The Kong Family had many rules.
Unless Sage Kong was angered, the Confucius Gate would not open. That was the Kong Family's bottom line.
The Confucius Gate was the main entrance to the Confucius Sacred Residence. Since Sage Kong's funeral ended, it had never opened again.
Though Sage Kong had fallen, his will endured.
The head of the Kong Family at the time had established this ironclad rule: unless Sage Kong's Will commanded it, or the family faced annihilation, the Kong Family would never interfere in the Human Race's internal affairs.
The Kong Family had always upheld this family rule, easing the various human factions' wariness of them and preventing the family from becoming the target of every arrow.
There were many Myriad Saints' Residences, but only exceptional former dwellings could become a Sacred Residence. The Confucius Sacred Residence stood within the Confucius Mansion and was where Sage Kong had lived the longest after his Saint Enfeoffment. Any one of the Four Treasures of the Study inside contained tremendous power.
Rumor had it that during Sage Kong's funeral, the Kong Family had placed numerous treasures inside the Confucius Sacred Residence. Those treasures had never been used.
After so many years, the Confucius Sacred Residence had become the Kong Family's most formidable deterrent, because no one knew what sort of monster the family would unleash once the Confucius Gate opened.
The Kong Family's head gazed quietly at the Ritual Hall elders, his eyes like a clear sky.
Though successive heads of the Kong Family had never attained the Half-Sage realm, they possessed the power of a Half-Sage. Even such a calm gaze seemed capable of seeing through everyone's heart.
Every Ritual Hall elder suddenly felt ashamed and wanted to retreat.
Instinctively seeking to protect himself, Yun Luo bowed and said, "Since