After the beast horde retreated, the Burnt City was only left with a mess and a pungent odour.

Rather than having been bitten to death by the beasts, the citizens were about to suffocate to death from the stench of the Corpse Disintegrating Liquid. Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan cooperated to start a huge fire, incinerating the pus surrounding the city and cleansed the area. Similarly, Le Yan also ordered his people to burn the pus and the air around Burnt City finally smelled much fresher. Although there was still the stench of rotten bodies, it was at least not as noxious as before.

Gu Lingzhi suggested, “Chancellor, these beasts seem to have ill intentions. Why don’t you send the civilians to the other cities to avoid the disaster, and call them back when the beast tide is over?”

“Absolutely not!” Le Yan immediately rejected her suggestion without considering it at all. Only after he rejected the suggestion did he suddenly realise that with his image of loving his citizens, he should have agreed to Gu Lingzhi’s suggestion. He laughed bitterly and tried to save his reputation, “Although the Burnt City has lost many of its residents this time, we...