck—it was that, under these circumstances, the ambushers' fear had clearly exceeded normal bounds, and Lumian's silver-black eyes had perceived the corresponding future, directly targeting this weakness: as he swung his fists, he simulated the emotion of terror in his mind.

Thus, the first punch fueled the fire, the second dramatically increased the probability—and succeeded in detonation.

The ambushers froze in place, their heart momentarily ceasing from the explosive surge of terror, mind blank, blood trickling from their nose.

Seeing this, Lumian pulled the last ritual parchment from "The Traveler's Satchel" and placed it over the ambushers' head.

Then, in Hermesian, he chanted the activation incantation:

"Sheep!"

A flash of dark light—and the ambushers transformed into a sheep with pale grayish fur.

Lumian gazed at the sheep, its eyes streaked with blood vessels, still trembling with residual terror, as he removed the "Torture" gauntlets and returned them to "The Traveler's Satchel," smiling:

"You thought a broken gun would let you walk away?"

Shuowan ， Lumianwanxiayao ， Baoqitanruandemianyang ， Fanhuidaomolan · Aweinishufangnamianjingzidebeimian ， Changshimaibulikai 。

Tameiyouchurujingzidexiangguannengli ， Buquedingshifounengjiucilikai ； Ruguobuxing ， Tahuijiezhutiqianbuzhihaode " Jingxiangyinji "， Shiyong " Lingjiechuansuo "， Zhijieqianwangdixiateliernageteshude 、 Gudingdejingzhongshijiechukou ， Zai " Chuansong " Huilaizhaofulanka —— Zheshiweifangjingzihouchuxianbianguertiqianzuodezhunbei 。

Lumianyanqianyianyouyiliang ， Daizhexiatandemianyanghuidaolemolan · Aweinideshufang 。

Takuaibuzoudaochuangbian ， Xiaoxinyiyituikaibolichuang ， Buchusuoliaodikanjianfulankayituoliyinying ， Qianfuzaixiazhaidechuangtaicemian 。

—— Faxianlumianweitazhizuodenamianjingzitishenposuihou ， Fulankadangjiliduanqianlaizhencha ， Kanduiyoushifouxuyaobangzhu 。

" Meishiba ？" Fulankajiqingdiwen 。

" Huiquzaishuo 。" Lumianjiangmianyangdiugeifulanka 。

Fulankameiyoulangfeishijian ， Jiezhumianyang ， Daizhetayitongyinruyinying ， Xiaoshibujian 。

Lumianmeiyoujiyulikai ， Daishangshoutao ， Qingliqizijizaifangjianneiliuxiadezhongzhonghenji 。

Bujiu ， Fulankafanhui ， Liyong " Yuanchumonv " Deshenxiang 、 Zishendejingzihe " Monv " Deheimofa ， Wanchenglefanzhanbu 、 Fanyuyandehuanjie 。

…………

Dixiatelier ， Julijingzhongshijiegudingrukoubusuantaiyuandeyitiaofeiqisuidaonei 。

Yiconglumiannalidezhixiangxiqingkuangdefulankawangzhesesefadoudemianyang ， Xingzhibobodishuo ：

" Gaizenmeshenwen ？ Hezhiqianyiyang ， Geitazhunbeiyitaijixiedaziji ？"

" Kewomenmeiyoutuzhenjile 。"

Meidaijinbianyanjing 、 Youhuifutuiwujunrendabandeandongniningshimianyangliangmiao ， Dao ：

" Wohetajiaoliuyixia 。"

" Womenxuyaoxianlikaima ？" Jiannajinshendiwen 。

Andongnidiantou ：

" Wobushipanimenpangguan ， Ershirenshaoyixie ， Tahuigengyouanquangan ， Gengbianyugoutong 。"

Pawomendecunzaizaochengjingxia ， Yingxiang " Cuimian " Dexiaoguo ？ Lumianruoyousuosidizhuanshen ， Hefulanka 、 Jiannayiqizouchulezhetiaodibufengbideheiansuidao 。

