Stuck in a Chinese novel

Chapter 229: Hunting

"Were you peeping on me?" The elder asked, her expression still neutral.

"No." Wei Jun replied with a straight face.

"Then how do you know I have long legs through my robe?" The elder asked.

"You have wide hips." Wei Jun replied.

"Do you have a problem with wide hips?" The elder asked.

"I dig wide hips." Wei Jun replied.

"Good to know." The elder replied before she added, "And it would be his lucky day if I were to ever wrap my legs around his neck."

"And yes, he would love it like a creep." The elder finished, making Wei Jun let out a chuckle again.

The rest of the disciples, however, were speechless at this exchange. After all, not anyone has the guts to comment on an elder's assets so openly and get away with it.

"Now get ready, all of you. Because your world is about to change." The elder said before she turned around and walked towards the gate, beckoning the disciples to follow her which they did and also made their way to the gate.

As Wei Jun, along with Lin Ruan, passed through the gate, what appeared in front of him was a red sky. The sun itself shining in the sky was of deep red color.

But that was the secondary detail in that palace. It was humid, almost as if it was a swamp but there wasn't a swamp for miles.

There was, however, another condition that was fulfilled with a humid atmosphere.

A hive.

And a hive that was made underground, in the face of a mountain. Well, that was quite a sight to see.

Wei Jun could see a small mountain about the size of a ten-story building with holes in it from where, occasionally, a giant insect would appear with its appearance resembling that of a bumblebee quite a lot.

Just the size was something Wei Jun or any one of the disciples could wrap their heads around.

"Blind bumblebee," The elder began and continued, "Fast, can fly, and is poisonous. Possible attacks include strong winds from its wings and the poisonous needle that it has on its face. It can also spit venom at you which is acidic in nature and once hit, there's no going back."

While everyone was listening to the elder, one bumblebee made its way to that area and looked around.

"That finishes the description. Now get hunting." The elder said while pointing at that one bumblebee that was minding its own business a little away from them.

The disciples nodded and began to prepare themselves. Qi flared in the sky which caused the bumblebee to turn to them and look at them with its hollow eyes.

Seeing so, Wei Jun was also about to activate his skills when the system stopped him.

[Don't activate your Qi]

'Why not?' Wei Jun asked, stopping for a second.

[Blind bumblebees are not really blind]

[They can see Qi signatures like how mosquitoes can see heat signatures]

[Don't use your Qi and you can simply sneak up on it and kill it]

[Or even if you walk up to it, it wouldn't be a problem since it cannot see you]

[It can still feel you on its body though]

Wei Jun nodded.

He then thought back to how the insect was minding its own business when the disciples activated their Qi and it was then that it turned its attention to them.

Wei Jun then turned his head to the elder who was looking at the disciples. Feeling his gaze on her, the elder turned to Wei Jun and asked, "What?"

"You're not using your Qi." Wei Jun said.

"So what? I don't need it since I'm not fighting." The elder said, her face, her expression, her eyes, or any other body language giving no sign that she was lying but Wei Jun could tell she was.

She wasn't lying, she was just withholding information.

[She's quite cunning]

'She's smart.' Wei Jun replied.

Wei Jun knew what she was doing and he agreed every bit with her. She was trying to take advantage of the disciples in case they were to injure themselves. Make them indebted to her.

And also teach them a lesson while doing so.

It would not only make them dependent on her more, she would also gain their gratitude.

Of course, she would also gain their mistrust but that never mattered to her much. She didn't care whether they trusted her or not. All she cared for was the fact that they would be indebted to her and she could receive that favor in the future.

[Or she's just trying to cull the competition and put everyone in their places]

'There's that too.' Wei Jun didn't deny the possibility and turned his attention to the disciples who were desperately trying to fight the giant insect.

The biggest problem they all faced was that no matter what they did, they couldn't get an attack in. Well, attack was a farfetched term, they were too busy trying to dodge its saliva which even melted the ground a little.

