"Master Zhao! You're here!"
Outside Hundred Herbs Hall, Zhao Er had only just appeared in front of the shop and looked up to survey it when Zhao Cai came scurrying out, stopping beside him and bowing repeatedly.
"Business has been good here lately!"
Business at Hundred Herbs Hall really was thriving. When Zhao Er had visited before, it would have been no exaggeration to say its doorway was so deserted that sparrows could have nested there.
Now, however, business was far better than before. Even the herb farmers coming to sell medicinal herbs had formed a queue.
"It's also because winter is almost here. They need to sell these medicinal herbs to have money to get through it. Master Zhao, let's sit inside..."
Zhao Cai was not surprised that Zhao Er had brought nothing this time and immediately ushered him toward the shop's rear courtyard.
"Have some tea first, Master Zhao. I'll have someone fetch Tiger..."
Once they reached the rear courtyard, Zhao Cai became even more deferential. He served the tea first, then went out to summon Zhao Xiaohu.
After setting out the tea and sending someone to fetch Zhao Xiaohu, Zhao Cai did not sit down. He stood to one side with a smile plastered across his face.
Zhao Cai did not know what level Zhao Er's cultivation had reached, but he knew one thing very well: Zhao Er was someone he absolutely could not afford to offend.
Back then, he had personally brought Steward Zhang and the president of the Green Mountain Merchant Association to Zhao Er's door.
Whatever schemes or other intentions those two might have had, Zhao Cai had seen clearly how exceedingly courteous they both were toward Zhao Er.
Moreover, rumors had spread after that visit that Zhao Er had slain a Sinew Transformation