"Indeed, Void Sage Fang has a point. Before discussing this matter, we need to consider a more important question: whether we can protect the humans in the Frost City once the Frost Lord Imperial Crown is gone," Grand Academician Kong Yingwei said.
Although the Zisi Family nominally did not belong to the Kong Family, its members were still treated as members of the Kong Family in practice. Kong Yingwei's words immediately drew everyone's attention.
Fang Yun looked at Kong Yingwei. Their eyes met, and they nodded slightly.
Seeing the members of the Zisi Family beside Kong Yingwei reminded Fang Yun of the Kong Family's division.
Confucius's son was named Kong Li, and Kong Li's son was the renowned Zisi.
Kong Li was Sage Kong's only son, but back then, Sage Kong had been busy pursuing his ambitions and traveling among the various states, neglecting his son's upbringing. Coupled with Kong Li's mediocre talent, this had left him with an unremarkable life. He had left behind no writings, though he had left two memorable remarks.
Kong Li had once told Sage Kong, "Your son is not as good as my son," and told Zisi, "Your father is not as good as my father." These became amusing anecdotes on the Saint Origin Continent.
At fifty, Kong Li had nearly died, only to be saved by Confucius. Apparently unwilling to have only one son, he had then sprouted fresh shoots like an old tree, fathering several more sons and daughters. By then, Zisi had already become a Great Scholar and was expected to become the Kong Family's third patriarch.
However, Zisi was devoted to the Sacred Way and spent a period cultivating in seclusion, his whereabouts unknown. Before his death, Kong Li had no choice but to designate his second son, still young