Farming in Pirate World

Li Ming handed the white paper containing the small blue pill powder to Spandam and motioned for him to lick it down first.

"This can't be poison."

Spangdam was skeptical.

"Look at what you said, this is your territory. Even if I have the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard, I don't dare to do anything to you on your territory."

Li Ming had a sly smile on his face.

"If something goes wrong with you, I will definitely die first."

Spandam nodded, Li Ming was right.

"I'm sorry you don't dare to do anything."

Spandam snorted, and without any further hesitation, he poured a little powder on the paper into his mouth and swallowed it directly.

Although these "powders" were scraped from the small blue pills and only contained [-]% of the contents of the complete pills, they should be enough for Spandam's body.

"how do you feel?"

"It feels...a little itchy."

Spandam scratched his neck uncomfortably, frowning, feeling a little uncomfortable.

"It doesn't matter. This is a normal phenomenon. Just bear with it and you'll be fine."

"you sure?"

Spangdam was feeling increasingly uncomfortable.

A hot breath flowed out from his belly, then poured into his blood vessels and quickly spread throughout his limbs.

He felt as if he was soaking in hot water, and his whole body was covered in hot sweat.

The restless heat flow was uncontrollable and scurrying around inside his body. It felt like there were small ants crawling inside his body but he couldn't get them out. It was extremely uncomfortable.

"What the hell is this?!"

Spangdam panicked.

"This is obviously poison!"

It's so painful after eating it. What else could it be if it wasn't poison?

You know, there is no such thing as "good medicine is bitter" in this world.

He suddenly regretted that he had listened to Li Ming's words so easily and inexplicably swallowed the powder he scraped off.

Although something happened to him and Li Ming couldn't survive, what could he do even so?

Can a humble businessman like Li Ming compare to his noble life?

"Get the antidote quickly, or I will..."

Just when Spandam was about to say a few harsh words, he found that the restlessness in his body slowly disappeared and his condition returned.

"How about it, I didn't lie to you."

Li Ming chuckled and selectively ignored what Spandam had just said.

"What the hell is this?!"

Spandam wiped his sweat with lingering fear. He also understood that the reaction just now was indeed a normal reaction to the drug, and he had overreacted just now.

But that feeling is really uncomfortable.

"Don't worry about this for now. Just swing the knife and see how it works."

Li Ming signaled him to quickly pull out the "elephant knife" on his back and try the medicine to see how effective it was.

Although Li Ming had tried his best to reduce the dosage of the medicine, judging from Spandam's reaction just now, the effect of the medicine should still be considerable.

Moreover, Spandam's physical condition is really poor, so the effect of the drug should become more significant.

You know, if the Dao power of an ordinary navy is ten, then Spandam's Dao power is only at the highest level of nine.

Not even as good as an ordinary navy.

You know, this is an ordinary navy, not an elite navy that has experienced hundreds of battles.

Ordinary marines are, to put it nicely, soldiers, but to put it worse, they are just ordinary adult men who have undergone thermal weapons training.

His strength is not even comparable to that of ordinary people. At most, it is only a little stronger than Li Mingqiang when he first came to this world.

But Li Ming knew that after all, he had the foundation of being a native of the pirate world. Even if his talent was not very strong, he was definitely much better than Li Ming.

The effect of this medicine is definitely much better than if Li Ming used it himself.

Sure enough, Spandam casually pulled out the elephant sword and swung it twice. Inexplicably, he felt much lighter than before.

"So awesome? It can't be an illusion caused by the torture just now, right?"

Spandam was in disbelief, and without even bothering to say hello to Li Ming, he ran up the stairs and disappeared from Li Ming's sight.

He wanted to quickly confirm whether his Tao power had increased or not.

Li Ming, on the other hand, leaned on the sofa calmly, looking confident.

Seeing Spandam's expression, he felt that he had made the right bet.

"Another big deal."

