Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 314: You Gain the Least

"Senior, I have no reason to deceive you. With your strength, I couldn’t threaten you, and since we bear no grudges, killing you would bring me no benefits," Xu Ping’an said with a smile, attempting to explain.

The woman fell silent for a moment.

Xu Ping’an wasn’t in a hurry, patiently waiting.

He was quite curious about the woman in the painting before him.

He somewhat didn’t understand whether the woman had been a real person in her lifetime or if someone had created her.

The aura of the woman closely resembled that of a remnant soul, yet there seemed to be differences.

"Fine, I will go with you, but you must promise me to find a suitable physical body for me. Additionally, as a reward, I can lend you a hand three times," the woman said, looking at Xu Ping’an.

Xu Ping’an’s eyes brightened.

This was great news!

He had gained an extra hand for free.

The woman’s soul attack was rather powerful; if she could cooperate with him, they could sometimes achieve unexpected results.

Below the Eighth Rank, all could be killed.

Although it was only three times, it was akin to having three additional trump cards.

"Alright, I promise you, senior. I will definitely find a suitable physical body for you, and if there aren’t any satisfactory ones, I will surely find you a Rebirth Fruit in the future to help you reconstruct your physical body," Xu Ping’an hurriedly agreed.

The woman’s eyes lit up upon hearing this.

"I do not wish to stay inside a storage ring. Do you have any treasures that can store souls? I do not want to stay in the painting," the woman said.

"Yes, senior, please enter my Golden Radiance Ring," Xu Ping’an thought for a moment and said.

Now that Lei Shi was in the Thunder Brilliance Ring, the Golden Radiance Ring would be suitable for her.

Having said that, Xu Ping’an used the Golden Radiance Ring to collect the entire painting into the ring.

The woman seemed very satisfied with the Golden Radiance Ring and, with Xu Ping’an’s permission, she could also use it to observe the outside world.

"You actually possess such a treasure; it seems your origins are quite extraordinary. Also, the treasure you used to defend against my soul attack just now seems even stronger," the woman’s voice echoed in Xu Ping’an’s mind.

"It’s just a matter of chance. I don’t come from any major power, senior. Were you human before?" Xu Ping’an asked curiously.

"No, I am an innate spirit, not a human," the woman replied.

"An innate spirit? Which kind of innate spirit are you?" Xu Ping’an asked in surprise.

He hadn’t expected the woman to be an innate spirit.

Innate spirits are born from heaven and earth.

Such spirits may not necessarily possess a physical body made of flesh.

They could be formed from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the spirit of the mountains and rocks of the world, or even the spirit of innate Dao principles.

In short, there are many types of innate spirits, but he wondered which type the woman was.

"Don’t ask what you shouldn’t. However, I am quite familiar with this cave dwelling; maybe I can give you some pointers," the woman said.

Xu Ping’an’s eyes brightened again.

Having an elder in the house is like having a treasure.

"Senior, about these two paintings, the first one seems to seal a dragon soul," Xu Ping’an said.

"Correct, the first painting seals the soul of a Ninth Rank Peak Black Sky Dragon King. You cannot control it yet, but you can collect it for now; it won’t be able to break the seal," the woman said.

Xu Ping’an nodded.

He stored the first painting into the Thunder Brilliance Ring.

"Then, what about the second painting? What is special about it?" Xu Ping’an looked at the second painting and asked.

"The second painting is a fine treasure, but it seems you won’t be able to use it. You need to master the Dao laws; there is a hint of the power of Dao principles contained within the painting," the woman said.

"Indeed, it’s the power of Dao principles. Let’s see what kind of Dao principle power it is," Xu Ping’an smiled.

Right away, he released the constraints of the giant character.

The next moment, the character flew straight out of Xu Ping’an’s mind and into the painting.

"Eh, you actually have a fragment of Dao law. However, it seems you haven’t fully controlled it," the woman said in surprise.

"Correct, I obtained it by chance. I haven’t refined this fragment of Dao law," Xu Ping’an said.

Refining a fragment of Dao law is different from not refining it.

He was currently only borrowing the power of Dao law; to truly refine it would mean gaining full control.

But Xu Ping’an did not wish to refine it.

The woman seemed to have seen through Xu Ping’an’s thoughts and said, "It seems that you have great ambitions."

