Immortal Cultivation Families: The Rise of the Jinling Immortal Clan

This man is called Xia Yongye, the grandfather of Xia Yuzong, the sixth son of the family. He is currently at the seventh level of Qi Refining, but he is already old and nearly 110 years old. Considering the maximum lifespan of 120 years for the Qi Refining stage, he probably doesn't have much time left.

"Hehe, Yu Hui has arrived. He is indeed a rising star of the new generation, breaking through to the sixth level of Qi Refining at the age of nineteen. Even your brother Yu Hua is only hovering at the fifth level of Qi Refining at this time."

"Grandpa, you flatter me. I was just a little lucky and didn't encounter any bottlenecks when I broke through. If I encounter bottlenecks in the future, I'm afraid I'll be stuck for who knows how many years."

"Hmph, you brat, don't stand on ceremony with me. If my grandson had half your talent, that would be wonderful. Sigh, I get angry every time I think of him. His talent is only four spiritual roots. I made him study alchemy with the Second Elder, but after more than two years, he hasn't made any progress. He's always clamoring to go out and train. Now I've granted his wish. I'll see if he can return safely."

"Grandpa, don't worry. Yu Zong is just young and playful. He will become more sensible in a few years. Rest assured, we will teach him well."

"Alright, let's not mention him anymore. Come on, I'll show you around this place."

After saying this, he led Xia Yuhui toward a small house next to the spirit field, explaining the situation of Wulan Mountain to Xia Yuhui along the way.

There is a seventeen-acre spiritual field on Wulan Mountain, all planted with green sprout rice. The family has set up a first-tier mid-grade Five Elements Array here. If there is a mid-level Qi Refining cultivator in charge of the array, even if the visitor is a seventh-level Qi Refining cultivator, they can easily resist for four or five days.

As far as the surrounding forces are concerned, there are no ones above the seventh level of Qi Refining. As long as Xia Yuhui does not act rashly, no one can forcibly break the formation and injure him. After all, even if a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining comes, the family's reinforcements will arrive long before they do, so they will not give others a chance to break the formation.

After Xia Yuhui became familiar with the surrounding environment, Xia Yongye told him about the distribution of the surrounding forces and the incantation to activate the formation. Once Xia Yuhui understood, Xia Yongye left the next day.

Xia Yuhui officially took over the area. He first activated his magic to cast the Rain Technique, and after the green sprout rice had eaten its fill, he took out a few jade slips to read.

These jade slips, which he obtained from his family, concern the art of cultivating spiritual plants and are of great help to him at present.

After all, he now has full responsibility for these seventeen acres of spiritual fields, and taking care of them is not as simple as he imagined.

During this process, many things must be considered, such as fertilizing, loosening the soil, irrigating the spiritual field, and pest control. Sometimes, it may even be necessary to introduce spiritual energy into the spiritual field.

Although they are mostly similar to grains grown by ordinary people, they are actually worlds apart.

Too much or too little fertilizer will damage the roots; if the soil is not loosened regularly, it will affect the growth of the spirit rice; there is no regularity to raining the spirit field, it depends on the condition of the spirit rice, and ordinary rainwater is useless to the spirit rice, only rainwater containing spiritual energy by cultivators can be effective.

As for the process of drawing in spiritual energy, it tests the cultivator's patience and proficiency in spells even more.

Therefore, cultivating spiritual plants is extremely difficult, let alone mastering the four popular arts of immortal cultivation. Xia Yuhui laid the foundation from childhood and has only now successfully refined a few low-grade magic artifacts.

After carefully reading through these jade slips, Xia Yuhui began a new day of cultivation.

The spiritual energy emitted by the first-grade mid-level spiritual vein was more than enough to supply the dozen or so acres of spiritual fields and his cultivation at the sixth level of Qi Refining. Although his cultivation speed was still slightly slower than in the family, the family had made corresponding compensation. In this respect, Xia Yuhui had come out on top. So Xia Yuhui immediately devoted himself to cultivation until the afternoon.

Just as Xia Yuhui was enjoying his cultivation, an unexpected event occurred.

Xia Yuhui immediately got up from his meditation, opened the door of the hut, activated the formation, and looked outside the formation.

Upon seeing this, Xia Yuhui's eyes instantly turned bloodshot. He saw two people outside the formation, one lying down and one standing. The one lying down was none other than his ninth grandfather, Xia Yongye.

