Early that morning, Chen Miao boarded a vehicle back to Tianmen County with Zhao Gongzi and Shen Xi.
Meanwhile, at the Blood Gate Apostle Research Institute within the Administration's Headquarters, Director Luo Que was listening to a report from one of his subordinates.
"You're saying a Blood Gate Apostle encountered another Blood Gate Apostle who could draw talismans in the Blood Gate World during a mission?"
"That's right."
"Bring him here."
After his subordinate left, Luo Que fell into thought.
Luo Que had originally been the Heavenly Profound Star at the Administration's Headquarters. His responsibilities had not been in this field, but in researching the connections between the Heavenly Spirits, Earthly Fiends, blessed lands and grotto heavens, and Immortals and Gods.
After the Blood Gate appeared, Headquarters had reassigned him and established the Blood Gate Apostle Research Institute. Not only had he been appointed its director, but several Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends had also been assigned duties there.
At first, Luo Que had been somewhat reluctant to take the directorship. After all, his original field of research interested him more.
But once he truly understood the Blood Gate's circumstances, Luo Que changed his mind.
What lay behind the Blood Gate might rival what he had previously been researching.
He became even more certain of this after learning about the relationship between the world behind the Blood Gate and the Mortal World.
Thus, Luo Que had been paying close attention to Blood Gate Apostles lately, trying every possible way to improve their survival rate in the Blood Gate World.
But the Blood Gate imposed too many restrictions. The Administration had plenty of methods for dealing with ghosts, yet none could be brought inside by Blood Gate Apostles.
Moreover, Blood Gate missions occurred too frequently for the Administration to arrange conventional