Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 761: Eve of the Competition (Please Subscribe)

When Pei Yan's consciousness awoke again, he found himself enveloped by a warm liquid. This warm liquid seeped slowly through his skin into his body, and the fatigue of several days was swept away under its gradual repair. He felt refreshed, with every bone thoroughly relaxed.

Opening his eyes, he discovered that he was wearing a breathing mask and soaking in a large petri dish. Startled, he began to flail his arms and legs, accidentally tearing off the breathing mask and causing a large amount of liquid to rush in, making him cough incessantly. The personnel responsible for monitoring noticed the abnormality and rushed over, pulling him out swiftly.

The drenched Pei Yan was covered with a towel blanket by the staff. After the initial bout of coughing, Pei Yan thanked the person, drying himself with the towel blanket while asking the stranger before him, "Did you come from the hall? How long have I slept? What about the others? Has the contest started?"

"I was sent here by Elder Lin. After coming out of the Jiezhi Space, you've been asleep for two days. The others have awakened before you, and as for the contest, it officially starts tomorrow." The caregiver patiently explained in response to Pei Yan's rapid-fire questions.

"Thank you!" Pei Yan expressed his gratitude, dried himself, gently stroked the ring, and dressed himself in a clean set of clothes. He then turned around, bent down, and stirred the liquid in the petri dish with his hand, amazed by the remaining energy within it.

"This liquid is composed by shattering energy-type origin fragments and integrating them into the liquid, which can speed up the recovery of your physical and mental state. Additionally, a dozen healing ability users from the hall have been providing you one-on-one support, allowing both your physical and mental states to recover to their peak in the shortest time." Seeing Pei Yan's confusion, the nurse explained with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Pei Yan chuckled silently. It seemed the energy-type fragments were the ones Gu Shenghui had extracted from him before coming to the Daoist Realm, and now they had come full circle, back to him. Thinking of this, Pei Yan patted the person's shoulder and thanked him, "It must've been quite an effort to bring this from the foundation plane, appreciate your work." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"It's no big deal. I heard you'll be competing with other planes, and if you win, our plane will finally have its glory moment! You must do your best! My friends and I believe in you!" The caregiver, looking at Pei Yan, said excitedly.

"Ah! No problem, I'll definitely win!" Thinking of the hardships he endured these days and feeling the new abilities within him, Pei Yan confidently replied.

Bidding farewell to the caregiver, Pei Yan returned to the lounge to find his companions had been waiting there for some time. He grabbed dumplings in front of Jiang Feiyang, picking them up with chopsticks and wolfing them down, he mumbled, "The contest is tomorrow, what's the situation?"

"While you were in training, the Blood Slaughterer participants arrived in Luocheng for the contest. To make a stance clear, the Immortal Palace did not prepare even a proper residence for them, handing them a random inn, just like our initial treatment." Gu Shenghui said, placing two plates of freshly cooked dumplings on the table with a smile.

"Humph, if we hadn't fought for it back then, we might've ended up as neighbors with those bastards?" Pei Yan picked up a dumpling, half laughing half crying, "What's the Blood Slaughterer's reaction? And what about the other planes?"

"The Blood Slaughterers seemed quite calm, raising no objections and settled peacefully. The other planes haven't sought out trouble specifically, apart from covert surveillance, there hasn't been any outrageous move." Mei Simiao interjected to explain.

"Phew, that's unexpected. Didn't the Magic Realm's people say they would take their shot first? Why did they stay silent after they arrived?" Pei Yan sarcastically asked while eating the dumplings, without raising his head.

Elder Lin shook his head with a bitter smile, "These Blood Slaughterers are quite clever. On the first day they arrived in Luocheng, they handed over all the competition prizes to the Immortal Palace. But these prizes are tampered with; they're wrapped in a layer of blood-colored membrane. If they die mysteriously or are attacked before the competition, the setup on these prizes will automatically activate, transmitting these items back to the Candle Dragon. Once the competitions conclude, regardless of the result, they will unlock the setup on the prizes and distribute according to the rankings."

"Oh? But this won't work!" Pei Yan swallowed the dumplings he was chewing, laughing, "This only ensures they won't be attacked before the competition. Aren't they afraid that after the competition we might renege on our words, grabbing the prizes and wiping them out?"

"No need for you to worry, Candle Dragon already reached an agreement with several major planes!" Lin Junzhao's voice suddenly echoed in everyone's mind, explaining lazily, "Those Blood Slaughter Origin Seeds are tampered with, and they've told us transparently about it. As long as they are allowed to compete fairly, and the prizes distributed according to ranks after the competition, he will remove the setup on the Origin Seeds. If any foul play occurs on our part, it will all fall apart."

"Hehe, they've really thought it through. Then, our strategy to gang up on them in the group competition can't be enacted, right?" Pei Yan's face turned cold as he spoke after hearing this.

"Not necessarily, ganging up is a strategy that doesn't violate the competition rules. If the Blood Slaughterers can't withstand it, that's their problem, Candle Dragon can't find fault with it." Lin Junzhao explained again.

Pei Yan nodded, feeling a mix of emotions, "Daring to spend such a heavy price amidst strong enemies either goes to show their high confidence in themselves or a bigger scheme. I am now more eager to see their performance on the competition day."

At this point, Pei Yan remembered something and shifted the topic, "By the way! Speaking of prizes, are our competition prizes ready?"

"Why are you worried, they were prepared long ago while you were dilly-dallying." Elder Lin mentioned this with a face full of pride and teased him.

"Really! Do we have a Divine Artifact from our world? Where did it come from? Show it to me before the competition!" Pei Yan's eyes glowed with excitement as he inquired eagerly, even stopping his meal.

At this moment, Lin Junzhao's voice resurfaced with a sigh, "The so-called Divine Artifact of our world is essentially a product left behind by the four major planes."

Pei Yan was taken aback, then immediately thought of that secret warehouse, and spoke, "Oh! I get it, you mean the artifacts stored in the secret vault?"

"No, not those! Those artifacts are problematic and sinister, and in terms of ownership, they are deposited here by several other planes. If we take their stuff as our prize, do you think they'd accept it?" Gu Shenghui waved his hand to negate it.