"I'm afraid not." Lin Cang Hai shook his head. "Since your main specialty is Dragon Slaying, that falls under the combat curriculum. You have to undergo trials in one of the Four Great Illusory Realms. Art specialties like music and painting, on the other hand, don't require you to enter."
Lin Cang Hai looked at Li Mu Yang with some puzzlement. "Being able to enter the Four Great Illusory Realms for trials is every Starry Sky Scholar's dream, and it's also Starry Sky Academy's greatest attraction. Besides, the spiritual energy inside the Four Great Illusory Realms is the richest and most active. They say that one day within a realm is like a year outside. Otherwise, why would the elites of all the major sword sects come here to study? Why are you so strongly opposed to it, Brother Mu Yang?"
Li Mu Yang could only smile bitterly. "I just feel that I haven't been cultivating for very long and that my abilities are too weak. I'm worried I'll encounter dangers in the illusory realm that I can't handle."
Lin Cang Hai glanced at Qian Du. "We knew you'd have concerns like these, which is why Qian Du and I came to see you."
"What do you mean?"
"Because the illusory realms are unknown lands, none of us knows where we'll be transported. However, if we enter an illusory realm together, we can be transported to the same place."
"So there's such a good thing?" Li Mu Yang was delighted. "If that's the case, why doesn't everyone enter the illusory realm together? Strength lies in numbers. If we're all together, wouldn't we no longer have to fear any dangerous giant beasts?"
"Selfish motives," Lin Cang Hai said.
"Selfish motives?"
"What does everyone enter the illusory realm for?"
"To cultivate."
"Exactly.