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

I thought the exchange and friendship had already made the academy popular, but I didn't expect that the next few days would be the real crowds.

As a respected senior in the spiritual martial arts world, Bai Lao naturally has countless friends. Although he is now guarding the gate all day and is more idle than Daju, he actually had a period of time when he was young.

The news that he was honored as a grandmaster quickly spread across the country, and everyone in the world knew about it, and they came to congratulate Tianyan Academy and Tianyan Hall for adding another real strong man.

Grandmasters are very rare in the lower world. Top-notch forces like Yanyu and Hongwumen have at most two.

Ordinary forces, as long as there is a grandmaster, can be called first-class.

Of course, super forces like Tianyan Hall cannot be treated with common sense. After all, there are four or five grandmasters in Tianyan Hall, not to mention some old monsters who have been practicing in seclusion for many years.

But to be honest, the truly powerful Grandmasters are no longer in the lower realms. People like them have great ambitions and certainly cannot stay here to be the head of a chicken.

Even if you are the tail of a phoenix, you have to climb the ladder to see the scenery of the upper realm to make your life worthwhile.

This social event lasted for several days, but Bai Lao also enjoyed it. Looking at a large group of old friends who were still in the Small Success Realm and the Soul Tempering Realm, he, a Grandmaster, felt superior uninvited!

Xu Xiaodao also gave half a can of tea to Bai Lao as a gift.

Bai Lao knew that all his fortunes had something to do with Chen Zhong.

It should be a big relationship!

Bai Lao was not senile. He drank tea instead of wine at that time. He was a little tired but his mind was very clear. He clearly saw...

The tea that Chen Zhong brought at that time turned into an endless river bit by bit. What flowed in that river was not water, but the time from ancient times to the present!

He saw many things thousands of years ago, and felt the loneliness and vicissitudes of life in the long river. At that moment, the person sitting opposite him was no longer the young Chen Zhong, but a lone wise man who had crossed thousands of mountains and rivers.

He had lived for countless years, and every move was Tao, every word and action was reason, every sentence was true, and every step was like a lotus.

Then, the tea in his cup also changed, full of the rhyme of creation, and all the demons and obstacles in his heart were solved.

Then it was a natural breakthrough, the body, soul, and demon soul were tempered and combined into one, and they were calm and separated, and they realized their own Tao, which could be called a great master!

Bai Lao just felt strange, but he couldn't have any doubts. In his subconscious, it seemed that Chen Zhong was like this, and it was natural and could not be refuted.

Unconsciously, he had a silent respect for Chen Zhong, and there was no lack of gratitude.

Regardless of whether Chen Zhong did it intentionally or unintentionally, Chen Zhong played an indispensable role in his achievement and promotion.

So, after the social event, Bai Lao found Chen Zhong.

"I don't know what you need," Bai Lao carried a bulging snakeskin bag and threw it on Chen Zhong's dormitory table, "I thought that spiritual stones are hard currency, and no one should dislike them, so I'll give you some."

He opened the opening, and the spiritual stones inside flowed out.

Chen Zhong was still thinking that such a big bag could only hold a few spiritual stones, but it turned out that one-third of it was used to store spiritual tools!

Chen Zhong picked up one at random and probed into it with his consciousness. Sure enough, it was full of spiritual stones.

"I don't know the exact number, anyway, it's most of my collection in this life, you can take it." Bai Lao was not pretentious.

"Bai Lao, you can keep so many, I didn't do you any favors?" Chen Zhong wanted to play hard to get, he couldn't just say frankly that he wanted to recruit you.

Bai Lao is not the kind of person who changes his mind with the wind. He must be boiled in warm water and convinced by time.

To treat different people, different methods are needed. After all, for some people with great potential, Chen Zhong does not want them to simply obey. The goal is to make them willing to follow sincerely.

"I benefited a lot from the cup of tea, little brother. Although I don't know how you did it, I am not a curious and greedy person. If you don't want to tell me, that's fine." Bai Lao is very open-minded and doesn't dwell on trivial matters.

"It's just a little trick of the family. Bai Lao doesn't need to take it to heart. It's a piece of cake. Besides, Bai Lao is also my mentor."

Chen Zhong maintained a humble attitude and behaved properly. There was no arrogance at all. I helped you, so you have to listen to me.

"Family? Small... tricks?" Bai Lao's heart was like a meteorite falling, and all kinds of suspicions and imaginations were floating around, covering Chen Zhong with countless layers of mystery.

"I hope that Mr. Bai will not disclose what I did." Chen Zhong did not forget to remind him that the secret of the creation mode must not be known to others before he can do it on his own, otherwise he may become a caged creature.

As for Mr. Bai, Chen Zhong was still quite relieved. He knew this old man very well after a few months of getting along with him.

Even if he really had bad intentions, Chen Zhong had a lot of ways to deal with him.

He was never good at head-on confrontation.

After Mr. Bai left, Chen Zhong counted the spirit stones in the snakeskin bag.

A total of 840,611.

From this number, we can know Mr. Bai's character and personality. This is an old man worth making friends with and investing in.

With 800,000 spirit stones on him, Chen Zhong's sense of security suddenly increased.

He seriously suspected that he had hamster syndrome. He liked to hoard everything. He had everything he needed at home and when he went out all year round.

The more things he had, the more comfortable he was.

So, Chen Zhong went down the mountain, went to Linglong City, and returned home.

Moved 300,000 spirit stones and hid them in the floor.

Refitted the mechanical spirit formation left by my cousin, reinforced and upgraded it, and added a few triggering spirit formations to make it more stable.

After doing all this, in order not to meet his neighbors, Chen Zhong jumped from the window and sank into the city grove.

In the next week, Chen Zhong was not at home, nor did he return to the academy, but wandered around the city.

It was mentioned before that Linglong City was the city where Chen Zhong felt the safest, and the reason was simple.

First of all, the sense of security must be given by oneself, and then you do it yourself and have enough food and clothing.

Chen Zhong ran from Dongcheng District to Beicheng District, Beicheng District crossed to Nancheng District and Xicheng District, and after a circle of the suburbs, he finally returned to the central city.

Not for anything else, just to simply arrange a little spirit formation.

In Linglong City, he installed more than 18,000 spirit formations, and there were 275 fourth-grade ones.

The types involve all categories, important traffic arteries are taken care of, places that are likely to become the final battlefield are covered by spiritual arrays, and the gates that may become the enemy's forces are surrounded by spiritual arrays.

Of course, Zhou Chaoyin's father's city lord's mansion was not spared, just in case someone rebelled and rebelled, it would be good for the empire.

Anyway, Chen Zhong thought of all the places that could be considered. If nothing happened, it would be the best. If it happened, it would be under control.

"Let's arrange this for the time being, and expand to other cities after enough time."

Chen Zhong stretched his body, and his eyes, which had not been closed for a week, were a little congested and bloodshot.

However, Chen Zhong smiled at the corner of his mouth, a little crazy.