Demon Lord 3

Chapter 1886 The History of the Bai Family

Upon returning, I eagerly perused many ancient texts, including the history of the Bai family. I was astonished by its long history; it's the only family in this small world to have survived unbroken. Those who came before had gradually lost territory or population due to wars. Later, the Bai family embraced new technologies and developments, allowing them to rebuild. I had previously thought the Bai family was always despised, but their history is surprisingly long. Perhaps we are the latecomers, perhaps we are the invaders. This world cannot be simply described; it is diverse and complex. Yet, despite our best efforts, we cannot find a clear explanation. Over time, I suddenly realized something: this world actually follows certain patterns. Those who win each time share a common characteristic: they can keep up with the times. Time is like water flowing to the sea. If we don't find ways to stop time, we can only race against it. Even if we can't catch up, we can still drift on this sea in a boat. When the sea is calm, we can drift slowly along with the current. But if we encounter strong winds and waves, besides building a sturdy boat, we also need to ride the wind and waves, going with the current, not against it, which would leave us battered and bruised. Perhaps the Bai family understood this, which is why they devised so many rules and regulations, from ancient architecture to historical development. I understand now that in this world, even without the Bai family, there might be millions of other Bai families, but as long as we possess the Bai family's spirit, it won't be easy for us to defeat them. Therefore, we are now rising stars with outstanding abilities. These people use the ideas and capabilities of the wider world to do things, and we… Their thinking is ahead of their time, so the Bai family can't beat us in many ways. But we can't deceive ourselves and overshadow their efforts with our own. After all, our time in this world is limited. Newcomers aren't guaranteed success, yet they've persisted for so many years. It's not that they haven't encountered strong opponents, but rather that they've learned how to defeat them. Reading the history here, I noticed there isn't much about the Bai family, but almost all of it is official history. They might not be keen on truly telling the story of the Bai family, but I've noticed they prefer to offer evaluations of these events. Those who offer evaluations almost always follow the official historical accounts. The Bai family has its own genealogy and biographies, and almost none of them are... Some people investigated, but no one altered it. I haven't seen anything actually written by their family themselves, so I had to ask Bai Jingyi. Bai Jingyi said, "I did read it a few times, but I was young then and didn't remember much. Each time, I would only read what I liked, and I've forgotten most of what I skimmed over. The main thing I remember is that there was a battle." Hearing this, I became interested. After all, this battle was also related to our life and death. We were going to have a tough battle to fight. Although we escaped this time and met that poor boneless chicken claw, it didn't mean we would succeed now. If they joined forces, all our efforts would be in vain. It wasn't impossible, but the chances were very high. Bai Jingyi continued, "I remember when I was young, I was reading at home. The part about the war that almost wiped out our Bai family was the longest. It said that a very powerful leader appeared, who was our Bai family's ancestor. Although he was a member of the Bai family, he had been bullied by them since childhood. The reason he later helped the Bai family was because he received certain benefits. The specific benefits were described rather vaguely, but I still understood some of them. That was to make his child the next leader of the Bai family. Actually, those people disagreed, after all, he had a formal lineage. But the ancestor who changed the fate of the Bai family didn't care. He believed that since they were all of the Bai family bloodline, making his child the leader of the Bai family was a sure thing. He believed that his intelligence and talent would be inherited by his most outstanding child, so that the Bai family would have a future. Actually, when I read this, I thought those people would not agree and would rather fight to the death. But I didn't expect that they would actually accept it, even though this child was the one they had once looked down on the most." Hearing this, I finally understood that the most important advantage of the Bai family was democracy.