Goodbye, Tianxuan Gate!

"I sure hope the guy survives this…" Xu Xiaoshou prayed inwardly.

"Well, I guess it serves him right for daring to mess with Jie here. Seems like he doesn't quite get the concept of 'never judge a book by its cover.'"

After seeing Zhou Tianshen disappear inside the portal, Xu Xiaoshou was feeling rather flattered.

"That thing opened right here to pick me up instead of appearing somewhere near the gate, huh?" he thought. "Is this some kind of reward for those who go out of their way to get things done?"

"Jie!" Xu Xiaoshou looked at the puppet child, and his mouth twitched for a bit. "We're leaving."

Jie looked at the portal, a flicker of doubt in its eyes. "Mama…"

"Shrink!" Xu Xiaoshou didn't bother yapping with it. Judging from the information he'd learned earlier, it would be very difficult to maintain that portal, even if it was Ye Xiaotian doing it.