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"In their eyes, what is their homeland? It's a synonym for backwardness, isolation, and barbarity! It's a distant and vague 'place of origin' label in their lives of luxury and ease! They have long forgotten, or rather, they simply disdain to understand, that their bloodline has flowed on that land for thousands of years! They have no respect for the arduous path their ancestors paved with blood and flesh for survival, and they are indifferent to the great revival their homeland is undergoing, even... scoffing at it!"

“Jiang Na Lowell? She already considers herself a true noblewoman of the Lowell family, always talking about how noble the Lowell family is, and taking pride in currying favor with the Duchess! Jiang Catherine? You saw her contempt for her homeland and bloodline at the ball! And there are many more young people like them, comfortably enjoying the wealth accumulated by the Jiang family and the 'aristocratic' halo brought by marriage, while discarding the foundation that sustains all of this—the Yanhuang soul flowing in their blood—like worn-out shoes!”

Jiang Yu's voice trembled with excitement and disappointment, "Their hearts are no longer with the Jiang family! Nor with that distant homeland! They only recognize those so-called titles adorned with gold and jade, and only think about how to use the Jiang family's resources to climb higher in that circle, and how to maintain their pitiful 'dignity' that depends on others!"

Jiang Yu sighed deeply, a sigh that seemed to drain all her strength, leaving only a profound weariness and an almost pessimistic foresight: "This is the most terrifying thing! No matter how strong the external enemy is, we can still fight to the death; there are always ways to deal with it. But internal corruption, the betrayal of our bloodline, the forgetting of our roots... like termites hollowing out a giant tree, silent and insidious, yet enough to cause a family that has weathered a thousand years of storms to collapse completely from the depths of its soul!"

For generations, we have toiled tirelessly, fighting tooth and nail against the forces of exile, shedding blood and sweat, even sacrificing countless members of our clan in the shadows… But looking back, we find that the 'home' and 'roots' we fought so hard to protect have become so unfamiliar and so insignificant in the eyes of our own descendants! This tearing apart… this sense of powerlessness…”

She shook her head, and the rest of her words turned into a heavy, melancholic silence.

This silence weighed more heavily on Yan Yueqing's heart than a thousand words.

She finally understood that the weariness and worry in her mother's eyes stemmed not only from the power struggles within the council of elders, but also from this protracted and seemingly doomed secret war concerning the survival of the family's soul.

The shadows of those exiled forces have never truly left, while the fortresses within have been quietly crumbling, starting with the new generation.

Jiang Yu took a deep breath, her cold fingers trembling slightly, and gently stroked Yan Yueqing's young yet resolute face.

The touch was like touching a fragile piece of porcelain that had borne a heavy burden.

In her eyes, there was a heavy expectation, as deep as a mountain, and an unfathomable worry...

“Xiaoxing, returning to our homeland is never a simple transfer of industry, nor is it about moving wealth from one place to another. It means…” Her voice was like tempered steel, “…to personally sever that vast, resilient, and intricate web of alliances and exchanges of interests with powerful outsiders! It means pulling back from the mire the hearts of that younger generation, who have long been thoroughly saturated by the superficiality of the outside world, who view their homeland as a barbaric and backward place, and who have forgotten their ancestors!”

Jiang Yu's tone suddenly turned sharp and sorrowful: "Those people in the Elders' Council... how many drops of the Yellow Emperor's blood are left in their veins? How much of their hearts truly belong to the Jiang family? They've probably already been offered up to outside forces!" "So the secret letter left by my grandmother, that dying wish that 'three generations of family heads must return to their homeland,' wasn't just about returning to one's roots..."

Yan Yueqing's eyes were like a sharp sword parting the clouds, suddenly shooting out a clear and sharp light.

"Moreover, we must use the 'return' as a tempering blade to cut out the Elders' Council, this malignant tumor that has long been parasitic deep within the Jiang family's bloodline, frantically sucking the family's vitality and soul! We must thoroughly eliminate those parasites who have been deeply infiltrated and corrupted by external forces, who are only willing to cling to the false 'foundation' they obtained through compromise, living a life of debauchery and serving as their lackeys! Returning to our homeland is a war with no way out, a life-or-death struggle!"

A startling light flashed in Jiang Yu's eyes, a joy at seeing successors and bloodlines carried on, and a poignant resonance in the face of destiny: "Indeed, war!"

Her voice was resolute, with a clang like metal striking metal, “An ultimate war concerning whether the true bloodline of the Jiang family can continue and whether the soul can survive! Your grandmother spent the last thirty years of her life struggling to navigate the intricate web woven by the elders.”

I have devoted twenty-five years of my life to this cause, exhausting all my efforts, yet I still have not been able to truly shake their century-old foundation! They have been operating outside for far too long, and their influence has become deeply entrenched, embedded in the very marrow of the external power structure! The chains of marriage alliances with those royal families and ancient financial magnates are even more unbreakable, as solid as a rock!
Little Star! Today at the ball, you publicly rejected the marriage proposal, tearing apart the marriage network they had painstakingly woven over decades. This was tantamount to throwing the most resolute declaration of war at the entire Elders' Council and the behemoth behind them! They will never let this go!
Jiang Ke—that traitor, she holds the stolen half of the family head's seal, and has long since secretly colluded with that mysterious and dangerous S organization. Like the most insidious viper, she lurks in the shadows, watching us with predatory intent! The road ahead… is an abyss, fraught with thorns and lurking dangers; a single misstep will lead to utter destruction!

Yan Yueqing turned her hand around and gripped her mother's cold hand even tighter.

Her back was straight like a pine tree standing proudly against the wind on a snowy mountain peak, and her cool and aloof eyes, illuminated by the flowing starlight, were tempered with a cold sharpness that could cut through all hesitation and fear.

“Mom,” her voice wasn’t loud, but it carried a resolute, decisive power, enough to cleave through the chaos, “Jiang Ke treats Xinggui as a script she can write at will, and fantasizes about being the director who controls everything. Too bad… I, this ‘variable,’ just won’t follow the script she’s written! The Elders’ Council wants to use the chains of marriage to bind my hands and feet, to use that superficial glamour to corrode the Jiang family’s roots deep in our homeland? Wishful thinking!”

"Besides, our homeland is growing stronger every day! The country can provide a great deal of assistance with our efforts! This battle is one we can neither avoid nor retreat from..."

Her voice suddenly rose, each word burning with a raging flame that consumed all obstacles.

"Then fight! Fight to the bitter end! They're afraid I'll block their path to a life of debauchery? I'll stand tall and proud in the middle of that road! The roots of my homeland, the soul buried deep in my blood, no one can sever! It's time to settle the debts that need settling, the blood debts that need paying—one by one, with interest, until everything is settled clearly!" (End of Chapter)