Li City, the Pomp of the Royal Family

Lu Xingshi killed a young master from a wealthy household and his attendant. After washing up, he changed into the other man's clothes.

The process had been easy. That wealthy young master was not very strong, only Level 1, though his attendant was Level 2.

He had won because the other side's combat experience and techniques had been too awful to look at, while they had also been exceedingly arrogant, utterly looking down on Lu Xingshi as a mud-legged peasant.

After all, there was no need to fight now. Sacrifices would do.

As for why the attendant was a higher level than the young master? Naturally, it was because the attendant had been recruited, not raised by the household itself.

Yet Lu Xingshi found it strange. Since someone could reach that level, it meant their social class had to be higher. Why would they become someone else's dog? Shouldn't they be controlling the other person instead? That meant there had to be other ways to raise one's level besides sacrifices and rituals.

After changing clothes and disguising himself as a resident of the Lower District, Lu Xingshi smoothly slipped into Li City's Lower District.

The living conditions here were far better than in the Slums. At the very least, people here were called commoners rather than poor folk. Many wealthy households also lived here, along with gangs used by those households as white gloves. So long as the Noble families and powerful figures of the Middle District and Upper District did not interfere, they were the true rulers.

As for the Imperial Court and government offices, they were actually staffed by members of the Royal Family from the Upper District.

Yet even these much better-off commoners enjoyed only slightly more rights than the people of the Slums. Beyond that, they