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Yue Wen ignored Old Bai's strange slogan and asked directly, "How much is this fruit-this Double-Strength Double-Strength Pill?"
"Twenty thousand," Old Bai answered. "A little pricier than the mediocre stuff on the market, but you get what you pay for."
"All right," Yue Wen said. "Give me five."
He had recently made a small fortune off Gongsun Mo. Combined with his previous savings, the Agency now had some money in its account, so he could afford to spend a little.
"As for strengthening your physique, I have a rather special pill for that too," Old Bai said mysteriously. "Unlike those shoddy Copper Skin Iron Bones Pills, Unyielding Iron Bones Pills, and Soft-Tissue Hardening Needles on the market-"
"For the duration of its effects, this pill I developed not only hardens the user's skin and flesh to the level of spirit stone and immortal iron, but also improves their overall capabilities-strength, agility, reflexes, vitality, and so on-as though a martial Dharma Form had possessed them."
"It's called the Ironclad General Pill!"
"Ironclad General Pill?" Zhao Xing'er repeated the name. "That impressive, huh? Let's see it."
"Coming right up!" Old Bai went back, rummaged through his cupboards and chests, then returned holding a small glass jar.
At first glance, the glass jar contained a black pill. But on closer inspection, the pill had an oval middle, a small round head above it, and several thin legs sticking out around it. It seemed to be wearing a layer of armor.
It looked like a bug covered in a hard shell.
"Huh?" Qi Dian froze. "Isn't that a dung beetle?"
"Kid, you've gone too far!" Old Bai snapped. "Insulting my work is bad enough, but insulting it with something that filthy? Would I possibly refine a dung beetle for you to eat?"
"So