"F-Forgive me! Please, forgive me! It was our shop assistant's mistake! Please, Exalted One, don't resort to violence! We'll compensate you! We'll definitely compensate you!" The apothecary's owner, whom I had seized by the collar, wore a panicked expression.
Afraid he would sense that something was wrong, I hurriedly let go, though my face remained savage. "Hmph. Fine, I won't use violence, but compensate me! You saw it yourselves—my dao companion is incredibly delicate. I've always cherished her, yet somehow you gave me a fake Primordial Rhinoceros Pill. How do you intend to compensate me this time?! And what's the matter with this merchant guild attendant? He brought the shopkeeper in without my permission. Is that in accordance with the rules?"
The attendant's face instantly went white, and he hurriedly said, "It happened so suddenly! The shopkeeper gave you the wrong medicine, didn't he? If I hadn't brought him in, wouldn't you have taken the wrong one? So, in an emergency, extraordinary measures were necessary. Please, Exalted One, be magnanimous! If you must blame someone, blame the shopkeeper. We'll make him compensate you properly! Please don't report this to the higher-ups!"
"Compensation! Besides giving Exalted One the genuine Primordial Rhinoceros Pill, we'll also provide a fine antidote, plus some... top-grade Primordial True Stones. Will that satisfy you?!" The shopkeeper frantically took out a Primordial Rhinoceros Pill and handed it to me, along with two small pouches.
I pretended to accept them reluctantly, but still said, "That's all? This is the merchant guild's territory. If word of this gets out, it won't be easy for you, will it? As for a hush payment, you can't expect to fob me off with this little bit of Primordial True Stones, can you? How about this—do you have any Crimson Primordial Pills? Or anything