Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 2 Best Cost-Effective Martial Arts Training

Lin Chen naturally understood Gu Fei's good intentions.

He was not the kind of person who was aloof and concerned about reputation. He did not accept it before because he understood Gu Fei.

If he had accepted it earlier, Gu Fei would definitely buy more beef every time, and he couldn't always eat Gu Fei's beef.

Gu Fei was from the same village as himself, and his family wasn't much better off.

This time he accepted Gu Fei's kindness not because of Zhang Tao's ridicule, but because he was ready to start eating beef.

Although he didn't have much money, at 15 cents a pound of beef, he could afford to eat a whole pound.

I didn't eat it originally because it wasn't the right time.

On the first day of entering the martial arts hall, he remembered a sentence from Instructor Yu.

"The more you pursue quick success in martial arts, the more it will cost you."

As a human being in two lifetimes, it is not difficult for Lin Chen to understand this sentence.

There is an upper limit to human absorption and digestion capacity.

The more you pursue the limit of daily qi and blood growth, the higher the cost.

Suppose eating one pound of beef can increase 8 points of qi and blood, and the second pound can increase it another 8 points, but by the third pound it may only provide 5 points of qi and blood because the body's absorption and digestion are saturated.

For those students who come from wealthy families, they naturally don’t care about this little waste; they just want to get the maximum effect.

Just like strengthening equipment in the game, it is enough for ordinary players to strengthen to +9, because the cost of strengthening to +10 is the sum of the previous ones, but the attribute is only increased by 1 point, which has no cost-effectiveness at all. Only the rich players who spend money on games don’t care about cost-effectiveness, they just want the difference.

He didn't have much money. During the five months he was in the martial arts hall, his eldest brother gave him three hundred coins privately, and with the two hundred coins he earned from doing odd jobs, he only had five hundred coins left.

You have to spend every penny wisely.

Even if you don't eat beef, you can still increase your Qi and blood by 2 points a day by eating a full meal and taking the Warm Yang Fist.

The martial arts hall’s half-yearly assessment requirement is to have a strength of 200 kilograms.

There are no precise instruments for measuring Qi and blood in this world, so the judgment of students' Qi and blood is inferred based on their strength.

The half-year assessment target for the martial arts hall is 200 kilograms of strength.

When Lin Chen entered the martial arts hall, his blood and qi were 500 points and his strength was kilograms. He derived the data from the changes in the blood and qi values and strength on the panel.

5 points of Qi and blood = 1 jin of strength.

To meet the requirements of the Martial Hall assessment, his Qi and Blood must reach one thousand.

Five months later, he was still two hundred points away from reaching one thousand health points.

The reason why he had endured not eating beef until now was also because he had made a plan based on the growth of Gu Fei and other students' strength.

There are four students in Linhu Village this year, including him. When they entered the martial arts hall, everyone's strength was about 100 kilograms, and it can be said that there was not much difference in their Qi and blood values.

Gu Fei started eating beef every day from the third month, and the other two started a month earlier than Gu Fei. The amount of beef consumed by these two to reach 200 kilograms was 50 kilograms more than Gu Fei.

If they eat beef one month later, according to the growth of their own qi and blood at this age, they will have 60 extra qi and blood points in one month, which means they will increase their strength by 12 kilograms.

Fifty kilograms of beef, in exchange for 12 kilograms of strength?

Lin Chen felt that it was not that simple. Finally, after observing other students, he came to another conclusion.

The higher the body's Qi and blood, the stronger the organs' ability to digest food.

This is not difficult to understand. High qi and blood mean a strong body. If a person eats a pound of beef, he can digest all the nutrients in it. However, if a person has lower qi and blood, his body will be slightly worse and he may only absorb 70% to 80% of the nutrients in it.

Therefore, the later you put it, the more qi and blood you will increase by eating beef.

It was because of this inference that he had endured not eating beef until now.

Lin Chen believed that he was not the only one who had figured out this truth, and that students in previous years must have discovered it as well.

But even if we discover something, can we really wait?

How could he not be vain at the age of fifteen? When he saw other students starting to eat beef early and reaching 200 kilograms early, he enjoyed the envious looks of other students.

How many people can avoid comparison?
I can’t compare to those who come from wealthy families, but how can I remain indifferent when I see people from the same village or dormitory eating meat?
They may even be subjected to doubts and some ridicule.

Not everyone is like him, who has lived two lives and has a golden finger and a visual panel.

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……

The next morning.

In the martial arts arena, when Lin Chen and others were practicing boxing, cheers suddenly came from the next class.

Lin Chen looked in the direction of the voice and saw an expressionless student standing next to Instructor Chen, but the slightly raised corners of his mouth revealed his inner emotions.

"Comparison is the thief of envy. We are still struggling to reach 300 kilograms of strength, while others have already exceeded 500 kilograms of strength."

Gu Fei's face was full of envy, and Lin Chen also recognized the young man.

Lu Yongfeng!
The first genius of their class.

To be more precise, the first one is financially strong.

If Lin Chen is known for being stingy, then Lu Yongfeng is known for being a wealthy man.

On the first day of entering the martial arts hall, they had beef for every meal. When Gu Fei and the others started eating beef, this guy had already started drinking the qi-nourishing soup.

If many students can afford beef, then Qi-nourishing soup is a real luxury.

At one hundred coins a pair, most students would be nervous when buying it.

"If you're going to be mad at me, then I have to fall to the ground and die right now."

He has never even eaten beef in Wu Tang until now, who can he complain to?

