Chapter 142 Bodhisattva Descends to the Underworld

"There is a dragon in the lower world who founded the West Lake Academy, but it is not on the dragon clan list. I thought it was no big deal, but now it has changed the structure of many places in the lower world, causing unpredictable changes in fate."

"This dragon has great merits and is very lucky. Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, if you can give me some good advice, I will go down to the human world to investigate."

"This matter involves turmoil in the Buddhist world, please be careful!"

Tathagata opened his eyes, looked down, and said slowly.

Guanyin held the jade bottle in one hand and bowed with the other hand in front of her chest, "Respect the will of the Dharma!"

On the streets of Hangzhou, a young man with bright eyes and white teeth was strolling leisurely, looking at the shops around him with a smile on his face.

He saw that the people had rosy complexions, he saw that the shops were doing a booming business, and he saw that the people were humble and helpful to each other.

"Have you heard? West Lake College is going to open an external college!"

"What kind of news is this? I've known about it for a long time! I also know that candidates from other places will come to Hangzhou for the next round of screening soon!"

"I heard that there are quite a lot of places selected from the external colleges this time!"

"There are also quotas for Hangzhou. Hangzhou people have preferential treatment and can directly enter the next round of screening."

"Really? Then I want to sign up too!"

"Come on, this time they only recruit children between 10 and 18 years old, why are you going?"

"Hey, why didn't my parents give birth to me later?"

"I've seen a lot of strangers these days. I guess they're all candidates. The hotels are almost full."

"Really? When does the screening start?"

"It is said that it will be in ten days."

"Then I'll go back to the village and tell my family, and ask other friends to send their children over if they have any."

"Should we take the bus or ride back?"

"Of course I'll take the bus!"

"Okay, then can you bring me some pickled vegetables from your village? I ate them last time and I can't forget them!"

"Come on! Then you have to give me a good price when you buy the vegetables next time!"

"Of course!"

The boy sat on a public chair next to a shop, listening to the conversation between the owner of the small restaurant and a vegetable buyer as they were picking vegetables. After a long while, he stood up and walked towards the inn on the other side.

"Sir, are you staying at the hotel?"

When the waiter saw the young man walk into the inn, he hurried over to greet him.

The boy smiled and nodded.

"This way please!"

The waiter led the boy to the counter, "Boss, this young man wants to stay at the hotel!"

"Sir, look at the price list on the wall. There are three types of rooms: heaven, earth, and human. Which one do you want? Because there are many guests in the hotel these days, the price is not discounted, and there are not many vacancies, but these three types of rooms are still available."

The shopkeeper nodded at the waiter and looked at the boy with a smile.

The boy looked at the price list on the wall and said, "Then let's go for the Tianzi room."

"Okay, please show me your ID."

The shopkeeper looked at the boy with a smile.

The boy smiled.

The shopkeeper smiled.

The boy didn't say anything, just smiled. What ID? What is this? Do I need an ID to stay in a hotel now? Is it an official document?

The shopkeeper coughed twice and said, "Sir, you must have just arrived in Hangzhou not long ago, right? I guess you are a candidate for the outer courtyard? This ID is the proof of your candidate status. In other words, it is the sign that you showed to the guards when you entered the city."

The boy suddenly realized, "It's that ID!"

He took out something and waved it in front of the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper immediately looked a little dazed. He took the blank wooden sign handed to him by the young man, looked at it carefully, and then took out the booklet to register. After registering, he handed the wooden sign back to the young man, "Here is your ID, young master. Tianzi room, how many days will you stay?"

The boy took out a silver ingot and said, "Then let's stay here for a month. Is this enough?"

The shopkeeper took the silver and his expression returned to its previous state. He looked at the silver in his hand and immediately put it in his mouth and took a bite. After confirming that it was real, he nodded quickly, "That's enough, there's still some left!"

The boy nodded. "For the rest, let's prepare some vegetarian dishes and send them to the room! Remember to include vegetarian dishes!"

The shopkeeper quickly made another entry in the booklet, noting "vegetarian dishes", and then shouted, "Okay! Wangcai, come and take the guests to Room No. 5!"

The waiter who had worked there before immediately came forward quickly and took the young man to Room No. 5.

The young man glanced at the booklet in the shopkeeper's hand, curled his lips slightly, and followed the waiter upstairs.

If someone looked at the book in the shopkeeper's hand at this moment, they would find that the space where the certificate should be registered was actually blank, but the shopkeeper seemed to be unaware of it and put the book back in place.

In fact, Hangzhou has already implemented the identity system.

Every resident of Hangzhou will receive a small jade plaque with the resident's name and number engraved on it from West Lake College.

If the aura in this small jade token is consistent with the aura of the person in front of you, it means that the identity document is valid.

However, only cultivators and monsters can identify this, so generally speaking, the identification is done by cultivators and monsters in specific situations.

Normally, no one would exchange their jade tags or anything like that, so inns and the like would just ask them to show their jade tags and then register.

This action is actually a disguised way of restricting the behavioral norms of some outsiders.

Currently, only those with alternative identity tokens can enter. The rest of the accompanying persons need to be screened in a town outside Hangzhou first. Only after passing the screening will they be issued a temporary jade card, allowing them to enter Hangzhou with the card.

However, this jade token has an expiration date and can only remain until the end of the selection.

In the villages outside Hangzhou, every villager was also given a small jade token.

People from other places who come to Zhejiang also need to undergo screening after entering the country. After passing the screening, they will be issued a temporary jade token.

This system is much better than some of the previous compulsory measures against cultivators and monsters.

The same is also reflected in the common people, so that the common people can fully feel respected, because they, the cultivators, and the monsters are all treated equally in the eyes of the academy.

Ten days soon arrived, and a long queue had formed at the entrance of a newly built square in Hangzhou.

The practitioners and staff of West Lake Association are busy with registration and verification.

"No. 1332, Lin Yuanzhi, identity verification passed!"

Each child was brought into the square by their parents. Under the guidance of the staff, they walked to their seats in an orderly manner and sat down, waiting for the screening to begin.