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

Chapter 173 The End of the Mission

Although the Spirit Blossom Tree has been cultivated, it takes a long time for it to bloom, blooming only once a year.

Just like the Spirit Blossom Festival in Ionia, which is held annually.

However, with the existence of the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, people like Third Brother's deceased mother and Big Hammer's deceased wife—the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor A Yin—can complete a growth of dozens or even hundreds of years in just a few years within the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.

This is sufficient proof that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye has a very strong catalytic effect on plant growth.

Ning Feiliu still wasn't quite sure when the Spirit Blossom would bloom, since this catalytic effect could accelerate plant growth several times over.

Just then, the newly sprouted tree spirit within the Blooming Spirit Flower Tree seemed to sense Ning Feiliu's urgency. Accompanied by a mental fluctuation, Ning Feiliu seemed to understand something.

"How is it? When will this Spirit Blossom Tree bloom?" Dugu Bo, seeing that the Spirit Blossom Tree had finally come back to life, quickly asked.

He was really eager to see his child and daughter-in-law again, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

"Ancient books record that the Spirit Blossom Flower blooms only once a year, but..." Ning Feiliu said to Dugu Bo with a smile, "it says that with the spiritual energy here, it can quickly produce two Spirit Blossom Flowers in the next month."

Sensing Ning Feiliu's urgency and doubts, the spirit of the Blooming Spirit Tree directly stated that it would do its utmost to nurture two Blooming Spirit Flowers within the next month, utilizing the spiritual energy and nutrients of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

"Originally once a year, now it only takes a month..." Dugu Bo's old eyes turned red again as he said to the Spirit Blossom Tree and Ning Feiliu, "Thank you... thank you, and thank you, Feiliu."

He had made up his mind. If this Spirit Blossom Tree truly allowed him to see the spirit of his son, Dugu Xin, again, he would protect it with all his might for the rest of his life.

However, Ning Feiliu was still not very confident. As she said before, no matter how miraculous the Spirit Blossom Flower was, it still needed the souls of Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin to be here, or at least still exist and not leave the Sunset Forest, in order for it to be able to be summoned successfully.

But he didn't say anything that would discourage Dugu Bo at this time. He could only comfort Dugu Bo after the failed attempt the next day.

Ning Feiliu looked at the Spirit Blossom Tree in front of him, but his expression suddenly became a little strange. It seemed that this Spirit Blossom Tree was not just an ordinary tree. Having nurtured a tree spirit, it should be able to cultivate like the immortal herbs and ferocious beasts of the Dragon King Legend.

Perhaps... the Spirit Blossom Tree can become a 100,000-year-old soul beast in the future?

After all, this is the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire. The quality of the original Spirit Blossom Tree, coupled with the unique environment of the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, might very well become a 100,000-year-old plant-type soul beast that did not appear in the original Douluo Continent storyline.

Given the spiritual connection he has now established with the Spirit Blossom Tree, which is similar to a spiritual imprint, he can be considered the master of the Spirit Blossom Tree.

If the Spirit Blossom Tree truly becomes a 100,000-year-old soul beast in the future, then Ning Feiliu will have gained a powerful ally.

but……

Even if the Spirit Blossom Tree truly has the qualifications to become a 100,000-year-old soul beast, even if it were like Xiangxiang, the Queen of Tulips in the Legend of the Dragon King, who relied on the unique environment of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, it wouldn't need 100,000 years to become a 100,000-year-old soul beast; it would only need about 20,000 years.

Those twenty thousand years...

Putting aside everything else, even if Ning Feiliu didn't inherit the positions of the Asura God or the Sea God, given a hundred years, he was still confident that he could break through to the realm of gods.

At worst, he could create his own godhood. He thought the God of War was a good one, and he hadn't seen such a god exist in the Douluo God Realm.

During the Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect era, there was only one person named Xian Lin'er who was titled Martial God Douluo. She never became a god afterward. Moreover, she was a character from ten thousand years later in the original storyline, while the current timeline is ten thousand years ago from the Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect era.

With the help of external aids and his own hard work, he refused to believe that he could not become a god without inheriting the divine position!

At worst, he could just settle for something less and become the Moon God. However, since Ning Feiliu was a transmigrator, he knew that the moon was just a satellite of Earth reflecting sunlight, so he didn't really like the position of Moon God.

The Moon Goddess's potential seems limited, and she lacks the domineering aura of the Martial God.

