After Liuu Wanwan carried Jiang Yiming away,
Jiang Ning sat down and began to drink with Jiang Li.
To him, drinking liquor had become no different from drinking water.
No matter how strong the alcohol he took in, it couldn’t bring about the slightest hint of intoxication.
His robust body and vigorous organ functions easily neutralized the drunkenness of the alcohol.
"I’m truly happy today!" After a few cups of liquor, Jiang Li’s buzz started to hit him.
Seeing Jiang Li’s reflective look, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but smile.
He also knew the source of Jiang Li’s happiness.
Afterward, Jiang Ning continued to raise his cup, without saying much.
Jiang Li said, "Little brother, I’m ready to tell you something."
"Please speak, big brother!" Jiang Ning said. He was about to pick up some food, but upon hearing Jiang Li, he put his chopsticks down again.
Jiang Li said, "In a few days, when the weather gets warmer, I plan to take your sister-in-law, Yuanyuan, and Minger to visit the Liuu family in Dongling City."
"That’s fine!" Jiang Ning said.
"You... don’t object?" Jiang Li was taken aback as he looked at Jiang Ning.
He still remembered, twelve years ago, when Jiang Yiming was three years old,
he took Jiang Yiming, Liuu Wanwan, and Jiang Ning to the Liuu family in Dongling City, hoping to mend the rift between Liuu Wanwan and her parents.
What they faced, however, was not only an absence of meetings with Liuu Wanwan’s parents, but they were also driven out and severely humiliated.
The insults were extremely harsh, causing the then six-year-old Jiang Ning to vow never to visit the Liuu family again in his life.
Later, because of Liuu Wanwan’s longing for her mother, he wanted to make another visit to the Liuu family.
In Jiang Li’s view, there was no overnight grudge between mothers and daughters, between mothers and fathers.
Especially after Little Dumpling was born, he once again brought up the idea.
But it was met with furious opposition from the then thirteen-year-old Jiang Ning.
Even Liuu Wanwan was very stubbornly shaking her head in refusal.
Jiang Li also knew that Liuu Wanwan did not want to face humiliation by making the visit herself.
But whenever he saw Liuu Wanwan wake from her dreams, her pillow drenched in tears, his heart ached.
But with the strong opposition of Jiang Ning and Liuu Wanwan, he was helpless.
Recently, after discussing with Liuu Wanwan, her attitude was ambiguous, which showed Liuu Wanwan’s stance.
Today, he seized the opportunity of the warming weather and his own drunken courage to finally reveal his thoughts to Jiang Ning.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Ning now agreed so simply.
Seeing the look of surprise on Jiang Li’s face,
Jiang Ning couldn’t help but laugh. "What would I object to? It’s time for Yiming to start learning martial arts, and the Martial Arts Garden in Dongling City is a great place. It would also be a good opportunity for sister-in-law to visit her family and talk about kin."
"Martial Arts Garden?" Jiang Li’s expression turned to one of surprise when he heard these two words.
He then said, "Minger isn’t qualified to enter the Martial Arts Garden."
Jiang Ning shook his head. "Yiming has taken the great medicine I just gave him; his martial arts talent now is enough to qualify him for entry into the Martial Arts Garden. Their admissions happen to be in just over a month."
"Really? Can this be?" Jiang Li asked in disbelief.
He was very aware of how difficult it was to get into the Martial Arts Garden.
The Martial Arts Garden, located in the County City within Dongling City,
is the Great Xia Martial Saint’s venue for cultivating martial arts talents.
All students who join the Martial Arts Garden are either from noble lineages or possess peerless martial arts talent.
Beyond that, even children from wealthy families find it hard to step through the gates of the Martial Arts Garden.
In the realm of martial arts, one’s background is exceptionally important.
There are precious medicines that can compensate for that.
Not strong in Qi-Blood?
There are potent medicines for that as well.
So even an individual from a noble background becomes extraordinary, even if they’re ordinary.
And Jiang Yiming’s background could only be described as ordinary among the ordinary.
So to join the Martial Arts Garden and become a student there, one must rely on talent – extraordinary martial arts talent.
As for Jiang Yiming’s martial arts talent, Jiang Li wasn’t very confident.
One’s own family knows their affairs best; although Jiang Yiming hadn’t formally trained in martial arts, Jiang Li had a rough idea of his skill.
In general, his martial arts talent was as unremarkable as his own.
And yet, Jiang Ning confidently made this statement now, leaving Jiang Li feeling incredulous.
Seeing the look on his big brother Jiang Li, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but smile.
"Of course it’s possible. As for the martial arts talent of my nephew Yiming, not to mention joining the Martial Arts Garden, even joining the academies in Guangning Prefecture City would be more than sufficient!"
"Academies?" Hearing these two words, Jiang Li appeared even more shocked.
Martial Arts Garden, academies, and Daoist Palaces.
These are the three major institutions under the Martial Saint’s command, dedicated to the training of martial artists.
Their names are well-known to the world.
As a government official, Jiang Li was naturally very clear about them.
Especially in the past one or two years, while considering the future for Jiang Yiming, he had learned a lot about the Martial Arts Garden, academies, and Daoist Palaces.
The Martial Arts Garden is located in the County City, the academies in the Prefecture City, and the Daoist Palaces in the capital city.
These three institutions select talents at different levels.
Those who ultimately join the Daoist Palaces all possess the potential of a Grandmaster.
Graduates from the Daoist Palaces are all at least Fourth Grade.
The potential of a Grandmaster is, in fact, the threshold to join the Daoist Palaces.
Compared to the Daoist Palaces, the threshold for academies is much lower, and the Martial Arts Garden is even lower still.
But even then, these so-called lower thresholds only accept the true prodigies of martial arts, or the offspring of the major families and those of high status and power within Dongling County.
The descendants of these individuals, with their parents’ accumulated resources to step into the path of martial arts, often achieve high standing because they don’t lack resources.