The scene shifted again.
He saw the joint examination before the college entrance exams. During the special recruitment exam of the Three Greats, he had given it his all. He believed his performance had been flawless. Yet, the final spot was given to Su Yueling.
Later, he found out that the Lin family had pulled some strings.
That was the first time he truly experienced what unfairness meant. It wasn't a disparity in resources or a crushing difference in talent; it was pure power and influence. In the face of power, one's hard work was utterly worthless.
Those scenes flashed by one after another—the injustices he had experienced, witnessed, and heard about while growing up. The contempt wealthy youths held for commoner Martial Artists. The "sponsorship" one had to accept despite possessing extraordinary talent. The natural skewing of resource allocation. Talent, background, luck, connections... these elements intertwined to form the truest Rules by which this world operated.
