Chen Mo's Admonitions, Purchasing Pills

Seeing Chen Mo order several dishes over five hundred yuan each, Jiang Tao wanted to stop him, but it was already too late—Chen Mo submitted the order before he could speak.

Jiang Tao had to let it go.

"Mozi, Li Donghai is really petty. You swindled him out of a hundred thousand, he might come back for revenge. You need to be careful from now on!"

"I will! But that hundred thousand was all given to me willingly, and he signed an agreement. There's no way he's getting it back from me."

Chen Mo smiled, giving Jiang Tao a reassuring look.

"That's true. With the agreement signed, he can't take it back. He'll just have to swallow this loss!"

"But honestly, that guy is such a piece of work—picking a fight with us for no reason, then handing you money to hit him! I even told him your saber technique was perfected, and he still came running over."

"I really don't know what he was thinking!"

"Hahaha..." Chen Mo burst out laughing. "He's got a screw loose!"

"Hahaha..."

Jiang Tao couldn't help laughing either. "Seriously! Paying someone to beat him up!"

"When you said a hundred thousand back then, I thought you were just trying to make him back off."

Chen Mo shook his head. "I wasn't trying to make him back off—I was planning to swindle his money! Who told him to come picking a fight? There's always a price to pay!"

"If he hadn't made those snide remarks and called us cowards, I wouldn't have bothered with him. Asking for that hundred thousand was to teach him that messing with me comes with consequences!"

"Anyway, we were already ignoring him, and he still came looking for trouble. I'm not his dad, so I'm not going to coddle him!"

"Yeah! We're not his dad, no need to coddle him!" Jiang Tao nodded in agreement.

Just then, the waiter knocked and entered with the dishes, so the two stopped talking.

After the food was served, they ate and chatted.

"By the way, Taozi, your cultivation and martial skills aren't as high as Li Donghai's. If he provokes you during this time, don't engage him!"

"Most importantly, don't get on the arena with him! Even if he calls you a coward, don't go up!"

"If you fight him, you won't win. His sword technique has been at Major Accomplishment for a long time—you're no match. If he insults you, insult him back. Arena fights not only get you hurt easily, they can also affect the college entrance exam."

"If you get seriously injured, you'll need at least half a month to recover. You're already at a lower realm, and losing that much training time will make it even harder to get a good score!"

Chen Mo thought Li Donghai might cause trouble for Jiang Tao, so he started advising him.

If Li Donghai came after him directly, Chen Mo wasn't afraid. His Basic Saber Technique was already perfected, and with Spiritual Perception, he had basically no rivals at the Martial Disciple stage.

He didn't need to worry too much about his family's safety either—for the short term, they were still safe.

Jiang Tao knew Chen Mo was looking out for him, so he nodded in agreement:

"Mozi, I'll be careful! But if I can't avoid it, I'll still fight. I'm no coward either!"

"Alright, but be careful—don't let their words provoke you into losing your head."

Chen Mo didn't want Jiang Tao to be a turtle either, so he naturally wouldn't stop him from accepting a fight.

If Jiang Tao lost, he'd help get payback!

"By the way, after we eat, I'm going to the pharmacy to buy some Qi and Blood Pills. You head back on your own!"

Chen Mo laid out his plan. "Stay safe during this time—that fugitive Luo Jianren hasn't been caught yet."

"Mm, I know." Jiang Tao swallowed a mouthful of meat. "You too! By the way, are you coming to the gym tomorrow?"

If they weren't going in different directions, Jiang Tao would have wanted to accompany Chen Mo to the pharmacy.

"Yeah! Don't come to my place—just head straight to the gym."

"Mm!"

Half an hour later, the two finished eating.

Chen Mo paid the bill, with a few yuan left over. Once they stepped out of the restaurant, they parted ways.

This was still the city center, and the pharmacy wasn't far. Chen Mo didn't take a car—he used his movement technique to travel.

A string of notifications scrolled across the System Panel: "Basic Movement Technique proficiency +1."

"Basic Movement Technique proficiency +1."

Chen Mo didn't check the panel, so he didn't notice.

A few minutes later, Chen Mo arrived at Wuji Pharmacy.

Wuji Pharmacy was a branch under Wuji Martial Arts Gym—fair to all, with a trustworthy reputation.

As soon as he entered, a female clerk in professional attire greeted him with a smile:

"Welcome, sir. What kind of pills do you need? If you have any requirements, feel free to tell me, and I'll introduce them for you."

Facing the clerk's warm smile, Chen Mo smiled back:

"Hello, I need some Qi and Blood Pills. Also, I'd like to ask—what kind of pills do you have here for warming the meridians? And what are the prices?"

"Yes, we have two types: Warm Meridian Pills and Restore Meridian Pills. The Warm Meridian Pill has the effect of warming the meridians and repairing minor meridian damage. It's suitable for cases where prolonged cultivation causes meridian swelling, pain, or slight tearing."

"The Restore Meridian Pill, on the other hand, has better restorative effects. It's effective for mild meridian ruptures caused by cultivation."

"If it's moderate or severe meridian damage, the effect is minimal—you'd need to go to a professional hospital."

"Among them, the Warm Meridian Pill costs fifty thousand, and the Restore Meridian Pill costs one hundred fifty thousand. Which one do you need?"

Chen Mo wasn't particularly shocked by these prices. Meridian damage was the hardest to treat, so it made sense that the corresponding pills were expensive.

Otherwise, his sister's condition wouldn't have been so difficult to cure.

Thinking of his sister's thin, fragile meridians, Chen Mo decided to buy one Warm Meridian Pill.

The Warm Meridian Pill had a gentle medicinal nature, nourishing silently—suitable for both the elderly and children.

When his sister was young, she had needed the Warm Meridian Pill to warm and nurture her meridians.

But later, as she grew older and her body stabilized, they stopped using it. The price back then wasn't the same as now.

The reason he asked about pills for warming meridians was also to check the prices and learn about other pills.

"I need one Warm Meridian Pill. Besides that, I also need one ordinary Qi and Blood Pill and one Premium Qi and Blood Pill."

"Alright! Do you need any other pills, sir?"

The female attendant became even more polite.

"No, that's all."

The female attendant took out the boxes containing the pills, placed them in a packaging bag, and handed it to Chen Mo:

"Sir, the Warm Meridian Pill is fifty thousand, the ordinary Qi and Blood Pill is two thousand, and the Premium Qi and Blood Pill is five thousand—total fifty-seven thousand. Will that be scan or card?"

"Scan."

Chen Mo scanned and transferred the payment. His balance still had some left.

He took the receipt, put everything into his backpack, and left quickly.

The reason he only bought one ordinary Qi and Blood Pill and one Premium Qi and Blood Pill was that Chen Mo wanted to test which of the two could generate more qi and blood.

The Premium Qi and Blood Pill cost 2.5 times the ordinary one. As long as the qi and blood increase exceeded that of 2.5 ordinary pills, Chen Mo would switch to the Premium Qi and Blood Pill from then on.