The White Dragon Martial Arts School was the foremost martial arts school in Qingxi Prefecture. Three Transforming Force masters taught there, each a former Martial Juren.
That alone would have made its position as Qingxi Prefecture's top school somewhat precarious. At the very least, the other schools with Transforming Force masters would not have accepted it so readily.
But running a martial arts school required more than masters who could fight. Most importantly, they had to know how to teach.
The White Dragon Martial Arts School had produced Martial Presented Scholars in three consecutive imperial examinations.
Two had received associate Presented Scholar standing, and one had received full Presented Scholar standing.
Since its founding, it had also produced Martial Juren in every examination. Although it could not compare to the Mountains and Rivers Martial Academy in Hexi's provincial capital, it was the undisputed leader in Qingxi Prefecture.
It even enjoyed a modest reputation throughout Qingkou Province.
Because it could produce Presented Scholars, the great clans liked sending their children to the White Dragon Martial Arts School. To maintain the quality of its teaching, however, the school would not expand its enrollment indefinitely, making admission slots a means of exchanging favors.
Unless a commoner possessed truly extraordinary talent and gained special admission, its students were all children of prominent families. The quality of its intake was exceptionally high, creating a virtuous cycle.
Chai Xuan's family had not been particularly poor-they ran a small business in the city-but they had still fallen well short of the threshold for admission to the White Dragon Martial Arts School. He had been accepted purely for his talent.
Nor had Chai Xuan squandered that talent. He had successfully become a Martial Juren and reached the great achievement stage of Hidden Force, and was now consolidating his