The Difference Between Sects and Academies

Tang Dynasty, Year 276. Winter.

The Imperial Examination had concluded. The Ministry of Rites published the minimum score requirement of every great sect in the empire.

The ten great sects, first-class sects and second-class sects all had the right to recruit students from all academies. Students who made it into the top 10,000 in the Imperial Examination all had a chance to be recruited into sects to practice cultivation.

On the same day.

The 3,000 academies in the empire were open for enrollment. Wealthy nobles and poverty-stricken peasants from bustling cities or tranquil villages alike all brought their children to the academies for a core evaluation to secure a place in the academies.

Thanks to Fang Lang's achievement in the Imperial Examination, Luojiang Academy had become the world's center of attention. Many wealthy nobles had traveled over land and sea to arrive at Luojiang Academy.