Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 381

Chapter 381: A strange quest
Chapter 381

“Haa… Haa… We have… Haa… arrived at the… Arca—Blergh!!!” The commander of the city Orelia emptied the contents of his stomach after running for almost five hours straight at maximum speed. They hadn’t even stopped to take a breather or eat something. Wei Jun said they’d keep going, so they kept going.

Wei Jun was very satisfied with the commander, so he gave him a miasma core of B rank and said, “This will help elevate your strength. Be careful about how you use it, though.”

Wei Jun could see a small town just up ahead. Unlike Orelia, which was covered with walls on all fronts, this small town had no such defensive measure, and Wei Jun couldn’t sense anyone strong in there.

In other words, it was a small, insignificant town that had no reason to be important, but for some reason, it was very important for the system. Since it was, it was important for him.

Wei Jun entered the village and kept walking until he arrived at a building that stood out from the rest. Figuring it was the town hall, Wei Jun decided not to head over there since it was unrelated to the quest. Instead, he arrived at what looked like fertile but empty fields. There were some people growing crops nearby, but Wei Jun ignored them and focused on what he had to do.

He pointed his hand at the field and used his Qi to dig deep into the soil. Once it was deep enough that even excavation equipment would have a hard time finding it, Wei Jun threw the miasma core of C rank into the ground.

Once it was deep enough, Wei Jun used his Qi to cover the small hole again. After it was properly hidden and done with, Wei Jun stepped back only to be welcomed by a lot of notifications.

[Quest ‘Past and Present and the World Beyond’ is nearing its end]

[Leave your name to be remembered]

‘What?’ Wei Jun was once again confused because he didn’t know just how he could do that. Since that was the case, he figured he’d have to do something… chaotic.

Loud enough for him to be remembered.

Wei Jun returned to the spot outside the village to find the commander but spotted him entering a building. Wei Jun followed him into the wooden structure only to be welcomed by an old inn.

Wei Jun ignored the man who greeted him and went straight to the commander, who was drinking water like his life depended on it.

Once the commander noticed Wei Jun, he quickly asked, “Are you done with your business here, my lord?”

“No.” Wei Jun replied before he asked, “Is there a heretic organization here?”

“Heretic… organization?” The man was confused by Wei Jun’s choice of words, so Wei Jun asked, rephrasing his words, “Evil cult.”

“Ahh…” The commander replied before he realized something and hesitantly asked, “Wh-Why do you require such information, my lord? May I be presumptuous enough to ask?”

Wei Jun could tell why the man would ask such a question. He displayed power belonging to the group of evil, and now he was asking for an evil organization. The answer wasn’t difficult to arrive at. Still, Wei Jun decided to cull the man’s worry and said, “I wish to destroy it.”

“Oh.” The commander heaved a sigh of relief. While others may not have believed Wei Jun’s words, the man did so because Wei Jun had no reason to lie to him. Why would he be required to do so anyway? What could he have done had Wei Jun replied otherwise anyway?

So, believing Wei Jun’s words without hesitation, the man nodded and said, “There is a base of the evil cult of Sanza hidden away from plain sight in the hills of Barghan. However, for decades, their location hasn’t been found.”

Wei Jun simply nodded and said, “Very well. Bring me there. I’ll deal with the rest myself.”

“No-Now?” The commander asked hesitantly. He wasn’t worried when Wei Jun said he’d deal with the cult on his own. But he was worried when Wei Jun said he wished to depart. And if it was anything like their travel to the village, the commander was sure he wouldn’t survive to see the next sunrise.

Wei Jun could tell what the man was thinking, and he sighed inwardly. It was true that he had overworked the man, and he was visibly tired. Besides, he was too slow anyway, so Wei Jun decided to go along this time so as to not be held back.

“Just point me in the general direction of the hills, and I’ll handle the rest.” Wei Jun said.

As if he had been given a lottery of a million dollars, the man said with a joyous expression, “Just head north for three days. You will pass a forest on the way and you’ll arrive at the snowy mountains. They are called hills of Barghan.”

Wei Jun nodded and left the man after patting him on his shoulder. Once he was outside, he sucked a deep breath in before he opened his eyes and jumped in the air, leaving a strong shockwave behind him.

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Wei arrived at the hills mentioned by the system after a day of constant running at his full speed.

His full speed meant using everything at his disposal, including the Qi skills. At the base of the mountain, Wei Jun felt slightly chilly, which was strange for him given how strong his body was.

[There’s natural mana infused in the air]

‘There wasn’t any back at the village?’ Wei Jun asked.

[There was]

[But this natural mana of frost]

[It’s not wise for you to remain here for long]

[Otherwise…]

The system was just in between warning Wei Jun when Wei Jun received a notification.

[HP -1]

‘…’ Wei looked at the notification silently before he asked, ‘Or that will happen?’

[Yes]

“Haa…” Wei Jun sighed and began to make his way deeper into the mountain while he used his Qi to navigate and detect any living being in a hundred-meter radius.

Two days later, the expansive mountains were still half left when Wei Jun felt a strong presence a little to the east. As Wei Jun arrived in that area, he spotted some strange creatures.

They were monsters, alright, but not the kind he had seen before.

[Ice orcs]

The system replied for Wei Jun but then added…

[Though they seem a little different]

[Not the ones I’m used to]

Wei Jun nodded and examined them. They were large, like orcs, but they didn’t have green skin. Their skin was more on the blue side, and they wore fur coats around their waists. Other than that, some were wearing fur-like jackets, but they seemed different than the others.

They were slightly bigger, and Wei Jun could feel they were stronger as well.

They were bald like the orcs he had faced before and had tusks coming out of their lower teeth outside of their mouth. They seemed more intimidating and stronger than the orcs he faced, but that wasn’t all. There was something else around the orcs that Wei Jun could feel.

Something… ethereal.

[Natural aura]

[It’s a quality orcs are born with]

[Royal orcs are the only ones known to possess it, though]

[First time I’m seeing them on ice orcs]

Wei Jun didn’t know anything that deep. What he did know was that the orcs he was looking at were far stronger due to that ethereal power than without it.

While Wei Jun would have been ecstatic to defeat those enemies and incorporate their strength with his, hopefully in the form of Death Qi, he also knew he was short on time, and even if he were to win against those orcs, it wouldn’t be an easy win.

In short, it was more trouble than it was worth. He’d gain a better reward killing some evil cultists than he’d gain fighting those orcs.

However, just as he was about to leave, as if to goad him into fighting the orcs, a strange quest appeared before Wei Jun.

[A side quest different from the ongoing quest has arrived]

[Goal is detected to be aligned]

[The new quest has been linked to the quest ‘Past and Present and the World Beyond’]

[Chain quest ‘Dungeon Creation’ has been created]

[Dungeon Creation]

[Rank: Undetermined]

[Description: The user has come a great distance in his journey. It is nigh time he learned about the differences of dimensions]

[Task: Create a dungeon by imprisoning the ice orcs in the created vortex of a pocket dimension]

[The reward is divided into three stages]

[Reward #1: Push fifty orcs inside the vortex]

[Condition: There must be at least fifteen females among the orcs]

[Reward #2: Push two Orc shamans through the vortex]

[Reward #3: Push the Orc leader inside the cortex]

[The rewards are:

#1: +5 levels

#2: +10 levels

#3: A skill upgrade ticket]

[There are no set restrictions on the number of rewards]

[However, if the user manages to obtain all three rewards, an additional reward will be granted]

[Punishment: None]

‘What the…’