Stuck in a Chinese novel

Wei Jun's Qi was consumed at an alarming rate and his HP was restored in return. He sighed and looked at the woman who was looking at him with an interested gaze. Of course, Wei Jun knew she wasn't interested in him but the strange power he just emitted.

"I feel like I've experienced that power before. Don't know where though," Xing Xiaomei said as she stepped closer and began to sniff Wei Jun. Wei Jun paid her no mind and looked at the system notifications from a while ago which shocked him to a great degree.

[You have leveled up x23]

[You have prevented the meeting of the thicket string of fate]

[Fate is angry]

[For converting the bride of fate into an ally]

[You have been marked as the 'Unfortunate being' of the world]

[Effect(s):

#1: All stats -10%

#2: EXP gain -30%]

Wei Jun was more than just shocked. Seeing such a decrease in his power, of course, he was furious, however, the next moment, some of his anger faded away. Of course, not all of it was gone because not all of the effect was gone.

[Class 'Invader' has decreased the effects of the title]

[Title: Unfortunate being]

[Effect(s):

#1: All stats -5%

#2: EXP gain -15%]

Of course, the notifications made Wei Jun angry but the gain was still something he couldn't ignore. Just by preventing one meeting, he obtained 23 levels. The amount he didn't even gain when he killed some of the powerful protagonists.

But the surprise didn't just end there.

[You now have the ruler of the Mount Hua sect as your ally]

[You have gained a 'Fragment of Truth']

[You now possess two 'Fragments of Truth']

[Upon collecting three, your class can be upgraded to the next level]

Wei Jun was pleasantly surprised, to say the least. He was still angry, but he didn't mind it as much. He knew there were going to be adverse effects of him messing with the affairs of the world. The system had warned him of that before. He was just thankful he didn't cherish money and used it to unlock his class.

[Or else you would have been in big trouble]

[Not just this effect]

[The world's will would have found you had you not been in the possession of the class]

Wei Jun didn't argue with the system over the world's affairs. He never did. The system knew more than him and so far, the system hadn't done anything to harm him. Besides, he was more at ease knowing the system, or at least the entity in it, served his brother.

Wei Jun remained silent and contemplated his next set of moves. While he wanted to keep messing with the protagonist, he was far too powerful for Wei Jun to deal with him with his current amount of power. No matter how many allies he had by his side, it wouldn't help.

Unless the sect master decided to intervene, which he doubted he would, and the military, well, he was doubtful about them as well because the contract didn't say they'd have to help him deal with his problems, he wasn't sure there was any other way to beat the protagonist.

After all, even among grandmasters, he was stronger than most. His power was on another level and even those one step higher than him fell in front of him might. Wei Jun was sure that if he needed to beat the protagonist, he needed to max out his current power.

For that, there was one simple thing he needed to do.

Cultivate.

He was just about to move when he received another set of notifications but he didn't panic. When Wei Jun stopped once again, Xing Xiaomei asked, "What now?"

"Nothing. Just need to do one little thing." Wei Jun said.

[Your party member 'Mark Wilson' is in danger]

[Danger level estimated to be 'Black']

[Save your party member]

[Upon Mark Wilson's death, there will be a severe penalty]

[Possible penalties]

[All stat -10]

[Level -3]

[INT stat random reduction]

Wei Jun sighed in relief. His best guess was that the protagonist must have found him. Wei Jun left everything for later and activated the skill from the party system. The one that called his party members to him.

[Once a day, the user can summon a party member or teleport to them (Cooldown: 24 hours and limited to one party member each)]

That skill was also the reason Wei Jun wasn't worried in the least. Now usually, he would have felt a lot of intense emotions when one of his party members was in danger. He had felt like that for Natasha before but then, he didn't know the cards he possessed.

Wei Jun activated the skill and Mark Wilson appeared out of thin air before him. He was a little bloodied but otherwise, he was fine. Explore new worlds at empire

"Whao!" Xing Xiaomei exclaimed as she saw a man appear out of nowhere. Wei Jun ignored her and looked at Mark Wilson who was also looking around with a confused expression on his face, "I take it you're alright?"

Mark Wilson looked at Wei Jun and put the pieces together. Once he arrived at a conclusion, he asked, "Did you, boss…?"

"Yeah, I did. Now get up. We need to leave." Wei Jun said. Although they were far away from the city, Wei Jun wasn't too sure if the current protagonist would be able to trace them somehow.

[Your Qi would have become untraceable by now]

[And not everyone can follow the system's spatial teleportation]

Wei Jun didn't know what that meant and oddly enough, he didn't care what that meant. He only knew one thing and that was that he couldn't take any sort of risk regarding that so he did what he always did and remained cautious.

"Let's move," Wei Jun said and the trio began to walk in the city's direction. In Yuan Yin's direction, of course, not Long Bao.

[A party member feels great gratitude towards you for saving them]

[Mark Wilson's affection +30]

[Affection: 50]

"Why are you looking at me like that, boss?" Mark Wilson asked as he saw the narrowed expression on Wei Jun's face. Wei Jun remained silent but increased the distance from Mark Wilson, confusing him even more.

Wei Jun shook his head and looked at Xing Xiaomei.

[Affection: 10]

Her affection was very low. All the party members before had the lowest of twenty affection and that was Mark Wilson's. Xia Lu's affection was around fifty, Li Wei's was around sixty, Natasha had thirty, and Yan Rong had the highest at ninety.

However, he didn't know how to raise their affection level as well. Saving them from precarious situations was an option as well but Wei Jun couldn't willingly put them in danger even if he wanted to and such opportunities rarely ever came on their own.

"What do you think of me?" Wei Jun asked Xing Xiaomei. She turned to look at him with narrowed eyes and asked, "Don't hold any strange thoughts, understand?"

"What strange thoughts?" Wei Jun asked.

"These," Xing Xiaomei said as she cupped her chest and did the same with her crotch, "are off limits."

"What makes you think I'd want them?" Wei Jun asked.

"Please," Xing Xiaomei said, "Everybody wants them. Just look at your minion."

Wei Jun looked at Mark Wilson and he was absolutely smitten with Xing Xiaomei's looks. Wei Jun shook his head and turned back to her, "That's not what I meant."

"I know what you meant," Xing Xiaomei said before she added, "I think you're a crazy bastard but I'm the last person who deserves to call you that."

"You seem to know yourself very well," Wei Jun commented.

"Well, I've spent most of my life behind a mask and I know that's not the real me. When it comes to me, I've got a pretty good reality check." Xing Xiaomei replied.

"A mask?" Wei Jun asked.

Almost immediately, the entire visage of Xing Xiaomei changed and she had something Wei Jun hadn't seen in a while, "Are you alright? Are you hurt? Let me make it better."

Xing Xiaomei grabbed his hand and blew on his hand. Wei Jun looked at her incredulously and involuntarily snatched his hand from her.

"Heuk! What—What is it? Are you upset?" Xing Xiaomei worriedly and timidly asked.

Wei Jun's expression remained stoic. No, there was a little bit of apprehension in there as well.

"Hah! Would you look at that?" Almost instantly, Xing Xiaomei was back to the self she was like before, "You actually find this cute girl detestable."

"Let's just say that cute girl doesn't suit my tastes." Wei Jun simply replied.

"Hey, this one shouldn't either. Like I said," Xing Xiaomei said as she came close to him, practically touching him with her body, "I'm off limits."

Wei Jun didn't say anything to that and stepped back himself. Although he found this Xing Xiaomei to be comfortable, there were no romantic feelings involved at the moment and he'd like to keep it that way.

With the conversation at an end, the trio resumed their journey as the city was in sight now.