Chapter 2: Chapter 1: Martial Arts Inheritance System_2
"Who are you?" Qing Yu asked doubtfully.
"The system is named 'Great Martial Arts Inheritance System', it exists for the inheritance of martial arts, and you, are the current host," the voice replied in a standard mechanical tone.
"So, you're my Golden Finger?"
"You could say that," the system replied.
"What can you help me with?" Qing Yu asked impatiently. Regardless of whatever purposes this so-called 'Great Martial Arts Inheritance System' had, as long as it could help him, that was good enough for Qing Yu. He was tired of a prison life so isolated he didn't even have fellow prisoners.
"The system can provide the host with the inheritance of all characters from the worlds of martial arts. Host, do you confirm to activate it?" the system still replied in its mechanical voice.
The flat mechanical voice made Qing Yu's veins bulge and his heart rate accelerate, he urgently said, "What are we waiting for? Turn it on now."
"Wait a moment. Before activating the inheritance, please choose your future path."
"Righteous Sect, or, villain."
"Although it seems clear, to be safe, system, you'd better explain what the differences between the two paths are," Qing Yu calmly asked the system at that moment.
"It's simple, the two paths represent the life choices of the host in the future. Choosing the Righteous Sect path means all inheritances will come from Righteous Sect characters. Likewise, choosing the villain path means all inheritances will come from villain characters. The ways to acquire inheritance points, the methods of inheritance, and the content of related tasks also differ," the system explained succinctly and clearly.
"Then I choose the villain path," Qing Yu said without hesitation. "Do I even need to think about it? Except for a few works, in most works, the combat power of villain bosses is higher than that of the protagonist. If the protagonist wins against the villain, it's either by good luck or because the villain dies talking too much. With my luck, having obtained the system, I guess it's already overdrawing my luck for the rest of my life. As for other Righteous Sect characters? What are they? Righteous Sect characters win only because they have the protagonist, right? As for those so-called Righteous Sect leaders, if they aren't killed by the villain boss to enhance the villain's credibility, they are hidden bosses. Villain characters definitely have a higher value than Righteous Sect characters," Qing Yu thought to himself logically.
"Ding, the host has chosen the villain path. Inheritance points changed to Villain Points, the host can obtain Villain Points through villainous actions, inheritance characters are from villain characters."
"System, how do I accept the inheritance?" Qing Yu asked.
"The host can participate in a monthly character card lottery, character cards drawn will be within the same realm as the host, for example, if the host's strength is in the Postnatal Realm, the character card's strength range will be from Postnatal First Layer to Ninth Layer. The system will occasionally release tasks, the host can earn Villain Points by completing these tasks. Every 100 Villain Points can be exchanged for one low-level lottery, every ten low-level lotteries can be exchanged for one intermediate lottery, and every ten intermediate lotteries can be exchanged for one high-level lottery. The super lottery cannot be exchanged and can only be obtained by completing system tasks. The lottery includes all objects and character cards from the villain characters of the martial arts world, divided into six levels (one-star through six-star), low-level lottery can draw unranked to one-star prizes, intermediate lottery can draw two-star to three-star prizes, high–level lottery can draw four-star to five-star prizes, six-star is Breakthrough Level, only super lottery can draw," the system elucidated at length.
"Then how many lotteries do I have right now?" Qing Yu seriously asked after listening.
"System startup, gift one low-level lottery. Additionally, there is one monthly character card lottery."
"Draw them all for me," Qing Yu waved his hand dramatically, having waited this long just to get some help.
"Initiating monthly character card lottery. Ding, congratulations to the host for drawing a one-star character card—Duke Lu Ding, Wei Xiaobao.
Name: Wei Xiaobao
Realm: Non-stream
Item: Special Strong Lime Powder, Short Pistol (comes with three firearm bullets), golden silk vest, Mystic Iron dagger
Martial Arts: 'Divine Transformation,' 'Beauty's Three Moves,' 'Hero's Three Techniques'
Evaluation: Villain among the protagonists, protagonist among the villains. PS: A weakling among villains, a loser with a combat power less than 5, it was not easy to find a character matching the host's realm."
