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

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Ning Feiliu spoke frankly, saying, "However, my teacher and I have recently been researching the cultivation techniques for immortal herbs, so mass production of immortal herbs in the future will not be a problem."

Upon hearing this, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo couldn't suppress their ecstatic expressions.

At the same time, Sword Douluo became even more vigilant, and the sharp sword energy he released became even more terrifying, completely blocking all their sounds from spreading out.

In fact, when he released his sword energy, he had already intentionally blocked out their conversation.

None of the many spectators outside had cultivation levels above the Soul Saint level, so they couldn't hear their conversation.

However, if a Soul Master with a cultivation level of Soul Saint or above were to eavesdrop on their conversation, Sword Douluo would immediately be able to detect it.

Moreover, with Sword Douluo present, who would dare to openly eavesdrop on their conversation without fear of death?

"Fei Liu... is what you said true?" Ning Fengzhi asked again cautiously to confirm.

After all, this matter concerns the future development of his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. If the immortal herb can be mass-produced, then his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will have countless more direct disciples like Ning Feiliu in the future.

The fact that the martial soul can evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and remove the shackles on its own soul power level makes the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School even stronger!

"The formula for the Xuan Shui Dan was developed by my teacher and me together, and I would never lie to you, Father," Ning Feiliu said, shaking her head.

Just as Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo once again showed expressions of ecstasy on their faces.

"However..." he continued, "the technology for mass production of immortal herbs is certainly limited. Currently, it is known that immortal herbs have an extremely long growth cycle and extremely harsh growth environment. They can be mass-produced, and even the cultivation can be accelerated, but the cultivation time may still be very long, and the number of plants may not be as many as imagined."

You can choose to breed the herb or shorten the cultivation time a bit, but no matter how fast you do it, you can't grow it like a cabbage.

This was an outcome Ning Feiliu had anticipated long ago. After all, like in the original story, immortal herbs that take hundreds or even thousands of years to grow, such as the Fiery Apricot, only regenerated and gained sentience ten thousand years after Tang San took them all away.

Unfortunately, she encountered Huo Gua, whose essence was extracted and used to heal Ma Xiaotao, causing her cultivation to be greatly damaged.

Therefore, immortal herbs can normally grow in the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire for hundreds or thousands of years, and then they can continue to cultivate on the path of becoming ferocious beasts.

Therefore, with such a long growth cycle, even with cheats, it's impossible to shorten the growth cycle of the immortal herb—it's too absurd.

The hybrid rice that Ning Feiliu researched in his previous life had high yields, was disease-resistant, and had a short growth cycle, but even with a short growth cycle, it still takes time to grow; it's impossible to shorten it to one month.

Unless... it involves the time laws of a high-level fantasy world, or powerful nature-based growth magic similar to that of a druid in a fantasy world.

To put it simply, there are many ways to speed up plant growth in a fantasy world, such as shortening the time or directly injecting natural energy that allows plants to grow quickly.

But in the fantastical sewers of Douluo Continent... well, all these methods are rather impractical.

Ning Feiliu was also prepared, anticipating the possibility of mass-producing the immortal herb, but the immortal herb plants only had a few plants available in a short time, and their growth cycle was as long as several decades.

"As long as there's a way, that's fine," Ning Fengzhi said with a big laugh.

As long as immortal herbs can be mass-produced, the direct descendants of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will be able to evolve their martial souls as much as possible in the future. One day, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School may rightfully become the "Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School"!

"However, I have conditions," Ning Feiliu said at this moment.

"What are the conditions?" Ning Fengzhi asked with a smile.

He grew increasingly fond of Ning Feiliu, regarding her as the pride of himself and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. He had even already planned for the future…

Let Ning Feiliu become the next successor of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School!

He is neither a direct descendant elder nor a supreme elder, but directly... the next sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School!

This is only natural. After Ning Feiliu demonstrated her powerful talent, strength, and ability to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School stronger, what else did Ning Fengzhi have to hesitate about?

As for Ning Rongrong...

He sighed inwardly. No matter what, he was not only Ning Rongrong's father, but also Ning Feiliu's father, and the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

He had to think about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Fortunately, he has not yet definitively confirmed Ning Rongrong's status as her heir.

On the one hand, Ning Rongrong is still young, and on the other hand, it is also to make Ning Rongrong a little more well-behaved.

In the original storyline, after Ning Rongrong ate the Qiluo Tulip and her martial soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, he immediately established it as his successor.

As I said before, the most important thing about who should be the successor is how valuable that person is and what they can bring to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Before this, Ning Feiliu was just Ning Fengzhi's mediocre son.

Then he will naturally overlook some things.

Now, Ning Feiliu is like a piece of uncut jade, suddenly revealing her high value, so Ning Fengzhi will naturally cherish her as a treasure.

Ning Feiliu said calmly, "Father, I hope... you can make my eldest brother the next successor."

"This..." Ning Fengzhi was stunned for a moment.

At the same time, not only Ning Fengzhi was stunned, but also Sword Douluo, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling beside Ning Feiliu.

