Stuck in a Chinese novel

Chapter 108: Skill increase

[Status]

[Wei Jun Ruan

Level: 22

HP: 31\\31

QP: 230\\230

Cultivation realm: Qi gathering realm]

[Strength: 67]

[Agility: 86]

[Stamina: 83]

[Defense: 56]

[Qi: 46]

[Charm: 41]

[Luck: 19]

From the stat increase because of his realm increase, Wei Jun's stats had increased by a bit except for his Qi stat. But that wasn't what Wei Jun was focused on.

Wei Jun's main focus was on what the system had said earlier. All of his combat stats except for defense were above sixty, the current limit of his stats which would be lifted once he reached level thirty. Even then, he wouldn't feel his stats fully because they would still be higher than eighty. It meant that Wei Jun needed to increase his level to forty to reach the limit of one hundred stats.

According to the system, the Qi sense realm ended at forty Qi stat points and the Qi gathering realm would end at eighty. Exactly the double of the first main stage of cultivation. Similarly, the requirement would also increase by double each time.

The problem at hand was his level. Even if he managed to increase his Qi stat to 100, with the help of 'Qi empowerment' skill, he would still just be able to face a cultivator at the third main stage of Qi.

[You would still have an edge though]

Of course, Wei Jun knew that as well. Wei Jun not only had the Qi stat of a Qi gathering realm cultivator, but he also had physical stats currently at the same level, making him stronger than usual cultivators who would only last against him using a skill for a limited time. This meant that against an equal opponent, he didn't need to use the skill 'Qi empowerment.'

And that edge was what the system talking about. Wei Jun could not only last longer, but he wouldn't even need to use the skill 'Qi empowerment', just Qi armament, to protect himself from the Qi of another person and in doing so, save a good amount of Qi, granting him another edge in terms of Qi against an opponent.

However, what if he met a higher-ranked opponent? He needed to increase his level no matter what because so far, the fights with cultivators hadn't been easy for Wei Jun. In the first one, he almost lost his life and in the second and third, he had to use equipment and ammos of tens of millions.

Wei Jun shook himself out of these thoughts and checked the last bit of notification that appeared because of his cultivation advancement.

[Skill 'Qi armament' has leveled up]

[Skill: Qi armament Lv2]

[Lv2 Effect: Still an unstable Qi barrier but the duration of the skill has slightly increased]

[Cost: 55 QP. Additional usage requires 35 QP per 70 seconds]

[No cooldown]

[Skill 'Qi empowerment' has leveled up]

[Skill: Qi empowerment Lv2]

[Lv2 Effect: All combat stats +25]

[Cost: 70 QP per use]

[Cooldown: 5 minutes]

[Skill 'Qi Discharge' has leveled up]

[Skill: Qi Discharge Lv2]

[Lv2 Effect: The maximum discharge output has been increased by 5. The user now has slight control over his discharged Qi]

[Cost: QP]

[No cooldown]

Wei Jun wasn't overly pleased with the skill level up. Although the effects of the skills had improved a bit, the cost had also increased proportionally. He wasn't disappointed, but he wasn't happy with it either. As his Qi increased, the skill usage cost also increased, keeping him in check so his Qi increase didn't matter that much.

Of course, the improvements in the skills couldn't be ignored, especially the effect of the Qi discharge skill. He was happy to know that he could now control his Qi slightly inside of a human being. Of course, the plans in his head were far from friendly.

After checking everything and being done with everything, Wei Jun made his way to the bathroom to shower and then change. He didn't take a bath once again because he didn't need to. He already felt very refreshed and warm thanks to the long cultivation session earlier.

After he was done, he dressed up and left his room. He headed to the dining room to find a sizzling hot meal prepared for him, that was enough to feed at least thirty people. He dug in and chowed all of it down quite ungracefully in just six minutes.

Once he was done, he checked the time. The clock ticked a little past eleven. He was late but there wasn't much worry. The movie was almost finished. Wei Jun was sure that in just two weeks if he pushed the staff and cats to the limit like he always had, the movie would be finished.

*******

"And, CUT!" A staff member directed as Wei Jun watched from the sidelines. Xia Lu, on the other hand, had the most disgusted expression ever seen on her face.

Her problem remained the same, she would blush whenever she filmed with Wei Jun, increasing their takes by a lot so the cast had to use a double. But that wasn't all, she would also make the same mistake with Xiao Heiling as well, making a disgusted face whenever she filmed with him as the hero, making the movie quite a bit difficult.

The double left heartbroken faced with such a clear disgusted expression from a beauty, he would be traumatized for sure was what everyone there thought.

Xia Lu on the other hand, shyly looked at Wei Jun who was just staring at her all the time. He wasn't even hiding his gaze or shying away, he was outright looking at her all the time. Although he wanted to be with her while filming, he knew priorities had to be set.

With Xia Lu back on track, they had been able to film four major and thirteen minor scenes in just eight hours.

Wei Jun was quite happy with the progress. He was sure that the time needed for movie finishing would decrease by a lot with this progress and he didn't have to push them yet. Though he was thinking of shortening time by doing so.

But in the end, he decided not to. Rushing everything wasn't a good thing. Although there was the process of editing to deal with any mistakes, it was still going at a good pace so it was all right.

Not to mention, he had to be somewhere today. The appointed time for his presence at the dinner in the Ruan villa was nine pm and it was still just seven thirty. He decided to guide the wrap-up and then left for his car. He didn't need to head home to suit up because his suits were in his inventory and he took a shower after the shooting so he was fine at the moment.

He got into his sedan and started it up. He really missed the touch of a sports car but a sedan was a car that blended in and Wei Jun prioritized low detection over catching all the attention with a flashy car and giving away his presence.

There were still a few sports and luxury cars in Wei Jun's villa, but Wei Jun was wise enough to go with the safe choice. To fill up his addiction to race cars, he would just take them for a spin sometimes.

Wei Jun arrived at the Ruan mansion after a slow drive at exactly eighty-forty-five. He didn't want to be there before dinner because he didn't want to deal with Sun Ruan too much at the moment. After all, Sun Ruan was a potential enemy who was out of Wei Jun's range for now, and Wei Jun might have to level up to level 100 to be able to deal with him.

As Wei Jun got out of the car, he heard a beautiful voice echo in his ears. A voice he had heard before just once. At the dinner of the Ruan family.

"I get me being late because I don't want to be here, but the young master of the house being late doesn't make sense, now does it?" Wei Jun turned around to look at a beautiful dark-haired young woman whose dark eyes just sucked souls in.

Pity, Wei Jun's soul was very immovable, and quite a bit dark so he didn't need the darkness in the eyes of the woman before her.

"Does it mean you don't like it here too?" Liu Yu asked with a smile that was in no way a smile. But Wei Jun was sure of one thing, if he were to cast her in a movie, she would be an even greater actress than Xia Lu.

The way she masked her expression, her real emotion behind a curtain of fake expression and emotions perfectly, she was a woman that even seasoned and experienced old people wouldn't have a hard time reading.

Even Wei Jun, with his enormous experience dealing with several types of people, had to admit that this woman was something else. Of course, that didn't mean she was unbreakable. He knew how to deal with this type as well. To see her true emotions, all he had to do was poke that one place that made her tick.

A complex that every woman like her who was powerful but bound had, her strive for independence.