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Ye Qingcheng scanned the group of people behind Lin Ye, whose auras were unfathomable, and she felt that she had greatly underestimated him.
But with the power of the Mystic God in hand, escape is not difficult!
With a thought, Ye Qingcheng took advantage of the fact that everyone was hesitant to act due to the strange gaze cast by the Mysterious God, and under Lin Ye's curious gaze, she directly shrank the Ye family's ancestral land!
Driven by immense magical power, the cultivators residing in the core urban area were crushed and compressed by the tremendous force, and countless Nascent Souls and Primordial Spirits scattered and fled with screams!
Ye Qingcheng herself had already hidden in the hollow miniature core city, bathing in blood, capturing those Nascent Souls and Primordial Spirits, devouring them and turning them into nourishment!
What a ruthless person! He shows no mercy even to his trusted clansmen! The three pillar gods of Heaven, Earth, and Man were secretly alarmed.
With these freeloaders gone, it will be much easier for His Majesty to annex the Ye family... A glint of light flashed in Chu Yingxing's eyes.
Everything happened in an instant. The shrunken core city resembled a blood-soaked eyeball. The cold gaze of the Mystic God swept over it, and the magical artifacts of the Mahayana cultivators malfunctioned and became uncontrollable for a short period of time!
Everyone was shocked, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Ye Qingcheng, who was hiding inside the Secret God's body, tried to escape!
Lin Ye stepped forward, but the Immortal Ruler blocked his way!
Ye Qingcheng laughed inwardly.
With its slow movement within the Star of Discipline and the need to contend with the Celestial Ruler, how could it possibly catch up with me?
As for that crystal armor artifact, he would never dare to use it in the face of the power of the Mystic God.
I'm leaving! What can a so-called demon ruler do to me?
Just as she was feeling smug, Ye Qingcheng suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.
A young man, smiling, is slowly swinging his clenched fist.
Lin Ye, who should have been blocked behind him by the Immortal Ruler, appeared in front of him...
His smile was like the Grim Reaper's call, sending chills down Ye Qingcheng's spine.
The location of those star rings in the distance made Ye Qingcheng realize something.
Damn it! How could I have misjudged the direction and run right into him!
Within the Star of Discipline, he felt suffocated and breathless, everything became exceptionally slow, and his escape speed was even slower than Lin Ye's seemingly slow fist.
The shadow of fear in Ye Qingcheng's heart continued to spread.
He felt as if he had just seen a window through the gates of hell, only to have it sealed shut by Lin Ye himself.
It's either death or something else.
Either swallow your pride and beg for mercy.
"No... I am the only one in the world capable of resurrecting the creations of the Great Calamity. I can help you research the Great Demon, but you cannot kill me!"
Ye Qingcheng begged for mercy with a stiff upper lip, only to find in despair that Lin Ye didn't care at all, and his fist was already inches away.
Finally, that slow punch pierced through the bleeding eyeball, shattered Ye Qingcheng's heart, and the tip of the Nine Tribulations Sword severed his soul.
The corpse was collected and processed by an alchemist to be made into a kind of fertilizer.
The celestial artifact was collected; it was almost intact.
The Mystic God accepted it.
The ancestral land of the Ye family, take it!
Holding the Immortal Ruler in his hand, Lin Ye did not immediately celebrate his victory, but instead first sealed the Mysterious God.
But others couldn't resist celebrating.
Even some of the Ye family cultivators in the distant Star Ring City cheered.
The older cultivator frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"
The younger cultivators shouted even louder: "How cruel was the former patriarch? The core city was destroyed in an instant, let alone us! And you still speak up for him?"
The older monk was so angry he couldn't speak.
Look, how benevolent His Majesty is! He even sent a telepathic message to them saying that he also has the character "Ye" in his name and that he will not mistreat them... The Ye family can still exist, and there can even be a new head of the Ye family.
In the end, Star Ring City was incorporated into Lin Ye's forces. The cultivators in the Ye family's peripheral territories also moved upon hearing the news and expressed their submission. However, there were one or two die-hard retainers who were killed and replaced.
