Chapter 132: Death Anniversary (4K)

The status of Ning Feiliu's fake identity, "Yafei," in Ning Fengzhi's heart was elevated once again; he was such a creative and exceptionally gifted genius Spirit Master.

The most crucial part was that he had not yet joined any sect.

Even though "Yafei" already had a teacher, this did not count for much on the Douluo Continent.

Sects on the Douluo Continent were more like alliances rather than lineages, so they would not conflict with an existing teacher.

They did not even conflict with academies.

For example, in the original plot, Ma Hongjun was Flender's student, but Ma Hongjun later joined the Tang Sect.

Or in Peerless Tang Sect, Huo Yuhao joined the Tang Sect first, then joined Shrek Academy, and later took Rong Nianbing as his teacher; none of this was a problem.

In essence, this showed that sects were Spirit Master alliances for mutual aid, or clans of Spirit Masters with the same martial soul, while academies were places for temporary study; none of this conflicted with taking a master.

Ning Fengzhi naturally had his own ideas; after all, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect itself was a sect that relied heavily on external Spirit Master powerhouses.

Otherwise, relying solely on direct descendants who were all Auxiliary System Spirit Masters with no combat ability, they would never be able to guard that vast wealth and would only end up as money-making tools for the strong.

Therefore, every generation of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Masters would scout and collect those civilian genius Spirit Masters who had not joined any faction to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then use various methods to make these Spirit Masters willingly serve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

The best method among these was naturally marriage...

So, in many Douluo fan-fictions, there was a reason why Ning Fengzhi held the title of "Daughter-Gifting Douluo."

Ning Fengzhi was also delighted to find such a talent in the civilian genius Spirit Master "Yafei."

It was just that he did not know that the true identity of "Yafei" was actually his third son, Ning Feiliu, whom he had always ignored.

That auction of the Mysterious Water Pill, which had been far more sensational than the one for the soul bone Dugu Yan had absorbed previously, came to an end.

Without any surprise, it was auctioned off for the sky-high price of 1.2 million Gold Soul Coins by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, whose financial power was unrivaled across the entire Douluo Continent and was said to be as wealthy as a nation.

This made the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect gnash their teeth; they could only say that when facing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they truly felt stifled.

When comparing wealth, they could not compare to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; when fighting, they could not win; time and again, they could only sit and watch as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect bought the treasures, with no way to stop them.

And the sky-high price that the Mysterious Water Pill fetched at this auction truly exceeded the expectations of Ning Feiliu and Dugu Bo.

Previously, they had only intended to sell it for a few hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins; they never expected it to sell for the high price of 1.2 million!

However, Ning Feiliu thought about it carefully: in the original plot, Ning Fengzhi had spent 100,000 Gold Soul Coins on that Hidden Weapon, Hidden Sand Shadow, for Tang San.

Later, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect spent 5 million Gold Soul Coins to buy 500 sets of Tang San's Hidden Weapons, and those were just ordinary ones.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was truly wealthy; in the original plot, to thank Tang San for that Qiluo Tulip, Ning Fengzhi had given 2 million Gold Soul Coins as a reward.

As a pill that was one of the few things in this era capable of improving talent, Ning Fengzhi was certainly determined to win it.

What was a mere 1.2 million Gold Soul Coins?

The main thing was to make more preparations for Ning Rongrong to upgrade her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul into an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, making it more likely for her to aim for the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in the future.

For Ning Rongrong, who had taken the Mysterious Water Pill to raise her Innate Level Nine Spirit Power to Innate Full Spirit Power, the probability of her martial soul quality improving would be even greater.

Just like that, Ning Feiliu and Dugu Bo had made a killing.

The listed price for a Mysterious Water Pill in Peerless Tang Sect was only 10,000 Gold Soul Coins, but this Mysterious Water Pill had been made by Ning Feiliu himself with materials provided by Dugu Bo.

Its true production cost was not even 5,000 Gold Soul Coins, let alone 10,000.

And yet, they had sold just one, and the price had multiplied by more than two hundred times.

This was more than just a ten-thousand-fold profit; it was practically like scooping up money with a sack!

After absorbing the Mysterious Water Pill, Ning Rongrong had also increased her soul power by one level, and her talent had indeed improved, directly confirming the efficacy of the Mysterious Water Pill.

Originally, the major factions in Heaven Dou City that hadn't won the auction could comfort themselves by saying that perhaps the Mysterious Water Pill's efficacy was fake, or that it hadn't been advertised as exaggeratedly as claimed.

Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was also a bit skeptical, they had Dugu Bo's reputation backing it up, and with their wealth, they were indeed qualified to spend a large sum to test it.

So they had won the Mysterious Water Pill and given it to Ning Rongrong to take, proving that it was indeed real.

This made all the major factions in Heaven Dou City go nearly insane; the efficacy of the Mysterious Water Pill had already been proven true.

If their own family or sect successors took the Mysterious Water Pill in the future and their talent advanced further, then they would be more likely to break through to the Title Douluo realm!

Once a family or sect could possess a Title Douluo in the future because of this, the Gold Soul Coins spent to buy the Mysterious Water Pill would be but a single hair off an ox!

