Capítulo 149: The Cliff's Edge

The second round of matches for the Grand Examination had already reached its latter half. Of the two matches between the Mount Li Sword Sect and the Orthodox Academy, the Orthodox Academy had forfeited one and lost the other. It could be said that the Mount Li Sword Sect had recovered all the dignity it had lost in the Ivy Festival and that the Orthodox Academy had been pushed to the edge of a cliff.

Although the matches were not team battles and the Grand Examination would only rank examinees based on their personal grades, none of these young examinees were born by emerging from cracks in rocks. Whether it was in the eyes of the world or in their own perception, their grades represented the glory of their schools or sects.