Chapter 3826 — Enemies Are Bound to Meet
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"You know me?" Wei Zhao could not help but feel a little surprised.
If this man had been Hong Zhong, whom he had dealt with last time, that would have been a little easier to understand; after all, the man had given him a spirit-jade card, so it was only natural that he should have left some impression. But for this servant, whom he had never met, to know him as well—that was going a bit too far.
"Of course. Every morning and evening we memorize the names and faces of important guests, so that we never neglect a single one. That is the rule of the Hong Merchant Guild," the servant said with a slight smile, and then led Wei Zhao straight up to a private room on the second floor.
Hearing this, Wei Zhao silently praised them. The Hong Merchant Guild truly lived up to its name as a top-tier guild of Cloud Terrace Island—they certainly knew how to conduct themselves!
As he stepped into the private room, Guild Master Hong Zhong immediately beamed with delight and rose to greet him. "Young Hero Lin, it has truly been a long time."
Wei Zhao inclined himself slightly and returned the courtesy. "Guild Master Hong, I trust you have been well. I am afraid I must trouble you again this time."
"Ha ha, Young Hero Lin is too kind. That you are willing to patronize this place is an honor for the Hong Merchant Guild—we could not ask for more. May I ask what you require this time?" Hong Zhong said with a smile, secretly astonished. So this Lin Er had not been found and beaten crippled by Yu Jiang and his lot after all? He truly had some ability!
"I need to prepare some spirit-herb materials, the higher the quality the better, five sets of each." As he spoke, Wei Zhao took out a list and handed it to Hong Zhong. Dozens of kinds of spirit-herb materials were listed on it.
To be safe, and to keep anyone with sharp eyes from recognizing the recipe for the Foundation Establishment Golden Core, the spirit-herb materials required for that core made up only a small portion of the list. As for the rest of the materials listed, apart from serving as a cover, they had another purpose—to fill out his reserve store of spirit herbs.
After all, as an alchemist, one need not demand a reserve store stocked with everything imaginable, but at the very least, when one wished to refine some common basic pill, one should not have to personally make the trip every single time, or even go to the trouble of tracking down every last spirit-herb material one by one. That would be far too unprofessional.
Hong Zhong took the list and gave it a rough scan, then asked with no small astonishment, "Forgive my boldness, Young Hero Lin, but are you an alchemist?"
Apart from alchemists, who would gather so many spirit-herb materials at once to fill out a reserve store, even others who wished to commission pill refinement would at most purchase the corresponding materials, and would never spend spirit jades on so many things they might never use in their entire lives.
"That is correct. I am indeed an alchemist, though only a dabbler—I must beg Guild Master Hong's indulgence." Wei Zhao nodded faintly.
Given that he would very likely have to deal with this Guild Master Hong for a long time to come, Wei Zhao had no intention of concealing this matter. After all, if he needed spirit jades, selling a few pills to this Guild Master Hong would count as a rather good option.
Moreover, there was no real need to deliberately hide the identity of an alchemist. If he chose to conceal it now and later let something slip or was found out, that would be all the worse.
Seeing Wei Zhao admit it, Hong Zhong was startled inwardly, though his face wore a most amiable smile. "Heroes are made in youth—that saying is not the least bit false. Young Hero Lin has a boundless future ahead of him."