A character card appeared before Qing Yu's eyes, framed in copper, similar to the General Card from Three Kingdoms Kill in his previous life. From the top to bottom on the left side, it read 'Duke Lu Ding, Wei Xiaobao,' six characters on the right were a picture of a character in a Daqing Duke Official Uniform, looking like a small delinquent, and below the picture were the items and realm introductions.
"Is Wei Xiaobao considered a villain too? Right, the so-called meaning of a villain is not being a good person. By Wei Xiaobao's actions, he is certainly not a good person. But, system, your evaluation seems a bit cheeky," Qing Yu said to himself as he looked at the character card floating in midair.
"What is this realm about?"
"This realm is about martial arts. It is divided into six realms, Postnatal, Innate, Divine Origin, True Pill, Divine Communication, Tao Realm. Below the Postnatal is the Non-stream, Postnatal Realm corresponds to Non-stream and one-star, Innate Realm corresponds to two-star, and so forth," the system explained.
"It seems I'm really trash. Oh well, continue with the lottery."
"Initiating one low-level lottery. Ding, congratulations to the host for drawing a one-star character card—Dragon Knight, Yin Zhiping.
Name: Yin Zhiping
Realm: Postnatal Fourth Realm
Item: None (only displays obtainable items)
Martial Arts: 'Quanzhen Heart Method,' 'Quanzhen Swordsmanship,' 'Golden Wild Goose Skill'
Evaluation: If I could absorb resentment, I would have become a Buddha long ago. Decades of resentment, from several generations of people, concentrated on one body, the most cursed villain character in the history of martial arts (verified)."
Looking at the character card's introduction in front of him, Qing Yu's mouth twitched slightly, "System, as cunning as Li Shizhen. By the way, how does one inherit from this character card?"
"The world of villains has no etiquette or courtesy, only the law of the jungle. To use the character card for inheritance, the system will open a mental space, manifesting the spirit body of the character for the host.
Inheritance method: Defeat him, kill him, and you will obtain everything you want from his corpse.
Failure: Killed by the opposing character. Spiritual weakness for one day, the weak have no rights, the character card will permanently disappear."
The system's voice remained cold as ever, but its words couldn't hide the bloody reality. At that moment, the villain path finally lifted its veiled facade in front of Qing Yu, unveiling its cold yet powerful essence.
"Truly, it's quite brutal. But, it suits me just fine," Qing Yu's mouth formed a cold arc. His sudden illness and death in his previous life, the life of a beggar in this life, and the confinement he had endured, had long since turned his heart cold and hard. Choosing the villain path was not just because villain characters had more value than those from the Righteous Sect, but also because Qing Yu knew that he was not fit to be a good person, and even if he chose the Righteous Sect, he wouldn't be able to fulfill the roles required by the Righteous Sect path. He might have a moment of kindness, but he never minded using any means necessary to achieve his goals.
"My stomach is really hungry, let's go have dinner first." Unbeknownst to him, it was already the time when the moon hung over the willow tops outside. Qing Yu chuckled and turned to prepare dinner. The coldness that had briefly appeared on his face seemed like an illusion, yet his movements carried an ease and composure that he had never possessed before.
Chapter 3: Chapter 2: The End of Blood
After paying tribute to his body's temple, Qing Yu once again walked to the window where he had stood before dinner.
Qing Yu hadn't closed the window when he walked away. At this moment, the clear moonlight shone upon him, casting a long, slanted shadow on the ground behind him.
Qing Yu returned to his afternoon posture, looking out of the window, and quietly contemplated.
"The most important thing now is to figure out how to obtain the inheritance of these two freshly acquired Character Cards."
"This is not a simple matter. Although the characters represented by these two Character Cards can only be considered weaklings among villains, I am even less than a weakling."
Under the moonlight, Qing Yu's thoughts were far-flung.
