Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 94

Chapter 94: Attempt
Chapter 94

The scene at the airport was both horrifying and clean. The kill was clean and without much of a mess. Except for the goon who lost his arm, no one else lost even a drop of blood. All the men died of internal injuries.

The police and detectives clearing up the crime scene knew without anyone telling them. They had encountered a Qi cultivator. There were cultivators in the Shannau city but none of them were this cruel. No other person in the city had done this scale of massacre.

“What do we do now?” A detective asked.

“What can we do?” The other detective retorted. What could he do? This was a fight involving a cultivator. There were strict laws against cultivators in the empire but when have laws ever mattered in Shannau City?

“For now just clear the scene. All we can do for now is watch out for this issue. We can issue a warning to the person who was targeted but since it could be said to be self-defense, then we can’t do anything about it.” The lead detective said and the police began to clear the scene.

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Wei Jun was sitting in his car while Li Wei, sitting next to him was staring at him suspiciously. Wei Jun didn’t bother with her and turned his attention back to the media sites. Wei Jun was sure that such a big incident would have been out in the media but there wasn’t even anything related to it. It was as if the gang-related news was suppressed in the Shannau city.

Other than the police report, there was nothing else about it and even that was toned down by a lot. The report only mentioned a small skirmish which caused a few casualties but nothing else.

Wei Jun dismissed everything and turned to Li Wei and asked, “Name the major gangs in this city. Also, compile a report. Anything from minor details to major details, everything about them, I need them as a report.”

Wei Jun said as the vehicles in which they were entered the parking lot of a building. Wei Jun exited the vehicle and instructed a bodyguard, “Check us in.”

Wei Jun was planning to stay in a hotel of the Ruan family affiliated. The Ruan family only had small shares in the company that owned the hotel, but that still made it the first and the only option for him to stay at.

The check-in was done and Wei Jun entered his room. After he was in, he took a shower and examined the changes within him. Wei Jun noticed that the rate at which his Qi replenished by itself, was one point per minute. But while in the car, Wei Jun circulated his Qi a few times, and he was pleased to see that the Qi replenishment was ten times faster.

[That method isn’t normally used because the people of this world aren’t monsters like the host]

‘What do you mean?’ Wei Jun asked. He couldn’t understand what Wei Jun meant. Wasn’t it true that the people of this world could do whatever he could, it was just that he could do it more efficiently thanks to the system.

[While it is true]

[No one has more concentration than the host]

[The people would focus all their attention on Qi circulation]

[However, the host has done circulation mid-battle without prior practice]

‘So does that mean I can restore my Qi mid-battle if I want to?’ Wei Jun curiously asked. If circulation to empower was possible, then wasn’t the circulation to recover Qi possible as well?

[Theoretically, it is possible]

[But all those who have attempted such a thing, died]

[One has to keep most of their focus on replenishing Qi with minimal movements]

[That’s the norm]

Wei Jun could somewhat understand what the system meant by that. Since the risk of Qi deviation was greater while just standing up or focusing on just anything else, doing the circulation mid-battle was worse. Wei Jun knew that the circulation to empower one was something all cultivators did, but none of them did it on their first try.

They would have to practice for decades before even being able to use Qi armament. Yet, Wei Jun had done so, a dangerous task, just as an experiment.

Wei Jun pushed these thoughts to the back of his head. According to the system, Wei Jun was late. Those who awakened Qi in their younger years had the potential to go forward but those who did it in their later years would have to spend almost two decades just to properly circulate Qi.

That was true unless they were talented and even if they were, talent could only take so far in cultivation. Some things also depended on one’s mind and no one had such a great mind in history before.

The system was the one that said that Wei Jun was late but it was also the system that had subtly said that Wei Jun was a talent never seen before. A monster.

Wei Jun sat cross-legged and began to circulate Qi in his abdomen. Wei Jun tried very hard to replicate the same circulation achieved by the system but he had to give up very soon. Wei Jun would always have to return to normal circulation midway through because he couldn’t follow the path as perfectly as the system could.

Wei Jun didn’t know how many times he had completed the circulation but he kept doing them. But this time, unlike before, he kept a part of his senses reserved for his surroundings. It was only him that could do so he did. He didn’t want any mishaps to happen to him while he was in enemy territory.

Noon turned to afternoon and afternoon turned to evening and that soon turned to night. Wei Jun finally opened his eyes and ended the cultivation. He wasn’t there to cultivate but to kill and rob and exact revenge, for someone else of course. He decided to hold off on cultivating until he went back to the Yuan Yin City.

[Qi +3]

Wei Jun stood up and left his room. He made his way to Li Wei’s room which was just next to his.

“Who is it?” Li Wei asked from behind the door when Wei Jun knocked on her door. After receiving an answer, Li Wei opened the door dressed very inappropriately. She was wearing a robe but the front of the robe was untied, revealing her body. She was wearing a laced bra and panty, and all of her other body parts, her smooth flat stomach, and her soft legs were on display.

Wei Jun didn’t even bat an eye to her state of dress or her lack of clothes as he said, “The report.”

Li Wei was a bit disappointed by Wei Jun’s lack of reaction and said while striking a pose, “Boss, you shouldn’t come to the room of a young and defenseless girl at this time of the night, all alone~. People might take it the wrong way.”

If it had been Li Wei’s usual antiques, Wei Jun would have ignored her but Wei Jun could clearly see that she was troubled after coming back to this city. To hide the obvious worry in her eyes, she had decided to opt for this side of her.

Wei Jun didn’t mind and gave her the much assurance he needed by playing along with her. “Then you shouldn’t dress to tempt.”

Li Wei was taken aback by Wei Jun’s reply as she had expected him to dismiss her like always. But right now, even though there wasn’t the slightest bit of change in Wei Jun’s expression, his answer still held enough weight for her to continue her act.

“Oh no! What would I do if some animal jumped at me?” Her face was marred with playful worry as she looked around while crossing her arms in front of her chest, but deliberately applying some force, squishing her chest in the process.

Wei Jun saw all that but his expression didn’t change in the slightest. Instead, he calmly said, “You don’t have to worry about that. As a boss, I am very reliable when it comes to the safety of my employees.”

Li Wei was once again taken aback but she was quick to recover this time as she said, “Is that so? Then that’s very reassuring. Let me get you the file.”

She said before she turned around, walking ever so slowly and deliberately bent down when she picked up the file on her coffee table and returned to give it to Wei Jun.

Wei Jun didn’t say anything about her act and returned to his room with the file. He could hear the door of Li Wei’s room closing.

He gave the file a full read until it was midnight. He had a more or less understating of the city’s workings. Wei Jun knew that there was no use trying to do business here. This city wasn’t known for any of its productions so it was useless trying to invade this place.

However, he did discover one interesting fact. It seemed like Shannau City was used for something else than just hiding the criminals of the world. It was also the hub of a few politicians of the empire who hid some, retirement funds that they couldn’t afford for the others to see in this city.

Wei Jun smiled as his motivation to turn this city upside down went up by a lot. Just as he closed the file, he heard a knock on his door. “Room service.”

‘At this time of the night. That’s original… or stupid, or they think I’m stupid. I can’t tell.’ Wei Jun smiled and thought.