When Mu Qingshan heard this, his face showed a look of shame.
"Our Mu family was originally a big family, but unfortunately our family fell into decline, and only my sister and I depended on each other. We...can't afford the tuition at Shengyang Academy."
Mu Qingshan's face turned pale, and he let out a long sigh, his face full of regret.
For military monks, going to Shengyang Academy is undoubtedly the best choice.
However, as the five major academies were the highest institutions of learning in the entire Yu Dynasty, tuition fees were also quite high.
Even if you are lucky enough to be able to enter Shengyang Academy, you will still need at least three million immortal stones per year.
In addition, accommodation, practice, and guidance from seniors all require a large amount of immortal stones. An ordinary disciple consumes at least five million immortal stones in Shengyang Academy every year.
The annual salary of an ordinary soldier in the Yu Dynasty was only two hundred thousand immortal stones. To many monks, this was an astronomical figure.
For many casual cultivators, if there is no support from a big family, they will immediately buy magic weapons and elixirs even if they have fairy stones.
Most of those who can afford to attend Shengyang Academy are aristocratic children from big families, and ordinary casual cultivators cannot afford it./
However, the only exception among them is Jade Cauldron Academy.
The literary sage Yihan emphasized the importance of education regardless of distinction, and everyone, whether poor or humble, should have the right to practice. He even allocated his contribution as a Tai Tu to the Jade Cauldron Academy every year.
Therefore, the tuition fees of Yuding Academy are very low and can be accepted by most people.
Even if you are penniless, you can enter Jade Cauldron Academy to practice as long as you are suitable.
This resulted in the largest number of people participating in the admission examination of Yuding Academy every year, even exceeding the number of applicants for the Imperial College at one time.
Later, in order to limit this situation, Yuding Academy restricted people with recommended jade talismans to participate in the admission examination.
A special number of these recommended jade talismans are allocated to the officials in various galaxies every year, and they recommend talents to participate in the trials of Jade Cauldron Academy.
These people who can obtain the recommended jade talisman have been through many tests before, and finally stand out and are qualified to participate in the admission trial.
At the same time, although the tuition fee of Yuding Academy is not high, the entry threshold is very high.
Many people come to participate in the admission test. Even if they are geniuses, they still cannot escape the fate of being eliminated.
"That's it." Lu Yu nodded.
Mu Qingshan's qualifications were not high, this was something Lu Yu could tell at a glance. Compared to most of the geniuses Lu Yu had seen before, his qualifications were far behind.
However, this Mu Qingshan has obviously worked hard. Whether it is the stick technique he just used or the aura faintly exuding from his body, his own strength can be seen.
"Okay, I'll go with you later. Is this your sister? She has pretty good qualifications. How come she's in the Soul Realm now?"
Lu Yu glanced at Mu Ling.
His eyes were so vicious, and he could see Mu Ling's physique at a glance.
Mu Qingshan was slightly startled: "Brother Lu, please stop joking, my sister is not suitable for cultivation. I just don't worry about her staying outside alone, so I plan to participate in the trial of Jade Cauldron Academy first. If I can successfully enter,
I will place the girl outside the academy, which is safer."
Lu Yu frowned: "Has she never practiced any skills?"
Mu Ling kept staring at Lu Yu, and she suddenly became unconvinced.
The man in front of her looked about the same age as her, but he spoke in an old-fashioned way.