Immortal Cultivation Families: The Rise of the Jinling Immortal Clan

[This time, I, the Daoist Ancestor, will not stop until I have written a million words. I hope all my fellow immortals will support me! Thank you in advance.]

Ancient Kingdom, Lingfeng Mountain.

Lingfeng Mountain is named for the maple trees that cover the mountain. It is a famous sacred mountain in Jinling County, and the Xia family has lived and thrived here for more than 700 years.

Xia Chenyang, the patriarch of the Xia family, had reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment and made no further progress. So he killed a peak second-tier demonic beast on Lingfeng Mountain and successfully occupied the second-tier low-grade spiritual vein of Lingfeng Mountain.

From then on, the Lingfeng Xia family spread and flourished on Lingfeng Mountain.

Over the past seven hundred years, the Lingfeng Xia family has experienced several major crises, yet they have survived each one tenaciously.

It experienced several periods of rise and fall, and at its peak, five Foundation Establishment cultivators appeared at the same time, and they used spirit stones and various spiritual items to upgrade the second-grade low-level spiritual vein to the second-grade middle-level.

The former glory has faded into obscurity. Now, the Xia family immortal clan is reduced to a single, frail, Foundation Establishment elder. The clan has reached a critical juncture of life and death.

Inside a cave halfway up the mountain, a handsome young man of about twenty years old sat cross-legged on an old futon.

A lit incense stick is placed next to the futon, its wisps of smoke bringing a sense of tranquility.

Xia Yuhui sat upright on the futon, holding his breath and concentrating, performing hand seals.

He inhaled lightly through his nose, drawing in blue smoke, and rhythmically exhaled through his mouth.

The surrounding spiritual energy gradually gathered, turning into a thick fog that enveloped him. Instantly, Xia Yuhui opened his eyes, a sharp glint in them.

"Finally broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining."

After calming his mind and meditating for a while, and once his cultivation was stable, Xia Yuhui finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

After he relaxed, he noticed a communication talisman outside the cave.

Xia Yuhui instantly became alert, took the communication talisman into his hand, and then activated his spiritual energy to activate it.

"Yu Hui, there are important matters to discuss in the clan. Come to the council chamber immediately."

Xia Yuhui frowned slightly. What could possibly be happening in the clan at this time? Nevertheless, he immediately packed his belongings and prepared to head to the council hall.

He has been in this world of cultivation for nineteen years. His family here has taken great care of him, and he is grateful for that. He always remembers his family when he receives any benefits.

That's right, Xia Yuhui was not originally from this world; in his previous life, he was an ordinary person on a certain blue planet.

During a holiday, by chance, I visited a famous Taoist site, but was struck by a crimson lightning bolt and thus transmigrated to this world.

Xia Yuhui's parents in this life were two ordinary people from Dongpo Village, Xiajia. They both died shortly after his younger brother was born, leaving only Xia Yuhui and his brother Xia Qiu alive.

Because the Xia family was a celestial clan, they did not lack food for two mortals, and the two were raised by their clansmen until they were six years old.

After the age of six, Xia Yuhui was found to possess spiritual roots, specifically three spiritual roots, and was immediately sent to Lingfeng Mountain to cultivate.

Because of his spiritual roots, his younger brother also lived a smooth life in the mortal world.

That crimson lightning not only brought him to this world, but it is still hidden within his body, roaming around him every day.

However, Xia Yuhui was not alarmed, because he had already realized that this lightning was not harmful to him, but rather beneficial to his physique.

In reality, he possessed more than just this one crimson lightning bolt within his body; a lamp was also hidden within his divine consciousness.

After eighteen years of exploration, Xia Yuhui finally learned that the lamp was called the Azure Soul Lamp, but its effects were still unknown. However, he had already sensed the extraordinary nature of the Azure Soul Lamp and suspected that he had obtained an extraordinary treasure.

