Stuck in a Chinese novel

Chapter 153: Change (1)

"Does it matter? As long as it works." Wei Jun said after a while of thinking. For some reason, the death Qi inside of him was helping him absorb elixirs more efficiently than any of his theories, and that too in a very short amount of time.

"I've decided to be done with it anyway. No matter what I do if I get screwed like this, things become a headache anyway," Wei Jun said as he got back to the shop to purchase the same elixir. He was about to buy it but was stopped by the system.

[You won't gain anything from eating it again]

[It's a one-time consumable]

"Haaa…" Wei Jun sighed and opened and searched the shop for other elixirs that would raise his Yang Qi.

[Fiery cloud]

[Tier: B]

[Type: Consumable]

[Effect: Increases the Yang Qi of the consumer]

[Minimum point: 0]

[Maximum points: 1]

[Cost: 70000 coins]

This herb looked a little funny and it was a bit lower in price than the earlier one. Wei Jun purchased it and began to absorb it as well. Just like before, he felt his insides burning which was excruciating only for a moment until the death Qi came to his rescue.

Wei Jun sighed as the pain lessened. Wherever the death Qi would pass, it would heal that place too.

[Death Qi: 77\\187]

The only problem was that he had already used 110 points of death qi to absorb those elixirs. By that count, his next elixir would be his last one since the death Qi only restored itself naturally, not by a replenishing pill.

Once he was feeling a lot better, Wei Jun saw that his Qi stat had gone by one point. Since he couldn't take the same herb again, he had to search for more and while doing so, he approached the topic that he had been ignoring since earlier because of his anger.

'So Liu Yu is my wife now? I wonder if she would still try to kill me seeing as she stands to become a widow out of that.' Wei Jun asked.

[Yes she is]

[And I wouldn't know what's going through her mind]

'But what happened? Why did I marry her?' Wei Jun asked. He would have never done that even if he was killed so he didn't know what was going on.

[You didn't]

[Wei Jun did]

'What?' Wei Jun asked with a frown, 'Isn't Wei Jun Ruan dead?'

[No]

[Just caged]

[He only comes out to play the plot]

'Of course, that idiot would jump to marry Liu Yu.' Wei Jun said before he said out loud, "What a simp."

[You're not surprised but that]

'That's the only thing that explains what has been going on. But what else? Why would he come out now?' Wei Jun asked. He now understood why everyone was looking at him strangely and why some even had looks of disappointment on his face.

[Like I said]

[He only comes out to fix the plot]

[After all, the second novel began a lot sooner than expected]

[You were given a year yet you did it in three and a half months]

[And you even succeeded 87% of the way]

'So some things had to be fixed.' Wei Jun surmised the explanation.

[Yes]

[Everything needs a reason]

[Unless it is the law of the world that can legally backdoor in any reality]

'Well, that's fair,' Wei Jun sarcastically replied when he found another elixir. This time it wasn't an herb but a pill. There were many of the same type for different kinds of Qis but he didn't see any for death Qi.

Wei Jun sighed and purchased the one that increased his yang Qi.

[Pill of the Yang Clan(mild)]

[Tier: S]

[Type: Consumable]

[Effect: Increases the Yang Qi of the consumer by 5]

[Cost: 1,000,000 coins]

Wei Jun didn't wait for another second and consumed the pill that was red in color. Wei Jun didn't feel any heat coming from it unlike the herbs earlier. There was a change in the description as well.

Unlike the earlier herbs, there was no minimum or maximum limit in this one. It increased his Qi by five and that was it.

But the system description had never been wrong so Wei Jun wasn't skeptical, just curious.

'Why does it say mild?' Wei Jun asked.

[Because there are stronger versions of this pill, leading all the way up to the SSS+ tier]

'So why aren't they here?' Wei Jun asked.

[This one wasn't here before you updated the shop either]

[Some things only have lower tier variants of them in the current level shop]

[You need to update the shop level for the higher variant of the same pill]

Wei Jun couldn't tell if that made sense or not so he decided to just ignore and get on with the pill.

He consumed it and right away, observed another difference. The death Qi didn't come to his rescue this time, nor did the yang energy in the elixir cause any damage to his insides.

[It looks like you will have to absorb this one on your own]

Wei Jun didn't waste another second and as soon as the yang energy began to leak from the elixir, Wei Jun began to guide it to his core, doing his circulation like he did with normal Qi.

Granted that circulation no longer restored his Qi, he could still not only calm himself but also restore his stamina by doing Qi circulation at the cost of a small amount of Qi.

And while absorbing the elixir, that was the only way he knew to do this. So he did his circulation and guided the Qi from his core to grab the Qi leaking from the elixir and then did a full body circulation coupled with the energy from the elixir, not only energizing himself but also increasing his Qi when it reached back into his core.

Wei Jun felt a lot of power when he felt his Qi core expand a little. It wasn't like earlier when the core expanded due to the herbs. But it was bringing along a powerful feeling as his Qi core expanded due to the energy from the elixir.

Wei Jun began to suppress that energy and saw that it didn't just make him strong, his aggression was also increasing for some reason.

[There is a saying]

[Light is for the calm]

[Cold is for the collected]

[Fire is for the destructive]

[Every Qi has a characteristic, host]

[The characteristics of the yang Qi is…]

'Aggression.' Wei Jun spoke before the system could finish his sentence. Wei Jun had successfully suppressed his emotions which kind of surprised the system but not so much when he figured out the nature of Wei Jun.

Although Wei Jun acted angrily, even in anger, he never forgot to rationalize the situation. He was always rational, even when he was yelling, and never impaired his ability to make decisions of any kind.

[That's an impressive quality of a cultivator, host]

[Qi usually makes their bearer calm and collected but the Yang Qi and demonic Qi are the only types that make their user aggressive and evil, respectively]

[Especially when the breathing technique you practice makes your yang Qi so pure]

Wei Jun nodded and returned his focus completely to the absorption of the elixir.

One hour, two hours, five hours, ten…. Three days later, he had finally finished absorbing the elixir.

Wei Jun would have very much loved it if he could do that in just a minute like the herbs he had consumed but the death Qi showed no intention of moving in all that time so Wei Jun considered that it would act only when he was in anger or something similar to the lines.

Wei Jun opened his eyes, feeling refreshed and full of energy. It wasn't just his Qi core expansion; he was generally full of stamina as well.

He looked down between his legs and corked his left eyebrow before he shook his head and stood up. He flexed his muscles as they made a crackling sound.

Wei Jun equipped his clothes from the inventory and stepped out of the warehouse while checking his phone.

There were some messages from Li Wei, informing him of the situations he should be aware of. There were some from Lin Ruan, worried about his whereabouts, some from Liu Yu, asking and teasing him, calling him bashful, that he was hiding from his wife because he was shy, and making fun of him clearly.

Among all of them, was a summon from Sun Ruan. He had called Wei Jun but never specified the situation. The summon was sent two days ago and he was supposed to meet him the day before yesterday at night.

There were some follow-up messages and from the way they were expressed, he doubted Sun Ruan was happy with his absence.

Wei Jun once again crackled his head and made his way to his car. Instead of going home, he decided to visit Sun Ruan, to see what that geezer was on about again.

He also needed to cut a deal with him regarding Liu Yu.