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

Chapter 185 Regret

As Ning Feiliu broke through to the Soul Master realm, he immediately got up and left the clinic, heading towards Sunset Forest.

He planned to ask Dugu Bo again to help him obtain a fourth soul ring that would last for ten thousand years.

Just as Ning Feiliu stepped out of the clinic's backyard, she discovered...

"Fei Liu." Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, accompanied by Ning Mingrui, but not Ning Rongrong as usual, appeared in front of Ning Fei Liu's clinic.

Ning Fengzhi looked at him with a smile, while Bone Douluo looked curious.

"Greetings, Father, Grandpa Bone, and Eldest Brother." Ning Feiliu first greeted Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo politely, then smiled and nodded to her eldest brother, Ning Mingrui.

At the same time, his eyes flickered when he didn't see Ning Rongrong.

Ning Fengzhi does seem to be... not that lacking in emotional intelligence.

Even though Ning Feiliu clearly disliked Ning Rongrong, he did not insist on bringing Ning Rongrong with him to see Ning Feiliu anymore.

This will only increase Ning Feiliu's disgust.

Ning Fengzhi was also very clear-headed and had no intention of letting his impression on Ning Feiliu worsen in her eyes.

Ning Fengzhi smiled and said, "There's no need to be so polite. The main reason we've come is to pay a personal visit to Mr. Dugu, who has taken great care of you."

Ning Feiliu was stunned for a moment; he had almost forgotten about this.

After all, what he had been thinking about most recently was his final teachings and instructions to Ye Lingling, confirming the next travel itinerary, the last two unfinished tasks, and breaking through to the Soul Sect realm.

Under these circumstances, he completely forgot about Ning Fengzhi's visit to Dugu Bo.

He then remembered that Ning Fengzhi had planned to visit Dugu Bo's "mansion" today.

It wasn't a direct visit to Dugu Bo's lair in Sunset Forest, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. In fact, not many people in Tiandou City knew about Dugu Bo's lair.

Most people only know that Dugu Bo is the master of Sunset Forest, where he has been living in seclusion for many years.

As for why?

neither knows.

If it weren't for Prince Xuexing having once done Dugu Bo a significant favor by revealing the location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Prince Xuexing probably wouldn't have been able to find Dugu Bo.

As for whether Dugu Bo will be targeted by others regarding the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well...

It's just a bit of an overreaction. The incredible environment in which the rare and precious materials of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well grow is something only the Third Brother knew about in the original story.

Even if others knew that Dugu Bo's lair was an excellent place for medicinal herbs to grow, they were unaware of the existence of the so-called immortal herbs there, which could make one's strength advance by leaps and bounds and also improve one's talent.

Therefore, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well did not attract the envy of those extremely powerful individuals. Apart from those with the strength of a Title Douluo, other Soul Masters, even if they coveted this treasure land, would have to consider whether they had the strength to do so.

Dugu Bo is an unparalleled ruthless person who can instantly wipe out all Soul Masters below the Title Douluo level.

The most powerful figures were unaware of the existence of the Immortal Herb. In the original story, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School learned about the Immortal Herb from Tang San, and also learned that the Qiluo Tulip could evolve their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

However, in the original storyline, Ning Fengzhi did not have the idea of ​​forcibly taking over the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.

They didn't even consider forcing Dugu Bo to make a deal.

After all, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is not a particularly ruthless sect. In essence, their direct descendants do not have combat capabilities, so their personalities are not as assertive as those of the Clear Sky School or the Blue Lightning Tyrant School.

According to Ning Feiliu, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is more like a business, unwilling to offend anyone easily.

Of course, as the second-largest sect in the world, they wouldn't be afraid of trouble.

But when it comes to things that might offend people, they will consider it carefully, analyze the pros and cons, and only do it after determining that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.

However, they also have a gambler's mentality like businessmen. If the potential gains from a successful venture are huge, they will do it even if the risks are high.

This is also the foundation upon which the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School grew from weak to strong.

After all, the fact that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters have no combat ability and need to rely on external Soul Masters means that they were not very strong at the beginning.

Ning Feiliu saw the rise of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School in the original owner's memories, and it was indeed so. At the beginning, the first sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School gradually attracted many grassroots soul masters to establish the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School by using his own wealth and personal charm similar to Liu Bei.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was not strong at first. It was only after several generations of sect leaders offered generous rewards to attract talent that the previous sect leader, Ning Fengzhi's grandfather, attracted the father of Sword Douluo, the successor of the Seven Kill Sword, the strongest killing martial soul on the continent, with his powerful personal charisma.

(Sword Douluo's father is a real person in the original work. This setting is not purely a secondary setting. The secondary setting here is that Sword Douluo's father was taken in by Ning Fengzhi's grandfather and thus became loyal to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.)

