From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 355 Unprecedented
Official regulations stipulate that applicants to the three major Taoist academies can only be accompanied by one guardian during the interview stage, and candidates are encouraged to go to the academy on their own. The local authorities will provide special vehicles for pick-up and subsidize transportation, food and accommodation expenses.

The authorities cannot help but be nervous. If they let loose, there would be millions of families among the 800,000 candidates living at the foot of Baiyun Mountain. If they were not careful, a major accident would occur.

Even so, by the evening of June 30th, nearly one million people had gathered at the foot of Baiyun Mountain.

Shiyang Village was almost in a paralyzed state. Li Yang and Chi Yanhong took great pains to open up a large plain near Shiyang Village. With the financial support of the township government and the Yang family, they set up temporary tents on the plain.

Looking ahead, the southwest direction of Baiyun Mountain is all blue, and the blue cloth of the tents stretches like a vast and turbulent sea.

Li Yang and Chi Yanhong stood in the clouds, looking at the candidates below through the gaps in the clouds, their figures disappearing in the mist.
There were so many people gathered in such dense tents that if the two of them showed up, it would cause a commotion and trampling, which would be no joke.

"I can't say there will be a scene like this again, but at least it's unprecedented..."

Li Yang was shocked as he looked at the crowd below.
A trace of solemnity flashed in the depths of Chi Yanhong's eyes: "It's also the first year. I have no experience, so this is the situation. It should be much better later."

Li Yang stretched out his hand and the clouds closed naturally. He looked up at Chi Yanhong and said, "Are you talking about the two people, Chen Xiyan and Zheng Zhaoyuan, who took the lead in proposing the "Civilian Qualification Survey" plan?"

Chi Yanhong nodded: "That's right. The interview of the Taoist Academy is to screen the qualifications for cultivation. If the 'civilian qualifications survey' goes smoothly and the candidates' qualifications are rated, the Taoist Academy can directly set the admission threshold. It's not like this year, when 800,000 people came in large numbers, wasting too much manpower and resources."

Li Yang shook his head and just looked at Chi Yanhong meaningfully.

It can only be said that Chi Yanhong himself was born into a family of top students, and was very proficient in Taoist scriptures and various schools of thought, but he still lacked knowledge of social politics.

"The 'civilian qualification survey' may be possible in foreign countries, but for China, and it has to be included in the admission threshold of the Taoist Academy, I can only say... let's wait and see."

Seeing Li Yang's strange smile, Chi Yanhong knew that his words had a deeper meaning and wanted to ask more, but Li Yang never explained to her.

"Let's go back to the mountain and prepare. There will be a big move tomorrow!"

After the laughter, Li Yang immediately pulled Chi Yanhong back to Baiyun Mountain.

It was almost dusk, and the half-circle of red shadow on the clouds gradually fell to the end of the sky, casting a layer of light golden and warm yellow on the ocean of blue tents under the indigo mountains.

After the candidates had eaten the meal brought by the volunteers, some of them walked out of the tents before dark and began to chat with each other or with people they knew, while appreciating the fairy-like atmosphere of the Baiyun Mountain which was so close.

Although I have watched countless videos about Baiyun Mountain on the media and the Internet before, when I actually saw it, when the mountains were immersed in my eyes, I was still attracted by the ethereal artistic conception of "the clouds are so deep that I don't know where it is", and I imagined that I could see the scenery of the mountains among the clouds tomorrow.

Wang Shuhuan stood outside the tent and raised his head in a daze. This scene was deeply engraved in his mind until many years later.

They were all around 17 or 18 years old and had a lot of common topics, so soon they started to gather in groups of three or five and have some fun.

People from several southern provinces generally arrived earlier, and those who came early were proud of occupying the good tent positions. The later they arrived, the more miserable they became. People from several remote provinces were squeezed so hard that they could only see the outline of Baiyun Mountain from afar.

"What are you still daydreaming about? We are going up the mountain tomorrow. If you stay, you can enjoy all the scenery."

A cute female voice sounded behind her. Chen Li worked hard to push through the crowd. When she stood in front of Wang Shuhuan, her fair forehead was already covered with beads of sweat. "How did you get here?"

"It's too boring over there, and I don't know many people, so I might as well come to you." Chen Li curled her lips and sighed, "But there are really too many people now, and there are only 1,800 places. It's a fierce competition, and there is little hope."

Wang Shuhuan glanced at her and said, "Actually, you can go to Yumen Taoist Temple in Rujinsu or Golmud Taoist Temple in Qinghai. Wang Xianghong said that there are fewer applicants there, and the government reimburses the candidates for staying in local hotels. Yumen Taoist Temple still has more than 5,000 quotas, which is not like here where there are more applicants than places."

After Wang Shuhuan finished speaking, he raised his head and looked around desperately at the rolling blue tents.

The probability of taking 0.002 out of is only %. This is not a problem of too many people and too little porridge, but that there is no porridge at all.

"Lululu." Chen Li stuck out her tongue. "I don't want to. Wang Xianghong only passed the line of the lower 12th hospital because his grades were too low. Otherwise, why would he go to Gan Su's place."

The two were chatting when suddenly there was a commotion a few hundred meters away. Smoke and dust were billowing, and from time to time there were cries and shouts mixed with the roar of cows.

Cow? Where did the cow come from?

Wang Shuhuan and Chen Li looked at each other. The control here was extremely strict. People entering the tent had to be searched and their luggage checked. Who was capable enough to bring a cow in?

Adhering to the natural habit of Chinese people to watch the excitement, Wang Shuhuan and Chen Li followed the direction of the crowd and moved forward curiously.

In other words, this is at the foot of Baiyun Mountain. These seventeen or eighteen-year-olds know what's going on and won't cause any big trouble. Otherwise, in this era of extraordinary spiritual revival, if there is something strange or disturbing, ordinary people would have to run away as soon as possible.

Following the flow of people, Chen Li had pulled Wang Shuhuan's sleeve at some point and walked to the front of the crowd. She found that several tents had been overturned. Many students were running outside crying, while others were trying to squeeze inside. The scene was extremely chaotic.

“There really is a cow!”

"This is not just an ordinary cow, it's a yak. ​​Look at how it makes a hole with every step of its hoof. So cool!"

"What the hell! Aren't we in Shuchuan? Aren't yaks usually found in the Western Desert and Western Xinjiang? How come they're here?!"

Listening to the various discussions among the people around him, Wang Shuhuan stood on tiptoe.
It was indeed a mad wild yak charging around, its muscles seemed as strong as iron and even its mane was shiny and oily.

Next to the yaks, there were a few young men trying to deal with the yaks, and it seemed they were quite skilled.

At this moment, something strange happened. White mist boiled out of the wild yak's mouth and nose. It actually broke away from those young men and rushed towards the people who were watching the fun.

"careful!"

Wang Shuhuan didn't have time to think about it. He pulled Chen Li away, picked up the metal frame for the tent next to him, and quickly stepped forward to block the yak.

"boom!"

The metal frame was deformed and Wang Shuhuan was knocked away by a huge force.
(End of this chapter)