"That's right. We can't compare with them. They want to cultivate their essence within a year. It's great if we can cultivate our essence within two years." Gu Fei patted Lin Chen's shoulder: "Chenzi, it's a good thing you are here." "Get lost!"

Knowing what Gu Fei was going to say, Lin Chen slapped his hand away in annoyance. It was just that with the existence of someone like him at the bottom, they also had a sense of vanity.

Looking at Lu Yongfeng, he had some doubts. Was it really just that simple that the other party wanted to cultivate his energy within a year so that he could enter the county martial arts school for free to continue learning martial arts?
The county martial arts school has a rule that if students can cultivate their spirit within one year, they can be exempted from tuition. If they can cultivate their spirit within two years, they can also enter the martial arts school by paying ten taels of silver. If they cultivate their spirit within the third year, they will have to pay twenty taels of silver. If they exceed three years, they will not have the opportunity to enter the martial arts school.

Most of the students in the martial arts hall are very self-aware and their goal is to develop their energy within two years.

The extra money Lu Yongfeng spent at the martial arts school was more than twenty taels. It didn't make sense to say that he was saving money on martial arts school tuition.

Maybe they just have a lot of money and they pursue vanity and face in the martial arts hall and don’t care about spending more money.

While Lin Chen was daydreaming, Instructor Yu, who was standing in front of him, spoke up: "At the end of this month, there will be a martial arts assessment. Those who fail to reach 200 kilograms of strength will be expelled from the school."

Yu Yongnian's words shifted the attention of the boys in the class from Lu Yongfeng in the next class to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen: …

There are three instructors in the martial arts hall, divided into three classes, with twenty students in each class.

In Lin Chen's class, there are only four people whose strength has not reached 200 kilograms, but the other three are not far from 200 kilograms, and only Lin Chen is still 40 kilograms short.

"Lin Chen, follow me."

Today, Yu Yongnian did not sit on a chair aside and watch the students practice boxing as usual. Instead, he directly called Lin Chen's name.

"Chenzi." Gu Fei looked at Lin Chen with some concern. In his opinion, Instructor Yu must be dissatisfied with Lin Chen. If he called him in private, he would probably get a scolding.

"fine."

Lin Chen gave Gu Fei a comforting look, and without paying attention to the expressions of the other students, he quickly stepped forward and followed behind Instructor Yu.

Based on his observation of the teacher over the past five months, Teacher Yu was by no means criticizing him.

……

……

Wu Tang backyard.

The small courtyard where Yu Yongnian lived.

"I have been in the martial arts hall for five months and have never eaten beef in the cafeteria. I have only eaten free meals... Lin Chen, you surprised me a little."

Yu Yongnian looked at Lin Chen. He didn't mean to criticize Lin Chen, but was curious about the most stingy student in the history of the martial arts hall in his class.

Logically speaking, the young men from Linhu Village do not have to pay tuition, which saves them ten taels of silver compared to other students. They can't really come to the martial arts hall without a penny.

That's not called learning martial arts, it's really just coming to get free food in the martial arts hall.

But he thought that Lin Chen was not here to get free meals. Over the past five months, he had seen which students were diligent and which were slacking off.

Lin Chen is not the most diligent student in the class, but he is definitely among the top three.

"Teacher, besides me, my eldest cousin is also learning martial arts, and has been learning for more than two years. My family doesn't have much money for me to learn martial arts. I fought hard to be able to study martial arts in the martial arts hall..."

Facing the teacher, Lin Chen did not hide anything and directly told him about his family situation.

Yu Yongnian's expression didn't change after hearing this. He had seen this kind of situation many times in the martial arts hall.

Learning martial arts is expensive, and most families cannot afford to send two children to learn martial arts. After listening to Lin Chen's grandfather's thoughts, he understood and waited for Lin Chen to be eliminated from the martial arts hall in six months.

But Lin Chen’s elder brother has been practicing for two and a half years but still hasn’t developed any essence. I’m afraid it will be difficult for him to learn anything.

"Since you and your grandfather have an agreement, you should reach 200 kilograms as soon as possible. Are you giving up?"

"Disciple has not given up." Lin Chen shook his head: "Teacher, you said at the beginning that the faster you learn martial arts, the more it will cost. So I just want to take it slow."

"Take it easy?"

The corner of Yu Yongnian's mouth twitched. He said those words in the hope that students would not waste too much money just to compete with each other, but he didn't say it would be so slow.

"Disciple will buy beef this month to speed up the growth of qi and blood." Lin Chen made the promise.

"Ah."

Seeing that the instructor had no other instructions, Lin Chen said he would leave. Yu Yongnian nodded slightly and said, "Go ahead."

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canteen!

When they saw Lin Chen standing at the beef window, only a few students noticed him at first. But as these students started talking, all the students in the cafeteria looked over, including Lu Yongfeng and his friends at the first table on the left.

"What did I see? The most stingy person in the history of the Kaohe Town Martial Hall is willing to buy beef today?"

"My youth is bound."

"What do you mean?"

"It's just that youth is over. I don't know who said it, but it came across very well, so I wrote it down."

"What day is today? Why is Lin Chen suddenly willing to buy beef?"

"I heard that it was because Instructor Yu called Lin Chen to the yard. I think Lin Chen came to buy beef after being scolded by Instructor Yu."

"Brother Lu, when you were the first one to buy the Yangqi Soup, it didn't cause such a sensation."

At Lu Yongfeng's table, a young man saw this scene and spoke with a smile.

"To attract attention."

Lu Yongfeng smiled. In his opinion, Lin Chen and he were from two different worlds. A person who was reluctant to spend even a little money was destined to go nowhere in martial arts.

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