Inside the grand hall of Medicine King Hall, people were coming and going, purchasing medicine, pills, and wound-healing drugs.
Jiang Shaoyou's announcement that he had reached the Inner Qi Realm captured everyone's attention, primarily because of the latter part of his statement.
Being under twenty years old and in the Inner Qi Realm was a selection criterion for the martial examination.
If one passed, they became a Martial Student, also considered a Military Scholar. From then on, they were no longer commoners but nobles with the status and merit of a Scholar.
Do not be fooled by the many wealthy and powerful families in the city; wealth does not equate to nobility.
No matter how rich, one must still bow when meeting the County Magistrate, the Assistant Magistrate, and the Magisterial Prefect.
But having merit is different.
Scholars who pass the civil examinations are exempt from taxes on a hundred acres of land and can speak to seventh-rank officials without kneeling.