Therefore, the first choice should definitely be the position of the God of War, and the second choice should be the position of the God of the Moon, which is related to the Crescent Moon Divine Weapon.

However, Ning Feiliu is still a long way from becoming a god, yet she has already started fantasizing about what her future divine position will be, which seems somewhat arrogant.

But he's cheating, after all.

Like I said before, even though you're cheating, you still act all laid-back and slacking off, right?

One can be cautious and humble in one's behavior, but one cannot be so short-sighted as to be trying to use a cannon to kill a mosquito.

With cannons, people would naturally think about how to conquer cities and territories, rather than just thinking about becoming local bandits and kings.

Ning Feiliu has a cheat code, so of course she needs to have a long-term vision and stop thinking that she can just become a Title Douluo in the future.

His goal is... to become a god!

Or become a god within a hundred years!

Therefore, within a hundred years... the Spirit Blossom Tree probably won't even become a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, so it's impossible for it to provide any assistance to Ning Feiliu.

However, regardless of the circumstances, the extraordinary abilities of the Spirit Blossom Tree will inevitably change the ecology of the entire Douluo Continent.

Meanwhile, Dugu Bo and Ning Feiliu were patiently waiting for the Spirit Blossom to bloom.

After successfully cultivating the Spirit Blossom Tree, Ning Feiliu returned to a peaceful life, continuing her daily research on alchemy potions and participation in Soul Battles.

During this period, Dugu Bo also captured several exotic beasts for Ning Feiliu at her request. However, exotic beasts are ultimately very few, and completing Xia Rui's related task was ten times more difficult than Ning Feiliu had imagined.

Currently, Ning Feiliu has only collected the essence blood of seven different exotic beasts, and is still three short of collecting the essence blood of ten different exotic beasts.

Dugu Bo used his connections to search for the rest, and Ning Feiliu also asked his elder brother Ning Mingrui. However, he obtained two ancient pharmacology books about the Douluo Continent that Ning Fengzhi had specially given him from Ning Mingrui.

Ning Feiliu also took a look, but found that the pharmacology of the ancient Douluo Continent civilization was even more absurd than the pharmacology of the current Douluo Continent.

There's even a method of exorcising evil spirits by performing shamanistic rituals.

It's true that sometimes older things aren't necessarily better, just like using a shamanistic medicine book from the Chinese tribal era to treat illnesses in modern society.

Whether it can cure the disease or not is unknown, but it can definitely scare you into getting sick.

This includes, but is not limited to, using poison to fight poison, placing poisonous insects such as centipedes, scorpions, and snakes on your body to "expel poison," and then giving you a mouthful of blood-stained mud after a human sacrifice—because ancient shamans believed that the blood-stained mud used in ancestral sacrifices carried the blessings of the ancestors.

Of course, not all witch doctors use these strange methods to treat illnesses. Some also use herbs such as mulberry roots and leaves, honeysuckle, and houttuynia cordata to make a decoction for you to treat your illness.

However, the medicinal effects of these primitive and wild herbs are certainly not as good as those of modern medicine.

This also illustrates that sometimes older things aren't necessarily better.

To put it bluntly, some people believe that the two ancient legendary doctors, Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, could truly bring the dead back to life. In reality, when it comes to actually treating illnesses, even a common acute upper respiratory tract infection might have been incurable in the past.

These legendary healers are perhaps best remembered not for their medical skills, but for their immense contributions to medicine, which greatly propelled its development.

Ancient medical techniques were relatively backward compared to modern ones.

The same applies to the medical books of the ancient Douluo Continent civilization. Ning Feiliu only recorded the less common prescriptions and medicinal materials, intending to extract the effective components, study their medicinal properties, and then use them.

And you know what? Two of the previously unseen prescriptions and herbs actually yielded some excellent medicinal components, leading to the development of two entirely new alchemical elixirs.

Ning Feiliu has already researched nine new alchemical potions in the task of cultivating immortal herbs, namely—

Small doses can instantly heal certain external injuries, while large doses can make the user feel excited and improve their physical condition in a short period of time, but with a slight loss of rationality. Ning Feiliu named this stimulant "Glimmer".

Its main effect is to restore a portion of a Soul Master's Soul Power in a short period of time. It also contains an alchemical potion that accelerates the Soul Master's cultivation speed: "Soul Power Recovery Elixir".

"Eagle Vision," an eye drop that can greatly improve farsightedness and observation skills in a short period of time.

A spiritual alchemical potion that can quickly eliminate mental distress and negative effects—the "Purification Potion".

