"I'm not a groom," Xie Yuan raised his eyes and looked at Geralt indifferently, "I don't provide flesh and blood business."
Geralt, who still didn't understand what "groomman" had to do with looking for a woman, visibly stiffened after hearing what Xie Yuan said.
"It's different. I'm not just looking for a woman," Geralt said patiently, although his face was stiff, "The woman I'm looking for smells of lilac and gooseberry, and wears black and white clothes."
"Are you talking about Yennefer of Vengerberg?" Xie Yuan confirmed after raising his glass and drinking it down.
Then, before Geralt could say anything, Xie Yuan suddenly turned to look at the proprietress: "Three more bottles of spirits!"
Then he turned back to look at Geralt: "I do know the whereabouts of Ms. Yennefer - after all, I am one of the parties involved, but I suggest that it would be better for you to go to the local garrison and ask Captain Guan Li - this is official answer."
Then Xie Yuan immediately kept silent, because the proprietress came up behind him very quickly, carrying three bottles of Temerian Champion, and Xie Yuan happily paid 31 crowns - the extra one was a tip.
Then he handed a bottle to Geralt: "Captain Guan Li is having a headache with the griffin beast. If you can help solve the griffin beast problem, I'm sure he will satisfy you."
"Hey...what do you need?" Geralt understood Xie Yuan's meaning and asked directly. "Actually, I think it would be easier for you to ask Captain Guan Li. After all, I want a lot of things."
As he spoke, Xie Yuan took advantage of the distance between the two bottles of spirits and patted it quietly, and five strips of gold suddenly appeared on the table: "I will tell you the ins and outs of the matter, and I will also fund you five small yellow croakers, but you have to help Let me deal with the two monsters that are still here and are disturbing the villagers—the griffin beast and a spirit monster."
"Hiss~" Even Geralt was a little surprised by Xie Yuan's generosity, because Xie Yuan gave too much.
These are five gold bars that seem to weigh an ounce. According to the current conversion, they are equivalent to more than a thousand florins and more than three thousand crowns... This is just a conservative estimate.
Generally speaking, demon hunters certainly hope that the reward for the task is as high as possible, and it can increase in equal proportion as the difficulty of the monster increases.
But according to industry standards, the remuneration for any individual commission does not exceed 600 crowns, which is equivalent to less than 200 florins. This is already a high standard remuneration, not to mention that in fact, the most common remuneration Geralt receives is only three Four hundred crowns, and sometimes even had to work for free.
Did the man in front of him really give him a reward that he thought would allow him to complete ten difficult tasks to deal with two monsters?
Give me ten such scapegoats!
But Geralt's eyes widened for a while, and he still insisted on asking a question: "You offer such a generous price...are there any additional conditions?"
"Yes." Xie Yuan nodded, "I have a few additional requests: one of your two actions, I need to follow you throughout the final clearing phase - and answer some questions for me if you can."
"Two, as you can see, I am a foreigner. I come from Serekania further east. I am new to the precious land. I urgently need to understand the local knowledge and find a teacher. As for history, I looked at the table just now. The professor is good, but the local herbalists don’t really want to teach me about herbal medicine and local creatures... This may be due to my position. The witcher has been traveling all over the country for so many years, so he should have rich experience in using medicine. I don’t know if he is willing to teach me. Taught me."
"Well... you are not a local... no wonder," Geralt suddenly realized, but his expression was full of consideration, "Why do you want to watch me eliminate monsters?" "
"I want to try clearing monsters by myself when I have free time."
Looking at Geralt's slightly mocking eyes, Xie Yuan also knew that the other person was laughing at his own overestimation, so he simply catered to this prejudice: "So I just wanted to see what a monster in commission would do. Regarding combat power, seeing is believing. If nothing can be done, give up this illusion early."
"Of course," Xie Yuan also excitedly said, "If you are worried that I will steal your business after I finish my studies, I can promise not to participate in this business...
..But I insisted on going along to see him, and at the same time ask for some knowledge about medicine and alchemy, as a certificate for me to be a traveling doctor when I walked around the streets. "
"Don't provoke me. Business isn't that easy now, but I won't be able to bring an apprentice without food... not to mention it's not sure whether you have this ability."
Geralt seemed indifferent to this: "As for the herbs, that's no problem. As we work together, I can tell you what the properties of any plants and animals found on the road are. Basically, all kinds of herbs here in the North are useful." The climate is very uniform, and the plants that can be found here can also be found elsewhere.”
"Then it's settled." Xie Yuan said as he pushed five small gold bars in front of Geralt.
The latter also carefully and hurriedly stuffed the gold bars into his pocket, and then said to Xie Yuan nonchalantly: "Then tell me about Yennefer."
"It can't be here," Xie Yuan looked around and shook his head, "I'll tell you later when I go to Captain Guan Li to report with you - this road is very remote and suitable for confidential conversations while traveling."
"You still want to find the garrison?!" Geralt raised his eyebrows. He was really taboo about looking for the army. "What? Do you think you don't need to report to the official authorities when you come to the local area?! If the local leaders take this opportunity to accuse you of disrespect, how can you handle it if you are not an official?"
Then he turned his head and looked at Geralt: "And the little deal between us doesn't need to be known, don't you want two bounties?"
"....Okay." Geralt thought about it and thought it made sense, so he agreed, "When will you leave?"
"I'm going to talk to the professor for a few minutes later. You go out and deal with the gangsters outside the tavern who are planning to pick on you - it shouldn't take long, right?"
Xie Yuan hadn't finished drinking the wine yet and hadn't finished talking yet, so of course he didn't want to leave so quickly.
Geralt frowned a little, but soon relaxed: "That's only a matter of ten seconds, don't make me wait too long."
"If you can solve it quickly, maybe you can go out to the right and walk to the center to pick up the notice outside the village - first go and visit the victim I plan to let you deal with the spirit monster." Xie Yuan thought. After thinking about it, he made a suggestion.
Geralt accepted the proposal, stood up, took the wine and said hello to the old witcher. Xie Yuan also waved to the old witcher as a greeting.
"Vesemir, this is my witcher mentor." Geralt belatedly introduced the identity of the old witcher to Xie Yuan, and then introduced him to Vesemir in turn, "This is Xie Yuan, from the Far East. A traveler in the land, he has first-hand information about Yennefer, but I have to do something for him first."
"Why are you not in a hurry all of a sudden?!" Vesemir was a little surprised.
"After all, it's hard to refuse kindness." Then Geralt shook hands with him. Vesemir, who came into contact with the two foreign objects in Geralt's palm, lowered his head and looked--
In an instant, a hearty smile appeared on his face: "Yes, it is understandable to do some things for new friends - Geralt, go ahead and do your work, and tell the old man the information later."
"Count me in then." After saying this, Xie Yuan left the table and came to the professor's desk with a glass and another bottle of wine. "Hello, can you teach me how to play the card game that the professor just played? My hands are itchy."
After Geralt said goodbye to Vesemir with a look, he walked to the door and opened it - and sure enough, there were three men with sinister faces at the fence, blocking his way in the yard menacingly. "Mader, you're right!" Geralt took a deep breath and then stepped forward to meet him.
