Stuck in a Chinese novel

Crash!!!

"Argh!!!" Wei Jun grunted loudly as he spat blood in a large magnitude. He tried to pick himself up but he couldn't. Not only had he bled a lot, he was also injured to a great degree that he couldn't even utilize his legs if he tried.

He could, however, move his head, which he did and looked at his assailant. Power he had never felt ever before. He saw the formidable opponent he was facing for the first time as the assailant asked…

"Who is she?"

The formidable opponent? Well, who would that be other than a jealous girlfriend? An opponent he had never faced before. He had to admit that out of all the opponents he had faced so far, this one was the most dangerous.

"She's… just an… all—kugh!!" Wei Jun tried to explain himself but he was interrupted by a heel embedded in his chest as he coughed up more of his blood.

"And why did she have to be a girl? Not a man?" Xia Lu asked, her eyes dripping with murder. Wei Jun knew that if he didn't reply well, he'd be in a lot of trouble.

[Such a dilemma, host]

[If they're all girls, you're a womanizer]

[If they're men, then you have gayish tendencies]

[Such a dilemma]

'Shut up,' Wei Jun annoyingly said before he looked at Xia Lu as his wounds healed. He had been very much surprised by Xia Lu's growth. Although she was still in the Qi sense realm, she had shown remarkable capabilities than her peers of the same rank.

[Not to mention her control over the Qi]

[Even in this angered state, she isn't leaking any of it at all]

Wei Jun also admitted that fact. Still, that didn't mean she was extraordinary or anything. Given her cultivation technique, she wasn't performing that well. At best, she was above average a bit. Had the same cultivation technique given to Yan Rong, she would have mastered it by now.

'Still, compared to others, her growth isn't nothing.' Wei Jun thought as he tried to pull himself up but Xia Lu wasn't moving her heel. He sighed and remained on the ground. Arguing back was the last thing he could do in the current situation. He simply remained quiet and let her speak.

"What do I have to do?" Wei Jun asked.

"Promise me you'll never, ever sleep with her." Xia Lu asked.

"I won't." Wei Jun replied without a moment's hesitation before he added, "I promise."

[A verbal promise with a party member has been made]

[Breaking the promise would incur heavy penalties]

'Great.' Wei Jun sighed but he didn't regret his decision. He didn't care. He intended to keep that promise anyway. Sure, Xiang Xiaomei was attractive and a little crazy like he liked, but he wasn't interested in her one bit. She was a strong ally, which he admitted. But he didn't hold any sort of romantic feelings for her like he did for Xia Lu or Yan Rong.

Once she received Wei Jun's promise, even though it was verbal, she was very relieved for some reason so Xia Lu lifted her foot off of his chest. As soon as he was free, Wei Jun stood up and stretched his muscles. Once he was done, Wei Jun looked at Xia Lu and smiled.

"What?" She asked, having no idea why he was smiling like that. Wei Jun didn't say anything in return and simply pounced on her.

~~

After about two hours, he came out of the gym in his reconstructed villa and locked the door. Outside, Xing Xiaomei was practicing with her sword. When she saw Wei Jun, she asked, "You were in there for a long time. Must have been some workout."

"It surely was." Wei Jun simply replied before he left the gym. Xing Xiaomei was left confused but she didn't say anything.

Wei Jun left the villa and headed straight towards the famed weapon's shop. He hadn't been there in a long time and needed to get some things done. First of all, he needed weapons. Other than that, he needed information.

The last time he had been there, three system updates had passed making the Yuan Yin city much, much larger and different than before. While it was news for him, for the residents of this world, it was as if it was always like this.

With that in mind, there were many, many new and rich families he had never paid a visit to. It would be a tremendous loss if he didn't do so. After all, they needed to lose some of their treasures to really know their worth.

"Welco--!!" Zi Huan stopped in between his greeting when he saw who the customer was. His expression became strange as he asked, "What do you want?"

"What?" Wei Jun asked, "Just because I threatened you once doesn't mean we're not friends anymore."

"We never were in the first place," Zi Huan replied. Wei Jun nodded in return as it was technically true. He simply replied, "Whatever you say. So? Does that mean I'm not welcome here?"

"What do you want?" Zi Huan asked.

"What could I possibly want?" Wei Jun asked. Zi Huan sighed and began to unload the collection he had in his shop. Wei Jun looked at the guns displayed with twinkling eyes before his eyes stopped on one. It was a pretty peculiar one, after all.

From the outside, it was a simple gun from the antique colt series but there was something different about it as well.

"Intrigued, huh?" Zi Huan asked as he picked it up and pointed it towards Wei Jun before he asked, "You might wanna activate your barrier for this one." Stay connected through empire

Wei Jun didn't know what it was about but he didn't refuse to do so. As soon as a thin, almost transparent, layer of Qi appeared on him, Zi Huan pulled the trigger form the gun. As soon as it touched Wei Jun's barrier, it cracked like it was nothing and the bullet passed through Wei Jun like a hot knife through butter.

"Fu*k!" And the worst part of it was pain. Hellish pain assaulted him right away.

[You have been poisoned by Miasma]

Almost immediately, his Death Qi activated on its own and arrived at his wound. It circled around it before it pushed whatever was causing burning pain to Wei Jun out of his body.

Once he was pain free, the green power in his body activated on its own and healed him. The entire process must have lasted about three seconds but those three seconds were immensely painful to him.

Wei Jun raised his head to yell at Zi Huan when he heard the audible click of the gun in Zi Huan's hands.

"Now that I know it works, I don't really have to be wary of you, do I?" Zi Huan asked. Wei Jun stopped. He paused for a moment before he asked with a lengthy sigh, "What do you get after this?"

"Satisfaction." Zi Huan replied.

"And do you think that's worth making an enemy out of me?" Wei Jun asked.

"Yes." Zi Huan replied, his answer simple enough to make Wei Jun chuckle.

While he was outwardly calm, he was a little wary on the inside. Still, he didn't show his panic to Zi Huan to show he wasn't afraid at all.

[…]

However, all of that faded away when Wei Jun received the recent notification, or to be more precise, messages from the overseer inside the system.

He laughed out loud, "Hahahaha."

His laughter confused Zi Huan but also very much on guard. Wei Jun was dangerous, he knew that from experience. Just because the gun worked on him, didn't mean there wasn't any threat anymore.

"What is that, anyway?" Wei Jun asked.

"Something for helpless people like us to protect us from you… superhuman bastards." Zi Huan replied.

"What's in it is what I'm more interested in." Wei Jun replied.

"Made form monster cores. It's more like a venom to anyone with supernatural powers such as mana or Qi." Zi Huan still explained, even though the situation was very much bizarre.

Wei Jun nodded before he asked, "So? What's the bright plan? Do you think you can pull your trigger faster than I can move?"

"…" Zi Huan remained silent. Wei Jun chuckled in return. Seeing his laidback attitude and having things thought through, Zi Huan put his gun down. Wei Jun smiled and became relaxed.

That was a mistake, or at least that was how it appeared to be, because as soon as his barrier came down, Zi Huan hurriedly raised his gun and shot Wei Jun.

Clang!

The bullet bounced off of Wei Jun. Wei Jun smirked, he looked at Zi Huan and said, "Now, now, that's unexpected, isn't it?"

Before Zi Huan could even pull the trigger again, Wei Jun appeared beside him and grabbed him by his neck, "So you've made your choice, huh?"

"Well," Wei Jun said as he threw Zi Huan into the showcase behind the counter, "I've made mine as well."