My Talent Can Constantly Evolve - Chapter 40

Chapter 40 Doubts

After entering the grain station, Lu Heng walked around the place to take a proper look. The grain station was different from the shops in Jing’an Alley. The shops there would try to display the good stuff in conspicuous locations to attract their customers.

The grain station here paid more attention to the preservation and storage of food.

From a glance, Lu Heng could only see a neatly-arranged container-type refrigerator, as well as a mountain of rice noodles and synthetic food.

There were also eight bright red words on the wall, “It’s shameful to waste, it’s glorious to save.”

‘Rice, flour…!

Lu Heng could not help but look at the bags of rice noodles.

Although these were grown in the outer city farms, he had never tasted white rice or noodles, and neither had his parents.

‘If I can get into the University of Martial Arts, I’ll be able to taste these delicacies.’

He quickly withdrew his gaze and turned toward the area where the monster meat was stored.

Even before he got close, he was assaulted by a strong pungent smell.

This smell came from the meat of some monsters. It was difficult to describe with words; suffice to say, it was quite unpleasant on the senses.

Lu Heng did not bother with it and walked straight over to a bulletin board that listed the types of monster meats and their prices.

The supply of monster meat depended on the type and quantity of monsters that were hunted, so one could only pick from what was in stock. Moreover, the prices were not fixed, and would be updated on the bulletin board every day. ‘Golden armored beast meat, one monster meat food stamp can be exchanged for 612 grams…’

‘Is this price low or high?’

Lu Heng had never purchased monster meat before, so he did not know whether this was expensive or cheap.

However, according to the information written down in the Encyclopedia of Small Monsters, this price was likely quite reasonable.

After all, there were not many golden armored beasts, and it was rather difficult to hunt them.

“This meat is helpful for muscle tempering, so let’s get some.’

Without further hesitation, Lu Heng strode over to the counter and took out a universal-type food stamp from his pocket.

The transaction process was very simple. After handing the food stamp to a grain station employee, the other party swiftly weighed out 612 grams of golden armored beast meat and tied it up with a string before handing it to Lu Heng.

Lu Heng quickly walked out of the grain station, meat in hand, returning to the street outside.

The pedestrians on the street were all in a hurry, probably to get home and cook lunch. Even so, many of them would glance at the saber that hung on Lu Heng’s waist and the meat in his hand when they passed by.

Almost everyone’s eyes were filled with envy.

After all, most people in this era had never tasted fresh meat, and they all wanted to taste it personally.

“Wow, that little brother just now was so handsome!”

A beautiful young girl said to the other two girls who were with her.

As she spoke, she turned around to look at Lu Heng’s departing figure.

“There’s a saber on his waist. He’s probably a student of the University of Martial Arts, right?” Another girl guessed.

“Of course he is. Was there even a need to ask? If he wasn’t, there was no way he would be able to afford monster meat.”

“He’s so amazing! Such a handsome little brother too! Ahhh, I wish I could meet him.”

“Didn’t you just meet him? Hurry up and catch up to him and ask for his contact details.” The other two girls giggled.

“Hey hey, don’t mock me. How could he possibly fancy someone like me?”

“How would you know if you don’t try? Hurry up, hurry up. Go for it!” The two girls egged her on.

“Hmph, you also said that you liked him just now. Don’t think that I didn’t hear you.”

“It’s useless even if I do. He’s someone out of our league.”

“I only hope that my future boyfriend is half as outstanding as him. I’ll be satisfied with that.”

II

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The three girls continued to chat as they continued down the street.

Incidentally, the topic of their discussion was still Lu Heng.

Lu Heng ran like the wind and soon arrived at the entrance of his residential area.

However, as soon as he arrived there, he realized that something was amiss.

This was because there were people everywhere downstairs.

People were gathered in groups of two or three and kept talking excitedly.

The only difference was that the expressions on their faces were different.

Some people’s faces were filled with envy and jealousy, while others’ were filled with pride.

As Lu Heng walked on, he listened in to the conversations around him.

After listening in for a while, he finally understood what was going on. It turned out that a martial artist who had originally been from this community had broken through the level-seven bottleneck and had become a high-level martial artist.

Of course, this was a joyous event. The people in the community felt that they had benefited from it somehow. From now on, they would be able to brag about this to others.

‘Level seven… That’s a bottleneck that is very difficult to overcome.’

Lu Heng nodded to himself and quickly walked over to his apartment block.

When he reached the entrance, he found Sun Hao’s parents standing there chatting with someone.

“Hey, hey, hey, it’s Little Heng!”

When Sun Hao’s mother saw Lu Heng, she called out to him with a smile on her face.

However, she stopped smiling soon after…

Because she saw the saber hanging from Lu Heng’s waist.

“Little Heng, where did you get this saber?” Sun Hao’s mother strode over to Lu Heng and stopped him.

Those who were chatting with her also came over.

“Yeah, Little Heng, where did you get this saber? I saw you come back with this saber yesterday too, and now you’re doing it again. Who lent it to you?”

“Little Heng, aren’t you afraid of being arrested by the police for carrying this saber out in the open?”

The crowd kept asking questions.

They all knew Lu Heng and his situation, so they naturally would not mistake him as a student of the University of Martial Arts.

Seeing that these uncles and aunties were stopping him from going up, Lu Heng could only explain, “This was given to me by my dojo instructor. It’s so that I can practice my saber technique at any time.”

“What?”

Everyone was shocked when they heard his reply.

Sun Hao’s mother immediately said, suspiciously, “Little Heng, don’t speak nonsense. Would your dojo instructor be willing to vouch for you?”

“That’s right, Little Heng. Do you have a saber-carrying permit?”

“Little Heng, take out your permit and show it to everyone.”

Everyone kept requesting him for it.

As such, Lu Heng had no choice but to take out his saber-carrying permit and show it to everyone. He said, “Without a license, how could I dare to bring a saber around in public?”

“This… He really has a permit?”

“This permit isn’t fake, right?”

“Why did his instructor vouch for him? Wasn’t he afraid that something bad might happen?”

Everyone was confused.

At this time, Sun Hao’s mother spotted the monster meat in Lu Heng’s hand. She immediately shouted as if she had discovered a brand-new world, “Little Heng, where did you get this monster meat from? Did the instructor give it to you?”

“No, I saved up for it myself. I bought it on the black market.” Lu Heng lied.

The next time he bought monster meat, he really had to bring it back secretly to avoid his neighbors prying eyes.

“Oh my, why are you wasting money like this? This is not how you should live your life.”

“Yes, Little Heng. When your parents were still around, they wouldn’t waste food stamps on monster meat. Monster meat is too expensive.”

“Little Heng, you have to be sensible. You’re now the pillar of support for your family.”

Everyone tried to educate him one after the other.

Lu Heng was annoyed by their words, so he could only say, “Uncles and aunties, I have to rush back to cook, so I’ll talk to you guys some other time.”

After saying that, he ran straight up the stairs.

After returning home, Lu Heng closed the door and began to read up on how to cook the golden armored beast meat.

He was eager to know whether the meat of the golden armored beast was as effective as the book said.