Qi Jin eyes slowly twitched open, his whole body was throbbing with pain. The last thing he remembered was when he slipped, everything else became a blur. The pain inside his head would intensify if he tries to recollect the events. What Qi Jin didn't forget is today, 15 years of his life was all in preparation for tomorrow. Almost like a chef prepared and cooked the ingredients for 15 years, just to serve and present it tomorrow. Tomorrow is simply the most anticipated event for all the outer sect citizens, because tomorrow is the day... for the entrance exam into Heavens Art Institute. 

Qi Jin is smart, at a very young age he was able to pick up things and be able to connect dots even adults would have trouble with. So he naturally knew that Heavens Art Institute 'a place for all martial cultivators to learn and develop' is just all on the surface. But under the surface, it's just a way for the powerful families to show off their power. To people like Qi Jin who lives on the outer sect, getting into Heavens Art Institute is a way to get a better life. 

To Qi Jin, this is just a step. Nothing more, nothing less. Because his quest in life is not limited to a few steps. 

The city of North Heaven is split into 3 sections; outer sect, inner sect, and the core sect. Due to the ongoing assaults from wild beasts, living in the outer sect is extremely dangerous. Everyone wishes to be moved into the inner sect. The only way to get approval to enter the inner sect is by having a family member who is in Heavens Art Institute. Hence all the commotion on this day.

Qi Jin makes an attempt to get up, but none of his limbs are listening. With great heartache, he slowly reach into his spiritual sack. Every moment came with a consequence, the faster the moment the greater the pain. With many attempts to grasp something. Due the pain his arms started to go numb and eventually losing all strength to hold onto it. 

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Qi Jin decided to make a final attempt, so he bit down on his already bruised lips. Increasing the strength while he slowly grasped it. He does not want to fail this time, because he knew this would mean his 15 years would all mean nothing. He bit down harder, blood slowly covered white teeth with a crimson red. At the time he bit down, he crushed the essence stone he had grasped. 

A green glow emerged and started to cover his entire body. The bloody lips is started to stop the bleeding, the bruises started to fade, the broken bones started to merging and finally the cuts were all closing. He released his spiritual energy into the green glow causing to start growing denser and brighter, greatly speeding up his recovery. 

After 10 breaths of time, he was fully recovered. 

Qi Jin was bought up by his grandpa and they lived at the very edge of the outer sect. "Where did the dirty old perv go?" murmured Qi Jin, "only he would have been able to save him, but always disappears after saving me." 

The sun was no longer hanging high, it was slowly descending. 

Qi Jin walked out from his hut, looked towards sky. He wanted to capture this scene in his mind because he knew he wouldn't be back for awhile. Without further hesitation Qi Jin ventured towards the inner area of outer sect. He had no desires to miss out on that exam.