Zhang Sheng looked down at the blood-soaked, disheveled Chen Wanrou, an unspeakable sense of triumph welling up within him.
Years ago, he had arrived at Qingtang Mountain alone as a youth, filled with yearning for the path of immortality. During the talent test at the foot of the mountain, he stood out and became an outer disciple. Assigned to Xiangdao Peak, he shared a room with three others and was allotted three spirit marrow and a few low-grade spirit herbs each month. Back then, Zhang Sheng’s ambitions soared; he believed he would rise like a comet, just like the great masters of cultivation.
However, after a year of arduous training, Zhang Sheng had failed to reach the Qi Refining Stage. His three roommates, meanwhile, had all successfully entered the stage. The disparity in their progress led them to despise him, and they gradually ostracized him. Burdened with bitterness, Zhang Sheng could only go out to train secretly every night, his once-firm resolve beginning to falter.
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