Crouching Dragon Peak, the new disciples' residential area.
"In five days at most, I'll break through the combat power barrier." Smiling, Qi Ning pushed open the Quiet Chamber's door and stepped outside.
More than three months had passed since he reached the combat power barrier. Today, he finally saw hope of breaking through it. He was confident that within five days, he could master the Eight Fiends Four Symbols Heaven-Subduing Force, shatter the combat power barrier in one stroke, and become the second Barrier-Breaking Prodigy among this year's Crouching Dragon Peak disciples.
"When that happens, my circumstances should change."
As he pondered, a look of defiance crossed his face.
After becoming a disciple, he had not received the attention he had imagined. His master had given him neither a cultivation technique nor any resources.
It was not just him. The other Heavenly Strategy Academy students had all met with the same treatment.
Only later did they learn that the elders of Crouching Dragon Peak disliked their private alliance and had shown none of the Heavenly Strategy Academy students a friendly face. Their treatment was no different from Xu Yang's at Mistshadow Peak: their fellow disciples ostracized them, and their masters ignored them.
He knew the alliance was not really a major issue. The main problem was that the talent he had displayed was not enough. Who would like someone with little ability and endless nonsense? "One purple-pattern king ginseng changed your fate, but only a little. You're still no match for me, Qi Ning."
As long as he surpassed Xu Yang, the elders of Crouching Dragon Peak would see his talent.
He felt that Xu Yang was the main reason their group received so little attention. Even an ordinary genius like Xu Yang had reached the combat power barrier, yet