Handling official business and having to pay out of pocket!
The ten taels of silver Senior Disciple Brother Lu Qiang had allocated barely covered their daily expenses.
The armor plates Li Hao had obtained for protection, along with the medicine Zhou You had bought out of his own pocket, cost far more than ten taels of gold—ten times over budget.
It'd better be reimbursed when we get back, or this will be a huge loss.
Even as Zhou You left the city, his heart still ached over it.
The money for the medicine could have bought three jars of Tiger Bone Wine. How wonderful would that have been for cultivation?
After Zhou You and Li Hao left the city, their destination was the gathering place of those hunters in the outer mountains.
Before leaving the city, the martial arts school had already informed the hunters and sent someone to discuss the price increase with them.
The hunters had agreed on a time and place, waiting for Zhou You and Li Hao to come for a detailed discussion.
"It's not close. We definitely won't make it there today, so we'll rest at a stopover tonight, fill our bellies, and replenish our strength."
The Shang stopover was located beside a major thoroughfare. From afar, they could hear livestock crying out.
People came and went. Caravans entering and leaving the city used this place as a transfer station, stopping for meals and rest while also having their animals' hooves trimmed and horseshoes nailed on.
"Young Master Zhou, Young Master Li, we've finally been waiting for you."
"Your rooms have already been tidied up. A fat sheep was just stewed this afternoon, and we'll bring it right out. If you don't have any dietary restrictions, there are more than a dozen fine wines from