Outside the courtyard.
Only after leaving the alley and thoroughly distancing themselves from Jiang Ning's residence did Bai Hesong finally stop.
"Master, why was that just now?" the young disciple behind him could not help asking.
"Alas—" Bai Hesong let out a long sigh, his tone filled with boundless melancholy.
"Inspector Jiang is a third-rank Heaven-Man Grandmaster!" Liang Yong, the White Crane Martial Hall's senior disciple and the Patrol Bureau's chief constable, said.
"A Heaven-Man Grandmaster?!" The young disciple's eyes instantly widened.
"Gasp—"
The others behind them also drew sharp breaths.
Someone looked toward Jiang Ning's residence, their pupils filled with shock.
They had all seen Jiang Ning with their own eyes just now.
They knew how young Jiang Ning appeared.
Even among the people before them, he was one of the youngest.
And they, as children of wealthy families and the powerful elite, had been able to enter the White Crane Martial Hall and receive a grandmaster's guidance and training. Martial Dao resources were practically theirs for the taking, and every need could be met.
Yet even so, the exceptional Martial Dao cultivation they had attained was utterly eclipsed before the Jiang Ning Liang Yong spoke of.
The gap was even greater than the difference between the glimmer of a grain of rice and the radiance of the bright moon.
A Heaven-Man Grandmaster was an achievement even their deeply revered master had failed to attain.
Yet Jiang Ning, so young, had already accomplished it.
They knew that their senior brother Liang Yong was himself a third-rank grandmaster and also held the position of chief constable of the Patrol Bureau.
Whether in strength or powers of observation, he was outstanding among experts. His judgment could not possibly be wrong.
Coupled with Bai Hesong's demeanor and the stark change in him