Shen Xiu could not read the final thoughts of the hunter, nor could he ever know who this person called Old Nine He, whom the hunter had so persistently kept in mind at the end, actually was.
Nor could he know that this hunter, known as Lǎoguǐtóu, had once sat in a tavern down in Yangjia Town at the foot of the mountain, drinking merrily and chatting with an herbalist named Old Nine He.
And he certainly had no way of knowing that the herbalist named Old Nine He had been complaining over drinks with the very hunter before him, saying that lately there were many external herbalists coming up the mountain who impersonated factions from elsewhere—claiming to be from the Chihuo Bandits, the Blood Sea Sect, or disciples of the Jínhóng Martial Hall.
Chapter 21