For all he knew, some unruly commoner might follow suit and try to assassinate the king and emperor as well.
Xue Ye still had some self-awareness about his rule. He knew very well that his reign was far from winning the people's hearts.
Ordinary commoners were one thing. No matter how dissatisfied they were, they could not stir up much trouble.
If this were an ordinary world or a low-martial world, a peasant uprising might have been worth watching. But in a fantasy world like Douluo Continent, peasant uprisings had no future at all. Any Titled Douluo could easily suppress one.
Take Dugu Bo, for example. He ranked near the bottom among Titled Douluo, but he was absolutely skilled at crushing peasant uprisings. No matter how many people there were, they were nothing before him.
So Xue Ye did not need to worry about peasant uprisings. What worried him more were those common-born Soul Masters.
To be honest, there were quite a few Soul Masters within the two great empires. The problem was that, due to the nobles' suppression, these common-born Soul Masters received treatment that was far from good.
Most common-born Soul Masters either chose to become dogs for the nobles or chose to join Spirit Hall. The number of truly independent wandering Soul Masters was extremely limited.
Clearly, the vast majority of Soul Masters were unwilling to become dogs for the nobles. Thus, joining Spirit Hall had basically become the best path for common-born Soul Masters.
Because of this, the number of Soul Masters controlled by the two great empires was very limited, to the point that they could only use ordinary people to form their armies.
Their numbers were indeed considerable, but how much combat strength they actually possessed, and how many truly obeyed the two great