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Such a malevolent heart!

"Gongcheng!" For a moment, all the elders became uneasy. What a joke! Life here is so good; you don’t have to do anything each day, yet you feel yourself improving. Living here, the hereditary issues have eased from the past, and some problems of old age have been solved with various supplements. They even feel younger. Several elders have felt their vigor returning these past two years, as if they’ve gone back to when they were twenty.

At this rate, they could live a hundred more years!

And that doesn’t include the days they could continue to enjoy in Hell Ruler; even after reincarnation, this place is better than the outside.

Kicking them out?

To them, it’s like the sky is falling.

"No need, no need, we’re all one family, why be like this?" Several elders immediately softened.

Some legitimate brothers did the same, hastily wearing smiles, "Elder Brother, it’s really not necessary..."

Elder Brother...

Wei Gongcheng looked at that group of people and was amused for a moment. It’s the first time in his life he heard this group address him like that; power truly is a wonderful thing.

"You don’t need to be intimidated by him!" Wei Xingcheng shouted desperately, "You can’t drive us away. We, from the Wei Family, have people supporting us. Those juniors are willing to support my Wei Family. What right do you have to drive us away?"

"Who said they were willing to support you?" Wei Gongcheng responded indifferently.

Wei Xingcheng’s excited demeanor instantly froze.

Wei Gongcheng casually tossed out a sheet of white paper. As the paper unfolded in mid-air, it displayed a multitude of names. With one glance, the members of the Wei Family realized that these were all juniors who had left the family.

Wei Gongyu: Serving as a Hundred Households in the North Desolation Warrior Army, now certified by Hell Ruler to sever ties with the Wei Family!

Wei Gongyan: A jeweler businessman in Nanming Prefecture, identified a student’s invention during his academy visits and vigorously promoted it, having opened multiple shops in Nanming Prefecture, earning ten thousand stones of income monthly, now certified to sever ties with the Wei Family.

The texts displayed under each name left the group of legitimate children stunned.

When did these lowly illegitimate children... do so well?

Wasn’t Wei Gongyu just a small soldier in the north? A dignified member of the Wei Family joining the Warrior Army had to start as an ordinary soldier; how could the legitimate ones tolerate that? Yet, the unsuccessful illegitimate ones endured, and the elders didn’t stop them.

Who would’ve expected they’d all become Hundred Households in just two years?

As a Hundred Households in the Warrior Army, the benefits are quite good. It’s rumored that even after death, they can hold a position in Hell Ruler, with a lifespan starting at a thousand years!

If they managed to reach this level, had they enlisted earlier, wouldn’t they have started as a Thousand Households?

Damn it, why didn’t that occur to them?

And that Wei Gongyan, always wandering aimlessly around the academy, ignoring his duties, ended up supporting a dull, silent student and spent his life savings on promotion, which seemed utterly foolish.

And yet...a monthly income of ten thousand stones?

What does ten thousand stones mean?

In Jiangnan, Jade Stones are hard currency. Legitimate currency-grade jade must at least be Second Level Jadeite. Even converted to Bai Yu, it’s a one-to-ten-thousand ratio. Such income is at the level of many major merchants in Jiangnan.

When did he become so wealthy?

And when he came back, he lamented daily about the hard-marches and only earning a bit of strenuous money.

This is strenuous money?

Rascal!!

But before they could get angry, Wei Gongcheng’s icy voice pulled them back to reality.

"Everyone has signed and agreed to sever ties with the Wei Family as of today, and their biological mothers must be brought back, having nothing to do with the Wei Family anymore!"

"You... how could you do this!" Wei Xingcheng was frantic, "This is utterly outrageous, utterly outrageous."

"This is the rule in Jiangnan!" Wei Gongcheng coldly declared, "If anyone is entirely unproductive, someone must support them, like a young and robust man whose entire family can enjoy Jiangnan’s welfare, but they must acknowledge it.

If the working one diligently supports the family and those being supported merely see him as meat to exploit, this severely hampers his future progress.

Any Jiangnan citizens have the potential to grow to the next level. "

"This burden cannot be tolerated!"

This was also decided after Wei Gongcheng and Chen Qing’s discussions.

Currently, in Jiangnan, many relocated families are like the Wei Family; illegitimate children striving hard outside, while legitimate ones and some elders remain idle at home. Ironically, these legitimate ones and elders usually have the stronger capability and should be doing tasks.

Jiangnan’s resources aren’t meant to support parasitic worms; high-quality beings can provide higher faith. Higher faith leads to a wealthier Divine Path Sect, which can reciprocate more benefits, creating a positive cycle.

This scenario of some with higher quality dragging down the others and acting like blood-sucking parasites cannot be tolerated.

It’s not just that aspect; the pairing of men and women is as crucial.

Many women, especially those from military households, with husbands away for years, succumb to loneliness and have affairs eventually.

Nowadays, many women assume official roles, like the previous female Hell Ruler, favoring women in various ways.

This situation dampens the confidence of men striving outside. Ponder it: you risk your life at the frontlines defending the nation, providing safety for the state, and livelihood security for your family, only for your woman to be involved with another man?

Is this acceptable?

Once a man knows, how can he genuinely protect the nation?

If the country does not stand up for him, how can he whole-heartedly devote his loyalty?

Thus, the final decision to suppress the Wei Family was made as an example to intimidate all and to issue a new decree concurrently.

Any competent man who decides to no longer support relatives, as long as his reason is justified, can proceed.

If any party in a marriage is unfaithful, the one cheating must leave with nothing!

If the cheating party in Jiangnan lacks self-sustaining ability, as time passes, they will be exiled from Jiangnan and cannot enter reincarnation in Jiangnan!

The new decree is bound to cause dissatisfaction, and using the Wei Family as a scapegoat appears impartial externally. With his weighty identity in Jiangnan, even targeting his own Wei Family shows Jiangnan’s determination.

If no changes are made, their outcomes will mirror the Wei Family’s.

This is why, although he despises the Wei Family, he allowed them to run rampant in Lyuzhou in the end.

For one, despite the deep-rooted corruption in the Wei Family, some young aspirants exist, and the younger generation has a few promising talents; not everyone is like these elders or Wei Xingcheng.

If they can support themselves, Wei Gongcheng doesn’t mind lending a hand.

As for the rest...

The second reason is the deterrence.

By using the Wei Family as a cautionary example, it solves the most repulsive tumor, providing other Noble Families a demonstration.

As for why the action was taken now.

An intelligence report from the frontline disclosed anomalies arising in the North.

The Supreme Lord once mentioned that the strongest of the four Ancient Forces is beginning to revive and exert its strength!

Jiangnan and them... are practically in a life-and-death struggle!