Chapter 155: This World Has Some Cracks
Chapter 155: This World Has Some Cracks
Daqian Dynasty.
In fact, in Li Zhongren's eyes, it was a replica of the Qing Dynasty, with the same foreign invasion, the same closed-door policy, and the same door being pried open by the West.
But the difference is that there are extraordinary powers in this world.
Thus, this ancient, corrupt country managed to survive.
There were many people who wanted to overthrow it, but most of them failed. After all, the fact that it could withstand the invasion of foreigners at least proved that the Qian Dynasty was not doomed.
For example, in the assassination case at the Qianting Palace many years ago, countless powerful men joined forces to assassinate the Qianting Demon Queen, but unfortunately it ended in failure with heavy casualties.
His grandfather was one of them. He luckily escaped with his life and has been hiding ever since.
Later, he was found, an abandoned orphan.
This was normal in the Daqian Dynasty.
His grandfather died at the beginning of this year. As a martial artist who practiced traditional Chinese martial arts, his grandfather should have lived to be a hundred years old. Unfortunately, he was seriously injured in that battle. It was already a great achievement that he could survive for more than ten years.
Before he died, his grandfather asked him to leave the Daqian Dynasty.
The reason is very simple, he learned kung fu from his grandfather.
His grandfather said that he had a good brain but a weak body, perhaps because he was abandoned at birth, so he practiced kung fu just to maintain his health.
However, practice is practice, and practice will leave traces.
Over the past decade, the Demon Queen has never given up asking the Sticky Rod Department to track down the fugitives in the assassination case. His grandfather is worried that he will be exposed easily without the help of an old gangster.
However, the Qian court pursued a policy of seclusion and isolation, and except for a few ports opened by the Western world, it would not allow any land to sail.
If you want to leave Daqian, you either have to buy expensive Western ship tickets or sneak across the border.
The former is expensive, but at least it is safe.
As for the latter, it is just like in movies and TV shows, how many people are crammed into a cabin, can they survive to the west, life or death is up to fate
His grandfather took him to hide from place to place and he had almost no money, so he could only choose the cheapest way of smuggling.
Fortunately, he has the Chinese martial arts skills. Although his fighting power is very poor due to his weak body, that is only compared with the real extraordinary people. He can still kill a bunch of ordinary noobs.
However, he followed his grandfather's teachings and never showed his kung fu before setting foot in the Western world, because the Demon Queen would even arrange people from the Sticking Rod Department in these smuggling boats. If anyone thought that they could sit back and relax after boarding the boat, they were very wrong.
Ship sailing on the sea
It's very smooth, not bumpy, and not even noisy.
Because damn, in his eyes, this is just a modern cargo ship.
To be honest, when he saw the ship, Li Zhongren realized a problem. The value of the Daqian Dynasty's isolationism was still rising, and it was able to survive such a technological gap, and it was enough to prove that the Daqian Dynasty was really capable.
Of course, there is more to it than that.
He also picked up a discarded newspaper, which was in English and had been distorted beyond recognition. However, he still saw a picture and a name in it.
Tony Stark.
"Why do you feel a little sleepy?"
Suddenly, Li Zhongren yawned and felt something was wrong.
He had been practicing the Qi and Blood Martial Arts taught by his grandfather since he was a child, and he had a pretty good control over himself. He knew very well that although it was dark in the cabin, he had already slept for eight hours and there was no way he could feel so sleepy.
But he couldn't resist the drowsiness at all, and finally, he tilted his head and fell asleep.
"I'm coming."
Several Li Zhongren looked into the distance and saw a young man walking up to the fire. They all looked him up and down.
"Look for yourself. Ask again if you don't understand."
Li Harry spoke first.
The young man looked at the sign carefully for a long time, and then he nodded.
"My name is Yan Ping'an, nice to meet you brothers."
"From ancient times?"
Harry Lee asked.
“It’s a long story.”
"What the hell? What kind of world are you in?"
After hearing Yan Ping'an's description, Li Zhongren and the others were stunned.
"I have a guess."
In the end, it was Li Harry who gave his own ideas.
"Maybe it's just the Marvel world, or the American comic world, but, you know, it's a tacit agreement not to mention the East, so, do you remember the conclusion I made? The world will repair its own loopholes."
"You mean, the East was originally a blank slate, and then the world repaired itself into some kind of Great Qian Dynasty?"