The main effect of this alchemical potion is to quickly heal physical injuries and restore physical strength—the "Potion of Life".

The alchemical potion that increases one's speed and reaction speed for an extremely short time—the "Swiftness Potion."

When seeking a breakthrough in soul power, one can increase their absorption and conversion of free soul power in the environment, thus aiding in the breakthrough with an alchemical potion called "Upgrade Potion".

A type of alchemical potion called "Clarity Potion" that suppresses the secretion of hormones related to excessive emotions, increases the activity of brain cells and mental energy, and makes the user quite calm.

An alchemical potion that reduces the speed of soul power circulation and one's own life activities, while concealing one's aura, making it difficult for the user to be detected—the "Concealment Potion."

These alchemical potions are quite practical, and when combined with the previously developed alchemical potions, they can be said to have almost every medicinal effect.

Ning Feiliu is currently missing an alchemical potion to obtain the breeding and cultivation methods for the immortal herb, and he has an idea...

That is, in terms of mental strength, he is considering using the biological components extracted from the Spirit Blossom Tree and those mental-type soul beasts to develop a potion that can enhance mental strength in a short period of time, or a potion that can promote the growth of mental strength.

If the alchemical potion developed by Ning Feiliu were to become known, it would definitely cause a huge uproar.

After all, some of these potions can directly enhance combat power, such as "Glimmer" and "Swiftness Potion," which directly and tangibly boost combat power.

Some, like "upgrade potions," can increase the probability of a Soul Master breaking through. Although they don't directly increase a Soul Master's cultivation level like the Profound Water Pill, increasing the probability is still a very good effect!

How many people are stuck at a certain level for their entire lives because of that tiny probability?

So, while the "upgrade potion" may seem insignificant among so many alchemy potions, its effects are actually the most irresistible.

The key point is that this "upgrade potion" doesn't have a limit on the number of uses like the "Mystic Water Pill," and taking it more often won't have the same effect.

However, as one's cultivation level increases, the potion's effectiveness and the probability of breakthrough will decrease.

For example, at the Soul Master level, the potion's effect is 100%, increasing the Soul Master's breakthrough probability by 20%. However, at the Soul Sect level, the potion's effect is reduced by about 5%, only increasing the Soul Master's breakthrough probability by 19%.

Once the "upgrade potion" reaches the Title Douluo level, its effects are reduced to about one-tenth, and it may only increase the probability of breakthrough by less than 1%.

But no matter what, the effects of the "upgrade potion" are still amazing.

Meanwhile, on the alchemy potion side, Ning Feiliu, while working diligently to develop the final alchemy potion, didn't forget about the Soul Battle.

The Heavenly Battle Arena.

In one-on-one Soul Battles, Ning Feiliu can hardly find any opponents, but in two-on-two Soul Battles and team Soul Battles, he can still find opponents.

After all, his winning streak in two-on-two battles and team battles has not yet reached the point where he is invincible.

His one-on-one soul battles have set an unprecedented record of 44 consecutive victories.

His legend will continue to be passed down in the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.

If Ning Feiliu becomes a Title Douluo-level powerhouse in the future, this legend will be passed down for hundreds of years.

Of course, if he were to become a god... he would still be talked about for millions of years.

However... it's possible that no one knows this is Ning Feiliu's legend.

After all, Ning Feiliu and "Asia and Africa" ​​are not the same person.

Ning Feiliu didn't care about that; he planned to achieve his final... 100-game winning streak today!

This is also their strongest opponent after their team's twenty-game winning streak in the Battle Spirit competition!

Meanwhile, it seems that because the opponent is very strong, the Heavenly Battle Arena has been promoting this team battle for a long time.

Just like the previous battle between Ning Feiliu and Yu Tianheng.

Countless people yearn for it, and this battle of spirits was promoted two days in advance. It was arranged to take place in the central arena of the Heavenly Battle Arena, and the ticket prices were sold at exorbitant levels.

"Yafei, you've finally arrived!" Oslo said casually as he looked at Ning Feiliu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling who were walking slowly towards him.

"Lingling and I just arrived at the right time; you guys arrived too early," Ning Feiliu said casually.

The time they spent fighting side by side did bring them closer, but that was all; it didn't mean he had become friends with Yu Tianheng, Oslo, and the others.

"Yeah, it's just another mediocre victory this time," Yu Feng retorted. "Why did you have to drag me here so quickly? Are you worried about the team's fighting spirit this time?"

(End of this chapter)