Morning.
After breakfast, Old Man Jiang and Jiang Tang each went off to work.
Jiang Tang now followed Xun Mei around. According to Jiang Tang, Xun Mei had been quite supportive of her, not only teaching her bookkeeping but also taking her along when she went to audit accounts at estates and shops outside the city.
Those who lingered near vermilion turned red. Jiang Tang had already begun to look somewhat like a proper young lady.
She was gentle and lovely enough, but she was still just a little girl. Meng Yuan felt only fond affection for her. Compared to her, the charming, smiling, and rather gifted Nie Qingqing was more alluring.
Of course, neither of them was as fun as the stone rollers at the Training Field.
Once the Jiang grandfather and granddaughter had left, Meng Yuan practiced the Gale Wind Saber Technique twice more in the courtyard.
Now that his Niwan had opened and he had entered Eighth Rank as a martial artist, there had naturally been improvement, though not much.
Ninth, Eighth, and Seventh Rank opened the Upper, Middle, and Lower Three Heavens, forming the foundation of a martial artist. It was all preparation for the middle and high ranks to come.
Thus, even advancing by one realm was merely the first step up a mountain. The increase in strength was quite limited; it was not as though a single rank made the difference between heaven and earth.
For Ninth and Eighth Rank, the most dramatic improvement came upon reaching perfection. Only then, when all acupoints had opened and True Qi was moved through the places illuminated and inscribed, supplemented by techniques, could one speak of a Ninth Rank transformation or an Eighth Rank transformation.
Of course, even if the improvement was not great, opening a single