Stuck in a Chinese novel

Chapter 49: Unable to cultivate

"I see you two have made your choice. I'm proud of that." Wei Jun praised both Quan Li and Zhan Yi who seemed more determined from their expression now and they weren't faking it this time.

"Unfortunately, I have no experience when it comes to cultivation so you two will be trained by Lao Chen for an hour after our exercise." Wei Jun further said that surprised everyone. Wei Jun wasn't a cultivator yet he was still a monster.

"Yes, boss." Zhan Yi and Quan Yi replied at the same time.

They began their exercise and today, the training was a bit hard and even though Zhan Yi and Quan Li were now at the first stage of cultivation, they weren't faring any better.

After the training, the three unconcerned parties were dismissed while Zhan Yi, Quan Li, and Wei Jun remained for Lao Chen's training.

Lao Chen stepped forward and introduced himself, "Good morning, young master Zhan and young lady Quan. From today onwards, you two will be doing Qi training with me. I will teach you all about Qi cultivation and the first step to that is Qi breathing." Lao Chen began and the training began. First, he tended to Zhan Yi and then Quan Li. After a few minutes and some more pointers, it was Wei Jun's turn.

"I want to manifest Qi. Teach me how to do that." Wei Jun straightforwardly said and simply waited for Lao Chen to begin.

However, Lao Chen seemed a little troubled by that and replied, "Young master, I don't know how to do that."

"What do you mean?" Wei Jun asked with a quirked eyebrow, "You do know what cultivation is, right? Just teach me how to manifest Qi."

"It's not that, young master. Actually, one cannot manifest Qi, it is manifested on its own through enlightenment or some other miraculous phenomenon. One cannot awaken Qi by themselves." Lao Chen explained as simply as he could.

"I see. I wasn't aware of that." Wei Jun replied and simply stood up and left. From his reaction, he didn't seem disheartened at all so the trio in the room sighed in relief.

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'So?' Wei Jun asked as soon as he entered the shower room. He couldn't manifest Qi but he knew someone who would have that answer. 'How do I awaken Qi as the system message said?'

[The procedure to that is quite simple, host]

[Use the Qi crystals]

[Use them to feel Qi and try to attract it to your body]

[The system will take care of the rest]

'That's good.' Wei Jun replied, satisfied with the answer. Once he was done with the shower, he took the bath as usual but this time, instead of getting ready, he sat on his bed and began to take out the few crystals he still had.

He touched them and tried to do what the system had told him to, feel the energy within the crystal. Ten minutes, nothing. One line on the forehead. Twenty minutes, nothing. Two lines on the forehead. Thirty minutes, nothing.

Four lines on the forehead. One hour, and there is no room for another line.

"Oi." Wei Jun aggressed the system as quietly as he could with his teeth gritting against each other. "What is this?" Each word spoken by him was contained by an incredible willpower, otherwise, the entire villa would have heard him.

[That…]

[Let--- Let me check what it is]

The system nervously replied and after a few minutes, it came back with a reply, only its nervousness was increased by tenfold.

[So… Host]

[I need… need you to listen… with a calm mind]

"Speak." Wei Jun said, his eyes overflowing with anger and it seemed like, someone would be dying today if he didn't calm down.

[That… Your vessel, the current one you are in]

[Haha]

The system nervously chuckled and continued.

[So, it seems that it has no talent for it]

"What?" Wei Jun calmly asked which terrified the system as it nervously, and extremely terrified, replied.

[Wei Jun Ruan's vessel cannot perceive Qi]

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'Marvelous.' Lao Chen said inwardly while he was helping Zhan Yi and Quan Li with their Qi circulation. Both of his hands were on their backs and he was helping them circulate Qi throughout their entire body.

He couldn't help but praise them when he saw how well they were doing in their Qi circulation. 'They are natural talents.' He once again praised them but kept most of his focus on them. A small mistake at this stage, and they might fall into Qi deviation. Worse, the Qi in their body could just jump out of its pathways and penetrate their organs.

