"Now isn't the best time to make contact with the Ruthless Great Emperor. I'd better put it off for now!"
Xiao Xie pondered in secret and withdrew his gaze from the Ruthless Great Emperor.
"Fellow laymen, I have matters to attend to, so I'll be taking my leave first. Please be careful."
Xiao Xie turned to call out to Ye Fan and the others, then vanished from before their eyes without waiting for their reactions.
The fact that Xiao Xie had helped Ye Fan and the others survive the crisis on Mars was already more than enough.
He had no desire to babysit this bunch of brats, so leaving first was for the best.
Ye Fan and the others opened their mouths as they watched Xiao Xie disappear, but ultimately gave up.
Although they wanted Xiao Xie to protect them, he had left without paying them any heed. Clearly, he did not wish to travel with them any longer.
"What's that Daoist doing?"
"Why did he leave by himself? Is he just going to stand by and watch us die?"
"We're all together. How can he be so cold-blooded?"
Seeing Xiao Xie abandon them outright, Li Xiaoman and the others could not help complaining, as though Xiao Xie owed them something.
"Shut up, all of you! Without Daoist Wu Tian, we would've died on Mars already. He isn't our nanny, and he's already done more than enough. You aren't children anymore, so can you stop being so childish?"
Hearing Li Xiaoman and the others complain, Pang Bo rebuked them impatiently.
Pang Bo and the others were no longer students in school.
After struggling in society for several years, they had long understood that no one was obligated to treat them well.
If Xiao Xie was willing to protect them, it