Traveling through ancient times.

One point of strength requires three points of merit. Currently, Jiang Yizhou’s strength limit is 80.

Three o'clock is three o'clock. Jiang Yizhou filled up his strength without hesitation and spent sixty points of merit.

A strength of 80 is equivalent to kilograms, and if you use all your strength, you can move kilograms.

Then there are speed, agility and endurance. Each point requires five merits, and the upper limit that can be increased for each is two points, for a total of 30 merits.

As for the spirit, it can only be improved a little this time, which costs ten points of merit.

So Jiang Yizhou's current attribute value becomes:

【Name: Jiang Yizhou

Age: 22 (Life Points Limit: 35)

Merit: 230

Constitution: 85

Power: 80

Speed: 22

Agility: 14

Stamina: 17

Spirit: 13]

After the upgrade, Jiang Yizhou felt as if he had reached another realm - how to say it, he became more alert and sharper, and everything around him seemed to be under his control.

"who?--"

Jiang Yizhou, who had already finished practicing a set of boxing, sensed movement coming from the corner of the corridor. He kicked his foot and a stone flew over.

A figure walked out, holding the stone she kicked out.

"Why are you here?" Jiang Yizhou blurted out, his eyes falling on the other person next to that man, Liao Qi.

Jiang Yizhou saw that the two of them must have reached some kind of agreement, and Liao Qi stood next to Qi Hao, not so much accompanying him to meet the master, but more like controlling and responding to abnormal situations that might occur at any time.

But this still made Jiang Yizhou feel a little unhappy. She would prefer a scenario where she could decide whether to meet or not and when to meet, instead of having no choice like now.

She picked up the rag beside her and wiped the sweat off her face, then sat on the stool, picked up the teapot and poured herself a cup of tea.

She did not hide her displeasure and said, "What do you want from me?"

Qi Hao looked at the stone in his hand and walked towards Jiang Yizhou step by step: "I didn't expect that you would have such an adventure since you fell into the water. It's really amazing."

Jiang Yizhou felt a sense of crisis that his secret had been discovered, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes, but he immediately lowered his head to hide it.

When he raised his head again, he asked calmly, "And then?"

Qi Hao paused and said, "That night, if I really wanted to restrain you, you would never be able to outrun me."

Oh, seeing that he has stood up now, he comes to show his goodwill and whitewash himself? Interesting.

Although Jiang Yizhou was still depressed, he had to admit that the other party had just caught the small stone easily, proving that the other party's speed and agility were even higher than his current level.

At that time, I was just barely able to act, and I couldn't even reach the attributes of an ordinary person.

Jiang Yizhou spoke again: "And then?"

Although Jiang Yizhou tried his best to hide the murderous intent in his heart, Qi Hao could still see the coldness deep in the other's eyes.

He continued, "That night, you had people block the door of the central courtyard with bars. If I had hit it with all my strength, I would have broken it in two hits at most... Later, you closed the door of your room, but..."

In short, your door couldn't stop me at all. I could have pushed the door open even if you closed it later. But I didn't.

Jiang Yizhou sneered in his heart, and a flash of mockery passed through his eyes.

"and then?"

Qi Hao paused and said, "Are Xiaoyu and Xiaoyi the ones who are actually going outside to look for help?"

Jiang Yizhou paused for a moment. Apart from the two maids and Uncle Liu, only she and Yunxin Yucui knew about this matter.

Xiaoyu and Xiaoyi would not tell anyone, and Yunxin and Yucui would not tell anyone. Before leaving, she also said hello to Uncle Liu, who dared to defend her in front of everyone and would not do these little tricks on this matter.

So, how did the other party know?

Jiang Yizhou suppressed his uneasiness and asked again: "Then what?"

Qihao listened to the other party's monotonous "and then", but still felt that the three words just said obviously broke his defense.

He continued, "Because someone closed the corner door outside the backyard, they couldn't get out with their strength..."

Jiang Yizhou's body trembled slightly: "So, what you mean?..."

Qihao: "Yes, I opened the door."

Jiang Yizhou closed her eyes. She didn't believe Qihao.

Looking back at the original owner's life, it was so miserable and desolate, but this person had always been following Ning Jianren and being an accomplice to the evil.

But now he told her: without him, she could never leave the backyard.

It's like, you think you have used all your strength to finally struggle out of the quagmire. Everything is the result of your own efforts.

Then suddenly one day someone tells you: It was actually me who put the stones in the mud for you, and it was me who hung the rope that you thought was insignificant on the edge of the mud...

Qi Hao's words made Jiang Yizhou feel that in front of the other party's ability to know everything and take a comprehensive view of the situation, her previous efforts were actually the result of charity:

——Look, I know everything you do. Without my help, without my support, you are nothing.

Jiang Yizhou closed her eyes. She felt that her mental state was showing signs of collapse, so she took a deep breath.

What Qihao said makes sense.

But, if everything is really as he said: everything now is the result of his letting go and helping, then what about the original owner?

She didn't believe that she and the other party had no further connection, and that the other party had let her go for no reason just because his body had changed.

Therefore, if what the other party said was true, then he should have been secretly giving the original owner some convenience. It's just that the original owner didn't know.

After a long while, Jiang Yizhou calmed down.

She looked up at Qihao again.

His voice had returned to its usual coldness: "So, what do you want from me?"

Qi Hao looked at Jiang Yizhou's calm face and said, "I think Liao Qi has already told you that I want to cooperate with you."

"cooperate?"

Qi Hao: "I know you are accumulating strength here. Even without me, you can still easily return to the old house. But what I want to say is that now everything is gone, and when you go back, you will still be just an empty shell. But it will be different if you cooperate with me."

Jiang Yizhou took another sip of tea and said calmly: "Tell me more about it. How is it different?"

Although Qi Hao is Ning Jianren's servant, she is the head of the entire Jiang family and can be considered his master.

But now the conversation between the two parties seems to be an equal exchange, but in fact the other party's tone implies that "I think highly of you and I cooperate with you."

In the final analysis, it is because the other person's fighting power is stronger than mine.

Therefore, the contract is one thing, but one’s own strength is the decisive factor in determining the superiority or inferiority of the relationship between the two.

Qi Hao: "I guess you already know that he has used all the wealth of your Jiang family to pave a way for himself to rise, right? You can say that you don't care about those things, and you can still earn them back by working here for a few years or even decades. But there is one thing, whether you are willing to admit it or not, the road he paved has already turned the attention of those people here. No matter what your true relationship with him is, in the eyes of outsiders, you are still one. If they want to cut off everything here, they will definitely not let you go."