Chapter 784: Is It Just a Bluff?

Entering any of these families, they would be urged to quickly evacuate Jingcheng while forfeiting half or maybe even eighty percent of their wealth. Under the premise that quick departure could save their lives, any family with a bit of sense would choose to do so.

They wouldn't try to reason with the three top families. Building up their own forces in any other city, even if it meant taking away only twenty or thirty percent of their wealth, would let them become a local hegemon. Of course, if they were in Jingcheng, they might struggle against such unreasonable demands a little. Perhaps they wouldn't make such a choice, but the harsh reality was that they had no opportunity to struggle and could only resign themselves to their fate.