While the action may seem generous, the political savvy one knew it is a way for the Royal Family to control one Noble Family, ensuring it will fall in line and not cause any trouble to the Royal Family.
In the future, when the Noble Family was rebuilt, they would be the pawn of the Royal Family, a dog if one decided to be rough about it.
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After the distribution of the resources, the reward session was not over yet, as the mountain area seem to erupt in worldly energy.
"The Fiend Dark Pool had absorbed the worldly energy in the area and suppressed it. Now that the Dark Pool is no longer, the worldly energy finally released.
It seem, being suppressed increase the concentration of the worldly energy. From the look of it, the worldly energy would remain in such state for 10 days or so.
Anyone who cultivate here would achieve 10 time the results of cultivating at the Palace Cultivation Chamber." the King said.