Earl Dai instigated Xie Baochai to plot against Zheng Ya, which angered Zheng Ya and made him want to kill her.
But then he thought of Daiyu's wholehearted devotion and selfless love, and Zheng Ya's desire to kill Earl Dai was clouded again.
Repaying kindness with ingratitude, Xie Baochai raised her eyebrows and stared at Earl Dai with wide eyes, instinctively becoming wary: "I cannot do what Uncle suggests, so please find someone more capable!"
After being refused, Earl Dai narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing Xie Baochai through his slits, and said through gritted teeth, "Baochai, are you sure?"
Having harbored murderous intent, Xie Baochai calmed down and smiled, saying, "Uncle, please have some self-respect, and please do as you please?"
There must be something to back it up when it's provoked. Earl Dai hesitated, unable to figure out what Xie Baochai was relying on to be so assertive.
The current situation leaves Xie Baochai and her two children with nowhere to turn.
His clansmen turned against him, and the world became his enemy because of the secret key.
Although some people spread rumors that Zheng Ya had stolen the key from Xie Baochai, making it known to the whole world, smart people knew that the key was still in Xie Baochai's hands.
Unwittingly, this sowed the seeds of death and the extermination of the entire family.
Without any support, Xie Baochai and her two children had nowhere to go. How many times could they escape using only Xie Baochai's teleportation ability?
No, could it be that Xie Baochai is going to rely on Zheng Ya to turn her life around?
Upon realizing this, Earl Dai trembled and became alert. Zheng Ya immediately noticed that he was frequently projecting his senses outwards and sneered disdainfully.
Who would have thought that Earl Dei was such a cunning old fox?
"Hoo," Earl Dai sensed the surrounding area again and again, but did not detect any abnormal aura or energy fluctuations. He let out a long breath, his expression softening as he smiled and said, "Little girl, do you know what consequences it will bring to your Xie family if you unilaterally break the family blood pact?"
The five powerful families jointly established a blood pact, united by a common hatred of the enemy, swore an oath of blood, and pledged to share glory and disgrace for eternity.
Those who disobey will be condemned by both heaven and man, and their entire clan will suffer a terrible death!
This is an oath, and the five major families have issued a killing order to their assassins in accordance with this oath. Anyone who rebels has the right to kill them.
The key is this elite force of assassins searching for the whereabouts of the imperial seal. They have been traveling across the continent for years to gather intelligence on the seal, and over the generations, their numbers have grown to two or three hundred thousand, scattered throughout the continent to carry out missions.
This was originally planned by the five major families to find the imperial seal, then turn against the Zheng imperial power and seize it for the sake of longevity.
After all, once the imperial seal is revealed, a battle between the five major families and the Zheng imperial power is inevitable.
The victor prospers, the loser perishes!
Therefore, this elite suicide squad is the highest combat force on the continent, a longevity battle group jointly created by the five major families, and its combat power is extraordinary.
To command this immortality battle group, all that is needed is the patriarch's token of the three major families. The rules jointly established by the five families' leaders are based on the principle of majority rule, and orders are executed accordingly.
This means that Xie Baochai, representing the Xie family, rebelled against the five major families. Count Dai immediately contacted the other three major families to jointly issue the family head's order, mobilize the Longevity Battle Group, and launch a full-scale annihilation of the Xie family.
By now, Xie Baochai already knew the implications from her mother. Facing Earl Dai's smiling coercion, she shook her head in exasperation and said, "Uncle, the five great families are already defunct in name only. What good will it do you to tell your niece this?"
One sentence sums up the stakes.
Of the five prominent families, the Dai and Xie families exist in name only, their members either betraying them or trapped in obscurity, having lost power and achieving little.
The Wang and Qian clans remained secluded and inactive throughout, giving the world the impression that they were secretly accumulating strength and waiting for the right time to rise up.
What's most puzzling is the Fu clan. The clan leader, Fu Zhen, defected, Fu She disappeared without a trace, and the remaining members of the Fu clan were scattered and disorganized.
