Trouble
Bi Fan's face lit up with delight. Since they had gone out of their way to invite him over, surely the matter he had asked them to handle had been resolved smoothly?
The two of them followed the butler with light steps toward the City Lord's Mansion.
As they entered through the courtyard, they saw Zhao Ming already standing in the main hall. Strangely, Zhao Hongyue herself was nowhere to be seen.
"City Lord," Bi Fan said with a smile.
Zhao Ming nodded with a smile and pointed to the three boxes on the table. "These are the things my daughter prepared for you two. Take a look!"
"All right."
Zheng Shi'an opened a box. Inside lay a jade-green branch, seeping with wisps of cold air. When he leaned closer, he caught a faint medicinal fragrance. He couldn't help exclaiming, "This Cold Marrow Branch is excellent quality!"
The other two boxes were opened as well. The Life Soul Ghost Face Flower and Dragon Saliva Grass lay quietly in the middle of their boxes.
Bi Fan cupped his hands toward Zhao Ming and said with a smile, "All three Chaos Medicine ingredients are excellent quality. Miss Red Moon must have gone to a lot of trouble. I wonder if she's busy with something? If possible, we'd still like to thank her in person."
Zhao Ming smiled. "There's no need to be so polite, nephew. After handing me these medicinal ingredients, Hongyue said she had other matters to attend to at the auction house, so she went off to take care of them."
"Also, she and the auction house have agreed on a price for the Chaos Crystals. Altogether, they'll cost one thousand Mid-grade Chaos Crystal Stones."
At this, his expression turned apologetic. "By rights, we should be covering this expense..."