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

I must say, the taste of the second-tier spiritual food was absolutely amazing.

The dish Lu Yang ordered was called "Four-in-One Braised Spirit Tendon". The main ingredient was the leg tendon of a second-tier Wind Spirit Deer, which was braised together with shredded spiritual herbs such as spirit pepper and spirit bamboo shoots.

The deer tendon is stewed to perfection, resulting in a soft, chewy texture. When you bite into it, you can feel the tendons gently breaking apart between your teeth, releasing an extremely rich and savory aroma.

The broth was thick and coated the spoon, with layers of spiciness and sweetness spreading across the tip of the tongue. Lu Yang almost swallowed his tongue while eating it.

Being able to enjoy this level of delicious food while cultivating immortality is truly a blessing.

However, Qin Nanyue was right; the medicinal effects of second-tier spiritual food were indeed too potent.

Lu Yang felt hot all over halfway through his meal, and a fine layer of sweat appeared on his forehead. The spiritual energy in his meridians surged like a boiling pot.

A significant amount of spiritual energy was not refined in time and simply dissipated from the pores, causing the concentration of spiritual energy in the private room to rise sharply.

However, waste is waste, but deliciousness is the most important thing.

After finishing his meal, Lu Yang put down his chopsticks and leaned back in his chair, completely satisfied.

He glanced at Qin Nanyue across from him. At first, this senior sister Qin looked pained, but later she probably figured it out and decided to just go for it and eat happily.

As for Lin Ying, she hadn't recovered from being teased by Lu Yang and Qin Nanyue. Even while eating second-tier spiritual food, she would occasionally space out, her chopsticks hovering in mid-air for a long time without moving.

Lu Yang looked at the two of them, a slight smile playing on his lips.

This meal was well worth it.

Just then, the panel suddenly appeared in front of them.

[The host enjoys a delicious meal with his beloved, and is in a good mood. Reward: 2000 low-grade spirit stones, 5 Youth Preservation Pills!]

Lu Yang's gaze fell on the last three words, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Youth-preserving elixir!

Still five!

Two thousand low-grade spirit stones are nothing to him now.

After all, there were already more than 20,000 spirit stones in his storage bag.

But the Youth-Preserving Pill is completely different.

The quality of this elixir is not actually very high, but the main ingredient required to refine the Youth Preservation Pill, the "Red Beauty Flower," only grows in special areas with abundant spiritual energy, making it extremely rare and always priceless on the market.

Lu Yang had been with the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect for four whole years, and he had never even seen this thing at the sect's auction.

The system actually gave him five at once!

Lu Yang was overjoyed, and his gaze involuntarily swept towards Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying opposite him.

This youth-preserving pill might be dispensable for male cultivators, but for female cultivators, it's practically a nuclear-level weapon of mass destruction.

Which woman doesn't care about her appearance?

Which woman wants to watch her face in the mirror grow old day by day?

With this, getting favorability is a piece of cake, right?

Qin Nanyue noticed that Lu Yang's gaze swept back and forth between her and Yingying several times, with an indescribable smile on his face.

She frowned, looking at me suspiciously, and said, "Lu Yang, why are you looking at me and Yingying like that? Are you thinking something inappropriate?"

Lin Ying was also secretly watching Lu Yang, so she immediately noticed his gaze.

She didn't want to speak at first—afraid that Junior Brother Lu would tease her again.

But now that Qin Nanyue had spoken first, she immediately felt like she had found a backer, straightened her back, and nodded vigorously in agreement: "That's right! Junior Brother Lu, you have such bad eyesight, he doesn't look like a good person!"

Instead of being annoyed by their retorts, Lu Yang laughed.

He leaned back in his chair and sighed dramatically, "I was really touched by how much effort Senior Sister Qin put into treating me to dinner and celebrating with me, and I was even thinking of giving you a gift. But you actually think I'm strange? And Senior Sister Lin too, what's wrong with me? Never mind, never mind, forget about the gift."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ying immediately waved her hand, her small face full of seriousness, and said, "Junior Brother Lu, I don't want your gift. You've already been good enough to me."

She's still thinking about that purple cloud-patterned robe.

Qin Nanyue's interest was piqued.

She raised an eyebrow, crossed her arms, leaned back lazily in her chair, and looked at Lu Yang with a half-smile: "What gift? You're always so generous, you wouldn't happen to have produced another top-grade magic artifact, would you?"

Lu Yang shook his head casually: "That's not a top-grade magic weapon."

As he spoke, he flipped his palm, and a pale pink pill appeared out of thin air in his hand.

The pill was only the size of a thumb, with a very faint glow on its surface and a sweet fragrance.

The fragrance was very light, like the scent of the first nectar of spring being carried away by a warm breeze.

Before Qin Nanyue could react, Lin Ying, who was sitting next to her, suddenly widened her eyes.

As an alchemist, her ability to identify elixirs was almost instinctive.

Lin Ying covered her mouth with one hand, her eyes fixed on the pale pink pill in Lu Yang's palm, and let out a short, startled cry: "Ah!"

Qin Nanyue was startled by Lin Ying's reaction.

She looked at Lin Ying, who was so excited, with a puzzled expression.

This girl wasn't this excited when Lu Yang gave her a top-grade magic weapon last time, was she?

That's a top-grade magic weapon!

Why are you so excited about this pill?

She frowned and stared at the pill in Lu Yang's palm for a few more breaths, feeling that the color and fragrance of the pill seemed familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before.

