There was silence in the main hall of the Yun family for a long time.
Even when they heard the news of Yun Jie's death, no one felt so depressed.
The demon bear's notoriety is well known to everyone. Even though there are so many scholars in the Ancient Land of Xuemang, they are still suppressed by the demon bear.
Judging from the tone of these three people, the Yun family is going there to fight to the death. This is not good news.
There are too many families in the ancient land of the Blood Alliance, and they have experienced ups and downs, prosperity and decline. Half of the families that fell in the frontline cities did so because their family members died in battle.
All those who had gone out to fight the demon bear with all their might ended up in failure.
Back then, an unparalleled genius appeared in the Blood Mang Ancient Land. He was one of the four great scholars in the history of the Blood Mang Ancient Land. He was even invited by the Holy Academy to go to the Holy Yuan Continent to consolidate his foundation. The semi-saint would naturally eliminate the hidden dangers of his birth in the Blood Mang Ancient Land.
However, that peerless genius decided to defeat the bear monster in the Blood Mang Ancient Land before going to the Holy Academy. Unfortunately, he failed and died on the battlefield.
Not long ago, the Wei family produced another genius, who is now a university scholar and is preparing to launch a second westward expedition to retrace the path of his ancestors and become the most dazzling star in the ancient land of Xuemang.
That genius, who fought step by step from the city in the rear to the front-line city and became the lord of the "New Acropolis", was well-known even among the bear monster clan.
Not long ago, Yun He and Yun Hu both said that if Emperor Wei An refused to repent, he would surely repeat the same mistakes and die in the same way as his ancestors.
And today, both of them were actually doing similar things for a dead person, which made it difficult for other people in the Yun family to accept.
"Since no one objects, it's settled! All scholars who are eighteen years old and above must participate in this Western Expedition!" The head of the family, Yun He, made the final decision first.
Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect Yun He to be so crazy.
"Oh? I noticed that some people seem dissatisfied. Please stand up and speak." Yun He raised his head slightly and looked coldly at the other people in the main hall.
A middle-aged scholar bowed and said, "Uncle, it's not that I don't want to go, but Xiaocui is about to give birth. If I don't stay, if I die in battle, I'm afraid I won't even be able to see the child for the first time. Why don't I stay for a while and wait until the child is born. I will look for you right away, how about that?"
Yun He frowned and hesitated.
The other members of the Yun family looked at Yun He with expectation. If Yun He could tolerate one, he would definitely tolerate the second.
Yun Hu, who was sitting next to Yun He, suddenly smiled coldly and said, "Xiao Hong, I watched you grow up. Everyone in the Yun family is going, but you want to stay. You are not the head of the Yun family! I ask you again, do you really not want to go?"
Yun Hong hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said, "My nephew is indeed inconvenienced, please forgive me, uncle."
Yun Hu suddenly slammed the table and said angrily, "Uncle? Do you still have me as your uncle? Two years ago, what did you say about me to Old Han on the street? Ah! Do you think I don't know? For the sake of the Yun family's peace, I tolerated it, but today, I want to ask you, according to the clan rules, how should you deal with insulting your elders?"
Yun Ao stood up suddenly, stared at Yun Hong and said, "According to the rules of the Yun family, anyone who talks back to an elder will be whipped thirty times! Anyone who insults an elder will have one of his arms cut off! If you keep breaking the rules, you will be killed on the spot! Yun Hong, let me ask you, have you ever insulted my father?"
Fang Yun knew that the family rules of the various tribes in the Xuemang Ancient Land were extremely strict. But he didn't expect it to be so strict. The so-called insult to the elders was probably just a few words of cursing behind their backs. Even the most stringent laws would not result in such a punishment.
Yun Hong's face flushed red, and cold sweat streamed down his forehead. He fell to his knees with a plop, lowered his head and said, "I am an unfilial nephew. I cursed you in front of outsiders because of my impulse. I hope you will be magnanimous and forgive my unintentional mistake."
"It's too late! Yunao, execute the sentence for me!"
As soon as Yun Hu finished speaking, Yun Ao spat out his tongue sword, and a flash of silver light swept across Yun Hong's right shoulder.
Yun Hong's right shoulder fell off along with half of his shoulder, and blood gushed out.
Fang Yun could even see the internal organs beating inside the wound.
Yun Hong screamed and hurriedly used his energy to stop the bleeding. He gritted his teeth and his face turned pale.
"The punishment is over, get out!" Yun Ao said bluntly.
Yun Hong gritted his teeth, turned around and left without saying a word.
There was not a single member of the Yun family who objected.
Fang Yun suddenly felt cold all over.
An arm was cut off just for scolding someone. Compared with the family rules of the Xuemang Ancient Land, the most extreme case in Ning'an County was far from comparable.
The most terrifying thing is that the power of this kind of family rules is not supervised by any force. It is completely decided by those in power and is bound to get out of control!
Human beings are the most intelligent creatures in the world, but they also have desires and selfishness that cannot be eliminated.
Many times, lust and selfishness can drive human progress, but more often, people must restrain lust and selfishness, otherwise they will be no different from wild beasts.
In a clan with a patriarchal system, there is nothing that can restrain the desires and selfishness of some people, not even the power of checks and balances. This is the most terrifying aspect of the patriarchal system.
When Yun Ao took action, Fang Yun felt that Yun Hong was not a member of the Yun family at all, but a slave of the Yun family.
Only a slave owner could be so harsh.
Fang Yun then realized that it was no wonder that some people said that the patriarchal system was derived from slavery, and no wonder that even Confucius only mentioned the good part and not the evil part when discussing the patriarchal system.
Even later on, even the Hall of Rites did not mention the patriarchal system. At most, it asked the Hall of Punishment to appropriately reduce the sentences of relatives who concealed and protected each other.
Fang Yun glanced at the crowd and found that most of them were indifferent. They were obviously used to this kind of thing.
There were a few people who sneered at Yun Hong's back, and only three or four people seemed slightly angry.
In Fang Yun's eyes, Yun He was a kind old man. The fact that he gave him half of the dragon-patterned rice field without hesitation was the best proof of this. However, even such a person did not feel the slightest bit of regret when he saw Yun Hu's heavy-handed attack. Instead, he thought that cutting off Yun Hu's arm was justified.
Yun He glanced at Fang Yun, and then said: "Next, I will introduce to you my son's good friend, Yun Fangyun, who is also a member of our family. Although he is young, he is deeply trusted by Yun Jie. In the future, you must get along well with this scholar from our family and treat him as a family member!"
"Yes!" Everyone in the Yun family agreed, and no one mentioned not wanting to join the expedition against the monsters.
Yun Ao looked at Fang Yun carefully and said nothing.
Next, Yun Hu, who was in charge of the expedition, stated some specific requirements and did not let everyone leave until late at night.
The next morning, Fang Yun observed Wen Gong again. This was the fourth day since entering the Xuemang Ancient Land, and there was no change in Wen Gong's condition or his emotions.
After breakfast, Fang Yun walked outside, ready to gain a deeper understanding of the Xuemang Ancient Land, but met Yun Ao walking towards him.
Fang Yun looked at Yun Ao carefully. He was tall and had a faint red light in his eyes, which was common among all the normal people in the ancient land of Xuemang. There seemed to be a constant look of mockery on his face.
"Meet my cousin." Yun Ao smiled and bowed, his movements a little frivolous.
"Good morning, cousin Yun Ao." Fang Yun said.
"I have something to discuss. Why don't we go back to your yard?" Yun Ao said.
"Okay." Fang Yun turned around and went back to the yard.
.(To be continued.)