"We shall respectfully heed True Person's words and, from this day onward, preserve them among our ancestral precepts!" Zhu Cheng and the others hurriedly bowed in salute.
"Good!" Xiao Hua smiled and returned the three lineage genealogies to their respective families. Then he took out the other book containing the Silk Brocade and the bone bead. With a wave of his hand, he intended to divide the book into three parts, but after moving his hand, he withdrew it again. Raising a hand, he sent the book down before Zhu Cheng and said, "This item belongs to this old man, yet it is closely connected to the ancestral shrines of your three families. Now, this old man shall return it to your three families. As for how it is to be preserved, you three families may discuss it yourselves! If other descendants of the Zhu family come seeking this book in the future, the Zhu family should treat them kindly as well!"
"Th-thank you, benefactor!" Zhu Cheng's voice trembled somewhat. He understood that this book was the crucial link in opening the ancestral shrine. Xiao Hua's return of the book to the three families was likewise a lavish gift.
Xiao Hua glanced at the equally excited Xun Qing and Zeng Jing. He knew that these two families might not necessarily have the chance to keep this book, but the book had originally come from the Zhu family of Xiaoyu Continent. Moreover, the two families now had to rely on the Zhu family, so it was only right for the Zhu family to preserve it.
"Enough, and there is this bone bead!" At last, Xiao Hua flicked the bone bead before Zhu Cheng and said with a smile, "This thing is already useless, but it belonged to the Zhu family after