I only have passive skills, so I'm extremely cautious

It has been three days since the beast tide ended.

According to the news and online reports, the northern part of Linglong City has begun to be rebuilt, and the area destroyed by the beast tide accounts for 85%.

There are about 39,000 civilian deaths, and there are about 10,000 missing people who have not yet been counted, while the entire Linglong City has a population of only 600,000 to 700,000.

There are 2,755 soldiers who sacrificed their lives for it, and more than 500 spiritual warriors have died.

Thanks to Chen Zhong's later exorcism, otherwise the spirit beasts would still wreak havoc in the city for a long time, and the death of the sky black-winged snake also prevented the beast tide from continuing to advance to other urban areas.

Even so, for the Chiyan Empire, which has been peaceful for many years, it is tantamount to national mourning!

For this reason, the empire held a special mourning meeting, lowered the flag to half-mast, and set the date of the beast tide entering the city as the ninth mourning day. All heroes who sacrificed their lives were awarded meritorious service, their names were engraved on the hero monument, and their families enjoyed lifelong benefits.

Not only that, a prince from the imperial capital also came to visit the disaster area. The emperor issued a special decree to exempt the citizens of Linglong City from taxes for one year and distributed a large amount of supplies.

In the world rebuilt from the wasteland, the Chiyan Empire still maintains these traditional customs and will never let down any loyal person in the empire.

Compared with the cold terror of the upper class of the Divine Empire, the capital entanglement of the White Tower Federation, and the confrontation between the dukes, the Chiyan Empire is the most humane society.

Although the emperor system is retained (after all, the country was conquered by the Yu family, and they can do whatever they want), the operating mode is still very fair and free, and everyone has the opportunity to climb the mountains.

Linglong City is being rebuilt, and the Linglong Mountains are also being replanned.

On the night when the beast tide escaped, the Linglong Mountain Front Mountain Scenic Area was not spared. Many tourists sleeping in the hotel were directly buried, and many old buildings were destroyed.

The scenic area was closed for one year and repaired for one year.

The number of spirit beasts in the scarred back mountain was directly reduced by half under the willfulness of the Dark Holy Sky Beast. Some were injured and some died. Almost all of them hid back in their nests and dared not show up.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the guards advanced and reduced the activity range of the spirit beasts to one-third of the original, and then built stronger and more complete fortifications.

As for the Tianyan Academy... it can be said to be intact.

Except that the flowers and plants on the periphery were a little bald, there was not much loss, but many old students still lost their lives in the mountains.

On the road of cultivation, life and death are determined by fate, which is normal.

"Why is Chen Zhong missing again so early in the morning?" Wang Taiping knocked on the door for a long time but there was no response, so he had to go to breakfast alone.

Ask him why he didn't look for Zhou Chaoyin.

Zhou Chaoyin didn't come back last night.

Ask why Zhou Chaoyin was not there.

Tang Sui also didn't return to the girls' dormitory all night.

Ask why they both stayed out all night at the same time... Sleeping is not as fun as exercising.

Look, under Wang Taiping's jealous gaze, the two walked out of the college's "gym" (hotel) hand in hand, one lively and rosy, the other refreshed.

"Oh my God!" Wang Taiping couldn't help but miss his own product warehouse, and only there could he give him a little warmth from the world.

...

Linglong Mountains.

Our Master Chen is doing something sneaky.

This sneaky thing is also called "picking up treasures" and "storing food."

You know, after the beast tide, the corpses of the spirit beasts left in the mountains are all treasures.

Spirit cores, limbs, leather armor, bones... are all rare refining materials.

Of course, there are also storage spirit tools that Chen Zhong focuses on!

Since you have died, you might as well give me the things you left behind. I will help you to spend the things you were reluctant to part with when you were alive.

You should also feel relieved if you have spirits in heaven, right?

"It can be considered as a good deed, right?"

Chen Zhong carried a small backpack, which was full of storage magic tools.

The kind that would not make a sound even if you shook it hard!

