Rules aren't the only thing in the family

"Patriarch, what is it that you are looking for me for?" The academy family elder stood respectfully.

 "It's nothing much, sit down, I have a story here that I want to tell you." Gu Yue Bo squinted his eyes, his tone leisurely.

 "Subordinate is all ears!" The Academy Family Elder then chose the lower, closest to the patriarch's seat and sat down.

 Patriarch Gu Yue Bo then told the story of the human ancestor.

 That being said-

 Ever since the Human Ancestor had revealed the correct name, he had subdued the Rule Two Compulsions. His first order was to tell them to capture a longevity parasite for himself.

 The two rule parasites, one on each side and one on each circle, could capture ten thousand parasites in the world with their combined power, and a longevity parasite was naturally not a problem.

 The human ancestor used the longevity compulsion and immediately regained his youth, returning to the age of twenty.

 But at that moment, the Gauge Compassion said to him: "O Man, although you have subdued us, every time you order us, you have to add a rule.

 The Moment Compass followed suit, ''We have captured the Longevity Compass for you, and this is the first time we have ordered it. Our new rule is that we will not capture duplicate companions for you again."

 In other words, if the Human Ancestor wanted to capture longevity compels again in the future, the rule two compels would not step in.

 The Human Ancestor nodded and could only agree.

 He opened his mouth and gave a second order, "Then besides the longevity parasites, please capture all the ten thousand parasites in the world for me."

 The Rule Two Compassions were given this order, and at once the Rule Compassion turned into an infinitely large circle, encompassing both Yu and Zeus. The Compassion of Moment became an infinite square, encompassing the great world.

 One square and one circle formed a giant net, enveloping the entire Heaven and Earth and Qiankun.

 When they shrunk back down and returned to the palm of the Human Ancestor's hand, all the ten thousand parasites in the world, except for the longevity parasites, were captured by them.

 The Human Ancestor was overjoyed, in this way, all the parasites in the world belonged to him, and from now on he would be the Lord of the World!

 However, when he opened the silk net of the square circle, with a crash, a huge stream of insects gushed outwards. The parasites that the Rule Two Companions had worked so hard to capture all scrambled and flew away.

 When the Human Ancestor hastily closed the square net, there were only five parasites left inside.

 "What's this for?" Human Ancestor was astonished.

 The second compulsion answered him, "Man, there are thousands of different kinds of parasites under the sky, how can you subdue them when you have no power and no wisdom? We can only capture the parasites for you; you have to subdue them by yourself in order to make them work for you."

 Then they added, "This is your second command, and we will also add a second rule - from now on, we can only capture one compulsion at a time for you."

 The Human Ancestor had to nod his head as he carefully lifted the silk net, revealing only a slit.

 Among the five remaining parasites, there were strength parasites, as well as wisdom parasites. The Human Ancestor was delighted to see this.

 He then said to the Power Compass, "O Power Compass, you left me back then, do you have any regrets now? If you submit to me now, I will return your freedom."

 The power compulsion, however, said, "O man, you are wrong. The reason I didn't fly away is not that I didn't have the chance, but that I wanted to stay. It is impossible for you to subdue me. I only submit to beings whose power is greater than mine, and you can't. But we can make another deal, if you give me your youth, I can follow your orders for now."

 The Human Ancestor was a bit reluctant to hear this. He had just gained his youth, was he about to lose it?

 But he was very eager for power, and he knew that after having power, he would become powerful and life would become easier.

 Besides, having power would enable him to subdue more parasites.

 So the Human Ancestor agreed to the power compulsion again and made a second deal with it.

 The Human Ancestor reached middle age all of a sudden, and the Power Compass flew out of the net of rules and landed on the Human Ancestor's shoulder.

 The Human Ancestor had power, and his bottom was suddenly strong.

 He said to the Wisdom Compass again, "O Wisdom Compass, you left me back then, do you have any regrets now? If you submit to me now, I can return your freedom."

 The Wisdom Compass, however, said, "O man, you are wrong. The reason I didn't fly away is not that I didn't have the chance, but that I wanted to stay. It is impossible for you to subjugate me. I only submit to existences that are wiser than me, and you can't. But we can make another deal, if you give me your middle age, I can follow your orders for now."

 The Human Ancestor heard this, but didn't want to make another deal.

 He treasured his life even more than last time, and he knew that once he sold his middle age as well, he would only be left with his old age. And then it wouldn't be long before the Strength Compass and Wisdom Compass would leave him again, just like last time.

 The Human Ancestor was unwilling to make a deal, but didn't want to let go of the Wisdom Compass.

 The Wisdom Compassion was a bit anxious, so he had to step back and said, "Alright, Man, you win. I've lost to you this time, so as long as you tell me what method you used to catch me, I'll admit defeat, not take anything from you, and be at your disposal from now on."

 The Human Ancestor was overjoyed to hear this, and the Rule Two Compassion didn't even have time to stop him before he blurted out, "I used the Rule Two Compassion and captured you."

 The Wisdom Compassion laughed out loud when he heard this, "I remembered, so the name of these two compulsions is called Rules. Haha, now that I know your names, you won't be able to catch me anymore."

 After saying that, it turned into a ray of light and flew out, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

 The Rule Two Companions both complained, "Man, we told you long ago. It is best for you to know our names alone and not let other existences know. Otherwise we are going to be used by other existences. Now well, the Wisdom Compass already knows our names, things are in trouble."

 The Human Ancestor then realized that he had fallen for the Wisdom Compass, and he was very remorseful, knowing that he had lost his only chance to capture wisdom with his rules.

 With that said, Gu Yue Bo's story also came to an end for the time being. He looked at the Hakuhodo Family Elder with deep meaning in his gaze.

