Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 400

Chapter 400: Another mission
Chapter 400

“You two must have a lot to think about, so I’ll leave you to sleep on it. Maybe you’ll have an answer by tomorrow.” Wei Jun said as he left three crystals for each of them and left. Unlike Mark who had no allegiance to any organization, Natasha was born and raised in the academy and had a great extent of loyalty to it.

She was bright enough to know what Wei Jun’s intentions were and wise enough to know she had to pick a side. she knew how her academy was and that they would never consider Wei Jun an equal. They would try to suppress him and make him obedient. She knew it wouldn’t work and sooner or later, Wei Jun would retaliate.

His retaliation would only mean one thing. A war. A war in which she would have to choose a side. Would she choose her academy which she had been a part of for years or Wei Jun whom she had only known for some time?

Wei Jun left the choice to her and whatever choice she’d make, he’d respect her. He wouldn’t stop his plan just because she would ask him because that wasn’t an option. Compromise was never an option. Especially for Wei Jun. The most he’d be able to do was to keep her out of it. Other than that, if her academy tried to make an enemy out of Wei Jun, he wouldn’t spare anyone. Not a single person.

And that included…

“Are you done with your secret meeting?” Melissa asked as Wei Jun found her at the bottom of the stairs waiting for him. Wei Jun simply smiled and said, “It wasn’t a secret meeting. You were welcome to join.”

“I didn’t feel welcome at all,” Melissa replied.

“Then that must have been the case.” Wei Jun replied with a sweet smile.

“Haa…” Melissa sighed as she tried to control her breathing and said, “I’m only wasting my brain cells talking to you.”

“I’m surprised to know you have one.” Wei Jun replied.

“Tch!” Melissa clicked her tongue but ignored that last remark and said, “Anyway, my master wanted me to go out on a date with you. If he calls, tell her we went all the way.”

“Sure.” Wei Jun simply replied.

“Then we’re done here.” Melissa turned and left, heading up the stairs to her room.

Dealing with her academy was the last thing on Wei Jun’s mind at the moment. He had enough troubles in the empire to worry about the troubles outside of it.

He was sure they’d make a move, and to prepare for that, he needed to deal with the internal problems first.

First and foremost being…

“There’s a dungeon that has spawned. You are required to clear it.” General Ming said from the other side of the phone. Wei Jun sighed and asked, “What kind?”

“It’s an S rank dungeon. We don’t know what type.” General Ming replied.

“The team?” Wei Jun asked.

“You, me, Shao, and…” General Ming hesitated. She wasn’t the type to hesitate so even Wei Jun was curious as he asked, “And?”

“Just come here. I’m too tired to explain it over the phone.” General Ming replied. Wei Jun nodded and disconnected the call before he made his way to his personal helicopter which was always fueled and ready to go in ten minutes.

Upon the arrival at the military base, Wei Jun saw the security was extra tight. It wasn’t just the military or the CSF, but there were some other people in black outfits too like commandos. The lowest among them was at the master rank while there were three exuding the pressure of a grandmaster realm cultivator.

Wei Jun was about to enter the base when he was stopped by one of the masters in the black outfits.

“Who are you?” He asked rudely. Wei jun was in a good mood so he simply smiled and ignored him, making his way past him.

However, more of the men and women in black outfits hurriedly surrounded him and were about to unleash their aura when they were suddenly on the ground, and the handsome man they were trying to stop kept walking forward.

The commotion was of course noticed by those inside the compound and the three grandmasters were about to move when General Ming said, “You do not have the authority to control my base. Keep yourselves contained.”

One of the men looked at her with a distasteful expression and said, “You do know this concerns the safety of the imperial family, don’t you?”

“Then you can take it up with the elder. If you think you can.” General Ming replied, leaving the man speechless all the while Wei Jun arrived beside them. She turned to Wei Jun and said, “You could have just introduced yourself.”

“They were being rude.” Wei Jun simply replied, “They should have asked the higher-ups of this base before making a move. Unless they were acting on your authority which would make it that more awkward since you’re the one who called me here.”

“…” General Ming remained silent and turned to the grandmasters in black clothes. “We’ll be ready in ten minutes. You should get his highness ready as well.” The man nodded and left after giving Wei Jun a sideway glance full of scorn.

Wei Jun ignored the man and turned to General Ming, “His Highness?”

“The imperial family wants to train their successor. The crown prince, Ziao Li will be joining us on this dungeon expedition. They think it’d be a good experience.” General Ming explained.

“They think an S rank dungeon would be a good starting point?” Wei Jun asked.

“Haa…” General Ming only sighed in reply which was enough of a reply. Wei Jun nodded and asked, “And why do I have to be here?”

“The elder said so.” General Ming simply replied. Wei Jun remained silent. The possibility was that even General Ming didn’t know the reason. Wei Jun nodded and asked, “What do the details of this mission specify?”

“The dungeon has appeared in the corner section of the Yuan Yin city. The area has been completely blocked off and evacuated. Mages are trying to calculate its miasma emissions as we speak. By the time we get there, we will have a rough estimate of what to expect.” General Ming explained, but she didn’t say anything about what Wei Jun really wanted to know.

“…” Wei Jun simply remained silent and kept looking at her. She sighed and said, “We are not to interrupt His Highness’s hunt.”

“Interrupt?” Wei Jun asked. Wei Jun wasn’t foolish enough to not understand the game of the words. If they were to not interrupt the hunt of the crown prince, then they wouldn’t have been called.

“So I can take the imperial family is trying to get one up.” Wei Jun asked.

“That sentence right there would cost you your life and three generations of your family.” General Ming replied.

“…” Wei Jun remained silent and kept looking at her.

“Haa… Yes.” General Ming had no choice but to reply. They wanted the military and the CSF to take the hit if anything were to happen to the crown prince. From an interaction that didn’t end well already, Wei Jun knew for sure the imperial family wouldn’t be cooperative.

It wasn’t like he couldn’t understand the stance of the imperial family. There was a man who was blatantly announcing that he was true emperor of the empire, disregarding the authority of the imperial family.

The worst part was that there was nothing the imperial family could do about it. They could only resort to petty tricks and technicalities.

Now as to why Wei Jun was there. Well, that was to create enmity between the imperial family and Wei Jun, a private organization member who belonged to a sect. The old man was trying to get the sect involved.

“Haha.” Wei Jun couldn’t help but chuckle when he figured out the whole plan. It was a problem if Wei Jun had to say. Wei Jun wasn’t the sect, the sect master was. If Wei Jun were to involve the sect in his private affairs which was his contract with the military, then the sect master had all the right to punish him or use it against him.

Wei Jun was sandwiched between the schemes of two old men and he couldn’t see a way out. At least not at the moment.

“Get ready if you need to be.” General Ming said once she figured out Wei Jun’s thought process from his expression. Wei Jun nodded and replied while pointing to his ring, “I’m ready to leave whenever we need to.”

“I see.” General Ming replied.

As they were chatting, Wei Jun heard the footsteps of some people heading his way and when he turned to look at them, he saw the men and woman in black from earlier with the addition of three more individuals whom Wei Jun could only described in two words.

Sheltered and delicate.

Especially the man with the soft features at the front. Wei Jun didn’t need to be told he was the crown prince because he was wearing a crown made of gold and miasma crystals embedded into it. He screamed rich and arrogant and Wei Jun knew of one thing for sure…

‘This is going to be a long hunt.’