With the jar's departure, the matters Bai Zhi needed to handle in the Shadow World had also come to an end.
When he had first come to the Shadow World, he had merely wanted to deal with the arrangements concerning Mechanical City. He had never expected to take care of so many other matters along the way.
...Especially the Shadow World itself.
After so much time had passed, the weight in his heart had finally been lifted.
From this day onward, the Shadow World could finally be considered officially on the right track.
Because they had been delayed in the Shadow World for far too long, by the time Bai Zhi and Qingyi returned to the Real World, it was already nearing dusk.
Radiance spilled across the sky as the sun set.
Since he had spent too much time in the Shadow World, by the time he returned to the Real World, Fireworks of Romance had already gone back to Zhu Rong's place. As for everyone else, they were all waiting for him, their Guild Master. Everything that needed packing had already been packed; they were simply waiting for him to return so they could set off together.
After returning, the first thing Bai Zhi did was gather everyone for a brief guild meeting.
Back then, they had no money. The guild's only source of income had been the qualification certificate Lin Xiaoyi had painstakingly won for selling [Small Game ▪ Plants vs. Zombies] externally. Sometimes, they even had to pick up extra work at the shops opened in the Shadow World...
It would not be an exaggeration to say that, in the past, the entire [What] Guild had been supported almost entirely by Lin Xiaoyi, the Vice Guild Master. She had seemed more like the Guild Master than he