Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire
Chapter 323 - 209: Bearing the Nation’s Shame, Word Spirit·Divine Punishment_2

Chapter 323: Chapter 209: Bearing the Nation’s Shame, Word Spirit·Divine Punishment_2

"This is your personal debt before marriage."

"The property was left to me by my parents, which is also my personal asset."

"No, your property is jointly owned because you and your wife have lived there together."

"This is unfair!"

...

"Why is the food getting worse? There’s more and more sand mixed in the food, and today I even found wood chips. What exactly is the Palu trade group feeding us?"

"Don’t you claim to be the Dragon People? Dragons need to eat more wood and sand to grow strong scales. It’s for your own good."

"We don’t have dragon scales; we’re just ordinary people."

"Who said that? You are noble dragon-man masters! You’ll grow dragon scales eventually; just eat more sand."

"Nonsense! You Palu merchants deserve the gallows!"

"The Palu family deserves a thousand cuts!"

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The Holy Dragon People, as long as they’re of sound mind and have normal thinking abilities, generally have no problem feeding themselves.

But in special circumstances, Holy Dragon People who are targeted find it difficult to cope.

Many Holy Dragon People, before they possess inhuman Dragonification traits, are just ordinary people. If you trace their bloodline, many ancestors of the Holy Dragon People were slaves who obtained freedom through the emancipation decree.

These people are descendants of slaves, and without inheritance, they suddenly become rich, possessing wealth unmatched by their knowledge and power, naturally resulting in many issues.

Because the housing prices in Elisium City are overwhelmingly high, to the point where even some medium and small Nobles cannot bear it, they attempt to obtain Dragon Veins through means other than purchasing.

Consider a few years ago, a single male who was just an ordinary person; in just a few short years, his worth shot up, obtaining Dragon Veins without any effort. His mindset would be inflated to what extent?

With such a mindset, how could he resist the temptations of Nobles’ women who come prepared?

Of course, these people hold wealth that doesn’t match their capabilities, and being unable to resist external temptations, make irrational choices and lose a portion of this wealth. It’s natural to harbor resentment.

But this also indicates that the Fairy-established Golden Code is still not perfect and cannot protect these people, requiring further amendments.

Dragon People with such experiences are no longer few, and these cases are quite common, to the extent that even Noah can personally experience several instances.

Because some people have truly been deceived of all their assets, they have nothing left but Dragon Scales on their bodies and are expelled from Elisium City. Even if they revolt, they meet brutal suppression.

In the land of the Holy Dragon, the violent forces that maintain Order are not something mere Dragonification individuals can resist. Not to mention the Steel Magic Statues controlled by the Fairies, even the garrison troops composed of human Professionals can suppress these insignificant voices.

They are a group easily overlooked, yet the Golden Tree allowed Noah to sense their presence and experience their pain.

Beyond them, the Golden Tree also let Noah experience more—those are the ordinary people living in Elisium City who do not have Dragonification traits.

In this city, not having Dragon Scales means being inferior, and when seeking work outside, they face groundless discrimination and oppression due to their status as Elisium City residents. Being docked of wages and treated unfairly is commonplace.

To be frank, since birth, Noah has never tasted what it’s like to eat sand and gnaw wood, yet the Golden Tree let him experience it countless times.

"Why is it always the Palu family? Every time it’s the merchants of the Palu family!"

Finally breaking free from the ocean of pain brought about by the Dark Fruit, Noah cursed, recalling the merchant group that was constantly mentioned while experiencing the suffering of the common people.

Palu family

If you were to investigate this family, the founder of the Palu family was a slave who gained freedom through an emancipation decree. This slave named Palu, after becoming a freeman, quickly amassed his own assets through hard work.

Unlike other freemen, after obtaining certain assets, Palu chose to invest more money in education because compared to mastering Extraordinary Power, the threshold for gaining knowledge is slightly lower.

But mastering sufficient knowledge makes gaining Extraordinary Power relatively easier.

In just twenty years, when Palu’s grandson was born, this diligent and sharp-witted freeman had already established a trade group, named after himself.

As Palu’s offspring continued to grow, among his descendants finally appeared someone with Extraordinary aptitude, leading to the rise of the Palu family.

In merely half a century, the Palu family, accompanying the expansion of its business map, gradually entered various industries in Elisium City.

Today, the Palu family is one of the leading trade families in this city.

The former first-generation Palu, as an ordinary person without Extraordinary Power, had long passed away. Yet, his descendants strongly remember the teachings of this first ancestor—every one of them has a profound love for acquiring knowledge, so much that the new generation of the Palus are very adept at exploiting loopholes in regulations.

Due to Noah’s Golden Code not advocating collective punishment and joint liability legal systems, the Palu family fully utilized this point, legally dissecting the family into smaller units.

Therefore, even though Noah previously sanctioned the Palu family based on the feedback from the Golden Tree through the Fairies, today this family can still surprise Noah.

Noah’s first taste of sand came thanks to this family.

Of course, this might not necessarily be the Palu family’s fault this time, because after multiple sanctions, this family has become much more prudent.

However, because of the extreme measures the Palu family took to hoard capital previously, many citizens of Elisium City vividly remember their unscrupulous mercantile ways.

As a result, the surname Palu has become synonymous with greed, stinginess, brutality, and loss of humanity, to the point where it accompanies the cursing of unscrupulous merchants by ordinary frontline workers.

Originally, the word Palu bore little meaning, yet due to the Palu family’s reckless behaviors before sanction, it has acquired a new significance. Most merchants would appear greatly displeased if someone called them a Palu.

However, there are some unethical merchants who take being likened to Palu as a compliment. They regard Palu as their spiritual idol and ultimate goal for emulation and pursuit.

Coming from a slave background, yet ultimately establishing a renowned commercial family in Elisium on his own.

That’s truly inspirational!

"Have a fruit to ease it!"

Recovering from the misfortune of thousands, Noah reached out to the Golden Tree once again, plucking a lustrous, plump fruit emitting a purple glow, tossing it into his mouth to alleviate the seemingly ongoing pain.

This is a fruit that took nearly ten years to ripen, and today it is finally mature. The sweet taste of the fruit provided Noah a pleasant savor.

Apart from the Dark Fruit, sampling any fruit is an enjoyment for Noah.

Because he not only savors a delightful taste but also gains newfound power.

As the flesh of the Purple Spirit Fruit was swallowed by Noah, a vast purple aura rose up, transforming into a torrent, engulfing the Dragon Soul, inscribing a new kind of power.

Word Spirit·Divine Punishment

When Noah felt the purpose of this Word Spirit, he looked up at the swaying branches of the Golden Tree in front of him, gazing for a long time before finally couldn’t help but ask,

"By granting me this Word Spirit, what do you wish me to do? Haven’t I already done enough?"