Coming-of-age Ceremony

After dealing with the Water Roaming Insect Race and, incidentally, warning the races around the Central Plains Merchant Alliance, Song Ankang still had one person left to punish.

That person was Song Fanxing. He could be promiscuous, he could sow affection everywhere, he could neglect his cultivation... but he should not have been so irresponsible. Since he had sown the seeds himself, he ought to have cared for their fruits properly. After all, they were his children, and Song Ankang's grandchildren and daughters-in-law.

Yet because of Song Fanxing's negligence, one of his daughters-in-law had been killed, and his grandson had nearly died a violent death. This was something Song Ankang could not accept.

He directly tied Song Fanxing up before all his daughters-in-law and, in front of them, forcibly broke all four of Song Fanxing's limbs, making him endure punishment of both body and mind. Not only was his dignity swept into the dirt, he was also in unbearable pain.

Only then did Song Fanxing realize his mistake. He honestly accepted the punishment, after which he was confined to the house for ten years. During those ten years, he was to properly keep company with his more than a thousand wives and concubines, as well as his more than a thousand children.

After this incident, the Song Family's household discipline was shaken to its core, and Song Ankang specifically drew up relevant family rules.

Song Ankang also realized at this time that he had been too lax before, especially when it came to managing family affairs. Tang Yelan had previously advised him that, as their descendants grew more numerous, they needed a certain set of family rules sooner or later.

But Song Ankang had not taken it to heart then. He had thought the Song Family was fairly harmonious and