Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Ye Ge glanced over them and used the system to scan their attribute panels.

His siblings all possess extraordinary levels ranging from the peak of the Hundred Souls Realm to the highest level of the Myriad Manifestations Realm! Each of them has multiple S-level or single SS-level professional learning talents, and each of them has an intelligence of over 8 points! Their stats are quite terrifying.

These members of the Ye family usually don't stay in the mainland. After they turn eighteen, the Ye family will send their younger generation to conquer the myriad races and seize territory. The brothers and sisters sitting here today each own at least two or three small territories on the map of the myriad races.

It is said that the Ye family had more than 130 descendants, including direct and collateral relatives, as well as those with only slight blood ties.

But now, only twenty remain.

Of the more than one hundred who died, some perished on the road to conquering all races, while others died due to the schemes of their own brothers and sisters.

Therefore, those who survived were almost all the elite of the elite.

"..."

Ye Ge thought to herself, no wonder Ye Shengxiong wanted to join Duke Wang En. With his pathetic potential and intelligence, what chance did he have of competing in such a family? He probably knew that he had absolutely no chance of winning the position of family head through fair competition...

There was only one empty seat left in the two rows of seats in the hall, and that seat was for Ye Ge.

Yege walked straight to the seat and sat down without talking to any of her siblings. In the original game, Yege was an introverted, kind, and quiet child who didn't like socializing, and she rarely communicated with her siblings.

"Alright, everyone's here."

Ye Quan glanced at Ye Ge, then said calmly, "Let's begin."

Night Owl nodded slightly, then slowly stood up and looked at the twenty members of the Night Family in the council hall.

The twenty younger members of the Ye family in the black hall also fell silent.

"I've called everyone back today, and you should all know what's been happening in the Southern Territory these past few days."

"Duke Wang En has betrayed us. He has not betrayed the Empire, but the human race. He made a deal with the dark race, which is a great taboo for the human race!"

"Now, Wang En has colluded with thirty or forty nobles in the Southern Territory to form an alliance of 300,000 traitors to rebel, wanting to control the entire Southern Territory and break away from the human race."

Night Owl paused, then continued, "And you are all probably aware of the new orders issued by the Empire."

"Our Ye family will join forces with the Xia family, Zhou family, Qi family, Yuwen family, and other noble families to form a righteous alliance and jointly punish Wang En."

"The royal family has issued a bounty: the family that has made the greatest contribution in defeating the rebel coalition, beheading or capturing Wang En, will be awarded a dukedom by the empire, in addition to a large reward."

A young man with white hair, wearing an unbuttoned black shirt, chuckled upon hearing this: "I never thought that our Ye family could be associated with the word 'justice.' How interesting."

This young man is Ye Yulong, one of the strongest among his brothers and sisters. At the age of 29, he possesses the strength of the first stage of the Myriad Manifestations Realm.

Across from him, a tall, aloof young woman in a black cheongsam and high heels pondered for a moment before saying, "The royal family has always been good at making empty promises. Long Hai's issuance of such an order is clearly intended to motivate the many families in our southern territory to fight against the traitorous allies of the Wang En clan. But is it possible that the position of 'greatest contributor' has already been predetermined?"

“I think it’s possible.” Another man crossed his arms and sneered, “Long Hai is capable of doing something like this.”

"I think the royal family just wants to use us. They don't want to send any troops themselves, and they can take this opportunity to test how much strength our Ye family still has."

"Yes, although the royal family has seemingly reconciled with us, it's nothing more than fear of our strength. If we fight the traitorous allies to a standstill, who knows if that dog emperor Longhai will turn his back on us again?"

"Uncle Ye, we need to be careful in this battle. We can't let ourselves be used as pawns..."

"..."

The crowd chattered amongst themselves, each offering their own opinion.

Ye Ge sat quietly in place, without offering any opinion.

The owl remained silent.

After everyone had finished speaking and things gradually quieted down, he slowly opened his mouth without expression: "A lose-lose situation? Ha... Do you really think that Wang En, that traitor, and that bunch of rabble in the allied forces have the ability to fight our Ye family to a lose-lose situation?"

"..." Everyone fell silent.

Ye Qingxin, the woman in the black cheongsam, spoke slowly and deliberately: "Uncle Ye Xiao, as far as I know, after so many years of suppression by the Empire, our Ye family's military strength is now only on par with the four dukes."

"But this time we will face not only Wang En, but also nearly forty other nobles, each of whom has considerable fighting power."

"Although we also have other families in the South as allies, just in case, I mean just in case."

Ye Qingxin looked into Ye Xiao's eyes: "What if these families, under the royal family's orders, are all opportunists, deliberately putting our Ye family on the front lines and using us as a shield?"

Night Owl glanced at her: "Your grandfather and I have both considered the situation you mentioned."

Ye Qingxin: "Then...?"

"A pile of shit mixed together will only make a stinkier mess," Night Owl said leisurely. "If I told you that the alliance of traitors consisting of Wang En and those forty nobles was actually easier to defeat than Wang En's family alone, would you believe me?"

Ye Qingxin looked bewildered.

"As for your point that they want us to weaken each other and reduce our strength," Night Owl glanced back at Night Spring, "Back when the Night Family only had three thousand people left, your grandfather led three thousand warriors to conquer the Dark Races, capturing more than twenty cities. Three years later, he brought back tens of thousands of people, scaring the nobles in the empire mad... You call that weakening them?"

"..." Ye Qingxin pursed her lips: "But such legendary deeds cannot be written every time."

Ye Quan smiled and said, "Legendary deeds are legendary precisely because no one has ever done them before. The prerequisite is that you have to have the courage to see things that no one before you dared to even think about."

"Don't worry, child. Your Uncle Xiao and I have already discussed it, and we are confident in our abilities."

“…I understand.” Ye Qingxin breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Quan is the Ye family's greatest reliance and pillar.

Even Grandpa Yequan said so, so she had nothing more to say.

“Alright.” Night Owl paused, his eyes darkening slightly, and then said, “Now, this is what I really want to say.”