Wei Jun followed behind Sun Ruan, making sure to keep a minimal distance as the accuracy of the plan depended on Wei Jun's movements. Once he was close enough, he created a spear out of Qi and threw it at Xuang Bei, who effortlessly dodged it, but the speed of the spear itself didn't matter.
The number was the most important thing there, and Wei Jun used that number on Xuang Bei. As spears began to rain down on Xuang Bei, he had no choice but to dodge and create a big gap in his movements because while the spears were slow enough to dodge, their power was more than enough to be taken seriously.
Sun Ruan used that opportunity to coordinate with Wei Jun's attacks and appeared beside Xuang Bei while he was distracted and attacked him from the side. Xuang Bei was strong but not strong enough to take that hit without concern, so he turned and brought his forearms in front of him in order to block that technique.
Sun Ruan's fist collided with Xuang Bei's and immediately pushed him away, just far enough that Wei Jun was prepared to shoot some spear in his legs, which he did, and luckily, one stabbed him right in the calf.
"Argh!" Xuang Bei screamed in pain but immediately grabbed the only for the spear to disintegrate to nothingness and leaving a hole in his calf.
"You bastard!" He jumped at the weaker opponent to take him out first, but Wei Jun was well prepared for that strategy as well. Wei Jun jumped back while throwing a few slashes of Qi that Xuang Bei had to dodge because this time, they were sharper like blades.
He knew the power wouldn't be concentrated towards penetration, so the slash wouldn't be that much, but he didn't want to take the risk, especially since his leg was hurting really bad.
Having successfully bought time for Sun Ruan's assist, Wei Jun saved the remainder of his Qi and followed behind Sun Ruan. Xuang Bei once again knew he wouldn't be able to avoid that strike, so with all of his remaining Qi, he made a shield that had a special feature.
As soon as Sun Ruan's strike full of Qi collided with that shield...
Boom!!!
A massive explosion, at least the size of the explosion Wei Jun had caused while fighting with the knight, or maybe more in intensity. But that was the last of his concern as he concentrated the maximum points of QP he could to the [Qi armament] to strengthen the Qi barrier and as the force of the explosion struck him, it shattered after a few seconds and he was left to bear the rest on his own which thankfully he was able to do so with his naturally strong body at the cost of a few burns due to yang Qi.
Wei Jun sighed and stood up, uncrossing his forearms in front of him. He saw Sun Ruan also collecting himself, injured in several places, and he seemed to be on his last leg. Xuang Bei, on the other hand, was on the ground, not moving. He wasn't even trying to heal himself because he was out of Qi, and all the elixirs he had on him were consumed during the fight.
Sun Ruan made his way towards Xuang Bei to finish the job, and Wei Jun joined him. Once they were before him, Xuang Bei said defiantly, "What are you waiting for? Finish the job."
"Gladly." Sun Ruan raised his hand, and a mass of Qi began to form on his hand. It was the last bit of his Qi, which he was going to kill Xuang Bei, but before he could. He suddenly stopped. His whole body stopped. Froze would be the more accurate word for it.
Perhaps that had to do with the current situation? The realization of everything? Or perhaps the hand sticking out of his chest?
"Hmm..." Wei Jun hummed sweetly before he said, "Grandpa, can't you let me have the kill?"
"..." There was utter silence as Sun Ruan began to cough blood and Wei Jun retracted his hand. Sun Ruan fell to the ground, the expression of utter disbelief on his face. He wasn't the only one that had such an expression on his face.
Xuang Bei was also curious about what was going on.
Wei Jun smiled, but this smile wasn't sweet in any manner. He knelt down in front of Sun Ruan, who was still coughing and trying to apply pressure to the hole in his chest, but it was too late. No matter what he did, he wasn't going to live through this one.
Wei Jun saw his struggles and the look in his eyes. His eyes asked him only one question.
Why?
A question he had no problem asking, so he replied, "You know, grandfather. Sometimes when the youngsters wanna do something, they don't like old geezers like you in the way who try to take advantage of any situation presented to them."
Wei Jun stood up as life slowly snuffed out of Sun Ruan and said the final words he'd ever hear, "Rest now, grandfather. I will graciously take your seat."
And with that, Sun Ruan finally stopped moving. His life had left his eyes, and he was no longer in the world of the living.
"It was you." Wei Jun turned to the words he heard. As he did so, he saw Xuang Bei looking back at him with an inquisitive gaze.
"Me what?" Wei Jun asked as if he had no clue what the old man was saying.
"You leaked the information about your ambush." Xuang Bei put the pieces of the puzzle together and replied.
"I knew something was wrong with that English ma-" Xuang Bei was still mid-speech when Wei Jun threw a spear straight into his mouth and one in his heart, shutting him up forever. He sighed and looked at the notifications in his view. The ones telling him how big he had struck.
[Strength +10]
[Agility +19]
[Stamina +13]
[Qi +67]
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"Fwoo..." Wei Jun whistled because even after killing almost a hundred cultivators, he didn't have that much gain. Wei Jun looked at the still ongoing battle and ignored the surroundings. His Qi was almost at rock bottom, and the cooldown on his Qi pill was still half an hour away.
'Let's just enjoy the chaos.' Wei Jun thought inwardly as he saw the explosions in the distance. The battles in the distance weren't as intense as the one between Sun Ruan and Xuang Bei, but it was still a sight to see.
Since his Qi couldn't naturally restore, all he could do was just be at ease and enjoy the moment. He was satisfied with how many people he had killed and how much trouble he had created. For that day, he was fully satiated and sought no more chaos.
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"It was unfortunate, but... it happened too fast." Wei Jun said with a regretful expression on his face while Pei Ruan, his mother, sniffled in a corner near Sun Ruan's dead body. Lin Ruan placed her hand on Wei Jun's shoulder and said, "It wasn't your fault. It wasn't your fight in the first place."
"Your sister is right." Wei Jun's father chimed in, but Wei Jun's expression didn't change in the least. It was a great loss for the Ruan family, after all. Luckily, they had a new head already prepared. A head at the peak of master of cultivation.
Wei Jun decided to put his mother as the figurehead of the family. She wasn't invested in the family business anyway, so Lin Ruan would end up taking care of that, which meant he would be the one taking care of that.
The funeral proceeded without a hitch, and everything was settled. Pei Ruan was taken away by her husband. She was still in grief, but they were sure she'd pull through. As for Wei Jun, he remained in the funeral hall because he still had some business there.
"My brother and nephew are dead." The sect master said.
"Are they now?" Wei Jun asked, "Was your 'brother' the creator of a cult that committed lewd acts, feeding power of lu*t to a being far away behind the curtain?"
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"No." The sect master simply replied.
"Then your brother's not dead." Wei Jun replied.
"Haha." The sect master chuckled. Still, even though it was just a sham, he needed to keep it up, so he said, "The council of elders will be... reorganized."
Reorganized was a fancy term to get rid of the old and get the new. Wei Jun knew very well what that meant, so he asked, "Does that mean you're in need of a new brother and a nephew?"
"No. I think that's enough for that persona. It's not the old age anymore where I could manipulate the information. With the advent of new sources of information, it'd be very hard to change how my brother looks and how the sect master of the Thunder Cloud Tempest sect changed after a century." The sect master explained at length how he had dealt with his near immortality.
Wei Jun simply nodded and said, "I figure I'm on that council."