Stuck in a Chinese novel

As Wei Jun entered the room, he saw ten men sitting opposite to one another. Sun Ruan alone sat on the head couch while three men sat on his left side and six men sat on his right, lining up on the couches left and right to Sun Ruan. Wei Jun didn't need an introduction. Out of the six people, three were men while three were women, all six of whom he had seen in the sect. Only two of them were younger, and there wasn't much difference between Wei Jun and them as they seemed to be newly appointed elders.

The other four, however, two men and two women, were as old as Sun Ruan, and they were all in the grandmaster realm like Sun Ruan as well. On the other side, there were two men and a young woman, but Wei Jun could almost feel that the woman wasn't as young as she seemed.

[There are many spells to keep one young]

Wei Jun nodded and examined the three foreigners. One of them was none other than the man who had threatened Wei Jun back at the magic school.

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And the other two were unfamiliar faces.

[Did you just ignore me?]

Wei Jun hadn't seen any of them, nor was he aware of them.

[You definitely did]

"Sit down." Sun Ruan said while Wei Jun was busy examining everyone in the room. The old man, Natasha's master, smirked when he saw Wei Jun.

"Long time no see, Young Ruan." His accent was flawlessly smooth, and it didn't sound like he was European.

"Yes, it has been quite a while," Wei Jun said with respect in his tone. But that respect was clearly pointed out when Wei Jun added, "Since you strangled me."

"Hahaha." The old man chuckled before he continued, "That I did. That I did. But you have to understand where I was coming from, right? I would be doing my own organization a disservice if I had not interrogated a suspicious person who appeared in my territory out of nowhere."

A simple fact that made so much sense that even those on Wei Jun's side couldn't help but disagree. And from the sound of it, it seemed like the sect was already made aware of the incident. Sun Ruan nodded and said, "Elder Mccalligan is definitely correct. Had it been any of your students, I would have done the same."

A simple wordplay. While it did seem like Sun Ruan was agreeing, he was also saying that he would remember to do the same.

"Hahaha," Elder Mccalligan, Natasha's master, couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Of course, you would understand, Master Ruan."

[Yeah]

[Things definitely aren't friendly here]

'It's a setup.' Wei Jun replied. Wei Jun could see what was happening as clear as day. Sun Ruan and McCalligan were definitely on more friendly terms than they let on.

The same couldn't be said for others in the room, though. They were trying to make it look like things were shaky and make sure they got across how important this alliance needed to be and what significance the act that would keep this alliance held.

[Marriage]

'What else would it be?' Wei Jun knew how to deal with this matter, but he also knew that there would be adverse effects if he were to deny this alliance right now. He already had a lot on his plate. A bunch of angry old men and women who held him responsible weren't something he wanted added to that list.

[That would mean you would have to agree]

'Not necessarily.'

"Why have you called for me, Elder Ruan?" Wei Jun asked, getting straight to the point. He wasn't interested in the wordplay and the games of these old men. If they were going to use him, he was going to use them. It was as simple as that.

"I will speak instead of Master Ruan," McCalligan said, and receiving no objection from Sun Ruan, he continued, "With the crisis of the sudden increase in dungeon appearance at hand, we have decided that it would be much more efficient to deal with this threat if all powers on this world were to stand together. Henceforth…"

McCalligan looked at Wei Jun as he continued, "I proposed an alliance between the Academy of Magic, Valencia, and the Thunder Cloud Tempest sect."

"Let it be known," Sun Ruan said once McCalligan stopped, "That I am in complete favor of this alliance."

Once again, wordplay. They clearly had shown earlier that they were at each other's throats, yet right now, they were agreeing with each other as if they were childhood friends under the guise of humanity's welfare.

Wei Jun had no problem with that. It didn't mean how they spun it to present it to the investors of this project, the land on which the building would be built would remain the same. The land would be Wei Jun, and the building would be Melissa. How high it was built, however, depended on the investors.

And right now, that's what was going on. They were roping in investors. Wei Jun remained silent as he let them talk for the next half an hour before they got to the main point.

Finally…

"Therefore, in light of these events, I propose an ironclad alliance," McCalligan took it upon himself to let the alliance continue. Once he had everyone's attention, he began, "As everyone knows, the purest and strongest relation in the world is that of marriage. Master Ruan and I both have decided to make sure that this alliance never breaks."

'Guess they've never heard of a divorce.' Wei Jun said inwardly.

[It won't be that easy]

'I know.'

He knew. He knew how hard it would be to get roped into this alliance, but it wasn't like he had a choice. He was stuck in it whether he liked it or not. The law of the world was that the strong rule the weak. Wei Jun himself stood by that law, and he knew it better than anyone. At the moment, he was the weaker one.

'I wouldn't be for long.' But until he was, he had no way of resisting this matter.

But…

'That doesn't mean I can't push back…'

"I propose that Master Ruan's grandson, young man Ruan, be married to my beloved niece, Melissa Dorian." McCalligan finally ended the long talk and got to his primary objective.

"Are there any objections?" Sun Ruan asked. There wasn't much to consider.

It was an open fact that the sect master favored Wei Jun, which was a clear testament to Wei Jun's strength. Of course, there were still some skeptics since Wei Jun was very weak just a year ago, but those views were changed for the better. Not only was he handsome, but he was strong, talented, and headed for better places. In simpler words, there was no harm in betting on a stallion that was dominating the race. Right now, the sect master was favoring Wei Jun even more than his own nephew, well, no one knew he wasn't actually his nephew, but since they didn't, they found it quite astonishing how Wei Jun had managed to cross the sect master's own blood.

On the other hand, Melissa was the daughter of none other than the now-deceased archmage, a seventh-circle spell master. Her talent was enough that she had formed her fourth circle not long ago. Although Magicians progressed slower than cultivators, they were still equal because a one-circle mage could easily contend against a cultivator in the Qi Gathering realm.

In that sense, Melissa and Wei Jun were equal in terms of strength.

Of course, that wasn't so in a practical sense because Wei Jun was confident he could take down a mage at the same level as his easily.

[You're quite mistaken]

[Sure, you took down the companion of the second protagonist]

[But he was an amateur]

[A properly trained battle mage can give anyone a hard time]

[They say]

[One mage ten thousand]

[One properly trained and stocked mage could take down an army of ordinary ten thousand soldiers]

'I'm not ordinary.'

[Of course, you're not]

[But I advise you to be careful, as mages aren't people you can underestimate]

For some reason, although he was confident, Wei Jun decided to take the system's advice at heart. He had surely not faced a proper magician, and his experience stemmed from when he saw Melissa last time. Maybe she had grown since then.

Since there was no objection from any of the elders from both sides after a long time of contemplation, McCliggan smiled and was about to proceed with the following matters when one voice interjected.

"I have an objection." Wei Jun simply said.

Awkward. Wasn't this alliance accepted by both sides? Then why was one of the key figures of this alliance announcing an objection?

Among the questions flowing through everyone's mind, which both the instigators of this alliance were well aware of, while suppressing their anger, both of them decided to handle it peacefully as McCalligan asked, "And what would that be, Young Ruan?"

Wei Jun smiled and replied, "I want to…"