"The assessment for the Beginner Alchemist failed, and I was driven out like a beggar. Everyone who participated in the Danlu assessment was dressed splendidly, except for me who wore a pair of worn-out straw sandals."
"Failed again... It's the twelfth time now, and I'm feeling rather hopeless. Perhaps, as they say, someone like me, with no talent and no family background, it is impossible to become a Pill Master."
