Appointment! Vice-Curator of the Melbourne Branch!

"Welcome, everyone, to the 189th Director Conference of Thunder Martial Hall.

Over the past year, Thunder Martial Hall has added a total of 35 new branches domestically.

We added 46 overseas branches. In addition, we recruited four new Eighth-Order Grandmasters..."

The Director Conference quickly began, hosted by the director's assistant, Liu Wei.

Like the annual meetings of some large corporations, it opened by reviewing Thunder Martial Hall's achievements over the past year.

With the Holographic Projection on the stage, all the data appeared highly transparent.

"Four new Eighth-Order Grandmasters in a single year? That many?"

Xu Jingming was somewhat surprised.

He had taken a quick look earlier. There were only twenty-three Eighth-Order Grandmasters in Thunder Martial Hall uniforms in the Conference Hall.

If so many Eighth-Order Grandmasters joined every year, even allowing for some who had not attended, there should not have been so few people.

"Although many Grandmasters join our martial hall, at least one dies in battle every year.

Sometimes, as many as three or four Eighth-Order Grandmasters are killed."

Su Qingli explained softly from beside him.

Thunder Martial Hall was no charity. To obtain Battle Techniques and resources, one had to carry out missions.

Even Eighth-Order Grandmasters were no exception.

Some of those missions took place in the Wilderness Area, while others were on the Frontline Battlefield.

None of them were low-risk.

"Then how many Eighth-Order Grandmasters does our martial hall have now?" Xu Jingming asked curiously.

"Thirty-nine in total. Twenty-six domestically and thirteen overseas," Su Qingli replied.

"Thirty-nine..." Xu Jingming silently marveled.

An Eighth-Order Grandmaster represented a powerful force in their own right.

Thirty-nine Eighth-Order Grandmasters together were unquestionably a terrifying force.

And this was the deep foundation Thunder Martial Hall had accumulated over nearly two hundred years.

Even among Great Xia's current Ninth-Order Councilors, some