Chapter 308: The Golden House in Books, Real Gold
After no one explicitly objected to Mo Cheng joining the research on [Elemental Mage], everyone dispersed.
Principal Muzer did not keep Mo Cheng any longer. He just called Director Dorothy to arrange the admission procedures for Mo Cheng. At the same time, he asked Mo Cheng to read books and attend classes on his own . If he had any questions, he should write them down. He would find time to explain them every weekend.
As the chief wizard of Aundair and the principal of Winterhold's School of Magic, Principal Muzel has a lot of things to do.
"The annual tuition fee of Winterhold Magic Academy is 1,000 gold griffins. Since you are a student specially selected by Principal Muzel, you will be charged as an internal student. The tuition fee for each quarter is 14,000 gold griffins."
"Wait, why are the fees for internal students more expensive?"
It's not that Mo Cheng can't afford the tuition. The previous orders from the Law Enforcement Corps have already allowed Mo Cheng to save some money. Although the factory's production was later transferred to Baron Serannis, he still has enough tuition for more than one year.
Of course, having money doesn't mean Mo Cheng doesn't need to ask about the details of the charges. As a monk who once made a vow of poverty, he doesn't remember much about things that can make money.
Although he wants internal VIP treatment, the prerequisite is that this VIP cannot be the abbreviation of VERY INTERESTING PIG.
Dorothy flipped a page of the booklet in her hand, handed it to Mo Cheng and said, "The huge fee is not paid in vain. Students who pay 1,000 gold coins are apprentices who haven't even entered the Winterhold Magic Academy, so the school will organize them into classes for large-scale teaching. If a student cannot meet the basic requirements of the professor in the course, then he will not be able to further learn more advanced knowledge."
"The standard tuition for students each semester is 1,000 gold griffins, which can be paid on credit. The school will arrange work-study assignments for students with financial difficulties. As long as the repayment is completed before graduation, there will be no problem. Of course, if the repayment is not completed, there will be no way for you to graduate."
"In addition to being a student, there is another identity that allows you to learn knowledge, which is an apprentice. A professor in the school will take you in as an apprentice and provide you with targeted instruction. Of course, each professor will keep records and set restrictions on the apprentices they take in. If the apprentices succeed, both the professor and the apprentice will be rewarded. If not, the professor will be fined."
"So every professor has extremely high requirements when selecting apprentices. Of course, there is also the status of "disciple". This school does not make any requirements, but no professor will accept disciples casually."
Mo Cheng listened and nodded. He could understand the types of relationships between students and professors that Dorothy mentioned. Generally speaking, it was an alien version of a university tutor and his graduate students.
"Apprentices can take and audit any open courses of the college, and can also apply for guidance from any professor of the college. Of course, they need to pay additional guidance fees, which are generally negotiated between students and professors."
Mo Cheng was very familiar with extracurricular tutoring. When he was in school, he was often forced by his parents to take extra classes.
"Although the fees are expensive, they are not paid in vain. Even if ordinary apprentices apply for guidance, they will only receive individual guidance from mid-level professors."
Dorothy turned the booklet in her hand directly to the last few pages. Each column was filled with huge numbers. Mo Cheng even refused to calculate how many digits each number had.
"You will be personally instructed by senior professors, and you can also apply to view professors' papers and achievements. The president will personally explain to you in his free time every weekend. If you are interested in other law departments, you can also apply for guidance. Basically, the professors assigned to you will be the deans of the dead departments. Of course, the Golden Griffin still needs to be paid."
"The main thing is that all the facilities of the academy, including all the elementary, intermediate and advanced laboratories, production rooms, foundry rooms, any magic tower of all magic systems, and the academy's large library will be open to you."
"To some extent, you are enjoying the treatment of the principal's disciple, and the price is just some money."
“Where can I pay?”
After hearing about his treatment, Mo Cheng didn't need to consider whether he should pay the fee. The access to the college facilities and library, as well as the ability to audit courses, were enough to make the price worth it.
Mo Cheng knew that after the official launch of [Foreign Land], players who wanted to obtain this kind of equal treatment would have to spend at least one million.
This is not a joke. Even among players from the same [Foreign Land], their views on money vary greatly depending on their professions.
Monks like Mo Cheng who have taken a vow of poverty have no money to keep overnight, let alone something as distant as savings.
Generally, warriors and thieves can equip themselves with excellent and glittering equipment if they have tens of thousands of gold coins, and they can attract envious glances even when standing on the street.
But if it were a magician or something like that...
Even an experiment would cost hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Even if you only count the expenses for studying, the amount would be in the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.
If you don't have money, you really can't play the role of a mage, but if you have enough money, the power of a mage will be extremely terrifying.
"You can go directly to the Finance Department later and give the money to me directly." Although she was very interested in Mo Cheng's previous use of star magic that clearly involved the [Sun], Dorothy decided to complete the guide mission assigned to her by Principal Muzel first.
As she was talking, the booklet in Dorothy's hand suddenly jumped twice. Her face changed and she quickly flipped it open to check. Then she looked up with a strange expression and turned a page in the booklet to Mo Cheng, "News from the principal, about you."
After Mo Cheng took it and looked at it, he couldn't help but feel the blood rushing to his face and his breathing became heavy.
The message sent by Principal Muzel consisted of only a few sentences and a table, but the table contained extremely precious materials and various high-level magic props. The meaning of the message was very simple. The school hoped to start research on [Elemental Mages] as soon as possible.
Since Mo Cheng's own knowledge was not enough to join the research, Principal Muzel stated that if Mo Cheng could complete the most basic knowledge learning within a month , he would pick two things for Mo Cheng from his own private warehouse.
Principal Muzel's private collection is undoubtedly full of fine products and treasures. The rest are fine. When Mo Cheng saw [Ba Long Blood] and [Chuang Long Blood] on the list of materials, he suddenly remembered something.
In the [Foreign Land], artificial [Dragon Bloodline] once appeared, and that task happened to be completed by Mo Cheng. Although he exchanged the reward for other things, he still remembered how to mix artificial dragon bloodline.
The blood of the two dragon beasts, Tyrannosaurus and Collapsing Dragon, is one of the key materials.
He wanted to try whether the artificial dragon bloodline could enhance his own [dragon bloodline].
