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

Outer gate square.

As the year draws to a close, most of the disciples have returned home one after another, and the usually bustling square has become unusually quiet.

A gentle mountain breeze rustled the leaves of the old ginkgo tree next to the Sword Testing Stone.

The fallen leaves carpeted the ground in a golden hue, soft and yielding underfoot.

With fewer people, there is less attention being paid to the area.

Lu Yang and Lin Ying stood beside the sword-testing stone, chatting casually, and few people noticed them.

After a short while, a figure enveloped in a faint spiritual light appeared and was rushing towards them at the speed of a teleportation technique.

It is Wang Siyuan.

He was covered in sweat, with a few strands of hair sticking to his forehead, and it looked like he had run there at top speed.

"Senior Brother Lu, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting!"

As soon as he steadied himself, his gaze unconsciously swept over Lin Ying's intimate posture of hugging Lu Yang's arm, and he immediately understood.

I had always felt that Senior Sister Lin and Senior Brother Lu had an unusual relationship, and they were most likely Daoist couples.

It now seems like it's a done deal.

He quickly straightened his expression and bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Senior Sister Lin."

Lu Yang smiled lightly, without any further formalities, and led Lin Ying towards the mountain gate: "Let's go."

Wang Siyuan quickly and cautiously followed behind, consciously keeping a distance of three or four body lengths from the two.

It's neither too intrusive nor too distant.

The three of them arrived at the mountain gate, but Lu Yang did not take the path leading to the market. Instead, he turned onto another main road leading out of the mountain.

Lin Ying blinked, somewhat confused. "Junior Brother Lu, are we just leaving like this? Should we rent a spirit beast mount?"

She had originally thought that Lu Yang would be like Qin Nanyue, with his family's flying magical artifact coming to pick him up.

Judging from Lu Yang's expression, he doesn't seem to be planning to hike down the mountain like this, does he?

Wang Siyuan followed behind, feeling a chill in his heart.

on foot?

Are you serious?

The journey back to the Yuan Kingdom from here would take several days just to cross the Jinyang Mountains, and with the rest of the journey, it would take at least several months.

By the time I got home, the New Year celebrations were long over!

He couldn't help but wonder again: Is Senior Brother Lu's background really that strong?

However, as soon as the thought popped into his head, he gritted his teeth and suppressed it.

Now that I've decided to follow Senior Brother Lu, I can't let my mind wander anymore.

Perhaps Senior Brother Lu has his own plans?

Just as Wang Siyuan was trying to comfort himself, Lu Yang was also stunned.

He blinked, a hint of confusion in his eyes: "Can I rent a spirit beast mount?"

Wang Siyuan: "..."

Seeing Lu Yang's stunned expression, Lin Ying finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

She was usually gentle and demure, so it was rare for her to show such a playful side; even the corners of her eyes curved into crescent moons.

"Of course! How about we go to the market first? The Spirit Beast Hall has a branch there, so we can rent one directly from there."

Lu Yang coughed lightly and nodded without changing his expression: "Alright then."

His original plan was this: first, leave the Jinyang Mountains on foot, then deal with Li Yao's troubles, and finally summon the Flowing Light Flying Boat to take Lin Ying and Wang Siyuan back to the Yuan Kingdom in style.

The reason they didn't take the flying boat from the start was because they were afraid that Li Yao would see the Flowing Light Flying Boat from afar and be so frightened that he would shrink back.

However, since there are spirit beast mounts available for rent, it's even more convenient.

The three returned to the market.

Lin Ying returns home every year and is very familiar with renting spirit beast mounts. She quickly led the two to the Spirit Beast Hall's branch in the market.

With her help, the three of them successfully rented the black-scaled horse.

This black-scaled horse is a first-tier spirit beast. Its entire body is as black as ink, and its mane gleams with a faint blue light in the sunlight. Its four hooves are thick and powerful, and it runs extremely fast, easily covering thousands of miles a day.

Even if the area under the jurisdiction of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect is tens of thousands of miles, it would only take a few days to reach the destination while riding a black-scaled horse.

The three mounted their horses and rode along the mountain path opened up by the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, heading towards the outside of the Golden Sun Mountain Range.

The mountain path is flanked by endless, towering forests. The giant trees reach for the sky, their branches intertwining, cutting the sunlight into slanted beams that fall on the moss-covered stone path in the forest.

Occasionally, you can hear the babbling of a stream deep in the shadows of the trees, and in the distance, a white waterfall cascades down the cliff, the mist refracting a faint rainbow in the sunlight.

The black-scaled horse traveled at full speed, and after more than two hours, the view suddenly opened up before them.

They finally made it out of the Jinyang Mountains.

Beyond the mountains lies a vast, boundless plain.

The afternoon sun shone down relentlessly, and the golden meadow stretched all the way to the horizon.

The air was filled with the scent of hay and earth, mixed with the faint, sweet fragrance of wildflowers from somewhere.

Lu Yang and Lin Ying rode side by side on black-scaled horses, chatting and laughing, looking as carefree as if they were on a spring outing.

But Wang Siyuan, who was following behind the two, was in a completely different situation at this moment.