Furthermore, emperors throughout history have planted spies within the five major families. The fact that the rulers of these families neither investigate nor kill them is not because they are unaware of the traitors within their ranks, but because they cannot act unless absolutely necessary.
Eliminating the emperor's informants is tantamount to a desperate, all-or-nothing battle.
Given this situation, Xie Baochai did not believe that Earl Dai could unite the five major families and play tricks, and besides, the other forces would not allow it!
Zheng Ya was very interested in the riddle between the two, and unconsciously thought that the five major families might have a deep understanding of the seal.
It is a depth that even the imperial family cannot reach.
How many secrets of the seal did the five major families actually uncover?
Earl Dai frowned and frowned, angrily scolding in a low voice: "Chai girl, are you out of touch with reality and don't you trust your uncle?"
"Uncle, since you've put it that way, please forgive my impudence this time. May I ask how you treat Zheng Ya's life-saving grace?" Xie Baochai said, activating her golden hairpin talisman, which could be used to teleport and avoid danger at any time.
The power of space permeated his body, shimmering under the faint silvery glow of the stars and moon.
This made Earl Dai's eyelids twitch, and he was so angry that his teeth ached and felt cold: "Chai girl, how dare you be so presumptuous?"
"I am, after all, your uncle-in-law. Is this how you view your uncle-in-law?"
"Haha, what a fine uncle-in-law! It's a pity that Aunt Xie was not the legal wife and has passed away without leaving behind any children..." Xie Baochai responded with a self-deprecating sneer.
Five prominent families in the world are engaged in open and covert struggles.
In open struggles for power, it's inevitable that wives and concubines will vie for dominance, leading to various clandestine conflicts.
They secretly won over the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of elite warriors, each displaying their unique abilities.
Aunt Xie was one of the victims.
The key issue is that he died because he was unaware of the truth and acted foolishly.
Bringing it up in the context of the current conflict made Xie Baochai feel extremely ironic and sorry for her aunt.
Earl Dai argued coldly and angrily: "Chai girl, your eldest aunt died in the struggle over the salt administration in Jiangnan, or rather, she died at the hands of Emperor Chengping."
Our Xie and Dai clans both declined one after another, narrowly escaping death, all because of the emperors' schemes to seize the imperial seal.
That is why her uncle cherished the Five Clans Alliance even more, and against his will, he committed the act of ingratitude and repaying kindness with enmity for Zheng Ya's life-saving grace.
All of this was to uphold the blood oath of our five great families, to sacrifice everything for the longevity of our five clans. My uncle has a clear conscience!
"Hoo hoo, alright, even if what Uncle said is true, then what facts does Uncle have to prove himself so that his niece can submit to him with peace of mind and work together to achieve immortality?" Xie Baochai was somewhat tempted, but raised a question with doubt.
This made Zheng Ya fall into deep thought. The five major families were indeed harboring evil intentions and were not simple at all!
Seeing that she had withdrawn her spatial power, Earl Dai breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Little girl, this depends on the joint efforts of our two clans!"
"Uh, Uncle is sure it was a collaborative effort, not a leading one..."
"No, my uncle believes that extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures..."
"Yes, that's right. The current situation is unstable, and any ambitious person is risking everything to seize the seal and achieve immortality."
"If the five great families cannot cooperate against external forces, they will be divided and disintegrated, defeated one by one, lose all hope, and even perish as a whole!" Xie Baochai spoke frankly with deep concern, hoping that the five great families would unite against external forces.
Zheng Ya listened and watched with increasing interest. Earl Dai smiled knowingly and praised, "Chai'er has grown up. It's commendable that she can think of this."
So where do you think we should start?
"Well, that's a difficult question to answer."
"My niece thinks it would be safer for us to frame Zheng Ya for stealing the key, divert the attention and firepower of all the cultivators in the world, and make it easier for us to contact the other three major families, show the family head's order, and dispatch the Longevity Battle Group to act as we see fit..." Xie Baochai agreed with Earl Dai's suggestion, playing a game of using someone else's strength against them.
But this infuriated Zheng Ya; this woman was no good!
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