I'm in the world of cultivation, and I get a system for becoming a wealthy urban tycoon?

Jiang Shiqing glanced at Wang Li, who was still in a daze, and smiled slightly: "Fellow Daoist Wang, farewell."

Wang Li came to her senses, and her tone became even more respectful than before. She quickly bowed and said, "Please be careful, Fairy Jiang."

She didn't say she wanted to go along.

After all, she and Jiang Shiqing were not related; it was just a task of guiding the way for a hundred spirit stones, so there was no need for her to take them along.

If he were to speak rashly, he would appear tactless, and if he were to anger the mysterious Fairy Jiang, it would be a loss that outweighs the gain.

Moreover, Wang Li is very clear about her own limitations. She just wants to live a peaceful life, so it's best for her not to get involved in this kind of thing.

Jiang Shiqing nodded slightly and looked at Wang Shiyi; "Shiyi, let's go and see where the battle is taking place."

Wang Shiyi bowed slightly, and then a powerful yet gentle spiritual energy surged out, steadily lifting Jiang Shiqing.

Two figures transformed into streaks of light, silently skimming across the lake's surface and flying towards the shimmering area in the distance.

In the darkness of night, the ripples on Qingyue Lake were startled by the stray light, leaving a white streak that was quickly smoothed out by the night breeze.

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East side of Qingyue Lake.

A forest area that is not very large, but with an unusually dense forest.

This forest grows along the lake and is nourished by water vapor year-round, resulting in lush and dense trees.

The moonlight was intense, and the silvery moonlight filtered through the gaps in the branches and leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground.

Vines twined around the branches in the forest, weaving a dense natural net that made it quite inconvenient for ordinary cultivators to pass through.

At this moment, the area within a hundred meters radius in the very center of this forest has been completely transformed.

Six dark red metal pillars covered with sharp spikes were deeply embedded in the ground in six different directions.

Blood-red light flowed across the pillar, shooting out streaks of dark red light that intertwined and linked together to form a complete blood-red array.

Under the cover of the formation, the foul-smelling blood mist swirled and churned, turning the air within a hundred meters into a hazy dark red.

The moonlight fell on the blood mist, refracting into eerie crimson arcs of light that flickered on and off, like the lights of hell.

All the trees within the array's range have been destroyed.

Broken tree trunks lay scattered on the ground, shattered vines were strewn everywhere, and the ground was pitted and uneven, bearing the marks of magical attacks.

Liu Yaoyao stood in the center of the formation.

She wore a red, narrow-sleeved robe with cloud patterns, a matching brocade belt around her waist, and her long hair was tied up high with a jade hairpin.

That once charming and alluring oval face was now as pale as paper, with a trickle of bright red blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, yet she still gritted her teeth and stood ramrod straight.

Above her head floated a small jade mirror, about the size of a palm.

The mirror slowly rotated, and with each rotation, it scattered a piece of jade-colored light, which condensed into a semi-transparent protective shield around her.

The protective shield was covered with delicate jade-like patterns, which appeared particularly cold and aloof against the backdrop of the blood mist.

However, at this moment, outside the jade shield, the blood mist was transforming into sharp claws, constantly tearing at the shield wall; it also transformed into the shape of a skull, opening its mouth to bite fiercely.

The ripples on the shield grew denser and the fluctuations became more intense, showing signs that it was about to give way.

Liu Yaoyao stared intently at the two figures dressed in black robes and wearing black masks not far away, her eyes filled with shock and anger: "How did you know I would come here?!"

Liu Yaoyao is the daughter of Liu Yifeng, an elder of the Foreign Affairs Hall.

As the daughter of an elder, with the support of her elders, her cultivation resources are naturally much more abundant than those of ordinary disciples.

However, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, relying solely on the resources provided by one's father and elders is certainly insufficient to accelerate one's growth.

Therefore, Liu Yaoyao would also take on some sect missions.

For example, hosting the auction at the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect's market auction is one of the sect's tasks.

But the auction only happens once a year, and she can't make a living from just this one job.

She also takes on other tasks on weekdays.

This time, Liu Yaoyao accepted the task assigned by the sect's external affairs hall to deal with heretical cultivators.

The mission states that evil cultivators are causing trouble near Qingyue Lake, and several cultivators have already died after having their life essence and spiritual energy drained.

Those who were harmed were all cultivators in the Qi Refining stage.

It is said that a rogue cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment once encountered an evil cultivator. The two fought each other, and although the rogue cultivator was no match for him, he managed to escape.

Therefore, the sect's mission classifies the cultivation level of evil cultivators as the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

Liu Yaoyao is in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and is also an inner disciple of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.

The cultivation method she practiced was not the traditional metal or sword style of the sect, but a low-grade earth-rank cultivation method called "The Record of Bewitching the Mind and Forgetting Worries".

This "Bewitching Heart and Forgetting Worries Record" was obtained by Liu Yaoyao's father, Liu Yifeng, from a secret realm during his early years of training. It is a unique family heirloom technique belonging to the Liu family.

