Level Up in Martial World
Chapter 254 - 254: Establishing the Power Structure

After Lu Zhen finished his meal, his women personally fed him one by one. The banquet soon ended with everyone eating themselves to full; even Lu Ming seemed to enjoy his meal as he gobbled up his food, almost eating the same amount as Lu Zhen.

Seeing Lu Zhen and Ancestor Lu Goblin there, others were also suddenly motivated and ate their food even faster. At the end, the atmosphere was already harmonious.

Lu Zhen 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 energy to maintain the quality of his body, which required him to eat a ton, enough to compete with an actual first-stage martial artist.

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

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

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

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

"The wars in the Phoenix City have been 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 ended through the magnanimous grace of the Lu family, the long-lost hope of unifying the entire Phoenix City has been achieved."

The messenger paused for a moment for the people to process in their brains.

"The Lu family will be the sole ruler of the Phoenix City and promise to never engage 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 Phoenix City will be Lu Zhen, the young master of the family."

The messenger left and entered the palace again, leaving a stunned and silent crowd.

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

They started to praise Lu Zhen 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 enjoyed their food served by the servants.

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

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

Gulp!

The palace became entirely silent, even with the loud cheers from outside. They looked at Lu Zhen carefully, and their entire focus was on every word he spoke.

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

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

Everyone was silent as nobody spoke. The gaze of Lu Zhen fell on them, and they were silenced.

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

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

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

Lu Zhen looked at everyone, whose eyes brightened.

"Everyone's territory will depend 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 Zhen started to describe all the rules they needed to follow and the such.

"Now, I will introduce the golden decree, where there are a set of rules that all must follow, besides the Lu Imperial family, of course," Lu Zhen 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 end, 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 entire family would be kept in prison for five centuries.

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 genius in strategy." They all had this unified thought as they finished reading the book.

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