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1) Tanghulu:A traditional Northern Chinese snack of candied Crataegus pinnatifida fruit, also known as mountain hawthorn, Chinese haw, Chinese hawthorn, Chinese hawberry, or shanzha in Mandarin Chinese. It consists of fruits covered in hard candy on approximately 20-centimeter (7.9 in)-long bamboo skewers. Tanghulu is often mistaken for regular candied fruits; however, they are coated in hardened sugar syrup. This sweet and sour treat has been made since the Song Dynasty and remains popular throughout northern China.

The two common names for the confection literally mean "sugar Calabash" and "rock sugar Calabash," respectively. The "sugar" or "rock sugar" refers to the sugar coating, while the "Calabash" refers to the snack's slight resemblance to the shape of a bottle gourd.

Chinese hawthorn is the traditional fruit used for the skewering,[2] but in recent times vendors have also used various other fruits, such as cherry tomatoes, mandarin oranges, strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, kiwifruit, bananas, or grapes. The pits and seeds of the hawthorn are emptied out and are commonly filled with sweet red bean paste before being skewered and dipped.

Main ingredients: Crataegus pinnatifida, sugar syrup

2)Brain Parasite Pill: The Brain Parasite Pill is made of three different types of brain parasites. After ingesting it, nothing wrong will happen in one's body for a while, but at noon on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month(modified to 1st of every six months) afterward, if one doesn't take an antidote for the brain parasites, they'll breed and spread throughout the body. If they reach the brain, the one who has ingested the pill will become like a living corpse who will even eat their father, mother, or spouse.

Source: Keyboard Immortal

3) Pill of Alteration: It's made from leopard fetus, deer fetus, human placenta, fur seal kidney, and other rare ingredients. Ingesting this pill will greatly strengthen the body for a year, but if the antidote isn't taken after a year, several side effects will happen. It can make a fat person suddenly grow by three feet within three months, leaving their skin entirely covered in blood. Alternatively, it can make a thin person become short, turning them into an obese ball of meat.

Source:Keyboard Immortal