Xie Zhaofan even felt that the Great Restoration Pill didn't feel particularly special after she swallowed it. It was like eating a slightly unique jellybean, and then the system notification popped up immediately.
+10 Strength!
+5 Constitution!
+3 Agility!
Eighteen attribute points obtained. This was the largest harvest she had received since her transmigration.
Even more surprising to her was that even her Spirit attribute had inexplicably increased by one point.
Xie Zhaofan rubbed her head, unable to figure out where that extra point had come from. But since she couldn't figure it out, she stopped thinking about it; after all, she wouldn't say no to free attributes.
She leaned back in the carriage and looked at the attributes on the system panel, the smile on her face becoming more and more brilliant.
As for whether Prince Qin would discover that the Great Restoration Pill hadn't actually been stolen by an assassin but had been eaten by her, she wasn't worried at all.
After all, she was just a fragile, innocent, and helpless Second Young Miss of the Prime Minister’s residence.
Who would suspect her?
Thinking of this, Xie Zhaofan even started humming a little tune. This trip to the capital was truly worth it.
...
In Xie Zhaofan’s small courtyard, Chunxing and Xiahe watched with dropped jaws as their lady tossed a hundred-jin stone lock in her hands, as if she were playing with a decorative silk ball.
With a light push, it would soar into the air, and then she would catch it steadily.
She even had the leisure to spin the stone lock twice in her palm. No matter how they looked at it, it didn't seem like she was exercising but rather playing with some novelty toy.
The two little maidservants' eyes were nearly bugging out.
Was she still human?
One had to know that the estate guards in the Prime Minister's residence who practiced martial arts all year round were all thick-waisted and broad-shouldered, with arms several times thicker than their legs.
On a normal day, it would take some effort for them to lift and carry a hundred-jin stone lock, let alone toss it around like the lady was doing.
And they had seen it with their own eyes; early this morning, the Second Young Miss had enthusiastically asked the head of the guards to bring the stone lock over.
That guard had been covered in sweat as he laboriously carried this thing from the outer practice field to the small courtyard.
The dull thud it made when it hit the ground even made the earth seem to tremble a few times; it was absolutely impossible for it to be hollow.
But in the lady’s hands, how could it be like a ball of cotton?
Chunxing couldn't help but gulp secretly, and Xiahe instinctively took half a step back, fearing the lady might have a slip of the hand and the hundred-jin stone lock would fly over and squash them both into meat pies on the spot.
Yet Xie Zhaofan was completely unaware of this, even finding it more and more boring as she played.
She casually tossed the stone lock up, caught it the moment it fell, weighed it a few times, and finally curled her lips with a face full of disdain.
“Too light.”
As she spoke, she actually let out a serious sigh.
“It has no exercise effect at all.”
“...”
Chunxing and Xiahe fell silent at the same time.
The two looked at the hundred-jin stone lock the lady had casually tossed onto the ground, and then looked at their lady’s slender arms and legs that seemed like they would break with a snap. For a moment, they didn't even know where to begin complaining.
This was already the largest stone lock they could find in the Prime Minister's residence, and the lady actually thought it was too light?
Was that even human talk?
Xie Zhaofan truly wasn't showing off on purpose.
Since eating that Great Restoration Pill, she could clearly feel that her body had undergone earth-shattering changes.
Especially after her Strength attribute suddenly surged to twenty-four points, she wasn't quite used to the control of her own power. With just a little bit of force, she could do things she wouldn't have dared to imagine in the past.
Her strength was now several times that of an ordinary adult, and her Constitution had reached ten points. Together with the simultaneous increase in Agility and Spirit attributes, these basic attributes combined had started to make her body undergo a slow metamorphosis toward something non-human.
Although her outward appearance was still that of a delicate noble miss with fair, tender skin, a slender waist, and wrists even more elegant than those of an ordinary woman, the power hidden beneath this fragile exterior could no longer be measured by the standards of a common martial artist.
If she were to meet that young expert from before now, Xie Zhaofan even felt she might be able to arm-wrestle him.
Of course, whether she could win in an actual fight was another matter.
Her biggest weakness right now wasn't strength but techniques and experience.
Possessing a terrifying amount of power but not knowing any profound martial arts, she might not be able to display her full strength if she encountered those experts who had practiced martial arts since childhood and experienced countless life-and-death battles.
However, this wasn't a major problem.
She still had the system.
As long as she continued to shear the wool... cough, as long as she continued to look for good things that could increase attributes, sooner or later, she would be able to rely on pure attributes to crush everything.
Thinking of this, Xie Zhaofan’s mood immediately improved even more.
It had to be said that Bro System was quite considerate.
Strength could increase silently, and her constitution could slowly improve. More importantly, her physical appearance actually didn't develop in the direction of being thick-backed and broad-shouldered; she remained slender and soft, and her skin was even glowing white.
What woman would complain about being too beautiful? Unless her brain was broken.
Xie Zhaofan was unwilling to turn herself into a muscular woman just to possess great power; that would be a true case of the loss outweighing the gain.
Things were quite good as they were now.
She looked like a delicate and weak noble miss, but in reality, she was a sheep-clothed Humanoid Tyrannosaurus. If others dared to look down on her, it was uncertain who would end up suffering in the end.
Thinking of this, Xie Zhaofan even felt like laughing.
This feeling of playing the pig to eat the tiger was simply too satisfying.
And more importantly, the sense of security brought by her strength was the first thing she truly possessed after transmigrating to this strange world.
Previously, although she would carelessly say every day that this world was quite interesting, she was still somewhat uneasy in her heart.
After all, this wasn't modern society but a world where cultivators, martial artists, and even demons and ghosts truly existed.
No matter how stubborn she was, it was impossible for her to have no sense of crisis at all.
But things were different now. At the very least, when encountering ordinary martial artists, she had the confidence to protect herself.
Even if one day Xie Chongshan really lost his mind and kicked her out of the Prime Minister's residence, she wouldn't cry and beg to stay. With this strength, where in this vast world could she not go?
Of course, this was only the worst-case scenario.
Giving up being the daughter of a Prime Minister to go out and live in the elements—that would truly mean there was a hole in her head.
When she could eat well, drink well, have people serving her, and have silver to spend, why would she look for trouble for herself?
Now, Madam Shen had been coaxed by her into being completely compliant, and Xie Chongshan’s attitude toward her was slowly softening. As long as she didn't actively provoke Xie Jinyi and steadily hid away until it was time for her to marry, there basically wouldn't be any major problems.
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