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

Chapter 17 Misunderstanding

This girl... really loves to laugh.

Ning Feiliu looked at Dugu Yan, who was laughing uncontrollably, and thought helplessly.

"Wipe your sweat first." Dugu Yan kept laughing, but took out a plain white silk square from her soul tool [Precious Treasure Pouch] and handed it to Ning Feiliu.

Ning Feiliu hesitated for a moment before refusing, "No need, my sweat will dirty your handkerchief."

"Go ahead and wipe it." Dugu Yan didn't give him a chance to refuse and threw it directly at his face.

Ning Feiliu's forehead was soaked with sweat, so he had no choice but to take Fang Juan and wipe the sweat off his forehead and face.

"I'll wash you clean and then return it to you." After wiping his sweat, he didn't give it back to Dugu Yan, but solemnly put it away, and said.

"Sure," Dugu Yan said with a smile on her pretty face.

"I'm sorry... I kept you waiting." After putting Fang Juan away, Ning Feiliu apologized formally and obediently.

"Hmph!" Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes darted around as she said, "You know how long you made me wait! I waited for almost an hour!"

"It's been an hour!"

One hour is equivalent to two hours in Ning Feiliu's previous life.

In my past life, if I made someone wait for half an hour, let alone two hours, it would have been enough to make them angry.

Ning Feiliu felt even more apologetic. He said, "I'm really... sorry, how about... how about I..."

In his past life, he wasn't used to verbal apologies; he would always apologize to his friends by giving them a gift or treating them to a meal.

But looking at Dugu Yan in front of him, he realized that she was definitely a richer woman than he was, the son of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's sect leader.

So he didn't know whether Dugu Yan would accept his invitation to dinner or an apology.

After all, they had only known each other for a short time...

"If you go shopping with me, I'll forgive you!" Dugu Yan said, her eyes darting around.

"Huh?" Ning Feiliu was somewhat surprised.

"Hurry up and come shopping with me! I need to buy some clothes for my grandpa, and you, being a man, can give me some advice!"

Dugu Yan didn't give him a chance to think. She came up behind him and pushed him so hard he stumbled.

"Let's go, let's go!" she said with a grin.

"Okay..." Ning Feiliu said somewhat helplessly.

"By the way, what brought you here so late today?" Dugu Yan blinked her beautiful eyes and asked, staring at him.

"I..." Ning Feiliu hesitated for a moment.

But then I thought about how this little girl might one day see my clinic.

Moreover, there was indeed no need to hide anything from Dugu Yan.

He said directly, "Actually, I'm planning to open a clinic soon..."

"A clinic?" Dugu Yan asked curiously. "Why would you open a clinic? Aren't you a disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School? You shouldn't be short of money, right?"

She didn't know that Ning Feiliu was Ning Fengzhi's third son, but everyone in Tiandou City knew that the direct descendants of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School were wealthy and powerful.

Ning Feiliu is just an ordinary direct disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and receiving a monthly stipend of ten gold soul coins is no problem for her.

Furthermore, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's stipend system is determined by the disciple's soul power level; the higher the cultivation level, the higher the stipend one can receive.

A direct disciple at the Soul Master level can receive ten Gold Soul Coins, while a Great Soul Master level disciple can receive fifty Gold Soul Coins.

You can receive 200 gold soul coins at the Soul Master level, and there is no upper limit.

Even at the Soul Emperor and Soul Saint levels, the monthly allowance is paid from a portion of the sect's business profits.

For elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School who have reached the Soul Saint level, receiving tens of thousands of gold soul coins from the sect every month is not uncommon.

Outer disciples can also receive a considerable stipend, although it is not as much as that of direct disciples, but it is still much more than the stipend received by the Spirit Hall each month.

Most importantly, the Soul Master subsidy from the Spirit Hall cannot be received after reaching the Soul Master level.

However, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School still provides monthly stipends to Soul Masters of the Soul Master rank and above.

It certainly emphasizes being wealthy and powerful.

However, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is a large and powerful organization, and the monthly stipend of several million gold soul coins does not affect its fundamental structure at all.

Therefore, direct disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School do not need to do business themselves; if they do business, it is to help manage the business within the sect.

For example, its inherited martial soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, has special abilities—a special sensitivity to precious metals and gems, as well as a powerful ability to appraise treasures.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School therefore focuses on mining gemstones and precious metals, and possesses a strong intuition for antiques and special treasures—a disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School can tell at a glance whether something is a treasure.

So, even though Ning Feiliu wasn't short of money, she said she wanted to open a clinic...

This puzzled Dugu Yan greatly.

"It's not about the money..." Ning Feiliu said subconsciously.

But as he continued, he didn't know what to say next.

He opened the clinic to complete a mission, then to win over Dugu Bo, and finally to complete another mission to obtain the [Crescent Moon Martial Soul Forging Method], which would allow him to defy fate and gain combat abilities.

But how could he say this? Even if Dugu Yan believed his words, it would be a huge problem to tell her directly that Ning Feiliu's target was her grandfather...

That's practically suicide!

Seeing Ning Feiliu's hesitant expression, Dugu Yan thought of Ning Feiliu's meddling yesterday.

He's just a pushover who doesn't want to admit he's a pushover.

So... did he open the clinic to help those ordinary people who couldn't afford medical care?

At this moment, Ning Feiliu suddenly thought of a good excuse and said, "Actually, I just want to... learn medicine and pharmacology while practicing, and improve my pharmacology skills while opening a clinic to treat people."

He said it was indeed true.

His goal was to complete his mission by treating the common people and improve his pharmacology skills.

"You still say you're not a pushover..." Dugu Yan couldn't help but retort.

"Huh? Why am I being a pushover again?" Ning Feiliu was a little confused.

"She said she wanted to open a clinic to improve her pharmacy skills," Dugu Yan said, her beautiful eyes fixed on him. "But really, she just can't stand seeing people suffer from illness. You really are a huge, huge, huge, huge, indiscriminately kind person!"

"I'm not..." Ning Feiliu shook her head helplessly, denying it.

To be honest, if it weren't for triggering those two tasks yesterday, he wouldn't have even considered opening a clinic.

He just wanted to complete those two tasks, improve his pharmacology skills, and then go after Dugu Bo.

He wasn't a saint who couldn't tolerate even the slightest suffering.

"Hmph! You're just being stubborn!" Dugu Yan snorted, "Stubborner than my grandfather!"

"However, how is your current level of pharmacology?" she asked curiously.

(End of this chapter)