Stuck in a Chinese novel

"Give in…"

"Give in…"

Hushed voices of giving in fell into his ears as he sat cross legged, focused on his mind, tryign to expel all such thoughts.

[Would you like to become a Darconian Halfling?]

[Yes\\No]

"No." Wei Jun replied as the notification showed up for the umpteenth time, incurring no apparent reaction from him. He remained calm as he was and kept focusing on his mind, his legs crossed and his eyes closed. The space around him was filled with darkness. Darkness he felt from Guardian.

But Guardian's darkness was refined, as if it was tame. This darkness, however, sought to consume everything in its path. It was unrefined, untamed, and yet to be controlled.

It was like taming a wild dog, and then the dog departs, leaving a child behind whom you will have to tame once again. It was the same in this case. Guardian had passed away, taking his own characteristics from the darkness he owned, leaving behind raw darkness with no nature but its own.

What Wei Jun needed to do was to tame that darkness, but he wasn't strong enough for that yet. All he could do at the moment was to hold it back, keep it from confusing his own mind. It was working so far, but Wei Jun knew that, sooner or later, he'd be tired.

He was hoping for a miracle when the notifications showed up again, incurring no reaction from him again as he replied with a simple, "No."

It wasn't even irritating anymore as he found out that any sort of emotion was fuel to the darkness and a distraction for him.

So, he forsook all sorts of emotions, focusing all his mental strength on the current situation. There was only one way to avoid the situation or at least dim it down a bit, and that was to level up. Unfortunately, he couldn't level up while he was inside that space.

Luckily, however, he had already given that task to someone else. All he had to do was wait and resist that darkness until his plan worked. There was another worry in his mind, but he pushed it to the back of his mind because it was distracting.

The fact that he needed to disrupt fate and mess up the line of destiny to level up was obvious. Whether or not he would level up if someone else, his ally, for example, was to do that, would he also gain a level that way, or would that be void, and he'd be stuck in that space forever?

The answer to that question arrived soon.

After what felt like five days, Wei Jun's mental health was severely weakened, just as the darkness around him had penetrated deep enough to call it disturbing. A set of notifications appeared in his view.

[Your party member has disrupted the sacred line of fate]

[A part in the story has been temporarily changed]

[Destiny is angered]

[Four events have been temporarily affected]

[Two events have been permanently changed]

[You have leveled up]

[Level up x11]

[Level 301]

[A slight power of darkness has been consumed and incorporated with the user]

[Strength +11]

[Agility +11]

[Stamina +11]

[Stat limit has been increased by 20]

"Haa… Haa…" Wei Jun suddenly gasped for air as he breathed in and out, the pressure and effect of darkness lessening a lot on him. It wasn't gone, but it was more like he had won the current battle, yet the war was yet to be fought.

But at least now he had a fighting chance, as he could just level up and deal with things on his own.

He hurriedly closed his eyes again, reaching deep inside his mind before he opened them again, calmly this time. He found himself inside a hospital room, naked. He could feel somethign wet on him, so he lowered his head to see Yan Rong cleaning his body with a wet cloth while Xia Lu was sleeping on the couch, her countenance visibly weakened.

Anyone could tell she was deprived of food and sleep. More accurately, she had deprived herself of them, doing both to the bare minimum.

"Haa…" Wei Jun sighed, suddenly gaining the attention of Yan Rong, who was busy cleaning him. As soon as she saw him awake, she threw the cloth away and jumped on him, tears welling up in her eyes as she yelled, "You're awake!"

Her loud words startled Xia Lu awake as well, and she fell off of the couch. However, being a cultivator, she didn't feel even a little of it. Besides, that was the last thing on her mind when she saw the reason for Yan Rong's yell.

Without caring that Wei Jun was in a hospital bed and he could be hurt, she joined Yan Rong as she jumped on him too, taking his right side.

They thanked whoever god was out there and sniffled in his arms while Wei Jun looked up at the roof with a sigh escaping from his lips, but there was a slight smile at the corner of his lips.

"Stop crying, will you? I'm back." He said while stroking their heads while they continued to empty their tear ducts on his chest.

~~

"How are you feeling?" Xing Xiaomei asked as she entered the room. Wei Jun had sent Xia Lu and Yan Rong home despite their fierce opposition. They eventually caved in once he made them believe he was fine. The truth was that he wasn't, but he couldn't just say that to them. They were already too clingy when they thought he was alright. If he were to tell them there was a sort of darkness slowly eating away at his mind…

Well, he was sure that he wouldn't be without them for the rest of his life.

"Heard you were a vegetable." Xing Xiaomei remarked before Wei Jun could reply.

Wei Jun simply looked at her before he said, "Very funny."

"Oh~ Don't be such a sour puss. Want a flash?" Xing Xiaomei asked with a mischievous expression, which Wei Jun wisely ignored.

He changed the topic and asked, "You got them?"

"You doubt my ability to get the job done?" Xing Xiaomei asked, but that was the answer Wei Jun needed. Wei Jun nodded and asked, "Where are they?"

"Somewhere even the devil wouldn't find them." Xing Xiaomei replied.

"I don't want the devil to find them. I want him to do so." Wei Jun replied.

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"What's your beef with the guy anyway? I don't think you know of him or he knows of you." Xing Xiaomei curiously asked. Wei Jun once again ignored that question and asked, "Have you properly leaked the information?"

"What am I? Your errand girl? Do that on your own, at least." Xing Xiaomei lazily replied. Wei Jun simply nodded. What she had done already was enough. He could take care of things from there on his own.

Besides, with how uninterested she was, he doubted she'd take the task seriously, risking his discovery to Lin Fan Sho, about which he wasn't very confident yet. Granted, his strength had increased by a lot, and now that his physical stats were rising on their own, he didn't need to worry about them.

Not to mention the new skills he had obtained, which made it very reassuring for him. He took a deep breath before he dialed Li Wei's number and summoned her.

He disconnected the call once she said she'd arrive in an hour. Wei Jun looked at Xing Xiaomei, who was eating an apple, and decided to test his newest skill.

[Dragon's will]

"Stand up." Wei Jun simply said, but as he did, he felt as if someone had stabbed him.

[HP -50]

[QP -1700]

"What the…" Xing Xiaomei stood up on her own like she didn't intend to do so. Wei Jun, on the other hand, coughed up blood as the green power in his heart hurriedly moved, using 50 points of Qi to heal him. Once he was healed, he looked at Xing Xiaomei, who was also looking at him.

Putting the pieces together, she said, "Whatever it is, I don't like it being used on me."

The pink hue of the blossoms around her was threatening to Wei Jun even when he had increased his strength so much.

He knew it would be very difficult to placate her if she got angry, so he simply nodded and apologized, "I apologize. I was just trying to check something out."

"Hmph!" Xing Xiaomei left with a harrumph as she said, "Use it on one of your toys next time."

With her gone, Wei Jun shook his head and checked the effects of the skill.

The consumption of Qi was more than stated, but that was probably because of the target the skill was being used on.

The backlash was quite great as well, which he guessed was due to Xing Xiaomei's mental strength.

[On the contrary]

[It was simply her strength that resisted]

[On that account, host]

[I wouldn't recommend using this skill on mages or spiritulaists]

[Especially spiritualists]

'Does that mean I can never use it on them?' Wei Jun asked the system.

[Just until you grow strong enough and your mind is not preoccupied with assimilating pure darkness]

Wei Jun sighed and made a mental note not to use it on living beings for the time being.