Furthermore, due to generational differences, Sword Douluo is clearly from Ning Fengzhi's father's generation, meaning Sword Douluo's father must be from Ning Fengzhi's grandfather's generation. Therefore, based on the second character setting, it's assumed that Sword Douluo was subdued by Ning Fengzhi's grandfather.

With the powerful strength of Sword Douluo's father and the powerful strength of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master, he rose to prominence.

Furthermore, Ning Fengzhi's father discovered the SSSR card, Bone Douluo, from among grassroots soul masters.

When Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo achieved the title of Title Douluo, and together with Ning Fengzhi, who had succeeded his father as the number one support-type Soul Master on the continent, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's reputation as the second largest sect on the continent was finally established.

So the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is indeed like that; profit is everything, but it's not as powerful as everyone imagines.

At the very least, they forced Ning Feiliu to reveal the location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, then directly attacked Dugu Bo, seized the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and took the immortal herb...

This is something the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School really couldn't do.

Moreover, Ning Fengzhi and the others didn't even know what the immortal herb looked like.

What do the Qiluo Tulip, the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass, and the Fiery Apricot Delicate look like?

What are you arguing about? You know nothing and you're trying to force your clan's younger generation and a titled Douluo. Even if you seize the land, you won't get what you want.

Ning Feiliu also said that the immortal herbs he was consuming were currently unavailable, and he and Dugu Bo would have to study them thoroughly before cultivating another batch.

It's also possible that Ning Feiliu is lying to them. He clearly has many immortal herbs but doesn't tell them. But what if he's not lying?

In that case, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would have killed one of its own promising juniors who could have led the school to greater strength. Moreover, Dugu Bo had actually had a good relationship with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School before.

At least before, because of Ning Feiliu, Dugu Bo had taken the initiative to show goodwill to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

By doing this, you've turned a good relationship into an enemy's. Even if you eventually kill Dugu Bo, the outcome will be that you could have gained the power of a Title Douluo but won't get any benefit at all.

Therefore, the idea of ​​seizing the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire is almost no different from killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Ning Feiliu dislikes Ning Rongrong, so why not just prevent Ning Rongrong from becoming the heir? Why choose the method that offends the most people and might not even get you what you want in the end...?

That can only be described as utterly foolish.

Even if Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo had deep feelings for Ning Rongrong, they would never choose such a foolish approach.

Ning Fengzhi would not agree to do that either; his personality leans more towards winning people over and he doesn't want to offend anyone.

That's why he planned to personally visit Dugu Bo's residence today.

Although Ning Feiliu forgot about it, Dugu Yan hadn't and told Dugu Bo about it.

Dugu Bo made a rare appearance today at the Dugu family mansion in Tiandou City.

"I'm sure the teacher already knows, so I'll go with my father and Grandpa Gu," Ning Feiliu nodded and said.

"Fei Liu, let's go then," Ning Fengzhi said with a smile.

"Okay." Ning Feiliu followed Ning Fengzhi and the others, and together they walked towards Dugu Bo's residence in Tiandou City.

As they walked along the road, Bone Douluo looked at Ning Feiliu and said directly, "Little Feiliu, I never expected... that your talent is actually the best among all of Fengzhi's children."

Ning Feiliu was somewhat surprised, but he smiled back at Bone Douluo and said calmly, "Grandpa Bone, you flatter me. I was just very lucky."

Bone Douluo smiled on his withered face and said, "What good luck? Are you still trying to hide it? I don't believe you're just lucky. The fact that Old Poison took a liking to you is definitely not luck. And you might be mistaken. The talent I'm talking about isn't innate talent, like martial soul or innate soul power."

Ning Fengzhi nodded with a smile and said, "Your grandfather is right. Fei Liu, although your innate soul power is not high, it does not mean that your talent is not high."

"You brat... you created that Xuan Shui Dan pill and that Exploding Rings technique yourself, didn't you?" Bone Douluo said with a light laugh. "The Xuan Shui Dan pill is unheard of in the Douluo Continent before. This shows that your comprehension and talent are unprecedented."

"And your exploding ring technique, in the entire Douluo Continent I have only ever seen one Soul Master create such an earth-shattering and strongest self-created Soul Skill."

"That Soul Master, relying on his self-created Soul Skill, defeated countless powerful enemies, making him arguably the strongest Soul Master in the past century. His legend was etched throughout the entire Soul Master world!"

Bone Douluo laughed heartily and said, "And since you can create this powerful self-created soul skill all by yourself, you will surely become a legend in the world of soul masters in the future!"

After he finished speaking, he sighed and said, "Actually, in the past few days, Chenxin and I talked to your father, and we all know that you may have some resentment towards me, your grandfather Jian, and your father for favoring Rongrong and neglecting you."

