Chapter 6: Recovery of Physical Strength

  At dusk, Qin Dai's heart had already eaten dinner and simply read a book for a while, saying that she was tired, letting the little maids serve her to wash up, and went back to her room early. Only two maids were left in the outer room doing some embroidery, chatting about some private matters.

  "Ru Yi, lately Miss seems very tired, sleeping early every day and getting up late, do you think it's because her body hasn't recovered yet?" Chun Li asked with some concern.

  As I heard, Half of the hand-embroidered lotus purse was done, and I started thinking.

  It stands to reason that her body had already recovered when she was still in the mansion. If Miss hadn't spoken out of turn and offended Madame, she wouldn't have been sent to the countryside under the pretext of recuperating from illness. At first, everything was fine, her spirits were good, occasionally reading books, drinking tea, and her temper was much better than before. It wasn't until this past half month that she gradually started feeling extremely fatigued, eating more than usual, could it be that she's contracted some new illness?

  "It would have been better to get a doctor for the Chang'an family earlier, it's probably because they didn't eat well and hurt their qi and blood." Chunli was still thinking about what Ding Mama had suggested earlier, eating some tonic medicine is always good. Chunli muttered softly while dividing the embroidery thread.

  She glanced at her and said in a low voice: "Miss doesn't agree, what can I do?"

  Spring Breeze was young, but she understood some things. She knew that the marriage proposal from the Jia family was the real reason why Miss Lin had been demoted to the countryside. She couldn't help but feel a bit resentful: "The old lady's favoritism isn't new, it's not like any of the misses who marry into the Jia family are treated equally. Clearly they're asking for our young lady, but Madame Wang is biased towards her own daughter."

  "It's all the same in any house." Ruyi glared at her, knowing that this was not something to be said out loud, yet couldn't help but murmur a few sentences: "The several young ladies in the house are all of similar age, and it's up to the lady of the house to arrange their marriages. Where would there be room for Third Miss to marry into the Jia family? She has her heart set on marrying off Second Miss, this is what she really wants." This was an open secret within the house, only nobody dared to discuss it openly.

  It seemed like Ruyi had something on her mind, but she didn't know how to bring it up. She carefully glanced around the room before softly asking, "Chunli, don't you think that Miss seems like a different person?"

  Chunli didn't quite understand Ruyi's meaning and simply stared at her blankly.

  Ru Yi sighed and said, "In the past, although Miss was a bit willful, she was also straightforward. If there was something going on, we could help out in some way and offer her some advice. But since the incident at Pu Fa Temple, Miss has become unpredictable." Zheng Mama came three or five times, but not only did Miss not get angry, she even had an attitude of being unbothered, which really made her feel surprised.

  "I don't even know when I can go back." Chunli's expression was somewhat gloomy, and she didn't take Ruyi's words to heart at all. She thought that even if the young lady had changed, she had changed for the better, so what was there to worry about?

  Ru Yi knew that Chun Li was young and had a lively and simple personality, so she wouldn't mind these things, and it's better not to mention them again. Maybe I'm just overthinking, it's not necessarily true.

  The two girls chatted for a while, until the sky gradually darkened and it was all black around them. They then got up and ordered the little maids to lock up. Tonight Spring Orchid took the night watch and slept on the kang in the outer room, while Like Jade returned to her own quarters.

  In the quiet countryside, it should have been a night without incident. However, at midnight, a black figure agilely climbed over the wall of Qin Daihe's courtyard and fled towards the distant rear mountain.

  This black shadow was none other than Miss Qin Dai Xin, who should have been fast asleep.

  Since arriving at the Zhuangzi, Qin Dai's heart had been waiting for an opportunity to train herself. She was eager to possess her past life's abilities, and only then could she protect herself well.

  During the day, she can only stay in her room to nurse her energy, and at night is hers. Qin Dai's heart always thinks of ways to avoid the night watch maid, find a quiet place to recover her own skills.

  In her past life as Mo Li, she mainly learned combat and assassination techniques. Her teacher was once a member of the US Green Berets, and from him, she learned very systematic and regular training. From basic endurance, extreme survival, physical strength, environmental adaptation training to combat assassination skills, assassination, violent breaking, reconnaissance tracking, disguise, medical rescue, etc. In her teacher's words, even the most advanced armed special agent cannot compare to a killer who can complete all the training goals of the Flame Alliance organization. Her teacher's strong confidence was not unreasonable; he always believed that whether it was simple confrontation or war, one could not rely solely on equipment. No matter how powerful technological advancements become, they ultimately still depend on human ability, so people with real skills can always stand on the victorious side of the scale at any time.

