Immortal Cultivation Families: The Rise of the Jinling Immortal Clan

After a moment's thought, Xia Yuhui couldn't help but chuckle bitterly a few times.

The weakness of human nature is that people are easily misled by the promise of huge profits and lose their ability to think critically.

Black Cloud Taoist said in a deep voice, "But let me make this clear from the start: you must follow the orders of your team leader during this mission. Otherwise, if any unexpected incidents occur, the team leader has the right to kill you on the spot. Alright, now report to your respective team leaders."

Upon hearing this, the family and sect cultivators below the stage were thrown into chaos. However, one Foundation Establishment cultivator after another immediately took to the air and shouted, "Yunmeng County and the corresponding sect members, report to me immediately!"

"Junior Nephew Wu, bring your junior brothers and sisters to gather here."

“……….”

Thus, the Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered their team members together, forming more than a dozen teams in total. Most of these teams were led by only one Foundation Establishment cultivator, while five teams were led by two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Unlike other teams, these teams are not a mix of family cultivators and sect cultivators, but are all composed of sect members, presumably to complete some difficult mission.

Xia Yuhui and his two companions successfully reunited with Xia Guangyan, and the four of them then walked together to their respective teams.

Their group consisted of a mix of family cultivators from Jinling County and some disciples from the Guiyun Sect, led by a middle-aged man with a long beard.

He appears to be kind and gentle, but his speech is extremely serious.

"Alright, now that everyone is here, I will explain my requirements. My requirement is that you must completely obey my arrangements. If you have any objections, raise them as soon as possible, otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless when we reach the Northern Frontier."

All twenty-four people remained silent, clearly having no objections. Even if they did object, it would be useless, given the obvious difference in strength.

Admittedly, this person's actions were ill-considered, but they were for the sake of the mission. After all, if these Qi Refining cultivators disobeyed on the battlefield, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Since everyone has no objections, let me introduce myself first. Disciples of the sect should have heard of my name. This time, I will focus on introducing myself to the cultivators of the family. My name is Yang Qilin, and my current cultivation level is the early stage of Foundation Establishment. If I encounter ordinary early stage second-tier demonic beasts on the battlefield, I have my own ways of dealing with them. If you all follow my arrangements this time, you should be safe."

"We will remember this forever!" the crowd replied respectfully.

Yang Qilin: "I hope so. Now I will make arrangements. The twenty-four of you will be divided into two teams. The first team will consist of disciples from the sect and will be led by Junior Nephew Liu. The second team will be led by Jin Yeqiao from the Jin family. If there is any emergency and I am not present, you may temporarily take over as team leaders."

Upon hearing this, Liu Fuling and Jin Yeqiao, both cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining, immediately stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Uncle-Master."

"Please rest assured, senior, I will do my utmost."

Yang Qilin nodded slightly, stroked his long beard, and said, "Hmm, very good. Now that everything is arranged, let's rest for another half an hour, and set off immediately when the time is up."

After speaking, he vanished in a flash. Once he was gone, the twenty-four Qi Refining stage cultivators bowed to those around them and began to chat.

Of course, the Xia family did not participate, since their current strength was not yet on the same level as theirs.

Unable to converse with other cultivators, the Xia family members chatted amongst themselves.

Xia Guangzheng: "Seventh brother, how have you been lately?"

Xia Guangyan: "Fifth Brother, everything is fine. It seems that my family is becoming more and more prosperous, and we have even raised two little geniuses."

Seeing that the topic had turned to the two of them, Xia Yuhui quickly bowed and said, "Nephew greets Seventh Uncle!"

"Hehe, Yuhui, it has been many years since we last met. I never imagined that in just a few years, you would have already reached the seventh level of Qi Refining. Moreover, judging from your profound cultivation, you might even surpass your seventh uncle in a few more years."

"Seventh Uncle, you flatter me. I was just lucky. Breaking through to the eighth level of Qi Refining is no easy feat. I might be stuck at this bottleneck for more than ten years."

"I learned from the letter that your temperament is similar to your fifth uncle's, and that you have already killed several cultivators. People like you are unlikely to encounter bottlenecks. If you do encounter a bottleneck, you can come to me in the future, and I will refine a breakthrough pill for you."

"Thank you, Uncle Qi!"

After finishing his conversation with Xia Yuhui, Xia Guangyan looked at Xia Yufeng, who was standing silently to the side, and said, "You must be Yufeng, the eighth in the Yu generation. Your talent is also excellent. Both of you are much stronger than I was back then."

"These are Rejuvenation Pills that I specially refined for you two a few days ago. Remember, do not use them frequently, otherwise, a large amount of pill toxins will accumulate in your bodies, which will be harmful to your future breakthroughs and cultivation." After praising the two with satisfaction, he took out four bottles of pills from his storage bag and handed them to them.

The two of them immediately accepted it respectfully.

Pill poison is familiar to all cultivators. All cultivators take pills to cultivate, so they will accumulate some pill poison in their bodies to varying degrees. Such pill poison is extremely difficult to remove by ordinary methods. Unless one uses a skillful means, one can only remove it little by little through painstaking effort.

If excessive amounts of elixirs accumulate in the body when breaking through a bottleneck, it will inevitably increase the difficulty of the breakthrough. Although Xia Yuhui has strictly controlled the elixirs he has taken over the years, there are still some elixirs in his body to varying degrees.

However, Xia Yuhui was not afraid at all. While others could only gradually wear down the poison with their magic power day after day, he could use the crimson lightning within his body to directly remove these toxins. Although he couldn't eliminate them instantly, the speed was already nearly twice as fast as using true essence.

"Don't be so polite with your seventh uncle. We're all family. I'm sure if he ever has any trouble in the future and asks you for help, you'll do everything you can to help him," Xia Guangzheng said with a smile, teasing the group.

Xia Guangyan: "Fifth Brother, I don't want anything to happen to you. Let these two lads help you in the future."

"Hmph, don't underestimate these two lads. On the way, they helped me kill four late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, one of whom was even a Qi Refining level 8 expert."

Xia Guangyan was startled; he had underestimated his two nephews. However, he quickly realized his mistake and asked, "Oh? Who dares to attack you?"

"Alas! It's right here in the Shen family's territory. Recently, the Shen family's patriarch died, and now Shen Family County is in chaos. When we crossed over there, we encountered three waves of evil cultivators, all of whom we eventually repelled."

Just as the group was chatting happily, three cultivators from the Jin family suddenly appeared. Upon seeing the arrival of the three Jin family cultivators, Xia Guangzheng immediately removed the soundproofing spell and said to the three Jin family members, "Xia Guangzheng greets the three fellow Daoists from the Jin family."

"Brother Xia, you are too modest. I have long admired the name of Xia Guangzheng of the Xia family and have come today to make your acquaintance." Jin Yeqiao, the leader of the Jin family, said calmly.

"Brother Jin, you flatter me. These are just unfounded rumors, hardly worthy of serious consideration."

"Brother Xia, please don't be modest. There are no unworthy people with great reputations. You must have extraordinary abilities to have such a reputation. I am Jin Yeqiao, and I am currently at the ninth level of Qi Refining. The two behind me are my clansmen: Jin Yenan, who is at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and my junior Jin Yushu, who is currently only at the seventh level of Qi Refining."