"All right, just don't push yourself."
The burly man set the sledgehammer on the ground and offered its wooden handle to Chu Youning.
Chu Youning tested its weight with one hand. It was a teensy billion bits heavy.
When she gripped it with both hands, though, she could swing it.
"Is the fellow under that slab going to be all right? I won't kill him with this blow, will I?"
Looking at the man lying on the stone bench, Chu Youning hesitated again and set the hammer back on the ground.
The man beneath the huge slab grinned, looking quite relaxed. "Don't worry, miss. We've trained since childhood. We grew up earning our bread this way. How could one hammer blow kill us?"
"All right, here I go!"
Chu Youning mustered all her strength, lifted the hammer, and brought it down hard.
Bang!
The huge slab shattered.
The man underneath coughed twice, then stood up.
Several people nearby couldn't help widening their eyes. "What strength, miss!!!"
"Hehe, you're too kind."
Chu Youning smiled. Having confirmed that they really knew their craft, she took two Gold Leaves from her waist and gave them one each.
Only then did she turn back to continue digging into her meal.
Afterward, Chu Youning saw a whole host of strange and curious things.
Iron Head Skill, Sound Wave Skill, blindfolded archery-every performance delighted her to no end.
Qing Qianxue quietly kept placing food on Chu Youning's plate beside her. Seeing how much she enjoyed the show, he wore a faint smile throughout.
Only when Chu Youning had stuffed her belly full and seen most of the performances...
Did she look at the person beside her.
"With that constitution of yours, will a sword dance be a problem? If you really can't manage it, your little