Inside Bright Moon Tower.
After Jiang Ning finished reading the ranking list, he set it aside.
"Prefecture Lord, what exactly does this Human Ranking mean?"
Hong Minghu said, "Eat and drink as we talk!"
With that, he lifted the wine jug and was about to pour Jiang Ning a drink.
"I'll do it!" Just as Jiang Ning was about to take the jug, Hong Minghu raised a hand to stop him. "No need! I am hosting the banquet today. You only need to eat and drink your fill!"
"All right!" Seeing Hong Minghu's resolute expression, Jiang Ning said helplessly.
Glug, glug, glug—
As the wine jug tipped, the clear wine swiftly filled the cup.
Before long, the surface of the wine lay as calm as a mirror, without the slightest impurity. It was clearly an exceptional vintage.
Hong Minghu said, "You just asked what the Human Ranking meant. Then, Brother Jiang Ning, have you heard of the three great rankings of Heaven, Earth, and Human under the Hidden Dragon Ranking?"
Jiang Ning shook his head. "I have not!"
Hong Minghu smiled. "Strictly speaking, the Hidden Dragon Ranking is divided into the Heaven, Earth, and Human Rankings, with a hundred people on each list."
"The Heaven Ranking consists of the strongest individuals in Great Xia under thirty. The strongest among them have already reached the Grandmaster realm. Everyone on this list is a dragon or phoenix among men, lofty and beyond reach."
"As for the Earth Ranking, every prefecture among Great Xia's Nine Provinces has its own. Its requirements are no different from the Heaven Ranking: the hundred strongest people under thirty."
"Below the Earth Ranking is the Human Ranking. There are seventy-two Human Rankings, one for each of Great Xia's seventy-two prefectures. To be listed on it, the requirements are