Chapter 16: Misunderstanding

This girl... really loves to laugh.

Ning Feiliu looked at Dugu Yan, who was laughing incessantly before him, and thought helplessly to himself.

"You should wipe your sweat first." Dugu Yan couldn't stop laughing, but she took a plain white silk handkerchief from her portable Soul Guidance Device, the Precious Wonder Pouch, and handed it to Ning Feiliu.

Ning Feiliu hesitated for a moment and refused, saying, "No need, my sweat will dirty your handkerchief."

"Just wipe it." Dugu Yan did not give him a chance to refuse and threw it directly onto his face.

The sweat on Ning Feiliu's forehead soaked the handkerchief, so he had no choice but to take it and wipe the sweat from his forehead and face.

"I'll help you wash it clean and then return it to you." After wiping his sweat, he did not give it back to Dugu Yan, but instead put it away solemnly and said.

"Sure." A hint of a smile appeared on Dugu Yan's pretty face as she said.

"Sorry... for keeping you waiting so long." After putting away the handkerchief, Ning Feiliu apologized formally and very obediently.

"Hmph hmph!" Dugu Yan rolled her beautiful eyes and said, "You know you kept me waiting? I waited for almost an hour!"

"If you accompany me shopping, I'll forgive you!" Dugu Yan rolled her eyes again at this moment and said.

So, as for treating her to a meal or making amends, he didn't know if Dugu Yan would accept.

In his past life, he wasn't used to verbal apologies; he would always make amends to friends, or perhaps treat them to a meal.

But the thought that this little girl might one day see that medical clinic of his crossed his mind.

Moreover, there was really no need to hide anything from Dugu Yan.

In his past life, let alone two hours, even waiting for half an hour was enough to make people angry.

"Ah?" Ning Feiliu was somewhat surprised.

"I..." Ning Feiliu hesitated for a moment.

He said directly, "Actually, I'm planning to open a medical clinic recently..."

She didn't know that Ning Feiliu was the third son of Ning Fengzhi, but the fact that the direct disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were wealthy was known to everyone in Heaven Dou City.

Dugu Yan did not allow him to think; she came directly behind him and pushed him, causing him to stagger.

But looking at Dugu Yan before him, she was definitely a richer woman than he, the son of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master.

"By the way, what business did you have today that made you come so late?" Dugu Yan blinked her beautiful eyes again, staring at him as she asked.

"Let's go, let's go!" She said with a giggle.

"Alright..." Ning Feiliu said somewhat helplessly.

Ning Feiliu felt even more apologetic, and he said, "Really... I'm very sorry, how about... how about I..."

One hour, which was equivalent to two hours in Ning Feiliu's past life.

"Hurry up, accompany me shopping! I want to buy some clothes for my grandfather, and you, as a man, can just give me some opinions!"

After all, they had only known each other for a short time...

"It was an hour!"

"A medical clinic?" Dugu Yan said curiously, "Why are you opening a medical clinic? Aren't you a disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? You shouldn't be short of money, right?"

Even if Ning Feiliu were the most ordinary direct disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, a monthly sect allowance of ten Gold Soul Coins would be completely effortless.

Moreover, the allowance system of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is determined by the disciple's soul power level; the higher the cultivation, the higher the allowance one can receive.

A direct disciple at the Spirit Master level can get ten Gold Soul Coins, and at the Great Soul Master level, they can receive fifty Gold Soul Coins.

At the Soul Elder level, they can receive two hundred Gold Soul Coins, and there is no upper limit.

Even at the Soul Emperor and Soul Saint levels, the monthly allowance is issued based on a portion of the sect's business profits.

Like the several elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect who have reached the Soul Saint level, it is effortless for them to receive over a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins from the sect every month.

Outer sect disciples can also receive quite a lot of allowance; although it cannot compare to direct disciples, it is still much more than the allowance received from the Spirit Hall every month.

The most critical point is that the Spirit Master Subsidy from the Spirit Hall cannot be claimed after reaching the Soul Ancestor level.

But the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect still issues monthly allowances to Spirit Masters above the Soul Ancestor level.

It is indeed a hallmark of being wealthy and imposing.

But the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect also has a large family and a big business; the monthly issuance of millions of Gold Soul Coins does not hurt its foundation at all.

Therefore, direct disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect do not need to do business themselves; if they do business, it is to help manage the businesses within the sect.

For example, because their inherited martial soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, has a special ability—a special sensitivity to precious metals and gemstones, as well as powerful treasure appraisal capabilities.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect therefore deals in mining gemstones and precious metal ores, and has a powerful intuition for antiques and special treasures—a disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect can tell at a glance whether something is a treasure.

So, in a situation where Ning Feiliu is not short of money, saying he wants to open a medical clinic...

This is something Dugu Yan cannot understand at all.

"It's not a question of money..." Ning Feiliu said subconsciously.

But when he got to the end, he didn't know how to say it anymore.

The reason he is opening a medical clinic is to complete tasks, then win over Dugu Bo, and then complete tasks to obtain the Crescent Moon Spirit Group Forging Method to defy the heavens and change his fate to gain the ability to fight.

But how could he say this? Even if Dugu Yan believed this story of his, telling her directly that Ning Feiliu's goal was her grandfather...

That would simply be courting death!

Dugu Yan looked at Ning Feiliu's hesitant appearance and thought of Ning Feiliu's meddling yesterday.

He is just a bleeding heart who doesn't want to admit he is a bleeding heart.

So... is he opening a medical clinic to help those commoners who cannot afford medical treatment?

At this moment, Ning Feiliu suddenly thought of a good excuse and said, "Actually, I just want to... learn medicine and Pharmacology while practicing, and improve my pharmaceutical level in the process of opening a clinic to help people treat illnesses."

What he said was actually true.

He just wants to complete tasks by helping commoners treat illnesses and improve his Pharmacology level.

"And you still say you aren't a bleeding heart..." Dugu Yan couldn't help but retort immediately.

"Ah? How am I a bleeding heart again?" Ning Feiliu was a bit confused.

"You say it's to open a medical clinic to help improve your own level of medicine," Dugu Yan said, her beautiful eyes staring straight at him, "but in reality, you just can't stand to see everyone suffering from illness and pain. You really are such a big, big, big, big, big pushover!"

"I'm not..." Ning Feiliu shook his head helplessly, denying it.

To be honest, if it weren't for triggering those two quests yesterday, he wouldn't have thought about opening a medical clinic at all.

He just wanted to complete those two quests, improve his level of Pharmacology, and then go and win over Dugu Bo.

He wasn't so saintly that he couldn't tolerate a shred of suffering in his eyes.

"Hmph! You're just being stubborn!" Dugu Yan gave a delicate huff, "Your mouth is even stiffer than my grandfather's!"

"However, how is your current level of Pharmacology?" she asked curiously again.

(End of chapter)