"Alright." He Ao nodded, then glanced at the counter. "Do you have any dried mutated beast meat? Get me some."
"Yes, of course." The boss looked He Ao over. "You've gotten smaller. Haven't been training lately?"
Loren indeed hadn't trained for some time. After He Ao advanced to E-rank, his body had become more compact, making his frame look slightly smaller.
This was simply a change in muscle. "Restoration" had few limitations in that regard.
Of course, the vendor wasn't saying this out of concern for He Ao. He was merely opening with a subtle suggestion.
He wanted He Ao to feel that he lacked exercise and therefore needed to buy some potent meat to nourish his body.
The boss glanced at He Ao's worn clothes. "How about taking a look at this? Fresh premium real meat that just came in, and the price is reasonable too..."
"Dried mutated beast meat is fine." He Ao Turned his head to glance at the elevator and spoke quickly.
"Alright, alright. Dried mutated beast meat isn't cheap. Looks like you've made a fortune, kid." The vendor bent down, preparing to reach beneath the counter.
He Ao, who had been looking toward the elevator, had already withdrawn his gaze. "Not the stuff under your counter."
There was dried meat under the counter too, but it wasn't dried mutated beast meat. The boss passed off synthetic dried meat and dried rat meat as dried mutated beast meat.
He looked at the boss as he straightened up, his gaze catching a flash of emerald green behind him that had been revealed when he bent down. It seemed to be a small tree growing inside an ecological glass tank.
His eyes narrowed slightly. "We're old customers. Let's skip the routine and get to the real stuff. I