He opened his mouth and said, "Like everyone else, I don't want to accept this unbearable truth. The Patriarch has fallen. After he returned heavily injured, he used his own blood and qi to set up this formation, mimicking his aura. After he falls, it can only last for twelve hours before the aura dissipates. This is the last time the Patriarch has left for us. We have no time to grieve, not even enough time to take his body. We cannot let the Patriarch down."
"Finally, I announce the Patriarch's last command to us once more: I order all clansmen to take all cultivation resources and leave the city in scattered groups in fifteen minutes, heading to the Red Lotus Mountain Range, where clansmen will be waiting to receive you."
While the Grand Elder was speaking, Ye Xuan was still shouting in his mind, "System, system!"
There was still no response.
"Am I really going to die again?"
Just as Ye Xuan was feeling disheartened,
"Ding! The Strongest Family in All Realms System. Host, would you like to bind?"
"System, is it really you?" Ye Xuan asked uncertainly.
"Ding! Yes. Bind?"
"Bind!"
"Binding successful."
"Haha, it really is the System! This is great!" Ye Xuan shouted excitedly.
"Ding! Due to the host's critical condition and the family's panic, this System, being the Strongest Family in All Realms System, dedicated to building the strongest family in all realms, has upgraded the Newbie Gift Pack to a Luxury Gift Pack. Host, would you like to claim it?"
"Claim, claim!" Ye Xuan said excitedly.
"Ding! Luxury Gift Pack claimed successfully. It has been placed in the System Space. Open?"
"Open!"
"Ding! Opened successfully.
Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Chaos Dao Tower.
Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Chaotic Sword Scripture.
Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the origins of the Nine Great Sword Bodies.
Congratulations, Host, for obtaining ten Healing Pills."
"That's it?"
"Ding! That's it."
Ye Xuan opened the System Space, and a pile of items came into view: a nine-story miniature tower, an ancient book, a jade bottle, and nine colorful energy masses. One in the center was particularly prominent, much larger than the others, surrounded and guarded by the other eight.
"System, are the Healing Pills in the jade bottle?" Ye Xuan asked.
"Ding! Yes."
"Will they work in my current situation?"
"Ding! System products are always Boutique. As long as the soul has not dissipated, they can bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh on bones."
"Then how do I take them?"
"Ding! The Host only needs to silently recite 'take Healing Pill' in his mind."
"Take Healing Pill," Ye Xuan silently recited in his mind.
In an instant, a pure medicinal power filled his entire body, repairing his meridians, external injuries, and his already shattered and dry Purple Mansion. One breath, two breaths, three breaths... By the tenth breath, all the severe injuries in his body had disappeared, and the remaining medicinal power slowly dissipated.
Ye Xuan slowly opened his eyes, gradually adapting to his new body. The clansmen were exiting the back hall in an orderly fashion, preparing to sneak out of the Ye Family overnight.
Suddenly, a terrified voice rang out.
"Oh no! The Patriarch is a zombie!" He was Ye Qihao, a third-generation member of the Ye Family, only twelve years old.
Everyone quickly turned around, and then Ye Qihao's back of the head received a heavy blow.
"Stop spouting nonsense! That's the Patriarch's final burst of life. It seems the Patriarch..."
Before he could finish speaking, his own head also took a hit.
"Making you spout nonsense!"
The speaker was the Ye Family's Second Elder, Ye Cangyun, Ye Qihao's grandfather. The one he hit was Ye Qihao's father, Ye Tianyi.
Then, the Grand Elder carefully whispered in Ye Xuan's ear, "Patriarch, do you have any other instructions?"
At this moment, Ye Xuan was still familiarizing himself with his new body, as if he hadn't heard the Grand Elder's question. He just kept his eyes open, quietly looking upwards.
Ye Tianyi muttered, "I was right, but I'm not allowed to say it."
Second Elder Ye Cangyun looked at Ye Tianyi with a murderous gaze,
scaring him into immediately shutting up and not daring to say more.
The clansmen waited quietly like this, and half of those who had walked out came back.
