I can gain insights into martial arts.

Chen Mochuan glanced at the man beside him.

The man wore a black hood, a mask, and a pair of aviator sunglasses, completely covering his face and head, with only a glimpse of his relatively rare fiery red hair.

He was significantly taller than me, about 1.95 meters tall. Even though he was wearing a loose black tracksuit, you could still tell that he was quite muscular. He was wearing black gloves and his whole body was covered up completely. Even his shoes were hidden by his long trouser legs.

If it weren't for the flat chest and prominent Adam's apple, Chen Mochuan would have had difficulty determining the sex of the child.

This outfit is really strange, it looks exactly like the villains often seen in movies and TV shows.

Chen Mochuan became wary and subconsciously took two steps back before quickly selecting the items he needed.

There are differences between products nearing their expiration date. He found two boxes of blood and qi tonics with relatively good dates and immediately left the shelf containing near-expiration products.

Before leaving, he glanced at the strange man again, only to see the man continuously loading large quantities of near-expiry martial arts medicines and supplements into his shopping cart. At first glance, the man really did look like a robber on a shopping spree.

However, Chen Mochuan wasn't too worried. This supermarket was right next to a martial arts gym, so it was unlikely that any robber would be foolish enough to choose to act here. Otherwise, the martial arts masters stationed nearby would certainly not mind letting them taste the iron fist.

Moreover, what kind of robber would leave valuables untouched and instead target goods nearing their expiration date?

Since he had used up all the food he had stored at home the night before, he went to the food section to buy some ready-to-eat food in case of emergency.

While queuing to pay, Chen Mochuan suddenly heard a commotion not far away.

Turning around, I saw that the source of the commotion was the strange man. He was standing in front of another checkout counter, with two shopping carts next to him piled high with martial arts medicines and supplements with yellow discount tags.

Chen Mochuan even suspected that this person had probably cleared out all the near-expiration items in the martial arts section.

The argument between the cashier and the strange man attracted a crowd of onlookers.

Chen Mochuan overheard some fragments and pieced together the story: the strange man's purchases were too expensive, and the cashier said that the supermarket manager needed to come and authorize confirmation, but the strange man seemed very anxious, which led to a small argument.

Fortunately, the supermarket manager arrived quickly, followed by two security guards. The dispute was quickly resolved, and the cashiers began scanning the barcodes to process the payments.

Chen Mochuan clicked his tongue in amazement. Even if they were discounted near-expiry products, the total price of two large carts full of martial arts medicines and supplements was by no means small. Even if it wasn't a million, it would probably be several hundred thousand.

"Is this person here specifically to help the supermarket clear out its inventory?" he couldn't help but wonder.

Among those near-expiry items were many with extremely short shelf lives. It's unclear what the strange man intended to do with such a large quantity.

However, this has nothing to do with him, so it's best to mind your own business.

"The total price of your purchase is 4325.7 yuan. How would you like to pay?"

He quickly scanned the code to pay, but the two boxes of Qi and Blood Tonics at an 80% discount, plus a whole bunch of food, still made him feel a little pained, as his bank card balance had dropped below 1,500.

Before leaving the supermarket, he glanced back at the strange man's group; they hadn't even finished paying for the first shopping cart yet.

……

October 12, Sunday morning.

Chen Mochuan was jogging towards Mingxin Martial Arts Hall, where he had arranged to meet Li Biao that day.

Two days have passed since the challenge with Lu Feng.

After two days of arduous training, his Foundation Strengthening Stance and Vitality Cultivation Fist have improved again, reaching the [Great Completion (10%)] and [Great Completion (13%)] levels respectively.

As the ten blood and qi tonics he had taken to awaken his spiritual talent were completely digested, he discovered that his original expectations had not been met: even with "Spirit Devouring," there was still a limit to the number of tonics he could take each day.

Given his current physical condition, the ability of "Spirit Devourer" to absorb supplements is not unlimited. Once it exceeds its capacity, it will still cause qi and blood disorders.

Now, the only supplement he can tolerate each day has increased from one to two.

Fortunately, thanks to the "Spirit Devouring" ability to absorb the energy of the supplement more thoroughly, his daily increase in health and vitality is now ten times what it used to be.

Compared to two days ago, his Qi and Blood value has increased from [3.09] to [3.16].

But this has also brought new problems: now he needs to take sixty doses of Qi and Blood Tonic every month in order to maintain the fastest cultivation speed.

Even if you buy all discounted near-expiry products, the extra thirty supplements each month will still cost an additional six thousand yuan.

For his family, spending an extra 6,000 yuan a month won't be a huge financial burden, but it will still be a burden for his parents who have a lot of mortgage debt.

He spoke to his parents, who were on a business trip, the night before last. However, because he couldn't go into detail about many aspects of his spiritual abilities over the phone, he only mentioned that his body had returned to normal and that the problem of slow blood and qi growth had been resolved.

Even so, it made his parents happy for a while, and they asked if he had enough blood and qi supplements, but he did not tell them that he needed more supplements for the time being.

Chen Mochuan knew that if he asked, his parents would not hesitate at all and would pay the extra 6,000 yuan every month.

But he really didn't want to pass on the pressure to them. His parents often traveled for work and their jobs were already hard enough. He wanted them to have a more comfortable life.

He decided to find a way to solve the shortage of supplements on his own first, and then ask his parents for help when he was really in a situation where he was about to run out of food.

Fortunately, the prize he won in the duel with the Lu brothers temporarily eased his predicament.

Every month, the students in the martial arts elite class receive qi and blood tonics as a learning aid based on their rankings.

Top 10: 30 teams

11-30: 20 teams

31-50: 15 teams

51-70: 10 teams

With Lu Ren ranking 29th in the top class, Chen Mochuan could have won 20 doses of Qi and Blood Tonic from him.

However, things did not go smoothly.

The day after the duel, he went to Lu Ren to collect his bet, but the other party actually reneged on the agreement.

Fortunately, on the morning of the challenge, when Chen Mochuan was talking to Lu Ren at the entrance of the training ground, he had taken precautions based on Lu Ren's past "glorious deeds" and activated the camera function of his personal terminal in advance to record all of Lu Ren's words and actions.

The video not only recorded the details of the challenge, but also included the things Lu Ren said to his homeroom teacher, Han Zhen.

This immediately threw Lu Ren into a panic, and he had no choice but to obediently hand over the twenty supplements he had promised and promise not to do anything underhanded again.

Receiving this batch of supplements finally solved our immediate problem.

As his thoughts wandered, Chen Mochuan arrived at the entrance of Mingxin Martial Arts Hall and happened to see Li Biao just getting out of the car.

"Brother Chuan, did you run here?" Li Biao greeted him.

Chen Mochuan nodded, "Yes, this is a good warm-up. We'll start training in a bit."

"You're truly amazing!" Li Biao grinned. "Having a whole day of freedom is a rare treat; I really need to learn from you!"