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

Chapter 199 Immortal Herb Technology

Ning Feiliu has studied spirit, spiritual power, and spiritual sea of ​​consciousness for so long, and his own spiritual power is also quite strong.

Therefore, he keenly noticed that the spirits of Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin were constantly dissipating.

After all, a soul can't exist forever, even if Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin were both Soul Saint level experts in their lifetimes.

It is estimated that even the soul of a titled Douluo-level powerhouse cannot remain intact indefinitely.

Based on the original work's setting, one must at least be a powerhouse at the level of a peerless Douluo to have the ability to maintain their spiritual body and prevent it from dissipating.

Moreover, the Underworld does not exist in the Douluo Continent.

In some myths and legends, the underworld is actually a place that protects the soul; only in the underworld can the soul avoid being directly scattered and destroyed.

In the Chinese mythology of Ning Feiliu's previous life, ghosts would be instantly destroyed if they encountered sunlight in the human world, while the underworld was always dark and without sun, which was a way of protecting the souls of the dead.

Although Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin's souls should not be afraid of sunlight, it is a fact that their spirits are gradually dissipating without any protection.

Upon hearing Ning Feiliu's words, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were clearly flustered.

Dugu Bo was even more incredulous, saying, "How could this be... how could this happen? If this continues, will Xin'er and Lin'er's souls eventually completely dissipate?"

Dugu Xin, however, was quite calm and said with a smile, "Dad, we are already very satisfied to be able to see you and Yanyan again and to learn that Fei Liu has cured the poison in your bodies."

"Father-in-law, Yan Yan, we are already dead, and we were destined to perish, so there's no need to feel sad or upset for us anymore," Duan Zilin said with a smile.

"Mom, Dad, I don't want you to leave..." Dugu Yan said, crying with a face full of reluctance.

"No...no..." Dugu Bo couldn't accept this at all, but Ning Feiliu could understand it; people are greedy.

After Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan see the spirits of Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin again, they will surely hope that they can meet again in the future, or even... that they can live together as a family, just like Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin did in life.

However, the souls of Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin will slowly dissipate, and Ning Feiliu is not quite sure how long it will take before their souls are completely scattered.

Is it two or three years? Or one or two years? Or half a year...? He wasn't quite sure about any of these.

Just then, Dugu Bo suddenly looked up at Ning Feiliu, as if he had grasped a glimmer of hope.

"Fei Liu! Do you have a way? You're so smart, you must have a way!" Dugu Bo looked at Ning Fei Liu and said as if pleading, "Please, Fei Liu..."

Ning Feiliu sighed. At this moment, he was thinking... if he became a god, Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin's souls could probably be saved.

But becoming a god?

He is the most likely candidate to become a god, but he only has level 41 soul power now, and it will take him at least ten or eight years to become a god.

He was very confident that, with his cheat-like abilities, even without inheriting a godhood, his path to godhood would be no slower than that of Tang San, who inherited the Sea God's position in the original story.

While it's uncertain how long Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin's souls can hold out, ten or eight years... given the current state of their souls, that timeframe is unrealistic.

Although Dugu Bo is currently at level 92 in soul power, with his talent, it will be much harder for him to become a god than for Ning Feiliu.

If only a cheap teacher like Electrolux suddenly appeared for him right now, with Electrolux's mastery of the Necromancer Saint, he could definitely save Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin's souls.

However... there are quite a few undead heroes in the League of Legends. Do they have any abilities like Elex that can protect the souls of the undead?

Just then...

[Help one hundred souls fulfill their wishes in life, and gain Mordekaiser's forbidden necromancy and mastery of the language of Ochen.]

[This allowed a thousand Spirit Blossom Trees to take root and bloom for the first time in this world, thus gaining access to the mysteries of the spirit realm.]

This time it's actually... triggering two missions?

Maud... Caesar?

Iron Man?

Ning Feiliu was stunned. Mordekaiser knew forbidden necromancy? Wasn't he a melee mage tank?

And what exactly is this Ouchen language?

The later task, which involves getting a thousand Spirit Blossom Trees to take root and bloom, and obtaining the secrets of the Spirit Realm, is relatively easy to understand.

The previous task was a bit difficult, but...

Among the wishes of the deceased, some, like Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin, probably wanted to see their families one last time.

