All People Are Lords: Starting with Heroine Fusion, Section 41

She had indeed stolen Zhao Chi's thunder.

But what did the spotlight matter?

Zhao Chi was willing to give Gu Qing the freedom to shine.

The same went for Tang Ruan and the others.

"My lord, are you unhappy?"

Seeing that Zhao Chi had remained silent, Gu Qing couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Zhao Chi shook his head. "No, I was just thinking about something else. Your performance today deserved a hundred out of a hundred. Absolutely perfect. If you feel too tired, you can take it a little easier."

"A hundred? Full marks?"

Gu Qing was pleasantly surprised, and she couldn't keep the corners of her mouth from lifting.

"Of course. Full marks."

"Thank you for your approval."

Gu Qing threw her arms around him.

Zhao Chi felt himself enveloped in warm, soft fullness.

Unfortunately, it lasted only two seconds.

Gu Qing smiled. "My lord, I'll go tidy up the fire pit."

Zhao Chi hurriedly stopped her. "Wait a moment."

"Oh, all right. What are your orders?"

"They aren't orders. I noticed you've all leveled up, but you haven't spent your enhancement points yet. I wanted to ask your opinion."

Gu Qing said softly, "Of course those decisions are yours to make. No matter how freely I act, I wouldn't dare make those decisions for you."

Zhao Chi said, "I want you to be my strategist and give me some advice to consider."

Hearing the word "strategist" made Gu Qing happy.

It was a word that expressed his trust in her.

Gu Qing smiled, her eyes narrowing.

"Hehe, your strategist?

"All right, I do have a few suggestions.

"If we're allocating my points, I think increasing spiritual power would be best.

"After all, my primary role is still healing. More spiritual power would let me use my healing skills a few more times.

"For Tang Ruan, you could choose between health and defense. Personally, I recommend defense.

"The others all have identical attributes, so any enhancement would work. It mainly depends on what roles you want them to fill."

Her analysis matched Zhao Chi's thoughts.

Many point allocations followed standard approaches.

Giving Gu Qing more spiritual power was the right choice.

Everyone had four basic stats.

Health, stamina, energy, and spiritual power.

"Health"

Health was exactly what it sounded like: physical well-being. Losing it meant pain and injury.

Once injured, every action would be affected.

Skills and medicine could restore it quickly.

The body could also recover slowly on its own.

Once health ran out, death followed.

"Stamina"

Stamina was simply stamina...

Everything consumed it.

Eating, talking, walking, running, attacking, defending, dodging, aiming, using martial techniques, and casting spiritual arts all consumed stamina.

Stamina was depleted quickly, but replenished quickly as well.

A short rest would restore it.

Medicine could restore it too.

It was a very important attribute.

"Energy"

Energy was just that.

With high energy, a little sleep was enough to wake up fully rested and brimming with vitality.

That effectively meant a few more active hours than other people had.

Some men would also deliberately increase their energy.

After all, energy also meant sexual vigor.

It could leave both partners satisfied.

Beyond that, using martial techniques required energy, as well as stamina.

Working diligently also consumed energy.

The more energy someone had, the better the products they could make while working.

In combat, they could fight better too.

The most common way to restore energy was to sleep.

After waking up, energy would be consumed constantly.

It would continue until the next time they slept to recover, or took medicine.

"Spiritual power"

Similar to mana, spiritual power was required to cast spiritual arts, which also consumed stamina.

Spiritual power was also very unusual.

It could be converted directly into health, stamina, or energy.

The conversion ratio was one to one.

It was very versatile.

However, it could only replenish those other stats, not increase their maximum values.

Spiritual power recovered slowly over time.

Rest had nothing to do with it.

However, medicine could restore it quickly.

There was certainly nothing wrong with Gu Qing increasing her spiritual power.

"All right, increase your spiritual power, then. Do you need me to allocate and confirm the points for you?"

Gu Qing smiled. "No need. Your permission is enough. I'll enhance it myself."

Gu Qing and the others could also view their own information.

With Zhao Chi's approval, they could allocate their own points.

Next, Zhao Chi walked over to Tang Ruan.

He asked for her opinion.

Since Tang Ruan's role was to be a tank, she did indeed need more health or defense.

Zhao Chi wouldn't really make Tang Ruan risk her life taking hits.

Later, he would definitely give her the finest protection and the best armor.

In that case, enhancing defense would offer slightly better value.

But there was a downside too.

If she took off her armor, the bonus from defense would become considerably weaker.

Without strong armor, increasing health would offer better value.

But taking everything into account, enhancing defense was still a little better.

When Tang Ruan heard Zhao Chi's question, she waved her hands repeatedly.

"My lord, I don't really understand these things, but I'll listen to you. Whatever you tell me to increase, I'll increase. Just decide for me."

Zhao Chi asked, "It's all right. If you have any thoughts, you can tell me."

Tang Ruan smiled. "My only thought is to leave everything to you."

"...All right, then. I'll increase your defense."

"Yes, defense is good. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction, my lord."

"You're welcome..."

Next, Zhao Chi asked the other female villagers individually.

Their reactions were much the same as Tang Ruan's.

They had decent everyday skills and some combat ability.

However, their knowledge of other subjects was rather limited.

They all wanted Zhao Chi to decide.

That worked too.