A Life of Attributes Starting as a Nobleman in the Republic of China Era

After several days of fog, the weather in Nanjing finally cleared up.

The Chen family's backyard.

The courtyard was bathed in the morning light. A Taihu stone, over ten feet tall, stood on the blue brick ground, its entire body resembling frozen clouds, its texture as warm and smooth as mutton fat. This was a treasure that had flowed out of the palace of the previous dynasty, originally a remnant of the "Genyue" garden of Emperor Mingzong of the Qing dynasty. A shallow pool was carved beneath the stone, its water drawn from a spring in the back mountain, clear enough to see the bottom.

On a specially cleared open space in front of the Taihu stone, Chen Che held up a stone lock in each hand, alternating between them.

"Eighty-one!"

"..."

"Ninety-two!"

When Xi Yu counted, the sound would fluctuate in volume depending on Chen Che's movements.

Chen Che stopped moving, and she held her breath and counted silently in her mind.

Once Chen Che gritted his teeth and persevered, she would loudly count off the numbers and cheer for him.

"one hundred!"

When Xi Yu counted to one hundred, Chen Che finally let out a sigh of relief and threw the stone lock heavily to the ground.

As soon as he put down the stone lock, the master invited by Xingrentang came up to help him loosen his bones and massage his body.

Since that day, Chen Che has not left the house for the past few days, and has been exercising from morning until noon every day.

After lunch, he went over to talk to Mrs. He and chat with her.

In the afternoon, he began to read books, all sorts of books, including newspaper articles about the current situation and local chronicles that recorded local affairs.

Over this period of time, he gained a deeper understanding of the world.

He saw that after the Southern revolutionaries lost their banner of anti-imperialism, they quickly exposed their true nature as outwardly impressive but inwardly corrupt.

The internal factions are disorganized, and those in high positions are incompetent and embezzling funds; the organization is rotten to the core.

The North was even worse than the South, with frequent clashes between various warlords and constant changes of power, causing the people to be displaced and suffer immensely.

Chaos is rampant in various places, and evil spirits are emerging.

The more he learned about the world, the more grateful he became to have the Chen family as a powerful protector, allowing him to focus on improving himself.

Compared to a week ago, his physical attributes have undergone tremendous changes.

Name: Chen Che

【Life: 1.2】

【Strength: 1.8】

【Speed: 1.9】

【Spirit: 1.4】

After a few days, he found that practicing like this, so foolishly, was making his attributes improve more and more slowly.

Even though he takes ginseng soup every day to nourish himself, his life attribute only increases by less than 0.1% per day on average, since century-old ginseng is not common.

The strength and speed attributes have increased by more than a little, which is considered fast compared to other attributes.

As for his mental attributes, he hasn't even figured out how to improve them yet, and the 0.1% increase was just a natural growth.

"Young Master, your complexion has improved a lot recently. You look much healthier than before you were injured."

Chen Che felt that his attributes were improving slowly, but in the eyes of others, his recent changes were huge, almost changing every day.

Xi Yu, his personal maid, noticed his changes particularly clearly.

He used to be a handsome young man, but he was thin and weak, and couldn't even kill a chicken.

Now he is all muscle and broad-shouldered, making him look safer and more reliable.

"It cost a lot of money. The daily ginseng soup and the dietary supplement prescriptions written by the chefs at Xingrentang alone cost no less than ten silver dollars."

Chen Che shook his head and said with a smile.

He hasn't even officially started learning martial arts yet, and the expenses are already so high.

"My health has improved enough; it's time to find a renowned master to formally learn martial arts."

He hasn't left the house during this time, but he has been preparing for martial arts training. He has had people go and learn about the more famous martial arts schools in Jinling City.

At his current rate of improvement, it's unclear when he'll be able to deal with the masked man in black.

The masked man in black in my memory was someone who could take bullets with his bare body.

Just as Chen Che was thinking about which martial arts school he should become an apprentice at, someone suddenly shouted, "Master is back!"

A short while later, the old butler of the Chen family came looking for Chen Che. "Young Master, the Master wants you to go to the study in the front yard to see him."

"forecourt?"

Chen Che was taken aback. Was his father, Chen Qichuan, receiving guests? Otherwise, he wouldn't have arranged it in the front yard.

"Yes, there are also guests. I heard they came back from Tianjin with the master."

The old butler sensed Chen Che's doubt and offered an explanation.

Tianjin?

So it turns out that Mr. Chen went to Tianjin this time; no wonder it took so long.

As Chen Che arrived at the study, he heard a deep voice coming from inside.

"I am deeply grateful to Brother Chen for his help in making this trip south."

"Brother Sun, you flatter me. You are a disciple of Senior Li Jinglin. Even without my help, I'm sure those people couldn't do anything to you."

"Brother Chen, you may not know this, but I have a secret matter to attend to in the south. If people find out that I have gone south, things will become difficult. So I need to ask you to help me find an identity that can keep me in the dark."

Chen Che paused, then his face lit up with surprise.

Li Jinglin?

Could it be "Sword Immortal" Li Jinglin?

Chen Che had been looking for a renowned teacher, so how could he not know who Li Jinglin was?

In the entire martial arts world, the most famous was naturally Li Jinglin, the then-director of the Central Martial Arts Academy, who was known as the Sword Immortal.

It is said that Li Jinglin has already reached the realm of the celestial in martial arts, and is one of the top three in the world.

If the person inside is indeed Li Jinglin's disciple, he must be a renowned master of his time, far superior to ordinary martial arts schools.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Chen Che knocked on the door and then pushed it open to go inside.

"Father, you wanted to see me?"

After greeting his father, Chen Che then looked at the person beside him.

This man was about forty years old, with a square face, and looked like an extremely upright person.

Chen Qichuan was stunned when he saw Chen Che. He had only been away from Jinling for less than half a month, but Chen Che seemed to have undergone a complete transformation.

"Brother Sun, this is my son, Chen Che, courtesy name Qingzhi."

Chen Qichuan then said with a stern face, "You haven't met your Uncle Sun yet."

"Hello, Uncle Sun!"

After exchanging greetings, Chen Che took the opportunity to observe the other party openly.

"My nephew is a man of great talent and appearance; Brother Chen is truly blessed."

Sun Congzhou nodded to Chen Che and then offered his compliments.

"Brother Sun just mentioned that you need an identity to avoid attracting attention. I do have an idea, but it would be a bit of a waste for you, Brother Sun."

Chen Qichuan picked up where the previous topic left off and continued speaking.

"Oh, Brother Chen, tell me about it."

"My son encountered a misfortune in Jinling a month ago. I was planning to find him another bodyguard to protect him. Brother Sun, why don't you use this identity to travel around Jinling?"

After Chen Qichuan finished speaking, he looked at Sun Congzhou with some nervousness.

Sun Congzhou smiled upon hearing this. In fact, he had already guessed Chen Qichuan's intentions as soon as Chen Che entered the room.

However, when he went south, he heard people on the Chen family's boat talk about Chen Che and knew that he was a playboy. But today, he seemed to be quite different from the rumors. Chen Che seemed to be much more composed than the rumors suggested.