Immortal Cultivation Families: The Rise of the Jinling Immortal Clan

Not long after the spaceship began its journey, several cultivators flew out, clearly heading to carry out a mission. Xia Yuhui knew that his team was also about to move out, but he still didn't know which area he was going to.

However, given the strength of their team, they are unlikely to venture into dangerous areas, and at most, they will not go beyond the outer perimeter of the northern border.

Just as Xia Yuhui was deep in thought, Yang Qilin walked from his room to the deck of the spaceship and then threw out several communication talismans. Soon, Xia Yuhui also received one.

Upon receiving the message, Xia Yuhui immediately got up and rushed to the deck, and the other members of the team arrived one after another.

Seeing that all 24 members had arrived, Yang Qilin stroked his beard and said, "Everyone is here. We should be close to our destination by now. Let's set off. Don't worry, I will explain the details of this mission to you once we reach a safe place."

After speaking, he immediately took off. The four members of the Xia family exchanged glances and silently followed, as did the others.

Xia Yuhui was in the middle of the group, with Xia Guangzheng and others beside him. At this moment, he was quite nervous as he listened to the roars of various monsters coming from the distant forest.

So far, he has never actually fought against a demon beast; he has only ever seen spirit beasts kept by cultivators in his family or in the market.

Xia Guangyan, who was standing next to him, seemed to see through his thoughts and said with a smile, "Yu Hui, Yu Feng, you two don't need to be nervous. In fact, the strength of low-level demonic beasts is even weaker than that of ordinary cultivators. After all, low-level demonic beasts can only fight us with their physical bodies, while we cultivators can use all sorts of methods to deal with them, so be confident."

As a cultivator of the Guiyun Sect, Xia Guangyan must have fought against demonic beasts many times, so he is quite experienced in this area.

Once Xia Yuhui thought about it, he felt relieved. Yes, how could he have forgotten this? Low-level demonic beasts, except for those with noble bloodlines, are usually no match for cultivators of the same level.

Their mission was of moderate difficulty, and at this moment, his anxiety finally subsided.

Xia Yufeng, who was standing to the side, relaxed his tense face a little.

Not long after they started flying, Yang Qilin led the group to land in a grove of trees. The group gathered around Yang Qilin and listened quietly to him speak.

Yang Qilin then took out a map and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, there's no need to be nervous. This mission is relatively simple. We need to explore along a route continuously. During this time, we need to use recording stones to record the number and strength of the monsters. If we find any spirit mines or spirit veins along the way, we also need to record their specific locations."

Upon hearing the latter half, Xia Yuhui instantly understood the Guiyun Sect's intentions. If his guess was correct, the primary task of this expedition—to investigate whether the demonic beasts would launch a beast tide or the level of the tide—was secondary. The main objective was to mark the surrounding spirit mines and veins for future occupation.

After all, after each outbreak of beast tides, a certain degree of emptiness would appear on the outskirts of the Northern Frontier, and the surrounding forces would take the opportunity to occupy or directly seize some resources.

After informing everyone of the specific route, Yang Qilin led them to fly forward slowly. During this time, the Guiyun Sect members took out their recording stones, ready to record the events at any moment.

As they ventured deeper into the area, they encountered several first-tier demonic beasts along the way. However, since these beasts could not fly, they could not harm them, and the group ignored them. After all, if a battle broke out, it would immediately attract the surrounding demonic beasts, which would be a loss.

However, within a few hours, as they ventured deeper, the number and strength of the demonic beasts they encountered increased, including several first-tier demonic beasts comparable to those in the late Qi Refining stage. However, these beasts, unlike the lower-tier ones, did not roar wildly upon seeing them; instead, they kept their distance.

After all, they had already developed some rudimentary intelligence and knew that they were no match for these humans.

Moreover, they could sense the powerful pressure emanating from Yang Qilin from afar, so they dared not approach him at all.

Meanwhile, the recording stones in the hands of the Guiyun Sect disciples also occasionally captured the images of some demonic beasts.

After flying for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the number of demonic beasts around them increased, and their strength also grew stronger. At this time, Xia Yuhui already had the Thousand Gold Hammer in his hand.

However, at that moment, Yang Qilin, who was leading the group, suddenly stopped, a look of joy on his face. Although the others were puzzled, they also stopped.

Yang Qilin took out a disc from his storage bag, then infused it with magic power. The disc lit up instantly, with an arrow pointing in a certain direction. Yang Qilin immediately flew in that direction.

Everyone looked bewildered, but they followed.

They soon arrived at the foot of a small hill. Yang Qilin put the increasingly dazzling disc in his hand into his storage bag, then took out a high-grade magic weapon from the storage bag and cleaved the hill in half. The hill was instantly cut in half with a clean cut, which showed the great power of the strike.

At this moment, everyone could see the situation of the small mountain clearly. They saw a dark mass of ore buried at the foot of the mountain, which occasionally emitted some black smoke.

However, Xia Yuhui did not recognize these things and immediately sent a telepathic message to Xia Guangzheng to inquire.

Xia Guangzheng: "This is Black Nether Stone, a dark-attribute ore that can be used to refine various magical artifacts. It is a first-tier ore. However, this ore is only found in the Northern Frontier, so it is normal that you have never seen it before."

"Hmm, I wonder if Fifth Uncle knows the size of this mine?"

"Judging from the current situation, the scale should not be too large, at most a small mine. However, this small mine is extremely valuable. If it can be fully mined, it can yield at least 50,000 spirit stones in profit."

Upon hearing that he could earn 50,000 spirit stones, Xia Yuhui's heart stirred. If he could obtain these 50,000 spirit stones, perhaps he could hope to establish his foundation. After all, which cultivator doesn't yearn for foundation establishment?

However, he was only thinking about it; now it seems that he will have a hard time getting those 50,000 spirit stones.

At this moment, Yang Qilin suddenly said, "How much you can collect within two hours depends entirely on your own efforts. I will protect you."

After speaking, he immediately took to the air, released his divine sense, and scanned the surrounding fifty miles.

Upon hearing this, everyone excitedly took out their magical artifacts and began mining, Xia Yuhui included. After all, even if they couldn't obtain 50,000 spirit stones, getting a few dozen or a few hundred would be good enough.

While mining, Xia Yuhui discovered that the ore was of excellent quality; if used by a skilled weapon refiner, it could surely be forged into a high-grade first-tier magic weapon. Thinking of this, Xia Yuhui became even more motivated, even disregarding the depletion of his magical power, and directly used three magic weapons to mine with all his might.

Two hours later, Yang Qilin slowly descended from the sky, and everyone immediately stopped mining. Just as everyone was overjoyed and preparing to put the hard-earned ore into their storage bags, Yang Qilin suddenly coughed lightly and then looked at Liu Fuling, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Liu Fuling immediately understood, cupped his hands in a salute to Yang Qilin, and said, "Thank you, Uncle-Master, for protecting us. Only then were we able to successfully mine so much spirit ore."

"This is just a small gift; I hope you will accept it, Uncle-Master." After saying this, he divided his spirit ore in two, handing one half to Yang Qilin.

"Nephew, there's no need for such politeness."