Immortal Cultivation Families: The Rise of the Jinling Immortal Clan

“Very well then, I will replenish your spirit stones.” With that, Xia Yuhui took out one hundred spirit stones from his storage bag and placed them on the table.

Upon hearing this, the cultivator shook his hand slightly, clearly not caring much about the spirit stones.

“Fellow Daoist, spirit stones are not a scarce commodity for me. I wonder if you have any Yin-attribute spirit items in your possession? I am willing to offer a high price to exchange for them.”

"Since you have no intention of exchanging, then let's call it quits." Xia Yuhui would not be coerced and immediately refused the deal.

Seeing that the negotiation had failed, the man swiftly put the hundred spirit stones and several spirit herbs into his storage bag, leaving only the beast bones on the table.

Upon seeing this, Xia Yuhui's eyes darkened. He hadn't even agreed yet, and this cultivator dared to force an exchange. However, after glancing at the beast bones on the table, he had no choice but to suppress his anger and not lash out.

After all, he could tell that the monster skeleton was of high quality and probably came from a large monster, whose size was just right for crafting a defensive magic weapon.

After carefully placing the skeleton into his storage bag, Xia Yuhui continued to entertain the cultivators who came to exchange items. Before long, most of the items on Xia Yuhui's table had been exchanged. Xia Yuhui was not surprised, as most of the people who came today were cultivators who devoted themselves to cultivation in the market all year round and usually had no chance to see these spiritual items from the outside world.

Xia Yuhui also acquired several items that satisfied him. After contentedly storing the remaining items in his storage bag, he turned and left.

After all the cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining had completed the process, Yan Hanyun went up on stage and indicated that everyone could set up stalls at will.

After Yan Hanyun, the host, stepped down, the cultivators below the late stage of Qi Refining immediately rushed to seize advantageous positions and start setting up stalls.

After greeting everyone around him, Xia Yuhui began to stroll alone. Several items caught his eye, and he bought them. Meanwhile, the spirit stones in his hand flowed into other people's storage bags like water.

The trade fair lasted for nearly five hours, ending only at midnight. After saying goodbye to the other familiar cultivators, Xia Yuhui and Xia Yuhua left together.

However, Xia Yuhui did not obediently return like Xia Yuhua, but instead found an excuse to separate from Xia Yuhua.

Half an incense stick later, Xia Yuhui appeared in Wanxiang Tower. Although it was midnight, the tower was still bustling with people, and several cultivators with considerable cultivation levels appeared from time to time.

However, Xia Yuhui is now quite famous, and cultivators who recognize him all bow and give way to him.

Xia Yuhui did not put on airs, but instead displayed the demeanor of a prominent family, nodding and smiling slightly at these people.

"Master, you have arrived. The manager has been waiting in the private room for a long time. Please come this way." Upon seeing Xia Yuhui arrive, the waiter immediately stepped forward and led him to the private room.

Xia Yuhui nodded in acknowledgment and followed with a smile.

It turned out that Yan Hanyun had sent him a telepathic message during the trade fair, inviting him to meet here, and Xia Yuhui came as promised.

Before long, the waiter led him to a room on the third floor. After opening the door, he bowed to Xia Yuhui and then withdrew.

As soon as Xia Yuhui stepped through the door, Yan Hanyun greeted him with a smile, followed by two cultivators whose cultivation levels were around the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Xia Yuhui greeted them with a smile, and soon the four of them sat down at the table. After they were seated, a group of beautiful mortal women brought in the food and wine.

Before they even picked up their chopsticks, Yan Hanyun took out a soul crystal the size of a pebble from his storage bag and handed it over.

Xia Yuhui also took out 200 spirit stones from his storage bag and handed them to the other party.

"Fellow Daoist Xia's strength is outstanding. In the last battle, you were able to fight seven or eight Qi Refining Grand Perfection cultivators at the same time, and you were not at a disadvantage for a short period of time. In my opinion, Fellow Daoist Xia should be the number one Qi Refining cultivator in Jinling County." After the money and goods were settled, Yan Hanyun spoke up. His purpose was obviously to befriend Xia Yuhui as soon as possible. After all, how could a young person not like to hear nice words?

"Fellow Daoist, you flatter me. I know my own strength. I hope you will not spread these words." Xia Yuhui immediately declined the title. Now that he was famous, if he were to be called the number one Qi Refining cultivator in Jinling County, it would probably cause a lot of trouble.

Yan Hanyun realized that his words were a bit exaggerated, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Fellow Daoist Xia, let me introduce these two to you. These two are guards of our shop, both of whom are at the seventh level of Qi Refining."

Xia Yuhui then greeted the two men, then sat down and stared at Yan Hanyun, clearly waiting for him to continue.

Yan Hanyun didn't mince words and directly recounted the whole story. It turned out that a month ago, a group of evil cultivators robbed Wanxianglou's goods. Once it happened once, it would happen again and again... So Wanxianglou had to eliminate this group of evil cultivators to prevent others from following suit.

However, due to the strength of that evil cultivator, Yan Hanyun had no choice but to seek help in the market, which led him to Xia Yuhui.

Before finding Xia Yuhui, Yan Hanyun had already contacted several people, but he was never entirely confident. So he turned to Xia Yuhui, who had recently become famous.

After understanding the cause and effect, Xia Yuhui slowly took another sip of spiritual wine before saying in a deep voice, "I wonder if Manager Yan knows the specific strength of that evil cultivator?"

“Fellow Daoist, do not worry. I have already investigated these matters. This group of evil cultivators has been roaming around Jinling County in recent years. At first, they were just engaging in small-scale activities, only daring to rob some rogue cultivators or small families. However, because their strength has increased rapidly recently, they have dared to rob the goods of my Wanxiang Pavilion. There are more than fifty of these evil cultivators in total, including seven late-stage Qi Refining cultivators and two Qi Refining Perfection cultivators. One of the Qi Refining Perfection cultivators should be a demonic cultivator who escaped from Shenjia County.”

"On our side, if Fellow Daoist Xia agrees to lend a hand, we have twelve late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, one of whom is Zhou Gulin, a renowned Qi Refining Perfection cultivator in the market."

After understanding the strength of both sides, Xia Yuhui nodded slightly, but still declined with a somewhat troubled expression: "Fellow Daoist Yan, given our friendship, I would certainly help you. However, I am currently preoccupied with family affairs and am afraid I will not have the time to go and assist you."

After speaking, he shook his head regretfully, looking very guilty.

Yan Hanyun was not surprised when he heard Xia Yuhui refuse. Instead, he smiled slightly and said, "Fellow Daoist Xia, I know that the Xia family is busy with many affairs, but you don't need to spend your time on this matter. You can just wait until we have located that evil cultivator and then inform you to come and deal with it. Of course, Fellow Daoist Xia's time is so precious, and my Wanxiang Pavilion would not want to trouble you for nothing. I will pay you three hundred spirit stones first, and another three hundred spirit stones after the matter is completed. I hope you will not refuse."

"This...how can you do this? I will help you, but I absolutely cannot accept these spirit stones." Xia Yuhui quickly stood up and waved his hands repeatedly.

Yan Hanyun immediately stood up as well, saying, "If you refuse this sum of spirit stones, then you are refusing to be my friend." After saying that, he took out a storage bag from his sleeve and handed it to Xia Yuhui.

"We hope you will accept it, fellow Daoist!" The two cultivators sitting in the chairs immediately stood up and offered their advice.