After a moment's thought, a sudden flash of inspiration struck her. She held her breath and stared intently at the pill, her voice softening as if confirming a somewhat unbelievable guess: "...This is...a Youth Preservation Pill?"

Lu Yang was somewhat surprised by the two people's almost uncontrollable excitement.

He realized that he had underestimated how much women cared about their appearance.

Even Qin Nanyue, a dashing female sword cultivator who usually carries her sword, had this expression when she saw the Youth Preservation Pill.

The two of them were now like two little pets waiting to be fed, their eyes fixed on the pills in his hand.

A slight smile played on his lips as he flipped his hand, pocketing the Youth-Preserving Pill. Then, feigning disappointment, he sighed, "It's a Youth-Preserving Pill. I was originally planning to give it to you. What a pity."

Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying exchanged a glance, both of them stunned for a moment.

Qin Nanyue reacted the fastest.

She stood up abruptly, walked around the table to Lu Yang's side, and greeted him with a warm smile on her handsome face, her voice becoming increasingly warm: "Oh dear! Junior Brother Lu, it was my fault just now. I was being petty and judging you by my own standards. Please don't take it to heart."

Lin Ying didn't have Qin Nanyue's thick skin.

She opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word for a long time. Her face turned bright red, and her fingers twisted and turned under the table.

Lu Yang glanced at Qin Nanyue, crossed his legs, leaned back in his chair, and said slowly and deliberately, "Oh dear, my shoulder is a little sore for some reason."

Qin Nanyue's smile froze abruptly, and Lu Yang vaguely heard a soft crunching sound from her back molars.

Then she took a deep breath, her smile returning to her face, and gracefully walked behind Lu Yang. She stretched out her slender, jade-like hands, which were used to holding swords, and placed them on Lu Yang's shoulders, massaging them: "Junior Brother Lu must be working too hard in your cultivation. Let me give you a massage."

Lu Yang closed his eyes comfortably, his mouth never stopping for a moment: "It's lighter."

Qin Nanyue increased the pressure on her hand.

"It's too heavy."

Qin Nanyue reduced her strength a bit.

"Hmm, not bad, that's the right amount of force."

Qin Nanyue's enthusiastic smile had become stiff, like a mask stuck on.

That brat, he's infuriating her!!

How dare they treat her like this!

But that's a youth-preserving elixir.

Even Qin Nanyue was not immune to this.

She was confident that with her talent and family resources, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage was a certainty, and she was also quite confident of reaching the Golden Core stage.

But even a Golden Elixir Immortal is not immortal.

Five hundred years of lifespan seems long, but when a female cultivator reaches three hundred years old, her appearance will begin to slowly age.

No matter how little she cares about dressing up, she doesn't want to see wrinkles in the mirror one day.

I have no choice but to put up with it.

Then she began to regret it.

Why did you blurt out that Junior Brother Lu's eyes looked strange?

When Junior Brother Lu looked at the two of them just now, he was clearly considering whether or not to take out the Youth Preservation Pill.

Yingying and Junior Brother Lu have a close relationship. If they become Daoist partners in the future, Yingying will definitely need a youth-preserving pill.

But it's different for me. I'm just Yingying's good friend, and Junior Brother Lu has no obligation to give her something so valuable.

Moreover, Junior Brother Lu would never sell something like the Youth Preservation Pill.

This elixir, if given to any female cultivator at the Golden Core stage, would be a great favor.

Her only hope now is to calm down Junior Brother Lu.

As Qin Nanyue was lost in thought, Lu Yang spoke again, his gaze falling on Lin Ying, his tone carrying an undisguised smirk: "Oh dear, my legs are a little sore for some reason."

Lin Ying's delicate body trembled slightly.

She looked up at Lu Yang with a pitiful and innocent expression.

Then she silently stood up, walked to Lu Yang's side, squatted down, and gently placed her fair hands on his calves.

Lu Yang could see the whorl of hair on the top of her head when he looked down, and her earlobes were bright red.

A faint floral fragrance wafted from her, so pleasant it made one's heart itch.

Qin Nanyue massaged her shoulders from behind, while Lin Ying massaged her legs from the front. The two stunning beauties were one heroic and the other gentle.

Lu Yang swallowed hard, feeling a warmth rising in his chest.

This is bad; if this continues, I'm afraid I'll embarrass myself.

He coughed sharply, sat up straight, and said in a serious tone, "Alright, alright, that's enough."

He took out two youth-preserving pills and handed them to Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying respectively.

A look of surprise and delight spread across their faces at the same time.

Lin Ying, who had previously vowed not to accept Lu Yang's gift, now unceremoniously grabbed the Youth Preservation Pill and clasped it tightly to her chest.

Qin Nanyue was even more decisive, grabbing the Youth Preservation Pill and throwing it directly into her mouth, swallowing it with a gulp.

She felt uneasy leaving it anywhere; she felt most at ease swallowing it whole.

Lu Yang then secretly glanced at the favorability rating on the panel.

Soon, an irrepressible smile appeared on his lips.

[Beauty: Lin Ying (Favorability: 88), Qin Nanyue (Favorability: 60)]

Lin Ying's favorability rating was already ridiculously high, so naturally it increased more slowly, only increasing by a few points.

However, Qin Nanyue's score jumped directly from 30 to 60!

This already shows that she considers Lu Yang a close friend!

Most importantly, 60 favorability points, another favorability reward in hand!