Jiang Fan looked at the father and sons kneeling together and waved a hand.
"Get up!"
"There's no need for such formalities!"
Once they had nervously taken their seats, Jiang Fan sighed.
"Can you tell me now?"
"How has the Jiang Family fallen to this state after only a little more than a hundred years?"
Hearing this, Jiang Jingwang looked ashamed.
"We descendants have been unfilial and disappointed you, Great-Grandfather!"
Seeing that he was about to kneel again, Jiang Fan waved a hand and lifted him up.
"I don't mean to blame you!"
"Prosperity gives way to decline, and things reverse when they reach an extreme. I understand that principle!"
"I'm only a little curious about the Jiang Family's decline!"
Hearing this, Jiang Jingwang finally let out a breath of relief and began to explain in detail.
"After you left Blue Star, the Jiang Family prospered for a time under the glory of a hero!"
"During that period, the Jiang Family could truly be called the undisputed number one among the Thirteen Noble Families!"
"We led the other noble families in every field!"
"But... as time passed, those powerful figures who had once been close to you reached the end of their lifespans one after another!"
"After they fell, their successors still took fairly good care of the Jiang Family, but the Jiang Family... after enjoying decades of prosperity, the younger generations all became... incredibly arrogant..."
"In less than three generations, there was no one capable of carrying on..."
"And after a hundred years like that, the Jiang Family no longer had any top experts holding the fort and began to slowly decline!"
"By my grandfather's generation, the Jiang Family fell apart in its competition with the other noble families, and the various branches scattered across different places..."
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