The appearance of the youth from the Five Clans of Guan made the atmosphere on site somewhat peculiar.
Liang has an unwritten rule that any competition within Liang, especially those involving rewards, shall exclude martial artists who have trained abroad.
This is because, apart from Liang, the requirements for engaging in the Martial Path differ in other countries.
In other countries, the children of the elite can even begin learning martial arts from a young age, embarking on the path of cultivation. In contrast, if a Liang martial artist wishes to enter the Martial Arts Academy, they must start from the Martial Hall, which has its own requirements for the duration of training.
These regulations give martial arts clans and the children of the elite certain advantages over martial artists from ordinary backgrounds, but not an absolute dominance.