  These words, Mo Li has never dared to forget. Even though she is now Qin Dai Xin, her memories are still there, those combat skills, assassination techniques, have deeply merged into her soul.

  She always remembered that the goal of combat was to cleanly and efficiently knock the opponent to the ground, shattering their skull or other bones in the process, thereby putting their life in her hands. Mastering superior combat techniques meant mastering the enemy's fate, and getting what she wanted. Assassination required speed to take out the opponent, it was about results, not process. Here, there was no need for fancy moves or martial arts championships. Those elaborate and complicated actions should never exist in assassination techniques; the essence of assassination was quickness, accuracy, and ruthlessness. The methods used in assassination could be inhumane, using stealth, poison, or other means. She must always remember that showing mercy to enemies was not only cruel to herself but also proof of her own foolishness.

  Although these things happened in the past, they are the most precious memories for Qin Dai Xin now. In order to gain the power to protect herself and others as soon as possible, Qin Dai Xin secretly sneaks out of her room every night to practice in the back mountain. Also because it's too hard at night, Qin Dai Xin always looks listless during the day, making the two maids think she has lost her energy due to poor eating.

  Qin Dai Xin had just completed the final step of her physiological refinement, and every time she reached this step, the determination in her heart would be brought to an extreme, which also made her body extremely relaxed, so she let out a big sigh.

  Physiological training was quite controversial internationally at that time, and physiological training mainly focused on psychological defense and internal strength training. Many people thought it was nonsense. However, in fact, physiological training can indeed help people overcome psychological fear, increase human speed and attack, improve human reaction ability and perception of danger.

  Qin Dai's body had already broken out in a thin layer of sweat, and she opened her eyes. At this moment, she no longer had any trace of weakness, exuding an air of sharpness and vigilance that warned others to keep their distance. If one looked closely at her eyes, they would find something different there, a complex and piercing gaze that seemed to see right through everything.

  Yes, ignore it.

  Although she had never seen what Kung Fu looked like in this era, Qin Dai Xin did not dare to underestimate it. If it were in the past, Mo Li would have sneered at such a fleeting thing. But now Qin Dai Xin felt that even rebirth could happen, so what else was impossible in this world?

  However, she still has strong confidence, although her physical condition is still far from its peak and has only recovered to 50-60%. This still gave her a huge surprise. She did not expect that this weak and fragile body would have such high potential, quickly adapting to her series of training.

  She looked up at the sky and estimated that the others should be awake by now. Qin Dai Xin's mind was not on lingering, so she quickly made her way to her bedroom according to the route she had memorized. She used a special gait, which she had named "Extreme Step". This gait did not require any internal energy support, nor were there any fancy movements; it was developed based on human physiology and mechanics, allowing one to concentrate their strength into a single point in a short period of time. Through simple running, jumping, and dodging, one could avoid obstacles around them and achieve the goal of advancing at full speed. The inventor of this technique was a master of external martial arts, which Qin Dai Xin had obtained by chance. For her, who was skilled in external martial arts, using it to escape or accelerate forward was the most suitable thing to do. Although other teammates had said that this move looked like "cool running", Qin Dai Xin knew that they were just jealous.

  Qin Dai, who hadn't slept all night, was indeed a bit tired. She tiptoed back to her own room and didn't even bother to wash up before falling asleep, exhausted.

  The sky was just bright, and the courtyard suddenly heard a burst of noise. At first, Qin Dai didn't take it to heart, thinking it was some clumsy old lady making a big fuss while sweeping. It wasn't until Chunli knocked on the door and called out that Qin Dai knew something was up.

  "Miss, get up quickly!" Chunli was on duty last night, so she came a step earlier than Ruyi. When Ruyi arrived, Qindai's heart had already been served and dressed.

  "What's going on outside? Why is it so chaotic?" Qin Dai walked towards the outer room with quick steps, and Ruyu had no choice but to follow behind her.

  "Miss." Ruyi wanted to say something but stopped herself, hastily sending away the two little maids and instructing Chunli to tidy up the bed.

  What's going on? Yiyi is usually mature and composed, rarely seen in a fluster. Now she not only looks flustered but also has an air of being on guard against a formidable foe, her fingers involuntarily clutching at her hem, even her voice trembling.

  It seems like a big deal.

  "Speak up." Qin Dai sat down on the large kang by the window, took over the tea that Ruo Yi had prepared, and indicated to Ruo Yi to quickly speak, the bigger the matter, the more calm one should face it.

  Ru Yi took a deep breath and reported: "Young Master Bai has arrived."