Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 873: Ghost Realm!

"Why? Would they collude with each other?" Pei Yan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, took a sip of beer to moisten his throat, and asked in return.

"Whether they would collude or not, I'm not sure, but what I can confirm is that Bloodshard's target is these original Hell creatures. It might be due to the influence of the aura of slaughter, there's a great commonality between them. As for what Bloodshard intends to do with these creatures, I haven't figured it out yet," the young man pondered for a moment and then said leisurely.

Hearing this, Pei Yan nodded and then asked, "What do you need me to do? Fight these Hell creatures to enhance my strength?"

"Fighting is necessary, but that's later. I told you, this time I will focus on improving your combat abilities in soul and space, to compensate for your last shortcoming in battles. As for Spatial Magic, I'm not very proficient in it, so I will use a Divine Artifact to make up for it, and after you pass the initial test, you will need to strive for this Divine Artifact yourself. As for Soul Power?"

The young man paused here, looked at Pei Yan with a smirk and said, "You'll need to risk your life to enhance it!" Speaking, the young man pointed to his feet and continued, "Below this cabin suppressed the wraiths of various Hell and Demon Race who died in vain during that Hell war. After the battle, they roamed outside causing trouble. I spared them instead of eliminating them so that I could extract fear and death power from them and trapped them in a sealed space below this cabin. Now that place could be considered a Ghost Realm."

Looking at Pei Yan, whose face grew increasingly grim, the young man's smile widened mischievously and said, "Scared?"

"Not scared!" Pei Yan gritted his teeth and squeezed out the words, staring at the young man and said slowly, "Do you want me to go down and catch ghosts?"

"No, no, no!" The young man wagged a finger in front of Pei Yan and said, "When you enter, these wraiths will constantly torment your mind, trying to invade your soul and occupy your body. Your task is to endure as long as you can inside. The longer you last, the more resilient and indestructible your soul will become."

The young man lay back on the sofa and kindly reminded, "However, I advise you, if you feel like you really can't take it, you better choose to exit immediately. With your strength, the possibility of the other side taking over your body is small. But the chance of going mad from excessive torment or suffering post-traumatic effects leading to suicide is not small. So, I say this is a dangerous training method. Will you accept it?"

"When do we start?" Pei Yan coldly uttered a question to express his attitude.

"A week later. If I put you in there now, it would be reckless. During this week, I will teach you the way to fortify your soul, only then can you maintain a clear mind in the world below. Once you're ready, I'll put you in. During this time, you and I will live in this cabin together, okay?"

"No problem!"

Both sides agreed, and in the following week, Pei Yan began the practice of fortifying his soul under the guidance of the Demon God. This process was both tedious and boring, except for the varied daily delicacies and the equally changeable appearance of the Demon God that intrigued Pei Yan.

This guy seemed not quite used to staying in one body for long. On the first day of meeting Pei Yan, he was a teenager. When they met again the next day, he had turned into a middle-aged man, afterward a robust man, a young adult, an old man. Not only did the age and identity change, but so did the personality, taking Pei Yan a long time to adapt to this strange behavior. Fortunately, regardless of how the identity changed, the gender was always male; otherwise, Pei Yan felt he might go insane before entering the trial space.

A week passed in a flash with the training, and when the Demon God, transformed into an elder, told Pei Yan that he had mastered the method of fortifying his soul, he lifted a pull-ring with a handle on the floor.

"Uh, you won't tell me that beneath this trapdoor is where the wraiths gather, will you!" Since entering the cabin, Pei Yan had noticed this secret compartment on the floor, but seeing the Demon God easily lift it still felt unbelievable.

"Think it's too simple for its status?" The Demon God smiled at Pei Yan, closed the trapdoor, gestured for Pei Yan to try, and said, "You can try with all your might to see if you can open it!"

Pei Yan shrugged indifferently and walked forward, hooked his hand through the ring, and gave it a strong tug. He couldn't help but hum as the wooden door didn't budge an inch. Now Pei Yan was interested, and he mobilized all his strength mechanically to lift it. In the whirring of the mechanical motor, his face turned red. Not to mention the wooden door, even that seemingly rusty iron ring was just pulled straight by him without any sign of breaking.

"Convinced!" Pei Yan released his grip, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and sighed, "Truly, appearances can be deceiving. Who'd think such an unremarkable thing could contain so much power."

"Don't be fooled by its plain appearance. This plank, along with the iron ring, was made by crushing and compacting Hell Beast bones. During the compacting process, it was fused with both Daoist and Magic Soul-Suppressing Runes. No one other than the original body source can move this door." With that, the Demon God bent over again, pulled up the ring, and opened the secret compartment, bending down and stepping in first.

Following the Demon God down the bend, a cold wind blew in their face. Although Pei Yan had the protective power of the source, he still shivered. Walking ahead, the Demon God kept saying, "From now on, you must follow the method I taught for soul fortification and maintain vigilance at all times to prevent external evils from invading."

"Understood!"

After that, no more words were exchanged between them. In this descending spiral passage, they didn't know how long they walked until Pei Yan felt time and space were about to displace. Only then did the Demon God stop and, peering over his shoulder, Pei Yan saw by the searchlight protruding from his body a bronze door engraved with two giant ghost heads.

"Is it behind this door?" At this moment even Pei Yan couldn't help but feel uneasy, swallowing hard to probe in a whisper.

"It's right behind. Before you go in, I have to seal your powers!" The Demon God said, turning back to place a hand on Pei Yan's shoulder. A black gas slowly injected into Pei Yan's body through his palm as he continued, "Suppress your own source energy, don't resist, or it will harm your body. This trial mainly exercises your soul power. If you use your powers freely and go berserk, it could cause great damage to yourself and the surroundings. Bear with it, and after the trial ends, and if your mind is confirmed to be fine, I will unseal you."