Douluo Continent: From Seven Treasure Glazed Tile to Crescent Moon's Solemnity

Chapter 164 Fear

"I have an appointment with Sister Yan, so I'll be leaving now," Ning Feiliu said to Ye Lingling.

Ye Lingling's beautiful eyes held a complex expression, but she concealed it within them, nodded, and said, "Then... I'll go back to the clinic first."

During this period, if Ning Feiliu is not at the clinic, she will open the clinic door to see patients.

After more than half a year of learning, Ye Lingling is now able to prescribe medicine proficiently.

Ning Feiliu has lost interest in the series of tasks that involve helping people with medical treatment, saving lives, and receiving gratitude from patients and their families.

To put it bluntly, he did all this because he needed to quickly improve his pharmacology skills.

They simply used it as a way to gain Dugu Bo's trust.

Now that the objective has been achieved, and the conditions for completing this task are too difficult, Ning Feiliu has focused most of her energy on tasks related to improving her strength and combat power.

Ye Lingling had only recently started studying medicine, and Ning Feiliu was no longer paying much attention to the medical clinic, instead focusing her energy on cultivation and combat training.

This way, she can accumulate a lot of medical experience by seeing patients at the clinic.

Ning Feiliu didn't mind. Indeed, practice makes perfect. No matter how many medical books you read or how many experiments you do, it's not as effective as hands-on practice in learning medicine.

Of course, the prerequisite is that one's theoretical knowledge is up to par.

Putting aside other things, Ye Lingling has a strong learning ability. Not only has she memorized the medical book "Treatise on Alchemy", which summarizes all her current research results, but she has also memorized it by heart.

Ye Lingling has also studied some traditional medicine books from the Douluo Continent.

Therefore, she definitely passed the test in terms of theoretical knowledge.

It's a good thing that Ye Lingling is practicing treating patients on her own in the clinic, since she's no longer afraid of anyone causing trouble there.

Although the clinic is located in the outskirts of Tiandou City, it is still within the city's boundaries. Apart from outlaws, very few people would dare to make a move in the city.

After all, the order during the first Douluo Continent game was not as chaotic as it became later.

After saying goodbye to Ye Lingling, Ning Feiliu turned around and headed towards the place she had agreed to meet Dugu Yan the day before.

However, when he entered the Great Soul Battle Chamber, he saw his elder brother Ning Mingrui looking at him with a complicated expression.

"Brother Rui, don't overthink it," Ning Feiliu said softly to him. "I don't dislike him that much, I just feel it's unnecessary."

Ning Mingrui understood what Ning Feiliu said; others might not have understood the meaning of her words.

Ning Feiliu said that he didn't particularly dislike his adoptive father, Ning Fengzhi, but he just didn't like him. He only went to the banquet because he didn't want to reveal his identity, and there wasn't much to talk about.

What could he possibly have to talk about with Ning Fengzhi? Ning Fengzhi was simply trying to win him over, or perhaps to win over Dugu Bo.

However, he himself is a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, but his attitude is that unless Ning Mingrui takes over, he will basically not help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Ning Mingrui shook his head, sighed, and said softly, "Perhaps Xiao Fei is right, Father really did make a mistake."

"Whether something is right or wrong is generally not determined by our subjective will, but by the result." Ning Feiliu shook his head and said these words. "If a sect becomes strong because of this, then it has done the right thing; if it declines because of this, then it has done the wrong thing... So right and wrong can only be determined by future generations."

Ning Fengzhi's actions were all for the prosperity of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and that is indeed true.

As the head of a sect, one should set one's sights on higher and farther goals. It is really not appropriate to devote too much energy to one or two good-for-nothing sons.

In the eyes of Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School disciples, excluding his sons Ning Feiliu, he had not done anything wrong.

However, in the eyes of Ning Feiliu and other sons of Ning Fengzhi, Ning Fengzhi was wrong.

Therefore, whether something is right or wrong can be subjectively judged differently by different people.

Therefore, the only true measure of right or wrong is the final so-called success or failure.

Using success or failure to measure right and wrong is the fairest and most impartial way.