Everyone was covered in Qi barrier of Qi armament but Wei Jun could see one disciple squirming in pain.

[As you guessed it]

[Qi is useless against a blind bumblebee's saliva]

Wei Jun nodded and began to walk towards the bumblebee. While it was attacking everyone and they were taking cover behind the rocks, it could still find them and attack them.

They all remained hidden, trying to formulate a plan because they didn't have enough time to come up with one before.

When they saw Wei Jun calmly walking toward the flying monster, some thought he was out of his mind while some were glad that he was walking to his death, 'Heh! Hurry up and die, you bastard.'

Well, Ju Bai Lu's inner thoughts were expected given how much he hated Wei Jun and how much Wei Jun had done to earn that hate.

Only one person in the crowd was curious and that was the elder who could tell that Wei Jun had figured out the trick behind hunting a blind bumblebee, 'But it won't be that easy.'

There was a reason why cultivators relied on Qi. Of course, once they started practicing Qi, they became stronger than normal humans, but even that had a limit. Cultivators needed Qi to be truly strong. Strong enough to defeat that monster.

However, Wei Jun didn't stop even when the elder knew he knew that point.

"Xiao Wei! What are you doing?!" Only one person was worried in that crowd and that was none other than his elder sister. She was hiding behind a rock when she saw Wei Jun and without a second thought, she also came out from behind it and tried to stop Wei Jun herself when the bumblebee threw venomous spit at her.

She had no choice but to hurriedly retreat and get back but she yelled again when she saw that Wei Jun was now awfully close to the monster, "Stop, Xiao Wei!"

However, her shouts of worry fell on deaf ears as the target of that worry was about a few meters away from the monster when he asked the system, 'Can it hear?'

[Of course, it can]

Wei Jun's feet became quiet as soon as he heard that reply. His feet were light as a feather and he barely made any sound which surprised the elder who was watching his every move.

As Wei Jun got closer to the monster, he silently moved behind it while it was busy spraying its venomous spit on some poor soul.

Without thinking much, Wei Jun grabbed it from the bottom, the small stronger that wasn't venomous according to the system, and spun it vertically in the air, slamming it down on the ground.

It wasn't that heavy so Wei Jun could easily do that. Next, without giving anyone any chance to do anything, Wei Jun moved to the front of the monster and grabbed the stinger on its face.

[Qi empowerment Lv4 has been activated]

[All physical stats +40]

Wei Jun activated the skill and ripped the venomous stronger with his bare hands. Without giving the monster a chance, Wei Jun stabbed the bee in its mouth when it opened its mouth to relieve the pain in the form of a scream.

The power of Wei Jun's attack was so great that the slight miasma barrier around the bee crumbled in a second and the stinger penetrated the bee's mouth, bolting it to the ground.

The bee struggled, doing anything to get out but it wasn't long before it died after bleeding out.

As soon as it did, Wei Jun received the notification he loved to hear.

[You have defeated a creature containing Miasma]

[Your Death Qi has increased by 1]

Wei Jun smiled and moved away from the corpse as the elder landed beside it.

The elder examined the corpse of the monster before she nodded and said, "Amazing. This is how a monster should be hunted. Efficiently and quickly."

The rest of the disciples came out from behind the rocks and stared at Wei Jun in amazement while Lin Ruan ran up to him and hugged him.

It was difficult to hug Wei Jun who was an entire foot taller than her but she still managed to push through.

As for the rest, among the disciples, Ju Bai Lu was the only one who glared at Wei Jun like he had stolen his wife.

"Well, I hope you all learned something from this," The elder said before she turned to Wei Jun and said, "Since you hunted it alone, it's yours."

The envy in other's eyes only increased when they heard the elder and the elder continued, "You have five minutes to skin it and take the essentials. After that, we move whether you're done or not."

"That's okay," Wei Jun simply said and touched the monster bee, making it disappear in front of everyone's eyes.