Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 136 The Art of Light Necromancers!

Electrolux dispersed the undead creatures and said to Zhu Ziyang with great joy, "Ziyang, from today onwards, I will begin to teach you my true secret technique, the Art of Light Necromancer!"

"Yes, teacher!" Zhu Ziyang composed himself and replied with a hint of joy and respect.

"First, before you learn necromancy, I want to ask you a question," Electrox said. "Ziyang, do you think there's a connection between light and death?"

"Well," Zhu Ziyang pondered upon hearing this, "if we look at it from a conventional perspective, these two things, if not mutually exclusive, are at least completely unrelated. But since you asked, teacher, I think there must be some connection between them."

"Hahaha, you little rascal!" Electrox couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this, and said, "Then I won't keep you in suspense any longer. Just listen to me."

Light—I don't need to elaborate; you're surely already familiar with it. Now, I'll focus on explaining the path of death. In my understanding of necromancy, this is the most perfect way to reach death. In my world, whenever people mention necromancy, their first thought is evil and sin. But who would have thought that this magic was originally created to study the essence of life?

The original purpose of this magic was actually healing magic, which is the first thing the Law of Death and the Law of Light have in common: life force!

"Vitality!" Zhu Ziyang felt as if he had been enlightened, and the fog that had been obscuring his wisdom slowly dissipated.

"That's right, it's life force!" Electrox said. "What light and death have in common is life force. Light is the surface, and death is the core. Light is the derivative of life force, and death is the end of life force. The two revolve around life force like the branches and leaves of a tree. Light is the branch, and death is the leaf. Only by holding onto life force tightly can they be balanced."

The saying goes, "When Yin reaches its extreme, Yang arises; when adversity reaches its extreme, prosperity follows." Between light and death, there should actually exist another law—the law of life—to achieve absolute balance. However, death and life are truly black and white; unless one possesses extraordinary destiny, one cannot have both. Let's not dwell on that; we can only settle for second best, using our own life force to replace the balancing effect of the law of life. However, Ziyang, you are luckier than me, because you have a natural balancer.

"The Scythe of Peace and Destiny!" Zhu Ziyang instantly understood Electrolux's words and said.

"Hahaha! As expected of my successor, Electrox!" Electrox was overjoyed and laughed loudly, saying, "Let's talk about the second thing that light and death have in common. The light attribute possesses the power of purification, a fact that all those who possess the light attribute understand. The death attribute also possesses the power of purification, and that is the second thing they have in common."

Light purifies sin, death purifies the soul—this is the key point I've summarized. The power of light purification primarily focuses on redemption, with punishment as a secondary measure, while the power of death purification primarily focuses on punishment, with redemption as a secondary measure. They can be said to complement each other; by starting with the power of purification, one can easily master the art of their fusion.

"Yes, I understand, teacher!" After Electrolux's explanation, Zhu Ziyang felt that the road ahead was clear, and the doubts that had been bothering him for a long time finally disappeared today.

"Very good. In the days to come, I will teach you exactly how to do it." Electrolux was very satisfied with Zhu Ziyang's performance, nodded with satisfaction, and said.

"Yes, teacher, I will try my best!" Zhu Ziyang replied excitedly.

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For more than ten days after returning from Sunset Forest, Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan didn't cultivate much. Instead, they had meals and outings with their senior brothers and sisters from the inner court. This was a rare time for the inner court disciples to gather together, because the annual Sea God's Fate Conference would be held soon after the start of the semester. However, this was irrelevant to Zhu Ziyang, at least for the time being. As he was under sixteen years old, he was not allowed to participate in such a matchmaking event.

The holiday ended quickly. After the start of the new semester at the outer academy, Zhu Ziyang's former classmates, such as Tang Ya and Bei Bei, had already entered their third year, while Jiang Nannan was about to participate in this year's inner academy disciple assessment.

Zhu Ziyang was fortunate enough to be invited by Zhang Lexuan to watch this year's Inner Court assessment.

"Ziyang, are you ready? Time's almost up," Zhang Lexuan called out from outside Zhu Ziyang's wooden house.

"Coming, Sister Lexuan," Zhu Ziyang replied as he walked out the door.

