"Hundred-year-old Solomon's seal, atractylodes, hollow azurite buried a thousand feet underground, rock marrow..."
Yan Baoying laid out the various high-grade medicinal ingredients and explained them to Zhou Wuji one by one.
As Zhou Wuji had requested, she had selected ingredients of the finest quality.
Although her family owned a medicinal shop, many of these ingredients were unavailable there, so she had had to obtain them from others in the trade.
Even at the lowest prices, this batch of ingredients came to a full fifty thousand taels of silver.
Including the golden-thread rain cloak and bamboo hat, the total came to nearly eighty thousand taels.
The Yan family was wealthy, but this was still a major expense.
Zhou Wuji was naturally grateful, though he still had to make a polite offer. "Miss Yan, how much was it altogether? I'll pay you now."
Yan Baoying hurriedly waved her hand. "It's my honor to be of a little help to you, True Person. How could I accept your money?"
"Miss Yan, such a generous gift puts me to shame," Zhou Wuji said.
Yan Baoying said earnestly, "They're only some medicinal ingredients, and they aren't worth much. This is a small token of our regard, so please don't refuse, True Person."
"Sorry to have put you to such expense, Miss Yan." Zhou Wuji nodded slightly, indicating that he accepted the favor.
Both sides wanted to maintain good relations, and there was no point saying too much. Their future actions would speak for them.
As the two were talking, a knock came from outside. "Senior Brother, are you in?"
The voice outside was sweet and lively. It was Su Wuyi.
"I'm here. Come in, Junior Sister." As he spoke, Zhou Wuji nodded to Yang Tie Ying, who was moving the ingredients nearby, signaling for his