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

The silence in the hall was oppressive, making it hard to breathe.

The lamps on the wall burned quietly, their dim and steady light casting the shadows of the assembled people onto the gray-blue wall.

Li Feng knelt on the cold jade floor tiles, cold sweat trickling down his forehead, nose, and chin before finally falling to the ground.

He lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Nanfeng.

He had said everything he needed to say; now, the patriarch's decision would determine his life or death.

The silence did not last long.

Li Nanfeng looked down at the young man kneeling in front of him; his wrinkled face revealed no emotion.

He spoke slowly, his voice hoarse and calm: "Li Feng."

Li Feng shuddered and shouted, "Li Feng is here!"

"You are one of the most talented young members of my Li family, and you have the potential to become a Golden Core True Person in the future..." Li Nanfeng's tone was flat, but he paused here, a faint trace of regret flashing in his cloudy eyes, "What a pity..."

Li Feng's heart sank, and the last trace of color drained from his face at a visible speed.

Despair rose in his eyes.

...Does the patriarch still intend to kill him?

He bit his lip hard, so hard that he tasted a metallic, sweet flavor.

Then he took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice, "Li Feng... understands! It was Li Feng's negligence that plunged the Li family into the crisis of extermination! No matter how the ancestor punishes me, Li Feng... will accept it."

Li Nanfeng looked at Li Feng, his cloudy eyes slightly opening and closing.

After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "Your biggest mistake was that after you said goodbye to Young Master Lu Yang, you failed to control Li Yao when he showed his resentment, and you also failed to inform the clan about this matter immediately."

Li Feng closed his eyes, knelt on the ground, and said in a voice filled with fear and guilt, "Li Feng understands! If we can quell Young Master Lu Yang's anger... Ancestor may take Li Feng's life."

On both sides of the main hall, the heads of the Li family looked at Li Feng kneeling in the center, each with a complicated expression.

Li Feng's ability to enter the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, and even his entry into the inner sect, demonstrates that his talent is among the best of his generation.

He is considered one of the strongest geniuses among the younger generation of the Li family.

The Li family originally had high hopes for him and invested a lot of resources in him.

Now that Li Feng has said this, they can't help but feel a mix of emotions.

To be honest, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on Li Feng; the blame lies with the Li family for having such an unfilial son as Li Yao.

An elder of the Golden Core clan, sitting not far to Li Nanfeng's left, opened his mouth as if he wanted to speak up for Li Feng, but in the end, he said nothing.

The Li family has survived to this day because clan rules are paramount.

Li Feng's mistake this time was indeed too big.

"However..." Li Nanfeng's voice suddenly changed, "Your interaction with Young Master Lu Yang after the auction was quite proper. Therefore, you have a way out."

Li Feng shuddered, abruptly raising his head, his eyes flashing with a mixture of astonishment and ecstatic joy: "Ancestor! Tell me! What should I do?!"

If one could live, who would want to die?

Li Nanfeng glanced coldly at the despondent Li Qifeng and An Yan, and said, "Take the heads of Li Yao's three generations of relatives and go to Young Master Lu Yang. If he forgives the Li family, you can live; otherwise..."

What else could happen? Li Nanfeng didn't say, but Li Feng understood.

Otherwise, the entire Li family might not be able to bear this price.

Upon hearing this, Li Qifeng and An Yan, who had remained silent, both trembled violently.

Li Qifeng suddenly kowtowed repeatedly, his head slamming against the stone slab with loud thuds that echoed through the silent hall.

His voice trembled as he pleaded urgently, "Ancestor! My wife and I failed in our duty to raise our son, Li Yao! We deserve to die! But the others are innocent! Ancestor! Please show leniency!"

An Yan also broke down, crying out in terror, "Ancestor! Nan'er is still so young! She doesn't understand anything! And Grandfather... Grandfather was a Golden Core cultivator, the pillar of our Li family! How could he die so undignifiedly?!"

She turned her head sharply and looked at an elderly man with long gray hair sitting next to Li Nanfeng.

The old man was slightly stronger than Li Nanfeng, and his shoulders and back were not completely hunched. From the moment the three of them were dragged into the main hall, he kept his eyes closed and did not say a word from beginning to end.

He was Li Qifeng's great-grandfather, Li Ao.

Hearing An Yan's plea, he slowly opened his eyes, his aged and cloudy eyes calm and still.

The light from the lamps inside the hall shone on his gaunt cheekbones, casting two deep, long shadows.

He said slowly, "I was the one who brought this up."

After saying this, a hint of regret appeared in Leo's eyes, then his expression turned ferocious as he slowly said, "Yao'er's temperament... I also bear responsibility. I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted, and I shouldn't have let you indulge him..."

