"Shumin, I need to cultivate and refine this rune now. Can you guard me?" Lu Yang said to Bai Shumin.
"Okay!" Bai Shumin nodded obediently and stood guard beside Lu Yang.
Lu Yang sat cross-legged on the ground, holding the rune, and began to refine it. The rune was instantly absorbed into Lu Yang's body, and within his body, it intertwined with the other three runes, forming a golden rune.
This golden rune once again cleansed Lu Yang's body and fused the true qi within him. Lu Yang felt his body had become incredibly powerful, on the verge of bursting out.
"This is the moment! Break through!" Lu Yang roared. Instantly, countless golden lights erupted from his head, piercing the sky and reddening the clouds, stretching for hundreds of miles. The entire sky was fiery red, terrifying to the extreme.
"What is this… someone has broken through to the Land Immortal realm?"
"What's happening lately? Someone breaks through to the Land Immortal realm almost every once in a while? Has China's spiritual energy become abundant again?"
"It's incredible. In this era of declining spiritual energy, there are still so many Land Immortals. It's too chaotic!"
"…"
Countless martial artists saw the hundreds of miles of red light, their expressions becoming incredibly strange as they sighed and shook their heads.
Lu Yang sat there, feeling his limbs and bones being continuously washed by this spiritual energy, making him incredibly powerful.
He felt that with a casual wave of his hand, he could easily split Mount Yan in two.
"This is the power of a Land Immortal? It's too terrifying!"
Lu Yang stepped into the Land Immortal realm and truly felt its power, which was far greater than that of the Southern Sea Sword Demon and the Xuanwu King he had encountered before.
"As expected, the cultivation techniques of the four great families, when combined, are the most powerful, far exceeding other cultivation methods!" Lu Yang said excitedly. He was likely the only Land Immortal in China now, as the Southern Sea Sword Demon and the Xuanwu King were dead, leaving only Lu Yang.
"Alas, it's a pity that Father won't have the chance to see me cultivate to the Land Immortal realm. Otherwise, he would be very happy!" Lu Yang sighed inwardly.
"Lu Yang, you've become even stronger!" Bai Shumin said excitedly, seeing the surging true qi from Lu Yang, like crashing waves.
"Mmm!"
"The Xuanwu King is dead. Now they can return to Jiangbei City!"
"Let's go. There's nothing left here worth our effort. Let's return to Jiangbei City!" Lu Yang said calmly to Bai Shumin.
Soon, he and Bai Shumin left Yan Jing and returned to Jiangbei City. Shen Yiman and the others had some people stay in Xue Guo, while the rest returned to Jiangbei City. The companies in Xue Guo were developing very well. The previous companies in Jiangbei City had miraculously revived after facing a crisis of survival. After all, the Qinglong Bay project was still ongoing. Although Haitong Group and Heilong Capital had stopped for two months, their stock had fallen sharply. However, with the current recovery, in just a week, Haitong Group and Heilong Capital had returned to their previous state.
"Lu Yang, I'll serve you tonight!"
"No, Lu Yang is mine tonight!"
"Yiman, we're best friends, can't we not be so competitive!"
At Cloud Top Villa, Lu Yang was being fought over by Bai Shumin and Shen Yiman.
Tang Shimin and Lingque King Cheng Wanyun remained in Xue Guo. They had anticipated such a situation and naturally did not return.
"You two stop arguing. I'm a person, not a commodity!"
"Alright, you two sleep here. I'm going out to sleep!" Lu Yang, speechless, drove out.
Soon, Lu Yang was driving a Ferrari sports car, which was very eye-catching. This sports car was not as expensive as the limited edition Lamborghini, but it was worth around ten million. Its fiery red exterior made it even more flashy.
Lu Yang drove aimlessly and unexpectedly arrived at Jiangbei University, which was also Lu Yang's alma mater. Lu Yang was a top student at Jiangbei University back then, but due to unforeseen circumstances, he became the live-in son-in-law of the Tang family. However, after so many years, Lu Yang still missed his alma mater dearly.
Lu Yang parked the red Ferrari at the school gate and gazed at the school motto, lost in thought.
At this moment, a female student in a black evening gown walked over. She was heavily made up and dressed very beautifully, looking less like a student and more like a service worker at an establishment.
The female student walked up to Lu Yang and directly asked, "Handsome, do you have any plans tonight?"
Lu Yang was slightly stunned, then looked at the female student and said, "No, why?"
"Um… can I get in? Take me with you tonight, and I'll do anything!" The female student smiled slightly, placing a hand on Lu Yang's shoulder.
"I'm sorry, I'm not interested in you!" Lu Yang refused directly. Although this female student had some charm, she was far inferior to Lu Yang's own women. She was clearly only interested in Lu Yang's Ferrari, which was why she came to seduce him. How could Lu Yang feel anything for such a woman?
After being rejected by Lu Yang, the female student left the Ferrari dejectedly and went to another Range Rover. After a brief conversation with a bald old man, she got into the passenger seat of the Range Rover and disappeared in a flash from the entrance of Jiangbei University.
"What the hell is this!" Seeing this, Lu Yang couldn't help but curse.
After cursing, Lu Yang walked into the school alone. Lu Yang had lived here in his younger days, and he remembered every blade of grass and tree in the university very clearly. However, the current Lu Yang was no longer the same; he had become a master of the Land Immortal realm, and with a casual release of his divine sense, he could encompass the entire Jiangbei City. But Lu Yang did not release his divine sense to cover the school; instead, he ambled leisurely through it.
"Hmm? Why do I smell a strange aura here?" Lu Yang frowned. This aura was very familiar, as if he had encountered it somewhere before.
"This is bad, it's the aura of an outer-realm demon. I didn't expect an outer-realm demon to enter Jiangbei University!" Thinking of this, Lu Yang felt extremely terrified. He had thought that after defeating the Xuanwu King, the outer-realm demons had been eliminated. Unexpectedly, he had only casually entered Jiangbei University and smelled the aura of an outer-realm demon here. It was truly terrifying to the extreme.