Stuck in a Chinese novel

Chapter 90: Cultivating

"Miss Ruan, young master Ruan has come to see you but he is here without an appointment, should I let him in?" An operator asked from the lobby after she was directed to Lin Ruan's main line through her secretary.

Lin Ruan was a little taken aback by her brother's unannounced visit but what made her upset was that he was being asked for an appointment when he was the direct descendant of the Ruan family.

She knew it wasn't the operator's fault so she simply replied by saying, "Let him up. And never ask him for an appointment again."

Her tone wasn't harsh but it wasn't benevolent either. Shortly after, the door to her office was knocked at. "Come in." She replied and Wei Jun entered the room, dressed in a luxurious suit that only enhanced his charm. Even Lin Ruan, who had never seen her brother in such a light couldn't help but say he was the most handsome man ever.

"That's a surprise. A visit from you." Lin Ruan said as she closed the files in front of her.

"I needed some help so I came. Sorry to intrude without properly contacting you. It is a bit urgent." Wei Jun said but he didn't sit.

"I see. What is it?" Lin Ruan curiously asked.

"When you had the opportunity to assault every family during my case, did you happen to make a lot of money?" Wei Jun straightforwardly asked.

Lin Ruan smiled and proudly said, "Indeed. Not only the one that the family made but also the money I made would blow you away."

"I'm not much interested in the money that the family made. How much did you make though?" Wei Jun asked with a curious expression on his face that had a different charm.

Lin Ruan smiled in triumph and said, "A whopping 400 million."

Wei Jun smiled and asked, "And how much in black?"

The triumphant smile on Lin Ruan extended as she replied, "322."

Wei Jun nodded and said, "I need some of that." Lin Ruan didn't ask anything else, just simply replied, "Sure."

The truth was that Wei Jun had robbed the Tian family of exactly 890 million. With a few leftover cash from before, Wei Jun had about 918 million which was enough to purchase the elixir that would enable him to cultivate.

Unfortunately, since Wei Jun was missing an arm, he had to purchase a phoenix's tears which left him just two million short. So Wei Jun decided to ask his sister but since he was asking for black money, he decided to save some of the untraceable money as well for future purposes.

Lin Ruan took Wei Jun to a private lift which brought them down to the basement level. Once there, Lin Ruan led Wei Jun to another lift which went down five more floors.

"How do you get oxygen so down?" Wei Jun asked. Since the basement was quite a bit deep underground, there must have been the issue of breathing.

"It took some effort but there are plenty of architects who know how to keep their mouths shut." Lin Ruan replied as she opened the door and led them both to a safe.

Since Lin Ruan wasn't divulging any more information, Wei Jun decided not to ask anything further even though he was very curious about whether it was the family who owned this private fund or did it solely belonged to Lin Ruan as a retirement fund. After all, she was the adopted child of the Ruan family.

They arrived at a vault at which, Wei Jun turned around by himself before Lin Ruan could ask. "I have no problem with you seeing." Lin Ruan said but Wei Jun still respected her privacy, as a sign that he would like his privacy to be respected as well.

"When the Tian family was going through some difficult times thanks to your case and then due to the scandal of Yao Tian, we ransacked many of their facilities, illegal ones of course, and earned ourselves quite a buck. Pity it's all in black and cannot be used in business." Lin Ruan said as both of them entered the gigantic vault. The vault had many compartments inside, locked behind bars.

One of the compartments was marked with N.

Lin Ruan opened it and said, "Here is the black money that I keep for some dubious purchases."

Wei Jun picked up the keyword 'I' but that could have meant anything so Wei Jun decided to focus on the task at hand.

"How much can I take?" Wei Jun asked.

"Since most of it has been planned for a few projects, you can take 150." Lin Ruan said. Wei Jun nodded and said, "Then please have someone bring it to my office."

Lin Ruan nodded and they both left the basement. On the lift, Lin Ruan suddenly remembered something and said, "I completely forgot to tell you. This weekend, there is a family meeting. You have to come."

"I can't. I'm going somewhere this weekend. This cannot be ignored." Wei Jun outright refused.

"You can't. Grandfather personally asked for your attendance. Maybe he is thinking of letting you come back." Lin Ruan ecstatically presumed but Wei Jun didn't care about that one bit. He didn't know what this 'come back' business was, but he couldn't think about it because he had work to do. Li Wei had an amazing potential. He couldn't let her go just because of some useless meeting.

"I can't. Apologize in my stead. I cannot delay this business any longer." Wei Jun said and left the lift without letting Lin Ruan reply. He then left the building and made his way to his office. The scenes that were being filmed had mostly the main characters and the villain was mostly hidden behind shadows so he\\Wei Jun didn't have many scenes.

Shortly after his return, a few movers came by to deliver a sofa. He let them arrange the sofa and once they were gone, Wei Jun took out his dagger and ripped the seats of the sofa, discovering bundles of money, too many to count. Wei Jun simply stored it all in his inventory and converted 900 million to shop coins which only left him with nine million coins.

The Qi awakening elixir's cost was ten million coins. With the discount coupon Wei Jun obtained from killing Luo Han, Wei Jun could purchase it for nine million. Without further ado, he locked the office, moved the furniture away, and sat in the middle of the room.

He had seen how Luo Chen would have Zhan Yi and Quan Li cultivate in a meditation pose of cross-legged so he also assumed a lotus position and purchased the potion from the shop.

[Qi awakening elixir]

[Tier: SSS]

[Description: The world you live in is defined by the strong where the weak has no value. If you wish to be strong yourself but for some reason can't, then fear not as the hope hasn't ended yet.

A magical elixir created by a Qi master at the Qi spiritualization realm who sacrificed his life force to make this elixir to grant an opportunity for the younger generation to not be deprived of the opportunity to become strong.

Effects: Qi manifestation in any kind of body]

[Cost: 10,000,000 coins]

All of his revenue turned to dust with only a few leftover cash of about 150-160 million behind. It was a good thing that it was untraceable cash so it could be used anywhere without much worry.

But that wasn't what Wei Jun was worried about. The point he was worried about the most was something else. When using the phoenix's tear didn't work, when it worked for Quan Li and Zhan Yi and even helped in advancing Sun Ruan's cultivation but didn't work for him, Wei Jun was worried that this elixir might be the same.

[Don't worry about it, host]

[If it doesn't work]

[There are many other ways]

'Expensive ways?' Wei Jun asked threateningly.

[Yes]

'You fu****'

Wei Jun already used a fortune for this elixir and almost lost his life, not to mention he had to fully uproot the Tian family. If he had to do it again for some other elixir if this one didn't work, then the city's families would run out of money before he would be able to cultivate.

As Wei Jun purchased the elixir, a blue sapphire-colored pill appeared in his hand. Wei Jun didn't have any hint as to what to do with it so he simply swallowed it. Since the system didn't say anything, Wei Jun didn't worry about it.

A warm sensation spread in his abdomen as a multitude of notifications appeared in his view.

[You have consumed a Qi awakening elixir]

[Qi is running in your veins]

[No Qi vein detected]

[Using the Qi from elixir to make one]

[Qi required to make the Qi vein is sufficient]

[You have awakened Qi]

[You can now cultivate]

[Qi +20]