Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 380

Chapter 380: Arcadia (1)
I have a doctor’s appointment today, so only one chapter today.

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Chapter 380

Wei Jun almost arrived at the temple when the commander who had been following him hesitantly said, “That… is not the residence of the lord.”

The commander had assumed Wei Jun was going for the lord of the city’s mansion, but seeing him headed to the temple, he thought he had mistaken that as the residence of the lord. Now, usually, it would have been considered a disgrace because then one would have to assume that the temple was as grand as the residence of the lord of the city.

However, given who it was, the commander wasn’t even in the same lane as upset, let alone carrying out such a disgrace.

Wei Jun turned to him and asked, “Then what is this place?”

“That is the temple of Ananra, the goddess of purity.” The commander respectfully explained.

“Hmm…” Wei Jun nodded in response before he said, “I wish to meet the owner of that temple. Call him out or lead me in.”

The commander was hesitant, but he didn’t question Wei Jun’s order and left to carry it out. While he did so, Wei Jun simply remained in his place. He could see the commander arguing with some people inside the gate.

Wei Jun didn’t have to assume what it was about. The temple was after the goddess of purity, which was in the same line as holy, he assumed. In which case, Wei Jun, who was clearly letting out a sinister feeling, wouldn’t surely be welcomed in that place.

The commander argued loudly, relaying how imperative it was that Wei Jun wasn’t stopped, but the people inside didn’t listen. They pushed the commander away with the help of a paladin who was a five-star knight, but instead of the usual green, he had a milky white hue emitting from him.

[Holy aura]

[Devastating to anything of Death branch]

[Unless it is the Death itself]

Wei Jun nodded and stepped forward. Seeing that was going nowhere, Wei Jun decided to just force his way in. When the paladin saw Wei Jun advancing towards the temple gate, he brandished his sword and said, “Return now, hereti–”

Alas, he couldn’t finish his sentence because his head somehow separated from his body and fell on the ground while Wei Jun kept his gait calm and passed the decapitated man while the clerics and nuns screamed.

“Quiet. Don’t move.” Wei Jun simply said.

[QP -1000]

In an instant, everything and everyone went silent. No one could utter another word, and they just remained frozen in their spot. Wei Jun passed the temple gate to enter the courtyard where there were more paladins of lower rank waiting, but they were also frozen in place, unable to do anything.

Wei Jun kept walking until he arrived at the front gate and entered through it. As he went inside, he found it to be a simple church like temple with an altar and everything else.

[Entry into the temple of purity detected]

[Place the item on the altar]

Wei Jun arrived before the altar where a man was already kneeling. As he saw Wei Jun, he stood up with anger in his eyes and said, “You heretic! You dare you–Kuoh!!!”

Wei Jun extended his hand and used his Qi to extend from his hand, grabbing the priest and suspending him in the air. Wei Jun then threw him away, far away, and he smashed into the wall, losing consciousness.

Wei Jun didn’t kill the priest because there was no need to uselessly kill anyone in the city. Also, the priest’s death wouldn’t have benefited him much, and the same went for the paladins standing outside. Not only that, as the system said, death cannot be gained from life, so Wei Jun guessed he wouldn’t obtain Death Qi from these paladins.

He still tried it on the five-star paladin but gained nothing at all, so he decided not to bother killing them all.

He simply searched his inventory until he came across an item he had never thought he’d end up using. It was useless to him, so he wanted to give it to one of his subordinates, but now that quests with level rewards were popping up, he figured he’d compensate his protagonists with the A rank cores instead of this.

[Miasma core of the Zombie King(S)]

[Are you certain to leave this item?]

[YesNo]

‘Yes.’ Wei Jun replied, and the altar began to brighten up until the stone was gone and a layer of white light had replaced it. The miasma core began to sink into the light until it had fully disappeared from view.

[Item has been successfully placed]

[Please give a name to the trial]

‘Name?’ Wei Jun was a little confused and sought help from the system, but the system was just as confused as he was. The system had no idea what that place was and hadn’t even heard of the world named ‘Arcadia’ before.

Still, Wei Jun didn’t mull on for long. He had more pressing issues to worry about, so he didn’t want to waste time about some name.

“Trial of Death.” Wei Jun simply said.

[Acknowledged]

[Trial name has been set to ‘Trial of Death’]

[Quest ‘Leave behind’ has been completed]

[Chain quest ‘A birth of curse’ has arrived]

[A birth of curse]

[Rank: Undetermined]

[Description: Leave behind a curse]

[Task: Travel to the village of Arcan and place a curse in its fertile soil]

[Hint: You can place a curse by burying a miasma core]

[Limit: C rank miasma core]

[Reward: To be calculated at the end of the quest]

[Punishment: None]

“Haa…” Wei Jun had a hunch he wouldn’t get the reward as easily as he did when he killed the entire army. These quests were basically nothing at all. He had expected each quest to be as difficult as hell, but there was nothing of the sort.

It was like…

‘Setting up a scenario,’ Wei Jun said inwardly.

[I thought so, too]

[Leaving behind and the trial]

[It awfully sounds like creating a quest or a task for a reward]

Wei Jun nodded, but he had to do it anyway, so he left the temple and approached the commander who was standing outside the temple gate. When he saw Wei Jun, he went stiff and said, “Ou-Our lord has come to greet you! My lord!”

Wei Jun looked behind him to see a handsome, lean man standing along with some guards with a dissatisfied expression on his face.

The expression on his face screamed why he was dissatisfied. Wei Jun picked up the silent ‘How dare you not greet the lord of the city first before going about your business?’

Wei Jun ignored it because it seemed troublesome and turned to the commander and asked, “Is there a village of Arcan around here? If so, then lead me to it.”

“But…” The commander was about to argue when Wei Jun said, “Now.”

The words he said so calmly were like a piercing nail to the commander. He quickly nodded and said, “If you would just follow me, my lord. It is about a day’s journey from here by carriage.”

“And if we run?” Wei Jun asked.

“Pardon?” The commander asked, confused by Wei Jun’s question.

“And if we run all the way to Arcan. How long would it take then?” Wei Jun asked.

“About… six hours.” The commander hesitantly replied.

“Good. We leave now.” Wei Jun said, and he was about to walk when he heard an arrogant voice, “How arrogant can you be?!”

Wei Jun turned to look at the lean man making his way to him, no fear in his voice.

“Even if you are strong, it is basic etiquette to acquire the permission of the lord of the city if you wish to use the resources of the city.” The lean man who Wei Jun assumed to be the lord of the city said.

Wei Jun looked at him, his eyes as cold as usual as he took a step forward. As soon as he did, out of panic, the city lord took a step back.

“Haha.” Wei Jun chuckled in front of all of his militia to boot, which was an even stronger hit to the city lord’s pride. Wei Jun looked at him and said, “Kneel.”

[QP -1000]

As if his body, his instincts, his very soul screamed at him to do as the man had said, the city lord’s knees buckled, and he fell on his knees.

Wei Jun walked close to him with a smile until he was just in front of him. Wei Jun looked down at him with a smile before he said, “The city, are you? Let me offer you a piece of advice because of my benevolence.”

Everyone in the vicinity trembled and worried about what was to come, but Wei Jun simply bent down a little and said, “The weak has no right to demand anything from the strong.”

With those words, he straightened up and said, “Heed those words. You’ll live a long life.”

He turned to the commander, leaving a trembling lord behind, and said, “Let’s go.”