Stuck in a Chinese novel

[You have slain a creature of the underworld]

[You have obtained the great achievement of killing a king-ranked lizard folk]

[Enemy was defeated alone]

[Additional rewards would be granted]

[You have obtained a full body armor of lizard men]

[You have obtained purified lizard royal meat (100kg)]

[You have obtained the eyes of a lizard chief]

[You have obtained the skill 'Teleportation']

[You have obtained an S rank miasma core]

[Death Qi +100]

While Wei Jun was pleasantly surprised by the rewards, the true highlight of the rewards was the skill that he had obtained. He had never obtained a skill before even when he killed the protagonists but when he killed a background character who wasn't even properly mentioned in the novel.

[Skill: Teleportation]

[Rank: S]

[Status: Non-upgradeable]

[Effect: You can teleport to a set distance of anywhere between 100 meters]

[Cost: 1500 QP]

[Cool down: None]

Effect which was pretty cool aside, the cost was something else. It was his by far the highest-cost skill. Even when there was no cool-down, Wei Jun was sure he wouldn't be able to use it much in battle. Even once would be a luxury let alone twice at his current stats.

He knelt down to store the lizard's body in his inventory. He was intrigued by one more thing but he decided to check it once he was out of the dungeon. As he looked in the direction of the dungeon exit, he could see the area was shimmering which meant the dungeon gate was glowing, signaling to everywhere in the dungeon that it was now open for exiting.

Wei Jun pushed his feet deep into the ground and made a run for it. It took him about four hours to get to that spot but now going back, and without battling lizards or resting, in just half an hour at his full physical speed, he was before the dungeon gate. He didn't exit though. The scenario of leaving the military team behind was the same as killing them in the dungeon.

He didn't want to do that. Still, he wasn't going to overly go out of his way to help them. He was sure with their strength, they'd be able to make it back. And he was right, just five minutes left before the gate's time ended, the team showed up, each of them carrying a lizard's body.

They saw Wei Jun and there was a surprise, an immense one, on their faces but other than that, there was also resentfulness. They were sure the star of today's show would be them but instead, Wei Jun had defeated the dungeon boss and arrived before them.

They said nothing and Wei Jun didn't give them a chance either. Once he was sure they'd be able to make it out, Wei Jun stepped out of the gate, exiting the dungeon. As he came outside, there were soldiers standing on standby, a shocked expression on their faces as well.

Wei Jun didn't pay them any heed and turned to a soldier standing on the side and said to her, "Lead me to your general's office."

The soldier, however, didn't move. She looked at him with clear cold eyes and said, "She isn't someone you can just meet out of nowhere. I will lead you to a room to rest for now. You will meet her when her schedule clears." 'Will' not 'can' implied that he wasn't free to leave either. But…

"I don't like your tone," Wei Jun said as he stepped forward and grabbed the woman by her neck. The rest of the soldiers hurriedly yelled at Wei Jun to let her go and some even utilized their Qi to intimidate Wei Jun but one shockwave of Wei Jun's Qi and everyone went cold.

The Qi of a master ranked cultivator and even that with a very pure Qi wasn't something the present soldiers would be able to deal with.

"Stop." Just when the struggling woman felt her life was almost about to leave her body, Wei Jun heard a voice that was not only strong but also commanding. He turned to look at a scarred woman, one he was very familiar with.

One could say he was very close with her as well considering they had watched adult movies together. "My, my. If it isn't Miss Jang Haogua herself."

"You still haven't let go of her," Haogua said, looking at Wei Jun.

"You heard how she talked to me. She's lucky I haven't snapped her neck yet." Wei Jun said but didn't let go of her. It was to clearly show her, and them, that he wasn't their lapdog. They did anything to upset him and he'd kill them. He wanted them to know that the military would in the end choose him over them.

"…" Haogua knew that as well so she sighed and said, "I'll apologize in her stead. So please let her go."

"Why should I listen to you?" Wei Jun asked.

"Because one could you owe me one. Especially after all the cr*p you put me through." Haogua said. Wei Jun smiled and just before the life of the female soldier was at an end, he let go of her and she fell on the ground, her knees weak and her lungs screaming for air which she provided by gasping out loud.

"There." Wei Jun simply said, "Now lead me to her. I have important business."

"Follow me," Haogua said and turned to walk towards one of the buildings. Wei Jun followed her and shortly afterward, they arrived in front of an ordinary door that didn't seem like would be the door to a general's office. Haogua knocked on it and waited. Wei Jun felt a slight change in the Qi around him signifying that General Ming had used her Qi to probe who it was.

"Come in," In a few seconds, the permission to enter arrived. Haogua stepped to the side and said, "All yours."

Wei Jun didn't hesitate to enter the office. Once he was inside, his gaze went straight to the woman behind the desk where a lot of papers were sprawled out. Wei Jun didn't care what they were and said, "I've cleared the gate. Where's the next one?"

"…" General Ming remained silent before she closed the file in front of her and said, "And? What's the report?"
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"You can hear that from your subordinates. Though I doubt there'd be much since those guys ditched me as soon as we entered," Wei Jun explained a little but didn't get into details.

General Ming once again remained silent, well aware that her soldiers might indeed have done that. It was her fault. She had failed to tell them that they were there to keep an eye on Wei Jun, to check his abilities.

She closed her eyes for a moment before she looked at him and said, "Go home for today. My team needs at least till tomorrow to prepare."

"I won't have enough time to fill up the contract then." Wei Jun said.

"You do not have to worry about that. I will keep more dungeons ready tomorrow. Since today was on such short notice, it won't happen again." General Ming said, using a good excuse to stall for time.

Wei Jun knew full well what she was doing. That was, however, another problem for him. This time it was due to the arrogance of the soldiers but next time they'd stick with him. It wasn't easy to clear those gates with Yang Qi and he needed to use Death Qi.

He couldn't use them in their presence so he needed the expedition to be conducted just by him. So keeping that in mind, Wei Jun said, "From now on, I will clear the dungeons alone."

"That's not possible. The regulations clearly state someone goes in there with you." General Ming said.

"I'm not your soldier, General. Your rules don't apply to me." Wei Jun was adamant. However, even he knew that General Ming wouldn't give it up. There was no way she could.

"Not possible," General Ming said.

"I will give you half of my spoils." Wei Jun jumped straight to the half, keeping a strong negotiation front but General Ming didn't budge.

She simply said, "No."

"…" A clear refusal. No matter what he did, there was no way he'd be able to change her mind.

General Ming wanted to keep an eye on Wei Jun. No amount of spoils of things would change her mind. She wanted to find his weakness and that was better than anything else. After all, if she could gain something on a master-ranked cultivator who was on his way to grandmaster rank at least, then why would she take the short end of the stick and settle for some monster remains?

"Haa…" Wei Jun sighed. He looked at her and said, "Fine. Do whatever you want." Wei Jun turned and left. General Ming didn't stop him nor was she offended by that. She had succeeded in the negotiations and upped Wei Jun by one.