"Jin Ling, no matter how we treated you in the past, it cannot change the fact that Jin family blood flows in your veins. Even if the Jin family wronged you, you cannot take revenge on your own family," the Great Elder said coldly. "As a member of the Jin family, you must endure whatever the family does to you."
"Tsk, tsk, listen to these shameless words," Rebirth sneered repeatedly. "It sounds like a fairy tale. If others kill me, I should be grateful and repay their cruelty with kindness? How then should I repay kindness?"
The Jin Family Head had the Great Elder step back and looked at Rebirth. "What are your demands?"
"Divorce Jin Chang Shi, cripple Jin Yao's cultivation, and hand over the management of the Jin family to me."
"Jin Yao is your own brother!"
"My mother gave birth to only me. I have no brother," Rebirth said unhurriedly. "And certainly no brother who is vicious and disowns his kin."
"Your conditions, I cannot agree to," the Jin Family Head stood up and looked at Rebirth. "You are still alive, and you have changed your appearance. With your abilities, even alone in the outside world, you could live well. Why return?"
"Because I am not reconciled!" Rebirth said word by word. "What I have lost, I will reclaim with my own hands. What I want, I will obtain through my own ability. Therefore, where I fell, I will rise again!"
"Since that is the case, you cannot blame me." The Jin Family Head took a deep breath. "Take him down, dead or alive!"
"A fine 'dead or alive'!" Rebirth had long experienced the Jin Family Head's ruthlessness and heartlessness. He only wanted to test if this man had a heart and if he felt any remorse. However, reality told him he didn't, and was even more cruel than he had imagined. "In that case, I don't need to hold back either!"
Several hidden guards surged into the main hall, heading straight for Rebirth. Rebirth remained unfazed, releasing the pressure of a Nascent Soul stage expert. Those hidden guards were no match for him.
Seeing his hidden guards suppressed by Rebirth's pressure, the Jin Family Head immediately attacked, unleashing a killing blow, intending to end Rebirth's life! Su Dan Novel Network
The Great Elder seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack. However, as soon as he made his move, he was knocked to the ground with a blunt blow from behind. "Great Elder, a dignified Nascent Soul expert, resorting to such sneaky, underhanded tactics. Aren't you ashamed?"
The Great Elder gritted his teeth and looked behind him, only to see Xiao Man holding the Killing Might Cudgel, looking at him provocatively. A surge of rage immediately shot to the top of his head. "Good, very good! You chose the path to hell when there was a road to heaven. Today, I will offer your head as a sacrifice to my unfortunate grandson!"
"If you want to kill me, you need the ability to do so," Xiao Man said, tapping the Killing Might Cudgel against his shoulder with a nonchalant air. "Everyone, do not act rashly. From the moment you stepped into this hall, you have been poisoned. The only people we want to kill are the Family Head and the Great Elder. If the Family Head dies, your status and power will remain unchanged. But if you die, you will have nothing. Consider carefully if you wish to make a move!"
"Junior Brother..." Jing Song, seeing Xiao Man charge out, looked around in alarm. "When did he run out?"
"It's you!" The Jin Family Head frowned upon seeing Xiao Man step forward. The Jin family had experienced many incidents recently, all connected to this person. It turns out this person was an insider for this rebellious son!
Xiao Man smiled and replied, "It is indeed me."
"So, you were the one who blew up my main courtyard?" The Jin Family Head asked Rebirth, furious. "You ordered it?"
"Naturally, I gave the instruction," Rebirth said unhurriedly.
"Do you know what she did?" the Jin Family Head asked furiously. "She destroyed the secret dungeon, the source of our Jin family's wealth!"
"The Jin family's source of wealth?" Rebirth sneered. "So, the Jin family's source of wealth is to imprison a young girl. Are you so afraid of Jin Chang Shi that you actually keep a young girl imprisoned in a secret dungeon!"
"What? The secret dungeon in the Family Head's main courtyard held a young girl?" Those who were unaware began to whisper. Jin Chang Shi was strong-willed and intolerant of others. The Jin Family Head had always indulged Jin Chang Shi, never imagining he would secretly keep a young girl in a dungeon. If Jin Chang Shi found out, it would be far worse than just blowing up the Family Head's main courtyard; she might slaughter everyone in the Jin Family Head's courtyard!
"That young girl is a forging genius. I imprisoned her so she could design more weapons for the Jin family."
"Oh, so if someone cannot be used by you, you imprison them," Rebirth said with a drawn-out tone. "Then among those present, if one person cannot be used by you, will they also be imprisoned or even killed? After all, if they cannot be used by me, then they must be eliminated. This has always been your way."
"Nonsense!"
"Is it really nonsense?" Rebirth laughed. "Third Elder, do you know where your junior brother, Elder Bai, is?"
"He dislikes constraints and left the Jin family."
"Wrong. He didn't leave the Jin family; he was murdered by my good father. His alchemy furnace is now in the Jin family's treasury. If Third Elder doesn't believe me, he can go and see."
The Third Elder looked at the Jin Family Head. The Jin Family Head calmly said, "Third Elder, do not believe him. He has betrayed the family. What he says is not trustworthy."
"Not trustworthy?" Rebirth scoffed. "No one leaves the Jin family alive. This is the rule of the Jin family. Therefore, anyone who tries to leave the Jin family must die. Third Elder, if you had truly chosen to leave the Jin family a while ago, you would have lost your life the moment you stepped out of Fengling City."
The Third Elder's face turned pale. He was an elder of the Jin family, and his surname was Jin; he was a Jin family member!
"Esteemed Elders, do not be swayed by his divisive words."
"He is not being divisive," a person said as they walked in from outside. This person had several scars on his face, making him look particularly ferocious, but it did not prevent everyone from recognizing his identity.
"Elder Ye!" The Second Elder stood up and looked at Elder Ye. "What happened to your face?"
Elder Ye was originally an elder of the Intelligence Hall. Later, dissatisfied with the Jin family's rules, he chose to leave and had not been heard from since. Everyone had thought he had found a better place, but he had ended up like this?
Elder Ye touched his face and looked at the Great Elder. "When I left the Jin family, I was ambushed by the Fifth Elder and his men. If someone hadn't passed by and saved me, I would have vanished without a trace."
The Jin Family Head's breathing became somewhat erratic. The Fifth Elder nervously averted his gaze. This was the only one who had escaped. He thought this person would hide somewhere and never show his face again, but who knew he would actually return to the Jin family!