After admiring himself in the mirror, Chen Jue changed into clean clothes, took a dozen or so hundred-yuan notes and some loose change from a cabinet on the second floor, and headed out.
He had withdrawn this cash when he first returned to his old home in Chen Village. He had spent some during his travels, but still had over ten thousand yuan left.
Without his phone on him, he could not pay by scanning a code, so he had to use the cash.
Good thing I kept some cash handy. Keeping money at home really does help in a pinch. Feeling fortunate, Chen Jue ran all the way to Panlong Town in one go.
He had gone hungry all morning without eating, so he planned to fill his stomach before contacting the base.
His earlier route back to the village from the Yun River had not taken him through Panlong Town's shopping street. This time, he reached it in a few dozen seconds, only to pause at how much it had changed.
Apart from the restaurants, convenience stores, and small supermarkets, which remained unchanged, a storefront advertising a crash course in the Body-Tempering Exercise had actually opened on the corner near Panlong Town Primary School.
A banner outside read, "3,888 yuan, guaranteed instruction and mastery. Learn the first three forms in three months, and all the postures in six months." Posters on the door also bore wording such as "Body-Tempering Exercise grading exam registration point," with the exam venue listed as An County's sports stadium.
On top of that, the pharmacy next door had put up an advertising poster for "special tonics for the Body-Tempering Exercise."
"Hiss! Why does something feel a little off?" Chen Jue drew in a sharp breath, feeling as though he had missed quite a