When Jiang Beiran was reading the Shi family rules, he heard a majestic voice say.

"Guo Xiaoti, filial piety is the first priority in human ethics. Children and grandchildren must honor their parents and respect their elders. There are differences between elders and younger ones. Don't go against the general theory. Brothers are one body and two parts. They have the same roots. They should support each other, be harmonious and friendly..."

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'This Shi family rule... is surprisingly simple.'

From ancient times to the present, filial piety has always been the quality most valued by large families. After all, no one wants their descendants to ruin the foundation they have worked so hard to create.

It's just that Jiang Beiran originally thought that the rules of a top cultivating family like the Shi family would be different from those of smaller families, but he didn't expect that they would still be unavoidable.

Continuing to listen, Jiang Beiran felt more and more that the rules one after another such as respecting one's sincerity, clarifying etiquette, and doing one's business honestly made Jiang Beiran feel that the rules of top families were also so simple and unpretentious.

But the interesting thing is that starting from the fifth family rule, Jiang Beiran discovered that the next few rules were all related to inheritance.

They are: emphasis on marriage, establishing children, passing on incense, dividing families...

There are four articles in total, all of which clearly express the meaning of "urging marriage".

'It's urgent, it's urgent.'

From the Shi family's family rules, Jiang Beiran could deeply feel the importance they attached to the inheritance of incense. Unfortunately, the family's decline and the sect's rise were already a foregone conclusion.

It’s useless to give birth again.

After reading all the family rules, Jiang Beiran thought it was over, when an old man with gray hair but full of energy suddenly appeared in front of him.

Jiang Beiran knew that this was the profound knowledge recorded on the jade slip, but he still felt as if the old man really appeared in front of him, and he could even feel the invisible pressure on him.

After a while, the old man slowly said: "When looking at the present, we should learn from the past. Without the past, we will not be able to achieve the present."

"As time goes by, people always follow the same path."

With just two words, Jiang Beiran felt that he had finished the eternal journey in this world.

After a pause, the old man continued: "The descendants of the Shi family must remember one thing. The truth of the world is hidden in the ancient monuments. If the opportunity comes, remember not to follow the old path, so as to revitalize the family."

'The truth of the world is hidden in the ancient monuments...'

This sentence inexplicably made Jiang Beiran full of emotions.

When he was the emperor, he learned about the birth of some cultivators, how the family declined, how the sect rose, etc. through various books and materials.

But in fact, most of the records in these books are extremely vague. It seems that one paragraph is missing after reading another. Jiang Beiran originally thought that there was a lack of such books in Sheng Kingdom.

But when he came to the Shi family, he found that there were few books here that recorded ancient events.

During this trip to Jinding Island, Jiang Beiran had two questions lingering in his mind for a long time.

The first is why Emperor Xuan disappeared suddenly, and why Xuanlong Continent became the king of Xuansheng.

The second is that the first generation of awakened people recorded in history...are they really the first generation of awakened people?

Ever since he entered the palace, Jiang Beiran had always felt that the history of this Black Dragon Continent might be older than he thought, but one of the records disappeared, so there was a gap.

All this was originally just Jiang Beiran's imagination, but after listening to the old man speak just now, Jiang Beiran felt that he could understand the profound meaning of his words.

Maybe there really was some major event in ancient times that caused the complete extinction of human beings, and such a thing is very likely to happen again, just like it did before, and the key to preventing this is to find the truth of history.

"Bei Ran, Bei Ran?"

Just when Jiang Beiran was lost in thought, two calls brought him back to reality.

Seeing Jiang Beiran finally come to his senses, Shi Weiyi patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Interesting, I was not as serious as you when I first read the clan rules. You are more of a Shi family member than me."

Listening to Shi Weiyi's words, Jiang Beiran also wondered why he could understand so much meaning from just a few words of the old man.

It was as if someone was guiding him to think this way.

'Is it because of the old man's profound knowledge?'

Without even thinking about the identity of the old man, he knew that he must be the founder of the Shi family. His cultivation must be extremely strong, and even the residual consciousness left in the jade slip must have incredible power.

But from what Shi Weiyi said, it seemed that not everyone had such a profound understanding of the old man's last words.

'Oh, annoying!'

Jiang Beiran couldn't help but complain in his heart.
Chapter completed!