Immortal Cultivation Families: The Rise of the Jinling Immortal Clan

Despite this, he accepted it with a smile. Seeing this, the other Guiyun Sect disciples quickly divided their spoils in half and presented one half to him.

Seeing the Guiyun Sect disciples act in this way, the family cultivators had no choice but to follow suit.

Xia Yuhui immediately divided the spoils equally among Xia Guangzheng, and the other families did the same. If they were to give them to each family individually, it would seem as if Yang Qilin was collecting protection money, and they could not do that.

The family representative then handed the spirit ore to Liu Fuling, who in turn passed it on.

In this way, everyone maintained a friendly demeanor on the surface and did not feel embarrassed.

However, she would definitely curse Yang Qilin in her heart, calling him a beast in human form.

However, Xia Yuhui had no such intentions. After all, he was powerful and had genuinely helped these people. Some people did nothing but shamelessly accept money and valuables; compared to them, such behavior was more acceptable.

Yang Qilin: "That's enough. We can't linger here too long. Let's continue on our way. There's still a long road ahead to explore."

After speaking, the twenty-five of them took to the air on their swords and continued flying deeper into the northern frontier. However, due to venturing too far, they soon encountered an unexpected event. A flock of birds consisting of more than twenty demonic beasts discovered them and immediately launched an attack.

"What a bunch of beasts, they're practically courting death." Yang Qilin sneered as he looked at the birds that were rushing towards them without regard for their own safety.

After saying that, he immediately took out a wooden sword that emitted a blood-red aura from his storage bag and slashed at the charging demonic birds. Instantly, a blood-red spiritual light surged out from the wooden sword, cutting the four flying birds into bloody water.

However, for some unknown reason, the demonic birds, witnessing their companions being killed, showed no sign of stopping and continued to charge straight forward.

Yang Qilin stared at the birds, his eyes bloodshot, each one exceptionally fierce. His expression instantly turned serious, and he said in a deep voice to the people behind him, "Be on guard! A Foundation Establishment demon is controlling these birds."

After reminding everyone, he immediately retreated to the center of the group. "Everyone, now is the time for you to make your contribution. Quickly eliminate these monsters. Don't worry, I will guard against the sneak attacks from the Foundation Establishment demons."

Upon seeing this, the disciples of those sects charged forward without hesitation, each wielding their magical weapons.

However, the family disciples hesitated for a moment, but after seeing Yang Qilin's cold expression, they knew they had to take action, so they each carried their magical artifacts and followed behind the sect disciples.

Just as Xia Yuhui and Xia Yufeng were preparing to show off their skills and collect the monster's corpse, Xia Guangzheng's voice transmission suddenly entered their ears: "Just deal with it briefly, do not go all out, save some of your magic power, the Foundation Establishment monster may appear in a moment."

Upon hearing this, the two replied that they understood, and immediately each took out a mid-grade magic sword to fight against a flying beast.

Xia Yuhui stood on one flying sword with both feet, while simultaneously controlling another flying sword, confronting a bird with a cultivation level equivalent to the late stage of Qi Refining.

Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that Xia Yuhui was merely engaging in defensive maneuvers and had not launched any effective attacks.

While secretly guarding against the sudden outburst of the flying beasts, Xia Yuhui scanned the entire battlefield with his divine sense. He was prepared to react immediately if a Foundation Establishment demon suddenly appeared.

Soon, Xia Yuhui noticed that there were all sorts of strange and monstrous people on the battlefield. Just like Xia Yuhui, they were not going all out and were just wasting time.

Some experienced veterans are even more skilled than Xia Yuhui. They will occasionally unleash a burst of power to injure their opponents, and then slowly maneuver around them, thus conserving their mana to the greatest extent possible.

Admittedly, this is a good strategy; however, Xia Yuhui did not choose to follow the crowd, simply because he had already chosen his own path. If this matter were to change suddenly and be noticed by someone with ulterior motives, it might leave a bad impression on Yang Qilin.

In reality, everyone understood this matter implicitly. As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Yang Qiling was certainly able to see through these people's hypocritical actions, since even a Qi Refining cultivator like Xia Yuhui could discern it, yet he did not take any action against them.

After all, even if he intervened, it wouldn't bring him any benefit. It should be understood that the sect system is vastly different from the family system. Family members are bound by blood and usually work together to protect the family's overall interests, while sects are different; some members might even betray their sect without hesitation for their own benefit.

Just as Xia Yuhui was trying his best to pretend, a white flying eagle suddenly darted out of the woods below them and rushed towards them at lightning speed. The demonic power emanating from its body was extremely violent and had turned into a solid blood blue color, which terrified Xia Yuhui, who was in the distance. At this moment, he actually felt a sense of fear.

However, he was no coward. In a few moments, he reacted immediately, unleashing a fatal blow that killed the monster in front of him. He then put the monster's corpse into his storage bag and secretly absorbed its soul with the Azure Soul Lamp.

After absorbing the energy, Xia Yuhui looked nervously at Yang Qilin. Seeing that he was not acting strangely, he immediately flew towards the edge of the battlefield on his sword. All of this happened in just a few breaths.

At this moment, leaving the battlefield is the safest course of action, since the fierce battle between two Foundation Establishment cultivators is something that they, as Qi Refining cultivators, cannot intervene in.

Seeing this, the other family cultivators also scattered and fled in all directions. Yang Qilin, witnessing the sudden appearance of the white eagle, immediately used his spiritual eye technique to look over, and only after discovering that the beast was merely a second-tier beast equivalent to the early stage of Foundation Establishment did he feel relieved.

He immediately grabbed his wooden sword and charged forward.

In a short while, the man and the beast were locked in a fierce battle. Although the white eagle was slightly weaker than Yang Qilin, its speed was so fast that it could always dodge Yang Qilin's fatal attacks in an instant, so the two were locked in a stalemate.

At this moment, Xia Yuhui, Xia Yufeng, and Xia Guangzheng were all intently watching the fierce battle. In fact, most battles between Foundation Establishment cultivators were much faster than those between Qi Refining cultivators. After all, Foundation Establishment cultivators not only had more attack methods, but their attack power was also greatly enhanced. A slight oversight could lead to immediate death.

Time passed slowly, and by then, the white eagle had been stabbed several times, its blood-stained white feathers scattered across the sky.

However, Yang Qilin became anxious. After all, he was currently in the Northern Frontier, where there were many demonic beasts. If he could not end the battle quickly, it would attract other demonic beasts, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Thinking of this, he immediately unleashed several fierce killing moves, but they were narrowly avoided or blocked by the white eagle.

Upon seeing this, Yang Qilin immediately roared, "Disciples of Guiyun Sect, listen to my command! Set up the Guiyun Locking Kill Formation! Cultivators from other families, surround this place and do not let this beast escape. Afterwards, anyone who makes a contribution will be richly rewarded by me."

Upon seeing this, the disciples of Guiyun Sect immediately rushed into the battlefield and unleashed their magic to form a light screen that trapped the man and the beast within. Meanwhile, hundreds of invisible flying swords rapidly appeared outside the light screen and swiftly attacked the white eagle.

Seeing that it was trapped and its usually proud escape technique was ineffective, the white eagle immediately flapped its wings to disperse the sword energy attacking from all around, and then rushed towards the light barrier.