After all, in the original story, Tang San was able to do so many good things with the power of a God King, and was revered by thousands of people in the Douluo world in later generations.

Ning Feiliu's past life also had some famous cases in history, such as the hypocritical Liu Bei, the genuine Cao Cao, the righteous Zhao Song Dynasty, and the wise and powerful Mingbao Sect. None of these examples proved that as long as you succeed, you are right, and if you fail, you are nothing.

Once you succeed, great scholars will naturally come to debate the classics for you.

If you, Ning Fengzhi, didn't want the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to eventually become prosperous, then whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School ultimately prospers or declines will, of course, definitively determine its success or failure, right or wrong.

In the original storyline, Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, according to the final ending, undoubtedly did both right and wrong things.

Overall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, in the world ten thousand years ago, went from being the second most prestigious sect on the continent to the third most prestigious sect after the Tang Sect and the Haotian Sect. It could even be said that it became the Tang Sect's moneybags and lackeys.

Later, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was renamed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School because Ning Rongrong's martial soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, was upgraded to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

However, during the Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect era, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School reverted to its original name, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, because after Ning Rongrong, no one else possessed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul; everyone else possessed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul.

Therefore, calling it the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School would be somewhat inappropriate, so it was changed back to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School.

Then, due to the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool technology, the status of hidden weapons and the Tang Sect declined significantly.

The decline of the Tang Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was largely due to the advancement of technology and the development of soul tools, which rendered the Tang Sect's prized hidden weapons useless, and the auxiliary capabilities of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda gradually diminished.

The Tang Sect doesn't even have a single descendant of Tang San; they're all disciples recruited from outside the sect, which is why they've completely declined into a second-rate sect.

But the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School still had direct disciples, so it only declined into a second-rate sect. But is this a good ending?

Therefore... in the original story, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School can only be said to have more good than bad, since at least they were not completely wiped out.

But later, when the treasure-hunting Third Brother was brought in, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo risked everything to save Tang San...

However, in the original storyline, Ning Feiliu's son is not really anything special. Whether or not Ning Feiliu is ignored or not has little to do with the rise and fall of the sect.

But in this timeline, things are different when a soul from another world transmigrates to this world...

Ning Mingrui was stunned for a moment, then stood there, conflicted.

Ning Feiliu left directly to find Dugu Yan.

……

After changing out of his "Asia-Africa" ​​attire in a corner, Ning Feiliu quickly left Tiandou City.

The place Dugu Yan arranged was near Sunset Forest, but Ning Feiliu hadn't been there yet.

So he planned to come early and slowly find that place.

But just as he arrived outside Sunset Forest, he found Dugu Yan already waiting for him there.

Dugu Yan was also holding a bouquet of white flowers in her hands. It was a flower unique to the world of Douluo Continent, called Spirit Soul.

This flower can also be used in medicine, generally to treat restlessness and external injuries.

But more often it's used to... mourn the dead.

Ning Feiliu seemed to sense something.

The pale white flowers looked somewhat sad, and the layers of curved petals seemed to house a sorrowful soul.

"Fei Liu... let's go." Dugu Yan said softly with a smile after seeing Ning Fei Liu.

They no longer addressed him with the word "Xiao" before his name as before, nor did they seem as cheerful and carefree as before.

Ning Feiliu nodded, and then followed Dugu Yan.

He wasn't really sure what Dugu Yan wanted to say to him. It seemed that after he absorbed the ten-thousand-year soul ring, something unexpected happened to him, which caused Dugu Yan to change like this.

So Dugu Yan was probably worried about him, which is why she wanted to talk to him.

In reality, although Ning Feiliu concealed the fact that he had experienced a mental shock, his absorption of the ten-thousand-year soul ring was definitely not a risky move.

Regardless of how you look at it, Dugu Yan was showing concern for him.

He's a hundred times better than someone who doesn't care about him at all.

So... let's patiently explain it to Sister Yan later.

Ning Feiliu thought to herself.

Just then, Dugu Yan, who was standing in front of him, finally stopped. Ning Feiliu also stopped when he saw this.

Then he saw what a view lay ahead.

The place was lush with green trees and surrounded by flowers, making it very peaceful.