He couldn't let that happen for the sake of these future prospects. Not for his own sake because he was afraid of his master.

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"Stop~ Someone might see us." Quan Kui protested Xiao Heiling's attempts for a kiss in the middle of a corridor that led to their room. Quan Kui was nervous because she was afraid that a servant might see them.

However, her playful protests were just another sign for Xiao Heiling to continue who replied, "I know but isn't it exciting? Doing it here? The thrill of being caught?"

"Stop~~~" Quan Kui blushed but didn't push him away. Xiao Heiling smiled and leaned in to kiss her.

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Xia Lu was soaking herself in a warm bath after an exercise that almost broke her body. Still, she could feel that she had gotten used to it and didn't complain as much about it as she used to in the beginning.

"Haa… How life changes." She sighed and remarked. Just a month ago, she wouldn't even have dreamed of associating herself with Wei Jun Ruan, the man who had tried to force himself on her yet here she was, living with him under the same roof and spending almost all of the day with him.

"I wonder what changed…" She mused as she couldn't come up with a logical explanation for such a drastic change. Wei Jun had completely cut off all his connections to the younger generation of the families. No parties, no attending banquets, not going to clubs, or bringing women home.

"As if he's another person altogether." She said to herself. She couldn't forget her earlier conversation with Wei Jun. The way he looked at her, she could see she didn't hold much importance in his eyes. She could feel it, she was replaceable for now and that made her angrier. She was replaceable all her life; she didn't want to be that anymore.

That was why she had decided on something, something that only Wei Jun could give her. Affirming her decision, she stood up to leave the bathtub.

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Madam Lim was carefully cooking a special stew for his young master today. Wei Jun had been increasingly praising her food every day and not only that, her and the kitchen staff's salaries had been increased by a lot. She was so happy about it that she cooked his food with extra fervor every day.

"Watch the steak. Make sure it doesn't burn too much from the side. Young master like it charred not burnt." She ordered one chef who was cooking the steaks for the breakfast party.

"Make sure you don't spill the juices of that brisket. They are needed for garnishing and for the sauce." She ordered another chef. The chef nodded and followed her instructions.

Satisfied, she turned her attention back to the stew and tasted its seasoning. Sensing that the salt was a little bit less, she picked up the salt bottle and carefully began to season it.

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Xu Kang was having the time of her life. Why? Because her young master had completely changed overnight. She didn't care though. At first, she was worried that it might be a demonic cultivator who had possessed his body but after a few days, when the changes in her young master became permanent, she couldn't be happier.

He would go to the office at a set time, he would eat dinner at a set time. He wouldn't go to parties anymore or bring cheap women home for the night. Of course, he was extra strict about work now but he wouldn't scold them over it anymore.

If there was one problem, that was his anger. Sometimes he would get so angry that he would yell nonstop for a few minutes and vulgar words that left his mouth would make her ears bleed. But that was all it was. No one was in danger from him anymore and she knew that this was way better than the Wei Jun from before.

"FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUCCCCCC*****KKKKKKKK!!!!!!!" A scream that spread throughout the villa. Maybe even the people on the outside heard it.

The scream almost caused Lao Chen to lose focus which almost caused Zhan Yi and Quan Li to fall into Qi deviation.

Xiao Heiling, who was so close to having his kiss heard the scream and hurriedly covered his head while Quan Kui did the same and they both yelled at the same time, "WE'RE SORRY BOSS!!!"

Xia Lu who was getting out of the bathtub slipped and fell back into the bathtub. She frantically raised herself to watch for any signs of fire but there were none.

"What was that?" She mumbled to herself.

Madam Lim who was carefully seasoning the stew heard the scream and panicked, causing the bottle of salt to fall into the stew.

Xu Kang who was overseeing the other servants doing their word, heard the scream but she didn't panic. Calmly she spoke, "Mothertucker. Again?" She had picked up some dangerous words from Wei Jun.