Isn't the Spirit Blossom Flower working its magic?

Even some of the spirits that asked Ning Feiliu to help their families were quite easy to accomplish.

As for those undead who want to be reborn, Ning Feiliu would definitely refuse.

It is clear that there are ways to maintain the souls of Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin in both tasks.

However, the task requires both one hundred and one thousand...

This is not a good solution...

However, he had helpers.

Ning Feiliu immediately raised his head and looked at Dugu Bo, who was looking at him expectantly, and said, "Teacher... I have a way, but... I need your help."

Upon hearing his words, Dugu Bo firmly replied, "As long as you, Fei Liu, have a way, just ask for any help you need. Even if it means I have to go to the Spirit Hall to retrieve something, I will do it with my life on the line."

Ning Feiliu thought to herself, "Why would I send you to the Spirit Hall?"

It's estimated that even Dugu Bo wouldn't be able to get past Bibi Dong, let alone the old guys in the Hall of Worship and Qian Daoliu.

Although in the original story, Tang Dachuizi attacked the Spirit Hall's stronghold, which directly caused the Spirit Hall to lose face, no one from Qian Daoliu or the Hall of Worship came out. This was probably due to the internal struggle between Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong.

Dugu Bo should not provoke Qian Daoliu and the Hall of Offerings to take action.

But with his level 92 cultivation, he couldn't even pass the test of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo!

Ning Feiliu only thought this for a moment, and then he looked at the remaining core of the Blooming Spirit Flower in Dugu Bo's hand.

There are seeds of the Spirit Blossom there.

The Spirit Blossom does not bear fruit, so its flower is its seed.

"I want you to help me plant trees, teacher." Ning Feiliu picked up the Spirit Blossom Flower core from Dugu Bo's hand, took out the flower seeds inside, and said, "Here are the seeds of the Spirit Blossom Flower. Plant them... and once a thousand Spirit Blossom Flower trees are planted, I will have a way to create a special spirit realm in this area to preserve the souls of my uncle and aunt."

The latter half was just him making things up; after all, he had to give an explanation so that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan would have something to be sure of.

As expected, Dugu Bo showed a delighted expression after hearing this and said, "Plant a thousand Spirit Blossom Trees? Are there any other requirements? For example, do they need to be planted very densely?"

"No need, just concentrate them a bit, for example, plant trees in the Sunset Forest outside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye. But we need to be quick, preferably plant all 1,000 Spirit Blossom Trees within the next two or three years until they bloom," Ning Feiliu said.

"Until it blooms?" Dugu Bo asked without hesitation, his voice firm, "I will do it."

……

A dozen minutes later.

"...Dad, Yan Yan, you must take good care of yourselves." After feeling the unique energy from the Blooming Spirit Flower disappear from his and his wife's souls, Dugu Xin smiled and said this to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.

He was actually... quite content.

After all, one can reunite and speak with their loved ones after death.

This is something that so many people dream of.

"Dad, Mom!" Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes were still filled with tears, showing her great reluctance to part.

"Good girl... Yan Yan, your dad and mom will always protect you and Fei Liu." Duan Zilin reached out her hand, wanting to gently stroke Dugu Yan, but her hand was suspended above Dugu Yan's head, so she couldn't touch anything.

Dugu Yan felt nothing, but she still gently rubbed against Duan Zilin's untouchable palm, seemingly enjoying it.

Dugu Bo looked at them with a firm gaze and said, "We'll be able to meet again every year from now on. Dad will definitely... protect you."

The next moment, the effects of the Spirit Blossom Flower completely disappeared, and Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin's souls vanished from the spot.

It was as if... they had never existed.

"Dad! Mom!" Dugu Yan cried out in heart-wrenching sobs.

Dugu Bo gripped the Spirit Blossom Seed tightly in his hand, his eyes fixed firmly on the tombstones of the two people not far away, and said, "We will meet again, Xin'er, Lin'er, Dad will not let you disappear like this."

Ning Feiliu watched this scene while tightly clutching the core of the Spirit Blossom Flower, which had lost both its petals and seeds.

Next... once he completes the last alchemy potion, he can leave Heaven Dou City to go out and train.

……

And after that night.

Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan planted the two Spirit Blossoms near the graves of Dugu Xin and his wife, and carefully tended to them every day, hoping that they would sprout and bloom as soon as possible.

After the flowers bloom, they take the seeds and plant them into one Spirit Blossom Tree after another.

When all one thousand Spirit Blossom Trees bloom... they will be able to reunite with Dugu Xin's father forever.

Meanwhile, Ning Feiliu was busy developing the last alchemical potion – the "Linghua" potion.

He extracted a residual ingredient from the core of the Spirit Blossom Flower, an ingredient that could calm the mind to some extent, and then added it to the unfinished "Spirit Essence" potion.

Ultimately, the "Spiritual Essence" was developed, which could enhance mental strength and stabilize mental state.

Then, before his eyes, that familiar line of small print reappeared—

[Ten new alchemical potions have been developed, and the selection, hybridization, cultivation, and mass production techniques for the world's most prized medicinal herbs have been obtained.]

Then the small characters shattered, transforming into pure knowledge that flowed into his mind.

Ning Feiliu immediately understood, but he gave a wry smile and said, "It seems that hybridization and breeding of immortal herbs will still take a long time."

According to his knowledge, the immortal herb could be artificially cultivated and mass-produced.

However, the subsequent process requires extensive hybridization and breeding... It takes a long time to cultivate a high-yielding, short-maturing variety like the Qiluo tulip.

It will take at least several years of research and experimentation.

but……

"I can find the roots of the original Qiluo tulip first, shorten the planting time, and plant one for my brother," Ning Feiliu said helplessly.

The knowledge of immortal herbs granted as a reward for completing the quest allows you to grow entirely new Kira Tulips using the roots and stems of the original Kira Tulip.

Then he used the methods in his mind to promote the growth of the herb to accelerate its growth.

Even if there were a way to accelerate the growth of the immortal herb, it would still take fifty years for it to mature.

However... don't forget about the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye. With this treasure land, the ripening time of the Qiluo Tulip can probably be shortened by two-thirds.

As for the rest, Ning Feiliu is going out to gain experience, so we can only discuss it in the future.

So he first developed a medicine that could promote the rapid absorption of nutrients from the soil by the herb and then make it grow quickly.

Then he entered the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, found the root of the Qiluo Tulip he had cut down, and sprinkled it with alchemical potion to promote the growth of the immortal herb.

This stuff is similar to auxin, except it's a special auxin that only works on the Kira tulip.

At the same time, Ning Feiliu also cleared away the other medicinal herbs near the Qiluo Tulip, turned over the soil, and let the Qiluo Tulip enjoy the rich nutrients of this area on its own.

After waiting for several days, the roots of the Qiluo tulip finally started to grow again, and they grew exceptionally fast.

Ning Feiliu breathed a sigh of relief. Once it had grown back, he wouldn't have to worry about it anymore.

The herb's powerful vitality will allow it to continue growing rapidly, but to accelerate its growth and maturity, it still needs to be watered with alchemical potions that promote growth.

But he doesn't need to do this himself.

Ning Feiliu immediately found Dugu Bo, who was guarding the budding spirit flower sapling.

He also felt a little strange at this moment. He was planting Qiluo tulips, while Dugu Bo was planting Zhanling flower trees.

Have these two, master and apprentice, truly become diligent gardeners?

He chuckled to himself.

"Fei Liu? Is there something you need?" Dugu Bo asked, puzzled, when he saw Ning Fei Liu approaching.

Ning Feiliu usually doesn't come to him unless she has something to do, which is why he was a little puzzled.

"Teacher, I've come to tell you something, and also to ask you to help me with something." Ning Feiliu said directly.

"What is it? Speak," Dugu Bo said with a serious expression.

"I plan to leave Tiandou City in a few days to go out and gain experience," Ning Feiliu said.

Dugu Bo was taken aback for a moment, then said, "So fast?"

"Well, there's nothing much going on in Tiandou City, so I plan to go out and train as I mentioned before," Ning Feiliu said. "However... I've re-cultivated a Qiluo Tulip at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. It's for my older brother. I've developed a potion that can promote the rapid growth and development of Qiluo Tulips. After I leave, I hope you can help me water it..."

(End of this chapter)