Immediately, these major factions all began to secretly raise funds, preparing to buy one at the next auction of the Mysterious Water Pill at all costs.

Ning Fengzhi even wanted to ask Dugu Bo again if there were any more Mysterious Water Pills, and he was willing to buy another one for 1 million Gold Soul Coins...

Dugu Bo had also become clever; he immediately put on a troubled look, saying that the materials for the Mysterious Water Pill were hard to find, the refining was extremely difficult, it required absorbing Sun Moon Essence, and it could only be refined when the Sun and Moon were at their peak; it had taken half a year just to gather the materials for this one, and he had to wait for the right day to refine it.

Ning Fengzhi actually believed him; after all, for hundreds of thousands of years on the Douluo Continent, there had indeed never been any pill that could directly improve talent, or even improve soul power.

The current Spirit Master civilization of the Douluo Continent was trash, so it was understandable that they couldn't invent this thing.

But even the ancient Douluo Continent, which had created Soul Guidance Devices and was brilliant and magnificent, had not created such a pill, proving that this pill was indeed rare, scarce, and made of very precious materials.

However, a mere year?

How could the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect not afford to wait?

It was only a year.

Ning Fengzhi even quietly suggested to Dugu Bo that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect use the power of the entire sect to help Dugu Bo collect the materials for refining the Mysterious Water Pill, and then, for the price of ten sets of materials plus 1 million Gold Soul Coins, have Dugu Bo refine the pills, and no matter how many were refined, leave one for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect...

After all, judging by the starting price of the Mysterious Water Pill, the materials were precious, but at most they would only cost 100,000 Gold Soul Coins.

Ten sets of Mysterious Water Pill materials would be 1 million Gold Soul Coins, and with the manpower and resources of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, it might even be less.

Pre-ordering a Mysterious Water Pill for 2 million Gold Soul Coins was a very good deal!

In any case, in the eyes of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, any problem that could be solved with money was not a problem!

However, Dugu Bo politely declined; first of all, the formula for the Mysterious Water Pill could not be leaked, though perhaps he could mix in other extremely expensive and rare Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures to fool them, as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect wouldn't know anyway.

Secondly, the Mysterious Water Pill could not be refined in large quantities so easily, at least not in a way that the outside world knew, which would drive the price of the Mysterious Water Pill down.

Dugu Bo still understood the principle of hoarding goods for a higher price.

The key was...

Ning Feiliu's attitude, which had consistently shown that he was not very close to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect during this period.

Otherwise, Dugu Bo could have done a favor for his future in-laws however he wanted; let alone one million Gold Soul Coins, even ten thousand Gold Soul Coins per pill wouldn't have been out of the question.

After all, he wasn't exactly short on money.

Facing Dugu Bo's refusal, Ning Fengzhi expressed his understanding.

After all, if it were him possessing a pill formula that seized the wonders of heaven and earth, he certainly wouldn't let just anyone know what the ingredients for the formula were.

However, he did not know that Dugu Bo still had two Mysterious Water Pills in his possession...

At this moment, Dugu Bo also changed his mind; he would have to wait at least a year to sell the second one, letting these guys in Heaven Dou City get hooked like top-mouthed fish before bringing it out for auction.

Not to mention anything else, although the Mysterious Water Pill didn't have any preservatives added, wouldn't it last for over a decade if kept in a Soul Guidance Device...

Ning Feiliu, on the other hand, had already received his dividends; without realizing it, his personal wealth was becoming increasingly abundant.

However, he was a wealthy young master to begin with, receiving one hundred Gold Soul Coins a month.

But right now, his personal wealth had increased nearly ten thousand times over; there was the previous income from selling Soul Guidance Devices, the dividend income from the Heaven Dou Great Auction House, and this time, the fifty-plus thousand Gold Soul Coins from the fifty-fifty split—the auction proceeds of the Mysterious Water Pill, from which the Heaven Dou Great Auction House deducted several thousand Gold Soul Coins as a service fee.

(I can't be bothered to look up what the commission and service fees of the Heaven Dou Great Auction House were in the original plot, and it's not important anyway.)

All in all, excluding the medical clinic which was purely losing money to build a reputation and complete tasks, his total income did indeed reach a million Gold Soul Coins.

In his past life, that would have made him a young billionaire; tsk tsk, a thirteen-year-old billionaire.

Ning Feiliu thought to himself and felt quite pleased.

But at this moment, his eldest brother Ning Mingrui came to find him.

"Feiliu."

Hearing this familiar voice, Ning Feiliu immediately turned around with a smile and called out, "Eldest Brother."

However, it wasn't just Ning Mingrui who came, but also his second brother Ning Shouzong, his fourth brother Ning Xiaosi, his fifth brother Ning Xiaowu, and also...

Ning Rongrong.

The moment he saw Ning Rongrong, Ning Feiliu frowned slightly.

He truly disliked from the bottom of his heart this troublemaking witch who had caused the death of the original body; this so-called younger sister was spoiled, willful, and acted exactly like a man-eating flower.

But in the eyes of outsiders, Ning Rongrong was his sister.