He sat on his horse, his body stiff as a stone slab, his palms sweating profusely, the reins creaking under his grip.

He glanced around from time to time, his eyes scanning the grass and bushes.

Li Yao is leading his men to ambush Senior Brother Lu outside the Jinyang Mountains!

Why isn't Senior Brother Lu making any preparations?

Riding three horses, with two people in tow, they were walking so casually across the plain?

He looked up at Lu Yang, his senior brother riding a black-scaled horse with his back straight and a faint smile on his lips. The sunlight cast a warm golden glow on his handsome profile.

He doesn't look like someone who's about to be ganged up on at all.

Wang Siyuan couldn't understand this composure at all, and could only silently pray that Li Yao hadn't gone out today.

Then, his prayers were in vain.

A sudden whooshing sound arose.

More than a dozen figures suddenly rushed out from the weeds all around, their robes fluttering, and in the blink of an eye, they surrounded the three of them.

Startled, the black-scaled horse reared up on its forelegs and let out a piercing neigh.

Wang Siyuan's face turned deathly pale, his temples throbbed, and cold sweat trickled down his temples.

Ruined!

It's really blocked!

His mind was blank, with only these two thoughts echoing repeatedly.

Lin Ying didn't expect to be surrounded by people.

Her expression suddenly tightened, and one hand reached for the jade pendant at her waist, her spiritual energy gathering in her meridians, ready to be unleashed.

At the same time, she instinctively glanced at Lu Yang.

Lu Yang turned his head and gave her a reassuring look, then transmitted his voice to her in her mind: "Senior Sister Lin, don't worry, just wait and see what happens."

Lin Ying's heart, which had just jumped into her throat, immediately settled back down.

If Junior Brother Lu says it's nothing, then it's nothing.

She naturally trusted Junior Brother Lu.

Lu Yang's gaze swept indifferently over the cultivators surrounding them.

There were more than a dozen people, all dressed in ordinary robes without any sect insignia, clearly all independent cultivators.

Since he was going to target his fellow disciples, it would be inconvenient for Li Yao to target them.

Of course, some of these people might be disciples of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect who had concealed their identities, but to him, it made little difference.

Li Yao, who was leading the group, stepped out from the crowd, looked at Lu Yang, and burst into laughter, extremely smug: "Hahaha! Didn't expect that, did you, Lu! We've been waiting for you here for days!"

Lu Yang's expression remained unchanged, even with a faint smile playing on his lips: "So? What are you waiting for me to do?"

Li Yao's eyes suddenly turned cold: "Last time you put on airs and dared not take my Li family seriously. I originally thought you had a lot of background, but after checking, it turns out that the Lu family is just a small family in the Qi Refining stage."

As he said this, the muscles in his face contorted slightly, and his expression became ferocious: "Who gave you the guts to... refuse me?!"

Lu Yang said calmly, "So? You want to kill me?"

Li Yao chuckled and said slowly, "This isn't the Golden Sun Mountains; the sect has no jurisdiction here. Without the sect's protection, what are you? Killing you alone won't quell my hatred. I'll make you taste what it means to wish you were dead..."

As he spoke, his gaze swept over Lin Ying and Wang Siyuan, finally settling on Lin Ying's face and stopping there.

A nauseating light flickered in his eyes, and he grinned, "This is your woman? I'll torture her right in front of you, making you regret ever being born."

The warmth in Lu Yang's eyes vanished instantly, and he didn't bother to say anything more.

What's the point of talking to a dead person?

With a flick of his right hand, the Obsidian Sword appeared in his palm, its dark blade gleaming with a cold, eerie light in the sunlight.

Despite cultivating for so long, he had never actually fought a real battle.

It's rare for someone to come knocking on our door; it's good to test our abilities first.

Seeing Lu Yang reveal his magic weapon, Li Yao sneered and waved his hand, "Go! Don't kill him, cripple him first!"

The dozen or so cultivators moved at the sound.

Some people conjured up magical artifacts, which shimmered with spiritual light; others formed hand seals and chanted incantations.

In an instant, the surrounding spiritual energy surged violently, and a rusty killing intent filled the air.

Lin Ying's pretty face was solemn as her spiritual energy circulated rapidly through her meridians, preparing to activate the magical artifacts on her body.

With the high-grade and top-grade magic artifacts given to her by Lu Yang, she wouldn't panic even if she faced more than a dozen Qi Refining cultivators.

Wang Siyuan gritted his teeth, reached for his storage bag, and prepared to fight to the death.

However, at that very moment, a pale golden light shone.

Wang Siyuan subconsciously looked up and saw Lu Yang gently raise the obsidian greatsword and then casually swing it down.

A golden sword shadow, over thirty feet long, slashed down from the sky.

boom--!!!

The extremely sharp metal-elemental spiritual energy and sword intent exploded like a storm, flattening the grass and trees, cracking the ground, and tearing the air with a series of ear-piercing explosions.

The five or six cultivators under the sword shadows didn't even have time to utter a scream before they were instantly slashed into a cloud of blood mist.

Among those people were those at the mid-stage of Qi Refining and those at the late-stage of Qi Refining.

However, in the face of this sword, they were as vulnerable as newborn babies.