Folk Card Maker: Starting from Painted Skin

The instant they heard this voice, almost everyone widened their eyes in shock.

They slowly turned their heads, and when they saw Zhang Jingtian standing alive and well behind them, their surprise quickly turned to excitement.

Ding Xiaoyu was the first to see Zhang Jingtian, and in that instant, he jogged over to him.

Before Zhang Jingtian could speak, Ding Xiaoyu hugged him tightly.

"Brother Tian, I knew you were still alive!"

If it were any other time, Zhang Jingtian might have pushed Ding Xiaoyu away and complained that he was being too cheesy.

But right now, Zhang Jingtian couldn't say such a thing.

Because he could really see the tears in Ding Xiaoyu's eyes, and he knew that his good brother was genuinely concerned about him.

So Zhang Jingtian reached out and gently patted Ding Xiaoyu on the back:

"Yeah, I'm such an amazing person, you should know that best. So there's no way anything could have happened to me, you can rest assured."

Hearing Zhang Jingtian's words, Ding Xiaoyu hummed in agreement, then forcefully wiped the corners of his eyes before releasing Zhang Jingtian.

Afterward, Zhang Jingtian looked at Wei Yingyue, who was also crying beside him, and scratched his head: "Why are you crying so sadly? I didn't know I held such a high place in your heart."

Wei Yingyue immediately glared at Zhang Jingtian and looked at him with mock anger: "How could you say such a thing! Even if we were just ordinary classmates, I would still be sad if you left!"

Zhang Jingtian hummed in agreement, then patted Wei Yingyue on the shoulder:

"Yeah, I know, I was just kidding. Don't cry, aren't I standing right here in front of you now?"

Wei Yingyue hummed, then slowly said:

"How did you get out? They all said it was impossible for you to come back alive."

At the same time, several officers from the Ministry of War had also heard about Zhang Jingtian's return from others.

At first, many people found it hard to believe.

They were the most aware of how dangerous the dense forest was, and countless people had disappeared within it.

Yet now, Zhang Jingtian had actually returned safely from the dense forest, which completely exceeded everyone's expectations.

They rushed over, seemingly to witness this scene with their own eyes.

When they really saw Zhang Jingtian standing in front of them, they almost unanimously asked him the same question:

"Zhang Jingtian, you have to tell us, how exactly did you get out of that dense forest?"

Hearing their words, Zhang Jingtian couldn't tell them the truth.

He knew very well that his ability to escape was likely due to that God, who probably came from the same place as the Yak King.

But this kind of thing could absolutely not be told to others.

Then Zhang Jingtian's eyes darted around, and he simply made up a reason:

"I, I actually didn't go deep, just stayed in the edge area. I guess the Demon King was asleep, so I was lucky enough to escape."

Everything he considered ordinary seemed particularly pleasant and comfortable to Zhang Jingtian at this moment.

How he wished that this world could always be as peaceful as it was now, and that the Scourge Legion would disappear forever.

But Zhang Jingtian knew that it was just his wishful thinking.

The leading teacher looked extremely grim when he saw the students walking out.

Although he had already guessed that not all of these students would be able to come out alive, he never expected that the survival rate would be so low.

Seeing the people who were still alive, the leading teacher sighed deeply, with an incredibly ugly smile on his face:

"How... how are there so few of you left?"

Several officers from the Ministry of War relayed everything that had happened inside to him with expressionless faces.

"The Ministry of War will compensate the families of these people."

The road back to school was unusually silent.

At the Gate of Sealing, everyone's nerves were still tense, and they couldn't think about so many things.

But now that they had left the Gate of Sealing and returned to the real world, they had to face this real world.

When they sat in the car, looking at the many empty seats, their hearts felt empty.

They knew that those people could never come back.

Many people couldn't help but tear up, seemingly unwilling to face such a reality.

Zhang Jingtian was also quite sad, although he might not have known many of the students, and hadn't even spoken a word to them.

But after all, they had once been vibrant lives, they also had parents, friends, and people who loved them.

When their parents sent them to school, they must have regarded them as the pride of their family, and even imagined them making contributions in the future, returning home in glory.

But they never expected that they would receive the news of their child's death in advance.

And what caused all of this was the Scourge Legion.

Zhang Jingtian now understood more and more that the people of their two worlds were irreconcilable.

The hatred that had accumulated between them was already unforgivable.

And what was needed to truly drive out the Scourge Legion was not just sadness, but a real improvement of oneself.

So Zhang Jingtian was now looking at the gains from this Gate of Sealing.

Compared to the materials, many materials were not picked up during the big melee, and should have been taken away by the Ministry of War when they cleaned up the scene later.

However, the Ministry of War also gave them a lot of merits, and Zhang Jingtian even exchanged himself for three orange materials with the merits he had accumulated.

When the time comes, he can use these materials to help Loulan upgrade.

After this experience at the Gate of Sealing, Zhang Jingtian also realized the importance of a tank.

If Loulan hadn't protected him at all times, he might have already died.

After all, those Scourge Star People were very smart, and they all knew the principle of killing the card masters first.

Zhang Jingtian closed his eyes, intending to open his card-making space first when he returned to the dormitory, and then start preparing for Loulan's evolution.