The Education Department in Ink City was enormous.
Beyond the courtyard entrance lay a huge sports field, already divided into sections with lines and marked with signs.
Spirit Mind, Spirit Martial, Military Academy, Northwest Academy, Jiangbei Academy...
The divisions were strict and impartial.
Only at the very front of all the sections was there a small area.
Its name was clearly visible.
Ink Academy!
The leading position.
It represented a unique standing, and... not a single academy dared claim that Ink Academy did not deserve that spot.
By now, most people had arrived.
Only Ink Academy's area remained empty.
All the freshmen unconsciously glanced toward that area, yearning in their eyes.
Of course, some also looked resentful.
They were all students rejected by Ink Academy who had gone on to become the prodigies of other academies.
Every year, these students burned with determination, trying to reclaim their pride at the Freshman Competition and deliver a resounding slap to Ink Academy's face.
To tell them: back then, you misjudged us!
I'm still a genius somewhere else, even better than those geniuses at your Ink Academy.
That was why Ink Academy's freshmen stood at the center of the storm every year.
Even those who had not received an acceptance letter from Ink Academy wondered what... made those students better than them.
Of course, promising talents like Wu Qianqiu and Han Jue, whom universities had secured and recruited early on, also wanted to challenge Ink Academy.
They wanted to prove they had made the right choice.
The final result was...
They got beaten badly.
But likewise, some people truly did prove themselves.
After all, throughout history, there had never been a shortage of people whose long accumulation led to a sudden rise.
Ink Academy was not a god, and naturally, it had misjudged