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Chapter 322 - 293: Guns and Fists

Chapter 322: Chapter 293: Guns and Fists

"Feng Lin, joined the Longhua Association 13 years ago; he’s now an Elder of the Longhua Association."

In the private hospital of the Hongmen Zhiyuan Hall, Li San said to Wu Li.

The day before, after a bout with Feng Lin and the arrival of the police, the two stopped fighting.

It was clear that Feng Lin held an extraordinary identity in the United States; after making a phone call, it didn’t take long for the police to release them. And because Wu Li had connections with Hongmen, he naturally got out easily.

Wu Li specially came to the hospital today to inquire about Feng Lin.

"The Longhua Association is also a gang mainly composed of Chinese people, established over twenty years ago, with its main power in Los Angeles."

Li San explained briefly before continuing about Feng Lin, "There’s not much information available on Feng Lin’s past, only that he was a Chinese expatriate from New Country before he later moved to the United States. He has the title of ’Spear King’ within the Longhua Association, and the records say his dual gun skills are divine."

"Indeed, he uses dual guns," Wu Li said with a self-deprecating smile.

Li San glanced at Wu Li, "Tell me about the fight between you two yesterday."

Wu Li nodded and recounted the details of their exchange to Li San.

After listening, Li San pondered for a moment, "So, there really is such a thing as gun fighting skill?"

Wu Li replied, "His fighting style was truly designed entirely for the guns in his hands."

After a pause, he added, "Now that I think about it, if he had started with dual guns yesterday, I might not have been able to win at all."

Li San smiled, "Then let me ask you this; what if you had a knife in your hand?"

Wu Li shook his head, "If it initially wasn’t just seven paces, but instead thirty paces away, even with a knife, I might not necessarily win."

Li San’s smile faded, and he frowned, "If you really think that way, then there’s a real possibility you could turn out like Sun Yiquan."

Wu Li turned, "Oh?"

Li San continued, "I watched your live stream that day. Isn’t what Sun Yiquan said along the lines of believing that there’s a limit to practicing fist, but there is no limit to weapons? Using fists is surely not as effective as using knives, and using knives is surely not as effective as using guns."

Wu Li fell silent.

Li San patted Wu Li on the shoulder, "Are you practicing fist simply to kill more efficiently? Then missiles are the most formidable."

Wu Li laughed but still shook his head, "I understand what you’re saying, but tell me, when you practice fist, don’t you ever have the thought that you want to be stronger than others?"

Li San frowned, about to speak when Wu Li waved his hand, "What’s the purpose of martial arts practice? Of course, it’s not solely for killing, but to be honest, unless I regard myself as just a combat sports athlete from now on, I will find it hard not to mind incidents like yesterday’s."

Wu Li recalled Feng Lin speaking to him in that disdainful tone yesterday: Do you believe I could kill you right now?

This was an unprecedented feeling.

If his martial arts practice could not even protect his own life, how could he practice the Fist Intent of taking an extra step forward?

Throughout his journey, after going through so much, Wu Li found it difficult to see himself purely as a combat sports athlete. He practiced martial arts, hoping to become stronger, even the strongest!

Indeed, martial arts training is not just about killing, but why did Wu Li emphasize from the beginning that Kung Fu is a killing skill? Why did he stress that the ring and actual combat are different? If one indeed considers Kung Fu a killing skill, a form of combat capability, when one truly cannot overcome others in actual combat, does one then start emphasizing that Kung Fu isn’t just for killing?

Wu Li thought it would be difficult to convince himself of that. Practicing martial arts should indeed not be compared in terms of killing efficiency, but at the very least, one should be able to control their own life and not be at the mercy of someone else’s threat to kill.

Li Sanming understood Wu Li’s point of view and fell silent as well.

Indeed, if we’re talking about killing efficiency, those who use missiles are the most formidable, but to be practical, in reality, aren’t guns mightier than fists?

Before encountering Feng Lin, both Li San and Wu Li would have agreed:

Within seven paces, fists are quicker than guns! That is the pride of a martial artist, even beyond seven paces, you can’t shoot me, and once I get close, I can still kill you! That is the confidence of a martial artist.

That night, facing assassins, Li San had achieved this; during that day’s terror attack, Wu Li had also accomplished it, but after the spar with Feng Lin yesterday, Wu Li began to rethink this issue.

Hearing it from Wu Li without actually fighting Feng Lin himself, Li San’s confidence in Kung Fu had not wavered, but now he was a bit worried that Wu Li might be shaken.

"You’re not really considering gun training, are you?" Li San asked with some concern.

As a Double Flower Red Stick of Hongmen, the name ’Evil Spirit’ carried a lot of deterrent power in the underworld; he had faced numerous instances of gunfire and life-threatening situations, didn’t he know that if he switched to gun training, things would be much easier? Didn’t he realize that if he started using guns, he would have a better chance of surviving?

But over the years, he had always focused his efforts on Fist because he was a Martial Artist who had cultivated Fist Intent. He knew very well that once a martial artist’s spirit waned, the Fist Intent would collapse, and he might never have the opportunity to glimpse a higher Realm.

And that wasn’t even the worst part; the worst case scenario was the likes of Sun Yiquan, who once held the title of ’Spear King’ and then gave up gun training entirely.

Wu Li shook his head, "I’m starting to understand Sun Yiquan’s Mental State."

Li San’s face changed, "You..."

Wu Li waved his hand, "What I mean is, I’m starting to understand how Sun Yiquan felt: maybe he genuinely believed that using guns was more effective than fists, that it was not worth the effort to practice fist when one could just focus on gun training from the start. However, after adhering to his principles - or his pride - for so many years, and then to have it suddenly shattered, the guilt or sense of betrayal made it impossible for him to switch to guns like Feng Lin did, forcing him to abandon guns and open a restaurant instead."

Li San sighed; in fact, after watching the live stream that day, he had a rough idea why Sun Yiquan decided to give up guns.

"Oh yeah, at the end yesterday, Feng Lin mentioned that there’s a ranking in the underworld, which includes a ’Divine Spear.’ He suggested I look it up; you should know about this ranking. It’s not some kind of power ranking, right?" Wu Li suddenly asked.

Li San replied, "There is indeed a ranking, but it’s not a power ranking. It’s a bounty list."

Wu Li, "A bounty list?"

Li San nodded, "You know about the dark web, right?"

Wu Li, "I’ve heard of it."

Li San, "There are different types of dark webs; the one that really deals with the underworld has a bounty list. It started out with some people openly declaring on the dark web how much money they were willing to pay for someone’s life. As similar offers increased, over the years, people noticed that a few individuals, despite being constantly wanted, were still living well. Furthermore, the bounties on their heads kept getting higher, which led to this bounty ranking, listing the top eight people by the amount of the bounty."

(Something came up today, causing a delay; the last Chapter was 2,000 words short, I’ll make up for it with this Chapter.)

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