Among the two Character Cards he presently had, 'Duke Lu Ding' Wei Xiaobao, the overlord of Yellow Hair Realm, was most famous not for his incredibly good luck and protagonist aura, but for his miraculous technique of 'hat-giving'. Compared to him, Ximen Qing wouldn't even be qualified to carry his shoes, as more than half of his wives were won over through underhanded means. Alongside his womanizing skills, his ability to escape was of equal renown. Wei Xiaobao led a life a hundred times more extravagant than Ximen Qing, and still managed to retire gracefully, all thanks to his powerful fleeing skills. Along with his luxurious equipment, a fight with Qing Yu, who might not even be stronger than Wei Xiaobao, was nothing but a walk in the park, filled with ease and pleasure.
The other one, the Dragon Knight, did have some force to his name, though the only noteworthy achievement in his life was when he travelled to the Desert as a young man to deliver a message and incidentally, gave the then world-renouned but simple-minded Guo Jing a good thrashing. Over the following twenty years, he lived like a dog, and by nearly forty years of age, he had only reached the Postnatal Fourth Realm. If it weren't for riding a dragon once, his fame wouldn't have surpassed that of Lu Duqing, who was once known for nothing more than eating, sleeping, and fighting Yang Guo.
"Oh system, it seems you really like to make it hard for me," Qing Yu complained to the system, unable to think of a solution.
"This is the path the host has chosen. The system bears no responsibility," the system replied with a hard tone.
"You mean to say that only the villainous path requires defeating and killing the predecessors to inherit, and the methods of the Righteous Sect are different?" Qing Yu keenly picked out the implied message in the system's words.
"Countless villains with varying characters and methods share one commonality: the strongest is always revered. The Righteous Sect, on the other hand, is the exact opposite. As long as one is upright and open-hearted, one is considered part of the Righteous Sect. Therefore, the method of inheritance for the Righteous Sect is to gain the recognition of the characters from the Righteous Sect Character Cards you draw."
"So, this inheritance system aims to create either the most honorable and righteous members of the Righteous Sect or the strongest villains?" pondered Qing Yu, "Wait, you mentioned recognition, so are you saying the characters drawn are not just thoughtless projections?"
"Yes, the same goes for the villainous path. What you will face are enemies with complete thoughts."
"Then, are my projections based on my current state?"
"Yes," the system confirmed.
"I see, I think I have an idea," Qing Yu's face broke into a confident smile, albeit with a hint of sleaziness.
The next day, Qing Yu got up early and began to bustle about the courtyard. When he left True Martial Dao, he didn't bring any secret martial arts manuals but took several medical books and Taoist Scriptures instead. While under house arrest at True Martial Dao, he had relieved his boredom by reading medical books and Taoist Scriptures. Despite being exiled, in name Qing Yu was still the nephew of the new Sect Leader, and since the books he took didn't contain any extraordinary martial arts secrets, the True Martial Dao's people tacitly allowed Qing Yu to take these books on his journey.
Qing Yu was also aware of his precarious situation. For these three years, he had lived without a sense of security, always fearing that one day someone might come knocking and snap away the life of this offender who had faded from public sight. Therefore, he would, according to his understanding of medicine, gather Medicinal Herbs in the mountains and make sedatives and poisons. Qing Yu knew that if someone really came for him, these concoctions would be of little use; making them was merely a way to comfort himself.
Wei Xiaobao didn't know a bit of Inner Strength; ordinary seductive smoke could knock him out. To prevent any accidents, Qing Yu still made a new batch of seductive smoke, increasing the dosage to guarantee it would have an immediate effect.
Soon, the enhanced seductive smoke was ready. Qing Yu examined the small bottle in his hand and smiled satisfactorily, "Very good. Now, there's just one more thing left, I need to make a trip down the mountain."
To be honest, Qing Yu feared being watched, so for three years, he hadn't left the mountain at all. If it weren't for his soliloquies and the books he read, he felt it would be amazing that he hadn't gone mad from his strong will. Although Qing Yu still felt very apprehensive about leaving the mountain, he had no choice but to bite the bullet; after finally seizing a chance to turn things around, he didn't want to spend his life on this mountain.
Qing Yu straightened his clothes, kept a normal expression, and stepped towards the foot of the mountain. All the way, he walked slowly, as if just out for some heart-clearing stroll.
