Level Up in Martial World

Chapter 254: Establishing the Power Structure

After Lu Zh finished his meal, his wom personally fed him one by one. The banquet soon ded with everyone eating themselves to full; ev Lu Ming seemed to joy his meal as he gobbled up his food, almost eating the same amount as Lu Zh.

Seeing Lu Zh and Ancestor Lu Goblin there, others were also suddly motivated and ate their food ev faster. At the d, the atmosphere was already harmonious.

Lu Zh smiled seeing this. Although he didn't have the gluttony skill anymore, he was still a body cultivator whose realm was actually higher than the Qi cultivation realm. So, of course, he needed more proteins and ergy to maintain the quality of his body, which required him to eat a ton, ough to compete with an actual first-stage martial artist.

"Serve the banquet outside as well," Lu Zh said with a smile on his face.

"Yes, young master," the servants bowed as a huge howl of servants wt outside to serve the guests outside.

Seeing the servants outside, their eyes lit up; however, a messger also came outside, which made their expressions turn serious.

"So what will it be?" They held their breath as they patitly waited for the man to announce.

"The wars in the Phoix City have be going on for countless aeons due to the tyranny of the three major families: Xia, Hei, and the Huang family. However, the long war that took the lives of hundreds of thousands has finally all ded through the magnanimous grace of the Lu family, the long-lost hope of unifying the tire Phoix City has be achieved."

The messger paused for a momt for the people to process in their brains.

"The Lu family will be the sole ruler of the Phoix City and promise to never gage in internal wars again. Any internal fighting will be immediately suppressed. We, the Lu family, will make all the common people prosper and lead you to a new era."

"The Lu Family will be officially called the Lu Imperial family, and the new leader of the Phoix City will be Lu Zh, the young master of the family."

The messger left and tered the palace again, leaving a stunned and silt crowd.

Immediately, chaos erupted as they cheered with excitemt for the promises of the Lu Imperial family and the hope for a bright future.

They started to praise Lu Zh and the Lu Family with smiles on their faces. After all, they had suffered a lot from the four major families, and not only them; they had suffered from the wars of the small families as well.

Although the four major families might not be fighting every day, the small families were fighting each other every day to the point where it was common for a small family to disappear every single month. Because the four families were busy keeping each other in check, nobody said anything, allowing the small families to become audacious.

However, it was likely that any autonomous power would immediately be suppressed.

Although it might be terrifying for the small families, for the common individuals, it was undoubtedly a good thing.

Cheers erupted in the whole crowd as the banquet erupted, and they joyed their food served by the servants.

Lu Zh smiled, seeing the loud cheers from the crowd outside.

"So let's talk about the power structure now." Lu Zh's eyes glinted with a strange light.

Gulp!

The palace became tirely silt, ev with the loud cheers from outside. They looked at Lu Zh carefully, and their tire focus was on every word he spoke.

"From now on, all individual power will be tak back, and no one is allowed to form an army, and all weapons shall be banned." Lu Zh spoke as he looked a, seeing the eyes of all the powerhouses in the city shining with terror.

"If anyone has a problem with these, raise their hands." Lu Zh announced in a domineering tone.

Everyone was silt as nobody spoke. The gaze of Lu Zh fell on them, and they were silced.

Although everyone cursed in their hearts, nobody disagreed. After all, only a fool would disagree, giv the situation they were in. Lu Zh would instantly silce anyone who raised their voice against it, so they had to unwillingly accept such conditions.

Lu Zh smiled, seeing nobody speaking. "Good, since nobody spoke, these will be applied instantly."

"However, there are befits for you too. All of you will be assigned an area to rule almost autonomously unless giv orders by our royal decree, got it?"

Lu Zh looked at everyone, whose eyes brighted.

"Everyone's territory will depd on the power they previously held. However, no one is allowed to amass more than a thousand people, and the weapon production of bows is still not allowed. The territory changes based on the contribution you made for the territory and the royal family…."

Lu Zh started to describe all the rules they needed to follow and the such.

"Now, I will introduce the gold decree, where there are a set of rules that all must follow, besides the Lu Imperial family, of course," Lu Zh beckoned, and servants came carrying books.

As the servants gave these books to everyone, they all had varying expressions as they read through the book: sadness, happiness, frustration.

In the d, only a bitter expression was left in them.

These rules, although allowed them to still gain power, were nothing but empty shells. They had to actually do things for the common people and not treat them as bugs they could kill.

If they killed more than a hundred mortals, their power would be stripped, and the tire family would be kept in prison for five cturies.

This wasn't the only rule that favored the mortals; there were rules that favored themselves as well, achieving almost a perfect balance that considered both their own power and the power of mortals.

"Whoever made these is a terrifying gius in strategy." They all had this unified thought as they finished reading the book.