After Ning Feiliu confronted Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo that day, Ning Fengzhi and the others naturally didn't remain silent upon returning.

They even gathered Ning Mingrui and Ning Feiliu's brothers to discuss why Ning Feiliu's attitude towards the sect was so distant.

It was clear that Ning Feiliu's change in attitude occurred more than a year ago during his drowning incident.

And another thing is... even after he moved out for so long, Ning Fengzhi never came to personally check on him or take care of him.

People's hearts don't grow cold overnight, and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo weren't always high and mighty elders, especially Bone Douluo.

He was born into a humble background as a Soul Master and experienced the coldness and warmth of human nature during his growth process. In the end, it was Ning Fengzhi's father who moved him with sincerity, which made him wholeheartedly devoted to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

After learning the reason, Ning Fengzhi made a decision. After all, Ning Feiliu was also a disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and his son. No matter what, even if the bones are broken, they are still connected by tendons.

From now on, we must pay even more attention to Ning Feiliu!

"I actually understand, after all, Rongrong is more talented, and there's nothing wrong with spoiling a talented child," Ning Feiliu said calmly. "But Grandpa Bone and Grandpa Sword are spoiling her too much."

Bone Douluo sighed and said, "She's getting a bit childish..."

"Childish temper?" Ning Feiliu chuckled and said, "I don't think that saying 'childish temper' can excuse all her mistakes. With her personality, Grandpa Gu, just wait and see. If we don't deal with her, an outsider will."

"Outsiders will deal with her even more severely. You and Grandpa Jian can't protect her forever. In the end, either she will pay the price, or we will pay the price for her."

"We'll pay the price for Rongrong?" Bone Douluo was a little confused. He could understand the first part of what Ning Feiliu said, but he really didn't understand what she meant by the rest.

Ning Feiliu chuckled and said, "If outsiders deal with her, she will either remain arrogant and fight them head-on, but as a support-type Soul Master, she doesn't have the strength to fight them head-on. So the consequence of such a head-on confrontation is that she will be killed by outsiders, or even killed after suffering the most severe humiliation."

In the original story, Dai Mubai's Silver Demon Tiger directly said that he would first strengthen the defenses and then kill the enemy. Perhaps he was just saying it casually, since Zhu Zhuqing was also present at that time.

Even without Zhu Zhuqing, he would definitely do the same thing, since he's not as pure and innocent as Tang San.

Fortunately, Tang San intervened, otherwise Ning Rongrong would have been killed by Dai Mubai in a fit of rage.

Ning Feiliu continued, "Either she submits, but... if she's subdued by an outsider, her heart will turn outwards. Is it a good thing for the future heir of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to have their heart turned towards an outsider?"

In the original story, Ning Rongrong was completely subdued by Tang San and his group, and then the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School almost became an appendage of Tang San and his Tang Sect.

Even when Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo desperately tried to retrieve Tang San's body, Ning Rongrong didn't help them collect their remains. Even when Tang San said at the end of the original work that resurrecting Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo was against the rules, she didn't plead for them or contradict Tang San.

Later, the Tang Sect declined, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School almost became an appendage of Shrek Academy.

This is the consequence of Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo spoiling Ning Rongrong. By the time they realized it, it was too late, and they couldn't bring themselves to discipline her.

Therefore, they had no choice but to allow the Shrek Academy students to discipline Ning Rongrong, which led to the final outcome.

All I can say is that Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo brought this upon themselves.

Ning Feiliu was actually too lazy to care about such things, but the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School still had her eldest and second eldest brothers.

He could say that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School treated him badly, and that Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo ignored him.

But what about the eldest brother Ning Mingrui and his brothers?

Putting everything else aside, his older brother really helped him a lot.

Therefore, he was not inclined to allow the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, which belonged to his elder brother, to become an appendage of Tang San and his group again in the future.

As for Ning Rongrong, he didn't really want to care about anything.

He even considered expelling Ning Rongrong to prevent this troublemaker from harming Ning Mingrui and the others, but he knew he had no reason to expel her.

The only thing we can say is about Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, and how Ning Rongrong's status in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School declined after she was dealt with by Tang San and his group in the original work.

Bone Douluo, however, was somewhat skeptical. "Fei Liu, no matter what, Rongrong is still your sister. They both grew up in the sect. How could she possibly side with outsiders because of this?"

"Grandpa Bone, you're mistaken. Blood ties may seem like the strongest bond, but they're also the most fragile. What's truly strong is emotion or self-interest," Ning Feiliu chuckled. "Grandpa Bone, you're the best example. Do you even have a blood relationship with the sect?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Ning Mingrui were all taken aback.

