Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Lu Li’s proposal would violate the interests of many in power in the Lu Family. If Lu Zhengyang had to promote the mechanism without anyone supporting him, he would be faced with unprecedented difficulties.
When a Family Patriarch had to go against all the other patriarchs, this Family Patriarch might be impeached by others and even… be forced down by the Hall of Patriarchs.
Hall of Patriarchs, regardless of the family, enjoyed the right to force a Family Patriarch to step down when half of the patriarchs reached a consensus!
Usually, a Family Patriarch would not publish a rule by force, risking offending most of the patriarchs.
Someone might have thought about Lu Li’s proposal before. However, to implement it would be too hard. Therefore, the proposal never became a reality.
Now with Lu Li’s support, Lu Zhengyang needn’t have such worries. Lu Li’s prestige was so high that he enjoyed more authority than even the Patriarch of Law Enforcement. Also, in some ways, Lu Li was unreasonable. If anyone was unwilling to accept the rules and wanted to reason with Lu Li, Lu Li would let this person be evicted from the Lu Family if not killed by Lu Li!
After Lu Zhengyang returned, he sent a message to Patriarch of Law Enforcement to discuss. Patriarch of Law Enforcement agreed to Lu Li’s ideas. Lu Zhengyang immediately convened a meeting of the Hall of Patriarch and put forward this proposal.
As Lu Zhengyang had expected…
As soon as this proposal was put forward, most patriarchs rejected the idea. Even Great Grandpa Five indicated his objection. There was even one patriarch that stated that he would leave the Lu Family if Lu Zhengyang insisted on carrying out this resolution.
Lu Zhengyang said nothing. When this group of patriarchs finished saying all kinds of high-sounding words, aflame with indignation, Lu Zhengyang mentioned casually, “Lu Li is the one that put forward this proposal. He said he has made up his mind. If you don’t agree, you are welcome to reason with him. He also mentioned that… he will not stand in the way of anyone who wants to leave the Lu Family!”
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When Lu Zhengyang finished his words, silence fell. The furious patriarchs sat there, embarrassingly and could not get any word of disapproval.
Who was Lu Li?
He was the leader of the Heaven Reverse Universe, a man that could fight against one hundred Semi-God Realm warriors in person. He killed most of them and hunted them down to the Waters Region.
The Yan Family Patriarch came with Relic armor and weapon, but still died in the hands of Lu Li…
Lu Li enjoyed absolutely high prestige. Someone even held him in the same position as Emperor of Heaven Reverse. Someone believed that altars should be set for Lu Li so that civilians of Great Land could pay homage to him.
While Lu Li’s powers and prestige were intimidating, what the patriarchs feared more was his personality.
Lu Li did not grow up in the Lu Family and was not cared for by the Lu Family. Instead, he suffered the suppression and hostility from the Lu Family. He had always been relying on himself and was not bonded with the Lu Family.
He cared little about the Lu Family. Apart from a few people including Lu Zhengyang and Great Grandpa Five, Lu Li didn’t even give others the chance to talk to him to seek any relationship.
Therefore, anyone that dared to go to Lu Li to voice their disagreement would be cracked down by Lu Li. None would be spared. If they angered Lu Li, he would have them killed…
Lu Zhengyang said that Lu Li would not say no to anyone who wanted to leave the Lu Family. That was to say, the patriarchs either had to agree to the decision or leave the Lu Family.
Leave the Lu Family?
Were they nuts? Lu Family was the most powerful of all and had the absolute say in the Heaven Reverse Universe and occupied the most resources. If the patriarchs left, countless warriors would join the Lu Family immediately and took their places…
Hence, while many objected, this resolution passed without a hitch. When Great Grandfather Five understood that the decision was from Lu Li, he did not say another word and showed his firm support.
Patriarchs of the Lu Family spent a day and a night to discuss and formulate various rules. It was stipulated that all the Lu Family disciples under 30 years old, whether they were from the immediate family or a branch, had the right to become a core disciple. Even… the top talents of affiliated families could become the Lu Family’s core disciples, but they had to change their surnames to Lu!
