A fall from glory to rock bottom is something many people can't endure. And now, all of this was mercilessly happening to Wang Meng.
It wasn't unheard of in the Cultivation Academy for a disciple to barely scrape past the first threshold and then fail to progress even a few feet. Without exception, however, all such disciples were dead by their second year.
A record of total or near-total failure meant you only had one more year to live.
In everyone's eyes, Wang Meng was a dead man walking.
Meanwhile, Ma Tian'Er had become the star of the new class. Among the Five Elements Attributes, Metal, Fire, and Water were the most common. Earth was much rarer, and someone with a Wood Attribute as outstanding as hers was an even greater rarity. In recent years, Ma Tian'Er was the only one.
