I've stopped worrying about the outline. I'll start the story directly over summer break.
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The young girl Cheng Ran managed to snag a place at Chaos Academy, the top cultivation school in the cultivation world.
Everyone at Chaos Academy was exceptionally talented. Cheng Ran had no connections, looked delicate, and owned only a battered old sword, so she was inevitably mocked.
In sword class, the teacher taught everyone how to fly on swords. A cultivation family's scion, who could fly using a talisman, looked at Cheng Ran clutching her battered sword. "With a busted sword like that, don't even think about flying. If you fall, you won't even have that pretty little face left. You'd better hurry up and..."
In the next instant, Cheng Ran flew past the scion on her sword. The sword's energy sliced through his flying talisman, and he crashed down, bruised and battered.
In alchemy class, the scion, his face still covered in bruises, turned to Cheng Ran again, undeterred. "Don't think you're so impressive just because you can fly. When it comes to alchemy, you'd better stay far away, or the furnace might explode and the senior students will have to come rescue..."
In the next instant, the scion's furnace exploded. He was rescued by a senior student, covered in soot, while the fragrance of pills wafted from Cheng Ran's furnace.
During the field trial before the students were assigned to their branches, a high-level demon-tainted beast charged straight at Cheng Ran and the others, snorting demonic breath and stamping its hooves.
The scion pushed Cheng Ran behind him. "Run! Don't think you can handle it just because you're good in class. This is..."
In the next instant, the scion watched the beast crash to the ground, Cheng Ran's battered sword stuck in its head.
The scion: "..."
#Pure Feel-Good Power Fantasy
#A Day-to-Day Account of Life at a Cultivation Academy
#My Take on Cultivation
Theme: Cultivation is all about explosions