Panlong: My Auto-Level Training System

Chapter 7 City of Starfire

Two hundred years is a long history.

Karl would grant cultivation boosts to anyone in the family who wanted to follow him and was willing to persevere in their training. Although the boost was small, less than 1%, it was still a chance for them to break through to become a level seven warrior.

However, the fact that power did not corrupt Karl himself does not mean that it could not corrupt his descendants.

"If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up"—this is the mindset of many in the Talos family today. Those with talent can persevere, but most feel that their talent is average and gradually give up on cultivation.

Initially, Karl would provide each family member with a boost to their cultivation speed. But as time went on, he became more open-minded. He was generous to those who were willing to cultivate, but as for those who started to enjoy themselves after reaching level two or three, Karl's points didn't come easily. Everyone has their own destiny, and Karl was accepting of that.

As the five people arrived, Karl did not speak, because there were still some people who had not yet come over.

A moment later, several middle-aged, burly men, looking travel-worn, walked in from outside the courtyard. They were all level seven warriors in the entire Xinghuo Town.

As for those who have reached the level of an eighth-level warrior, there are indeed some, but those few are all geniuses of the territory. They joined other forces at a young age and rarely enjoy the support of the territory. Karl has no intention of calling them back.

After everyone was seated and their eyes were all on him, Karl slowly began to speak.

"The situation in the Kingdom of Anlan has changed, and I was originally unwilling to get involved, but now that I have broken through to the Saint Realm," Carlton paused, seeing the look of ecstasy on their faces, before continuing, "I intend to move Starfire Town westward and establish a city there."

"We'll wait." The group was overjoyed, their excitement barely contained, and they even stammered.

Karl understood what the others were thinking. After handing the matter over to his eldest son, he waved his hand, signaling them to leave.

My eldest son has been in charge of the territory for over a hundred years. As long as I hand over the reins, there will naturally be a way to complete the expansion.

Karl didn't concern himself with this matter; he was simply pondering how to manage the population of a second-tier territory, which could have a million registered members—twenty times more than the fifty thousand members of a first-tier territory.

The family is Karl's blood relatives. There is no limit to the number of members, but they must bear the surname Talos in order to receive the family's cultivation blessing. As a result, the Talos family has not been large for more than two hundred years.

However, territories are different. A level one territory has a maximum population of only 50,000. Although Starfire Town has nearly a million people, in reality, only those who have reached level three warriors or have the potential to reach level three warriors can be registered by Karl.

Now that the territory has expanded, Karl needs to fill it with twenty times the population as much as possible, which is simply impossible with the current Starfire Town.

Therefore, expansion became a necessity.

"Incorporate nearby towns and villages, and first bring the population to the tens of millions. This will greatly increase the number of level three warriors. As for whether to occupy a province later, we'll see what happens after the city is built."

A city's actual population is only a few hundred thousand to a million, but as a city-level city, it naturally includes some nearby towns and villages.

In reality, without the basic medical care and good living environment that Carl provided for the territory, a town would be lucky to have around 100,000 people.

It wasn't that Karl didn't want to take control of a province directly, but rather that he lacked the necessary foundation.

Currently, there is only one Saint-level expert in the entire Starfire Town, and below him, there are only eight Level 7 warriors. For a Level 7 warrior to control a province is nothing but a dream.

After all, a territory is determined by the number of people, but in the system's settings, those who can be registered must genuinely recognize Starfire Town or the future Starfire City.

If you don't genuinely acknowledge it, the system won't recognize you as a resident of the territory.

This was also a source of great distress for Karl in the past. His own talent was lacking, so very few of his descendants possessed outstanding talent. Even with a Battle Qi Manual that pointed directly to level nine, only a few level seven warriors could emerge.

This situation is very common in the Yulan Continent. Many families have fallen because the person with the most talent obtained a high-quality battle qi manual, but the successors could not unleash the full power of the battle qi manual.

As each generation goes by, their strength naturally diminishes.

To avoid this situation as much as possible, many families would choose to arrange marriages, especially noble families, for whom a genius who appeared by chance was not as good as a spoiled brat with noble blood.

Winter passed and spring came. Karl looked at the peach tree in front of the mansion. The flowers bloomed and withered, and the cold winter passed and the flowers bloomed again. This cycle of blooming and withering happened three times.

Carl finally saw his son.

"Father, now that Starfire City has been established, we are just waiting for you to choose a good day to spread its fame," Lin said excitedly.

The establishment of Starfire City was not difficult, after all, Starfire Town already had a population of nearly a million. It was just a matter of relocation, shifting the center of gravity slightly towards the kingdom's center.

As Lin thought, his father was now a Saint-level expert, so it was impossible for him to serve as the city lord. He himself was the rightful first city lord of Starfire City.

In the family, the father did not value power, but he was not an only child and had several brothers. Even though these brothers did not work hard in cultivation, they died young.

However, they also have offspring. Of the five level-seven warriors in the family, only he and his grandson are level-seven warriors in his own lineage.

And the descendants of his younger brothers each have a level seven warrior in charge.

I am now 240 years old. Although the lifespan of a level 7 warrior is much longer, it is only two or three hundred years.

He didn't have many years left to live. Although the town was big, the power was limited. Lin would at least take care of his younger brothers' bloodlines to some extent.

But now that my father has reached the Saint Realm, such beings are no longer limited by lifespan. After I die, in a hundred years, our familial bond will naturally fade.

So, the father is the high and mighty ancestor of the family, but who will be in charge of Xinghuo City?

It all comes down to who is better.

After all, Lin was over two hundred years old. After his sons passed away, he only valued his grandson, who was also a level seven warrior. As for his great-grandson, Lin himself did have one.

But after his great-grandson, Lin himself didn't care much anymore.

Putting yourself in Lin's shoes, having lived a long life, you'd probably have some thoughts of underestimating blood ties.