Who Let Him Cultivate Immortality-Chapter 518: Invincible Elixir Magic Fight

After Song Yuanwai was revived, he felt that the atmosphere at home was quite strange.

He remembered that before he died, the family atmosphere was quite harmonious. How come in less than half an hour after his death, there seemed to be a faint hostility among the children?

Especially his youngest daughter, who was kneeling on the ground crying bitterly. Was she crying because he died? How filial.

Unfortunately, no matter what, he couldn't let her marry that boy surnamed Zhou, after all, they were siblings.

Song Yuanwai temporarily put aside the family issues. The most important thing right now was to deal with the matter of the painting.

His appearance was quite unsightly, with blood on his face and clothes. This was due to his bodily functions going haywire and vomiting blood after his soul was pulled away.

"Thank you, Daoist, for saving my life!"

"You're welcome, Song Yuanwai. What exactly is the situation with the painting?"

Song Yuanwai sighed deeply and sat down on a chair to recount the past.

"Twenty years ago, I failed in business and wanted to jump off a cliff to commit suicide. Unexpectedly, I was stopped by a tree branch in mid-air and miraculously survived. Below me, a stone platform extended out. I jumped onto the platform and discovered a cave deep inside."

"Something in the depths of the cave was calling me. At that time, I was not afraid of death and followed the sound. I found a painting that was talking. The painting said it could help me in business and make me a wealthy man, so I took it out of the cave."

"With the help of the painting, I indeed became adept at business. Several successful investments made me the top merchant in the county. I also got married and had children, and my family was harmonious."

At this point, Lu Yang and the other two silently turned to look at the Song siblings and the butler.

"Please continue."

"In the past few months, the painting has been asking for my life every night. Out of fear, I tried drowning it and burning it, but nothing worked. Even if I threw it into the countryside, it would return home the next day!"

As he spoke, Song Yuanwai's eyes were filled with terror. These days, he had been tormented by the painting, his mind restless and his spirit in disarray. In the past two weeks, he had often been startled awake.

Lu Yang rubbed his chin. This was indeed something new.

"Let's go and take a look at the painting."

Song Yuanwai led the three of them through twists and turns, and then triggered a mechanism in a small room. A dark underground passage opened up.

The secret room was filled with gold, silver, and jewels, which were very precious to ordinary people. To Lu Yang, even the tassels on his sword hilt were worth more than these.

Among them, a particularly conspicuous iron box was wrapped in layers of talismans. Song Yuanwai tore off the talismans and opened the iron box, revealing the painting inside.

"It was this that pulled away my soul."

Recalling the scene just now, Song Yuanwai still felt lingering fear. If it weren't for Lu Yang taking out the Soul Returning Elixir, he would have been in grave danger.

"Just as I thought."

The closer they got to the painting, the more they could feel the gloomy aura.

Lu Yang opened the scroll, revealing an ink painting of mountains and rivers, with a woman washing clothes by the river.

Suddenly, the painting twisted, and the woman seemed to come to life, slowly turning her head to look at the people outside the painting.

"Another cultivator?"

Water stains seeped from the painting, rising into the air and forming the image of the woman.

"Was it you who pulled his soul back?"

The woman stared at Lu Yang with a hostile expression, her beautiful face somewhat twisted.

"Don't meddle in other people's business, cultivator."

The woman sensed a strong threat from Lu Yang and the other two. These three were different from the cultivators she had encountered before. If she could avoid a fight, it would be best.

Pointing at Song Yuanwai, the woman said coldly, "Twenty years ago, he promised me that if I helped him become a wealthy man, he would offer his soul to me. Twenty years have passed, his family is complete, his business is successful, and he is wealthy. It is time for him to fulfill his promise!"

"Is that true?"

Lu Yang turned to look at Song Yuanwai. He wasn't actually surprised. Song Yuanwai's previous account must have hidden something. Otherwise, why would the painting help him in business?

There must be something in return.

Just like the water ghost they encountered in Hanshui City, who helped people commit insurance fraud in exchange for buying salt. It was the same principle.

Song Yuanwai nodded in shame.

"See?" The woman sneered, looking at Song Yuanwai with disdain.

"The promise back then was mutual and genuine. Now that I ask for the promise to be fulfilled, what is wrong with that?"

Lu Yang slowly shook his head, looking at the woman with pity in his eyes, "Have you read the criminal law of Great Xia?"

"Criminal law of Great Xia?"

A slight smile appeared at the corner of Lu Yang's mouth. Using the Invincible Elixir, he said, "The criminal law of Great Xia stipulates that if a victim promises someone else to infringe upon their specific legal interests, such as disposing of property, causing minor or serious injuries, etc., the promise is invalid if it results in death."

"Of course, not all promises resulting in death are invalid. Promises made without coercion in situations like life-and-death duels are valid. Your behavior does not fall into those few exceptions."

"If you had studied a bit more and learned the legal history of Great Xia, you would know that many demonic artifacts in history used the lure of fulfilling wishes to entice others to exchange their lives, thus refining their souls."

"The Minister of Justice at the time discovered this situation and added this provision to the laws of Great Xia to prevent artifacts like you from doing such things."

Lu Yang sighed, looking at the woman with the eyes of someone looking at a legal illiterate, "It seems that legal education is still not widespread enough."

Ever since he found out that his master was often imprisoned, Lu Yang had been studying the law whenever he had time, striving not to follow in his master's footsteps.

Now it seemed that studying the law was indeed useful.

Most people, even if they studied a lot of laws, would not know which one to choose when using them, often falling into a dilemma.

But Lu Yang was different. He had the Invincible Elixir, which could help him quickly select the most suitable legal provision from his memory during a magic fight.

It should be noted that the Invincible Elixir could not choose provisions that Lu Yang had not learned. After all, the victory conditions given by the Invincible Elixir were based on Lu Yang's knowledge.

The Immortal Fairy in the mental space clicked her tongue in wonder. As the creator of the Invincible Elixir, she hadn't expected it to be used in this way.

Tao Yaoye secretly transmitted her voice to Lan Ting, "Junior Sister Lan, did you know about this provision?"

Lan Ting shook her head blankly, "No, our sect doesn't teach this."

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Both of them saw confusion in each other's eyes, feeling as if there was an invisible chasm between them and Senior Brother Lu.

"You have already violated the criminal law by taking Song Yuanwai's soul, constituting attempted murder. Come with us."

The woman sneered, not intimidated by Lu Yang, "Don't think you're the only one who has read the criminal law. To tell you the truth, I am an artifact and not subject to the criminal law!"

Lu Yang glanced at the woman and said, "Oh, is that so? Even better. Since you're an ownerless artifact, I can break you without any problem."

Lan Ting's expression turned strange. Why did this conversation sound more and more familiar?

"Arrogant! Do you really think I'm afraid of you three little cultivators?"

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