The imperial examinations,
as the saying goes, are like a thousand men, ten thousand men, crossing a single-plank bridge.
But that refers to the civil examinations. The Military Examination, on the other hand, is a hardcore test of strength and has an age limit.
As a result, the number of participants in each session isn't very large.
The Imperial Examination for the Imperial Scholar.
Passing it meant obtaining an official post, opening up a world of possibilities. Failing meant that most Martial Artists, who typically reached the Bone Forging Pass in their early twenties, only had a little over a decade left before hitting the age limit of forty.
At most, they could participate a little over ten times.
This didn't even account for the risk of injury during the martial contests.
The martial contests for the Martial Scholar examination were incomparably stricter than those for the lower-level Martial Scholar title.