Here, there is only the wind and birdsong; there are no other sounds.

Not far away, there is a small hill covered with grass and flowers, and a tall tree with lush foliage, giving people a warm feeling.

But beneath the trees stood two enormous tombstones.

Ning Feiliu, being a Soul Master, possessed excellent eyesight and could see from afar that the two hard and valuable stone tombstones were inscribed with powerful characters carved with profound soul power—

"The Tomb of My Beloved Son, Dugu Xin".

"The Tomb of Daughter-in-law Duan Zilin." (Secondary setting; the names of Dugu Yan's parents could not be found.)

"Dad, Mom, Yan Yan has come to see you," Dugu Yan said softly.

Then she stepped forward and placed the spirit flower she was holding between the two tombstones.

After a ten-second salute, Ning Feiliu stepped forward to Dugu Yan's side and said to the two tombstones, "Uncle, Aunt, I am Ning Feiliu, a friend of Sister Yan. I am here with Sister Yan to see you. Greetings."

"Fei Liu..." Upon seeing this, Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes revealed a hint of tenderness as she said, "Dad, Mom, Fei Liu is still Grandpa's student. He saved my life and Grandpa's life, so we don't have to suffer from the backlash of the toxins in our bodies like you did back then. That's why I brought him to meet you today."

Thinking about it carefully, if it weren't for Ning Feiliu, she would have ended up like her parents, suffering a backlash from the poison in her body at some unknown time, and eventually dying from the poison.

So she has always been very grateful to Ning Feiliu, and believes that... if her parents still have souls in this world, they must also be very grateful to Ning Feiliu.

Ning Feiliu said softly, "I just happened to do something..."

Dugu Yan stared at her parents' tombstones for a long time before suddenly speaking, "Fei Liu... I was really scared that day..."

Her voice was trembling, as if she were afraid of something.

Ning Feiliu hesitated for a moment, then said softly, "That day was just an accident... and I succeeded in the end, didn't I? Sister Yan, don't worry, I can't say anything else, but I'm incredibly lucky."

"But what if you fail that day?!" Dugu Yan turned to look at him, her beautiful eyes becoming watery, as if she was about to burst into tears.

"I..." Ning Feiliu hesitated for a moment, but when he looked into Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes filled with worry and fear, his heart softened.

"Okay...it was my fault. I shouldn't have taken that risk that day," he sighed and said.

"Fei Liu... I'm so scared... so scared." Dugu Yan couldn't hold back any longer, tears streaming down her beautiful face like beads from a broken string. "I'm so afraid of losing you... The thought of losing you... it feels like my heart has been ripped out... I feel like there's no point in living anymore..."

"It was like... losing my parents... my mind went completely blank..."

"Really... don't abandon me... don't abandon me like Mom and Dad did..."

Seeing this, Ning Feiliu was at a loss. Although he had concealed the mental impact of absorbing the ten-thousand-year soul ring, he had decided to absorb it only because he was confident in his ability to deal with the mental impact of the ten-thousand-year soul beast.

Although an accident occurred during the first absorption of a ten-thousand-year soul ring, no major accidents happened along the way, right?

However, in his view, absorbing the ten-thousand-year soul ring was a close call.

However, in Dugu Yan's opinion, Ning Feiliu was unaware of the mental impact of the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast beforehand, and almost got into trouble along the way!

This is completely different from what Ning Feiliu had expected!

Ning Feiliu just happened to get through the crisis this time, but what about next time?

Anyway, the more Dugu Yan thought about it, the more frightened she became.

Ning Feiliu felt extremely guilty looking at Dugu Yan, who was usually carefree and straightforward, now acting like a helpless little girl.

Perhaps... if he had brought this up earlier, Dugu Yan wouldn't be so worried now.

He lowered his eyes, stepped forward, and embraced Dugu Yan, who was sobbing uncontrollably.

"Sister Yan... I'm sorry, I was wrong," Ning Feiliu said gently, trying to comfort her.

After being embraced by Ning Feiliu, Dugu Yan burst into even louder sobs. Her previously suppressed emotions seemed to be able to be completely released at this moment, and she began to cry freely without any restraint.

(End of this chapter)