Two days later, at the hour of the dragon.
A crowd ringed the notice wall outside the main hall of the Heaven Patrol Office in Cloud Pattern Town, packed three rows deep and then three more, jostling almost as fiercely as shoppers scrambling for New Year supplies.
The list of post-Quarterly Ranking Battle assignments had been posted.
This was even more intoxicating and intriguing than the Quarterly Ranking Battle itself. Fighting was fighting, but once it was over, a rank was only a number. What truly determined what they would eat and drink for the next six months, and how many men they would command, were the assignments and appointments on this sheet of paper.
For the past two days, everyone who had taken part in the assessment-not just members of the Heaven Patrol Office-had been waiting for this list.
Some with connections had already pulled strings, hoping to secure a better position based on their ranking. After all, the better the post, the richer the pickings. Hence the crush of bodies before the wall.
Yi Yang did not fight for a spot. He stood outside the crowd with both hands tucked into his sleeves, waiting until the young Patrol Guards in front finished reading and dispersed before strolling over.
His gaze swept down from the top.
First place, Qin Ju-Deputy Commander of the Yunlin County Heaven Patrol Office, concurrently Hall Master of the Martial Law Hall and Contribution Hall. Reward: one thousand taels of silver and five Sixth-Rank Elixirs.
Yi Yang's eyelids twitched as he thought, *Deputy Commander, plus two halls. What does that mean? Apart from those three big shots in the Inner Qi Realm, Qin Ju alone has his hand around most of the Yunlin County Heaven Patrol Office's lifeblood. Since that previous Patrol Chief in Yunlin