He also knew that this Azure Soul Lamp could only be explored gradually after his own cultivation had become stronger.

Inside the family council hall.

At this moment, a dozen or so young people of similar age to Xia Yuhui were already seated in the council hall, while an elderly man with graying temples sat in the main seat.

Upon seeing Xia Yuhui arrive, the old man's eyes lit up, and he quickly got up and walked over, gently patting Xia Yuhui's shoulder.

"Very good, Yu Hui. At the age of 19, you have broken through to the sixth level of Qi Refining. Among the Yu generation, you can be called a leading figure. You still need to continue to work hard in the future."

"Elder, you flatter me. Yu Hui was just lucky."

"Not bad, Fifth Brother, you broke through without a word. Could it be that you want to challenge my position?" Xia Yuhua, the eldest brother of the Yu generation with an extraordinary temperament, who seemed like an immortal, teased.

"How dare I? Elder brother, you are now a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator. No matter how hard I try, I will never be able to surpass you."

The young people sitting in the chairs all came forward to congratulate Xia Yuhui.

"Congratulations, Xiao Wu, you're now my equal." Xia Yuren, the second brother, with a rugged face and muscles that even his Taoist robe couldn't hide, also congratulated him.

Even the usually aloof third sister, Xia Yuyao, teased, "Fifth brother, you've surpassed me now. You'll have to take good care of your third sister in the future."

Fourth brother Xia Yuguang, eighth brother Xia Yufeng: ……………

Xia Yuhui could only humbly respond to each question.

The First Elder, Xia Yongsheng, who was standing to the side, saw that the crowd had no intention of stopping, so he immediately released his Qi Refining Perfection cultivation to signal everyone to be quiet.

After everyone quieted down, he slowly moved to the main seat.

"Alright, let's leave the formalities for later. I've called you here now because there's something I need to discuss."

After speaking, he picked up the teacup on the table again, took a sip, and then slowly said, "As you all know, the family is currently in dire straits. The patriarch's lifespan is coming to an end, and the Akagi family has developed rapidly in recent years, having already swallowed up many of our family's properties. Therefore, we have no choice but to send people to guard them more closely."

“I also know that, apart from the eldest and second eldest, the rest of you are not yet of age to guard the family business. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the clan has decided to send you out ahead of schedule. But you can rest assured that the clan will give you a sum of spirit stones as compensation. If the place you guard does not have a spiritual vein for cultivation, there will also be another subsidy.”

After speaking, he sighed softly, took out more than ten jade slips from his storage bag, and distributed them to everyone one by one. "This is the place you are going to. It contains all kinds of information. You must set off tomorrow. The mission period is five years. I hope you can understand the difficulties of the family."

The dozen or so young men sitting on either side showed no sign of impatience, and all took the jade slips to examine them. After all, the family had nurtured them, and it was only natural for them to repay the family.

Seeing everyone's reaction, the Grand Elder, seated at the head of the table, nodded in satisfaction and murmured, "The future of the Xia family is promising."

Xia Yuhui looked at the jade slip in his hand and smiled slightly. In fact, he had long wanted to go out and explore, but due to the limitations of his cultivation, he could only stay in the family to meditate and cultivate.

He knew that if he meditated all day long, he would only become someone else's treasure trove if he encountered a powerful person in the future.

As the saying goes, others hoard spirit stones, I hoard magical artifacts; others are my storage bags.

This time, he was sent by his family to a spiritual mountain called Wulan Mountain. There is a first-grade mid-level spiritual vein on the mountain, and more than ten acres of green sprout rice are planted on the mountain. Every year, the family can harvest more than two hundred spirit stones. Therefore, the family sent him, a cultivator who has reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, to guard it.

He receives six spirit stones a month from his family, but now that he's been assigned to guard Wulan Mountain, he'll have 12 spirit stones a month. This is actually beneficial to his cultivation, so Xia Yuhui is very satisfied with this guarding mission.