After Ye Xuan familiarized himself with his new body, he slowly sat up and surveyed the ancient-style surroundings and the clansmen dressed in appropriate robes, including men, women, old, and young. He wondered how to explain it.
"Dying and then resurrecting, no matter how I explain it, it won't be clear. Forget it, I'll just make up a reason." Just as Ye Xuan thought of this,
the Grand Elder shouted, "Patriarch, you..."
Before he could finish, Ye Xuan interrupted, "Enough, no need to ask further. I am fine now."
"But just now, your life force was clearly cut off," the Grand Elder said again, even suspecting that Ye Xuan had been possessed by some unknown demon, using Ye Xuan's body to be reborn.
"I say, Grand Elder, and all clansmen, I know what you are worried about, afraid that I have been possessed. I am still me, Ye Xuan, the Patriarch of the Ye Family."
Hearing that Ye Xuan's tone hadn't changed and was still the same as before, everyone slowly relaxed and were simultaneously overjoyed. Some clansmen even cried tears of joy.
"Quiet," Ye Xuan said.
"This time, I also turned misfortune into a blessing. At the moment of my severe injury and fall, I was favored by an immortal. Not only did he save me, but he also bestowed some opportunities upon me."
Ye Xuan decided to attribute the System to an immortal. Everyone had heard of immortals, and immortals were ethereal and impossible to verify. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain the System's matters in the future.
All the clansmen listened quietly, their eyes gleaming with golden light.
"Alright, everyone, disperse for now. Do not spread the news of my recovery. Also, tomorrow morning, all core members of the Ye Family will gather in the deliberation hall for a meeting." After speaking, he turned and left, following the route in his memory back to his residence.
At the entrance, two maidservants looked at Ye Xuan with puzzled eyes as he approached, saying, "Greetings, Patriarch."
"Mm," Ye Xuan replied and then said, "Without my command, no one is allowed to disturb me."
"Yes," the two maidservants nodded.
Entering the room, he eagerly opened the System Space and looked at the item information. A transparent panel, visible only to him, appeared before his eyes.
Name: "Chaos Dao Tower"
Level: Chaos Supreme Treasure
Born from chaos at the beginning of creation, a world forms within the tower, capable of obscuring heavenly secrets. The tower body is divided into nine layers, each with an independent space, and the flow of time differs in each layer. The time flow in the first layer is ten times that of the outside world, the second layer twenty times, the third layer forty times, and so on, with each upper layer being twice the speed of the layer below.
Each layer within the tower seals a varying number of Sword Cultivators of different realms...
Ye Xuan's eyes lit up when he saw this, thinking, "Just this first item is so explosive, what about the next few?"
"System, what's the deal with the Sword Cultivators inside?" Ye Xuan asked.
"Ding! After the Host refines the Chaos Dao Tower, the people inside will be 100% loyal to the Host, never betraying him."
"How did those people get there?"
"Ding! They are all top Sword Dao geniuses from all realms, and they all possess a Sword Body."
Ye Xuan didn't even dare to imagine. "Could it be that the System just brought them here? Forget it, why think about such things? Let's look at the next one."
Name: "Chaotic Sword Scripture"
Level: Chaos-level. Cultivating this cultivation method allows one to ignore Sword Dao realm bottlenecks and can take on eight Sword Attendants. Sword Attendants will advance in cultivation realm as the cultivator's cultivation realm increases, always remaining half a major realm lower than the cultivator.
Ye Xuan took a deep breath, calmed himself, and asked, "System, are there any requirements for these Sword Attendants?"
"Ding! Yes. They must possess a Sword Body, and the premise is that they must be willing."
"What is the method for taking on a Sword Attendant?"
"You will naturally know after the Host begins cultivation."
Afterwards, Ye Xuan continued to open the subsequent items.
Name: "Sword Body Origin"
Upon fusion, one will possess the corresponding Sword Body. The description was very simple.
Ye Xuan clicked on the largest mass in the center and found that there was also a sword-shaped phantom inside.