And... no one knew that Ning Rongrong had once caused the death of the brother who loved her the most.

Ning Feiliu was still alive and well, having only fallen ill after falling into the water; it didn't even count as a serious injury.

Therefore, even Eldest Brother Ning Mingrui felt that Ning Feiliu could forgive Ning Rongrong, right?

At most, he would seek a little justice for Ning Feiliu, and then the two siblings would reconcile.

After all, blood is thicker than water, and the two were siblings born of the same father and mother.

But Ning Feiliu could not forgive Ning Rongrong.

Even for the sake of the original owner of this body, he absolutely could not forgive Ning Rongrong.

It was just that he couldn't do anything to Ning Rongrong right now.

But that didn't mean Ning Feiliu couldn't give her a cold look.

So, as soon as Ning Feiliu saw Ning Rongrong, after frowning slightly, his face instantly turned dark.

Seeing Ning Feiliu's expression, Ning Rongrong also knew that Ning Feiliu still had no good feelings toward her.

But did she think she really wanted to give this good-for-nothing brother a pleasant look?

She was the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and her father and two grandfathers doted on her the most; especially since she had recently taken the Mysterious Water Pill, she was already a peerless genius with Innate Full Spirit Power!

"Hmph!" She gave a dainty huff and stood with her arms crossed.

Meanwhile, Ye Lingling and the other patients, who had originally stood up intending to clear some space, felt the atmosphere was off and froze in place.

"If you don't want to be here, then get lost," Ning Feiliu said coldly, "What are you putting on an act for?"

"Fine! You good-for-nothing!" Ning Rongrong's temper flared up too, "I don't want to serve you either; you think this is some great place?"

However, Ning Feiliu remained unmoved; he didn't care about painless insults like "good-for-nothing," especially since he wasn't a good-for-nothing anymore.

Lies don't hurt people; the truth is the sharp blade.

He would be happy to see Ning Rongrong get lost quickly.

"Rongrong! Feiliu!" At this moment, Ning Mingrui, the eldest brother, stepped forward and shouted.

Ning Feiliu's expression returned to a slight indifference; he was doing this to save face for Ning Mingrui, but he still wished Ning Rongrong would get lost quickly.

Ning Rongrong, however, didn't even bother to give Ning Mingrui any face and turned to leave.

"Rongrong! Today is Mother's death anniversary!" Ning Mingrui shouted immediately.

Ning Rongrong stopped in her tracks; clearly, the original mother still held a significant place in her heart.

Ning Feiliu then remembered that it seemed his eldest brother had said earlier that they would go to their mother's grave to pay their respects on the day of her death anniversary.

So today was the death anniversary of the original mother?

"Feiliu, today is Mother's death anniversary. I hope you two... will give Mother some face and go to her grave together to pay your respects," Ning Mingrui pleaded, "Don't make Mother feel sad if she comes back to see this on this day."

The dead are to be respected, especially since this was the original mother; Ning Feiliu, who had occupied someone else's body, felt his expression soften slightly.

"I'll give you and the others some face... let's go," Ning Feiliu said immediately, "But if you, this shrew, dare to spout filth again, I won't tolerate you."

Hearing Ning Feiliu's words, Ning Rongrong didn't lose her temper again, but still said, "If you don't provoke me, I can't be bothered to care about you."

"Best," Ning Feiliu said indifferently.

Then, he said a word to Ye Lingling and the patients in the medical clinic, closed the clinic, and followed Ning Mingrui and the other brothers toward the grave of the original mother.

Along the way, he and Ning Rongrong did not have any further conflicts.

He just chatted with Ning Mingrui and the other brothers.

"Feiliu, how is your cultivation now?" Ning Shouzong asked Ning Feiliu about his cultivation with a smile, "I recently found a piece of Colored Jade; practicing on Colored Jade can speed things up quite a bit. Do you want it?"

Just as mentioned before, for a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit Master, the best simulated cultivation environment was a place piled with precious gold and jade treasures; after all, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was a treasure-type martial soul, and practicing in such a place could yield twice the result with half the effort.

Ning Feiliu, however, shook his head with a smile and said, "No need, thank you, Second Brother."

His cultivation was now far ahead of Ning Mingrui and Ning Shouzong, so it was better to leave it for Ning Shouzong to use himself.

The protagonist will not forgive Ning Rongrong; the eldest brother will offer advice, but he will absolutely not forgive her. The subsequent path is the personality correction of Ning Rongrong, which is to support Ning Rongrong for a while at Shrek Academy for the sake of the eldest brother, making Ning Rongrong tearfully grateful, and later chasing after the protagonist crying and shouting "Brother, I'm sorry" and the like.

A B-grade user made me laugh earlier, saying in the comments section that the protagonist was still fawning over Ning Rongrong after being killed by her; is this what you call fawning?

I don't understand some people's logic. The main plan is to follow the majority's opinion and go with the personality correction of Ning Rongrong. Otherwise, following the original train of thought, one could indeed expel Ning Rongrong and then finish her off, but for now, let's stick with the personality correction of Ning Rongrong.

(End of this chapter)