"Huang Zhou, you will be in charge of Star Ring City for the time being. As for the minor sects and factions in other areas controlled by the Ye family, move them directly to the palace."
"Yes."
We still have to move to Lin Ye's headquarters.
The power of the desolate curse began to gently envelop Star Ring City and the other territories of the Ye family. Lin Ye immediately felt a sense of satisfaction. The dynasty was growing stronger, and the power of the Dao was becoming even more intense!
Chapter 478 The Ye Family White Silk Incident (5k)
Although Lin Ye killed the head of the Ye family, it did not prevent him from becoming the savior of the Ye family.
Faced with a life-or-death crisis, the Ye family patriarch's act of sacrificing his clansmen was unremarkable in the dark ages, but in Lin Ye's hands, it caused a sensation out of nowhere.
Lin Ye directly labeled Ye Qingcheng as a typical example of criticism, and promoted him in a way that would forever nail him to the pillar of historical shame.
Monks may lack morality.
But the inevitable sorrow of seeing the rabbit perish is unavoidable!
Ye Qingcheng could kill trusted confidants of the core clan territory with ease, showing extreme cruelty and ruthlessness.
He didn't care much about the lives of the cultivators in the outer ring city; it was only because Lin Ye acted swiftly that they weren't sacrificed like those in the core city.
The commoners scattered on the ground said, "Not to mention, we're just consumables!"
In this battle, Star Ring City nearly collapsed.
However, it was Lin Ye who repaired it, thus saving the cultivators of Star Ring City from disaster. These are all things that actually happened.
A ready-made weapon of public opinion.
The Wild Curse Society repeatedly emphasized its criticism of Ye Qingcheng!
The question of who should be blamed for the near collapse of Star Ring City is still open to debate, but in the realm of unscrupulous journalism, it can be definitively defined.
The propaganda machine, Huangzhou, is operating at full speed.
On the Ye family's ancestral lands and on the flying boats on which the many branches of the Ye family moved to the imperial palace, one could often see propaganda posters and articles projected by the Wild Curse!
These campaigns were well-received because they were logical and emotionally resonant.
Like pressing down one gourd only to have another float up, the old leader was disgraced and ruined, while a new leader stood up on the opposite side.
Lin Ye's prestige within the Ye family rose steadily, gradually becoming increasingly unyielding and impenetrable.
While the iron was hot, in order to show his "concern" for the Ye family, Lin Ye selected some cultivation techniques and secret arts suitable for Ye family cultivators from the Great Library and made them available to all cultivators in his forces for a limited time in a semi-gift-like manner.
Limited-time offer, valid for three years!
You only need to obtain a small number of points through the tasks assigned by Huangzhou.
In return, you can exchange them for a series of exceptional martial arts techniques selected by the emperor.
The cultivators' eyes widened when they saw the limited-time event page for the Wild Curse.
Very cheap!
So, it turns out we also benefited from annexing the Ye family?
Give me more!
The palace's support for the war surged to a peak of 77% at this moment.
Although it wasn't explicitly stated, everyone knew that this event was to celebrate the acquisition of the Ye family.
People are eager to know if there will still be any benefits after the next merger with other major powers.
If there are any more events, it's likely that holding promotional activities after a big win will become a fixed rule, and they'll make a killing!
Although all Lin Ye cultivators could enjoy this benefit, the Ye family cultivators soon discovered that these publicly available cultivation techniques and secret arts were quite suitable for their clansmen's physiques, and must have been specially arranged by the emperor.
Moreover, in the event's curse interface, Lin Ye arranged several image promotion ambassadors, and specially included two well-known commoner genius cultivators from the Ye family to promote their fame.
From the Ye family's perspective, this event became a welcome bonus for newcomers joining the palace.
An activity with two sides!
There are also considerations regarding the pricing of the event.
Although it's cheap, this is a limited-time offer that will last for three years.
Moreover, there are quite a few publicly available secret manuals, making it impossible to buy them all.
How to choose became a problem that the monks had to consider.
Aside from a small number of particularly cheap manuals that served as freebies and bait, the other manuals, while priced at 10% or even 0.5% of their original value, were still not cheap for ordinary cultivators.
