America: John Wick 1924

Chapter 5 Descendants of the Qi Family Saber

After performing the anointing ceremony on Tom and killing the four thugs, Li Yu's "Priest" and "Paladin" both leveled up, breaking through to Lv.3 and Lv.2 respectively, and gaining the skills "Lever-Lever Rifle Lv.A" and "Bullet Time Lv.B".

The system introduction isn't fabricated; the higher the character's level, the easier it is to acquire advanced skills.

When the Priest is upgraded from Lv1 to Lv2, he only receives a B-grade "One Against a Thousand" skill. When he is upgraded from Lv2 to Lv3, he receives an A-grade "Lever-Lever Rifle Mastery" skill.

Both of the newly acquired skills are obviously powerful.

"Lever-Lever Rifle Mastery Lv.A" compensates for Li Yu's lack of ranged attack, while "Bullet Time Lv.B" improves Li Yu's survivability.

In this era of rampant guns and cannons, the ability to dodge bullets is extremely useful!
Unfortunately, he didn't have a lever-action rifle; his only weapon was his ancestral Qi family sword.

The two new characters that are unlocked due to the upgrades of "Priest" and "Paladin" are "Berserker" and "Righteous Warrior".

I was busy with Tom's funeral and haven't had a chance to check out these two new characters yet.

Therefore, Li Yu focused his attention on the entries for "Berserker" and "Good Samaritan".

Soon, a screen introducing the characters unfolded before his eyes.

Berserker: A valiant warrior who disregards life and death, resembling a madman.

【Kind-hearted and righteous people: Noble individuals who find joy in helping others】

Li Yu raised an eyebrow, a smile playing on his lips, and thought to himself:
—Not bad! Leaving the former aside for now, the latter is quite easy to play.

Simply put, a virtuous and righteous person is someone who is kind and generous!
—After traveling through time for so long, I've finally been given an easy role to play.

Li Yu let out a long breath, a slight smile playing on his lips as he felt overjoyed.

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In the blink of an eye, three days have passed.

Li Yu stood on a high slope, resting his hands on his brow bone, gazing at the abandoned train station in the distance.

That was "Paradise," the hideout of the "Wolf Pack."

Judging from its appearance, this abandoned train station has been around for quite some time. Even from a distance, you can faintly smell a decaying, rusty odor.

He couldn't see what was inside "Paradise," and he didn't know if the members of "Wolf Pack" were inside now.

If you want to find out what's going on, you'll have to go inside and take a look.

Forcing our way in is definitely not an option.

The veteran said that the Mexicans were no pushovers; they were ruthless, numerous, and well-equipped.

With the support of skills such as "One Against a Thousand LvB", ordinary people are no match for Li Yu. However, he is still self-aware and does not believe that he can defeat a gang head-on with just a Qi Family Knife.

—The only option is to infiltrate.

With this thought in mind, Li Yu took out his pocket watch and glanced at the time—5:32 PM—it was springtime, and it would be almost an hour before it got dark.

After nightfall, sneaking into "Paradise" quietly is the most appropriate method at the moment.

While waiting for nightfall, Li Yu decided to give his sword a thorough cleaning and maintenance.

He slipped behind a large tree not far away, took out a whetstone from his suitcase, untied the cloth tightly wrapped around the Qi family sword, revealing the slender, precious sword with a black handle and black sheath.

Clang, clang, clang...

The blade was drawn inch by inch from its sheath, emitting a clear, ringing sound.

Li Yu slowly lowered the blade, its mirror-like surface reflecting his sunken face. Li Yu currently possesses five skills: Qi Family Saber Technique Lv.C, Bajiquan Lv.D, One Against a Thousand Lv.B, Lever-Pulse Rifle Mastery Lv.A, and Bullet Time Lv.B.

The latter three are skills given by the system, while the first two are skills that the "original owner" already possessed!
Surprisingly, the original owner of this body was no ordinary person; his family was undoubtedly composed of loyal and brave men!
The original owner's ancestors had followed the famous general Qi Jiguang to quell the Japanese pirates, and thus learned the Qi family sword technique.

Qi Family Knife – as the name suggests, it is a type of military knife created and promoted by Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang absorbed the advantages of Japanese samurai swords and combined them with Chinese swordsmanship to design the Qi Family Sword, which was more suitable for actual combat, and wrote it into the military book "New Book of Military Tactics".

After the war against Japanese pirates ended, the ancestors of the "original owner" retired from the army and returned to their fields.

Although he no longer wields swords, he has not allowed his martial arts skills to be lost.

Under his strict orders, "diligently studying the Qi family's sword techniques" became the first family rule of the Li family.

For hundreds of years, despite numerous setbacks, the Li family's martial arts tradition has never been interrupted.

The knife that Li Yu was holding tightly in his hand was the ancestral treasure of his Li family, named: [Vajra].

Vajra is one of the Twelve Bhaisajyaguru Generals, meaning Vajra. He leads the Yaksha tribe, protects the Dharma, and is the chief of the Yaksha Kings.

The sharpness of this knife seems to be blessed by Vajra, hence its name.

Although it is said to be an ancestral treasure sword, it is not from a very old family; it has only been passed down for three generations.

The original owner's grandfather spent a fortune to commission a renowned craftsman to forge this knife.

In 1860, the grandfather of the "original owner" wielded this knife while participating in the Taiping Rebellion and fighting against the Qing dynasty.

In 1899, the original owner's father also wielded this knife while participating in the Boxer Rebellion and fighting against foreigners.

Now, this precious sword has been passed down to its "original owner".

The original owner was quite promising. Not only was she very talented, but she was also very hardworking. At a young age, she had already achieved some success in the Qi family sword technique. I wouldn't say she was superb, but she was more than capable of killing those with mediocre martial arts skills.

While diligently studying the Qi family's traditional swordsmanship, the "original owner" also became a disciple of a Bajiquan master to learn Bajiquan.

The "Qi Family Knife Technique LvC" and "Bajiquan LvD" skills in Li Yu's skill list came from this.

Unfortunately, this is no longer the era of fists, feet, swords, and knives.

No matter how skilled the "original owner" was with swords or fists, they were no match for guns and cannons.

His martial arts skills were useless; he couldn't find a decent job and lived in poverty.

Left with no other choice, he boarded a smuggling ship to go to the United States to seek another way out.

What happened next is self-evident—not long after the original owner arrived in the United States, Li Yu's soul transmigrated into the body of the new "Li Yu".

—He had no place to use his skills in his homeland. But in America, where guns and cannons were rampant, he frequently displayed his talents.

Li Yu chuckled lightly, his face full of emotion, then placed the blade against the whetstone and began to sharpen it meticulously.

The rhythmic sound of sharpening knives, "snap, snap, snap," was the only noise in the room.

Li Yu had considered buying a few guns for self-defense.

However, he was an undocumented immigrant who had entered the country illegally and had no legal residency permit, so he couldn't buy a gun at all.

Even if he has a valid residency permit, he will be turned away by gun shops because the vast majority of gun shops do not open to Chinese people.

In conclusion, his limited identity prevented him from purchasing guns, so he lived in this time and space for half a year without ever touching a gun. The only weapon he owned was his ancestral Qi family knife.

However, if used properly, one knife is enough!
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