Otherworldly Affairs Office

Chapter 1143: The Cursed Contract

"Why are there so few of them? Is the process dangerous?" Anyway, since he couldn’t descend into the blood pool right now, Pei Yan, standing idly, asked, eager to know more details."Danger is secondary; the primary reason is that such contracts are incredibly hard to establish. Most people can’t find a mythical beast compatible with them. For mythical beasts weaker than oneself, those with greater strength are unwilling to entrust their lives to them, and stronger mythical beasts are unwilling to form this contract with those weaker than themselves. Even if their strengths are roughly equivalent, various reasons may cause them to miss the opportunity. So, although this contract is powerful, over the years, I’ve only heard of two people successfully establishing it. They indeed demonstrated combat prowess far surpassing cultivators of their generation. However, unfortunately, these two didn’t get very far. They fell in a joint siege, along with the mythical beasts they had contracted with, before reaching their peak. Thus, this contract is also called the ’cursed contract.’

"Hey, I’m about to sign this contract with your Young Master, and you’re so straightforwardly telling me it’s a cursed contract—is that really okay?" Long Jin said, prompting Pei Yan to laugh and tease.

"You’ll find out sooner or later from outsiders, so why not let you know earlier rather than seem like we deliberately concealed and deceived you? Besides, whether I tell you or not, will it have any impact on your future? From the moment you became famous at the Sword Discussion Conference, no, actually, from the moment you became the first true Child of Origin, your fate was destined to face more challenges and crises than ordinary cultivators. Becoming a signer of the symbiotic contract is just adding a bit more difficulty on this dangerous journey. But compared to the benefits you gain, this difficulty is negligible."

Long Jin sighed, "Ultimately, it’s because we are too weak. The teacher believes that merely having the three of us disciples isn’t enough to safeguard the interests of all tribes in the Dragon Realm after it vanishes. So, it had to summon back its bloodline and bind you to the chariot. We are also taking a gamble. For you, the current Young Master may seem too weak, but for us, signing a symbiotic contract with you, given the same dangerous situation you are about to face, is a risk. After all, should you perish, the Young Master won’t escape unscathed either. However, I believe in your strength and hope you two can break this ’curse.’

"Then, I also hope that this symbiotic contract you’ve mentioned can truly bring such a great increase to my strength." Having said this, Pei Yan looked at the blood pool before him, watching as the blood plasma within inexplicably started to swirl, soon forming a substantial vortex in the center of the pool. Before he could ask, Long Jin spoke first, "The blood pool over there has already been activated. Both pools are now connected. I believe the teacher has already taken the Young Master into another secret chamber nearby. Soon, the Young Master will enter the blood pool."

"Oh! Then I guess I should get ready to go down?" As Pei Yan spoke, he was about to approach the edge of the pool, but Long Jin blocked his way and said, "You cannot enter the pool wearing anything; it will hinder your absorption of the bloodline and affect the process of resonating with the Young Master."

Pei Yan did not object to this, changing his clothes in front of Long Jin with an expression of composure. Long Jin, however, noticed her face flush slightly upon witnessing Pei Yan’s actions. She only realized at the end that Pei Yan’s crucial parts were naturally obscured by a mist, making it impossible for others to see his body.

"Miss Long Jin, isn’t it a bit... to stare at me like this?" Pei Yan, noticing Long Jin staring intently and dazed at his body, scratched his head and reminded her helplessly.

"Oh! Um... I was just, just, Mr. Pei Yan, it’s been a few days, and your Qi Control Technique has significantly improved." Awakened by his words, Long Jin hurriedly turned her head away, awkwardly smoothing her hair with her fingers.

"Just average! Miss Long Jin, you flatter me. Is there anything else I need to pay attention to?" Seeing her embarrassed demeanor, Pei Yan refrained from further teasing and changed the topic.

"Oh, there’s one more thing regarding your bloodline. Compared to the Young Master’s pure bloodline of our tribe, the bloodline within you is rather mixed. You have the bloodline of an ordinary human and that of the Demon Race."

"I also absorbed some bloodline of the Blood Race, but I’ve always kept it hidden and never used it." Pei Yan recalled the incident before Lei Youting died, extracting essence from Little Vlad Cepesh and injecting it into himself, interrupting Long Jin’s unfinished words.

"You have a Blood Race bloodline?" Long Jin reacted with a face full of astonishment, then nodded, "Well, you indeed surprised me. Okay! You know yourself how complex the bloodline within you is, and you don’t have the ability like Blood Chasa to devour and accommodate all bloodlines. If you absorb more of our tribe’s bloodline, it will surely cause rejection with the existing bloodlines within you, though I believe with your current physique, you can endure this bloodline struggle and ultimately complete fusion..."

With that, Long Jin took out a wax pill from her Storage Necklace, pinched its surface to reveal the pill inside, and offered it to Pei Yan, "Take this."

"What is this?" Pei Yan questioned while accepting the pill, tossing it into his mouth without pause. As the pill went down his throat, a sense of coolness spread throughout, and just as Pei Yan was about to comfortably exhale, the cooling sensation swiftly descended, sprawling rapidly, chilling half of his body as if frozen.

"Don’t use your origin energy to resist the potency of the medicine." Seeing Pei Yan attempting to mobilize his energy to counter the drug’s effects, Long Jin urgently stopped him, explaining, "This medicine temporarily suppresses the Bloodline Power within you. Once you jump into the blood pool, rely on absorbing the bloodline within the pool to slowly disperse this drug power. In this process, channel your origin energy to integrate and harmonize your Bloodline Power."

"Un-Unders-stood!" Unable to use his origin energy to ward off the cold, Pei Yan’s teeth chattered as he pointed to the blood pool, asking, "How long will I have to wait before I can go in?"

Long Jin didn’t respond immediately but stared at the beast head on the wall. Only when the blood column flowing from the first beast head at the center of the cliff began to slow did Long Jin say, "It’s done; now is the best time to descend into the blood pool, go ahead!"

The rest of Long Jin’s words barely registered as Pei Yan eagerly leaped into the blood pool upon hearing ’it’s done.’ Entering the blood pool, the expected warmth akin to a hot spring didn’t occur; instead, Pei Yan felt even colder, recalling Long Jin’s advice, he submerged himself, stabilizing his position in the center of the pool’s vortex, beginning to channel his origin energy to absorb the Bloodline Power around him.