A smile appeared on Li Ming's lips unconsciously, feeling that his journey into the world government was already stable.

Not long after, Spandam hurried down the stairs again, his face almost overflowing with excitement, even the ferocious leather mask could not conceal his emotions.

"Where is the remaining medicine! Hand it over quickly!"

Spandam slapped the table with a ferocious look in his eyes that even Li Ming was startled.

He still underestimated the charm of the little blue pill.

According to the description in the comics, Spangdam cherishes his life extremely and is extremely afraid of death.

Of course, this may also be the "artistic processing" of the comics, which wants to highlight Spandam's image of an incompetent villain, so some focused descriptions are made in this regard.

But Spandam carried an elephant sword with him, which made Li Ming's guess come true.

The encounter in the Capital of Seven Waters eight years ago made him extremely afraid of death. No matter where he went, he would carry the sword with the Devil Fruit with him to protect his own safety.

Even in his hinterland, the Tower of Justice, he would carry an elephant sword with him when he saw himself, which reflected his psychological flaw.

He is insecure.

He is too afraid of death!

So, how can you relieve this anxiety?

It's very simple, just become stronger.

Become stronger, strong enough to protect yourself.

Although I don't know why he hasn't learned self-defense or trained with CP agents for so many years.

It might be because he was injured, or it might just be because he was lazy, but there was no doubt that he was afraid of death.

And now, he has a shortcut right in front of him, so how can he not fall into madness?

Of course, Li Ming was not sure about this matter, and was a little afraid that he would not be able to bear the pain caused by the medicine, so he just scraped off a little powder and let him try the effect first.

The result was the situation before us.

Spandam stared at Li Ming with a crazy look on his face, looking at him, he might make a move to snatch the little blue pill at any time.

"Don't worry, this medicine is just for you."

Li Ming signaled him not to get too excited, then took out the bottle of blue pills from his arms again, waved it in front of his eyes, and then slowly placed it on the table.

He didn't wait for Li Ming to put the medicine bottle down, and snatched it in one gulp, and then he slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

This pill is really too important to him.

You know, during the short time he went upstairs just now, he went to test his power.

The result surprised him - the power value was eleven.

You know, his power has not changed at all in the past eight years, only a pitiful single digit - nine!

As the commander of CP9, his power level is actually lower than that of ordinary people. This feeling is definitely not pleasant.

Others didn't dare to say it openly, but the criticism and disdain for him behind his back definitely existed.

And he said he didn't mind, but could he really be completely relieved about this kind of thing?

Who would want to be a weakling if he could become stronger?

Such is the case with Spangdam.

If he eats the devil fruit, he can indeed become stronger, but this will make him an absolute landlubber, which will be even more dangerous for him.

The allure of this drug to him was obvious.

Li Ming was right. In a sense, the value of this small pill was even higher than that of Devil Fruit.

After all, Devil Fruit is nothing more than a tool to enhance the strength of the eater, and you can only eat one in a lifetime.

Spandam put the two pills into his pocket unceremoniously, and then asked without any scruples:

"How much of this medicine do you still have? I want them all!"

From Spandam's tone, these two pills couldn't satisfy his appetite at all.

Li Ming rubbed his hands, showing a troubled look on his face, and said with some embarrassment:

"The medicinal materials required for this medicine are too rare, the production is expensive, and the yield is relatively low. I only have these two pills left in my hand..."

Spandam's brows were furrowed and he looked a little unhappy. Li Ming quickly said:

"But since you have spoken in person, even if our Liming Chamber of Commerce is bankrupt, we still have to purchase enough medicinal materials to make some more for you."

"No, just give me the prescription and I will arrange for someone to make it."

"this......"

"How much does the prescription cost! Please give me a price!"

Looking at the expression on Li Ming's face, Spandam knew that Li Ming wanted to raise the price, so he spoke happily.

No matter how many Baileys it is, as long as you can have the formula in your own hands, the deal is definitely worth it.