Bujiu ， Mianyanganjingchenwendigenzheandongnizoulechulai ， Buzaixianggangcainayangkongjubuan 。

" Keyijiechu ' Zaochuzhishu ' Le 。" Andongniweixiaozheduilumianshuo ，" Tayijingzhidaowomenshiweiletahao ， Xiangbangzhuta ； Zhiyaobuwenshejixinyangshenling 、 Huizhijieyingxiangtashengmingdewenti ， Taduhuitanchengyouhaodigaosuwomen 。"

Mianyangrenzhendidianlediantou ， Biaoshiandongnishuodeshizhende 。

Lumiancetoukanlefulankahejiannayiyan ， Faxiantamenyanzhongxiezhexiangsidegankai ：

" Cuimianshi " Zhenkepa ！

" Guanzhong " Zhenkepa ！

Shia …… Lumianxinzhongyouganerfa 。

Tawangzhenatoumianyang ， Yonghemisiyusongnianchujiechuzhouwen ：

" Dazhujiaogexia 。"

Youanguangmangshandongjian ， Yangpizidongtuoluo ， Zhiqiannagefujizheyibanpadezitaichuxianzailumiandengrenyanqian 。

Lumianyibianshouqiyangpi ， Yibianxiaozhewen ：

" Nijiaoshenmemingzi ？"

" Yebusi · Lata 。" Fujizhexianghepengyouxianliaobanhuida 。

Tizhedianshidengdelumiantaiduwenhedijinyibuwen ：

" Nizaiweimolan · Aweinitigongbaohu ？"

" Shide 。" Yebusi · Latachengkenhuida ，" Zhuyaoshicangzaijinghou ， Jiankongwaimian ， Fangbeijingzhongshijiechuxianyiwai ， Quebaomolan · Aweinijiezhujingzhongshijieqianwangbutongdifangwanchengmouxieshishibubeifaxian 、 Bubeifuji 。"

Anbaocuoshihaitingyanmide ， Meiyoumingxianloudong …… Fulankagunongleyiju ， Zhudongzhanxian " Huanyumonv " Demeili ， Xiaoyinyinwen ：" Nishuyunagezuzhi ？"

Yebusidemouguangbeixiyindaofulankashenshang ， Jinhubennengdihuida ："' Zhenlixuepai '。"

Yebusi's gaze was drawn to Franca, and he answered almost instinctively:

Yebusimeikanta ， Muguangzailiangweimonvjianlaihuiyidong ：" Shide ， Zhenli 。"

Tadebiaoqingshaoxianyansu ， Yichuanjiaobandekouwenduifulankahejiannadao ：

" Nimenjuedezhegeshijiedediseshishenme ？"

Budengliangweimonvhuida ， Taziguzishuo ：" Bushibai ， Yebushihei ， Bushiguangming ， Yebushiheian 。

" Shibaiyuheizhijiandehui ， Shiguangmingyuheianzhijiandemiwu ， Shiyinying ， Shibianhua ， Shihundun ！"

Duiyingtujingdetezheng ？ Shenmixuezhishiyichengdeshangfengfudelumianruoyousuosidizhuanhuanhuati ：" Nizhidaomolan · Aweinideshenfenma ？"

Zhecaishitamenmuqianzuixuyaoliaojiedeshi 。

Yebusifangfuzaihetongbanxiangchu ， Feichangfangsongdidianlediantou ：" Zhidao ， Tashitamalajiazudechengyuan ， Buguo ， Yijingbeilaizitelierdidide ' Jingzhongren ' Qudaile 。"

"It is the gray between white and black, the mist between light and darkness, the shadow, the change, the chaos!"

