He had to admit, it was some kind of fate that he, Zhang Yong, and Zhang Hong were all in the same group for the Martial Arts Examination.
In front of each open space were four iron locks, each larger than a washbasin.
The first stage of the Martial Arts Examination was to lift the iron locks. The four locks corresponded to weights of one thousand, two thousand, three thousand, and four thousand jin, respectively.
The four iron locks also corresponded to four grades—A, B, C, and D—while the number of lifts determined a sub-grade of upper, middle, or lower.
This stage tested one's Martial Dao foundation—the depth of their True Qi and the conditioning of their physical body.
Generally, someone at the Early Stage of Qi Gathering Great Success could lift the one-thousand-jin lock. Those at the Mid-Stage could lift two thousand jin, and those at the Late Stage could lift the three-thousand-jin lock.