"Young man of the Xia family, nice to meet you. I'll give you a big gift: come and take away the corpses of your elders, hahaha." The man standing there mocked Xia Yuhui as he appeared.

Xia Yuhui immediately took out a long sword from his storage bag, intending to go and rescue Xia Yongye. How could he be afraid of the person opposite him? The person opposite him was just a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining. Even if he was no match for the other party, he was confident that he could escape safely.

However, just as Xia Yuhui was about to step out of the formation, he suddenly stopped. He had acted impulsively just now, but after calming down and thinking about it, he realized that it was not a good idea.

His great-grandfather was also a Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator. Even if he was no match for the person opposite him, he should have been able to retreat calmly. However, he was killed directly. Obviously, there was more than one person who came.

"Damn it, I almost fell for their trap!" Realizing he had been provoked, he quickly withdrew.

"You brat, the one lying on the ground is your Xia family elder. Are you all ungrateful bastards who would abandon even your own elders?" The person outside the formation turned cold instantly when he saw that Xia Yuhui had not appeared.

"I swear I will kill you!" Xia Yuhui roared angrily, his face as cold as ice.

"Haha! Good lad, you're truly a hero. Listen carefully, my name is Cai Tingxiang. If you wish to seek revenge, you can come to Tiger Fang Forest to find me anytime."

With that, he raised his sword and brought it down, and Xia Yongye's head flew off.

"Fangcheng, this boy hasn't fallen for the trap. Let's go! Return quickly." Knowing that Xia Yuhui wouldn't be fooled, he shouted into the woods.

A cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining slowly emerged from the woods.

He smiled insincerely at Xia Yuhui and said, "Hello, let's get acquainted. My name is Cai Fangcheng. I played a big part in killing this old man just now. Don't forget to look me up in the future."

After saying this, the two sped away.

Xia Yuhui did not move an inch, but stared quietly at the corpse of his ninth grandfather. Recalling the kind face of yesterday, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and two lines of grief and indignation slowly flowed down his face.

He did not step out of the formation, but stood there quietly. As night fell and the rain poured down, Xia Yuhui did not use any magic to avoid the rain. He remained standing in the same spot, letting the rain soak him to the bone.

The following afternoon, three figures suddenly appeared in the sky riding swords. They were reinforcements from the Xia family. All three were at the seventh level of Qi Refining. One of them was Xia Guangyao, whom he knew well, and the other two were his clan uncles, Xia Guangen and Xia Guangze.

As soon as the three landed, they went straight to Xia Yongye's corpse.

Xia Guangze: "Damn it, Ninth Uncle, those treacherous dogs from the Cai family! I will wipe out your entire Cai family sooner or later."

Xia Guang'en: "Third brother, how about the three of us charge into Tiger Fang Forest?"

"Shut up!"

Xia Guangyao let out a low growl, silently piecing together Xia Yongye's corpse, wrapping it in cloth, and putting it into his storage bag. Only then did he step into the formation, staring at Xia Yuhui's pale face, and sighed helplessly.

Xia Yuhui: "Third Uncle, I'm sorry. I have let down the family and the Jade Clan."

"Alright, Xiao Wu, this matter has nothing to do with you. Remember, don't talk about revenge before you have enough strength, and don't go out for the next few months."

After saying this, the three of them leaped onto their flying swords and searched the surrounding woods. After confirming that no one was hiding there, they returned to Xia Yuhui to comfort him before flying away on their swords. The three of them were specifically responsible for providing support to various parts of the family, so they could not stay for long.

A month later, in a forest on Wulan Mountain, Xia Yuhui released a crimson lightning bolt from his hand, which accurately struck a large tree, breaking it instantly. Then, the crimson lightning, undiminished in its power, passed through the tree and struck the ground, immediately forming a deep crater. Both the crater and the tree burst into flames.

Xia Yuhui was quite satisfied with the damage. For the past month, he had been working hard to familiarize himself with the crimson lightning within his body, and now he was able to condense a bolt of crimson lightning.

However, once this crimson lightning is unleashed, it requires four or five days for the body to continue absorbing the power of the crimson lightning within it before it can unleash such an attack again.

Therefore, this move can only be used to save one's life, but even so, Xia Yuhui was already satisfied.

Now that he possesses a powerful weapon, Xia Yuhui's murderous intent is growing. In the past few days, he has frequently visited Tiger Fang Forest, looking for an opportunity to strike. Although he has not yet succeeded, Xia Yuhui firmly believes that one day he will be able to do so.