Chapter 2: The Five Council of Elders

According to legend, during the Dark Ages, the continent was divided into countless small pieces, covered with all kinds of snakes, insects and monsters, and the human race struggled and almost broke off the inheritance.

Later, three great gods from outside the heavens descended, and they were called the gods of martial arts, the gods of refining, and the gods of nature respectively by later generations.

The three great gods took pity on the miserable life of the people on the continent, and infused the body of the refining god with supreme divine power, recondensing the entire continent and turning it into one, achieving the current vast and boundless Holy Stone Continent.

The divine power of the three great gods was all consumed at that time, so they stayed in the Holy Stone Continent.

The Martial God taught people martial arts, told people how to develop their own potential, and passed on their bloodline to the mainland, which is the current Martial Saint family - the Xiao family.

The god of nature teaches people how to use the power of attributes to identify stone species and survive better, and at the same time, through secret methods, they also spread their own bloodlines to the continent.

Although there are many refining families on the mainland, no family dares to claim that they are the bloodline inheritance of the refining god, and no one knows whether the refining god has left his bloodline inheritance.

The stone species is a magical thing unique to the Holy Stone Continent.

Stone species can continue to produce their own kinds of ores, but people never regard them as simple minerals, because stone species also have biological characteristics at the same time, some powerful stone species, after surviving for some years, can even fly into the sky and the earth, omnipotent!

At the end of his life, the god of nature burned his own flame of life and gave some people the ability to teach stones to stones, that is, miners.

After the stone is granted, the miners can not only have the ability of the stone granted, but also can continue to extract the ore from the body, this kind of refined ore, than the natural generation of the stone, is much purer, and because of the human body's conception, it contains a trace of aura, is the best material for refining.

And the highest existence among the miners is called the people of the blood mines. Ordinary miners can only give stones once in their lifetime, and can only produce one type of ore in their lifetime, while people of blood mines can give stones nine times to produce a bloodstone with multiple properties.

But the heavens are fair, although the bloodstone is very powerful, but the people of the blood mine can only refine it nine times in their lifetime, and then they will be weakened by the serious consumption of the power of the bloodline, and even die directly, but the people of the blood mine are still the top existence among the miners.

And the Ye family, the top three super families in the twelfth generation of the mainland, an ancient family that has been inherited for thousands of years, is a family of miners, and the descendants of the Ye family, there will be people of blood mines in every generation, and only people of blood mines are qualified to become the patriarch of the Ye family.

And the most powerful of the Ye family is not the patriarch, but the Council of Elders.

The Council of Elders is an organization composed of the Ye family's descendants, the four major branches of the Ye family and many guest secretaries, headed by the five elders, whose duty is to supervise the virtue of the patriarch, supervise the behavior of the clansmen, coordinate the family martial arts and various resources, and if necessary, even abolish the patriarch!

And today, the Ye family's Council of Elders held the highest-level meeting of the five elders, which can be said to be the top priority of the Ye family, you must know that the last time the five elders were held was about a hundred years ago, and that meeting was because the then patriarch of the Ye family, Ye Xuetian, was missing, and at the same time, there was also a token of the patriarch of the Ye family-the Flame Ring.

Every time the five elders meeting can be said to be related to the fate of the Ye family, and this time, at the time, it seemed that it was simply going through the procedure, and some people even thought that this was a farce at all, but twenty years later, everyone found that this was more related to the fate of the Ye family than any previous five major elder meetings.

In the five-leaf hall, beside the huge round table, there are six wide seats, all of which are made extremely luxuriously and exquisitely, and each carved pattern is different, representing the different functions of its owner.

Although it is called the Five Elders Council, in fact, in addition to the Five Elders, there is also the patriarch of the Ye family, which is also the highest-level meeting of the Ye family.

At this time, the six chairs were already full, and on the main seat, there was a middle-aged man who was a little chubby, but his temperament was extremely noble, and it was the current patriarch of the Ye family, Ye Xuefeng, Ye Xueyan's cousin.

Since the Ye family's patriarch token Flame Ring was lost, the five elders of the Ye family decided that from now on, each patriarch of the Ye family will be called the acting patriarch, when to find the Flame Ring, when can it be called the patriarch, this is also to inspire the descendants of the Ye family to work hard to find this treasure, but after a hundred years, little success.

And from his left-hand side, there are the five elders of the Ye family:

The loyal elder, in charge of punishment, the head of the Lan family among the four major divisions, Lan Zhan;

The elder of wisdom, in charge of the armed forces, the head of the red family among the four major branches, the red sky charm;

The elder of the guardian, in charge of internal affairs, the head of the Bai family among the four major branches, Bai An;

The Elder of Skill, in charge of the refining workshop, was originally the head of the Zi family among the four major branches, Zi Yu, but he thought that his refining strength was not as good as Ye Yelei of the Ye family's branch, so he gave up his position as the five elders, but he was not subordinate to Ye Yelei, what he surrendered was only the name of the Ye family's first refining master.

At this time, he was standing behind Ye Yelei, like a javelin, without any expression on his face.

The elder of Wu Yong, who has no real power, but has a transcendent status, is called the Great Elder, because this position belongs to the number one master of the Ye family.

Sitting in this position at this time was an old man, who squinted his eyes and kept his spirit, and there was a wine gourd on the table, which he poured from time to time.

This old man is a legend of the Ye family in the past thirty years, Ye Ping, who has dominated the Ye family's number one master for thirty years.