 The Schoolhouse Family Elder couldn't help but stand up from his seat, he had heard of the Human Ancestor's Compassionate Master a long time ago, but now that Gu Yue Bo had told it, it naturally had a deeper meaning.

 His eyes flickered, his heart had realized something long ago, and he immediately bent slightly to Gu Yue Bo and respectfully said, ''Lord Patriarch, when you told this story, could it be that you were making a metaphor? Comparing Fang Yuan to the Wisdom Compass, and treating the clan as the Human Ancestor. Although the Human Ancestor caught the Wisdom Compass with his rules and trapped it in a net, he still let the Wisdom Compass escape in the end."

 Speaking here, the academy family elder paused, pondered for a while, and then looked at Gu Yue Bo, "Could it be that Lord Patriarch, is asking me to let Fang Yuan off the hook and stop suppressing him? But he is doing more and more excessively ..."

 Gu Yue Bo stopped the words of the Hoktang Family Elder and reached out his hand to signal for him to sit and talk.

 When the Hoktang family elder sat down again, he heard Gu Yue Bo let out a sigh, "You, you are still so enlightened, a smart person, you can talk at the slightest point. Unfortunately, your mind pattern is still not big, you only look at your one acre of land. Now let me tell you, the academy is small, the family is big."

 "I know what you're worried about, afraid that the other trainees will be pressed to death by Fang Yuan and eventually lose their heart and energy. Hehehe." Gu Yue Bo shook his head slightly and pointed at the academy family elder, "You are overly concerned."

 "What do you think the family is for? Just relying on you, the academy, to cultivate newcomers alone? No. Behind every cadet, there are their parents, their elders, and their close friends. As long as there are these people supporting, encouraging, and expecting, the hearts of our Gu Yue clan's descendants will have a bottom line and vigor."

 "Fang Yuan has indeed repeatedly surpassed my expectations, with a hint of coming out of nowhere. I have been secretly following Fang Zheng, and have long known about his Fang Yuan's robbery and extortion. Just let him continue to rob well, use him to properly sharpen these diamonds in the rough like Fang Zheng, Mobei and Chi Cheng. It's beneficial ah, at least this class of students is the most solid class of fists and feet I've seen."

 The academy family elder, however, had a worried look on his face, "But Lord Patriarch, it's not good to have too much frustration, it will grind the diamonds into pieces. Especially since Fang Yuan now has the Wine Insect, this insect is extremely helpful to first turn Compass Masters. I am worried that during this first turn, under Fang Yuan's oppression, all the other trainees won't be able to turn over."

 "Then let them not be able to turn over!" Gu Yue Bo snorted coldly, revealing a trace of the atmosphere and coldness of a superior, "What is this setback? Is it more terrifying than death? With the support of the elders in the family, if the heart energy still can't survive, it means that it's not a diamond in the rough at all, and there's no value in cultivating it. The family has new trainees entering the academy every year, and if this term fails, there will be a next term. As for Gu Yue Fangzheng ... starting tomorrow night, I will secretly and personally instruct him."

 "To have the clan head personally instructing him, that's Gu Yue Fangzheng's good fortune." The academy family elder gave a timely pat on the back.

 Gu Yue Bo's face eased a bit as he looked at the Schoolhouse Family Elder and admonished, "Do you know the reason why you've been a Schoolhouse Family Elder for decades and are still a Schoolhouse Family Elder now? Enlarge your temperament a bit, I know that Fang Yuan has touched your majesty and swept your face, but why do you need to be catty with a junior?"

 "I also know that this Fang Yuan is somewhat early wise, but in the end, he is still a juvenile nature, young and impulsive. Otherwise, he wouldn't have injured the guards and made you lose face in public. It's understandable that he's holding his anger in his heart. It's normal to be hostile to the clan after falling from a genius to a mortal."

 "He's actually still very naive, as you can tell by looking at his attempts to hide the Wine Bug. How can a wine bug be hidden? He isn't mature and still has naïve thoughts, don't think of him as scary. I'm overrating him by comparing him to a wisdom comp. At best, he is a little clever, but he has no great wisdom. If he didn't move to conceal his middle-order cultivation, or if he accepted the position of class leader indifferently, that would truly be called having a deep heart."

 "What do you mean, Patriarch?" The academy family elder raised his eyebrows

 "What I mean is that Fang Yuan is dissatisfied with the clan, so let him vent it out. An ant spitting on an elephant, would the elephant care? Emotions should be spared rather than blocked, after he has vented, he will naturally integrate into the clan. We, the Gu Yue clan, have been in existence for nearly a thousand years since the beginning of the generation. There are plenty of people who are dissatisfied with the clan, but in the end, did they topple the clan?"

 "Families aren't just about rules, there's also bloodline love. The Ancestor of Man wanted to catch Wisdom with the rules, but in the end, not only did he fail, but the rules were all known by Wisdom. The moral here is far reaching ah ... rules are dead, people are alive, and love is deep. If you are obsessed with catching people with rules, you will instead increase the hatred and make Fang Yuan even further away from the family. Fang Yuan was only C class, and if he was lucky, he would just be a low level family elder in a few decades. But he is after all Gu Yue Fang Zheng's twin brother, do you understand?"

 "Understood!" Hearing Gu Yue Bo's last sentence, the academy family elder suddenly came to a realization.

 "Well ... family if it's just rules, it's just a raw, dead mess. But if the love of bloodline is added, then it comes alive." Gu Yue Bo slowly nodded his head, "There is also a sentence to give to you, I hope you can keep it in mind."

 "I ask for the Lord Patriarch's admonition."

 Gu Yue Bo's gaze was languid, looking at a field of moonlight outside the window, "The sea contains a hundred rivers, and there is tolerance ... Remember it, and then retire."

 "Yes, Lord Patriarch, my subordinates will retire." The academy family elder retreated coyly.