Seeing Chen Mo order several dishes costing over five hundred, Jiang Tao wanted to stop him, but it was already too late. Before Jiang Tao could speak, Chen Mo had submitted the order.
Jiang Tao could only let it go.
"Mozi, Li Donghai is extremely petty. You scammed him out of a hundred thousand, and he might retaliate. You need to be careful from now on!"
"I will! But he gave me that hundred thousand willingly, and he even signed an agreement. It's impossible for him to take it back from me."
Smiling, Chen Mo gave Jiang Tao a reassuring look.
"That's true. With an agreement signed, he naturally can't take it back. He can only swallow this mute loss!"
"But then again, that guy really is cheap. He provoked us for no reason, then paid you to let you beat him up! I already told him your saber technique had reached perfection, yet he still rushed over to throw himself at you."
"I really don't know what he was thinking!"
"Hahaha..." Chen Mo burst out laughing. "There's something wrong with his head!"
"Hahaha..."
Jiang Tao could not help laughing as well. "There really is! Paying someone to beat him up!"
"When you named a hundred thousand at the time, I thought you were trying to make him back down in the face of difficulty."
Chen Mo shook his head. "I wasn't trying to make him back down. I was planning to scam him out of money! Since he came up to provoke us, he had to pay some price, right?"
"If he hadn't made sarcastic remarks or called us cowardly turtles hiding in our shells, I wouldn't even have wanted to bother with him. Asking him for that hundred thousand was just to let him know that provoking me came at a price!"
"We had already ignored him, yet he still came looking for trouble. I'm not his father, so naturally I won't indulge him!"
"Exactly! We're not his fathers, so there's no need to indulge him!" Jiang Tao nodded in agreement.
Just then, the waiter knocked and brought in the dishes, so the two stopped talking.
After all the dishes had been served, they chatted as they ate.
"By the way, Taozi, neither your cultivation nor your martial skills are as good as Li Donghai's. If he provokes you during this time, don't pay him any attention!"
"The most important thing is that you can't step onto the Arena with him! Even if he calls you a coward, don't go up!"
"You can't beat him in a match. His swordsmanship reached Major Accomplishment a long time ago, so you're no match for him. If he insults you, insult him back. Arena battles can not only easily injure you, but also affect the college entrance exam."
"Once you suffer a serious injury, you'll need at least half a month to recover. Your realm is already low, and if you lose that much more cultivation time, getting a good score will become even harder!"
Thinking that Li Donghai might cause trouble for Jiang Tao, Chen Mo began persuading him.
If Li Donghai got someone to cause trouble for him, Chen Mo was not afraid. His Basic Saber Technique had already reached perfection, and he also had Spiritual Perception. At the Martial Apprentice stage, he basically had no opponents.
There was no need to worry too much about his family's safety either. For the time being, they were still safe.
Jiang Tao knew Chen Mo was concerned about him, so he nodded and agreed.
"Mozi, I'll be careful! But if I can't avoid it, I'll still fight! I'm not a coward either!"
"Fine, but be careful. Don't lose your mind because of what they say."
Chen Mo did not want Jiang Tao to become a turtle hiding in its shell, so naturally he would not stop him from accepting a fight.
If Jiang Tao lost, he would help him win back his face!
"By the way, after we eat, I'm going to the pharmacy to buy some Qi and Blood Pills. You can head back first!"
Chen Mo laid out his plan. "Be careful during this time. That fugitive, Luo Jianren, still hasn't been caught."
"Mm, I know." Jiang Tao swallowed a mouthful of meat. "You too! By the way, are you still coming to the martial arts gym tomorrow?"
If they had not been headed in different directions, Jiang Tao would have wanted to accompany Chen Mo to the pharmacy.
"Of course. You don't need to come to my house. Just go straight to the martial arts gym."
"Mm!"
Half an hour later, the two finished eating.
After Chen Mo paid the bill, with yuan remaining, they left the restaurant and went their separate ways.
They were still in the city center, and the pharmacy was not far away. Chen Mo did not take a ride, instead directly using his movement technique to travel.
One notification after another drifted across the System Panel: "Basic Movement Technique proficiency +1."
"Basic Movement Technique proficiency +1."
Chen Mo did not check the System Panel, so he naturally did not know.
A few minutes later, Chen Mo arrived at Wuji Pharmacy.
Wuji Pharmacy was a pharmacy under Wuji Martial Arts Gym. It treated children and elders alike, and its reputation was guaranteed.
As soon as he entered, a female attendant in professional attire approached him with a smile.
"Welcome, sir. What pills would you like to purchase? If you have any needs, please tell me, and I can introduce them to you."
Faced with the smiling attendant, Chen Mo naturally returned her smile.
"Hello. I need Qi and Blood Pills. Also, I'd like to ask what pills you have for nourishing the meridians, and how much they cost?"
"Yes, we have two types here: Warm Meridian Pills and Restore Meridian Pills. Among them, Warm Meridian Pills nourish the meridians and repair minor meridian damage. They can be used for cases of swollen, painful, or slightly torn meridians caused by training for too long."
"Restore Meridian Pills have better restorative effects. They are highly effective in treating mild meridian ruptures caused by cultivation."
"If the meridian damage is moderate or severe, their effects are minimal, and you will need to go to a professional hospital."
"Warm Meridian Pills cost fifty thousand, while Restore Meridian Pills cost one hundred and fifty thousand. Which kind would you like?"
Chen Mo was not particularly shocked by such prices. Meridian damage was among the hardest injuries to treat, so it made sense for the corresponding pills to be expensive.
Otherwise, his younger sister's condition would not have been so difficult to treat.
Thinking of his sister's tiny, fragile meridians, Chen Mo still decided to buy a Warm Meridian Pill.
The medicinal properties of a Warm Meridian Pill were mild, moisturizing things silently like rain. Both the elderly and children could take it.
When his sister had been young, she had needed to take Warm Meridian Pills to nourish her meridians.
However, after she grew older and her body stabilized, she stopped taking them. Back then, their price had not been lower than it was now.
The reason he had asked about pills that nourished the meridians was also to learn about the prices and other kinds of pills.
"I need one Warm Meridian Pill. Besides that, I need one ordinary Qi and Blood Pill and one Premium Qi and Blood Pill."
"Certainly! Would you like any other pills?"
The female attendant became even more courteous.
"No need!"
The female attendant took out the boxes containing the pills, placed them in a shopping bag, and handed it to Chen Mo.
"Sir, the Restore Meridian Pill is fifty thousand, the ordinary Qi and Blood Pill is two thousand, and the Premium Qi and Blood Pill is five thousand, for a total of fifty-seven thousand. Would you like to scan or use a card?"
"Scan!"
Chen Mo scanned and transferred the money, leaving a balance of.
He took the receipt, put everything into his backpack, and hurried away.
The reason Chen Mo had bought only one ordinary Qi and Blood Pill and one Premium Qi and Blood Pill was because he wanted to test which of the two could produce more qi and blood.
A Premium Qi and Blood Pill cost 2.5 times as much as an ordinary one. As long as it increased his qi and blood by more than 2.5 ordinary Qi and Blood Pills' worth, Chen Mo would switch to using Premium Qi and Blood Pills in the future.
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