After all, these excellent cultivation techniques are extremely expensive. If one is unwilling to do hard work such as expeditionary rescue teams, it still requires years of hard work.
Three years, every second counts.
To fuel their enthusiasm for the event, the palace cultivators were all working diligently every day, scrambling for points from Huang Zhou. Some shouted, "For the Emperor!" while others shouted, "For the cultivation techniques!"
Under the influence of liver activity, a large number of cultivators from the Ye family quickly accepted the guidance and successfully integrated into the palace-style production system centered on the Desolate Curse.
The inspiration for this limited-time event can be loosely attributed to some games Lin Ye played in his previous life.
This is a proven and effective incentive method. (The remaining text appears to be gibberish and doesn't form coherent sentences.)
Although Huangzhou followed Lin Ye's instructions and tried his best to make the production activities more interesting and colorful.
However, the workers at the palace generally treated this three-year event like the college entrance examination, preparing for it with great enthusiasm.
After all... the secret manuals in the event shop are all good stuff, and this is indeed a test of the future for the cultivators under Lin Ye's command.
Lin Ye then instructed Huang Zhou to keep an eye on the cultivators' working hours and arrange paid leave if they exceeded the limits their bodies could tolerate.
The work that allows cultivators to reach their fatigue limit is extremely arduous and deserves special consideration.
Most of the cultivators of the Dynastic Way in history were tyrants, and people would never have imagined that they could encounter a generous and considerate master.
The monks in the palace could all sense the emperor's attempt to alleviate their stress. When they finished their work and began cultivating, some of them would suddenly burst into tears when they thought about it.
The Ye family has a considerable number of members.
The successful annexation increased the pressure on the operation of the Desolate Curse, but it also made Lin Ye feel that the foundation of the Dynasty's Dao Laws had been strengthened, and its power had become stronger and more powerful.
Three months after annexing the Ye family, a problem arose: with the direct descendants of the Ye family in the core urban area all dead, many positions in the Ye family were vacant, and the current situation had to be changed.
In order to select capable officials and talented cultivators, Lin Ye held a series of grand celebrations and arena competitions in two places: the Ye Family Star Ring City and the relocation and distribution center for Ye Family cultivators in the Imperial Palace.
In officialdom, when someone is removed from office, someone else will take their place!
The Ye family cultivators all knew that this competition was not just about the rewards, but also about their future.
Therefore, they work extremely hard.
Lin Ye did a good job of protecting the ring, and there were no accidental injuries or deaths among the participants.
The rewards Lin Ye offered to those who achieved excellent results were also quite generous, far exceeding those of similar competitions.
In fact, Lin Ye's prizes were more than a hundred times more generous than those for similar internal events within the Ye family.
It had reached a point where the entire Ye family could hardly believe it.
Anyway, the Ye family doesn't have any high-level cultivators right now...
I didn't eat much at all.
Lin Ye thought it best to distribute the items found in the Ye family's treasury as a reward to talented young people, so that they could become successful as soon as possible.
If one or two true geniuses emerge from among them, then within the Discipline Star, they could possess considerable combat power very early on, making them veritable low-paid, powerful child laborers.
Lin Ye obtained many treasures from the Ye family's treasury, which slipped through his fingers. For a commoner cultivator, this was already a tremendous blessing.
Even when talented individuals with long-buried talents are given minor official positions managing local rivers, they feel that this is already a considerable amount of power.
Lin Ye's policies toward the Ye family continued to take effect.
The complex chemical reaction between Huang Zhou and the Ye family cultivators' thoughts made Huang Zhou feel that Lin Ye's methods were quite ingenious.
In a very short time, Lin Ye's prestige within the Ye family had reached a level of widespread admiration, surpassing that of previous family heads.
Ye Qingcheng's example proves that you should never raise your voice at Lin Ye, otherwise you will not only die but also have your corpse whipped, and your entire family will be taken away.
At the imperial palace, the minor branches of the Ye family who had been relocated were not dispersed.
They were already quite small, like individual families within a kingdom compared to the size of the palace.