Time flew by.
After Shen Xi returned from her third mission, Chen Miao spent the next few days focusing on her.
The situations with Luo Sheng and Ye Jiangfan required a decision from the institute. All Chen Miao could do was wait.
If the institute kept holding the two men back, Chen Miao would shift his focus to civilian Apostles and stop wasting time on official ones.
Fortunately, the institute did not keep Chen Miao waiting long!
On the third day after their return, the Blood Gate Research Institute made its decision!
For official Blood Gate Apostles who had completed missions within the first three, the institute stipulated that they were not to come into contact with Blood Pupil!
Blood Gate Apostles undertaking their first three missions could only rely on their own abilities to survive.
Chen Miao did not particularly mind this.
After all, yin cultivation barely featured in the first three Blood Gate Worlds, and there was little information to be gained.
As for Apostles undertaking their fourth Blood Gate mission, the institute selected half of them to participate in the Blood Pupil trials.
Chen Miao guessed that the institute intended to observe how using Blood Pupil affected this group's success rate in advancing to the next mission.
If the effect was too small, or the success rate barely changed, Blood Pupil would have little value.
Rather than bear the unknown consequences Blood Pupil might bring, they would be better off abandoning it outright.
That was why Chen Miao would pay particular attention to the missions of these "official Blood Pupil Apostles" and help them survive as best he could.
As for Blood Gate Apostles undertaking the Fifth Mission, the institute's decision was... all of them would use Blood Pupil!
This decision did not particularly surprise Chen Miao.