The area in front of the Vice Dean's Library Pavilion was packed with students.
Today was the day they would enter the Inner Academy.
As the heart of Jia Nan Academy, the Inner Academy was a place of honor in the eyes of Outer Academy students.
Every year, students came to see them off and watch, unable to help feeling a little longing.
They hoped they could become one of them the following year.
The students in the clearing whispered among themselves, while those who had earned a place in the Inner Academy stood with their chests puffed out proudly.
They basked in the envious gazes of their fellow students.
They had worked hard at their cultivation day after day for this moment of glory!
The two figures who drew the most attention stood out from the rest.
One stood tall and straight, but his expression was not as happy as the other students'. Instead, his face was shadowed with gloom.
For the past few days, whenever Bai Cheng went home, he couldn't stop thinking about what had happened in the Library Pavilion.
He kept seeing its image in his dreams. Each time he approached with eager anticipation—
the Indestructible Vajra Pill released a ring of energy and sent him flying.
No matter how hard he tried, the Indestructible Vajra Pill always ended up in Xiao Ze's hands!
That was when Bai Cheng would wake with a start!
Bai Cheng had become almost obsessively convinced that the Indestructible Vajra Pill was his destined opportunity!
He had rushed forward first, so why had Xiao Ze been the one to get it in the end?!
All sorts of extreme emotions twisted his thoughts, until he even convinced himself that Xiao Ze had stolen the opportunity that belonged to him—the seventh-grade pill that