Xu Ping’an merely smiled faintly, offering no explanation.

Ambitions?

Perhaps, for his former self had already reached such heights; if he did not aim higher in this life, what would be the point of his rebirth?

As time passed, roughly ten breaths later.

The character fragment of Dao Law flew back to him.

However, Xu Ping’an was astonished when he saw the character.

At this moment, the character was no longer just large, but had become a giant character.

Not only that, this giant character had grown a full circle larger than before.

"Has it evolved by devouring the Power of Dao Principles here?" Xu Ping’an asked in surprise.

"Strengthening Principle? It seems that you are indeed lucky. The Power of Dao Principles contained here is a kind known as the Enlargement Principle, which is very close to the Strengthening Principle and can devour one another," the woman explained.

Xu Ping’an nodded his head.

He could feel that his Strengthening Principle had grown considerably stronger.

The increase in his own power had gone from one-fold to one and a half times.

That meant Xu Ping’an’s own Power of Two Dragons could now achieve the Power of Five Dragons. Together with the Black Nether gloves’ Power of One Dragon, Xu Ping’an could exert the Power of Six Dragons.

The Power of Six Dragons was equivalent to a full-strength strike from a Seventh Rank Sixth Layer Realm expert.

This enhancement was undoubtedly tremendously significant.

It must be said that his gains this time were truly substantial.

The treasures in the Purple Cloud Hall were more than he had expected.

Even though the Dao Law power in the second painting had disappeared, Xu Ping’an still collected the painting.

After all, the painting itself was a rare treasure.

After clearing out the hall, Xu Ping’an finally left the Purple Cloud Hall.

Once outside the great hall, Xu Ping’an looked towards the entrance of the valley.

The Eighth Rank Strongmen were still in a deadlock; it was difficult for them to break through the Savage Ape King’s defense line due to the Snow King.

However, the Seventh Rank Experts could no longer bear it and began to deploy their trump cards.

At this moment, half of the Black Armored Emperor Dragons had been slain.

Some had already broken through the defenses and were flying towards the hall.

Xu Ping’an was not surprised by this; these people were bound to break through the Black Armored Emperor Dragon’s defensive line sooner or later. That they had held out this long satisfied him greatly.

"Brother Xu, how did your search go?" At that moment, Li Xuanqing flew over.

In his hand, he held a long spear.

This long spear was extremely domineering, a mid-grade Immortal Artifact with a Dragon Soul inside, and very powerful.

"It looks like Brother Li has made quite the haul," Xu Ping’an said with a smile.

"Yes, I was lucky. The hall I went to was a Martial Practice Hall. Inside, there were exactly two Immortal Artifacts, one of which is this Mysterious Dragon Spear, and the other is a low-grade Immortal Sword," Li Xuanqing said.

Xu Ping’an nodded, as obtaining two low-grade Immortal Artifacts was indeed quite fortunate.

As for whether Li Xuanqing was hiding something, Xu Ping’an did not mind.

"Our gains were also good. I got three Immortal Pills, a low-grade Immortal Artifact Pill Furnace, and some Spiritual Medicine. Shuangshuang got three low-grade Immortal Talismans, a set of Immortal Talisman crafting secret tomes, and some Formation books," Song Yan also approached and said.

"Hmph, I was unlucky, only getting some Ninth Rank Cultivation Techniques and Combat Techniques," Qin Yu said, her face puffing up with displeasure.

The four Snow Guards also flew over, and they too had not had a small harvest.

One of them obtained quite a few high-level Formation books, which were extremely precious in the Mortal Realm.

Another obtained a large number of Monster Cores, at least several hundred, with at least fifty being high-level cores, and among them, even three Ninth Rank Cores.

One acquired thousands of Immortal Elemental Stones, which are even more precious than Spirit Stones for cultivation.

The last one got quite a few rare Spiritual Medicines as well as Immortal Elixirs.

"Xu Ping’an, what did you get?" Upon hearing everyone’s reports, Qin Yu felt even more despondent.

"I entered a study and got some stationery and paintings," Xu Ping’an said with a smile.

"Then you’re even worse off than me," Qin Yu said laughing, feeling much more pleased inside.

Xu Ping’an just smiled; he might well have had the greatest gains amongst them all.