Quietly Leveling Up Beside the Empress, While She Secretly Hears My Thoughts

Su Bai transmigrates to the Jiuzhou Continent and binds to the Absolute Bodyguard Stat-Boosting System. As long as he protects his employer, he can rack up stat points and grow stronger at an incredible rate.

One day, he lands a lucrative job escorting a proud, pampered heiress who is running away from an arranged marriage.

A sinister roadside inn. Top assassins close in.

Su Bai, whose cultivation is only at the Qi Refining stage, is sent flying with a single palm strike. He falls in front of the heiress, coughing up blood. “Miss, don’t be afraid. I took your money, so I’ll protect you even if it costs me my life... Cough, cough. But this counts as a workplace injury. That’ll be ten extra taels of silver!”

As it happens, the heiress is actually the reigning empress, traveling incognito, and she can hear Su Bai’s thoughts.

A voice rings clearly in the empress’s mind:

[What the hell, these lousy assassins? My Golden Bell Shield is already maxed out. I could shatter them just by vibrating! No, I have to make myself look more badly hurt. I absolutely have to extort another ten taels today!]

The empress, who was about to reveal her incredible cultivation and slaughter everyone, quietly lowers her hand. ???

From then on, the empress sets one trap after another. The ministers, demonic cult leaders, rebellious lords, and their followers are all dumbfounded. “Weren’t we told the empress was traveling incognito with just one weak, money-grubbing bodyguard? Who’s this guy punching a hole through a pocket dimension?!”