While Wei Jun couldn’t pick up details in the story of the cult master, the system, or rather, the overseer could. He picked up the detail that he knew would be detrimental to Wei Jun if he were to stay any longer.

‘A demon?’ Wei Jun asked as he drove back to the Yuan Yin city. Yan Rong in the passenger seat and Liu Yu in the back were both sleeping so he could have the conversation he had with the system before while facing the cult master more openly. Discover stories at My Virtual Library Empire

[Yes]

‘Are they real?’ Wei Jun asked.

[If god is real]

[Then so is the heaven]

[Then so is the hell]

‘Then so are the demons.’

[Yep]

[But there’s something unique about him]

‘What is?’ Wei Jun asked.

[Zixiang Mo]

[Literally a demon of excessive thoughts]

[It shows the host’s delusions and excessive scenarios which could be bad for the host]

[Prompting them to let him take over to deal with them]

[The more the host is driven mad]

[The more chances of him taking over]

‘Is he strong?’ Wei Jun asked.

[Very]

[But that’s not the main point]

‘The main point would be why a follower of madness would need the power of l.u.s.t.’

[Exactly]

[And even Zixiang Mo cannot drive the host mad to such an extent]

‘You mean to say…’

[Yes]

[There are two demons inside of him]

[That’s why the scale of conflict was so high]

[They’re both fighting]

[And the battlefield is his mind]

‘Who’s the other one?’ Wei Jun asked.

[Mei Ji]

[A foxy spirit]

‘She’s cunning?’ Wei Jun asked.

[No]

[Her lineage is directly linked to the fox spirits]

[She feeds on the essence of men]

[The desire created from the acts of fornication and such]

‘That doesn’t make sense. Why was he feeding one and not the other?’ Wei Jun asked.

[Because their feeding methods are different]

[While Mei Ji could be fed the desire of others]

[Zixiang Mo strictly requires the madness of the host]

[The more he gives in to his madness]

[The better his power manifests]

‘There’s one thing I don’t understand.’

[What?]

‘If they’re supposed to make their hosts stronger, then why is he pushing them back? If they can be controlled by feeding them, then why are they fighting back?’

[The soul]

[There is only one soul but the contenders are two]

[If he were to feed one better]

[The better their power would manifest]

[The stronger their hold on the soul would be]

[The other one wouldn’t allow that]

[So he’s fighting back]

‘Any counter?’ Wei Jun asked.

[To be honest]

[You’re the best counter to them]

[Remember how Liu Yu was entranced by that cult master]

[She was enchanted by the power of the demons]

[Especially Mei Ji’s]

[However, it didn’t work on you]

[You hold the inherent power of Death]

[The superior element of Demonic energy]

[That means the effects of the demonic powers would work on you]

[You just need to be stronger than them physically and in cultivation]

Wei Jun fell into deep thought. Whatever it was, he knew the game was deepening. If his opponent was just the protagonist in the beginning, now he had to worry about angels and demons as well. Not to mention, the threats to this world weren’t really on his side. Although he was the reason the dungeons were opening more frequently, it wasn’t like they followed him so they were, in a sense, his enemies as well.

There was a lot on his plate now and not enough power to deal with it all. He needed something else. Something big. One thing to increase his power by leaps and bounds. His level was the biggest problem at the moment. Luckily, he knew how to deal with that.

It just so happened that there was an event coming up. If Wei Jun could interfere before the protagonist could take it, he could increase his level by a lot.

The only problem was…

[With such a heavy change in fate]

[There could be discrepancies in the original story now]

[The upcoming event may not go as originally planned]

It wasn’t like Wei Jun didn’t know that. Such a major event could change had a very, very slim chance of happening but it could still happen. Although the foundation of the event may remain the same, it could change the time, place, or the advantage of the protagonist.

‘All of this is giving me a headache,’ Wei Jun internally sighed. In the end, he was all alone and he had to deal with the issues and nothing went by his plan ever. Of course, there were times when things went smoothly when it came to the protagonists but then there would be other troubles such as the police, the government, the CSF, and the military and he had an ominous feeling that there would be another unreasonable enemy soon to come.

[I think you just have bad luck, host]

‘Tell me about it.’

[I just did]

‘…’ Wei Jun wisely remained silent and ignored the system. Sure, the demons were a new addition to the pile of already preexisting troubles, but Wei Jun was sure he could handle them just like he always handled everything else. All he needed was the power. Unlike in the novels where the ongoing trouble would be something the protagonist could always handle, and then a new villain would show up, in Wei Jun’s case, his ongoing troubles were several levels above him and to survive, he often had to run away.

But he wasn’t naïve enough to think that a day wouldn’t come when he wouldn’t be able to run. There would definitely come a day when his luck would run out and he would be killed in an instant.

~~

“So you both failed?” The sect master asked.

“Yes,” Wei Jun said, “Demons weren’t part of the job description.”

Liu Yu turned to look at Wei Jun, unaware of what it meant but the sect master remained silent. He looked at Liu Yu and said, “You may leave.”

Liu Yu bowed and left. As for Wei Jun, well, he was a little, okay, very nervous. It was a gamble, making the sect master owe him one and the only way to do that was to shift the blame onto the sect master. However, if he was someone unreasonable, he wouldn’t care. The sole gamble lay on the fact that the sect master could be reasoned with.

“I assume you met my brother?” The sect master asked.

“You knew there were demons involved yet you sent us there. You knew we would lose.” Wei Jun said. Losing here meant losing their lives. Losing Wei Jun’s life. The sect master knew that as well so he smirked and said, “Yet you didn’t.”

“…” Arguing wasn’t the right strategy. Playing the victim was always followed by the fact that one shouldn’t speak too much. Especially when the person involved was so powerful.

“I wasn’t the one who sent you there.” The sect master said but before Wei Jun could speak, the sect master waved his hand. However, to Wei Jun, it felt like a giant was waving his hand as a sole finger was put in front of him, preventing him from speaking, “I haven’t granted you permission to speak yet. I will ignore the rest until this point as your mistake.”

Wei Jun clamped his mouth shut. No matter how brave he was, he was still powerless against the sect master, an entity that was several realms higher than him in cultivation.

“I was ordered to send you there. As to who, well, I obviously cannot tell you that. I was against it. I knew you wouldn’t be able to survive but the person who ordered me assured me that you will.” The sect master said. In all of that, the only detail that Wei Jun picked was that the sect master was ordered by someone.

Someone who could order the sect master wasn’t someone Wei Jun could deal with. He’d require years to do that. Fortunately, from the sound of it, the entity was on his side. At the moment at least.

“Had it been anyone else, the will to serve me, or maybe the fear, or the greed for the reward, or any other reason would have prevented you from running away. You made the correct decision.” The sect master said. “Although, showing the girl your power wasn’t such a good idea.”

“You were watching us?” Wei Jun asked. He didn’t miss the fact that the sect master knew about his Death Qi. But if he didn’t bring it up, Wei Jun didn’t pursue it as well.

“Why do you think my brother didn’t follow you?” The sect master asked.

“…” Wei Jun remained silent. He let the sect master continue as he had almost given up on playing the victim card. He valued his life more and decided not to angry the sect master who didn’t seem to be in a very good mood and he guessed it had something to do with his brother.

He wanted to ask why the sect master didn’t kill his brother if that was the ultimate goal but he felt like any subject related to the sect master’s brother wouldn’t be welcomed at the moment.

“You and the girl will be fairly compensated for all your troubles.” The sect master said before he looked at Wei Jun and said, “You can take whatever you want from my personal collection. Both of you. You may leave.”

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