He was here to save people!
Who would have thought that no one was willing to leave with him!
Jia Xiang'an sighed, "Shisan, you don't have to stay...!"
Before he could finish speaking, Jia Cui said, "Father, we are family. All eighty-one of us either leave together or stay together! If even one person leaves, the King Wu's mansion will accuse us of colluding with the remnants of the previous dynasty!"
"At that time, everyone will be executed!"
"Conversely, if we stay, the entire court might intercede for our Jia family!"
"There might be a sliver of hope!"
They rise and fall together!
Jia Cui's third brother, Jia Xing, said, "Given King Wu's status in the court, even if someone wanted to plead for us, they'd likely be assassinated by King Wu's men before the morning court!"
"Yes, the matter of our Jia family colluding with the remnants of the previous dynasty is already a foregone conclusion! King Wu simply wants to use this method to expose those who oppose him and then annihilate them all!"
"It's my fault, I shouldn't have let them bring your family of four here, otherwise, this disaster of annihilation wouldn't have happened!" Jia Xiang'an said with deep guilt, "Chen Nan, although you don't have the Jia family blood flowing through you, you are still Little Shisan's adopted son! It's not unreasonable for me to call myself your maternal grandfather!"
"Listen to your maternal grandfather and leave here to cultivate well!"
"If you can one day contend with King Wu, then come back and avenge us, okay?"
Chen Nan hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "Maternal grandfather, I deeply respect your selfless spirit of sacrifice. In a sense, we are kindred spirits!"
"We both want to use our lives to illuminate the darkness shrouded by power, like moths flying into a flame, using our lives to light up the brief night, so that more people will step forward!"
"But we are also different!"
"I will not let my loved ones face danger with me!"
"That would be too cruel to them!"
Jia Xiang'an: "Is it?"
Chen Nan: "Ask these children!"
Jia Xiang'an looked at his grandchildren and great-grandchildren!
Without exception!
All of them lowered their heads nervously!
Their values were not yet formed!
So they didn't understand their grandfather's and great-grandfather's intentions!
Chen Nan picked up a child crawling on the floor, who looked only one or two years old, and said, "Little one, tell me, what do you want to do?"
The little one said in a childish voice, "Go out and play, go eat delicious food!"
Chen Nan: "See? Although under your guidance, they might say things like dying together with their family, their true inner desire is to leave this dark prison. They don't want to die!"
Jia Xiang'an's eyes were complex, "But, we have no choice now!"
"We truly have no choice!"
"I don't want them to accompany me to death either!"
"I don't want them to die either!"
"But now, I have to be selfish for once!"
"I would rather be sorry to them than to the world!"
His face was filled with pain, and tears streamed down his face!
"Our Jia family received the imperial grace from the late emperor, granting us the Imperial Tablet and the Death-Exempting Medal, precisely to uphold the imperial court and stabilize the country!"
"If we choose to flee now, it is tantamount to admitting collusion with the remnants of the previous dynasty!"
"If that were to happen, it would solidify King Wu's position in the court!"
"Our Jia family cannot let down the people of the world!"
"And even less can we betray the late emperor's trust!"
Speaking of this, he looked at Chen Nan, "If you were me, what would you do at this time?"
This was a very sharp question!
It concerned the lives of all people under heaven!
Chen Nan was speechless!
If this kind of thing happened to him!
He would probably make the same choice as him!
Whoosh!
With a wave of his hand, Chen Nan took out the puppet from the second level of the Immortal Mansion and handed it to Jia Xiang'an, saying, "Maternal grandfather, this is a Sword Immortal puppet. I have stored nine spirit stones inside. If fully activated, it can exert the power of the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage!"
"There's such a treasure?"
"Peak ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage?"
"Heavens, did I hear that right?"
Jia Xiang'an and the members of the Jia family gasped in unison!
It was rumored that King Wu was a powerhouse at the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage!
If they had this, wouldn't they be able to contend with King Wu?
The thought was immediately dismissed!
King Wu's dominance in the court relied not only on his cultivation!
But also on his unparalleled strategies and political acumen!
Even with this Sword Immortal puppet, it might not be enough to kill King Wu!
To put it mildly, even if they could kill King Wu!
What about the people behind him?
He was like a towering tree; unless he was uprooted, he could never be eliminated!
"I am leaving this Sword Immortal puppet for you to protect your safety. As for everything else... leave it to me. I will find a way to locate the Imperial Tablet and the Death-Exempting Medal!"
He knew that the only way to save the Jia family was to find the Imperial Tablet and the Death-Exempting Medal!
"Chen Nan, merely finding the Imperial Tablet and the Death-Exempting Medal is not enough to clear my Jia family of the crime of colluding with the remnants of the previous dynasty!" Jia Xiang'an said with a grave expression, "We must find the remnants of the previous dynasty!"
Although he didn't believe Chen Nan could overthrow King Wu!
But now, all their hopes rested on Chen Nan!
Chen Nan asked, "Are there really remnants of the previous dynasty?"
Jia Xiang'an said with great humiliation, "Not only are there, but they have also visited my Jia family! At first, I only thought they were cultivators from the martial world and wanted to offer some help!"
"But I never expected that they were actually remnants of the previous dynasty!"
"If my guess is correct, they must have reached some agreement with King Wu!"
"Otherwise, there's no explanation for King Wu leading his men to the Jia family right after they left!"
The Jia family were founding heroes of the Great Yan Dynasty. It was Jia's ancestor who, disregarding life and death, broke open the imperial palace gates and captured the former emperor alive!
That battle solidified the Jia family's status in the Great Yan Dynasty!
It also made them a thorn in the eyes of the remnants of the previous dynasty!
This time, the remnants of the previous dynasty went to the Jia family in the guise of cultivators, which was clearly a deliberate act of revenge!
Then, the Jia family's Imperial Tablet and Death-Exempting Medal were stolen!
This was clearly a conspiracy that had been planned for a long time!
"I understand!"
Chen Nan said, looking at his parents and two younger sisters, "You all stay here with peace of mind. With me here, no one can harm you!"
Chen Nan had already made up his mind!
If he could find the Imperial Tablet, it would be great, along with the remnants of the previous dynasty!
But if he couldn't find these, then he would find a way to get everyone out of here!
He absolutely would not allow his parents and younger sisters to become sacrifices in the power struggle between the Jia family and King Wu's mansion!
Then, Chen Nan quietly left the prison!
The top priority was to find the Imperial Tablet, the Death-Exempting Medal, and the whereabouts of the remnants of the previous dynasty!
Although he had a goal!
He was completely clueless!
He didn't know where to look for the Imperial Tablet, the Death-Exempting Medal, and the whereabouts of the remnants of the previous dynasty!
Suddenly!
The sound of fierce fighting came from afar!
"Why is there a fight in White Emperor City?" Chen Nan frowned, feeling that something was not simple!