Martial Arts Hall.
Jiang Ning sat cross-legged in the courtyard, quietly waiting for the sun to rise in the east.
Yet at this moment, his mind had already wandered beyond the heavens.
From what he understood, the overall level of martial artists in Luoshui County was not particularly high.
Martial Dao Ninth Rank was already considered skilled; looking across all of Luoshui County, they were the true backbone.
The Captains of the County Office and the hall-master level figures of the Three Major Factions were all skilled fighters of Martial Dao Ninth Rank.
With such strength, no matter which faction one pledged allegiance to, one could live very well.
They were truly people above other people.
They were fully capable of crossing class boundaries and standing above ordinary folk.
If they threw their lot in with the Imperial Court, it would be easy to muddle their way into some official post.
Just like those Captains, all of them had official registration and held proper ninth-rank offices.
Although these were offices as tiny as sesame seeds and mung beans, to ordinary people, they could already be called crossing class boundaries and defying heaven to change one's fate.
As for Martial Arts Eighth Rank, looking across all of Luoshui County, they were all existences like Important Figures. Every single one occupied some important resource within the county city.
For example, the Gang Leaders of Luoshui County's Three Major Factions—their strength was known to all. They were precisely Martial Arts Eighth Rank, having achieved success in Strength Training, and the force in their bodies was all above one thousand jin.
Martial Arts Eighth Rank, as Jiang Ning knew it, was to circulate Jin Force to temper the muscles throughout the body, increasing the density and quantity of the muscles, thereby greatly raising one's