"Young Lady Bai... Please heal my mother. I am willing to pay any cost." Si Tang begged, trembling with desperation.
"Well... It depends on whether you can gather the herbs," Bai Xifeng replied. "Without materials, even I can do nothing."
"Please write down everything needed. I will use all my resources to find them." Si Tang said determinedly.
"Hmmm..." Bai Xifeng nodded slightly and was about to respond when a scream echoed from outside.
"My Lady, I bring him to you." The man in black stord into the room, dragging a struggling middle-aged man by the collar.
"Let go, you lunatic! Do you know who I am?!" The man shouted angrily, still unaware of where he had been brought.
Without hesitation, the man in black threw him to the floor.
"Ah! Bastard,..." The man stopped mid-curse when he saw a pair of elegant embroidered shoes before him.
Slowly, stiffly, he lifted his head. His eyes t Si Tang’s icy gaze.
"Lady Si... You... What is the aning of this? Why are you treating like this? This is an insult." Jung Wang, the pharmacist, scrambled to his feet, dusting off his robes with trembling hands.
"An insult? Jung Wang, I invited you here to heal my mother, not bury her." Si Tang said while gritting her teeth.
Jung Wang flinched for a mont.
"The lady’s condition is rare. The dicine that I provide is ant to stabilise her condition. It is a delicate process."Jung Wang’s voice cracked slightly as he explained himself.
"Stabilise her?" Bai Xifeng, who was listening quietly on the side, could not help but chuckle softly.
Jung Wang frowned when he heard the chuckle from Bai Xifeng.
"You, young lass... Why are you laughing?" Jung Wang snapped at Bai Xifeng.
"By stabilise, do you an ruining her organs? Because that is exactly what your dicine is doing to her." Bai Xifeng stepped into the conversation.
"And who are you? What do you know about dicine? A little girl playing doctor? You could not possibly understand the complexity of my prescription." Jung Wang scoffed.
"Humph! What is so complex about that?" It is a basic base of Spirit Wither Root mixed with powdered lead-zinc. It looks like a tonic, but it slowly suffocates the blood flow. It is slow acting poison. You must be a poison master as well. Am I right?" Bai Xifeng crossed her arms while looking down at Jung Wang with disdain.
"What? You are talking nonsense." Jung Wang shouted defensively.
"Nonsense? The swelling in her arms? That is the Spirit-Wither Root reacting to her natural energy. It is the final reaction. If she takes one more dose, her heart will simply stop beating by tomorrow morning." Bai Xifeng countered.
"Jung Wang, is she telling the truth?" Si Tang questioned Jung Wang with killing intent.
"Of course, not! She is lying to you." Jung Wang scread, pointing a finger at Bai Xifeng.
"There is one way to prove it." Bai Xifeng said with a faint grin.
Bai Xifeng reached out and grabbed the cup of dicine that the maid had brought earlier. She stepped toward Jung Wang, bringing the cup of dicine closer to him.
"What are you trying to do?" Jung Wang shouted, instinctively stepping back.
"Since it is good dicine, you should prove it by finishing this bowl? There will be no problem, right?" Bai Xifeng grinned widely.
"No... No... I don’t need to drink it." Jung Wang recoiled, refusing to drink the dicine.
"Drink it." Si Tang commanded.
"What?" Jung Wang looked shocked when he heard Si Tang speak coldly.
"If it is dicine, it will not hurt you. If you refuse, I will have my guard pour it down your throat." Si Tang stated.
Jung Wang stared at the dark liquid in the bowl. His mind collapsed into panic. He began to sob uncontrollably.
"Lady Si, please have rcy. I was forced to do it. She threatened my family. I have no choice but to do as she wanted," Jung Wang confessed between sobs.
"Who?" Si Tang demanded to know the culprit.
"I... I can’t say! They will kill my family and ." Jung Wang shook his head violently.
"Lady Si... I think you should focus on treating your mother first. Every minute he spends crying is a minute your mother suffers. Let’s gather the herbs first." Bai Xifeng stated.
Si Tang took a deep breath, forcing herself to control her raging emotions. That was right. Her mother’s health was the most important thing at the mont. Everything else could wait.
"Take him to the prison first. Break his legs. Make sure he speaks the culprit’s na." Si Tang ordered the man in the black clothes. Then, she turned to the maid. "Bring the writing brush and paper."
The man in the black clothes grabbed Jung Wang and dragged him out. Jung Wang continued screaming hysterically. Without waiting for further orders, the man in black struck Jung Wang at the back of his neck, knocking him unconscious. Silence imdiately fell over the room.
The maid brought the writing brush and paper. Si Tang handed them over to Bai Xifeng.
Bai Xifeng took them and started writing the materials that she needed. After she finished writing, she handed the paper back to Si Tang.
"I need these. And do not bring the cheap imitations from the street stalls. If the Dragon Heart Grass is not at least three hundred years old, the elixir will explode in your mother’s throat." Bai Xifeng reminded Si Tang seriously.
Si Tang looked at the list carefully. Shock flashed across her face when she saw the items written on it.
"The Heavenly Snow Lotus? And Sixth-Grade Monster Cores? These are not just expensive, they are extrely difficult to obtain," Si Tang said slowly.
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