Spirit Plant Department.
Minister Ma Shengxu looked resolutely at Cui Daqi and Wang Ba.
"Even if I have to keep this old face of mine, I will never take those women's things!"
Wang Ba tried helplessly to persuade him. "Uncle-Master Ma, this really isn't a Youth-Preserving Pill. It's Spirit Cuisine I refined recently. It can restore your complexion and bring back your youth..."
"I don't want it..."
Ma Shengxu refused without a moment's thought.
But Cui Daqi stopped him with a meaningful glance.
"Old Ma, come on. Let's talk over there."
Ma Shengxu gave Cui Daqi a puzzled look, but followed him outside.
Watching them leave, Wang Ba could only shake his head helplessly.
He had never imagined that Minister Ma would have such a fixation on masculine dignity, thinking that what Wang Ba offered was something like rouge or face powder and firmly refusing it.
Once outside, Ma Shengxu said anxiously to Cui Daqi:
"Old Cui, I'm the head of an entire department! If I smear those women's things on my face, how am I supposed to show my face again?"
Cui Daqi's face crumpled at his words, and he waved a hand speechlessly.
"He already told you it's Spirit Cuisine! I examined it too, and it really is Spirit Cuisine. Its effects aren't certain yet, though, so I suggested he try it on you..."
"Old Cui, you!"
Ma Shengxu immediately glared at him.
Cui Daqi paid no mind to Ma Shengxu's annoyance and scoffed.
"Enough! You old bastard, don't throw kindness back in his face. That young man's working so hard because he's kept your problem in mind all this time. Otherwise, as a disciple of the Myriad Laws Lineage, he can barely find enough time to cultivate every day. Where would he find time for your trifling