You were driven out of the capital at the start, and you ask me why I rebelled?

"you are too naive!"

The old man glanced at Ye Tianyi, shook his head, and said with disappointment.

"I know that your long-held wish has been to bring the Ye family back to its former glory!"

"However, don't let your obsession with reviving the family blind you..."

"The Blood Barbarian Dynasty won't be so kind as to help us. All they want is to throw the Great Qin into chaos so they can reap the benefits!"

Hearing the old man's words, Ye Tianyi fell silent again. He understood these principles perfectly well, but this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If they missed it, the Ye family might never have such a good chance again...

"However, our Ye family could secretly participate in this matter..."

Just as Ye Tianyi was feeling disappointed, the old man spoke up.

"What does the Sixth Patriarch mean?"

Ye Tianyi looked at the old man expectantly and asked.

The old man smiled slightly, took out a jade bottle from his storage ring, and handed it to Ye Tianyi.

He then said, "This is a kind of elixir that I obtained by chance when I was traveling in the Huangfu Dynasty in my youth. It can temporarily grant a person the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul stage..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Tianyi smiled excitedly and asked, "What kind of elixir is this that is so miraculous?"

"Don't be too happy yet. Although this pill is powerful, it also has very serious side effects. First of all, its effects only last for half a day. Secondly, the person who takes the pill will die from broken meridians after the effects wear off. Even if they are lucky enough to survive, they will become a cripple!"

Seeing the smile on Ye Tianyi's face, the old man gave him a stern warning.

Upon hearing the old man's words, Ye Tianyi's smile vanished.

However, a fiery glint remained in his eyes as he looked at the pill in his hand.

Even if the effect of this pill only lasts for half a day, it is still exceptionally powerful.

There are a total of six pills in this jade bottle, which is equivalent to six Nascent Soul stage experts.

That's enough to do a lot of things.

As for the aftereffects, they are negligible. With hundreds of thousands of members in the Ye family, finding six people willing to die for the clan is a piece of cake!

"Thank you, Sixth Patriarch, for bestowing the elixir!"

Ye Tianyi spoke respectfully to the old man.

"Hmm? Remember this: we old folks want the Ye family to recover and even surpass its peak even more than you do, but everything must be carefully considered. We can't gamble away all of the Ye family's resources and future right away. We must make long-term plans..."

The old man gave Ye Tianyi some advice.

"This junior thanks the ancestor for his teachings!"

Ye Tianyi expressed his sincere gratitude.

"Yes, go! Keep this matter discreet. It's best to find clansmen who have a low profile within the Ye family and are little known to outsiders, so that Ying Chen's attention doesn't fall on our Ye family..."

The old man waved his hand and said.

"Here!"

Ye Tianyi said respectfully.

Ye Tianyi then left.

After he left, the old man turned to look at the six coffins behind him.

Mysterious patterns were carved on the coffin, emanating a different kind of energy fluctuation.

It is precisely because of these patterns that the person inside the coffin can retain a sliver of life.

However, once the lockdown is lifted, their vitality will quickly wane, and they won't be able to hold on for long.

Therefore, the seal must never be broken unless it is a matter of life and death for the family.

"Ugh!"

The old man sighed, then turned his head again, closed his eyes, and returned to his previous state.

His current cultivation level is at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, not yet at its peak, and he will probably never be able to break through to the Void Refinement realm in this lifetime.

Before long, he too will seal himself in such a coffin, becoming the foundation of the family. When the family faces a crisis, he will break free again and contribute his last bit of strength to the family.

On the other side, after Ye Tianyi left the back mountain of his family, he immediately sent people to find six family members who rarely appeared outside the family and whose presence was not high even within the Ye family. He gave each of them a pill and then sent them to the capital in secret.

In addition, there were ten Nascent Soul experts accompanying them.

Very few people knew about this; it was all done in secret.

The other members of the Ye family only noticed that there seemed to be fewer Nascent Soul stage elders in the family recently, but they didn't pay much attention to it, after all, the Ye family was such a large family with many affairs.

Perhaps those elders have been sent to other places to oversee family affairs!

As for the six chosen clansmen, apart from their families, no one cared about them at all.

...............

Imperial capital.

Inside the Imperial Guard prison.

The Imperial Prison of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was divided into eighteen levels, with different prisoners held according to their cultivation level and the severity of their crimes.

Inside a cell on the ninth floor of the Imperial Prison.

Ye Xingchen sat on the ground with disheveled hair, covered in wounds, and his clothes were tattered.

"Elder Mu... is there any way I can escape?"

Ye Xingchen was utterly despondent; these past few days had been a living hell for him.

Those people dressed in bizarre costumes were all devils, and their methods of tormenting people were endless.

"Alas! I am helpless now. I exhausted most of my spiritual power to help you fend off those people. It is already a miracle that I can barely stay conscious..."

"Moreover, this cell is made of special materials that suppress the power of the soul. Now you can only pray for the best..."

Elder Mu's voice echoed in Ye Xingchen's mind.

It was easy to tell that he was also extremely weak at this time, and his voice was weak and feeble.

Hearing his words, Ye Xingchen's tone became excited: "I told you then, how could the Qin Dynasty's imperial palace be so easy to infiltrate? You told me you would help me conceal myself and guarantee that no one would discover me..."

"Now what? I'm locked up here and can't get out. Who knows what they'll do to me!"

Old Master Mu fell silent. He still couldn't understand how those people had seen through his disguise and discovered Ye Xingchen's existence.

He's been careful enough!

Tap tap tap~~

A series of footsteps echoed in the empty prison.

"somebody is coming!"

Elder Mu reminded Ye Xingchen, then hid within Ye Xingchen's body, concealing his presence to avoid being discovered.

Ye Xingchen quickly lay down and closed his eyes, pretending to have fainted. If those people found out that he had woken up, he would inevitably be tortured again.

His cultivation was currently sealed, so he couldn't sense how many people had come from outside, but he knew they were after him.

Because he was the only person imprisoned on the ninth level of the entire imperial prison.

Wow~~

Sure enough, the lock on his cell door was opened.

A number of people entered his cell.

Ye Xingchen waited anxiously, unsure of what these people were planning to do.

They're not going to kill me, are they?

However, he waited for a long time, but those people did not make any move.

He actually felt that some of the people in the cell had left.

He cautiously squinted his eyes a crack to observe what was outside.

Because he dared not make any big movements, he could only see two blurry silhouettes standing in front of him.

"You're awake, so sit up!"

Just then, one of the figures spoke up.

Ye Xingchen felt a chill run down his spine.

Discovered?

However, he dared not make the slightest movement, because he was afraid that the person was just bluffing him. If he sat up now, wouldn't that be the same as self-destruction?