Regarding the characteristics of the corresponding Path? Lu Mi, whose esoteric knowledge was already considerable, changed the subject thoughtfully:

" Zhegeshijiededisebushibai ， Yebushihei ， Ershihui ； Zhiyaonengdachengmudi ， Weishenmebukeyihe ' Jingzhongren ' Hezuo ？"

"' Zhenlixuepai ' Xiangdachengshenmemudi ？" Lumianxunsuwen 。

Yebusiwangzhefulankadeliankonghehushuilandeyanmoudao ：

" Womenxiangjiezhumolan · Aweinizheleishangliushehuideren ， Zhubuzhangkongyindisizhengfu ， Rangzhegeguojiajiyouzhixu ， Youyouyinying ， Haiyougoutongzhixuyuyinyingdeqiaoliang 。

" Womenzunzhongfalv ， Danbubiaoshiwomenbuhuixunzhaofalvdeloudong ， Buhuijiezhuyixieshouduan ， Rangshiqingzaijinrufalvchengxuqianjiudedaojiejue 。

" Zheshiwomendelinian 。"

Zheyike ， Yebusifangfuzaixiangliangweimonvbudao 。

"The underlying color of this world is not white, nor black, but gray. If it achieves the goal, why not cooperate with the 'Man in the Mirror'?"

Lumianzexiaozhewen ：" Zhangkongzhengfuyoushiweileshenme ？"

" Weilejianxingzhenli ， Kaojinzhenli ， Zhetongyangshiquyuezhenlideyishi 。" Yebusiyouxiekuangredihuida ，" Lingwai ， Womenhaiyaojiezhuyindisizhengfudeliliang ， Jiezhuqitazhengfudeliliang ， Xunzhaosanyangdongxi 。"

"We wish to leverage people like Moran Avini from the upper class to gradually seize control of the Indis government, making this nation have order, shadow, and a bridge connecting order and shadow."

Yebusihenleyuhuida ：" Yishizhuiluotianguodexiansuo ， Tabeifengyinzaididinazuogudaichengshili ； Zhiyouzhangkongleyindisizhengfu ， Womencaikenengchedidakaifengyin 。"

Zhuiluotianguo …… Zheshishenme ？ Lumian 、 Fulanka 、 Jiannaheandongnibiciduishi ， Faxianmeirentingguozhegeci 。

Yebusijixushuo ：" Ershiluosaierzuihoudelingqin 。"

Luosaierdadidelingqin ？ Lumiantongkongmengranfangda 。

Fulankazepobujidaidiwen ：" Nimenyouxiansuolema ？"

" Buzhidao 。" Yebusichengshidiyaotou ，" Zhishaowomeiyouluosaierlingqinderenhexiansuo ， Zhiyujiwei ' Jianduzhe ' Youmeiyousoujidao ， Wojiubuqingchule 。"

"To practice the Truth, to draw near to the Truth—this too is a ritual to please the Truth," Yebusi answered with fervor, "Moreover, we must use the power of the Indis government and other governments to find three things."

"Which three?" Francia asked curiously.

Ye Busi was happy to answer her question:

"First, clues to the Fallen Heaven, hidden within an ancient city sealed underground—only by controlling the Intis government can we fully open the seal."

Fallen Heaven… What was that? Lu Mi, Francia, Jianna, and Anthony exchanged glances, realizing none of them had heard the term before.

Ye Busi continued:

"Second, the final tomb of Luo Saier."

The tomb of Emperor Luo Saier? Lu Mi's pupils dilated sharply.

Francia asked eagerly:

"Do you have any leads?"

"No idea," Ye Busi honestly shook his head. "I have no leads on Luo Saier's tomb at all. Whether any of the 'Overseers' have gathered any, I don't know."

"Overseers"… Lu Mi and the others noted down the term.

Ye Busi glanced at Fu Lan Ka, then at Yu Jianna, and finally turned back to Fu Lan Ka and said:

"Three is a lamp, called the 'Wishing Divine Lamp'."

"The 'Wishing Divine Lamp'?" Lu Mi looked at Fu Lan Ka and found that this "Joyful Witch" was equally baffled.

Ye Busi smiled and added with a tone of boastful pride:

"The 'Wishing Divine Lamp' is a sealed artifact, its number is:

"'0—05'!"

(End of Chapter)