Immortal Cultivation Families: The Rise of the Jinling Immortal Clan

"If your elder brother succeeds in breaking through, you should hand this puppet over to him. If he fails, you should use the second-tier spirit stones in the treasure vault to activate it. Although the power will be slightly reduced, it will still be effective."

"Give these two top-grade magic artifacts to your elder brother after he breaks through." After saying that, he took out two more top-grade magic artifacts from his storage bag.

“We cannot sit idly by and wait for our demise. After I leave for a month, I will have the Second Elder secretly lead some of the younger generation of the family to evacuate the ancient kingdom. We must take Liangxin and Lianghe with us, as they are the hope of our family.”

Listening to Xia Yuhui recount so much in one breath, Xia Guangchang suddenly recalled the scene when Xia Lingshan left that year. At that time, Xia Lingshan had also given him many instructions, and he still vividly remembered those things.

"Don't worry, even if it costs us old folks our lives, we will ensure that the Xia family's lineage continues!"

Xia Yuhui turned and left without expression.

After Xia Yuhui left the cave, Xia Guangchang slowly sat down on a bench and gazed into the distance.

Is this the helplessness of the weak?

After leaving the cave, he hurriedly returned, looked at the materials that had been organized, and smiled slightly, revealing two rows of white teeth.

In the past two years, he had the Xia family collect materials from all over the place. Although they only collected a little, it was enough to forge two spiritual artifacts.

One for offense, one for defense—they complement each other perfectly. Now, he doesn't know if he can successfully refine it. Several months ago, Xia Yuhui successfully refined that second-tier puppet; although crude, it was still considered second-tier.

Therefore, Xia Yuhui is now confident in refining second-tier spiritual weapons.

Xia Yuhui did not rush to forge the weapon, but instead took out a recording stone from his storage bag and activated it.

This is a legacy of the Xia family, recorded on a memorial stone, showing the entire process of a Xia family elder refining a second-tier defensive magic weapon.

After carefully observing the artifact, Xia Yuhui began refining the runes. Aside from the difference in materials, the biggest difference between spiritual artifacts and magical artifacts lies in these runes. The weapon refiner must inscribe the runes within the spiritual artifact.

This rune resembles a small array.

A moment later, Xia Yuhui began refining. By this time, he had sealed the entire refining room, preventing any outside sounds or vibrations from entering.

He also ordered Qingfeng and Mingyue to guard the cave entrance at all times to prevent others from entering without permission.

The difference in external interference between refining spiritual artifacts and refining magical artifacts is also quite significant.

Time always flies when you're focused on doing one thing, and a year has already passed.

At this moment, outside Lingfeng Mountain, a huge flying boat is hovering, bearing the insignia of Guiyun Sect.

On the deck of the flying boat stood a group of people, the leader of whom was none other than Luo Yun Dao Ren, who had met Xia Yu Hui once before, and was also known as Luo Yun Blood Sword.

This person became famous because of a blood-stained sword; he was a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

At this moment, he was staring solemnly at the Xia family members below.

Xia Guangchang, who was waiting below, noticed his impatience, but did not go forward to explain. After all, explaining would be futile if the person did not arrive.

Half an incense stick's time passed, and one of the Foundation Establishment cultivators behind Daoist Luoyun spoke with disdain, "This old crimson ghost really knows how to cause trouble. Time is so tight now, yet he is still so negligent."

The person who spoke was Xia Yuhui's nemesis, Cai Yuandan, who is also the only Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Cai family.

As for the mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Cai family who went to the battlefield, according to the news, he has already died in battle.

However, the mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Akagi family remained unharmed.

This deeply disappointed the Xia family's top management.

Now, the Xia family is no longer at the bottom. They originally wanted to bring down the Chimu family as well, but with this mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator around, they were ultimately helpless.

Just as everyone was getting increasingly impatient, Xia Yuhui rushed out from the mountain. "I apologize, everyone. I was dealing with some important matters and was delayed."

