Lu Feng explained, "That day, I offered you fifty stalks of Lotus Insect Grass, but you refused them!"
"Since you didn't want them, what was wrong with selling them at a high price?"
Shi Gong paused, recalling that when Lu Feng had offered them the medicine, such a thing did seem to have happened.
His expression immediately became somewhat awkward, and much of his anger over Lu Feng selling the Lotus Insect Grass at an exorbitant price faded.
"If Manor Lord Shi still bears a grudge, I can return every last coin of my profits. I only ask that you put aside past grievances and save her." Lu Feng bowed slightly and pleaded.
"Ahem... How could Shi Manor possibly care about such trifling money?" Shi Gong coughed twice to dispel the awkwardness, then asked, "Whom do you wish to save?"
"Jiang Ruoyun." Lu Feng immediately gave a brief account of the Spirit Burst Pill.
"The Spirit Burst Pill..." Shi Gong sighed, and a hint of refusal appeared in his gaze as he looked at Lu Feng.
"The injuries caused by the Spirit Burst Pill are far too costly to treat. Please forgive Shi..."
"I beg Manor Lord Shi to save her." Lu Feng pleaded once more.
"My apologies," Shi Gong refused without hesitation.
Out of consideration for Jiang Manor, he added an explanation. "To purge the residual medicinal effects of the Spirit Burst Pill from Jiang Ruoyun's body, three Spirit Gathering Realm cultivators must be present, and they must sacrifice some of their cultivation to even attempt it. These are troubled times. I hope you understand..."
A chill flashed through Lu Feng's eyes. Feeling Shi Gong's indifference, a sense of lonely helplessness rose within him.
Though Lu Feng had once known many more powerful alchemists, distant water could not put