Three Sects, Four Schools, Six Great Families, Seven Teachings, Eight Valleys, Ten Renowned Clans

"You're already starting Bone Tempering? When did that happen? Why can't I see any sign of it?" Wang Zhuang asked in confusion.

"Oh! I only started recently too. It was just these past couple of days." Jiang Liu was afraid of discouraging Wang Zhuang, so he didn't dare tell him the truth.

Even now, Wang Zhuang was already cultivating day and night without rest. If he told him the truth, Wang Zhuang would only train even more desperately.

Although Jiang Liu didn't consider himself a good person, among all the apprentices here, Wang Zhuang was the only one he had the best relationship with. Jiang Liu sincerely didn't want Wang Zhuang to walk into a dead end.

"Oh! Looks like your progress really is faster! I've already been fighting with everything I've got, but I still can't catch up to you." Wang Zhuang said helplessly. It seemed that people really couldn't be compared with one another. Wang Zhuang looked at the sky with a trace of relief.

"Mm! Don't think too much about it. As long as you've done your best, just let nature take its course. Cultivation has to proceed step by step. Otherwise, if you pursue speed blindly and damage your foundation, it will be difficult to make even an inch of progress in the future!" Jiang Liu turned to Wang Zhuang and said.

"You make it sound easy! You're first in every assessment, so of course you don't have anything to worry about. I'm just afraid that when the year is up, I won't meet the gang's requirements and won't be allowed to stay. If I have to go home then, I'll be finished."

"I even declared that I would definitely achieve something here! Otherwise, I'd go back and accept my family's arrangements! My family only gave me the chance to come here because of that!" Wang Zhuang said helplessly.

"All right! Are you going back, or are you staying here to cultivate? I'm heading back first." Jiang Liu didn't want to continue this topic, so he rose to his feet.

"You go on back! I'll cultivate here a little longer." Wang Zhuang glanced at Jiang Liu, then also stood up, preparing to sit in meditation and restore his qi and blood.

Jiang Liu didn't say anything more. He turned and slowly walked away.

After returning to the small courtyard, Jiang Liu sat cross-legged on the stone platform where he usually practiced his arts. He circulated the qi-and-blood transportation method of Five Elements Fist to restore his qi and blood.

Five Elements Fist was a complete set of boxing secret arts that included striking methods, defense, qi-and-blood circulation, and supporting medicinal soups! That was why it was called the best Body Refinement cultivation method! Most importantly, it was comprehensive. Fallen Blossom Gang could be considered to have invested heavily in cultivating these future gang pillars.

As for whether the other gangs or Sects possessed even better secret manuals and cultivation methods, Jiang Liu didn't know, nor had he ever heard of any.

When Jiang Liu occasionally went to the Medicine Hall to freeload medicinal soup from Uncle Hai, he had also heard Uncle Hai briefly mention that the names most widely circulated in Jianghu now were: Three Sects, Four Schools, Six Great Families, Seven Teachings, Eight Valleys, and Ten Renowned Clans!

All these great sects and schools had Grandmasters above the Ninth Grade! Although the Ten Renowned Clans consisted of only ten people, every one of them possessed Grandmaster-level strength! Above the Ninth Grade was the Grandmaster Realm, which was further divided into the Minor Grandmaster, Grandmaster, and Peak Grandmaster stages!

Jiang Liu listened with a look of yearning on his face, wondering when he would be able to cultivate to such heights.

Seeing the yearning on Jiang Liu's face, Uncle Hai slapped him on the head in exasperation. "Kid, don't think that far ahead. Get to Entry Grade first!"

Thinking of this, Jiang Liu was suddenly filled with motivation. I can definitely reach that height too!

"Reporting to Master Lin, we've finally found the background of those people!" Lin Hai hurried into the Eagle-Catching Hall's base and cupped his hands toward Master Lin.

"Oh? After so long, they've finally shown their tails. Good heavens, they really could hold back! What are they about?" Master Lin asked.

"They should have been sent by Scattered Eagle Hall."

"So it really is that damned Zheng Lang! I suspected from the beginning that they were his people."

"Because when the Chief Hall Master previously assigned Fu Rong Street to us, his reaction was the most intense!"

"What? Fu Rong Street was conquered by our brothers! What right did he have to object?"

"Zheng Lang believed that Scattered Eagle Hall had contributed too, so half of it should have been allocated to him!"

"What contribution did Scattered Eagle Hall make? He couldn't take Three Horses Street for himself, so now he wants to come here and fish for benefits?"

"Zheng Lang doesn't see it that way! He believes that if Scattered Eagle Hall hadn't gone all out to restrain Vast Ocean Gang, we wouldn't have taken Fu Rong Street so easily!"

"They contributed people, they contributed money, and quite a few of their men died when we fought for Three Horses Street. In the end, they got nothing! Of course they would be resentful! They can't stand seeing us do well!"

"Fu Rong Street was to go to whoever conquered it, according to the Chief Hall Master's promise. What right did Zheng Lang have to be jealous?"

"Now that Zheng Lang is sending people to cause trouble, should we report it to the main hall?"

"No need! If we report such a minor matter to the main hall, wouldn't that make me, Lin Hao, look useless? Having to report every little thing?"

"First, take control of those few people from Scattered Eagle Hall. Don't let Zheng Lang find them; I have a use for them later. As for the ones causing trouble, you can close the net now. Don't let a single one escape." Master Lin instructed.

"Yes!" Lin Hai bowed in response, then turned and left the hall.