Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 735 Change (Seeking Subscription)

Just as Shen Yu and others were celebrating the success of their plan, Pei Yan, after the meeting to confirm the plan, was in his own space studying the newly acquired Mechanical Puppet. Although he didn't know what exactly Candle Dragon and others had done to it, his intuition and cautious nature wouldn't let him be reckless or negligent on matters concerning his own life.

"Elder Lin, Gu Chu, have you found anything?" Pei Yan asked casually while squatting on the ground, examining the eight semi-puppets in front of him and pulling a few experts from the hall to help with the inspection.

Apart from the seven puppets brought today by Bai Ze, the rest consisted of half a puppet destroyed when Bai Xuelin was defeated and one obtained from swindling the Celestial Secret Pavilion's Pavilion Master. Hearing Pei Yan's inquiry, Elder Lin stopped in his tracks and said with difficulty, "This area is really not my forte. If you ask me, I can't provide any useful advice, but based on my intrinsic detection perception, these seven and a half puppets should be fine." Finishing his words, Elder Lin looked at the last Mechanical Puppet, which Bai Ze had praised as a Divine Artifact, with a lingering fear, "However, although I couldn't find anything wrong with this one either, every time my intrinsic energy runs an investigation inside it, I get more and more terrified; it's really strange. This puppet doesn't look fancy from the outside and doesn't seem to have any formidable traits, yet it gives me an eerie feeling."

"Elder Lin is right. I had the same feeling the first time I saw it, but what's even stranger is that it gives me an inexplicable attraction, making me unconsciously want to devour it and almost lose my mind," Pei Yan hastily nodded in agreement after hearing Elder Lin.

"There must be something strange about this. Shen Yu and his gang won't have any good intentions, so don't touch this thing for now," Gu Shenghui eyed the puppet warily and said, "I have already ordered Jiang Feiyang to return to the present world and invite Equipment Director Yao Xuefang here after the meeting; her abilities have a special inspection function for these devices."

Hearing this, Pei Yan knew that the matter was not urgent for the moment, nodded in agreement, and then looked at the remaining seven and a half puppets with a smile, "Then I'll absorb these puppets today. Next, I have to negotiate with the other planes; any enhancement in strength counts. Please, everyone, hold the formation for me during the absorption."

Gu Shenghui, Elder Lin, and the others had no objections, settling in the corners to protect Pei Yan while he absorbed the puppets. Seeing everyone ready, Pei Yan was not polite and reached out his hand toward the most severely damaged Bai Xuelin Mechanical Puppet, commanding loudly, "All laws are connected, absorb!"

As this power's name was shouted, the damaged puppet started to soften and distort at the point of contact with Pei Yan's hand, finally turning into a mass of liquid that flowed steadily into Pei Yan's body. Due to the severe damage of the semi-puppet, the entire absorption process did not last long before ending, and Pei Yan immediately moved to the next puppet to continue the absorption.

Repeating this process, after two hours, having absorbed five and a half puppets, Pei Yan finally stopped, sat cross-legged to meditate, and pondered the process. After over an hour, he slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath.

"Why didn't you continue absorbing? Have you reached your limit?" Elder Lin, seeing Pei Yan rise to move his muscles, stood up from his position, looking at the remaining two puppets and asked with confusion.

"No, these two puppets are left for Pei San." Pei Yan snapped his fingers, and a mechanical clone looking just like him materialized in the air. This was the mechanical body named Pei San, fused with Li Songtao's residual energy. Under Pei Yan's command, Pei San immediately set to work absorbing the remaining two Mechanical Puppets.

Seeing this, Pei Yan nodded with satisfaction, "This way, my strength and that of the clone won't be too far apart, keeping him useful."

"After absorbing these puppets, how are the gains? Any anomalies?" Gu Shenghui curiously examined Pei Yan, who didn't look notably different outwardly and asked.

"Yes! The Daoist Realm's Puppetry Technique is indeed amazing. If it weren't for my seventh-tier awakened ability, absorbing these puppets would have just been absorbing a pile of raw materials, without feeling their profoundness at all." After finishing his words, Pei Yan excitedly looked at his hands, and then quickly flipped through the puppet control techniques that Bai Ze had given him from his storage ring. With Suzi's assistance in his mind, he flew through the pages, recording everything in his memory. After some time spent in silent contemplation, he suddenly opened his eyes and commanded, "All laws are connected, merge!"

With these words, a powerful aura burst out from within Pei Yan. The Six Paths Origin Qi swirled around him, forming a vortex, forcing the onlookers to retreat repeatedly, unable to approach. As Pei Yan's mecha form continued to change, the Six Paths Origin Qi gradually merged and became consistent, finally unifying and only then returning to calm.

Those who had witnessed Pei Yan's mecha transformations multiple times were no longer surprised by this. Plus, this time, Pei Yan's mecha form didn't change much; the previously bright red body turned deep red, and the silver lines within were coated with a layer of gold on the edges. The lines remained sleek, but the entire mech looked much more ancient and steady.

"Any new abilities?" More impatient than Pei Yan, Gu Shenghui stepped forward eagerly and asked.

"Hehe, before demonstrating any new abilities, Elder Lin, you go ahead and check my changes first!" Instead of immediately answering, Pei Yan teased, extending his mechanical arm towards Elder Lin.

Elder Lin showed a look of doubt at this, wondering what he was expected to check since his abilities didn't involve meridian recovery and Pei Yan hadn't restored his physical body. Despite the curiosity, Elder Lin placed his hand on the arm, and soon his face started to change color, looking up at Pei Yan in shock, "You, you have formed meridians inside your body?"

"What does that mean?" Mei Simiao, momentarily unresponsive, asked in confusion.

"Before, my mechanical state was like my mechanical body and my flesh being separated. I could clearly feel the meridian flow in my body, but it couldn't be displayed in the mechanical body state. Besides a few key areas simulating meridian flow, the rest of the body was still purely mechanical. But the Daoist Realm's Mechanical Puppets are different!" Pei Yan explained to Mei Simiao while conducting back-and-forth experiments releasing origin qi, "Their life puppets require one's soul to be separated from the flesh, then enter the Mechanical Puppet to control it for combat. Therefore, their puppets are perfectly constructed with an internal meridian flow channel so that the Mechanical Masters can continue to cast magical spells within a puppet. Now that I have absorbed these Mechanical Puppets and undergone modification, I too have formed a simulated mechanical meridian channel within my body. Until now, I can truly say that there has been a perfect fusion between my human self, my soul, and the mechanical body!"