Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 614 - 4 Years of Change (Seeking Subscription)

These four years, everyone has been changing, except for the instigator of these series of events, Pei Yan! It seems that Pei Yan has been stuck in one place for four years, remaining at the Tier Six Awakening Peak. As one companion after another surpasses him, he stays unmoved, unworried and calm, facing difficulties without forcing himself to enhance his power.

Now he sits alone by the window, watching footage brought back from the hall about his family's life. The small shop back home has closed, and after some advice from visitors, his parents vaguely understand the special nature of his work. Not only has the hall given special economic assistance to his family, but it has also relocated his close relatives to a closely guarded residential area, where the families of key members from the investigation hall, migrated from all over, live and are assigned housing for concentrated protection.

Watching, over and over again without boredom, his parents greeting new neighbors while leaving in the morning for exercise, then going to the morning market to buy groceries before cooking meals at home, Pei Yan feels no monotony. If counting the year he first joined the investigation hall, he actually hasn't seen his parents for six years. After each survival from disaster, he hopes more to return to that warm home, to be scolded by the father he once disliked facing, and to eat the braised pork ribs made by his mother.

Just as Pei Yan is immersed in the beautiful anticipation of life at home, a knock suddenly sounds from behind, he sighs, gently closes the laptop, absorbs it into his body, wipes his slightly moist eyes, and discontentedly says, "Didn't I say not to disturb me during this period?"

"Master, your teacher, Mr. Gu, wants to see you," came a muffled response from outside the room.

"Got it!" Pei Yan rests his hand on the table, stands up, and turns to grab a coat from the rack to put on, opens the door, where two guards stand on either side of the doorway, upon Pei Yan's emergence, they simultaneously step back, pound their chests, and bow respectfully.

Pei Yan is indifferent contrasting sharply with their respectful attitude, wearing slippers and draping a coat, he ambles down the stairs. The two behind him are unperturbed, trailing protectively.

Chimeric demons, four years of warfare, Belina the Mephist and an unnamed demon with Pei Yan, both fell in fierce battles, leaving behind two whom Pei Yan renamed as chimeric demons. With Pei Yan accompanying him in life-or-death encounters, Pei Yan fulfilled his initial promise, bringing great benefits not only to the families of the four.

Moreover, Pei Yan invested most of the substandard Demon Race essence fragments he collected over four years into the two, making these two wholeheartedly follow Pei Yan without hesitation, the reason being that after the last battle cracking the path to the Holy City, they received a private meeting with the Demon God. Not only did the Demon God commend their contributions in battle, but personally upgraded their bloodline quality, allowing them to seize this opportunity to break through boundaries to the upper middle tier.

And the Demon God's task for the two is just one, which is to unconditionally obey the commands of Prince Silver Wing, from then on they became the Prince's personal guards. If anything happens to the Prince, and they die before the Prince, their families would face annihilation, but if they die protecting the master, the Demon God promises their families won't just avoid decline but will receive attention and assurance from several family clans to ensure their families' prosperity.

Hence the last trace of dissatisfaction and barrier in their hearts towards Pei Yan dissipated, and they follow after for servitude.

In the downstairs hall, chewing betel nut, Gu Shenghui squints his eyes, amusedly appreciating the array of artworks in the hall. Footsteps sound from behind. He turns to see Pei Yan dragging his steps over with a face of discontent.

"Greetings to His Highness, the Prince," Gu Shenghui steps forward, mimicking scenes from Qing drama, sleeves drawn, bowing in salute with a cheeky smile.

"Rise!" Pei Yan lazily responds.

"You're really enjoying that title, huh?" having been played by Pei Yan, Gu Shenghui laughs and curses, rising.

"I'm telling you Gu Chu, Teacher Gu, Comrade Old Gu! People have limits on how much they can rest, after all. You said to give us a long vacation for some rest. Look, it's barely been four days, and you're already here! I'm telling you, no way! Not happening! This month, don't expect me to be in any battle! Anyway, nothing's happening; they are guarding vigilantly!" Pei Yan says as he flops onto a chair, removes a slipper, and shamelessly starts picking his toes.

"You said it, any mission is off?"

"Yeah right, I'm not going. If the world wants to end, let it go ahead. I think it won't miss me at all." Pei Yan, like a pig unafraid of boiling water, continues picking his toes.

"Well then, this family visiting and then traveling to the Daoist Plane's slot, it's just…"

"What did you just say?" Pei Yan, hearing this, suddenly raises his head, two beams of light flashing in his eyes, questioning sharply.

"You said you're not going?"

"Stop blabbering and get on with it! What's going on?"

Gu Shenghui doesn't reply but gives Pei Yan a knowing look, Pei Yan immediately gets his drift, gesturing to the chimeric duo to retreat, and after their departure, Gu Shenghui speaks with emotion, "Tsk tsk, no wonder Xiaojiang says your posturing's getting bigger, living alone in a villa, with two eighth-tier awakened beings as bodyguards, Pei Yan, now nobody in the hall mentions your Mechanical Tiger nickname, everyone calls you Prince Pei."

"Do you think I want them sticking around me all day? I initially wanted to try, but after investment, I couldn't let go. Ever since returning from the Holy City, they've stuck to me like glue, afraid something would happen to me—it's annoying! Actually, you don't need to avoid them, we could just speak Mandarin," Pei Yan says helplessly.

Hearing this, Gu Shenghui pulls out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, takes one out, throws it before Pei Yan, and says gravely, "A heart wary of others is indispensable, it's been four years, we've used Mandarin quite frequently with each other during this time, are you sure they haven't picked up a phrase or two? Don't underestimate others' intellect; can you completely control these two now?"

Pei Yan takes the cigarette, nods in agreement, "They have nanomechanical insects planted inside their bodies, maintaining round-the-clock surveillance with no anomalies. Moreover, my techniques haven't been broken through; if needed, I can kill them at any time. Tell me about the thing you mentioned earlier? Can I go home now?"

"Yes, although the time's short, you can go home to see your parents, your sister can also go with you, the hall has arranged everything," Gu Shenghui replies while lighting a cigarette.

"Then what about matters here?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"You said it, it's already a stalemate here, whether you're here or not, nothing's going to change in the short term. Both sides are looking for an opportunity to shift the situation." Gu Shenghui says, exhaling smoke gravely, "And this opportunity has already appeared."