Although the "Bewitching Heart and Forgetting Worries Record" is not as good as the middle-grade, upper-grade, or even top-grade Earth-rank cultivation techniques stored by the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, it is still quite good. Looking at the entire Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, there are very few Golden Core families that possess Earth-rank cultivation techniques.

Most importantly, the Earth-rank cultivation techniques of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect require sect contribution points to exchange for and learn.

The number of contribution points required to exchange for a low-grade Earth-rank cultivation technique is not insignificant.

Since her family had free low-grade Earth-rank cultivation techniques, Liu Yaoyao naturally didn't need to spend a lot of money to exchange for low-grade Earth-rank cultivation techniques from her sect.

The contribution points saved are better used to purchase cultivation resources and improve strength.

Therefore, Liu Yaoyao had already come into contact with this "Bewitching Heart and Forgetting Worries Record" from the very beginning of her cultivation.

After years of arduous cultivation, she mastered the basics of this low-grade Earth-rank cultivation technique. With the support of her family, despite having only a high-grade spiritual root, she was able to break through to the early stage of Foundation Establishment at the age of 25 and to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment before the age of 40.

This cultivation speed is almost comparable to that of a typical top-grade spiritual root!

The Book of Bewitching Mind and Forgetting Worries states that the power of the mind to bewitch the spirit is the path of the gods.

Although its direct combat ability is not particularly strong, its advantage lies in its silent and stealthy magic, making it difficult to defend against.

In particular, the spiritual strength of Foundation Establishment cultivators is limited, making it even more difficult for them to resist such mental attacks.

In addition, there's the wealth of magical treasures, elixirs, and talismans that Liu Yaoyao has accumulated over the years.

She believed that she could defeat even a rogue cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Therefore, Liu Yaoyao was not too worried when she accepted this mission from the evil cultivators.

What kind of trouble could a heretical cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, whose cultivation level is one level lower than hers, and who is in the territory of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, possibly cause?

Unexpectedly, when Liu Yaoyao followed the clues to track down the evil cultivators, she discovered that this situation was somewhat different from the usual evil cultivators' mischief.

Normal unorthodox cultivation generally follows two paths: one is to refine blood pills with the essence and blood of cultivators, and then cultivate after consuming them.

Alternatively, one could use formations to absorb the spiritual energy of cultivators for cultivation.

This method of cultivation has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that it doesn't require many external resources.

For evil cultivators, cultivators themselves are the sustenance for cultivation; they don't need to work hard to earn spirit stones or fight to the death with demonic beasts.

However, the drawbacks are equally significant. The cultivator's blood essence contains the cultivator's own resentment, and the spiritual energy is even more mixed.

For evil cultivators to absorb the blood pills or spirit pills refined by cultivators, it would take a considerable amount of time to purify and refine them.

If one only seeks speed, it will inevitably lead to a weak foundation, making even a breakthrough difficult in the end.

Even worse, they may be disturbed by the resentment within the cultivator's blood core, prematurely triggering their inner demons and ultimately leading to demonic transformation.

Even for evil cultivators who cultivate by absorbing the essence and spiritual energy of other cultivators, the most important purpose is naturally to break through their cultivation level and achieve longevity.

Unless someone is completely insane, it's rare for them to recklessly absorb blood pills and spirit pills continuously.

But the heretical practitioners we encountered this time were different.

They committed crimes far too frequently!

Gao Daoliu Yaoyao initially thought that several groups of evil cultivators might have happened to wander into the Qingyue Lake area at the same time and caused trouble one after another.

However, her investigation revealed that it was all done by the same group of people!

What alarmed her even more was that the early Foundation Establishment cultivator who had successfully escaped, mentioned in the sect's previous intelligence report, was nowhere to be found!

The news was indeed circulating in the restaurants and teahouses of various towns and cities around Qingyue Lake, but when asked about the name and background of the Foundation Establishment cultivator, no one could answer.

The news spread with great detail, but the source remained unclear, like looking at flowers through a fog.

As an inner disciple of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, Liu Yaoyao has participated in many sect missions and is a true combat-oriented cultivator.

She immediately realized the problem: it seemed more like a deliberately released fake news story used to lure people in.

Therefore, Liu Yaoyao turned to investigating the Foundation Establishment cultivators in several markets near Qingyue Lake.

This investigation revealed something amiss: three rogue cultivators at the early Foundation Establishment stage had not shown their faces in the market for at least a month.

Although it is perfectly normal for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to go into seclusion for a month.

After all, cultivation knows no time; a mere thirty days will pass in the blink of an eye.

However, combined with that unsubstantiated rumor, Liu Yaoyao instinctively felt uneasy.

Therefore, Liu Yaoyao planned to return to her sect first, then find other fellow disciples to form a team, and then deal with this evil cultivator mission.

As a result, just as Liu Yaoyao was about to leave, she was blocked by someone!

Most importantly, these two evil cultivators actually used a formation of considerable rank and immense power to trap her!

She tried several methods, but even escaping was difficult!

Left with no other choice, Liu Yaoyao could only use the sect token to send a distress signal to all her fellow disciples.

Hopefully, some fellow disciples are nearby and will come to our rescue.