The first heavy snowfall of the winter descended in all its grandeur. By sunrise, the snow on the long road between cities had been cleared away, like a cut through a pure white cake.
A Little E-Scooter sped along that straight gap, the cold wind it stirred up washing over their faces with a fresh, crisp scent.
Or rather, a scent that could be called "cold."
"Once this pill is made, will I master the power of an immortal body?" Qi Dian gazed toward the warm morning sunlight ahead, his eyes full of longing. "When I got this jade lotus, I never imagined it could have an effect like that."
Yue Wen laughed. "That's what happens when you ask Old Bai to make medicine. If you want to buy a muskmelon, he'll give you a Hami melon or a watermelon. It might well be bigger and sweeter than the melon you originally wanted, but it definitely won't be the same one. If you ask him about it, he'll even tell you that all the melons you want are mediocre."
The day before yesterday, they had received the list of ingredients Old Bai needed, withdrawn money from the Flame Ghost Hall branch's account, and asked the Supernatural Affairs Bureau to help buy everything.
Now that they had all the immortal materials for the medicine, the three youngsters got up early again to deliver them to Old Bai.
When they reached the Psychiatric Hospital, they found the elderly security guard asleep over his desk at the gate. Zhao Xing'er went up and tapped the glass. "Sir, do you have gas masks?"
"Huh?" The old security guard opened his eyes groggily. Before he could even make out who was there, he asked delightedly, "Yes, yes, yes! The best gas masks! One thousand for