Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 621: New Task (Subscription Requested)

Pei Yan looked at Gu Shenghui with a face full of confusion. In the Hell Plane, he was the leader because he was the pioneer and had established a joint force locally, but this time, virtually the entire hall was in action. In terms of age, seniority, and position, he did not qualify to be the leader.

As if seeing through Pei Yan's thoughts, Gu Shenghui draped an arm around him and said while walking to the dormitory, "Do you think this time is just a simple visit? Aside from the factors I mentioned to you before, another purpose of the Six Mansions of the Immortal Palace selection is to examine how talented the youth in the various planes have become over these five hundred years."

"Examine?"

"Yes, examine. Every five hundred years, after selecting the new Six Mansions during the sword competition, these six mansions will send disciples who have been practicing for less than five hundred years to compete against disciples of the same age from other planes. The ultimate winner will receive generous rewards from the Six Mansions of the Immortal Palace. Hence, the major planes see this as a great opportunity to showcase their own strength. However, in the past, our cornerstone plane didn't even have the opportunity to participate. This is the first time we have the chance to be involved." Gu Shenghui's excitement was evident as he expressed his hopes, looking at Pei Yan intently.

Feeling a bit uncomfortable under Gu Shenghui's gaze, Pei Yan shivered and retorted, "By this standard, you can participate too. Don't say Elder Lin can participate! None of you have lived past two hundred years."

Full of hope, Gu Shenghui was almost upset by his words into fainting, slapping Pei Yan on the back and shouting angrily, "What do you mean none have lived past two hundred years? How do you know we can't break the life expectancy limit?"

"That's not what I meant, I mean..."

"I know what you mean! According to the rules, we can indeed participate, but that's not what we want. I want to strike a heavy blow to the arrogance of the four major planes in recent years at this conference. Even if Elder Lin and I win, it won't have the best effect. Only you! You all, the youngest existence in the hall, can give them the maximum shock and deterrence. The next few decades or even longer will be your world. I want you to plant the shadow of our mighty presence in the minds of the younger generation of the major planes, so they will deeply remember this. Do you understand?"

Watching Gu Shenghui's excited appearance, Pei Yan pondered for a moment and finally nodded, "I understand!" Then he shrugged, relaxed, and said, "But you don't have to be so tense. Based on my time spent with the Demon Race, even with their genius speed, at five hundred years they would be at most like our seventh level of awakening. I've seen enough of such opponents; defeating them is as easy as searching for something in a bag. If I can't even do that, it would truly be letting down the immense investment the hall has made in me."

"Eh, I'm just worried about you having that kind of mindset." Gu Shenghui sighed, then warned, "The reason you're so formidable, apart from the hall's investment, relies on the care of the original essence within you. The power of the six major planes is at your command, plus the opportunities you've seized through several life-and-death battles to break through, right?"

Pei Yan nodded with a hint of pride, "That's right!"

"But have you forgotten that you alone possess such a status among these major planes? Have you forgotten what you said when you handed the Death Seed obtained from the Demon Race to me four years ago?"

Gu Shenghui's reminder hit Pei Yan like a bucket of cold water, awakening him from his recent arrogance. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you saying that candidates from the original essence of other planes might also participate in this competition?"

"It's very possible. Otherwise, why would the Demon Race send Xila as the leader? Pei Yan, you're not the only one striving in this world, nor are you the only one with incomparable resources. If those people really enter the competition, considering their status in their own planes, the natural resources their original essence bestows upon them won't be much less than yours."

"Hehe, hehe! Hahaha!" At first, Pei Yan just chuckled coldly to Gu Shenghui's words, but soon his laughter grew louder until he burst out laughing, startling everyone passing by the parade ground into stopping and staring.

"Ah!" Pei Yan, who laughed until he was out of breath and bent over, barely straightened up with his hand on Gu Shenghui's shoulder, wiping away the tears from laughter as he lamented, "You know, Gu Chu, it was just now that I finally felt this trip might be somewhat interesting. I remember Xila saying that the moment she learned of my existence, what she most wanted was to have a showdown with me. Am I not the same?"

As he said this, Pei Yan extended his mechanized arm, his emotions gradually stabilizing into calmness, "Rest assured, I will definitely adjust my state to face this battle in my strongest form, even if a lion fights a rabbit I'll use all my strength."

"Good, that's good! We set off tomorrow, so get a good rest tonight. But before you rest, I need to take you to meet some people."

"Meet some people?"

"Yes, a group of people who very much want to see you, and one person I think you might want to meet."

Gu Shenghui's attempt at being mysterious didn't surprise Pei Yan. So when he arrived in the newly constructed training space in the hall via the Teleportation Array, he didn't show the expected astonishment Gu Shenghui anticipated.

"Are you calm? What do you think of this training space?" Gu Shenghui pretended to be slightly disappointed and asked.

With eyes closed, feeling the flow of elemental energy around, Pei Yan realized that the entire training space had been divided into two areas, belonging respectively to the Taoist and Magic planes' elemental energies. This is the energy flowing through most agents' bodies in the hall. Both main elements seemed to have been suppressed and reduced, preventing the elemental concentration from being too intense, so even if the present agents trained here long-term, they wouldn't go insane or explode from energy overload.

"How did you simulate the time flow here to match that of the major planes?" Pei Yan squinted upward at the blazing sun and asked.

"By utilizing arrays and spatial fissures, this place is equivalent to an independent large Jiezhi Space where we've opened multiple fissures linking it to the Taoist and Magic planes, making its time consistent with those planes while not affecting the outside world."

Gu Shenghui waved his hand, pointing proudly at this piece of heaven and earth, "Here, we've constructed mountains, rivers, deserts, swamps, dense forests, grasslands, and gobi. We strive to simulate more scenes to make the new recruits in the hall get closer to actual combat during their training. This wasn't something you enjoyed when you first joined the hall."

Hearing this, Pei Yan smacked his lips and sighed, "When I first joined the investigation hall and Captain Hu introduced this Jiezhi Space to me, I said then." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"What did you say? Could you have foreseen that such a training ground would be built today?" Seeing Pei Yan's expression of regret, Gu Shenghui asked in surprise.

Pei Yan shook his head, "No, I said that if this thing could be mass-produced, our housing prices wouldn't be so high."

"Pfft!"