The path of cultivation had always been long and tedious. In truth, the same was true of anything, even something you loved: do it over and over, and eventually you would grow sick of it.
As the novelty of practicing Magic faded with time, only the desire to grow stronger could keep a person from wasting even a moment of each day.
Even when every day seemed to drag on forever, they had to persevere and make every second count.
At the Green Campus assembly, Dean Xiao, who had always shown his students such kindness, suddenly changed his tune.
"I'm pleased because, from the freshman assembly until today, I've seen many of you grow."
"I remember someone recently comparing the Main Campus assessment to a demon looming over the entire Green Campus. That comparison wasn't wrong."
"No matter how you heard about the Main Campus, I'm certain what you heard wasn't a rumor. The truth may be even crueler!"
"Whatever grievances you suffer in the future, however unfairly you're treated, however much hardship you endure, swallow it. No one sympathizes with the weak!"
His words left many students unsettled. The Dean Xiao they admired had turned into a merciless drill instructor, indifferent to everything.
Was competition at the Main Campus really that brutal?
Would those with connections and strength get whatever they wanted, while those with neither had to cower in a corner?
"Any student who hasn't reached the Intermediate Mage level is ineligible for the Main Campus assessment."
"You have only three years at the Green Campus. During those three years, you'll still receive the resources the academy provides and enjoy every privilege of a Pearl Academy student."
"But if you still haven't become an Intermediate Mage after those three years, then once you leave Pearl Academy, don't call