"Yes, this is the most likely possibility, but it doesn't matter. In short, love is what it is in this world. Brother Ping An, let's share it first."
"it is good."
Li Zhongren (Yan Ping'an) did not hesitate and directly followed the instructions and touched the flame.
Then, his attributes emerged.
Name: Li Zhongren (Yan Ping'an)
Sex: Male
Ability Name: Yan Family Iron Shirt LV1, Yan Family Iron Wire Fist LV1, Adaptation (This skill has been removed and cannot be shared), Blessing of the Ancient Master (This skill has no LV and is a one-time skill. It can and can only be shared with one person once, but can be shared with any ability. Please note that this ability will not disappear when shared, but it will disappear after use.)
"Fuck, it looks like this is an American comic, but when did you have an affair with the Ancient One?"
"I don't know either."
"Tsk, tsk, I guess."
Harry Lee pointed to the panel.
"Your ability to adapt should have been taken away by Master Ancient One, and then he gave you a blessing as compensation. I guess the world you live in should have undergone some huge changes compared to the original novel, so you should be mentally prepared. For example, your iron shirt of the Yan family reminded me of Yan Zhendong in the Huang Feihong series. I can even reasonably speculate that your world might be very complicated."
"It's okay. How could it be worse than the life I've lived for the past ten years?"
"That's true."
Lee Harry shrugged.
"So, you can share one of Pirate Li's wish-granting fruit abilities for free. Then, who else do you want to share it with?"
"Just let's call it Pirate Lee."
"what??"
"This is the only valuable thing I have. I can't take the Pirate Brother's wish fruit for free and then share this blessing with others. I can't do this, and I believe my brothers can't do it either."
"Quite loyal."
Li Harry patted Yan Ping'an on the shoulder. He liked what he heard. This was indeed their personality.
"I don't think it's necessary."
Li Haize shook his head.
"Don't be too pedantic in your life and work. Compared to us, you are in a life-and-death crisis right now. Don't be so willful."
"Brother Pirate, please be patient and listen to my explanation." Yan Ping'an bowed and said.
"First of all, Pirate Brother's fruit is a very free ability that can make up for anything I want."
"Secondly, the blessing of Master Ancient One must be of a very high level. I will not suffer any loss if I use it as a reference."
"Finally, I want to fulfill my grandfather's last wish and inherit and carry forward the Yan family's Qi and Blood Martial Arts for him, but my talent is average, and this wishing fruit may be able to make up for it. Also, I don't know if the integration of Brother Naruto or Brother Harry's characteristics will have an impact on my Qi and Blood Martial Arts."
"Your life is your own decision."
Li Huoying also patted Yan Ping'an on the shoulder.
"Like what it says on the sign, we must first live our own lives well."
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Li Zhongren slowly opened his eyes.
He returned to the familiar bottom of the ship, and the air was full of disgusting smells, but his mood at this moment was completely different from before he fell asleep. Now, he held two things in his hands, the Wishing Fruit and the blessing of Master Ancient One. To be honest, he was also very curious about what kind of sparks the collision of the two would create.
After all, this is related to his future life in this seemingly uncertain world.
"call"
Exhaling slowly, Li Zhongren focused his attention on the devil fruit.
Its capabilities are simple.
Make a wish, the level of the wish is equal to your highest LV skill.
However, the problem now is that the 'Blessing of the Ancient One' has no LV, or it may be that it has no LV before it is used, so he has to use this blessing first.
“Please give me your blessing”
As soon as the thought came to his mind, the blessing that surrounded the depths of Li Zhongren's soul was touched.
In an instant, Li Zhongren felt that his whole body was wrapped in something warm.
This warmth flowed along his skin, penetrated beneath his skin, and went all the way into his bones, making him feel so clear and comfortable from the inside out.
Even the fatigue brought by drifting on the sea for several days disappeared without a trace.
Finally, this warm feeling gathered in the depths of his soul, like spring rain moistening the dry earth, completely penetrating into it without leaving the slightest trace on the surface of his soul.
"As expected of Master Ancient One"
After a long while, Li Zhongren let out a long breath.
Just this one blessing seemed to have transformed him completely. However, he could feel that the huge blessing was not completely consumed, but as he had just felt, it was deposited deep in his soul and constantly nourished his body.
In other words.
In the sharing space, Li Zhongren, who has learned a lot of knowledge through "Teacher Tom's Learning Notes", knows.
