Stuck in a Chinese novel

Chapter 240: Addiction (Bonus: Review)

"Are you sure about this?" Yan Rong asked as a storm of chilling Qi formed on her hand and contrary to her words, she looked like she couldn't wait to blast Wei Jun with it.

Even Wei Jun found her intentions obvious but he still said yes in the form of a nod and as soon as he did, he cranked the Qi in his Qi barrier to the best because the next moment, a storm of Qi that should have destroyed everything around them struck Wei Jun and he was thrown back to the wall, his body crashing the floor many times before he finally crashed into the wall with a loud crunch noise.

[Warning]

[Warning]

[Host at critical health]

[HP 4\\103]

Wei Jun was too damaged to open his eyes wide on those notifications. The system began to use his Qi to heal his injuries but it only brought him out of the critical range which was at 11 HP. The bleeding also stopped so no further HP was lost.

However, the pain still remained.

And now that his mind wasn't numb any more thanks to the system's emergency healing, Wei Jun felt pain all the more.

[Now channel your Qi the way the Death Qi circulated through your system that day]

Wei Jun, still lying on the ground with who knew how many broken bones, began to circulate his Qi throughout his body.

A warm feeling washed all over him as Qi began to circulate throughout his body. It wasn't to the point that the pain he felt was forgotten, but it wasn't as severe as before either.

And not only that, the feeling of Qi seeping into his broken bones and his torn flesh was although a little uncomfortable, it was soothing at the same time as well.

The uncomfortable yet soothing feeling didn't last for a long time as the amount of Qi in his system was soon to end.

His HP was still low and his wounds weren't healed so when he was about to do so, the system stopped him.

[Eat a Qi replenishing pill and do it again]

Wei Jun didn't know why the system was saying that because Wei Jun didn't feel anything different about himself.

Still, he did as the system said and consumed a Qi replenishment pill.

[Your Qi has been fully replenished]

[You cannot consume another pill for an hour]

Wei Jun once again began the process. As he did, his Qi began to deplete once again but this time at a lower rate and the depletion rate lessened by the minute as the process lasted for another five to six minutes.

He was about to eat a health pill this time because only half of his health had been restored and not many of his broken bones and torn flesh had healed.

[Don't]

[Replenish your Qi again]

'That's not possible.' Wei Jun replied before he added, 'I can't use it for the next hour.'

[Then eat the ones without the time limit from the inventory]

[The ones you got when you also got the 'Terror' skill]

Wei Jun remembered the no-limit Qi replenishing pills he received when he killed the politician. Wei Jun intended to save those for some sort of emergency but this didn't seem like an emergency to him so he was a bit skeptical and hesitant to do so.

[Just do it before your Qi sets in]

Wei Jun sighed and did so again. He bit his tongue and did as the system asked and ate a Qi replenishing pill that had no limit.

[You have consumed a Qi replenishing pill]

[No cool-down limit has been detected]

[Your Qi has been fully replenished]

Wei Jun once again began the process. This time, the process was ten times slower than when it began. His Qi was disappearing into his bones and his flesh, the uncomfortable feeling was a lot less and the soothing feeling was a lot more.

Almost as if…

[It's addictive]

Wei Jun had to focus and not get too used to it. As the system said, the more he felt it, the more he wanted to feel it. For a man like Wei Jun who valued decisiveness above many things in life, addiction wasn't an aspect he was looking forward to.

[This method makes the cultivators crave that feeling more and more until they're lost]

[For those who aren't strong mentally, this process is forbidden]

[Even for those who are, this process is dangerous]

[But it might just work on you, host]

[You just have to make sure your mind can take it]

Wei Jun listened to the system's voice closely and paid attention to it like it was the most important thing because that was keeping his mind off of that feeling.

Even then, Wei Jun wasn't getting used to that feeling but craving it more and more. Wei Jun hurriedly summoned a bee stinger from his inventory and stabbed the left side of his thigh.

"What are you doing?!" Yan Rong yelled and made her way closer to Wei Jun but Wei Jun raised his hand to stop her. She was just instructed to hurt him and after that, she was to do nothing at all.

She stood on the sidelines as Wei Jun's body somehow fixed itself but she chalked it up to his Qi mending himself. But then, for some reason, Wei Jun's body began to glow. The parts he was injured from began to glow as if something was being poured into them.

Something warm.

And from Wei Jun's expression that was changing as time went by, she was having a hard time telling what was going on. His expression was comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time until it got to the point where it was just comfortable.

She had seen that expression before. On those who were addicted to drugs and were lost in their own worlds. She didn't know what was going on but what she did know was that Wei Jun wasn't on drugs and whatever it was that was causing him to feel that way was also related to his Qi.

When she thought it was fine now, something suddenly appeared in Wei Jun's hands that was shaped like a prick and Wei Jun instantly stabbed himself with it.

She was about to interfere when Wei Jun stopped her from doing so. With her back, Wei Jun once again focused on not getting addicted to that feeling but instead getting used to it.

Wei Jun never had to go through something like this before. He never even smoked let alone did drugs so this feeling was quite new to him and he was never even guided about it before as well.

This was something new to him and he had to get through it by himself. He knew that it was something he would have to do again so he might as well get used to it. No, he had to get used to it because he wasn't like the rest.

He had too many limitations when it came to cultivation and he knew he couldn't overcome them at the moment.

So this was his only option at the moment. This was the only way for him to become stronger and if he needed to do so by getting used to this feeling, by neglecting the addiction and getting used to the pleasure, then he had to overcome it and he was going to use any method at his disposal.

So he pulled the stinger from his thigh once the pain stopped helping and stabbed himself again. Yan Rong couldn't bear to see that but she had strict orders not to interfere so she didn't move to help him.

Wei Jun kept on hurting himself until he got used to the pain but not the feeling he got from the process.

But luckily for him, the process soon ended, making him sigh in relief. He took deep breaths and tried to calm himself.

[QP 19\\1300]

Wei Jun still had some of his Qi remaining but he didn't want to think about that.

[You didn't lose yourself]

[Next time hurt yourself more]

'I don't think there's going to be a next time.' Wei Jun said while taking deep breaths.

[Something tells me there would be]

Before Wei Jun could even understand what that meant, his vision was clouded with a plethora of notifications.

[Congratulations]

[You have achieved an astonishing feat]

[Your defense st…]

[Your agility st…]

[Your strength st…]

[…]

[…]

[…]

[…]

As Wei Jun read the number of notifications in his view and felt the power from them course through his body, his earlier decision of not attempting the same method again was no longer in his mind. He didn't even consider not doing it anymore.

Instead, he stood up, a little groggy, but he was soon able to collect himself and looked at Yan Rong who was also looking at him with a conflicted expression, and said, "We're going again."