Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 752: Shocking Secret of the Magic Realm (Part 1) (Subscription Requested)

"Hehehehe." Listening to Pei Yan's unequivocal refusal, Xila sat in her seat, continuously sneering and mocking, "At the end of the day, isn't it just that you think our offering is not enough?"

"Precisely!" Facing the mockery, Pei Yan candidly replied, "It's not that we're being unreasonable. The returns we gain from such a major affair do not remotely match the costs we have to bear. The divine artifact you offer may appeal to me, but I cannot allow my brothers to bleed and fight merely for my personal gain, you understand?"

"Understood!" Xila clapped her hands as she stood, pretending to leave. After walking a few steps to the door, she suddenly seemed to remember something important. She stopped, turned back to Pei Yan, and said with a half-smile, "If interests can't move your hearts, what about hatred?"

"What do you mean by that?" Pei Yan was taken aback, puzzled by the words.

Xila strolled leisurely to Pei Yan's side amidst the surprised gazes, bending down to whisper softly in his ear. Initially, Pei Yan wasn't accustomed to Xila's sudden intimate gesture, but he was quickly captivated by what she said, his expression shifting from confusion to disbelief, and finally to rage. With a loud bang, he suddenly slapped the tea table beside him, the sturdy redwood teaware shattering under his hit, splinters scattering and hitting Gu Shenghui, who looked at Pei Yan in astonishment, clueless about what Xila had said to provoke such anger in him.

"Is what you said true?" Pei Yan looked at Xila, his voice slightly trembling.

"Of course!" Xila replied, raising her head in pride, smiling as expected. Having been familiar with Pei Yan's temperament over five years, she knew that this intel was truly the ace in this negotiation. After the entice, she threw this killer move. She was sure he couldn't escape her grasp.

After pacing furiously in the room, Pei Yan, gradually calming down, looked at Xila again with skepticism, "Can I trust you? How do I know you're not lying, just to trap me?"

"I can swear by my name to the Demon God, if any of what I just said is false, then I shall make no progress in my magical cultivation; my future will be ruined, and I will not enter reincarnation after death, never finding salvation!" As she spoke, Xila drew a dagger from her waist, its cold gleam flashing as she cut open her left palm. Using her right hand, she smeared the blood across her forehead and chest, drawing some peculiar symbols, chanting a verse as a dark aura emerged from her body and soared into the sky, sealing the oath.

After this, Xila tossed the dagger in front of Pei Yan, sneering, "If you think I'm the Demon God's Child, and such an oath is just rhetoric, there's nothing I can do. I can only tell you the oath has been made, not even my father, the Demon God, can alter it. This is the rule! Pick up that dagger, and if one day you find I'm lying, you can use the dagger to stab my heart, and I will be utterly defenseless!"

After hearing all this, Pei Yan bent down to pick up the dagger before him, unsheathing the blade that was once gleaming silver-white, now dark red after being tainted by the blood curse. Having spent a long time in the Hell Plane, he had heard about the gravity of Demon Race oaths; once made in one's name, it was an unwavering connection with the world. If violated, the dagger before him would turn from dark red to pitch black, at that time, when used to stab the oath-taker, all of her demonic magic would be nullified before the dagger.

Returning the dagger to its sheath, Pei Yan had come to believe Xila's words by seventy to eighty percent. He turned to her and pursued, "How did you get this information?"

"Just like we can't tell you the complications between us and the Magic Realm, we can't reveal how this intel was obtained. All I can say is, although we've decided to break and become enemies with the Magic Realm publicly, on the surface we remain steadfast allies, long-term collaborators. Allies, right? It's always easier to get internal intelligence." Xila brushed her hair and chuckled bitterly.

Reflecting on her words, Pei Yan soon laughed, as if reciting a tongue twister, "So you're saying you know the Magic Realm is secretly doing something extremely wrong to you, but the Magic Realm doesn't know that you know the truth, so your Demon God still pretends to be brothers with them, secretly sharpening knives, waiting to stab them at any moment? Both sides are acting, each with their own agenda?"

This time, Xila responded only with a knowing smile at Pei Yan, who nodded in recognition, pondering for a moment before saying, "In any case, this is significant. Sorry, I can't make this decision alone; I need to discuss with the leadership in the hall before replying to you."

With a gesture of 'as you wish', Xila and Samikina both returned to their reclining chairs, remaining silent. Pei Yan signaled to Gu Shenghui, and the group left the living room, heading to the back hall.

"Your previous actions were excellent; resisting temptation and rejecting their offer was a wise decision." Walking alongside Pei Yan, Gu Shenghui said as they moved, "But later, what did she say that made you so furious?"

"She said Moira is Little Vlad!" Pei Yan said through clenched teeth.

"Who?" Gu Shenghui initially did not react after hearing the name, asking again.

"Little Vlad! Before the Secret Prison incident, infiltrated the Foundation Plane, incited Song Mingyuan to cause the university tragedy, then seriously injured by Jiumu in the Secret Prison battle, subsequently outmaneuvered by Du Guangyuan and fled, later orchestrating the Jiayuan District case where the homeowner's daughter, Lei Youting, disappeared, then during the rescue of Du Guangyuan's lover, he and his father attacked my team!" Pei Yan recounted Little Vlad's actions somberly.

Gu Shenghui realized who it was during Pei Yan's mention of the Secret Prison incident and was as shocked as Pei Yan had been initially. Wang Wenze, who was accompanying, exclaimed, "You must be joking! Or Xila is lying! We've seen Little Vlad, haven't we? He's a man! Moira's gender and appearance are completely different, how could they be related?"

"Right!" Xia Yu echoed, "Moreover, they belong to rival forces: the Dark Council and the Magic Realm's three major churches. How could he be chosen as the Child of Origin?"

"Who says darkness must always oppose the light? These two are inherently intertwined," Pei Yan said, scanning the group with deep meaning, "This is indeed a misconception in our thinking, making assumptions about other planes based on Daoist Realm's Lin Ruxue's attitude towards the Underworld. But let's not forget, both the Dark Council and the Underworld were originally established by the Origin itself."