Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 642 Elder of the Celestial Secret Pavilion (Request Subscription)

Gong Xiu Jie, hearing this and feeling supported, immediately perked up, straightening his back and pointing at Pei Yan with grief and indignation, "Like him, like him, always like him!"

"Our hero Little Nezha?" Seeing his demeanor, Pei Yan smirked and quipped with a tilt of his head.

Jiang Jingyi saw Gong Xiu Jie couldn't even speak clearly, forcibly containing his anger as he dragged him up from the ground. Two fingers flicked across Gong Xiu Jie's wrist, a flash of cold light appeared and the bindings snapped with a sound, then he pressed a hand on the swollen part of Gong Xiu Jie's face. As Spiritual Qi slowly flowed in, the injury gradually improved. Only then did he press once again, "Speak properly, what exactly happened?"

With the swelling on his face subsided allowing him to speak normally, Gong Xiu Jie looked at Pei Yan with resentment and eagerly began to accuse, "Those arrogant and rude intruders from the Fundamental Plane were dissatisfied with the accommodation our realm arranged for them. They brazenly disregarded the rules, seizing it with sinister and shameless methods, launching an ambush. After succeeding, they thoroughly humiliated us disciples and even took away my Hundred Treasure Pouch! And also, there's Junior Sister Li."

"What happened to your Junior Sister?" Jiang Jingyi roared, bursting with rage.

"Junior Sister Li, Junior Sister Li was kicked and her leg fractured, causing her to faint on the spot. Not only that, after that they continued their vicious acts, harming our Daoist Realm colleagues. The Sword Stand Man brother from Celestial Sword Manor had no enmity with them, yet in the face of these madmen's rudeness, he still treated them with courtesy and tried to persuade them kindly. Nonetheless, these people were relentless and aggressive, forcing Sword Stand Man into a fight, leaving him at the brink of life and death!"

Whether Gong Xiu Jie was genuinely emotional or deliberately adding fuel to the fire, he spoke with passion and sorrow, tearing up to the point of almost fainting. Upon hearing this, Pei Yan raised an eyebrow and sneered, "The way you say it even I feel like I'm quite a scumbag. Do you feel bold because there's backing now? Do you believe I can make sure you never speak again now?"

"You insolent brat!" Jiang Jingyi flung his large sleeve angrily and retorted, "Daring to utter such violent threats in front of this old man, one can only imagine how arrogant you were when unchecked. Even if my disciples were lacking in hospitality, you should've waited for your master to address it with us afterward. Our Celestial Secret Pavilion would give you a fair explanation. Yet, now you not only humiliate our sect's disciples but also seek trouble and harm others to establish dominance. Our Daoist Plane stands as one; celebrated by one, celebrated by all, harmed by one, harmed by all. Are you so arrogant as to think our Daoist Realm lacks people?"

"Oh? Arrogant face?" He said as he raised his hand and a wisp of flame flickered between his fingers. Then he lit the cigarette in his mouth, took a drag, and exhaled slowly, pointing at his own face with a malevolent grin, "Are you referring to this guise? After all these words, you only got one thing right: I am here to establish dominance! Unlike some, wanting to be both something and nothing! 'As one,' my foot!"

Pei Yan spat on the ground with the hand holding the cigarette and pointed at the shattered metal puppet with sarcasm, "As one? Did you pay no mind when that Sword Stand Man was about to die? As one? You kept attacking with Liu Jian'Er in my arms, betting we'd show kindness and protect both during our evasion. Among those present, were there any who weren't heroes and dignitaries? Who do you think you're fooling! Plainly creating a fait accompli, scheming to kill two birds with one stone by borrowed knives."

"Pei Yan, to this point you still dare to distort the truth and spew such vulgarities. Uncle-Master, you've seen how this person turns black into white, sowing discord. We beg you to swiftly take action and punish him, to give justice to our many disciples." Gong Xiu Jie saw his Uncle-Master was rendered speechless by Pei Yan's rebuttal and hurriedly stepped forward to prompt him.

"Gong Surnamed, do you remember what I said before?"

The sound made Gong Xiu Jie shiver all over, turning to see Pei Yan, who was extinguishing his cigarette on the ground, looking at him with a sinister smile. He moved behind Jiang Jingyi and mustered up the courage to shout, "You insolent madman, now that my Uncle-Master is here, how can you still act wantonly!"

"Eh, you're just a fool!" Pei Yan sighed, suddenly the light flicked in his left eye, and while his voice still lingered, the person was already gone.

"You brat, how dare you!"

Feeling the Spiritual Qi undulate behind him, Jiang Jingyi furiously turned and chopped down with his palm. However, just as his hand raised in mid-air, it couldn't descend further; not only that, the Spiritual Qi within his body rapidly streamed outwards. Alarmed, Jiang Jingyi hurriedly sealed the flow of Qi within, looking down closely only to discover that countless invisible threads had entwined his body at some point, these threads continuously gnawing and absorbing the Qi within him. Through the corner of his eye, he traced the threads' origin to see an elderly, plump figure resembling his own, grinning widely at him.

At the same moment Pei Yan made his move, the two elder observers in the air from Celestial Secret Pavilion, Bai Xuelin and Shi Yuansi, also mobilized. However, their actions were impeded by others, as Elder Lin and Elder Zuo, resembling two insurmountable mountains, stood between the elders and Gong Xiu Jie.

"Ah!" A scream echoed, captured them in a single move again! This time Gong Xiu Jie approached with utmost caution, yet could not outpace Pei Yan's assault. After a single exchange, he was fiercely punched in the ribs, and even as he tried to retaliate, he was unfortunately fixated once more by that uncanny eye, causing the Qi within him to be suppressed again.

"Why not keep insulting? Why stop?" Pei Yan looked down on Gong Xiu Jie, who was drenched in sweat, too scared to speak, trembling, taking out a Binding Ring from his storage ring and locking it on the latter's hand. Then he kicked him over and stomped on him, shouting loudly, "What now? For this wretch, you fellows thinking of sparring with our Pavilion's elders?"

Right after speaking, a crisp clinking of metal resounded, Pei Yan glanced over to see dozens of silver lights fluttering around Jiang Jingyi's body. Through the Mechanical Eye's magnification, Pei Yan astonishingly found that each silver light was a metallic silver swallow. Each flying swallow, cutting through the air, with its sharp beak severed one invisible thread strangling Jiang Jingyi, going back and forth until eventually, Jingyi's body shook free from the constraints, flying upwards to join his two brothers in the sky.

Only then did Bai Xuelin perceive something was amiss, regretting underestimating the Investigation Pavilion's power. This initial probing revealed that the opponents were three individuals equivalent to practitioners of the Celestial Human Realm, whereas he and his brothers were merely of the Asura Realm. While the Daoist Realm's cultivation techniques might wield the power of heaven and earth, he wasn't confident in defeating them, and feared injuries would be unavoidable afterward.