Immortal Cultivation Families: The Rise of the Jinling Immortal Clan

The seventh uncle Xia Yuhua mentioned was named Xia Guangyan, the seventh son of the Guang generation in the Xia family, and a cultivator with three spiritual roots. After his spiritual root attributes were discovered at the age of six, he was sent by his family to the Guiyun Sect.

After all, it's easier to get things done if you have your own people in the sect. Now that he's an inner disciple at the eighth level of Qi Refining, he has no power, but he can still gather some information for the family.

Xia Yuhui nodded thoughtfully, then seemed to think of something else, turned to look at Xia Yuhua, and asked with a serious expression: "I heard that the Akagi family's caravan was robbed. I wonder what their reaction was?"

Seeing that Xia Yuhui knew about this matter, Xia Yuhua was slightly surprised and said in a deep voice, "Hmph, what else can we do? We just sent a few people to investigate in the market, but in the end, we could only let it go. After all, that Linggui Daoist is extremely good at hiding. Even when our four families surrounded and captured him last time, it was Guiyun Sect that told us about Linggui Daoist's whereabouts and that's how we found his lair."

Xia Yuhui: "I think our family should also be cautious. That Linggui Daoist will probably not only retaliate against the Chimu family, but the last incident with the Chimu family was probably just a case of walking into the line of fire."

"Heh, they were just unlucky. It's a pity that the Akagi family members escaped. Why didn't that old Taoist priest personally annihilate that caravan?"

Upon hearing that someone had actually escaped, Xia Yuhui's expression immediately turned serious. "Brother, do you know who those people who escaped are?"

"Why are you asking about such trivial matters? It has nothing to do with us."

"Hehe, I was just curious." Xia Yuhui chuckled sheepishly.

Xia Yuhua: "You must know that curiosity can lead to death. We junior cultivators must not be so curious, otherwise we will get into trouble sooner or later. This is what the Second Elder taught me."

"So, brother, do you even know?" Xia Yuhui was getting impatient with the question.

"I don't know. If I knew, I would have told you long ago. Why would I waste time talking so much nonsense?"

He devoted himself to cultivation in the family shop all day long. Why would he go around asking about such trivial matters? How could he cultivate then?

Xia Yuhui remained silent, and in the end could only roll his eyes at him. He was now eager to know whether Chi Mumingyan was dead or alive. If he was not dead, he would definitely kill him and extract his soul for his own use.

Unfortunately, he had no sources of intelligence and had no choice but to give up.

Upon learning that the Second Elder had not yet returned, Xia Yuhui could only greet Xia Yuhua helplessly before turning and leaving.

A huge upheaval is about to unfold in the cultivation world. During this time, he must seize every second and do his best to improve his cultivation.

Upon returning to Wulan Mountain, Xia Yuhui immediately set about refining a mid-grade magic weapon. As it was his first attempt, he was inevitably a little nervous, and ultimately failed.

However, he was not discouraged. After all, he had never heard of anyone succeeding in refining a mid-grade magic weapon on their first attempt, and he had long expected that he would also fail on his first attempt.

He reviewed the refining process in his mind, repeatedly examining whether his refining technique was wrong. Then he reviewed his third uncle's refining process in his mind. After feeling somewhat confident, Xia Yuhui immediately tried again.

Ultimately, it was still a failure.

After cleaning the slag out of the furnace, Xia Yuhui did not impulsively continue refining. Instead, he took out a dozen jade slips and began to examine the refining process.

The sword he forged was a very ordinary mid-grade flying sword. The forging process was not complicated, so the problem must not be the process, but the technique.

After reviewing the document more than a dozen times, he finally began the refining process once again.

The third attempt also failed.

In these three attempts at refining, he lost a total of nearly seventy spirit stones. Continuing to refine would consume too much energy, and he could no longer afford it, so he had to stop.

He opened the wooden house. Two days and two nights had passed outside. He immediately made a hand seal to fully water the green sprout rice that had not been watered for two days. Then he used his golden needle technique to get rid of the pests that were happily eating the tender leaves of the green sprout rice.

