Immortal Cultivation Families: The Rise of the Jinling Immortal Clan

After repeatedly rehearsing the refining process in his mind, Xia Yuhui began the weapon forging. He used his spiritual energy to activate the earth fire, concentrating its temperature. Once he felt the temperature was suitable, he skillfully added the materials one by one, adding two bottles of spiritual water as needed.

However, at the crucial moment, the furnace suddenly emitted a muffled thud, and the materials inside instantly exploded, sending numerous fragments flying towards Xia Yuhui. Xia Yuhui waved his hand to disperse the fragments, shook his head in disappointment, and realized that he had failed again.

However, he was not discouraged. You see, his third uncle could only barely succeed in refining one out of five sets of materials, let alone him, who had just begun to refine high-grade magic artifacts.

After adjusting his mindset, he began refining the weapon again. This time, he activated his powerful divine sense, carefully controlling the materials to slowly fuse and separate them, and then poured in three bottles of spiritual water. By the time he reached the final step, he was covered in sweat, and his magical power had been almost 30% depleted.

This was the most crucial moment. Without the slightest hesitation, Xia Yuhui shouted, "Merge!"

The instant he activated the final incantation, a powerful surge of spiritual energy erupted from the Qi Refining Furnace, vanishing in an instant. A black flying sword rested atop the furnace. Xia Yuhui was overjoyed and immediately rushed forward, gripping the sword tightly, examining it from all angles…

A month later, Xia Yuhui walked out of the weapon-refining room, cast a spell to remove the stains from his Taoist robe, then rubbed his eyes wearily and swallowed a few fasting pills.

His last batch of materials was ultimately wasted, along with three bottles of spiritual water. Now, he only has four bottles of spiritual water left, which pains him deeply.

However, there were also gains. He took out the rather meaningful high-grade flying sword and used the Flowing Light Sword Technique. The sword immediately emitted bursts of buzzing sounds and spun around him.

Hearing the sound, Xia Yuhua stepped out and saw Xia Yuhui continuing to control the flying sword. She immediately showed joy and said slowly, "Very good, Fifth Brother, you have truly not disappointed me. Now, you are able to forge a high-grade magic sword. Remember, never forget your elder brother."

"Brother, rest assured, I will never forget it. If you forge magical artifacts here in the future, I will definitely give you preferential treatment."

Xia Yuhua's face darkened, and she said in a deep voice, "Good lad, you really have forgotten your roots once you've gained some skills..."

In the past few months, the business of the Xia family's shop has improved dramatically because of the four or five high-grade magic artifacts and some rare resources that Xia Guangyao sent. Even Xia Yuhui's magic artifacts have gradually gained recognition from others as their quality has continued to improve, and they are no longer rejected by others.

At this time, Xia Yuhui had already begun preparing to refine puppets. He had studied the puppetry manual nearly ten thousand times, pondering it in his mind each time. Now, Xia Yuhui was confident that he could refine a low-grade puppet beast.

However, the core material for puppet beasts, Soul Crystals, is extremely difficult to find. Xia Yuhui mobilized everyone in his clan to search, and after nearly half a year, they only found half a jin (250 grams). This half jin was only enough to refine ten puppet beasts, and the success rate was unknown.

However, Xia Yuhui still decided to begin the refining process. He immediately ordered someone to deliver the materials to the refining room, while he went to the front of the shop and found the seventh brother, Xia Yufei.

"Fifth Brother, you've come out of seclusion." Xia Yufei stopped what he was doing as soon as he saw Xia Yuhui arrive.

"Well? Has Chen Ruhai come?" Xia Yuhui smiled slightly and patted his shoulder lightly.

“I’ve been here before. I heard Chen Ruhai say that this box is specifically used to preserve spiritual plants.” Xia Yufei nodded and pointed to a three-meter-tall exquisite box next to him.

Xia Yuhui nodded, his divine sense also detecting that the spiritual plant in the box was still full of vitality.

Xia Yuhui then put the box into his storage bag, planning to plant the pear tree in the black soil outside the cave when he had time to return to his family.

After finishing his work, he was about to return to the weapon-refining room to refine his puppet beast when a tiger's roar suddenly came from outside the shop.

Xia Yuhui stared in shock at the door. The market strictly forbade the release of spirit beasts. Who was so bold as to openly provoke the Jin family? It should be known that the Jin family had five Foundation Establishment cultivators on the surface, making them the undisputed number one overlord of Jinling County.

Outside the shop, a young man and a white tiger were seen. The white tiger was still breathing in and out white vapor from its nostrils, clearly indicating that the roar from earlier had come from this white tiger.

The young man went straight to the shop entrance and asked in a questioning tone, "Who is Xia Yuhui? Tell him to come out and see me immediately."

Xia Yuhui's expression hardened, and then his face darkened. No one would want to be provoked like this, especially since they were right in front of the Xia family's shop. If they didn't handle this matter well today, the Xia family would become a laughing stock in Jinling County.

Xia Yuhui stepped forward directly, suppressing his anger, and said calmly, "This humble Daoist is Xia Yuhui, whom you have mentioned. May I ask what brings you here today?"

Upon hearing this, the young man immediately stepped forward and reached out to grab Xia Yuhui's collar.

Upon seeing this, Xia Yuhui immediately swung his arm, and a burst of spiritual energy instantly repelled the man.

Caught off guard, the young man was instantly sent flying. Once he regained his footing, his veins bulged, and he immediately took out a high-grade magic weapon from his storage bag, intending to rush forward and fight Xia Yuhui.

Seeing its master approach, the white tiger roared angrily, its demonic energy surging forth, startling the onlookers who had been watching the spectacle into retreating in fear.

A murderous intent flashed across Xia Yuhui's face as he fixed his gaze on the person charging towards him. Waves of magical power emanated from his body, and a great battle was about to break out.

"Stop!" Just then, a sharp shout from a middle-aged man came from afar.

Upon hearing this sound, Jin Yuyan's angry expression instantly vanished, and the white tiger immediately lowered its head and lay on the ground, licking its paws incessantly, as if the matter had nothing to do with it.

Xia Yuhui sensed the fluctuations of the newcomer's spiritual energy, and then glanced at the clothes the person was wearing. He immediately realized that this was a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Jin family, so he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Junior Xia Yuhui of the Xia family pays respects to Senior Jin."

Jin Shengxin ignored him, walked straight past him, went to Jin Yuyan's side, and slapped him across the face.

Although he, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, had never used any magic power or cultivated his physique, the physical body of a Foundation Establishment cultivator was still much stronger than that of a cultivator in the Body Refinement or Qi Refinement stages.

Therefore, with just this one slap, Jin Yuyan was sent flying to the ground. "Utterly foolish. Tomorrow you will return to your family and go into seclusion for ten years. During this time, you are not allowed to step out of the family's gate."

Jin Yuyan seemed unwilling, stood up and covered his bleeding nose, saying, "Yan'er knows, but Eighth Grandfather, this boy dared to ignore Yu Shu's pleas for help and abandon Yu Shu in Guiyun Sect. If it weren't for the disciples of my clan in Guiyun Sect, Yu Shu might have been harmed by villains."

Seeing that he was still stubborn, Jin Shengxin slapped him again. "Foolish! You have disappointed me to the extreme. Do people have an obligation to help your sister selflessly? It seems that you have been bullying others in the market all these years. If you dare to step out of the family gate in the next ten years, I will personally destroy your cultivation."

Jin Yuyan was knocked unconscious by the slap and slowly woke up after a while, but he dared not speak again.