After speaking, he glanced at the cultivators below. Apart from a few who were members of the Xia family, the rest were all vassal cultivators of the Xia family. Clearly, these people were cannon fodder sent by the Xia family.

That's how it is in the world of cultivation: the strong prey on the weak, and only the fittest survive.

"Go up, everyone!"

"Yes! Patriarch."

These people showed no resistance and obediently boarded the airship, clearly having been persuaded.

After everyone boarded the flying boat, Xia Yuhui followed.

"Senior Luo Yun, I apologize for being late. I was preoccupied with some matters." Xia Yuhui apologized to the late Foundation Establishment cultivator as soon as he boarded the flying boat.

His attitude was sincere, his expression calm, and there was not a trace of affectation.

Seeing Xia Yuhui's behavior, Daoist Luoyun nodded slightly and said, "Alright, go down."

Although he was slightly dissatisfied with Xia Yuhui's behavior, he also knew that he could not easily offend a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Fellow Daoist Chi Lei, how have you been?"

"Fellow Daoist Xia, we have been waiting for a long time."

Jin Shengxin and Jin Shengguang quickly stepped forward to exchange pleasantries.

"Fellow Daoists, are you both well?"

Xia Yuhui responded with a smile. In fact, he and Jin Shengxin had always been at odds. Back when he was still in the Qi Refining stage, he had been verbally abused by this man. However, there are no eternal enemies in the world. As long as there is profit to be made, Xia Yuhui was willing to temporarily put aside the past grievances.

If we were to travel to the northern frontier now, having two allies to assist us would be the best option.

Seeing Xia Yuhui's attitude, Jin Shengxin and Jin Shengguang were also delighted, and the three of them began to chat on the deck.

The three of them left Cai Yuandan of the Cai family, and Akagi Yoshihiro and Akagi Yoshiaki of the Akagi family standing aside.

However, neither of them cared and simply joined forces.

Thus, two small groups were formed.

Lu Yun Daoist narrowed his eyes upon witnessing this scene.

It's good that there are conflicts. He was worried that the families in Jinling County would unite. If that happened, the Guiyun Sect would have to be cautious in its actions, since the four families were not to be underestimated.

Before long, the airship set sail from the Xia family territory, its destination being Qingshui County, which was being attacked by a beast tide.

After a brief conversation with the two members of the Jin family, Xia Yuhui took his leave and headed to where the rest of the Xia family were.

"Those at the late stage of Qi Refining, step forward."

After he finished speaking, three late-stage Qi Refining cultivators stepped forward.

"Greetings, Senior Xia!"

Xia Yuhui scrutinized the three identical vassal cultivators, his lips twitching slightly, but he eventually noticed a familiar face.

"Zhong Nan, you lead them."

"Yes, Chieftain, I will do my utmost," Zhong Nan replied respectfully.

This man is the son-in-law of the Xia family. He was originally a rogue cultivator, but later married a female cultivator from the Xia family who had cultivated Qi, and thus entered the Xia family.

Because of his exceptional talent, the Xia family helped him break through to the late stage of Qi Refining, and resources have never been lacking for many years. Now, he has reached the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Of course, there are also those whose cultivation is higher than his. For example, there is an old man from the Yang family whose cultivation has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, but his lifespan is almost over, so he was sent away by the Yang family.

Because the Yang family sent a Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator, they also received a large number of contribution points.

"If you go to the battlefield this time and make meritorious contributions, you will be rewarded with a lot of contribution points. Even if you cannot return, they will be recorded and given to your descendants or clansmen."

"Thank you, Senior Xia."

After giving his instructions, Xia Yuhui waved and returned to his room.

This year, he has been focused on refining weapons, which has consumed a great deal of his energy. If he does not use the family's resources, he probably will not have more than five hundred spirit stones left.

However, the harvest was quite fruitful. This time, two spiritual artifacts were successfully crafted. One was a defensive magic weapon made mainly from tortoise shells, and the other was a combination of the Thunder Spirit Stone given by Jin Shengguang and the Fusion Spirit Stone given by Su Qingqian.