Half a month flew by.
The triennial Zhao City Martial Academy Tournament was set to begin today. At the same time, it served as a preview for the Great Jin court's Martial Examination.
Watching his academy's training ground being festively decorated as students bustled about arranging seats, Qin Sheng said:
"If they cannot join a sect or aristocratic family, then taking the Martial Examination and earning an official position is not a bad path for ordinary people."
The end of the universe was a government post. In The One World's system, the ultimate government post was undoubtedly becoming an immortal official in the Heavenly Court.
Unfortunately, the Heavenly Court was now in ruins and the Divine Dao had collapsed. Joining a human dynasty was barely enough to make a living.
The Great Jin court sought both civil and martial talent, and the path of imperial examinations existed as well. Yet this was ultimately a world with peerless experts akin to immortals and gods, so people naturally admired the Martial Dao more and regarded it as the mainstream.
Those who worked for the authorities had always been derided as lackeys and hounds.
It was not only wandering martial artists; even the major sects and aristocratic families held no goodwill toward either dynasty.
After the medieval era, sects rose to power and crushed the bloodline-based aristocratic families until they could barely breathe. To resist this oppression, the major families chose to unite, establish imperial dynasties, and elevate the strongest family as the imperial house.
From then on, aristocratic families and sects shared the realm.
However, after ascending the throne, the imperial aristocratic families gained tremendous benefits. Blessed by the fortune of the Human Dao, their strength steadily flourished, and they became increasingly dominant.
For both profit and because sects fanned the flames,