"No, right?" Ning Feiliu continued with a light laugh, "However, Grandpa Bone treats the sect as his own and Ning Rongrong as his own granddaughter, probably to repay the kindness shown to him by his grandfather and great-grandfather?"

"If Ning Rongrong learns her lesson and gets along well with those people in the future, will her loyalty to the sect remain strong?"

"And..." Ning Feiliu said with a cold laugh, "What is easily obtained is always worthless. I am a good example. Wasn't the 'me' good to Ning Rongrong in the past? I was willing to do anything for her, my dear sister, and this is how she repaid 'me'..."

"Knowing I'm afraid of water, they still threw the paper boat into the lake and then kicked me into the icy water..."

"Then, while I was still recovering from my illness, he started yelling and shouting at me, taking his anger out on me..."

Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Ning Mingrui all put themselves in Ning Feiliu's shoes and reflected again on Ning Rongrong's past actions...

Suddenly they all understood why Ning Feiliu hated Ning Rongrong so much.

Indeed... a sincere heart is not valued, and instead, one is hurt and insulted by the person they consider their closest and most beloved...

It's hard not to feel disheartened.

"That's how she sees us. She treats our efforts and attention as worthless," Ning Feiliu said with a sneer. "Only when we're ruthless to her and then treat her well will she probably feel that it's important."

"So I advise Grandpa Bone that if you wait until outsiders come to deal with her, then... her heart will no longer be with the sect."

"Sigh, Fei Liu... you might be right." Ning Fengzhi sighed and said, "Perhaps we were wrong in how we disciplined Rongrong before, which led to the current falling out between you and her as siblings."

"Perhaps?" Ning Feiliu smiled and didn't say anything more, instead changing the subject, "We're almost at the teacher's house."

All of them were Soul Masters, and it wouldn't take long to walk from the outer city's commoner district to the inner city. In no time at all, they were almost near Dugu Bo's residence.

"Hmm...we'll talk about these things later." Ning Fengzhi looked at a mansion in the distance with a plaque bearing the words "Dugu" on it, nodded, and said.

And right behind them as they walked away...

"Sigh, Rongrong, you've really disappointed your brother." Sword Douluo concealed their presence with Ning Rongrong, and they stood not far behind Ning Fengzhi and the others.

Sword Douluo could not resist Ning Rongrong's repeated coaxing and brought her along.

Ning Rongrong also wanted to know whether she was wrong or not.

But after hearing Ning Feiliu's comments about her, she recalled how Ning Feiliu had indeed been very good to her before.

But then she turned to Ning Feiliu...

Originally a pampered young lady, she was spoiled and didn't think there was anything wrong with what she did to Ning Feiliu.

She can't be wrong either.

Besides, Ning Feiliu is just a piece of trash, why should she care?

Like a toy, if she doesn't like it, she can just throw it away.

But now, Ning Feiliu has transformed into a peerless genius whom her father and Grandpa Jian both value highly.

Even she was neglected, and she lost her original position as heir.

She panicked instantly and began to reflect on herself.

That's just how people are.

Their reflection stems not from realizing they were wrong, but from recognizing what important things they were about to lose, which leads to regret.

Ning Rongrong is in the same boat now; she has begun to regret losing her position as the sect leader's successor.

Only then did she realize why she had gradually come to dislike her brother Ning Feiliu so much, and she wanted to know why.

And she felt a pang of regret after hearing Ning Feiliu's words.

"I feel like I've really let my third brother down..."

My original idea for writing this book was that Ning Rongrong would never think she was wrong, and then, as in the original plot, she would run to Shrek Academy and be subdued. Later, she would join forces with the third brother, who saw the immortal herb on the protagonist and Dugu Bo's Yin-Yang Well and had the idea that "such treasures should belong to the virtuous," and then cause trouble with the protagonist. Finally, she would be driven out of the sect by the protagonist.

However, subsequent market research results showed that everyone was more inclined to the personality correction storyline, so the storyline was changed to Ning Rongrong regretting her actions. Later, when she went to Shrek Academy and encountered Dai Mubai and his group's indifference and even threats, the protagonist intervened and made her completely repent. After her personality was corrected, she became a fan of the protagonist.

Of course, the protagonist won't treat Ning Rongrong well later on; he won't give her even a single immortal herb. If you've read the original outline above, you can rest assured.

I'm actually quite ruthless. I didn't really have any deep-seated hatred for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. It wasn't the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School that killed the "protagonist." I didn't even write about Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo causing trouble for the protagonist; I just ignored them.

Simply ignoring it wouldn't be enough to break away from the sect, let alone wipe it out. That would be similar to Tang Buddha, and I don't want to write a protagonist like Tang Buddha.

(End of this chapter)