"Do you think these are Chinese cabbages, with each weighing a hundred jin? All the Poria Cervi I have here don't even add up to a hundred jin!"
Old Manager, annoyed, snatched the list from Ma Lu's hands.
Chu Qianyuan, standing by, coughed twice and added, "Well… Young Master Ma, the amount you're asking for is indeed too much; it's enough for a hundred years of training."
Ma Lu thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll reduce it by half."
"Even half is too much," the Old Manager said coldly, his gaze then turning toward Chu Qianyuan, this time with the smile gone from his face.
"Protector Chu, this is the second time this month you've come to take the secret medicine. Last time it was for those kids on Ma Xing Street to practice martial arts. Those kids might belong to our sect, but this time you are directly distributing the secret medicine to outsiders."
