Chapter 1 Bringing the Seven Prince Back to the Palace

It was said they were bringing the Seventh Prince back to the palace, but everyone understood what they were really going to do.

They were going to find the Seventh Prince and eliminate him!

"Please lead the way, Brother Xingchen."

The Purple Hall Master gestured for him to go first.

You Xingchen understood he had no choice.

He just hadn't expected that seeking help from the palace would worsen the situation.

After You Xingchen and the others left, the First Prince looked up at the towering Guardian Stone Lion, lost in thought, his consciousness sinking into his Life Plate.

However, inky black mist had already obscured all information. He was even rejected and ejected from the Life Plate the moment he entered.

The First Prince's expression shifted for a while, then he sighed deeply.

"Father… can you make it back in time…"

…

Having left the Stone Saint Forest, You Xingchen was soon forced to depart from the palace again.

The Purple Hall didn't really bother with the people You Xingchen had brought, only forbidding them from leaving.

Han Daren and the others were naturally included and were temporarily placed under house arrest in the palace.

After all, this was just a power grab within the royal family; it hadn't reached the point of indiscriminate slaughter of ordinary citizens.

With the Purple Hall Master on his left, the Crippled Elder on his right, and a team of Purple Hall elites, the group set off.

Each of them was surrounded by a faint fluorescent glow. When the night rain fell on the glow, it would dim slightly, but it did temporarily keep the rain away.

These were Rain-Shielding Pearls, extremely rare. Generally, only the Qing Kingdom's royal family had them in stock and could afford to bring out so many at once.

The effect of the Rain-Shielding Pearls wasn't actually that strong; they could only withstand about half an hour of night rain. Moreover, if the intensity of the night rain exceeded a moderate level, the consumption would accelerate greatly, and they would break quickly. They were valuable consumables.

Therefore, their time for free movement outside was limited.

And of everyone, only You Xingchen didn't have a Rain-Shielding Pearl, and was completely exposed to the night rain.

So, every minute and every second, his qi and blood were decreasing. Even taking pills was accumulating pill toxins, gradually pushing him closer to death.

"Brother Xingchen, if you want to live, you'd better reveal the Seventh Prince's location as soon as possible," the Purple Hall Master said with a smile.

"He should be at the You Manor. After we separated, we said we would meet there," You Xingchen said without changing his expression.

Upon hearing this, the Purple Hall Master exchanged a glance with the Crippled Elder, pondered for a moment, and said, "Crippled Elder, take half the men and search for the Seventh Prince's whereabouts at the location where they separated. I'll take Brother Xingchen back to the You Manor to wait for him. In one hour, no matter what, we'll meet back at the palace."

"Alright!"

The Crippled Elder quickly left with his team, while the Purple Hall Master led You Xingchen towards the You Manor.

Along the way, they avoided the strange occurrences whenever possible, and quickly eliminated them if they couldn't. They soon arrived at the You Manor.

From afar, they saw that the people standing at the entrance of the You Manor were from the Azure Guard.

But the Purple Hall Master didn't care and directly led You Xingchen into the You Manor.

The Azure Guard at the entrance, seeing You Xingchen with the Purple Hall people, assumed that the Purple Hall people were there to provide support, and didn't think much of it.

Once inside the You Manor, the Purple Hall Master immediately had his men spread out to find the Seventh Prince's whereabouts.

Before long, his subordinates reported that the Seventh Prince wasn't at the You Manor.

"Brother Xingchen, it seems our Seventh Prince hasn't returned yet."

"Not necessarily, maybe he went to that place."

You Xingchen said meaningfully, and as he spoke, he had already taken the liberty of walking outside.

The Purple Hall Master smiled coldly, not taking it to heart, and got up to follow.

His subordinates, seeing this, silently followed behind.

The You Manor was You Xingchen's territory after all. He walked a familiar path for a while, and suddenly passed through a wall in the backyard!

"A barrier?!"

"No wonder this kid was walking so fast just now. Too bad he was too anxious and entered the barrier before he could shake us off."

Listening to his subordinate's words, the Purple Hall Master pondered for a moment and had one of his men walk towards the wall.

Without any hindrance, that person directly entered the wall. After a moment, he poked his head out and gave the Purple Hall Master a safe signal.

Only then did the Purple Hall group enter one after another.

Stepping through the wall, the Purple Hall Master was stunned.

Because before his eyes was a cemetery.

Behind the tombstones scattered across the ground was a raised hill.

You Xingchen carefully passed through the tombstones in front and then knelt before the raised hill.

"Capture him!"

Seeing this, the Purple Hall Master's heart sank. He vaguely sensed something was wrong and issued the order.

His subordinates obeyed and rushed forward, but just as they were about to reach the hill…

Bang!!

They seemed to have crashed into a thick wall and were all blocked outside.

At the same time, a heavy voice rang out from the front.

"Outsiders are forbidden to enter!"

Outsiders…

Could it be?!

Seeming to have thought of something, the Purple Hall Master's expression changed.

Just then, You Xingchen heavily kowtowed.

"Reporting to the ancestors, the current Seventh Prince has awakened the power of blood! Following the ancient agreement, You Xingchen, a descendant of the You family, hereby requests that the elders come out of the mountains to protect the Seventh Prince's safety and pave the way for the new king to ascend the throne!"

As he spoke, You Xingchen kowtowed heavily three times in a row. When he looked up again, his forehead was already covered in blood.

"He's asking the You family elders to come out of the mountains?!"

The Purple Hall Master widened his eyes, and for a moment, he doubted whether his judgment was correct.

Could it be that the Seventh Prince really had awakened his bloodline?

No!

Even so, the First Prince had also awakened his bloodline and was equally qualified to compete for the supreme throne!

At worst, it would be a battle between two dragons for the pearl! My Purple Hall hasn't chosen the wrong person!

The Purple Hall Master gritted his teeth secretly.

At this moment, the ground suddenly shook with a thud.

Immediately afterward, there were continuous and violent tremors.

Thud thud thud!!

The entire ground shook violently like an eighteenth-level earthquake. As the tremors continued, the soil on the hill churned, shaking off large amounts of sand and revealing its original appearance.

It was actually… a house.

A cherry-colored house made entirely of cherry jade revealed its true form after the earthquake gradually subsided.

Amidst the dumbfounded expressions of the Purple Hall crowd, the door of the cherry-colored house slowly opened.

Inside the door seemed to be a downward staircase, as if connecting to some underground area.

Step.

Step.

Step.

Steady footsteps came from inside the door, but the sound seemed to resonate in everyone's heart.

"Internal force vibrating sound, sound transforms into the same source!"

His pupils shrank, and the Purple Hall Master widened his eyes, a storm raging in his heart.

"The old geezer from the You family is still alive!"

As if responding to the Purple Hall Master's thoughts, a young woman, walking with elegant steps, slowly came up the stairs and entered everyone's eyes.

What a stunningly beautiful woman. If she hadn't appeared from a tomb-like hill house, if she hadn't appeared in this situation, everyone would have probably thought she was some kind of fairy descending to earth.

Jade-like, translucent skin, perfectly proportioned figure, and a fairy-like face were exactly the image of a fairy in everyone's imagination.

However, she wasn't a fairy.

She was You Long, the You family's… Grand Elder!