The hall was deathly silent.

The wrinkles on Li Nanfeng's deeply lined face seemed to have deepened even further.

The expressions of the other Golden Core cultivators from the Li family also became distorted at that moment.

They had lived together under the same roof of the Li family for hundreds of years. Although they would compete for resources and influence among their respective branches, their loyalty to the family remained the same.

Moreover, their friendship spanning hundreds of years naturally fostered a very close bond.

Seeing Leo die, they were naturally filled with grief.

Li Nanfeng closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again after a long while, his voice hoarse and slow: "Ao'er, go with Li Feng. Take with you the Li family's Xuan Shui Binding Dragon Banner, Xuan Yin Cold Soul Crystal, and five million low-grade spirit stones. If Young Master Lu Yang is magnanimous, perhaps... you will have a glimmer of hope."

Upon hearing this, Leo's expression changed, and he abruptly turned to look at Li Nanfeng: "Ancestor! My life is not as valuable as the Xuan Shui Binding Dragon Banner!"

The other Golden Core elders also frowned.

The Xuan Shui Binding Dragon Banner is one of the two great treasures of the Li family, and it is a top-grade magic weapon.

Even among Golden Core cultivators, only a few possess magical treasures of this caliber.

The Li family's accumulated wealth over hundreds of years amounted to only two items.

Leo felt it wasn't worth it to exchange a top-grade magic weapon for his life.

After all, the root of this matter was caused by his own blood relatives.

Li Nanfeng gently shook his head, looking at Li Ao, and said calmly, "A magic weapon is good, but someone has to use it. Moreover, for someone like Young Master Lu Yang, if we want to quell his anger, we must show some sincerity. Otherwise... he may not let us off the hook."

Upon hearing this, Leo fell silent.

Li Feng, who had remained silent until now, finally couldn't help but cautiously inquire, "Ancestor, what exactly is the background of this... this Young Master Lu Yang?"

All he knew was that today's chaos and turmoil were caused by Lu Yang.

However, he truly did not know the identity of this outer disciple who was respectfully addressed as "Young Master".

Li Nanfeng glanced at Li Feng, a slight glint in his cloudy eyes.

After hesitating for a moment, he slowly said, "I really should tell you... If you can gain Young Master Lu Yang's forgiveness, you must find a way to turn enemies into friends..."

After saying this, a hint of fear appeared on his face, and he slowly said, "Regarding Li Yao's matter, it was the Grand Elder of the Enforcement Hall of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect who personally intervened. The Golden Rainbow Sword Sect's attitude is very clear: if we cannot quell Young Master Lu Yang's anger, they will abandon us directly."

Li Feng's eyes widened, and he felt a chill run from the top of his head to the soles of his feet, sending a shiver down his spine.

He swallowed hard, his voice hoarse: "...The Golden Rainbow Sword Sect will just abandon us?"

After all, the Li family was a Golden Core clan under the rule of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, and they provided the sect with a considerable amount of resources every year.

Even without the Li family, the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect can still support the Wang family, the Chen family, and so on...

However, retraining always takes time and money.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect will not stand idly by and watch the Li family be wiped out.

Even if it's just to let the other side vent their anger, make the Li family suffer some losses, and preserve some of their strength, Li Feng can accept it.

But giving up completely is something Li Feng cannot understand.

Doesn't this mean that a Golden Core clan like the Li family isn't worth making enemies of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect and Young Master Lu Yang?

Not only was Li Feng extremely shocked, but apart from a few Golden Core elders of the Li family, the Foundation Establishment stage leaders on both sides who were unaware of the inside story also changed their expressions.

Some people gasped, while others instinctively gripped the handrails.

The truth is even more terrifying than they imagined.

Li Nanfeng was not surprised at all by Li Feng and the others' performance. He slowly said, "The information I obtained by using my old face is that this Young Master Lu Yang has two Golden Core stage protectors, both of whom are geniuses in the same realm. One of them has reached the peak of the Golden Core stage and probably has no rivals in the Golden Core stage. Moreover... Young Master Lu Yang's flying artifact is suspected to be a top-grade magic treasure or a low-grade spiritual treasure."

The hall fell silent once again.

Li Feng and the other Foundation Establishment stage leaders of the Li family were all dumbfounded.

They finally understood why Li Nanfeng and the elders at the Golden Core stage were so terrified.

Li Feng snapped out of his daze. His lips trembled, and he slowly said, "Li Feng understands. If I cannot obtain Young Master Lu Yang's forgiveness, I will commit suicide in front of him."