Reaching the foot of the mountain, it seemed quiet; he continued along the path. It wasn't until the road ended and signatures of human life emerged that Qing Yu cautiously let out a breath, relieved that no one had come to stop him.
"Probably no one is watching anymore, or perhaps, I haven't exceeded their alert range," Qing Yu exhaled, "Phew, regardless, the priority is to get the item. As long as I can leave the mountain, even if I'm seen, they probably won't guess what I'm up to."
With that thought, Qing Yu saw the small town ahead and merged into the throng of people coming and going at the town's entrance.
Qingshui Town wasn't very large, but it was an obligatory passageway between Qing Province beside it and Ling Province, with many carts and traveling merchants passing through. Qing Province was located on the frontier of the Daqian Dynasty, with the Three San Miao Land just outside its borders. More than two hundred years ago, the Miao people from Three San Miao Land attempted to march on the Central Plains but were repelled by the Grand Ancestor of the Daqian Dynasty, who even annexed a piece of their territory, which is now known as Qing Province. Since Qing Province originally belonged to the Miao Territory and was not bordered by any other provinces, to enter Qing Province, one must go through Ling Province.
Recently incorporated into the Central Plains, residents of Qing Province are far fewer than those of other provinces, and its economy is incomparable. However, being adjacent to the Miao Territory and with its abundant forest resources, the fierce Miao people sometimes crossing the border could not deter Jianghu People from coming here to seek their fortune. These Jianghu people would sell their resources to traveling merchants, or entrust them to sell in other provinces. Thus, coming and going, the prosperity of Qingshui Town naturally rose.
Qing Yu went into Qingshui Town, asked a passerby for directions, and headed straight for the pharmacy. At the pharmacy, Qing Yu sold a Lingzhi mushroom he had randomly picked for a low price and obtained some silver taels, then went to a clothing store to buy some clothes and other items before heading back to the mountain. The clothing store sold more than just clothes, which saved Qing Yu some unnecessary steps.
Back at the Taoist Temple, Qing Yu opened the package to reveal a white set of women's clothing and a hairpin. Qing Yu suppressed his embarrassment, changed into the women's clothing, arranged his hair in a woman's style, and put on the hairpin.
Qing Yu looked himself over in the bronze mirror, turned around, and the skirt of the dress fluttered ethereally, satisfyingly nodding his head, "OK, preparation complete. System, select Wei Xiaobao, begin inheritance."
Wei Xiaobao was a man of lustful appetite, very wary of men, but when it came to beautiful women, he only thought about getting them into bed. Plus, with his strong curiosity, he was defenseless against a romantic encounter.
That's why Qing Yu chose to project himself on the ground.
In the Inheritance Space, the figure of Wei Xiaobao appeared, "Eh, where is this place?" Then, he saw a heavenly-looking lady collapsed on the ground. A man who sails through life without paddles like Lord Wei would never forget how to frolic until his dying day, decisively approached, "Miss, are you alright? I am Wei Xiaobao, uh-oh, fell for it."
Qing Yu was lying on the ground, covering his mouth and nose with a wet towel to keep out the seductive smoke that had been opened from the beginning, waiting silently, not getting up even after hearing the sound of someone collapsing.
Ten minutes later, when it was certain that Lord Wei had been taken in, Qing Yu quickly stood up, reached for his right leg, and felt for a handle. Finding it, Qing Yu smiled slightly, pulled out a dagger, and promptly delivered a slice to the dear neck of Lord Wei. The Mystic Iron dagger could cut through iron like mud and made a Clean Break; Wei Xiaobao, who led a life with countless silver taels, finally met the same fate as Brother Cheng.
Qing Yu's figure slowly vanished.
"Ding, congratulations, Host, on killing the One-star villain Wei Xiaobao and acquiring his items: Special Strong Lime Powder (no grade), golden silk vest (two-star), Mystic Iron dagger (two-star), Short Pistol (one-star) (with three Firearms bullets), Martial Arts Inheritance: 'Divine Transformation' (one-star), 'Beauty's Three Moves' (no grade), 'Hero's Three Techniques' (no grade)."
Gifts
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received Weekly Power Status
200+ Power
Ranking 
9 Power
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