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

Chapter 21 Ning Feiliu's True Nature

In cases like this, modern medicine would definitely require the use of specialized antivenom serum to remove the snake venom.

But how could there possibly be such a thing as antivenom in this world?

Snake venom serum is actually an antibody protein. It is made by extracting snake venom, injecting it into animals such as cattle, horses, pigs, and monkeys, and then extracting the antibodies produced by these animals to resist the snake venom.

However, medicine in the Douluo Continent has clearly not developed to that level.

However, although there is no antivenom, there are still herbs and elixirs in the Douluo Continent that can remove the corresponding snake venom toxins.

"The 'Illustrated Compendium of Ten Thousand Poisons' records that the venom of the Water-Dizzy Nether Serpent can be sprayed out in the form of poisonous mist. Those who inhale the poisonous mist will experience dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. If they are not Soul Masters, they will collapse and die within half a month."

Ning Feiliu said with a smile, "But the antidote for the Water-Dizzy Nether Serpent's poison is a kind of herb called 'Sour Hemp Root' that grows in the soil beside the river where the Water-Dizzy Nether Serpent lives. It can reduce the intensity of the Water-Dizzy Nether Serpent's poison. Combined with Viola yedoensis, Angelica sinensis, and Paeonia lactiflora, it can be made into an antidote to cure the Water-Dizzy Nether Serpent's poison in your mother's body."

The world of Douluo Continent is very strange. What's strange is that the herbs here include some names that Ning Feiliu was familiar with in her previous life.

For example, names like Viola yedoensis, Angelica sinensis, and Paeonia lactiflora are clearly medicinal names that would only appear within the context of the Chinese cultural worldview.

They're all here too.

However, there are also many herbs like "Yang Jue" and "Chong Ning" that only exist in the Douluo Continent.

Not to mention the medicinal herbs that can only be taken from the bodies of those soul beasts.

However, this is probably why Third Brother can easily make a name for himself in Douluo Continent. After all, the knowledge base of the Tang Sect from his previous life that he relied on was obviously a worldview with a Chinese cultural background.

Not only does he recognize common medicinal herbs, but even the immortal herb is recognized only by Third Brother!

Amazing!

That's absolutely amazing!

"Medicine? How much will that cost?" The old woman was clearly concerned about the money and asked directly, "Soul Master, if it's too expensive, then I'd rather not save this old woman's life!"

The young man hesitated, knowing that those pills often cost several silver soul coins.

Five or more silver soul coins were completely beyond his means; he currently only had two silver soul coins left, including all his possessions.

However, Ning Feiliu shook her head and said, "I can treat patients here for free, but you have to give me herbs of equivalent value."

"If all else fails, then you can go and find double the amount of the herbs I gave you, according to the prescription and herb diagram. I can then help you treat your illnesses for free."

Both the old lady and the young man were stunned by these words.

"Sir...you mean if we find double the amount of the medicinal herbs on the prescription, we can get free treatment?" the young man said in disbelief.

Ning Feiliu didn't hesitate. He immediately took a piece of straw paper and a charcoal pencil from the side and wrote down the prescription for the antidote—the names of medicinal materials such as sour hemp root, violet, angelica, white peony root, and Chongning.

Then the thought kept flashing through his mind: "I need to improve my drawing skills. I need to improve my drawing skills."

Sure enough, a new task appeared before his eyes.

[By copying a painting more than ten times, one gains a year's worth of apprenticeship experience in painting.]

Ning Feiliu immediately said, "Wait a moment."

Then he took out a book called "Complete Compendium of Herbs" from his treasure pouch, opened it, found the page with pictures on the section about sour hemp root, and started drawing on sheets of paper.

However, after he finished drawing one, he tore it up without saying a word.

After finishing one drawing, I tore it up.

In this way, a quarter of an hour later, he tore up ten paintings.

The small characters that Ning Feiliu could only see shattered and transformed into his experience of painting, entering his mind.

This time, he completed the task in one go, sketching a lifelike image of the sour hemp root in just a few strokes.

Then he looked at the other medicinal herbs in the prescriptions in the "Complete Collection of Herbs" and started drawing them.

The addresses where these medicinal herbs can be found are also provided below.

Another ten minutes or so later, Ning Feiliu placed the prescription and a large stack of sketches in front of the young man.

"Go ahead and gather double the amount of medicinal herbs. Bring them back to me, and I'll treat this old lady for free," Ning Feiliu said casually. "But don't bother gathering herbs that are too easy to get. These are all expensive herbs that aren't commonly found on the market. I'll just charge you one copper soul coin for the common herbs."

Since herbs like white peony and angelica can already be cultivated on a large scale, Ning Feiliu didn't make things difficult for the young man and let him go and collect them again.

The young man was overjoyed to hear Ning Feiliu's words.

One copper soul coin... that's way too cheap for treatment!

"I'll go gather the herbs right away!" The young man quickly took the prescription and drawing paper from Ning Feiliu's hand.

"The location where these medicinal herbs were gathered is not dangerous. You should be able to return within two hours, right?" Ning Feiliu said.

"Okay!" The young man set off immediately.

At this point, only the old lady and Ning Feiliu remained in the clinic.

Listening to what Ning Feiliu had just said and seeing what he had done, the old lady couldn't help but shed tears of gratitude.

"My lord...you are such a kind person!" she said gratefully. "I am so grateful that you would save the life of an old woman like me."

"No need to thank me, and I'm not exactly a saint either." Ning Feiliu shook her head and said seriously, "Although I won't take money, I just need more medicinal herbs. This extra dose of herbs will cover your treatment costs."

"We're all just getting what we need, but if you can, I'd be happy if you could just sincerely thank me from the bottom of your hearts."

He had a very clear conscience; he saved people with a purpose: to cure their illnesses and gain their gratitude in order to complete his mission.

It's simply a way to gain the opportunity to become stronger.

As for calling someone a good person... let's skip that.

He didn't want to portray himself as a good person and then have that title restrict his future actions.

Moreover, the term "good person" is not a good one. After all, good people should be held at gunpoint, and if a good person has even a little selfishness, they will be called a hypocrite.

Even a good person like Liu Bei, who did good deeds all his life, was ultimately condemned as a hypocrite by some people in later generations.

On the contrary, treacherous and ruthless figures like Cao Cao, who wantonly killed and massacred cities, were whitewashed by those people by calling it "true nature."

So as long as I don't claim to be a good person, I won't be called a hypocrite; on the contrary, some people will think I'm genuine.

And this is indeed Ning Feiliu's true nature.

Although he may be kind-hearted, he does not want to be forced to do anything under the guise of being a good person.

(End of this chapter)