Only Ning Feiliu and his brother Ning Mingrui knew that Ning Feiliu was fully supporting Ning Mingrui.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were unaware of this, so they both found it very strange...

Ning Feiliu actually recommended Ning Mingrui as the successor of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, instead of wanting to be the successor of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School herself.

This is truly... so unexpected.

"No." Just then, Sword Douluo frowned and said in a deep voice.

He could actually allow Ning Feiliu to be designated by Ning Fengzhi as the next successor to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, given Ning Feiliu's talent and comprehension, as well as his martial soul, which has already evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

All of this led Sword Douluo to tacitly acknowledge that Ning Feiliu was far more qualified than Ning Rongrong to become the successor of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Although Ning Rongrong lost the opportunity to become the next sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Sword Douluo felt that this was something he, as the Supreme Elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, had to do for the future prosperity of the school.

Moreover, Ning Rongrong simply won't become the next sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. With her talent and the favor she receives from him and Bone Douluo, even if she can't become the sect leader, she can still become an extremely prestigious direct descendant elder within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School in the future.

At the very least, it's certain that he will enjoy wealth, honor, and happiness throughout his life; even at his worst, it certainly won't be too bad.

In Sword Douluo's eyes, Ning Rongrong's future lies in Ning Feiliu cultivating a mass-producible immortal herb, which she can then consume to allow her martial soul to evolve and break through its limitations.

Surely... Ning Feiliu, as the older brother, would treat his younger sister better.

Especially since this is his most talented sister.

As the older brother, after Ning Feiliu becomes the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, how badly will he treat his younger sister?

Therefore, Sword Douluo can completely accept this.

However, this is all predicated on... Ning Feiliu sitting in the position of sect leader.

Only Ning Feiliu's potential to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School prosper and rise in the future can make Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo overshadow their doting affection for Ning Rongrong, whom they regard as their own granddaughter, and allow other disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School besides Ning Rongrong to inherit Ning Fengzhi's position.

As for Ning Mingrui...

Sword Douluo disagreed.

Although Ning Fengzhi's eldest son was quite good, in their eyes, his talent and comprehension were far inferior to Ning Rongrong's.

Why should Ning Mingrui be chosen as the sect leader's successor, while Ning Rongrong has to take a subordinate position?

He found it hard to accept this.

In his view, either Ning Rongrong or Ning Feiliu should be the next successor to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

As for Ning Fengzhi's other sons or even other direct disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, it can only be said that unless they demonstrate better talent than Ning Feiliu, there is a better way to make the direct descendants of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School stronger.

Is that even possible?

Ning Feiliu's martial soul is already the final form of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, passed down by generations of ancestors of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School—the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. She also possesses the technology for mass-producing immortal herbs that would allow the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to be renamed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School in the future.

It can be said that in the eyes of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, he is the most obvious and best candidate to succeed as the sect leader.

Sword Douluo took a deep breath and said, "Fei Liu... you're the best candidate for the future sect leader. You have the potential, and your grandfather, your father, and I will absolutely support you."

However, Ning Feiliu shook her head and said to Sword Douluo, "Grandpa Sword, I do not want to inherit my father's position as sect leader, because I am not suitable."

He didn't say that he had already decided to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Faced with two powerful Title Douluo, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, he certainly couldn't easily let go of these treasures that were clearly of great value to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Therefore, we must wait until we have sufficient strength before leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Now all we can do is feign compliance with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.

However, he genuinely supports his elder brother Ning Mingrui's idea of ​​becoming the sect leader's successor.

"How could you not be suitable?" Ning Fengzhi took a deep breath and said, "No matter what, Fei Liu, you have the comprehension, the ability, and the opportunity. I've made my decision... From today onwards, you will be the next successor to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School!"

He actually made the announcement on the spot. Although there were not many Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School disciples present, it was clear that he was very serious when he spoke.

I estimate that once he gets back, he will immediately summon all the elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and announce this matter directly.

Ning Mingrui also looked at Ning Feiliu with hope. In fact, he really hoped that Ning Feiliu could become the next sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, rather than recommending him.

That's just his personality; he doesn't want to compete for anything, he just wants what's best for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

In his view, Ning Feiliu has the ability and the potential to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School stronger, so he is the best candidate to succeed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School!

He would rather step down himself than let Ning Feiliu become his successor.

Unfortunately... Ning Feiliu had said those things to him before, and no matter what she said, she wouldn't listen and insisted on recommending him as her successor.

Otherwise, he would leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Ning Mingrui then agreed to Ning Feiliu's request.

But now that Ning Fengzhi had said this to Ning Feiliu, Ning Mingrui's hope was rekindled.

But Ning Rongrong's expression became complicated.

She... seems to be about to lose something very important that should belong to her.

However, Ning Feiliu continued to calmly shake her head and refuse, saying, "I will not be the heir. In my eyes, only my eldest brother is most suitable to inherit the burden on our father's shoulders."

"Why?!" Ning Fengzhi asked, puzzled.

I'll sneakily write a chapter while I'm slacking off.

(End of this chapter)