We're practicing all martial arts, so why did you switch to easy mode?

Chapter 30 Wasting Talent, Martial Arts Gathering
"Ok?"

The moment he said those words, Su Chen felt as if Hong Ming's beard was about to stand on end, and the smile on his face vanished instantly.

Then, a pair of small eyes shone with an intimidating light as they stared at Su Chen for a long time.

A faint voice rang out: "Xiao Chen, you have excellent talent and will surpass your master sooner or later. Relying solely on medicine may speed up your cultivation, but it is putting the cart before the horse."

“Master Hong, I…” Su Chen opened his mouth, wanting to speak.

He knew that Hong Ming was doing this for his own good, and he appreciated the other party's concern, but he did need Qi and Blood Powder.

With a thousand thoughts racing through his mind, just as Su Chen was about to give Hong Ming a reason, Hong Ming sighed, "Never mind, never mind, you can have the medicine, but..."

"Thank you, Master Hong!" Su Chen said gratefully before Hong Ming could finish speaking.

This made Hong Ming, whose face had been tense, suddenly smile. He shook his head and chuckled, "Don't be too happy yet. There are conditions to giving you the medicine."

"What conditions?"

Seeing Su Chen's anxiety, Hong Ming deliberately kept him in suspense for a moment, then slowly held up two fingers: "There are two conditions."

Su Chen remained silent, waiting for Hong Ming to continue.

Hong Ming continued, "First, there will be a martial arts exchange meeting in our city in a month. I hope you can go and make your teacher proud."

A martial arts exchange meeting?
Su Chen was taken aback upon hearing this, but he remained silent and listened quietly.

"The second thing is that you need to move to the martial arts school. From today onwards, your teacher will supervise your martial arts training."

After Hong Ming finished speaking, he looked at Su Chen, waiting for his reply.

Of the two conditions, the one that really concerned him was the latter.

The so-called martial arts school exchange meeting is nothing more than a group of martial arts school disciples exchanging martial arts skills and then praising their respective martial arts schools.

These things didn't appeal to him much; he was more happy to have a talented apprentice.

Su Chen's talent was even greater than Qin Hao's, which made the over-fifty-year-old Qin Hao want to nurture him properly.

Therefore, they moved Su Chen to the martial arts school so that it would be convenient for them to guide his cultivation.

Imagine, Su Chen is this fast even without hard training. If he were to study and practice diligently, wouldn't he be even faster?

The thought of Su Chen's careless attitude towards cultivation in the past made him feel heartbroken. It was such a waste of his talent!
Su Chen fell into deep thought. The first condition was easy to handle; it was probably just a martial arts exchange, which would be a piece of cake for him.

The second one was what really put Su Chen in a difficult position.

Moving to the martial arts school, under Hong Ming's supervision, meant sacrificing a lot of free time, but the results were minimal.

"Oh, right, there's something else I need to tell you. This time, I can only give you three doses of Qi and Blood Powder. If you want more, you'll probably have to wait a while," Hong Ming said calmly.

"Only three?" Su Chen frowned slightly.

Seeing this, Hong Ming explained impatiently, "Do you think Qi and Blood Powder is so easy to prepare? These three doses were squeezed out by your master!"

Upon hearing this, Su Chen smiled awkwardly and said, "Three suits it is, it's better than nothing."

Then his expression turned serious: "Master, you compromised on the medicine you gave me, so how about we compromise on the conditions too? I agree to the first condition, but the second..."

Finally, during Su Chen's bargaining with Hong Ming, Hong Ming agreed to give him three doses of Qi and Blood Powder.

However, in addition to attending the martial arts school exchange meeting, Su Chen also needs to come to the martial arts school every seven days so that Hong Ming can check his training progress.

After the agreement was reached, Hong Ming took out three doses of medicine and handed them to Su Chen, admonishing him, "Medicinal herbs are ultimately external things; use them as appropriate."

"Yes, Master!"

A warm feeling washed over Su Chen, and he expressed his gratitude.

A moment later, Su Chen left the martial arts school, carrying three packets of medicine back home, and couldn't wait to brew the medicine.

Having learned from his previous experiences, Su Chen quickly prepared a bowl of freshly made herbal soup, which he then drank in one gulp. As he consumed more and more Qi and Blood Powder, Su Chen's body seemed to adapt to the surging Qi and Blood, and he recovered completely in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Fortunately, the changes on the panel were real. After drinking a bowl of herbal medicine, the panel showed exactly one more dose of medicine being prepared.

"There are still two doses of medicine left. Even if we finish them all, we'll still be short two doses. If we follow Master Hong's advice, we'll probably have to wait a month to receive the new medicine."

"Why don't we go see if those blood-tonifying medicines at the clinic will work? They're all for replenishing qi and blood anyway, so maybe they'll be effective!"

Su Chen pondered, feeling somewhat uncomfortable as he kept getting stuck on the two doses of medicine.

He wanted to finish preparing ten doses of medicine as soon as possible so he could see the changes after mastering the Iron Shirt technique.

After much thought, I could only come up with two solutions.

One option was to go to the clinic to get blood-tonifying medicine, and the other was to show Hong Ming the progress after a while and ask for the Qi-Blood Powder.

The former requires money, the latter requires time.

"Let's go to the clinic tomorrow and buy some blood-tonifying medicine."

Because he had drunk the Qi and Blood Powder, Su Chen did not feel particularly hungry.

After simply eating the leftovers from lunch, I studied some medical texts and researched disguise techniques before finally going to sleep.

The next morning, Su Chen brewed the blood-tonifying medicine he had bought from the clinic, making it into a bowl of soup.

After finishing the drink, Su Chen looked at the control panel and his expression immediately turned serious.

There was no change on the panel, which left Su Chen quite helpless. He didn't know if it was because he didn't have enough blood-replenishing medicine or because it didn't meet the panel's requirements.

To verify his suspicions, Su Chen used up the remaining two doses of blood-replenishing medicine, and this time the panel changed.

[...Iron Shirt - 0 times (8.1/10 doses of Qi and Blood Medicine/time)]

"Three doses of blood-replenishing medicine only increased the progress by 0.1, the difference is too big."

Su Chen sighed helplessly. He had originally planned to buy blood-tonifying medicine to replace qi-blood medicine, but now it seemed that he might as well just wait for a while.

"Moreover, the three doses of blood-replenishing medicine cost me one tael of silver, which means that to push the progress to the maximum, I will need to spend at least four hundred taels!"

The clinic may have better blood-tonifying medicine, but it's definitely more expensive, and with my current financial situation, I'm afraid I can't afford it.

Shaking his head, Su Chen sighed and quickly made a decision: "I'll make money and buy medicine at the same time. Pushing both together will probably be faster."

In the afternoon, Su Chen changed his clothes and returned to his old ways.

Passing by the government office, he glanced at the wanted list and found that the most recent one was from a month ago, so he had no choice but to give up.

Without the Misty Rain Pavilion as an intelligence network, it would take him an unknown amount of time to find the other party.

After leaving the city, Su Chen headed straight for Lin Family Fortress, but returned an hour later.

So much time has passed, and Yanyu Tower is still closed. It seems unlikely that it will remain closed for a long time to come.

By the time they returned to the city, it was already dark, so Su Chen had no choice but to go home.

"what?"

However, on his way back, Su Chen unexpectedly spotted an acquaintance.

"Senior Brother Li Mo!"

At the edge of the street, Li Mo was strolling with a woman, and the two seemed to be chatting and laughing.

After glancing at it a few times, Su Chen shook his head, turned and left, his figure disappearing into the night.

(End of this chapter)