Stuck in a Chinese novel

The man at the forefront, whose black hair flowed down until his waist, seemed as delicate as a flower grown in a flower house. Wei Jun could tell that he had had a sheltered life and from the look on his face that held contempt for his surroundings, he had nothing but arrogance to offer others.

Along with him were a man and a woman of young age. the man had a smirk on his face as if he was born confident and the woman had a gentle smile on her face as if her gentleness was her main point.

What Wei Jun noticed common in them was how they looked down on anything and everything.

'Royal by birth?' Wei Jun remembered having a conversation with his father. It was when he was young and innocent, just six, recently discovering many things and becoming curious about everything.

Damien was born rich, with a spoon made of meteorite metals in his mouth. Whether it was planes, amusement parks, or even buildings, whatever he wondered was possible for him to buy.

So one day, he read about royals who were born the same way. They had authority, power, wealth and everything one could desire. So he wondered if he was a royal as well? Was he the same?

Did he have the right to treat everyone as the same?

He asked his father that question and his father simply smiled. the next day, his plane as gone, the amusement park he his father had built him was gone, the building in the middle of the New York that was gifted to him was also gone.

HIs father then looked at him and said with a smile, "What royal would worry losing something of theirs?"

Wei Jun looked at the three individuals and thought the same thing. Just because they were royals, didn't mean everything belonged to them. It could easily be taken away by those in power. The old man known as the elder was the one such person who could take it from them. If they were truly worried that someone might take their belongings from them, then they were not truly royals.

Wei Jun only gave them a cursory glance, just enough to notice anything of significance about them. Other than them being royal and being grandmaster realm cultivators, there was nothing special about them.

[There is one fact you have missed]

'And that is?' Wei Jun asked.

[The men]

[Their cultivation is unstable]

[Not to the point it'd collapse on its own]

[But enough to lower their efficiency by a lot]

Wei Jun turned to look at them again and by now, they had noticed him as well. Wei Jun ignored their gazes and looked at the girl among them.

With a set of auburn hair and deep black eyes, she stood six feet tall, a lean figure and beauty to match that of Xia Lu's. What was most intriguing about her was the mention of the system.

The system had only mentioned the two men, not her. It could mean there were two possibilities. Either she was the true royal among the three, or, she was an outsider.

Wei Jun always went by the worst option so assuming the same in this case, Wei Jun had to lean on the latter option.

"If you look at me so intently, it could endanger your entire family." The girl said with a gentle smile, her voice clear and pristine like a melody.

"..." Wei Jun remained silent, his expression as stoic as ever as he simply blinked and turned his attention elsewhere.

"..." Least to say, due to him blatantly ignoring the royals, not even greeting them in the formal imperial manner, Wei Jun had incurred their wrath.

"How impudent!" One of the men in black outfits said as his Qi began to emanate from his being. Wei Jun ignored him as well because he wasn't going to cause any trouble.

None of them could. How could they? If they were true royals, why would they ever fear someone else? Right now, they were scared. Scared of the man who stood behind Wei Jun.

"Now, now. This person is an outsider. He hasn't had any contact with the imperial family ever so you cannot expect him to know the imperial ways." General Ming tried to diffuse the situation but not a lot of respect could be heard in her tone and words.

The man tutted and the man with the crown, the crown prince, waved his hand to pull the man back. He then turned to General Ming and said, his voice smoother than woman, but not womanly, "I know we came here suddenly and you feel burdensome. But I would appreciate it if we were given the respect we were due."

'Huh?' Wei Jun suddenly sensed something. Something familiar.

"My apologies, your highness." General Ming said as she bowed a little as per imperial decorum.

As for Wei Jun, he was still trying to make sense of the situation. Was it just his imagination or was there really something at play here?

'Oi.' Wei Jun called out to the system to ask for clarification but the system simply remained silent.

[I'm your assistant, host]

[There's a limit to how much I can interfere]

[Unfortunately, you will have to deal with this on your own]

That was as good as the answer Wei Jun needed. His hypothesis wasn't confirmed, but he was sure he wasn't mistaken as well.

'There's more to this mission.' Wei Jun thought.

Soon enough, everyone was ready to depart. There were helicopters prepared to take them to the dungeon site. Wei Jun and the military personnel were in one helicopter while the imperial members were in another.

They arrived at their destination in simply fifteen minutes. As they arrived, the miasma emitting from the dungeon was threatening the surroundings. Buildings and the ground trembled under the miasma waves emitting from the dungeon gate.

"Wow. So beautiful." The woman with the crown prince said in a gentle tone with a gentle expression on her face. Nothing that would back up her astonished words. Wei Jun was sure of one thing now. That was an excellent facade.

"It's as dangerous as it looks." The man with the crown prince, the one with the constant smirk on his face, said as he looked at the woman and said, "Be careful not to lose a leg in there or something. Crippled women are such a turn-off."

"Tch." General Ming clicked her tongue.

The remark was clearly pointed at her, given her facial disfiguration. Wei Jun could tell the three idiots were trying to get on their nerves. Otherwise, if the gentle woman and General Ming were to be compared, most men would pick General Ming even when her face was a little disfigured.

Of course, Wei Jun stayed out of it. He wasn't a military man so he didn't have to stand with them. Even the imperial faction. If they didn't make an enemy out of him, Wei Jun would ignore small problems.

The dungeon was prepared to enter and so the party made their way towards the dungeon gate. The composition was very simply. There were thirty master ranked cultivators from the military and CSF side, with General Ming and General Shao who had remained silent since the beginning in the grandmaster realm.

Wei Jun could be considered to be on the military side as well so that would make it three grandmaster realm cultivators.

From the imperial side, there were twenty master ranked cultivators in black outfits. As for the three men and woman in black outfits including the three idiots as Wei Jun called them, that made their force a whopping six grandmaster realm cultivators.

Even for an S rank dungeon, it was overkill. Of course, there were ranks within the S rank dungeons as well and some required even more force than their current one.

But Wei Jun was sure that from the miasma emitting from this one, this one didn't require more than two to three grandmasters if they were being cautious about it. Even Wei Jun was confident he could clear that dungeon alone.

'Then that means the dungeon is not the real target.' Wei Jun concluded and entered the dungeon along with everyone else. The first to go in were the master-ranked cultivators because the grandmasters were to stay behind with the imperial prince.

As Wei Jun arrived on the other side, scorching heat welcomed him by slamming in his face directly. It wasn't just that, even his feet felt heavier. Not just because it was a desert, no, it was because of the gravitational pull in that place.

[A side quest has arrived]

'Huh?' Wei Jun was suddenly surprised by the system notification.

He clicked on it for the quest info to expand when he heard the gentle woman say, "I have a good feeling we should head in that direction. What do you guys think?"

And with that, Wei Jun's hypothesis was confirmed.

'They're evil cultivators.'

[Quest: Tomb of the banished Witch Princess]

[Tier: A]

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