Chapter 11
Lin Ruan trembled at the authority displayed by her brother. He had never had such an overbearing atmosphere around him before. It was not only new but so unfamiliar that Lin Ruan questioned herself whether she was in the presence of the same person or it was someone else.
"That… The… Grandf…" Once again, for the second time today, she had a problem forming proper words to answer her brother.
"Your grandfather has been poisoned. As soon as the news came out, many of our businesses have been attacked. Your father is currently there, dealing with the situation." The entire family moved inside a room where an old man was sleeping. His complexion wasn't normal but a little purple. His breathing was calm though so other than his complexion, there was nothing indicating something was wrong with him.
[The plot for you seems to have begun, host]
Wei Jun nodded as he compiled the information from the novel. The Ruan family was a powerful family in Yuan Yun city. The head of the family, Sun Ruan was a very powerful man, not only in terms of influence but cultivation as well.
The cultivation of people had ten stages but a city like Yuan Yun City which wasn't very big compared to other big cities or even the capital, being at the peak of the fifth stage was considered very strong.
Cultivation was divided into ten stages.
[Qi sense realm]
[Qi gathering realm]
[Qi empowerment realm]
[Qi manifestation realm]
[Qi Master]
[Qi Grandmaster]
[Qi Commander]
[Qi Emperor]
[Qi Saint]
[Qi Spiritualist]
The first four stages were simple stages in which a cultivator learns the secrets of Qi. Each stage of Qi cultivation had further three stages, beginner, intermediate, and peak. The fourth stage was the stage when a person could manifest Qi outside of their body.
However, even though there were ten stages of Qi cultivation, the highest rank someone right now was a Qi saint and that was the emperor.
Being a peak Qi master in such a small city where the peak cultivators were at most the beginning stage of the Qi manifestation realm, was an achievement.
In the novel, although Run Long comes to this city a month later, his affiliates, the rival families of the Ruan family already begin to cement their influence. The Ruan family was already in a precarious situation with all the families gathered to get rid of them, when the protagonist got involved in a feud with Wei Jun, the Ruan family wilted away at an even faster pace.
The rest of the part that unfortunately, Wei Jun couldn't read because he didn't know what happened in the second volume however, according to the system, the Ruan family would be finished in the second volume so Wei Jun wanted to at least read that.
Anyway, the beginning of the fall even before Run Long started from the fall of Sun Ruan, the head of the Ruan family. And the lead family to do that was the Tian family who were avid supporters of Run Long in the novel.
Anyway, 'The fall of the Ruan family begins with the death of this old man. So all I need to do is just cure him, right?'
[You could do that]
[However, I'm not sure if it would give you any experience since we don't know of the influence it could have on the story]
'I see.' Wei Jun simply replied. Wei Jun had no feelings regarding this matter. It didn't matter to him whether the old man died or not. What mattered was how it would affect the story which in turn would either benefit him or be disadvantageous for him.
'The fact that the Tian family is an enemy is clear so if I cure this old man, he will deal with them for me so there is a chance it could be beneficial for me. At the very least, it won't be detrimental for me.' Wei Jun carefully took some time to cover all the factors before he arrived at the conclusion of saving Sun Ruan.
"Go and prepare money. A lot of money." Wei Jun turned to talk to his sister. Usually, if Wei Jun had said that, Lin Ruan would have yelled at him in anger but today, Wei Jun had been acting differently so maybe that was why she decided to listen to her subconsciously.
"How much money do you need?" Lin Ruan asked.
'How much?' In turn, Wei Jun asked his system.
[After analyzing his state, it could be easily solved with a phoenix's tear which should be available for two hundred thousand coins]
[You could also try the Nine Yang antidote which is a cheaper alternative]
[Phoenix tear: 200,000 gold]
[Nine Yang antidote: 50,000 gold]
'Damn!' Wei Jun inwardly exclaimed, completely astounded by the fact that something could be so expensive. But then again, there were things in the shop that were of billions of gold so just this much wasn't surprising.
'The first one would surely heal him but the second one is a chance, right?' Wei Jun asked his system.
[Yes]
He nodded inwardly, turned to Lin Ruan and said, "Make it twenty million Yuan."
Lin Ruan was a little taken aback by the price so she asked, "Only?" For the Ruan family, whose net worth was almost two billion, along with frozen assets, an amount of twenty million was very small.
"Yes." Wei Jun awkwardly replied since he wasn't aware of any of this. He just thought that it was a lot of money given that his own account had only seven million.
Lin Ruan nodded and left the room. It was now just Wei Jun, his mother whose name he didn't know, and his grandfather whose name he came to know from his system.
His mother was still clinging to him, still crying in low sobs so he decided not to disturb her. Besides the fact that it was hard for him to call her mother, the fact that he felt overwhelmed by her behavior was also the reason he was at a loss for what to say.