Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 97

Chapter 97: Sects
Chapter 97

As Wei Jun intensely stared at the woman before him, the woman felt more worry creep inside of her. Given Wei Jun’s strength even when he was just in the Qi sense realm, the only scenario explainable would be that Wei Jun practiced a very high-level technique and that could only mean that he belonged to a big sect.

“Are you… Are you also a disciple of a sect?” The woman asked.

“And what if I am?” Wei Jun asked in return, not giving any clue in his answer that he didn’t belong to one. Although Wei Jun didn’t know the story behind the sect thing, he did know that being one to the woman right now had a higher chance of her trusting him.

“Then… which one’s, may I ask?” The woman respectfully asked. Even if he didn’t belong to a high-ranking sect but a lower-level one like hers, given his strength, he must be an internal disciple or even a core disciple. A lower-level inner disciple like her had to show respect regardless.

“Oh?” Wei Jun marveled as he said, “I didn’t know I was the one supposed to be answering questions.”

The way Wei Jun said only derived one explanation, ‘How dare you question me when you should be begging for your life?’ Or at least that was how the woman interpreted it. Wei Jun, on the other hand, simply shifted the topic off of him.

“I’m sorry!” the woman panicked and said, “You’re right. You must want to know who employed me, right? I will tell you. But please let me go.”

She bargained and begged, a combination that people who held the information rarely used. Wei Jun saw the opportunity there. If this woman belonged to a sect and she was employed, then it meant the gangs of this city were aware of the term sect.

If they were aware of it, then there was no reason a giant family like Ruan wouldn’t be aware of them either. Wei Jun made sure to ask Lin Ruan once he returned. As for the information about who employed this woman, it didn’t matter. It didn’t matter who it was, Wei Jun was going to uproot all of them without discrimination.

Still, it didn’t hurt to know the target he was going to hunt first so he asked, “Who?”

Seeing that Wei Jun didn’t make any promise about her life, the woman was hesitant to reply to which Wei Jun said, “I will let you live depending on the information. Also, you will owe me more than that.”

The woman wasn’t still convinced but she said, “It was the Hanyun family.”

Wei Jun remembered reading about his family in the information provided by Li Wei. However, he wasn’t sure if he heard it right because the Hanyun family was a subordinate family of the Quan family. He was sure they couldn’t employ a task force of this scale.

“Are you telling the truth?” Wei Jun asked with a threatening expression.

“I am. I am. Trust me, you may doubt me because of the information about the Hanyun family, but it’s all a lie. The information about them is heavily distorted.” The woman hurriedly spoke, trying to calm Wei Jun.

Wei Jun nodded and said, “All right then, explain. Everything you know about them.” Wei Jun leaned back into the sofa and pointed at the sofa beside the woman. She nodded and slowly stood up, she carefully sat down while keeping her eyes on Wei Jun.

Once they were both settled in, Wei Jun said, “Well, begin.” The woman nodded and began her explanation.

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Wei Jun cleaned up the scene with the body bags he purchased from Zi Huan. While doing so, he compiled the information he obtained from Hui Ying, the woman from earlier who was obediently sitting in the corner.

The shadow family, the family of the Shannau family was hidden behind every other family. The successor of the family had managed to get himself into a mid-sized sect and he was in the Qi empowerment realm at the age of just thirty-three. Wei Jun wasn’t impressed but according to Hui Ying, that was very remarkable.

Hui Ying, although she was talented, she was still from a low background so all she could do was cultivate, without being able to purchase high-quality elixirs. So even though she was talented, she wasn’t the most treasured disciple.

According to the intel obtained from Hui Ying, the reason everything was so e in Shannau city was because the families extorted everyone so that they could purchase high-quality elixirs for their successor, who was talented enough for all of this trouble.

Wei Jun was expecting a very grandiose reason behind the situation of the city but it simply turned out to be this. To be honest, Wei Jun was very disappointed after hearing the reason behind everything.

All he needed to do was kill one person at the same level as Hui Ying, and everything would be solved.

[I don’t think it would be that simple]

‘What do you mean?’ Wei Jun asked.

[Hui Ying is simply an inner disciple; it’s like attending a class with a teacher]

[Between master and disciples, no strong bond exists]

[However, it is a different story when it comes to core disciples]

‘Different how? Wait, you know about sects?’

[Of course I do]

[I was the leader of one]

‘Then why didn’t you tell me?’ Wei Jun asked, quite a bit annoyed.

[You didn’t ask]

‘Of course I didn’t.’ Wei Jun replied and chose to move on from the topic and asked, ‘Different how?’

[Core disciple is like one-on-one tutoring]

[The better a student is, the better the evaluation of the tutor]

[Just like this, in a sect, the strength of the student represents the authority of the master]

[If this guy you want to kill really is talented, then the teacher won’t just sit by upon his death]

[There is a high chance the entire sect would get involved in this matter]

[The host may be talented, but you are nowhere as strong to bear the brunt of an entire sect]

[I advise not getting involved with them until your power has reached a certain point]

‘What certain point?’

[Depends on the power of the sect master]

[The times have changed and the power of the generations has declined quite a bit]

[Back in my time, the masters of mid-sized sects were at least at the rank of a Qi emperor]

[But now, they might not even be a Qi grandmaster]

[So unless you become capable of dealing with such an enemy, I advise not getting involved with this matter]

Wei Jun finished taking care of the bodies and sat down. The system wasn’t one to interfere without a reason, just as it didn’t explain anything about sects. But when Wei Jun was about to make a wrong decision over the lack of information, it interjected.

Wei Jun knew that the system’s words made sense. He had just stepped into the world of cultivation, taking on a cultivator of grandmaster rank was something he wasn’t confident in doing. He was sure that after a year of cultivation, and once he was done amassing enough wealth to purchase a divine rank cultivation manual, he would be unstoppable then by most but right now, he wasn’t.

Wei Jun wasn’t the one to back out of a fight but this wasn’t his fight. There was no need to get involved with the Hanyun family, all the more on their home ground. It would be much better to just take Li Wei’s revenge and return to the Yuan Yin city where his grandfather as a guard was present.

Wei Jun didn’t know what the situation he had with his family, but he was sure that Sun Ruan would interfere no matter what if someone from the sect came for him.

Once decided, Wei Jun turned to Hui Ying and said, “Hold off on informing the Hanyun family for now. Simply tell them that the job was done but the rest of the men died.”

“But if I do that, and it turns out to be a lie later, then I would be in trouble in my sect.” Hui Ying worriedly said. Wei Jun simply replied, “You won’t be going back to your sect. You will be coming with me.”

“What?! No, I won’t. Do you know much I have sacrificed to get into that sect?” Hui Ying outright refused.

“No, but I do know you are willing to sacrifice your life for it.” Wei Jun sarcastically said it in a roundabout way but it was enough for Hui Ying to know what he meant.

She could only swallow her words and nod in return.

Wei Jun wasn’t just going to take in the words of her and he came in front of her. Hui Ying felt threatened but there wasn’t much she could do.

[Skill ‘Terror’ has been activated]

[Skill has a 25% chance of working on your opponent]

[Success]

[Target has been successfully terrorized]

[Qi -10]

“If you think about betraying me, I will find you even if I have to the depths of hell and then, I will make sure you suffer so much that even the devil will feel sympathy for you. Do you understand?” Wei Jun was already very threatening, with the terror skill, Hui Ying almost wet her pants but even in all that fear, she still managed to utter, “Yes.”

If she had such plans, she wouldn’t any longer. Once Wei Jun was no longer worried about her, he turned around and left his room, making his way to Li Wei’s room.