Chapter 721.
It was impossible for Wang Dust to temporarily hire a high-ranked Jindan to vouch for him, so he practically had no choice.
Since it was already dark, the household office of the Thousand Star Immortal City’s Household Registration Department located in Yingxian Town was only open during the daytime, so after having this dinner with Pei Yan, he was prepared to go back to his rented place and wait until tomorrow to go over to apply.
As a result, Wang Duan was on the road for more than an hour.
In the same town, the way back is of course not far, but the night of Yingxian Town is more prosperous and lively than the daytime, delaying Wang Duan’s footsteps.
The bustling streets are crowded with people, the stores on both sides of the road are all open, each house has obsidian lamps hanging under the eaves of the porch for illumination, white, yellowish, orange, pinkish, purple lights reflecting a strange and charming night market.
Taverns, himekaku, gambling houses, teahouses, music clubs, bathhouses ……
It was full of people’s flavor!
What Wang Chen didn’t expect was that there were actually barbecues here.
These barbecue stalls were almost exactly the same as the ones in his previous world, with charcoal in the barbecue slots, and after resting a layer of metal grids, the stall owner skillfully placed various colorful ingredients interspersed with sticks on top, and brushed the sauces while flipping and grilling them.
Beside the barbecue stall, there are tables and chairs, diners can either take away the skewers directly, or sit down and ask for two cups of bamboo rice wine, bragging and farting together, enjoying a feast together!
When Wang Chen first saw this scene, he almost suspected that he had traveled back again!
He couldn’t help but stop in front of a barbecue stall and spent a few dozen spirit stones to order a large handful of fragrant skewers.
Then squatted on the side of the road and jerked the skewers.
Just for the sake of experiencing, that once soulful feeling.
Unfortunately ……
There was no cumin.
In addition to the barbecue stalls, there was also an open-air free market inside the town.
Anyone who paid a fee could set up a stall in the market, selling and exchanging various items.
Wang Dust circled around inside.
Although he didn’t buy anything, he also had a long-lost sense of relaxation and happiness!
In this way, he returned to the rented house late.
But he also made it before the curfew and didn’t miss the hour.
This night, Wang Chen slept soundly.
When he woke up the next morning, Zi Ling brought him breakfast.
A big bowl of spirit rice porridge boiled just right, two five-spice spirit bird eggs, plus three colors of pickled vegetables, made Wang Chen feel that the rent of twenty lower spirits a day was really not expensive.
This landlady is obviously a skilled cook, and Wang Chuan wiped out this breakfast clean, but he still can’t get enough of it.
Just after breakfast, Pei Yan arrived.
This teenager brought Wang Chuan to the Household Registration Department of Thousand Star Immortal City, which was located in Ying Xian Town.
What made Wang Chen speechless was that he came early, the household office hadn’t even begun to conduct business yet, and as a result, there was already a sea of people inside, a glance at the head of the crowd!
Then Pei Yan helped him get a queue number plate, the number actually more than 500!
This must wait until the monkey years ah!
Pei Yan was very embarrassed: “I forgot to tell you, the household office here every day a lot of people.”
If you want to get the top number plate, then you have to come over early in the morning and line up.
And even if you get a number plate, if the person in front of you doesn’t finish the process, then all the ones behind you are null and void.
One would have to come over tomorrow to continue lining up.
Just as Wang Chen was depressed, an ordinary-looking middle-aged man came over and lowered his voice to ask, “Fellow Daoist, do you want to change your number plate?”
He opened his palm and waved it at Wang Dust, and a number plate was affixed to his palm.
The number was number nineteen.
Scalper!
Wang Chuan crowed in his heart and asked without moving on the surface, “How many spirit stones do you need?”
The other party sized him up, then stretched out his left hand again, opened his five fingers and shook it.
Five pieces? Fifty? It couldn’t possibly be five hundred!
Wang Chen didn’t understand the market at all, so he didn’t respond directly and instead looked at Pei Yan who was on the side.
The kid didn’t let him down and immediately topped it off, “Uncle, you’ve got the wrong person, there’s no way we can do a deal like this.”
The middle-aged man hemmed and hawed, “You’re the Pei family’s kid at the west end of town, right? That’s fine, for the sake of your old man, a hundred spirit stones in exchange for you guys, anything less is fine.”
Pei Yan scratched his head, his gaze looking towards Wang Chen, meaning to let him make up his own mind.
The asking price just now was really five hundred spirit stones!
When it was really black to the chrysanthemums!
As a result, Wang Chen hesitated for a moment, and Pei Yan summoned up the courage to bargain with the other party again, “Eighty!”
The middle-aged man glared at him, turned his head and dug into the crowd.
The sale is yellow.
This time Pei Yan really scratched his head and said shamefully, “Shangxiu, I’m sorry ……”
“It’s okay.”
Wang Dust patted his head and laughed, “Let’s wait a little longer.”
Yellow cows always come in groups, it’s impossible for there to be just one.
Most importantly, through this little episode, he had gotten a glimpse of one of the major features of Thousand Star Immortal City.
The City of Merchants was true to its name!
And Wang Chen didn’t have to wait for a long time, because the middle-aged man from earlier came back again.
“Eighty is eighty!”
So Wang Dust traded eighty lower spirits for a scalper’s ticket, exchanging his number plate for the other man’s.
His ranking instantly rose from over five hundred to number nineteen!
The two had just finished trading when the numbering started inside the Household Office.
Wang Chen understood why the other party was willing to lower the price, if no one had been exchanging with him, the number plate would have been scrapped.
After exchanging his number plate to the front of the line, Wang Dust didn’t have to wait long.
When his number was called inside, he squeezed in and showed his number plate to the cultivator who was maintaining order on the spot, and Wang Chen was led to a small room.
The person who handled his business was an official of the Household Office.
When the official understood Wang Duan’s situation and needs, he smiled and said, “Fellow Daoist, our Thousand Star Immortal City is open to talented people from all over the nine states, and we are more than happy to welcome fellow Daoists with outstanding talent like you.”
After a pause, he continued, “But rules are rules, and no one can easily break them, so please understand.”
The rules of Thousand Star Immortal City were just that – spirit stones!
Cultivators like Wang Chen who needed to transfer their nationality would basically pass the vetting process as long as they applied, unless they had major past misdeeds.
However, a fee needed to be paid.
This in turn involved the household registration system of Thousand Star Immortal City.
The townspeople of Thousand Star Immortal Town were divided into four classes, A, B, C, D. The lowest class, D, could freely enter and exit the Immortal Town, as well as buy and sell various materials in the town, but did not have the right to reside or work.
The townspeople in Welcome Immortal Town were basically all D class.
The next level up, the C grade townspeople, would be able to reside and work in Immortal Town, but would not be qualified to purchase properties or open stores!
That meant that if you wanted to live in the town, you could only rent a room or stay at an inn.
The Class B city dwellers, on the other hand, had no restrictions in these areas, and were truly the people of the Thousand Stars.
As for the highest level of Class A City Folk, what they possessed was the qualification to enter the system, that is, to become an official and serve as a mandarin!