Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 372

Chapter 372: War?
Chapter 372

[That was close]

‘Tell me about it,’ Wei Jun said. He had almost summoned Morial, but it seemed like Li Fan Sho was wiser than he thought. While the novel did explain him, unlike the previous novels, the nature of this protagonist was a little shrouded. It wasn’t just him who was shrouded in mystery but also the fact that there were many holes in the novel.

Not only was it said that the woman Wei Jun ‘rescued’ from the gang leader was Li Fan Sho’s sister until he saw her face in a picture shown by Li Wei, but he was also unaware that Li Fan Sho had some sort of morphing ability that allowed him to change his face.

Wei Jun remained silent and mulled over how he should deal with the issues at hand. It was clear that Li Fan Sho had a few things different from the novel. Not just him, but Xing Xiaomei as well. In the novel, she was an innocent and a pure girl who had an inheritance related to the central plains, which also wasn’t disclosed how she got it.

But now she was a girl who was stronger than before, feistier than ever, and most of all, a girl who joked about flashing him. If she didn’t scare him, he might have asked her to do it since she insisted on it so much.

“Haa…” Wei Jun sighed and said, “At least it’s not predictable and cliched like the rest. Otherwise my would

have been bursting his head open by smashing it into a wall over and over again.

Just as he was busy in his thoughts, Li Wei entered the office without knocking. From her gait, it seemed like whatever it was, it was urgent, and it proved to be so when she said, “He’s here. Xuang Bei has entered the Yuan Yin city.”

Wei Jun smiled. A smirk so devilish that Li Wei couldn’t help but tremble, but she couldn’t look away as well. Wei Jun turned to her, which made her take a step back. Even with her cultivation progressing to the Qi sense realm, she was still not courageous enough to stand near Wei Jun when he was like that.

“You know what to do next. Make sure he knows by the evening that his precious disciple was killed by the Ruan family.” Wei Jun instructed, to which Li Wei hurriedly nodded and said, “I-I’ll get it done, boss.”

“Good,” Wei Jun replied with a smirk before he pulled out his phone from the inventory and called the sect master.

“Speak.” The sect master said as soon as he picked up the phone. Wei Jun asked, “How about you do me another favor for almost getting me killed at the hands of your brother?”

“…” Only silence came from the other side before the sect master asked, “Are you courageous because you’re on the

other side of this phone?”

“…” It was Wei Jun’s return to remain silent. He knew the sect master would do him this favor. All he had to do was remain cool, which he was having a very hard time doing. The sect master wasn’t someone anyone could defeat. There was an old man that the sect master had mentioned, but Wei Jun had a feeling the sect master would be the one protecting Wei Jun from that old man.

“What is it?” The sect master finally asked. Wei Jun smiled and said, “Can you tell me grandfather this…”

~~

After about an hour or so, Wei Jun’s cell phone rang, and it turned out to be Lin Ruan. Wei Jun picked up the call, and she said, “Grandfather has called for an emergency family meeting. The sect elders are coming too. Get there as soon as you can.”

Wei Jun could hardly contain himself when he nodded and replied, “Sure.”

It was after about half an hour when Wei Jun arrived at the Ruan villa. The number of disciples in the villas numbered at least a thousand, and Wei Jun had a feeling there were more. Wei Jun made his way to the study because the deeper he went in, the stronger and lesser the number of disciples got. The odd thing was that he also spotted some people with robes among the disciples.

He didn’t need to be told who they were.

[Mages, huh?]

[This seems to be blown out of proportion]

‘It sure is,’ Wei Jun replied with a smile. He was curious how it’d feel to kill a mage, but he hadn’t been able to kill one since he killed Shao Chen’s mercenary friend. When he killed him, all he obtained was Death Qi. He wondered what he’d obtain now.

Thankfully, he wouldn’t have to wait long for an answer. As Wei Jun arrived before the study, the disciples standing outside opened the door for him. Wei Jun entered to see Sun Ruan, along with a few of the sect elders, his mother, Lin Ruan, and a person he didn’t expect to see at all. McCalligan, along with a few of his colleagues, was also sitting in the room.

“You’re late! Where have you been?!” Sun Ruan roared when he saw Wei Jun enter. Wei Jun simply bowed down a little to apologize as he replied, “I was busy training when I received the order of the summon.”

Sun Ruan was about to erupt when McCalligan coughed to get his attention, “We have other pressing matters at hand, Elder Ruan.”

Sun Ruan sighed and said, “Just take a seat and listen carefully.” Wei Jun nodded and took a seat that was empty for him.

Once he was ready and everyone was attentive, Sun Ruan began, “Xuang Bei. Everyone here is familiar with that name, but in case someone is not, I will introduce him a little, anyway. He is also known as the Miracle Doctor, and many sects around the empire owe him favors.”

“It is the same for some international organizations such as some mage academies,” McCalligan added.

“The problem is that our sect owes him favors as well. Well, elder Li’s side does, and he’s called on that favor.”

“He believes that we are the ones responsible for his disciple’s death, and he has decided to take revenge on us. Now, usually, it wouldn’t have been a problem, but he has managed to convince Elder Li to declare an all-out war on us.”

Sun Ruan stopped, and it was McCalligan’s turn to speak, “And not only them. He has convinced a rival mage academy of ours to support their attack. Fortunately, our director wishes to take this opportunity to interfere with the other side and have sent us as support.”

“Are there any questions?” Sun Ruan asked.

No one said anything, but Wei Jun raised his hand. When he was given the go, he simply asked, “So let me get this straight. There’s a war coming with a guy we barely know because of a guy we barely know, and we’ll be fighting with guys we barely know.”

“Am I right so far?” Wei Jun asked.

Sun Ruan and McCalligan stared at each other before McCalligan asked, “Your point?”

“I’m simply asking what you have to gain through this battle. I’m not really comfortable fighting alongside you guys unless I know your true motives.” When Jun asked that question, the expressions of those from the McCalligans’ side turned distasteful, but no one said anything until McCalligan spoke.

Listening to his question, McCalligan spoke, “Naturally, we’re not doing charity here. We intend to use this chance to weaken the rival sect. Not only that, but Elder Ruan has properly compensated us for this task. You can consider us as a mercenary group instead of allies.”

“Then there is a chance you’ll stay out if things turned against your favor?” Wei Jun asked.

Once again, the elder on McCalligan’s side turned sour at that question, and even Sun Ruan, along with his fellow elders, was a little unsettled.

“Naturally,” McCalligan, however, replied against everyone’s expectations. Wei Jun chuckled, once again, against everyone’s expectation, as he replied, “Very well. Then I can trust you.”

With that, Wei Jun asked, “And what is the plan? What’s your strategy?”

“We will harden our defenses,” Sun Ruan, ignoring the awkward atmosphere caused by Wei Jun and McCalligan’s conversation, replied.

“That’s it?” Wei Jun asked.

“It is the practical approach.” Elder Xiang replied, “We don’t know how many of them there are and what is the composition of their forces.”

While his reply made sense to everyone in the room, Wei Jun was the only one to disagree, “All the more reason to attack them before they can. We don’t know how strong they are and what their numbers are. Best way to cull them is by an ambush.”

His words would have sounded like coming from a child, but the way Wei Jun said them, everyone in the room knew he made sense.

“So you suggest a surprise attack?” McCalligan asked.

“Isn’t that what mages are best at?” Wei Jun asked.

“Haha,” McCalligan chuckled out loud before he replied, “That we are. That we indeed are.”