Martial hall.
Jiang Ning sat cross-legged in the courtyard, quietly waiting for the sun to rise in the east.
Yet his thoughts had already wandered far beyond the skies.
From what he understood, the overall strength of martial artists in all of Luoshui County was not particularly high.
Martial Dao Ninth Rank was considered skilled. Across all of Luoshui County, such people were the true backbone.
The county yamen's chief constables and the hall masters of the three major gangs were all skilled Martial Dao Ninth Rank fighters.
With such strength, one could live very well no matter which power one chose to serve.
They were truly people above others.
They had every ability to cross the class divide and stand above ordinary people.
If they served the imperial court, it would be easy for them to secure some minor official post.
Like those chief constables, all of them held official registrations and were proper ninth-rank officials.
Though such posts were tiny as sesame seeds and mung beans, for ordinary people, they already counted as crossing classes and defying fate to change one's life.
As for Martial Dao Eighth Rank, throughout all of Luoshui County, they were figures of great importance. Every one of them controlled some important resource within the county seat.
Like the leaders of Luoshui County's three major gangs—their strength was common knowledge. They were Martial Dao Eighth Rank, accomplished in strength training, with every ounce of force in their bodies exceeding a thousand catties.
As Jiang Ning understood it, Martial Dao Eighth Rank involved circulating force to temper the muscles throughout one's body, increasing their density and quantity and thereby greatly enhancing one's strength.
The outstanding among them could casually unleash more than two thousand catties of force with a single swing of an arm. Those