Stuck in a Chinese novel

"You are. And there's one more." The sect master said before he pointed at the black haired girl who was sniffing and sobbing, standing before the body of Elder Xiang, but Wei Jun could spot the snickers beneath her veil.

She was happy.

"I have decided to appoint you two as the head of treasury." The sect master said.

Heads of treasury were the fancy terms for the people who handled the businesses of the sect. It was immense power because almost all of the wealth of the sect was controlled by them, and there were usually three people in the position of equal authority.

"I have decided to change the rules and make it just you two. I hope you won't find it uncomfortable." The sect master said, knowing Wei Jun was perfectly annoyed by that, but he didn't say anything. He simply nodded and said, "My pay will have to be massive."

"Don't you think my protection is a massive pay in itself?" The sect master asked, but it wasn't exactly a question. Wei Jun remained silent, and the sect master walked away, leaving a few words, "Let's hope I don't catch your embezzlement."

"Hah!" Wei Jun slightly scoffed at the words but remained silent once again.

To be perfectly honest, he was quite scared of the sect master. He was powerful. More than enough that Wei Jun couldn't even dream of going against him at the moment. He was already at a loss about what to do since Li Fan Sho would soon be entering the next realm of cultivation while he hadn't even entered the grandmaster realm.

To remedy that, Wei Jun decided to pay a certain someone a visit. He thought of a scheme to raise his level. He just hoped it would work.

~~

Wei Jun's helicopter landed on an empty airfield where a car was already waiting for him. The car took him to a house in the countryside a few miles away, a safe and hidden location that wasn't even registered.

There, a normal two-story house could be seen. Wei Jun approached the house and knocked on it. The door was soon opened by an extremely beautiful woman who was only one level below Xia Lu at most.

"Yes?" The woman asked.

"You must be Su Liao. I am Wei Jun Ruan." Wei Jun introduced himself, and as soon as he did, the woman's expression brightened as if her savior had come, and she immediately bowed down to greet him. "It is an honor to finally meet you, Mister Ruan."

Wei Jun simply smiled and said, "The honor is all mine."

~~

"How are you finding your stay?" Wei Jun asked as he sipped the tea Su Liao had served him and took the seat opposite of him. Nearby, a boy of seven could be seen watching TV.

Su Liao smiled at his question and replied, "It's a little too quiet here. Nothing to do but otherwise, I'm doing great, thanks to you."

"Well, that's the least I can do." Wei Jun replied.

"You knew my father, you say?" Su Liao asked.

Wei Jun nodded and replied, "He saved my life. Mister Li was my savior who saved me when my life was in danger. We were both trapped for some time in which he told me about you and your brother and how he regretted not being able to save you from your mother."

As soon as he mentioned her mother, Su Liao's expression turned sad. The story was complicated yet very simple to explain. There was a man and a woman who fell in love and gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.

The family of the woman pressured her, and she was a little strict, so she wanted their children to be raised as such. The man was against that, and the only option left was separation. The mother managed to keep the girl twin while the man managed to keep the son. The brother and sister were Su Liao and her twin brother.

The twin brother took the name of his father, Li. Li Fan Sho. As for her, she was forced to be given the name of her mother, Su. Su Liao.

They were separated when they were merely seven years old, so the memories of her father and brother were a little foggy, but Su Liao didn't have the time to worry about that because her own life was full of tragedies.

Her mother was strict but also greedy. She forced her decisions on Su Liao all her life, and once she grew up, she married her to the most powerful gangster in Long Bao city.

She had a son with that gangster and was afraid that her son's fate would be the same when she was rescued by someone. A woman so beautiful that even she envied her.

That woman told her who had sent her and why she was saved and brought to that location. It was for her own safety because the gangster was still looking for her. Or at least she thought so because the gangster, the father of the child watching TV close to them, had already departed from that world by the very beautiful woman who rescued her.

'But she doesn't need to know that.' Wei Jun thought inwardly.

"Is there... any news of my brother?" Su Liao hopefully asked, but Wei Jun only sighed in reply.

Su Liao sighed as well, but her contained a mix of desperation and regret.

"I'm sorry. I tried my best to find him, but since he left at the age of fifteen, Mister Li had no idea of his whereabouts. The description he gave me was eight years older, so there could be some... difficulties in finding him." Wei Jun replied in regret.

But then he leaned forward, a sincere expression on his face as he said, "But you don't have to worry about it. I will find your brother, even if that is the last thing I do. I owe Mister Li that much."

Su Liao was flustered when he said so and hurriedly replied, "What are you saying, Mister Ruan. You don't owe us anything. In fact, what you've done is already more than enough."

Wei Jun smiled as a number of notifications appeared in his view, and with that sweet smile, he replied, "Not enough just yet. Not enough."

~~

[Fate is in a pickle]

[Three events have been permanently changed]

[Two events have been permanently erased]

[One event has been temporarily altered]

[You have leveled up by 10]

[Level 311]

[Strength +10]

[Agility +10]

[Stamina +10]

[You have entered the realm of a grandmaster]

[All stats +5]

[All system skills have leveled up by 1]

[The limit of the skill 'Qi Discharge' has been greatly enhanced]

[You can now discharge 100 points of QP]

[Skill 'Qi construct' can now support complex structures]

[Your affinity with yang essence has increased]

[Please increase your infinity to raise the rank of your cultivation technique]

Wei Jun didn't go through a groundbreaking breakthrough or anything like that. He simply leveled up and entered the realm of a grandmaster with his stats already past the next limit.

Still, it wasn't like there was no change.

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[It's beautiful, isn't it?]

The system asked, and Wei Jun couldn't help but nod as he looked into the distance.

All around him were hues of mixed color. Golden, blue, white, and black. The scene was similar to when the system updates happened, but it was devoid of any earthquake or buildings sprouting from the ground and rising up into the sky.

[That's Qi]

[In grandmaster realm]

[You sense the real essence of Qi]

Wei Jun couldn't help but nod. The scene before him, with layers of Qi calmly floating around, was beautiful. So much so that Wei Jun had to remain like that for a while. He extended his hand to touch them, but all kinds of them avoided him like plague.

Even the dark one was the same.

[You wield death]

[While the rest are apprehensive]

[Dark Qi is scared]

Wei Jun nodded but didn't reply. He was simply marveling at the fact that he had entered the realm of grandmaster. Of course, it was far from enough, but it was enough at the moment.

Wei Jun couldn't help but smirk at how overpowered his system had become, and had it not been for the limit imposed on him, he would have already crossed the level of a grandmaster.

Still, he was in no haste. Soon enough, his second goal would be achieved. He just had to wait for a while.

While he was deciding on that, his cell phone rang, and the caller turned out to be none other than General Ming.

He sighed and picked up the phone.

General Ming spoke from the other side without waiting for him to speak, "It's time to cash in that favor."

Wei Jun knew what she was talking about, so he simply asked, "Where do I need to go?"