He can still settle this account.

"Look what you said, isn't it just a formula? How much can a piece of paper be worth?"

Without even negotiating the price with Spandam, Li Ming took out a piece of paper and pen and quickly wrote down the formula for the little blue pill.

Of course, the recipe is the additive version.

Of course, Li Ming couldn't hand over the real formula so easily. It was his style to take a long-term view to catch the big fish.

In addition to the formula, Li Ming increased the dosage of all the medicinal materials dozens of times, and also added many other precious medicinal materials to confuse the audience, but he omitted the two most core medicinal materials.

For Li Ming, the cost of a small blue pill is only about 50 Baileys. Moreover, with the increase in the production capacity of Cigu National Medicinal Materials Base, Li Ming can be completely self-sufficient, and the cost of pharmaceuticals will continue to increase. A lot lower.

And on this prescription paper, the medicinal materials needed to make a small blue pill are definitely worth more than 1000 million beli, and even approaching the 2000 million mark.

Even though Spandam didn't know much about medicines, he still knew a few of them.

Just like Chinese people must know ginseng, deer antler, Tianshan snow lotus, some medicinal herbs that are familiar in the pirate world, Spandam still knows a few flavors.

It was precisely because of this that he had such a toothache. The precious medicinal materials on it were all prescribed by the pound?

"With so many medicinal materials, you can only make such a small pill?"

Li Ming nodded quickly to prove that what he said was true.

"None of these medicinal materials can be used directly. Instead, extremely special techniques are used to extract the most essence of the medicinal materials and then concentrate them together to create this small pill."

"You have also seen the effect of this medicine. It is just a little powder, but it has such magical abilities. If you eat a whole pill, the medicine will only become more powerful."

"If it weren't so precious, wouldn't such good things be everywhere on the streets?"

After listening to Li Ming's words, Spandam nodded thoughtfully. What Li Ming said did make some sense.

If such good things are really everywhere in the streets, then why do we need devil fruits?

If we take drugs directly, wouldn’t everyone become a superman?

"Does this medicine have no side effects?"

Spandam suddenly thought of the reaction that occurred in his body after he took the powder.

If you take the whole pill, the effect will be more rapid and increase your strength, but it will also be more painful when taking the medicine.

Moreover, this overthrowing thing usually has side effects.

Spandam knew about a secret medicine circulated within the World Government. After taking it, it can significantly increase the strength, and its combat effectiveness can be doubled in a short time. However, no matter how powerful it is, half of the medicine will be lost after taking the medicine. Hours later, if you take the medicine, you will definitely die.

This is used by the dead soldiers and slaves kept in captivity by the Celestial Dragons. It usually appears in some gladiatorial arenas exclusively for the Celestial Dragons to watch, and is rarely seen in other places.

There is a similar drug in Alabasta that can significantly improve combat effectiveness in a short period of time, but the side effects are even greater. In less than 5 minutes, the person who takes the drug will die suddenly on the spot without exception.

"There should be some restrictions on this medicine."

Li Ming nodded and confirmed Spandam's words. The little blue pill did have some restrictions.

"Sure enough, if you want to gain power, you have to pay a certain price."

"For example, Devil Fruit, while gaining power, will also turn into a landlubber."

Spandam's mood sank. Since this pill still has side effects, his evaluation of it will be lowered a lot.

Li Ming then said:

"It does have side effects, but they are not inevitable."

"Can it be avoided?"

Spandam felt happy again.

"right."

"First of all, there will be obvious pain when eating this food. After all, it is just destroying the growth, so it is still a bit painful."

Spandam nodded, he had experienced that state just now.

"Second, you can only eat one piece of this thing at most within a week. Eating more may damage your body."

"..."

Li Ming took a sip of tea and exhaled.

"what about others?"

Spandam asked confused.

"No more."

Li Ming replied matter-of-factly:

"That's enough. What other side effects do you want?"