Only then did he calm his mind and begin to meditate.

Learning alchemy and weapon crafting proved to be beyond the reach of a poor cultivator like him. No wonder his third uncle often told him that weapon crafting was a bottomless pit with no end, requiring a continuous supply of spirit stones.

He only realized this today: in just two days, he had spent what would normally take him six months' salary. However, there was no other way; he still had to refine it when the time came.

The next morning, Xia Yuhui hurriedly swallowed a few fasting pills and began a new round of refining.

However, this time he did not dare to directly refine a mid-grade magic weapon, but instead took out fifteen more sets of materials for refining low-grade magic weapons.

On the first day, all five ingredients were successfully refined.

The next day, two out of the five submissions failed.

On the third day, one out of five applications failed.

Over three days, he obtained a total of twelve low-grade flying swords. If other low-grade weapon refiners knew of such a success rate, they would surely be astonished.

However, in reality, the advantages of those with strong spiritual sense go far beyond that. If Xia Yuhui could hone his skills for a few more years and significantly improve his spiritual sense, then even with ten sets of materials, he would very likely succeed in refining them all.

After all, these low-grade magical artifacts don't require particularly high-level crafting techniques. The real challenge lies with the high-grade magical artifacts.

By then, even if its spiritual power is strong, the effect it can exert will not be as amazing as it is now.

After all, if a Foundation Establishment cultivator whose divine consciousness has undergone a transformation were to refine a low-grade magic weapon, there would be virtually no possibility of failure.

Based on the price of low-grade magic artifacts, they can usually be sold for thirty to fifty spirit stones. With the quality of Xia Yuhui's magic artifacts, they could usually only sell for a maximum of thirty-odd pieces.

However, things are different now. A major battle is about to break out, and prices are bound to skyrocket.

Xia Yuhui firmly believed that each of these magical artifacts could be sold for at least thirty-five spirit stones, which finally allowed him to recover some of his losses.

However, the mid-grade magic weapon still needs to be refined properly. Now that he has reached the late stage of Qi Refining, the Spirit Essence Pills he used for cultivation are gradually becoming less effective. He must replace them with the more potent Rejuvenation Pills in order to continue his cultivation.

The stronger the medicinal effect, the more spirit stones are required. A bottle of Rejuvenation Pill requires 50 spirit stones, which is 20 spirit stones more than Spirit Essence Pill. Therefore, his expenses are increasing. Moreover, with the price of magic weapons rising, the price of pills will definitely rise as well.

In the end, Xia Yuhui could only sigh helplessly: "Alas! This cruel world of cultivation."

Because Xia Yuhui was practicing with a low-grade magic weapon, he was full of confidence. He did his best in every step, and as expected, he successfully crafted his first mid-grade magic weapon. Although it was just a very simple flying sword, it was still a mid-grade magic weapon.

Taking advantage of the momentum, Xia Yuhui immediately began refining the next item, but it ended in failure, as he was too impatient.

However, he was quite satisfied with this refining process, and ultimately achieved the excellent result of obtaining one mid-grade magic weapon and 12 low-grade magic weapons.

In the end, Xia Guangyao's years of careful cultivation have not been in vain.

Spring has passed and autumn has come; in the blink of an eye, the five-year mission to guard Wulan Mountain is about to end.

Inside the small wooden house, Xia Yuhui, who was at the seventh level of Qi Refining, walked out of the house looking radiant. He only had one month left before he had to return to his family. In the past few years, he had spent his time refining weapons and cultivating. Although his cultivation had not made significant progress, he had still been able to hone his skills.

However, his skill in weapon crafting has greatly improved. Now, he can skillfully forge mid-grade magic weapons with a success rate that has remained stable at around 50% for many years. Don't underestimate this mere 50% success rate.

If Xia Yuhui refines ten mid-grade magic artifacts, he can earn at least 200 spirit stones, since the value of an ordinary mid-grade magic artifact is usually around 100 to 150 spirit stones.