Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 219

Chapter 219: Coincidence
Chapter 219

Wei Jun followed Natasha and Melissa to their master’s office. He wasn’t nervous about the meeting at all but focused on something else entirely.

[You have consumed the meat of a Direhound]

[Your agility has increased by 1]

Wei Jun hadn’t consumed much of it but still, his agility, which was very high and even after working out under extreme environments didn’t increase.

Yet consuming about three kilograms of meat which shocked Natasha and Melissa, Wei Jun’s agility had risen by one.

That reminded him of the Barghest corpses in his inventory. He would have salivated on the scene if it didn’t look strange to the onlookers.

Wei Jun suppressed the excitement to try his new theory out and followed the girls who had just stopped in front of a luxurious door.

Natasha came forward and worriedly said, “We can’t go inside with you. Try not to say anything that would offend master.”

Wei Jun nodded although he didn’t know what about him gave Natasha that impression.

Melissa knocked on the door and after a few seconds, the door opened on its own. Wei Jun entered and immediately, he was enveloped by the feeling of terror.

An ethereal power, similar to the power of Sun Ruan penetrated his consciousness. And unlike Sun Ruan’s, which was just to show his power, this power’s purpose was clear.

Intimidation.

The sole purpose of that pressure was to intimidate Wei Jun and assert a certain dominance in the upcoming conversation.

Wei Jun’s steps weren’t frozen. He could still move. He was allowed to move.

‘What the hell is this?’ Wei Jun couldn’t help but ask because it was unfamiliar and invisible, yet it was weighing down on him tremendously.

[Mana of a sixth circle mage]

The system simply replied but said nothing else because there was nothing to be said. There was nothing Wei Jun could do about it right now.

Not at his current level of strength anyway.

Wei Jun kept walking until he arrived at the office desk placed in front of a giant glass window. Behind the window, Wei Jun could see something akin to a garden where various robed men and women could be seen.

“Take a seat.” The old man behind the desk said. He was wearing similar robes to Wei Jun, only his seemed to be intricately carved with strange words.

[Those are runes]

The system informed Wei Jun to improve his knowledge but Wei Jun wasn’t looking forward to that.

He sat down in front of the old man across the desk and remained quiet. The old man also remained busy with some papers and the computer screen on the desk before he turned to Wei Jun after about ten minutes.

“Welcome to the Academy of Mystic Lunaris.” The old man began before he added, “I would like to begin by thanking you for saving two of my disciples.”

‘If you’re thankful, then relieve this pressure.’ Wei Jun retorted inwardly but he didn’t say anything. All this time, the pressure of mana was still weighing down on him and he didn’t know how he was able to endure that.

And that too without using Qi.

He couldn’t use Qi. Using Qi in front of the old man would be an act of disrespect. Wei Jun was there to resolve misunderstandings, not create more.

The old man noticed that small detail too and smiled, “However, I am curious as to how you entered my gate.”

It was the second time he had heard the mention of the phenomenon called ‘Gate’. The system referred to it as a ‘Ruptured dimension’, but he liked ‘Gate’ better.

Wei Jun calmly took off the bracelet on his wrist and placed it on the desk and explained, “Some lunatic forced me to wear this and then asked me to inject my Qi in it. When I did, a flash of light occurred and I was in the middle of a forest with no-eyed dogs after me.”

The old man who still hadn’t introduced himself took the bracelet and examined it. “That’s strange,” the old man said before he looked at Wei Jun and continued, “Such technology has long since been obsolete. We haven’t felt the need for such broken transporters since we developed wormhole technology using magic.”

Wei Jun had no idea what that meant so he remained quiet. The old man saw that too so he explained in simpler terms, “This technology is about 4000 years old and whoever had it must have been that old as well because I doubt anyone could have taken it from the vault of the ancients.”

Once again, Wei Jun came out clueless about most of the things but what he did understand was that the technology he was wearing was unstable and 4000 years old.

“Let’s assume what you said up until now was the truth,” The old man said before he asked, “Where is that lunatic?”

“I killed him.” Wei Jun straightforwardly replied.

“Haha.” A small chuckle escaped the mouth of the old man. It was clear to Wei Jun what that meant and he didn’t need to be told of the upcoming question of the old man but the old man asked anyway, “Isn’t that a little convenient?”

So far, Wei Jun claimed to be a victim but the only witness of that claim had died at his very own hands. How was he able to say anything about it? The only other witness was none other than Xia Lu and her testimony wasn’t very reliable due to Wei Jun’s and her relationship.

“So what then?” Wei Jun asked. True, he couldn’t be disrespectful, but he didn’t have to take everything lying down as well.

So far, whatever he said was the truth. There was no need to do anything about it.

Since there was no essence of a lie in his statements, there was no need to be intimidated about it as well. All he had to do was wait for the old man to lead the conversation. After all, he couldn’t just insult the old man by inserting his own opinion.

“Now we wait for your sect master to show up. I hope he has something equivalent to offer you. All we have to do now is to wait and see how valuable you are.” The old man said, blatantly telling Wei Jun that he was a hostage.

Wei Jun, however, could do nothing about it. He could have said that he saved Natasha and Melissa but once again, that would have angered the old man since that would mean that Wei Jun owed him something. The meaning was clear from the old man’s earlier statement. He was a hostage so he wasn’t owed anything.

Know your place; in simpler words. That was what Wei Jun was forced to do. He remained quiet and remembered his place in front of the old man.

He couldn’t even endure his pressure so he was a far cry from doing anything stupid like telling the old man to screw himself.

Wei Jun then remained quiet and in his seat. The pressure from the old man showed no sign of decreasing which meant that Wei Jun wasn’t yet permitted to leave.

The old man got back to his work and Wei Jun was left to handle that pressure. Wei Jun wasn’t offended though. There was no reason to be. He wasn’t a lunatic who held a grudge after every little thing. He only held grudges when it benefited him.

Holding a grudge against the old man, and in doing so, against the academy, was a stupid act and Wei Jun was far from a stupid person.

“There’s just one thing I’m curious about.” The old man finally said after fifteen minutes, “What do you think of this?”

The old man handed Wei Jun a piece of paper on which there was a chart indicating a rise of something. What it was, Wei Jun had no idea but it showed a sudden increase in something.

“What is this?” Wei Jun asked.

“This chart shows the sudden influx in the gates. The gates have begun appearing not only in the controlled sites but some have been detected all over the world. Of course, they’re not a threat at the moment, but it is still worrying.” The old man explained.

Still, Wei Jun couldn’t tell what he had to do with it so he questioningly looked at the old man who gauged his reaction before he replied to the unspoken question, “The time when the sudden increment in gate phenomenon. Look at it.”

Wei Jun looked at the time and it showed the time of some time yesterday afternoon. Wei Jun still didn’t understand what this meant so once again, he gave the look to the old man who sighed.

“Haa…” The old man sighed and said, “The sudden influx in the gate appearance started yesterday. Afternoon, around 3 pm.”

The old man deeply stared at Wei Jun and added, finishing his point, “The same time you came out of that gate.”