"Now that you're all ready, let's go." When Zhang Lexuan saw Zhu Ziyang, a gentle light flashed in her serene eyes, and her tone became unnaturally sweet.

Zhu Ziyang had gotten used to it; ultimately, it was all the result of his own meddling. A year ago, after Zhu Ziyang helped Zhang Lexuan eliminate her distorted feelings for Beibei through the Light of Righteousness, everything was perfectly normal. Zhang Lexuan only felt brotherly affection for Beibei and readily agreed to Elder Mu's request to renounce the oath.

However, to the surprise of both Zhu Ziyang and Mu En, perhaps due to a side effect of the Light of Righteousness, Zhang Lexuan's affection for Zhu Ziyang actually increased dramatically!

Mu En seemed quite pleased with this unexpected turn of events. In his words, even if Zhu Ziyang and Zhang Lexuan didn't end up together, it would still be a good thing for Zhang Lexuan, since they would both be members of the Sea God Pavilion. Zhu Ziyang, however, was rather helpless. He already had enough romantic entanglements. Besides Jiang Nannan, his officially recognized girlfriend, he also had an ambiguous relationship with Ma Xiaotao, who often sought his help to suppress her lustful desires. Adding Zhang Lexuan to the mix didn't seem like a problem, but Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan were best friends, practically sisters!

Fortunately, Zhang Lexuan herself understood that her feelings for Zhu Ziyang were not suitable, so she would only show them without restraint when the two were alone, and would restrain herself when others were present. Therefore, Zhu Ziyang could only try to avoid being alone with Zhang Lexuan.

He hasn't figured out how to handle these things yet!

The two arrived at the training ground, where the inner court disciples serving as examiners and the outer court disciples participating in the assessment were already in place, waiting for Zhang Lexuan, the chief examiner, to announce the start of the assessment.

Zhu Ziyang spotted Jiang Nannan among the outer disciples at a glance. The girl was smiling and waving to them.

"Go for it!" Zhu Ziyang mouthed to her, and the girl mouthed back "No problem."

How could there be a problem? The inner court disciples who conducted the assessment were all acquaintances of Jiang Nannan, and Jiang Nannan's examiner was an inner court senior who had a good relationship with her. The water was poured into the Sea God Lake, how could she possibly fail?

Of course, Jiang Nannan was able to pass because of her own strength. At the age of thirteen, she is a Soul Master, and her talent is second only to Zhu Ziyang. If she couldn't enter the inner court, then the outer court disciples who participated in the assessment would probably be the first to complain.

"Hehehe, brother, now I'm an inner court disciple too!" Jiang Nannan skipped and hopped to Zhu Ziyang's side, shouting excitedly.

"Nannan is so great! Let me give you a hug!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile, as if coaxing a child.

"Ugh~" Before anyone else could speak, Jiang Nannan couldn't stand it anymore and said with a hint of disgust, "Brother, really, I'm not a child anymore!"

"Hahaha!" Zhu Ziyang burst into laughter upon hearing this, saying, "Yes, yes, our Nannan has grown into a beautiful young lady!"

Thirteen-year-old Jiang Nannan is indeed growing into a young woman. At just over 1.7 meters tall, she is taller than many adult women, let alone her peers. Her long, slender legs are over 1.1 meters long. With her slender waist and graceful figure, her silver hair is piled high, and she exudes an elegant and refined air. Her eyes are bright and clear, and her lips are red like cherry blossoms, making her look like a fairy from the moon.

"Hmph! Of course!" Jiang Nannan readily admitted. Perhaps it was due to her increasing strength, or perhaps it was due to making more friends, but Jiang Nannan's personality had become more and more cheerful, no longer as introverted and taciturn as she was when she was a child. This was undoubtedly a good thing, but Zhu Ziyang always felt that Jiang Nannan's personality was becoming more and more like Tang Ya's. Could it be that she had been infected by spending too much time together?

Zhu Ziyang increasingly felt that it would be better to keep Jiang Nannan at a distance from Tang Ya in the future. If she really turned into a lively and carefree girl like Tang Ya, wouldn't he be devastated? Fortunately, Tang Ya is still in the outer academy. With her current strength, it will take her at least a few more years to get into the inner academy.

(End of this chapter)