"Xiao Yezi, what are you holding the Five Elders Meeting for today, let's start quickly, old man, I'm in a hurry to go to the Drunkard Building to drink." Ye Ping leaned back in the chair, put one foot on the seat, looked at Ye Yelei, and asked.

"Great Elder, don't worry, I have my own arrangements, and I will definitely solve today's issue in the fastest time. Elder Bai, hand them over. Ye Yelei first smiled at Ye Ping flatteringly and said, joke, although he Ye Yelei is also one of the five elders, he doesn't dare to offend Ye Ping, everyone knows that when Ye Ping was young, he had a nickname on the mainland, called "Crazy Leaf".

Bai An heard Ye Yelei's words, sighed, clapped his hands, and saw Ye Xueyan, accompanied by two Ye family deacons, enter the Five Leaves Hall.

"Junior Ye Xueyan, meet the patriarch, the great elder, the elders, and the head of the family. Ye Xueyan bowed and saluted, the etiquette was very thoughtful, although he hated some of the five elders, but as a descendant of the Ye family, he was a real nobleman on the mainland, and in terms of etiquette, he had always been very perfect.

"Hmph, stinky boy, don't pretend over there, patriarch, elders, today I convened the meeting of the five elders to judge Ye Xueyan, the unscrupulous descendants of this lineage.

He first cheated in the great competition among the clan, and then attempted to kill his brothers and rob the treasures of the clan, which is an unforgivable crime! Therefore, I propose that such thieves should be punished with nine swords as an example. Ye Yelei looked at Ye Xueyan's eyes, full of madness, hatred and contempt.

"Haha, Ye Yelei, you can really reverse black and white, I cheated in the big competition, what evidence do you have? I beat Ye Serum, but he usually doesn't necessarily beat me lighter than this time, this is because his strength and skills are not as good as others, and he can't complain about others, as for you saying that I steal the treasures in the clan, it is even more nonsense, the stone type of the Holy Stone of Life was originally mine, is it not right for me to take it back?" Ye Xueyan talked eloquently in front of all the high-level leaders of the Ye family, and he couldn't see that he was nervous and scared at all, as if he was defending others, he looked at Ye Yelei, and some were just arrogant and contemptuous.

"Ye Xueyan, you, you, you shameless boy, dare not admit it, elders, you have all seen it, this unscrupulous disciple dares to make a big statement in the five elders meeting, if you don't kill him, where will the face of my elders be placed?"

"Elder Ye, although Xueyan made a mistake, his sin is not to death. Bai An spoke,

Ye Yelei just snorted coldly and didn't reply, because he knew that the person who could really influence the resolution of the meeting was the person he took refuge in - the patriarch of the Ye family, Ye Xuefeng.

"Elders, I have seen Ye Serum's injuries with Elder Lan, it is indeed very serious, it is hard to imagine that a small doll can be so ruthless, I agree with Elder Ye's opinion, such a ruthless descendant, maybe what will he do in the future. Red Sky Charm said loudly, and Lan Zhan on his side also nodded.

"The rest of the elders, what are your opinions?" Ye Yelei heard the words of the Red Sky Charm, his face showed an extremely excited look, he looked at the patriarch Ye Xuefeng and the Great Elder, full of expectations, as long as they agreed, Ye Xueyan would definitely die.

"Xiao Yezi, the serum kid's body is also strong, although he was beaten badly, but he won't die, after all, Xueyan is the grandson of the old patriarch, since the serum is okay, don't kill it all." Ye Ping, who was originally drunk, said loudly that he had not participated in the affairs of the Ye family for many years, but this time it was related to Ye Xueyan's life, and he could no longer be allowed to follow the crowd.

"What the Great Elder said is true, but Ye Xueyan, as a descendant, was originally an example for the children of the clan, if he is still so unscrupulous, how will the rest of the clan deal with themselves in the future? I think Elder Ye's consideration is also right, if he is not severely punished, it will definitely make the entire clan members of the clan criticize the elder. "This time it was the real head of the Ye family, the patriarch Ye Xuefeng, although he did not make a clear statement, but his words were really cold as a knife.

Ye Xueyan looked at this scene coldly, there was no emotional fluctuation on his face, but with the words of everyone, the sneering expression on his face became more and more cold.

He suddenly bowed deeply, and then said loudly: "Xueyan is grateful to the Great Elder and Elder Bai for their love for me, and I am deeply grateful to the rest of the elders for their advice to me, but if I were asked to do it all over again, I would still do the same, because no one can take the things that belong to me Ye Xueyan from my hands, whether it is the stone type of the Life Sacred Stone or the position of the future patriarch of the Ye family!"

"Hmph, rampant boy, dare to be so presumptuous, come on, take him to the execution ground, and prepare for execution. Ye Yelei likes the execution ground the most, in his opinion, the bloody rain there is the most beautiful scenery in the world.

"Ha, Ye Yelei, I said, if you want to move me, you can't help but think too highly of yourself, open your dog eyes wide, see clearly, what is this!" The sneer on Ye Xueyan's face became more and more intense, and it had turned into a thick ridicule.

He held a dark red token in his hand, this token is about thirty centimeters long and ten centimeters wide, the whole token shows a dark red, the front is engraved with a vigorous "leaf" character, full of might, and the back, it is a "flame" character.

When this token was taken out, everyone gasped, and Ye Yelei's eyes widened even more, and there was even a strong look of greed in his eyes.

This token is one of the three treasures of the Ye family - the Holy Flame Order of the Holy Flame Order!