Of course, Chen Zhong did something even better, which was to help them cremate and scatter the ashes.

"What's going on? Where are the bodies and bones?"

"Let's go over there and take a look."

Seeing the guards coming, Chen Zhong immediately slipped away.

"It can be considered as helping you to reduce the burden of cleaning up the mess. Let me bear this kind of fatigue alone." Chen Zhong stopped when he saw that it was going well, left the mountains, and took a long detour back to the academy.

Although it was not a big deal, it would not be appropriate if it was exposed by others. After all, he was the head of a sect, which was a bit embarrassing.

However, as soon as he entered the dormitory, Chen Zhong was stunned.

Cold sweat oozed out, and his fingertips trembled slightly, but he soon regained his composure.

"Wouldn't it be nice for you two to stay in my dormitory?" Chen Zhong was apprehensive and doubtful, but he also wanted to laugh.

Opposite him were the Dean of the College, Xu Xiaodao, and the Master of the Tianyan Hall, Ni Hengxiu.

Both of them were disheveled and in a mess. They were not injured, but they looked very pitiful.

Needless to say, they were tricked by Chen Zhong!

You know, Chen Zhong's dormitory is a den of dragons and tigers. Without his control, it would not be an exaggeration to say that every step is a thrill.

As for how terrible it is, just look at the appearance of these two Grandmasters.

Xu Xiaodao's eyes changed again and again when he looked at Chen Zhong. He claimed to be steady and cautious, but in front of Chen Zhong, he seemed far from that.

Ni Hengxiu pulled off a strand of burnt hair helplessly, "You kid... are you going to turn the dormitory building into a warehouse for explosives?"

"Hehe, just a little precaution." Chen Zhong smiled, and at the same time was glad that Daju was with Jia Shuangshuang, otherwise its devouring secret would be likely to be discovered.

"If I hadn't noticed it in time, this room and the people inside would have disappeared directly from the world, right? If all these traps were triggered, even the Soul Tempering Realm might not be able to withstand it." Ni Hengxiu complained and was a little surprised.

Watching the two people chatting familiarly, Xu Xiaodao was more certain of his guess that Chen Zhong had an extraordinary origin, so extraordinary that Ni Hengxiu had to come to him many times in person.

Moreover, these spirit formations of Chen Zhong were very peculiar, and the operation mode and layout form were slightly different from those of the spirit formation masters in the lower world. In order to fight against powerful spirit formation masters, Xu Xiaodao had learned about it from Lang Yue.

After thinking about it carefully, he was shocked to find that Chen Zhong's understanding of spirit formations seemed to be more thorough than that of Lang Yue, a fifth-grade spirit formation master!

"Okay, no more small talk," Ni Hengxiu waved his hand, "I came to you for a reason, about the Dark Holy Beast."

"Hmm?" Chen Zhong perked up.

Xu Xiaodao sat upright, and he didn't know what Ni Hengxiu was going to do.

Ni Hengxiu said seriously, "This race is very strong. They are the top race in the spirit beast world in the upper realm, and they attach great importance to the life and death of their members. Once someone kills, they will definitely chase them to death."

"As for how they know who the murderer is, it is because every Holy Beast will release a soul mark when it dies, which is marked on the murderer. In other words, the three of you have been marked. Whenever you encounter a Holy Beast in the future, you will be discovered!"

"That's why I haven't gotten rid of it. Although the Tianyan Palace is powerful in the upper realm, there will always be a day when I am alone."

Ni Hengxiu smiled, "Be cautious and try to avoid troubles that don't need to be provoked."

Chen Zhong's mouth twitched, and he wanted to curse, but he didn't know who to curse.

This sounded familiar, but it was quite annoying.

"Since you came to me, there should be a way, right?" Chen Zhong asked.

Ni Hengxiu nodded, "I will try to remove the mark in your body. Otherwise, I will have to wait until I enter the upper realm and ask the strong people in the Ladder Realm for help."