Chapter 114 Chang'an School
The two left the milk tea shop while chatting.
Chang'an City does not have city walls, because this kind of community town main city on the system map automatically has protective measures similar to the mountain protection formation. In addition, considering that if city walls are built, it will be difficult to expand with the increase in the number of subsequent players and NPCs, everyone simply designed Chang'an City as a city without city walls.
Ling Xuan was quite curious: "This Chang'an City has no city walls, how can we prevent outsiders from sneaking in?"
"They have something called a 'local area network' that can monitor monks who don't have their identity cards. If you're caught without an identity card, you'll be fined at best, or... well, I don't think anyone has been caught, so I don't know what the consequences are."
The "entrance" of Chang'an City is a huge square with a bluestone archway in front of it. On the left and right of the archway are two oilcloth awnings. Inside the awnings are a complete set of tables, chairs and documents, with two mortals with no cultivation sitting in each awning. There are also wooden signs next to them.
The wooden sign on the left reads "City Entry Registration Office", and the wooden sign on the right reads "Identity Jade Card Collection Office".
Du Cihuai took Ling Xuan to the oilcloth shed on the left with ease.
There were two middle-aged women sitting under the tarpaulin tent, chatting about family matters. When they saw someone coming, one of them took out two pieces of paper, dipped her brush in ink, and the other asked briefly, "Name, place of origin, and if you have one, your sect and school. Occupation and cultivation level are yours."
"Ling Xuan, Ling for early morning, Xuan for daylily," Du Cihuai answered hurriedly, "As for the place of origin..."
The woman who was asking the question interrupted and said, "It's best if you answer it yourself."
"Uh, my hometown is Ling's family in Taiping Town, Guangcheng Mountain. My sect is Guangcheng Sect. My profession is... Alchemist? My cultivation level is... Foundation Building..."
By the end of the conversation, Ling Xuan was a little embarrassed. The foundation-building stage was only considered an ordinary level in Guangcheng Sect, and in the past, people were not qualified to go down the mountain! "Oh, it's a cultivator from Guangcheng Sect!"
The woman's attitude suddenly changed from being calm to being amiable. She said with a smile, "You are actually from Taiping Town. That's incredible! Are you also here in Chang'an City to apply for a job? There are quite a few Guangcheng Sect disciples who have come here in the past few days!"
"ah……"
Ling Xuan, who had never been treated so warmly, was a little overwhelmed. Du Cihuai beside her quickly and skillfully took over the conversation: "You are too kind. This is my junior sister. It's her first time down the mountain. She is not very sensible. I am taking her to the Chang'an Research Institute!"
"Are you going to apply for a job at Chang'an Research Institute? That's a good place..."
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then the other woman wrote two identical pieces of paper and handed one page over: "Make two copies. I'll keep one for your files, and keep the other for yourself. Take it to the other side to get your identity jade badge. If you lose it, you'll have to come here to register again, which is quite troublesome, so try to keep it properly."
"Okay, okay, thank you!"
Du Cihuai quickly took it, thanked him, and took Ling Xuan to apply for the jade identity card.
The application for an identity jade card is much simpler. Just hand the piece of paper with the registered information to the person in charge and wait for the other party to engrave the information on a jade card. It can be done in a few minutes. After the jade card is received, two impressions will be stamped on the paper with the registered information, one is the "Jade Card Already Issued" stamp, and the other is the date stamp.
After finishing all this, Du Cihuai breathed a sigh of relief and took Ling Xuan through the bluestone archway and into the square.
Ling Xuan held the cold jade token in her hand, and after walking a dozen steps away from the bluestone archway, she finally couldn't help but ask the question in her heart: "Brother, why... why are you so polite to those mortals?"
Du Cihuai turned around and looked at Ling Xuan as if he was looking at a child, and said with a smile: "Because they are the same as us!"
"The same? But, but we are monks, they..."
"They are just ordinary mortals who cannot practice cultivation. That's what you want to say, right?" Du Cihuai stopped and asked.
Ling Xuan's expression became even more confused.
"Look over there," Du Cihuai suddenly pointed to a building complex not far away that looked like the largest one nearby, and said, "Junior sister, guess what place that is?"
Except for the "commercial area" at the entrance, most of the buildings in Chang'an City were in a semi-construction state. The only building complex that Du Cihuai pointed to looked almost completed and put into use.
The entire building complex seems to be of the same style as the most eye-catching towering building, but the design seems to be more complicated and is surrounded by a wall.
Ling Xuan guessed: "Maybe... it's a government office? Or a place like Xianrenju?"
Du Cihuai shook his head and solved the mystery with a smile: "That is a school, or a college."
Ling Xuan was stunned: "Academy? Such a big academy!?"
"It's called 'Chang'an School'. Next to it is the Chang'an City Library. It's actually different from the academies in ordinary mortal towns. It is said that everyone with a Chang'an City household registration, whether they are monks or not, can go to school there. Moreover, underage residents are required to go to school unless they graduate early. As for the so-called minors... Actually, it refers to everyone under the age of 18, regardless of whether they are monks or not. They have to go, and it's completely free."
Ling Xuan nodded, realizing that she understood, and exclaimed, "Can you read and write? That's a good deed."
Du Cihuai shook his head: "No, it's not just about reading and writing, that's what I want to say. The reason why it can't be called a 'school' is because it not only teaches the things that mortal academies teach, but also teaches the basic knowledge and basic practice methods of cultivating immortals!"
“How…how is this possible!?”
Ling Xuan's eyes widened, and a sense of absurdity surged in her heart.
How can an ordinary person cultivate immortality! ? Not everyone has complete spiritual roots! Those who can cultivate immortality are one in a million with unique talents and bones! How can... How can anyone be able to do it! ? After being shocked, she suddenly felt ashamed, because she suddenly realized at that moment that her subconscious rejection was just because of this value that everyone can cultivate, which made her experience of more than 20 years no longer so lucky, so... special.
Du Cihuai kindly let Ling Xuan calm down for a while before slowly saying, "Junior sister, are you thinking that most mortals have residual spiritual roots? Even if they spend their entire lives, they can only build a foundation at best. It's just a hundred years of extra lifespan, but they can't cultivate anything. There's no point in cultivating immortals, right?"
Ling Xuan was a little hesitant. She did think so, but for some reason, this idea, which would never be considered wrong anywhere in Guixu Realm, seemed a little difficult to say in Chang'an City at this moment.
"But Junior Sister, think about it carefully. For example, our alchemy practice, as well as the content of talisman practice, instrument practice, and even the five flavors, formation techniques, etc., do they really require a high level of cultivation to learn?"
Du Cihuai's voice was like a huge hammer, hitting Ling Xuan's heart hard and leaving her at a loss.
"Low-grade yellow-level elixirs and talismans like the Soul-Returning Pill and the Body-Lightening Talisman can be learned without even building a foundation. Even mortals who can't communicate with any spiritual energy can master the Prayer for Clear Skies and Prayer for Rain formations. Why can't they learn these? And why are they not qualified to learn them?" "Is it just because they have flaws in their spiritual roots and are destined to never become immortals and prove their way, that they are not allowed to take this path?"
"There are tens of thousands of practitioners, and those with outstanding talents are countless, but who can guarantee that they will become immortals and attain enlightenment?" "Junior sister, you and I both know that there has been no god of enlightenment in Guixu Realm for thousands of years!
"So, what is the difference between so-called cultivators like you and me who have excellent spiritual roots and those mortals with residual spiritual roots?"
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