Core disciples would be bestowed with the best resources to cultivate. Publicly, they could say that they were disciples of the Lu Family. The core disciples would enjoy all kinds of rights. In other words, core disciples would become the most respected young masters and young ladies in the Lu Family.
When the news came out, the Lu Family was in an uproar. The strongest opinion came from the younger generations.
Many young masters and young ladies of the immediate family tried to make a scene. After all, when this mechanism was in place, those young masters and young ladies could not obtain the best resources to cultivate. What was more, they couldn’t even tell the others that they were disciples of the Lu Family…
The Hall of Patriarchs said one thing that quieted the young masters and young ladies down. This decision came from Lu Li. Lu Zhantian was now still resting in a small town. Who had the courage to anger Lu Li?
Several days of chaos later, the disciples accepted the reality. The disciples of Lu Family’s branches were overjoyed and elites of the affiliated families were over the moon.
Many of them could be as gifted as their peers born in the Lu Family. When the former could be bestowed with top-level resources, they could witness remarkable development.
Disciples of many branches devoted themselves to cultivation to prepare for the comprehensive test happening half a month later. The disciples of the immediate family quit hanging around due to the pressure and began to cultivate as well. Lu Family was in a good cycle. If the mechanism could be carried out in the long-term, the Lu Family would become stronger and stronger.
The Lu Family’s reformation was learned by other major families after a few days. The four major families were the first to know. Jiang Tianshun convened a meeting of the patriarchs overnight. However, he was pushed back.
Similarly, Family Patriarchs of the Kong Family and Ye Family intended to implement such rules, which, after all, could make their families stronger. This would lay a foundation for the family to enjoy generations of glory. The Family Patriarch that could carry out such a mechanism would be celebrated in history.
This mechanism would violate many people with vested interests. The pressure of objection would be unprecedented. Ye Family, Kong Family, and Jiang Family were all in a deadlock. As a matter of fact, when this news got out, some smaller families executed this reform smoothly.
In some fourth for fifth ranked families, the Family Patriarchs enjoyed absolute power. They put the reform into force against the objections of others. A Family Patriarch of a certain fifth rank family killed an opposing patriarch directly and met with no more rejections…
The larger a family was, the more branches there would be, which entailed more intricate interests. A slight move in one part may affect the situation as a whole. In those families, the Family Patriarchs could not do anything rashly or else their families would fall into pieces and trouble could ensue.
Half a month later, the selection of core disciples in the Lu Family commenced. Lu Zhengyang asked Lu Li to make an appearance. Lu Li came with Jiang Qiling, Bai Xiashuang and Bai Qiuxue, which was met with the ardent passion of many young disciples.
Caving in to the excited shouts and the gracious invitation of patriarchs in the Lu Family, Lu Li had no other choice but to go up to the podium and deliver a speech.
Faced with the huge crowds, Lu Li was not pressured at all. He walked up to the podium slowly, as if he was strolling in the backyard of his house. Glancing at the disciples, he began his speech. His gentle voice echoed in the ears of the young disciples. “Some of you will be grateful to me and some will hate me. But here is one thing I want you to know—One prospers in worries and hardships and perishes in ease and comfort. When a family lost its sense of crisis, the family will perish soon. When a family is without a good competitive mechanism, there won’t be more powerful warriors coming into being.”
“Only the ones that can survive mighty forces have the right to lead the Lu Family into the future. How can you pride yourself over others and overwhelm the world when you cannot even defeat disciples of your own family? Lu Family disciple is as much an honor as a shackle. I hope that from today on, you will be proud to be a disciple of the Lu Family. In the future, the Lu Family will be proud of you. And I… will be proud of you!”
Those words excited the disciples. The last sentence invigorated them so much that they wished they could start closed-door cultivation at once.
