Immortal Cultivation Families: The Rise of the Jinling Immortal Clan

Upon hearing these words, Xia Liangpin, who had been all smiles, froze on the spot, as if petrified, and the spirit hoe in his hand involuntarily slipped to the ground.

Xia Yuhui stepped forward, patted his shoulder lightly, left a storage bag, and then turned to leave. He knew that any words of comfort at this moment would only add to the sadness.

Xia Yufeng also left after leaving twenty spirit stones. None of the five of them spoke, let alone Xia Yufeng, who was usually taciturn.

The spirit stones left behind by the two totaled more than fifty, which, with Xia Liangpin's current cultivation level of Qi Refining Level 1, would be enough to last him a long time.

As for his current slump, only he himself can get out of it. After all, he possesses four spiritual roots. Although he can rely on his family on his path of cultivation, the most crucial thing is his own strength and strong will.

After arriving at the cave, Xia Yuhui cast a dust-removing spell to clear away the dust inside before entering.

Looking at the empty cave, Xia Yuhui immediately took out a large bag from his storage bag, then loosened a patch of ground and poured the black soil from the bag onto the ground.

Upon contact with the land, the black soil immediately releases a delicate fragrance. This black soil is spiritual soil, specially used in the cultivation world for planting spiritual plants, and can be used to grow first-tier spiritual plants.

Of course, he didn't purchase this spiritual soil himself; he found it in a cultivator's storage bag. However, although he had spiritual soil, he didn't have any spiritual plants, so he could only let the black soil absorb more of the surrounding spiritual energy.

Xia Yuhui firmly believes that if he goes out to search a few more times in a while, he will definitely find something.

The family has given him some time to rest, so Xia Yuhui is determined to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining immediately. Xia Yongsheng's passing has given him a sense of foreboding; he fears the patriarch's lifespan is also nearing its end. If no one in the family breaks through to Foundation Establishment during this period, the Xia family may face extinction.

After all, they and the Cai family have now reached a point of irreconcilable conflict. No, in fact, they have always been like this.

He still remembers the time when he was looking through the family genealogy and how his Xia family almost wiped out the Cai family. Now, the situation has been reversed.

All he could do was seize every moment to cultivate. As for Foundation Establishment, he had considered it, but without Foundation Establishment Pills, the chances of survival were slim, so he dared not think about it.

Now that he is about to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining, he must consider this matter. Xia Yuhui secretly decided that he would also inquire about the Foundation Establishment Pill during his visit to the market.

A month later, a powerful surge of spiritual energy suddenly appeared within Xia Yuhui's cave, before gradually dissipating. Xia Yuhui stood up from his meditation with a joyful expression. As he had expected, he had not encountered any bottlenecks and had thus successfully broken through.

The second-tier spirit peach that the old patriarch gave him was successfully preserved and can be used to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining in the future.

Therefore, he can now cultivate all the way to the peak of Foundation Establishment, only lacking a Foundation Establishment Pill. Xia Yuhui has never had the idea of ​​obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill from the family. After all, the family is poor now, and even if they could get a Foundation Establishment Pill, it wouldn't be his turn, as there are several people of the Guang and Yu generations among them.

After a moment of daydreaming, Xia Yuhui returned to reality and quickly stabilized his cultivation. Three days later, he set off to leave the family, this time to take over from the new Grand Elder Xia Guangchang and guard the family shops.

Strictly speaking, it wasn't a succession, but rather that the shops in the market had been handed over to him and Xia Yuhua to manage, which could be considered a power transfer within the family.

A few days later, Xia Yuhui arrived at the market. After paying a spirit stone, he entered the market. He did not rush to the shops run by his family, but instead observed the surrounding area. In just over a year, the market had changed considerably. Several shops run by Qi Refining Immortal Clan members along the roadside had changed hands, while the shops run by Foundation Establishment Clan members remained unchanged.

However, it won't be long before things change here; either the Xia family will be eliminated, or everything will remain the same.

After circling around a few times and finding nothing to pick up, Xia Yuhui slowly walked towards his own market.

Unexpectedly, while strolling leisurely, he bumped into an acquaintance. Upon seeing him, the person pretended not to see him and turned away.

Xia Yuhui didn't care about her attitude, but was puzzled as to how Jin Yushu had returned unharmed, a cultivator who had just entered the late stage of Qi Refining. However, after a moment's thought, he stopped worrying about it.

As for offending Jin Yushu by not taking her back to Jinling County, Xia Yuhui simply smiled and dismissed it. The cultivation world is inherently realistic, and he would never do anything that would be of no benefit to him or even harmful to him.

Upon arriving at the family shop, he greeted the family cultivators inside and went in. Soon, he found Xia Yuhua drinking tea in a room.

Xia Yuhui quickly stepped forward and poured himself a full cup of spiritual tea. Xia Yuhua just smiled slightly and said, "Hey! Every time you guys come here, you have to drink several cups of spiritual tea. At this rate, even if I have a lot of spiritual tea, it won't be enough for you."

Xia Yuhui laughed and retorted, "Don't pretend, brother. I heard that you have several more spirit tea trees in your cave. These must be the ones you planted yourself."

Xia Yuhua immediately became agitated, her face darkening. "Tell me quickly, who told you?"

After exchanging a few jokes, the two got down to business.

Xia Yuhua displayed her Qi Refining Level 8 cultivation and said in a deep voice, "Now that the family's First Elder and Fifth Uncle have passed away one after another, we, the younger generation, must shoulder the heavy responsibility of the family. From now on, the shops in this market will have to rely on the two of us."

At this moment, Xia Yuhui also displayed his newly broken-through cultivation level, saying, "Don't worry, big brother, I won't fall behind."

Xia Yuhua immediately looked astonished. "When did you break through?"

"A few days ago."

"Haha, good lad, even the second one hasn't broken through yet, but you've already taken the lead."

After laughing for a while, he became puzzled. He wondered if his rapid breakthrough was due to his status as an alchemist, which allowed him to purchase three bottles of Rejuvenation Pills every month for cultivation, thus enabling his rapid progress.

But he also knew that Xia Yuhui was skilled in weapon crafting and had a high level of expertise. But hadn't he gone to the Northern Frontier? Where would he get spirit stones to buy medicine? And he probably wouldn't have time to cultivate either.

Xia Yuhui said, "Brother, cultivators cannot just sit in meditation and cultivate all the time. If they do not go out to experience, it will be difficult for their mental state to improve."

Xia Yuhua understood his meaning; Xia Yuhui was advising him not to remain confined to the shop. Indeed, he knew this was for his own good.

To be honest, if he were to have a magical duel with Xia Yuhui now, he would definitely lose, simply because he has extremely little experience in magical duels.

He had shown some talent in alchemy since childhood and was given special training by his family, so he had hardly ever encountered any danger and had very little experience in combat. Now that things had come to this, he realized that he needed to make a change.

"Okay, maybe I really was wrong." He nodded thoughtfully.

“Brother, you’re right. Thanks to your pills over the years, the family shop’s business has flourished. Now that I hear you can refine high-grade pills, it’s time to take a break. After all, the family still has us.” Xia Yuhui quickly explained with a smile.