After rebirth, the eldest sister voluntarily abdicated and gave way to the wise.

Chapter 472 Water-Separating Breath Array

Ye An'an froze, her hands trembling in disbelief as she picked up the letter from the ground. When her eyes fell on the words "primordial spirit dissipated" and "unable to persevere," it felt as if she had been hit hard on the back of the head with a heavy hammer, and she almost lost her footing and knelt on the ground.

Shui Lian'er was quicker and caught her.

"Second Madam, this..." Jiang Liqian looked at Ying Shuang, then at the bewildered Ye An'an, wanting to say something, but not knowing what to say.

Unexpectedly, Ying Shuang led the Ye family members, one by one, to kneel before Jiang Liqian.

"Li Qian, I know it's wrong to pressure you like this, but as the second wife of the Ye family, I beg you, I beg you to consider the lives of tens of thousands of people in the Ye family and save them. The Ye family will never forget this kindness, and our descendants will always regard you as the savior of our clan. As long as you make the request, we will do our best to fulfill it."

"Please, save them..."

So it was related to her?

Jiang Li glanced sideways at Ye An'an.

Ye An'an's face had turned pale, her fingers trembling as she gripped the letter tightly, not even looking into her eyes.

Jiang Liqian pursed her lips slightly, preparing to take a step forward and find out the reason, but her sleeve was grabbed by the stone behind her.

He didn't speak, his eyes revealing a deep and heavy depth that she couldn't understand.

Jiang Liqian was taken aback by his actions, but in the end, she brushed his hand away and stepped forward.

For no other reason than that Ye An'an was her good friend and fellow disciple. If the Ye family were truly facing annihilation, she couldn't possibly stand idly by if she could help.

"Auntie, please get up. I am unworthy of such a great courtesy from you." Jiang Liqian half-squatted down, trying to help Ying Shuang up, but Ying Shuang refused to move.

Helpless, Jiang Liqian could only ask her what she wanted her to do.

Ying Shuang clenched her hands, her expression hesitant and conflicted. She didn't know whether her words today would be good or bad for the Ye family, but the opportunity might only come once. Whether the Ye family could escape the fate of extermination depended on the decision of the girl in front of her today.

Having made up her mind, Ying Shuang waved her hand, creating a barrier around everyone.

She didn't get up, but instead grabbed Jiang Liqian's hands tightly.

“An’er told me, as you know, the biggest secret of the Ye family.”

Jiang Liqian was stunned at first, and then suddenly remembered what happened in the Shennong Domain a long, long time ago.

The words that emerged from that state of mind—

A sin against Heaven, a curse for all eternity.

The Ye family has been cursed for generations, and the spirit beasts that are bound to the Ye family members never live to adulthood.

So, Ye An'an's mother was critically ill because her natal spirit beast was about to perish, and she was suffering a severe backlash?

but--

“Auntie, I may not be able to help you. If it were just one person, I might be able to try to summon heavenly lightning to break the curse, but…”

This is a curse upon the entire Ye clan, tens of thousands of people. How could she break it alone? She simply doesn't have that kind of power.

Seeing that she was genuinely willing to help, Ying Shuang made up her mind and said, "It's not just up to you alone; our Ye family will send people to help."

"After hundreds of years of continuous searching and experimentation, we have found a formation called the Water-Separating Breath Formation. It can break the calamities that my Ye family has suffered for generations by reversing Yin and Yang, so that my Ye family descendants can continue to thrive and no longer suffer the pain of their ancestors and live in fear of annihilation every day."

"Yin and Yang reversed? That's why the patriarch invited Kongjue from Jinshan Temple and Chunxiao from the Hehuan Sect..."

Ying Shuang nodded: "That's right. Jinshan Temple practices the most Yang techniques, while Hehuan Sect practices the most Yin techniques. This formation needs their help."

Hearing this, Jiang Liqian was still a little confused.

She smiled and tried to help Ying Shuang up again: "Aunt, if the formation requires me to draw heavenly lightning or needs lightning spiritual power, I will do my best and will not refuse. You don't need to make such a big gesture to me. If the cause and effect are established, I will not be able to repay it."

Ying Shuang took a deep breath and blurted out all the words that had been buried in her heart and were difficult to say: "No, Li Qian, we don't need you to do anything, but we need the divine beast bloodline on your divine beast as a catalyst."

"The Water-Separating Breath Array requires two array eyes, one yin and one yang, to gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It also requires two divine beasts, whose bloodlines serve as the catalyst to draw upon the power of heaven and earth. My Ye family already possesses the Phoenix Divine Beast, and we have been trying our best to find another one..."

Jiang Liqian finally understood why Ye An'an was in such a hurry to let her leave, and why Ying Shuang had knelt down and begged her.

Their goal is the little golden peach.

In just a moment, Jiang Liqian's eyes turned cold.

She pushed Ying Shuang's hand away and took a step back.

The voice was icy: "What do you mean by 'needing the bloodline of a divine beast as a catalyst'? Do you want Little Golden Peach's life?"

“No,” Ying Shuang knew she had misunderstood and immediately explained, “We never intended to kill the divine beasts. The Water-Separating Breath Array isn’t an evil array; it just requires two divine beasts to guard the Yin and Yang array eyes, but…”

Unable to bear Ying Shuang's hesitant words any longer, Ye An'an abruptly stood up, faced Jiang Liqian directly, and said in a deep voice, each word clear and distinct: "Jiang Liqian, the Li Shui Exchange Breath Array requires the mobilization of the spiritual power of heaven and earth to break the curse of tens of thousands of Ye family members through the power of heaven and earth. The power of the array will be considerable. The divine beasts are located at the core of the array and may be injured by this enormous power. If their divine beast bloodline is not enough to protect them, they will die."

"As the young master of the Ye family, I want to beg you, I'd give my life for you. The life and death of the Ye family may be decided in an instant. But as a fellow disciple and friend of the Tianqian Sect, I want you to leave. Little Golden Peach is your companion, your fate is intertwined with yours, and I don't want you or it to get hurt... It's very cute, and I like it very much too."

She closed her eyes, her voice becoming hoarse: "I can't make a choice, Liqian, I don't know what to choose... I've tried to find other ways, but it didn't work..."

Her voice grew hoarse. Ye An'an turned her head away, took a deep breath, and walked up to Ying Shuang. Facing this elder for the first time, as the young master, she forcefully helped her up from the ground and ordered people to clear the way out of the city gate.

The Ye family has maintained a high reputation for centuries and is committed to protecting Ye City and its people. They cannot allow others to risk their lives or even die because of their own selfish desires.

Otherwise, even if the Ye family manages to survive, they will have no face to bear the title of a first-class family in front of the world, and the Ye family will truly be destroyed.

Jiang Liqian stood there, speechless for a long time.

Ye An'an didn't know how to choose; could she really make the decision?

She knew that even if she walked out of here, Ye An'an wouldn't blame her, but she...