Chapter 1363: Setting the Trap

Chapter 1363: Chapter 1363: Setting the Trap

Mei Simiao did not deny Pei Yan’s speculation, straightening his sleeves as he sat on the chair and looked at the other, jokingly saying, "It’s too early to discuss these matters now, but there is something waiting for you to handle — how do you plan to arrange your new little apprentice sister?"

"Ah!" Pei Yan heard this and sank back into the massage chair, hand on his forehead in pain, "Has that little girl already been sent here? Is Immortal Palace so impatient?"

"Sent! She came along with the batch preparing to go to headquarters, they said she should learn in advance the essentials of living on the Keystone Plane. She’s being looked after by your sister now!" Mei Simiao withdrew his gaze from Pei Yan, thinking back to the surprising scene in the hall when the little girl arrived, he chuckled.

"I’ve already promised, so there’s no backing out! Can she be arranged in the hall?" Pei Yan stood up from the massage chair, reaching back to take it in and walked to the long table, poured himself a glass of water, and said helplessly.

"No problem, I’ve already informed the hall. Her preliminary identity is set as your cousin, whose parents died unexpectedly and was adopted by your parents. Since your parents have already moved away from their previous circle, the likelihood of this lie being exposed is quite small, but it’s up to you and your parents to communicate how to accept her and explain this arrangement. As for how to teach, monitor, and manage her schooling and other matters afterward, you don’t need to worry — the hall won’t let you worry about everything." Mei Simiao withdrew his smile, looking sympathetic.

"Alright! I’ll speak on this matter! Anyway, over the foreseeable future, my sister and I will find it hard to be at home. My parents shouldn’t object to looking after a child. Once this busy period is over, I’ll personally teach her. Whether she learns much is another matter, but in any case, she needs to develop a good impression of the Keystone Plane, which will benefit cooperation between the two planes in the future." Pei Yan said while drinking water, yawning casually asking, "Anything else? Otherwise, I’ll rest first and then wait for news from the Embroidered Robe Envoy."

"Yes! There are clues about what Old Gu is doing now."

Pei Yan, who was ready to go back upstairs to rest, perked up at this; he was well aware of the importance of what Gu Shenghui was handling — it was related to everyone’s family safety. Pei Yan immediately sat opposite Mei Simiao and asked, "How is it? Is it feasible?"

"Very difficult, Ye Ruozai’s divination and upgraded detection results indicate that an unknown force attempted to infiltrate here for investigation. Although this force didn’t deeply penetrate, only leaving traces on the periphery, it proved someone was indeed plotting against the family area." Mei Simiao adjusted his position, leaning sideways on the armrest, moving closer to Pei Yan and whispering, "We have set up three emergency Teleportation Arrays in every household within the family area. These small-scale escape arrays can directly teleport individuals to headquarters — ensuring your family members’ safety is simple if we immediately transfer them using alien energy to erase their movement traces. Then, as long as you don’t go back to meet them, Delacuri, who specializes in bloodline tracking, won’t be able to re-lock onto the family’s new location."

At this point, Mei Simiao felt slightly regretful, "But by doing this, Delacuri will realize we have detected his plot. He’s a cautious person and won’t take risks unless he’s sure your family members are indeed here."

"Can Ye Ruozai divine the likelihood of success or the safety of our family members in this operation?" Pei Yan pondered for a long time before questioning.

"You know he hasn’t long inherited Elder Cen’s abilities, and divination results become elusive when involving high-power individuals. What’s certain now is if the family is evacuated, their safety won’t be compromised, but the success rate of setting up a trap becomes very ambiguous. Conversely, leaving the family there provides a certain chance of success from the divination, but the risk of them being harmed significantly increases."

"Uh!" Pei Yan pondered for a long time, finally lamenting, "Even so, we can’t gamble with our family’s lives!"

"We think the same, yet we’re reluctant to pass up such an opportunity. So we consulted Lin Ruxue, who advised seeking help from the Demon Race. We then secretly passed on information to the Demon God through the Samikina Clan, and after negotiations, they agreed to lend us a Divine Artifact."

"A Divine Artifact?" Pei Yan was stunned and confused.

"Yes, a Divine Artifact! Do you recall the Demon God injecting Demon Race Essence Blood into your body during your time with the Demon Race, letting you perform Demon God Transformation?" Mei Simiao nodded, explaining.

"I remember!"

"This Divine Artifact is tied to that. As you’re not originally of the Demon Race and need to maintain personal characteristics, your transformation ritual wasn’t complete. True Demon Race bloodline transformation is a mode of Demon Race inheritance. According to Samikina’s introduction, it’s specially developed to maintain the status of direct descendants of the Demon God. When a lower-bloodline Demon Race member, not belonging to the Demon God’s descendants, exhibits exceptional talent, skill, or capability, if valued highly by upper Demon Race nobility, they’d extend an invitation. If the person agrees, the nobility uses this Divine Artifact to extract essence blood from themselves and inject it into the person’s body via the artifact and ritual. The completely transformed Demon Race remains at the bottom of upper Demon Race society, but both their will and bloodline become identical to the transforming family."

"Oh! You, you..." Upon hearing Mei Simiao’s detailed explanation about the Divine Artifact’s usage process, Pei Yan suddenly realized, excitedly pointing in thin air, "Delacuri directly verifies through bloodline detection. If he genuinely is targeting my family, he would investigate whether there was a bloodline relation before acting. Are you suggesting using the Divine Artifact to alter one’s bloodline to impersonate my parents? But is this feasible?" Pei Yan scratched his head. This method ensured his family’s safety, but what about those acting as family? Could ordinary people be involved? Pei Yan hesitated at implicating innocents. Using people with abilities was possible for ambushing conditions, but would they consent to a major bloodline alteration for this purpose? Moreover, doing so might suddenly create relatives connected by bloodline, but lacking familial ties.

Mei Simiao evidently perceived Pei Yan’s concerns, smiling as he said, "I know what you’re worried about, rest assured we have countermeasures for this matter."