Has the Cultivation World Gotten This Competitive Too?

Student A: I cultivated for ten hours every day and got into a second-rate sect.

Student B: I cultivated for ten hours every day, drank two bottles of Qi-restoring elixir, and ate a Strength-Enhancing Pill. In the end, I got into a first-rate sect.

Instructor: This proves that only through hard work, dedication, wringing every last drop of sweat from yourself and every last tael of silver from your family can you get into a good sect.

Chen Yang tucked the invitations from the four top sects closer to his chest and said nothing, too embarrassed to speak.