Most likely, Master Ancient One knew what was in his mind, so the significance of this blessing was not to force his growth but to nourish his body, and to provide him with a foundation that might be unprecedented for his future practice of Chinese martial arts!
"Thank you."
After silently thanking the wizard in his heart, Li Zhongren focused his attention on the wishing fruit.
Now that the problem of his weak bones has been solved, he has already figured out how to make this wish come true.
"I wish: Please push the knowledge of "Yan Family Iron Shirt" in my mind to the extreme that the wish itself should have."
"buzz"
There was another warm current, but this time, it just rushed through the soul.
Apparently, his wish came true.
Of course, this was also due to other suggestions, such as only adding one adjective, so it became a memory in the brain, which saved his learning cost, such as the ultimate of the wish itself, which was to leave the judgment to the wish itself, so as not to exceed the upper limit of the wish and lead to failure.
He likes this kind of atmosphere, everyone is very private, but also never takes advantage of others.
Finally, the warm current ended.
There was something extra in his soul, but Li Zhongren knew that when he touched it, he would absorb this knowledge.
"let me see."
"Um"
"The Yan Family..."
"Ok?"
"Yan Family, Vibranium, Edelman Alloy, Sound-Absorbing Steel Trinity, Shirt"
“??? Meow meow meow???”
Gray Ding slowly opened his eyes.
As a killer from the Sticking Rod Department, his mission is to disguise himself as a stowaway on this ship and kill those fugitives who want to smuggle into the Western world. For example, this time, they received information that the grandson of Yan Hongshan, the Iron Shirt who once dominated Qi and Lu, was going to smuggle away.
However, maybe Yan Hongshan did a good job of keeping the secret, or maybe the person who sold the information left a way out.
In short, Huiding didn't know what the boy looked like.
Looking around, in the cabin of this cargo ship, there were a lot of young boys of similar age, big and small, all of them looked dusty. The only difference was that some of them still had braids, but some had cut them off.
To be honest, he thought this was extremely disrespectful. If his father-in-law had not ordered him not to provoke foreigners without reason, he would have killed all those who dared to cut off their braids.
However, this is not the point. The point is that after several days of careful searching, he has found the boy in one of the small cabins.
As for how to confirm it, it was also very simple. The young man might be practicing martial arts, but he lacked self-control. The blood and energy around him evaporated for a moment. Although it was only for this moment, he still sensed it. After all, he was a killer blessed by the Gray Fairy and was best at perception.
Hui Ding shook his neck gently. It was already midnight and everyone was fast asleep.
He stood up, and in the process of standing up, a faint gray mist even filled his body. Enveloped by this mist, he made no sound whether he was walking, breathing, or even pushing open the doors of different compartments.
Finally, he came to the young man who was also there with his eyes closed and concentrating.
This was exactly the target he wanted to assassinate this time.
It was still my father-in-law's order that the assassination of this type of target should be done as if it were an accident, so as not to give the foreigners a chance to find trouble. Anyway, a large number of people who smuggle to the West die on the way every year.
Thinking of this, Hui Ding slowly took out a thin needle from his sleeve.
One foot long.
Glowing with silver light.
The end is as thin as a hair.
Originally the silver needle was very soft, but with the help of the gray mist, it stood up instantly. Then, with a flash of silver light, it pierced towards Li Zhongren's head.
"Ok?"
The silver needle, which should have been inserted instantly, seemed to have encountered something hard and blocked it. Not only did it squeeze the entire needle and bend it into an arch shape, it even made a ding sound.
"puff!!"
Without any warning, a big hand grabbed Hui Ding's hand, and the other hand, burning with red blood, penetrated the gray mist and pierced Ding's heart.
This is the conflict between Qi and Blood Chinese Martial Arts and Shamanism, just like water and fire, whoever is strong lives, and whoever is weak dies.
"only."
Li Zhongren looked around, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
At some point, the surrounding environment changed again.
The dead gray ding is gone
Only his right hand stained with the other's blood was left.
"What is this place?"
Turning around and looking around, Li Zhongren couldn't help but sigh, because it seemed that everything was really predicted by Brother Harry.
"Welcome to Raccoon Town."
This is the text on the sign opposite
A film and variety show world based on American comics.
Because a single movie cannot support a story, some classic movies are included.
The setting about the East is just used to fill in the blanks. Whether it will be expanded or not will be seen later.
Also, there will be an update today.
The whole family has the flu, stuffy nose, runny nose, and headache.
So sad.
(End of this chapter)