Stuck in a Chinese novel

"That's it?" Wei Jun asked. Although he had no interest in the flashback the cult master was recounting, he couldn't help but ask. From how the cult master mentioned his brother, he thought he would be some great man whose steps would be laced with death and destruction. The beautiful kind.

Yet all he picked up from that story was, "Wouldn't that make him a loser?"

"Haha," The cult master chuckled but the Qi around him began to tremble. A clear sign that he was angry. Still, Wei Jun could feel the instability in the air. His plan was working. The cult master was slowly losing his mind and his Qi was becoming unstable, "You would say so. But if you only knew that in these last 5 millennium, you would also worship him. Even now, the powerhouses of this world dear him like none other."

That Wei Jun had to admit. Although his façade was a grandmaster realm cultivator, for some reason, the CSF and the military were wary of him. Even Yan Rong's father, the person who was supposed to be one of the strongest men of the CSF backed away in front of him. Wei Jun knew there was something deeper but he didn't know what.

"So?" The cult master asked, "Are you done checking the foundations of the building? Don't worry. Even if I was at my full strength, it would be very difficult to bring this building down."

"Well," Wei Jun said, "I would definitely if that was to be the case. But who said that I didn't want to?"

"What?" The cult master spoke but as soon as he did, the cracks on the floor began to widen and the building began to shake. The cult master stopped to observe the changes before he looked at Wei Jun and asked, "What are you trying to do?"

"I came here to kill you. But," Wei Jun looked at the newly revealed information from the system. If he was worried that he wouldn't get anything from this fight, then he was wrong. He stood to lose a lot more if he were to lose this fight. He wasn't willing to make a trade.

It was much more better to just run away.

"But I changed my mind. Besides," Wei Jun finally penetrated his Qi into the foundation of the building, "I have someone in mind who will keep you busy until I grow a little more."

The intense shaking intensified even more and the building wouldn't remain standing for even a few minutes longer.

"And why do you think I'd let you get away?" The cult master asked.

"I'm willing to bet it's harder to hold him back, isn't it?" Wei Jun asked with a grin on his face.

"You," the expression on the cult master's face was as threatening as the word itself could be. If looks could kill, the current one on the cult master's face would have ripped Wei Jun a thousand times now, "How do you know him?"

"Well," Wei Jun said as he looked at the cult master with a laidback expression, "I know someone even older than you."

Crack!!!

The cracks in the foundation reached the basement and soon the entire building began to shake. The shaking got too intense for anyone to keep a firm hold and if that wasn't worse, the roof started to fall apart on their heads along with the debris from the higher levels of the building.

"Fall back!" Wei Jun pushed back when Liu Yu was fighting with the male master and kicked him. The cult master remained in his place while he tried to make a struggle against the evil entity inside him from coming out.

Wei Jun's kick was deadlier than the man anticipated and he was thrown away to the other side of the room. Yan Rong didn't hesitate to move back as well. While her opponent was easier to handle, she was regenerating at a very fast pace so she couldn't deal any decisive damage to her. In other words, the fight was in vain and all she could do was to buy time as much as she could.

As soon as she was near Wei Jun, Wei Jun grabbed both of their hands and made a run for it, coating himself and the other two in thick Death Qi, he didn't hesitate for a second and ran through the walls and made it outside.

It was nighttime outside so the foot traffic outside wasn't much, however, a building falling down would still attract attention. But he didn't hold back for a second and jumped in the air, putting as much power as he could in his legs.

"Ahhh!!!!" The girls screamed at the power he left behind and at the height of his jump but he ignored them and ran away as far as he could. In just five minutes, he was outside of Shannau City and looked back at the city. The building could still be seen falling to the ground but he couldn't see anyone else from that distance.

However, he wasn't willing to wait around and find out. On the other hand, Song Lihui, the master of the cult was about to run in the direction of Wei Jun but the cult master stopped her, "Stop. Let him go. He isn't the problem for now. My brother has found us. Prepare for the sealing ceremony."

Song Lihui stopped and so did the man next to her. They then proceeded to leave the area while Song Lihui pulled her phone out and called some of her contacts to prepare the next hideout.

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"Are you crazy!?" Liu Yu asked as she tried to stand on her own two feet but they felt like jelly. The impact of their fall had done a good number on Liu Yu and Yan Rong even with their strength. However, Wei Jun wasn't interested in their rambling.

He was more worried about another matter. So, without hesitation, he pulled a dagger from his inventory and jumped on top of Liu Yu, holding it to her neck. Liu Yu stopped. She looked at Wei Jun with her piercing dark eyes and asked, "What? I thought we had grown closer. But this doesn't seem like so."
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"I don't care about that. Tell me, what do you think I am?" Wei Jun asked as he pressed a little harder, making a small cut on Liu Yu's neck. The coldness in his eyes was enough to tell Liu Yu that he wasn't messing around. One wrong answer and her head would be separated from her body.

"Do you mean how you're an evil cultivator?" Liu Yu asked.

As soon as she said that, Wei Jun pressed the dagger harder, driving the blade even deeper, and making Liu Yu tremble in pain. She hissed and said, "Would it assure you if I said I wouldn't tell anyone?"

"No," Wei Jun said, his eyes as cold as they could be.

"Then why ask such a stupid question? How are you going to make sure I don't talk?" Liu Yu asked. Although her life was at stake, she wasn't a businesswoman for nothing. She knew how to get out of this situation and luckily for her, the man holding her life in his hands was a businessman as well.

"Just kill her and get it over with," Yan Rong said from the side.

"Oh, but he won't do that, honey," Liu Yu said, her attitude devoid of any worry as she looked at Wei Jun and said, "We've left traces of our Qi here. Sooner or later they would be discovered."

"Saying that I died at the hands of the monster back there wouldn't cut it either. I'm too big of an asset for the sect to simply dismiss my death as nothing. Not to mention I'm the only reason Sun Ruan's keeping his friendship with my master. With me gone, the power scale would topple."

"Simply, killing me would start a war. To prevent that war, the sect master himself would join the investigation. No matter how meticulous my loving fiancé can be, he wouldn't be able to hide the truth from him. Magic has made that very hard."

"The only option left is to pressure me. But, he can't do that either. I only care about my life, nothing else. He can't threaten me with the lives of my family either."

"All he can do is make sure I listen to him. For that, he needs a deal. Don't you, darling?" Liu Yu broke down the entire scenario and once she was done, she looked back at Wei Jun.

Wei Jun looked down at her. All the things she said were true. He didn't really care for the war or others but he did worry about the sect master and it was also the truth that she was simply too strong for the sect master to just dismiss her death.

He didn't know whether or not the sect master was an ally. If he was otherwise, then having him as an enemy wasn't a good idea.

With all the scenarios done, he pulled back the knife. "Haha," Liu Yu chuckled as she applied her Qi to the cut area and it began to heal. She then looked at Wei Jun and asked, "Well, my lovely fiancé, what are you willing to offer me to keep my mouth shut?"