Chapter 209: Revisiting Ye Lingling

Although Ning Feiliu is technically sixteen years old now according to the custom of adding a year once the new year passes.

He has not yet had his birthday, and according to the strict birthday-based age calculation method of the Douluo Continent, he is currently under sixteen. (The record for the youngest Soul Elder in the original work was calculated this way; passing the new year does not count as a year, only having a birthday counts as a full year.) A fifteen-year-old Soul King?

In the original work, Dai Mubai became a Soul Elder at thirteen and was already the youngest Soul Elder, yet Ning Feiliu achieved the Soul King realm at fifteen.

Judging by the cultivation of the young prodigies in the Spirit Master world during the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, being able to become a Soul Ancestor around the age of twenty is already considered top-tier talent.

The captains and vice-captains of the Five Elements Academies, such as Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, Yu Tianxin, Lei Tian... as well as the members of the two great imperial academy teams, all fall into this category.

Even... if the Golden Generation of the Spirit Hall had not appeared, they would be the top-tier genius Spirit Masters of the Douluo Continent.

And the reason the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation is called the Golden Generation is that the three of them, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, are not genius Spirit Masters that appear in every generation of the Spirit Hall.

So if that generation did not have the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation, nor the Shrek Seven Devils who consumed Immortal Herbs to rapidly increase their strength.

Then Feng Xiaotian and the others would be the top genius Spirit Masters of that generation on the Douluo Continent.

But even for the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation, someone like the youngest, Hu Liena, only broke through to the Soul King cultivation level at the age of nineteen.

Ning Feiliu at fifteen, breaking through to the Soul King realm four or five years earlier than the Golden Generation... what does this count as? At the very least, it is something Ning Fengzhi, the Sword Douluo, and the Bone Douluo have never heard of!

Ning Mingrui, who had just broken through to the Soul Ancestor realm, did not even know what to say.

However... Ning Feiliu is his younger brother, and he is very clear about how good Ning Feiliu's comprehension is and how fast his cultivation speed is.

Three years ago, Ning Feiliu was still a Spirit Master, but after nearly a year, he confessed to Ning Mingrui that he had transformed into a Soul Elder.

Breaking through two major realms, Great Soul Master and Soul Elder, in one year to achieve the position of Soul Elder.

Half a year later, Ning Feiliu broke through to become a Soul Ancestor.

Now, after going out for training for a year and a half, he has promoted to the Soul King realm...

This also seems acceptable, and after all, Ning Feiliu is a brother with whom he has a very good relationship...

Ning Feiliu could not be bothered to say anything more and directly released his soul power.

Instantly, Ning Fengzhi, the Sword Douluo, and the Bone Douluo all believed it.

In fact, even if Ning Feiliu did not release his soul power, they would still believe him.

After all, Ning Feiliu has no reason to lie, and his talent is right there for all to see.

"Good! Very good! Truly worthy of being the thousand-mile horse of my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect." Ning Fengzhi was beaming with joy at this moment.

A Soul Ancestor at fourteen, a Soul King at fifteen; he dared not even imagine how fast Ning Feiliu's breakthrough speed could be next.

Although it becomes increasingly difficult to break through and cultivation speed slows down as one reaches the later stages.

But if the cultivation speed is this fast even at the stage from Soul Ancestor to Soul King, then how slow could it possibly get later on?

It is like a student who can get near-perfect scores on their usual exams; as long as they perform normally in those major exams, how bad could their results be?

As Ning Feiliu's father, what Ning Fengzhi worries about most is not anything else, but that Ning Feiliu might have an unexpected "absence" during a future "major exam."

That is to say, he fears Ning Feiliu might accidentally fall.

As long as he does not accidentally fall, in the future, Ning Feiliu... will at the very least be able to break through to Title Douluo before the age of fifty.

Or, like Tang Hao, breaking through to the Title Douluo realm at forty-four is not impossible.

It could even be... breaking through to Title Douluo before the age of forty.

At the thought of this, the eyes of Ning Fengzhi, the Sword Douluo, and the Bone Douluo lit up.

They only need to wait twenty or thirty years to see the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect gain another Title Douluo.

By then, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will have three Title Douluo, and in the future, Ning Fengzhi might even obtain the Qiluo Tulip cultivated by Ning Feiliu, allowing his martial soul to evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and break through his shackles, reaching at least the realm of a Soul Douluo.

That would be invincible among the sects of the world; one must know that when the Clear Sky Sect had not yet retreated from the world, even counting Tang Hao who had just broken through, they only had three Title Douluo.

But at that time, Tang Hao had only just broken through to the Title Douluo realm when he severely wounded the then-Pope of the Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji; not long after returning, Qian Xunji died of his severe injuries, and then the Spirit Hall sent troops to sneak-attack the Clear Sky Sect.

It could be said that not long after the Clear Sky Sect reached its peak with three Title Douluo, the Clear Sky Sect fell.

Therefore, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with three Title Douluo definitely has the ability to reach the position of the number one sect on the continent.

But what they do not know is that the Clear Sky Sect has been in seclusion for over a decade and suddenly popped out five Title Douluo...

Even Tang Xiao, who had not been the Clear Sky Sect Master for long before announcing the closing of the mountain gates and was not yet a Title Douluo, absurdly not only broke through to the Title Douluo realm but also jumped straight to the ninety-seventh level...

The Sword Douluo spent over a decade in stagnation, and only after the Spirit Hall's Soul Hunting Operation attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and he lost an arm did he break through to the ninety-seventh level.

Tang Xiao just squatted in the Clear Sky Sect for a decade and broke through along the way...

One can only say it is a bit absurd.

Of course, the Sword Douluo, the Bone Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi could not have imagined the Clear Sky Sect would be so absurd; they only felt that within the next twenty or thirty years, after Ning Feiliu broke through to the Title Douluo realm, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would be able to rightfully claim the throne of the number one sect on the continent.

It could even be... that when Ning Feiliu and Dugu Yan come of age and marry, their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Poison Douluo Dugu Bo will become in-laws.

Even if Dugu Bo maintains the relationship of an in-law and does not join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

At that time, his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would still be equivalent to possessing three Title Douluo! Ning Feiliu did not think as much as Ning Fengzhi and the others; he just said to Ning Fengzhi, "Father, so I plan to go to the Star Dou Great Forest again after returning this time."

"Good! You rest for a while today, and at noon tomorrow, we will set off for the Star Dou Great Forest!" Ning Fengzhi said, "This time, what kind of Soul Ring do you want to absorb?"

"Just as I said before, I hope the next Soul Ring I absorb can be found from Soul Beasts like the Three-Headed Red Demon Hound, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, or the Hell Demon Dragon. As for the first Soul Ring I wish to re-absorb, I hope it is a Ten Thousand Year Diamond Tiger," Ning Feiliu answered immediately.

Because he had previously re-absorbed his first Soul Ring, which was a seven-thousand-year Diamond Tiger at the time, his choice for the first Soul Ring has now become the Diamond Tiger.

"A Diamond Tiger... that is also a rare and powerful Soul Beast, though easier to find than the Three-Headed Red Demon Hound, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, or the Hell Demon Dragon," the Bone Douluo said with a smile.

"The Three-Headed Red Demon Hound, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and the Hell Demon Dragon are also fine, though the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is rarer, and a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear... can fight against some Soul Beasts over fifty thousand years old," the Sword Douluo glanced at him and said.

"Alright, Feiliu, go back and rest for a while; we will set off together at noon tomorrow," Ning Fengzhi said with a smile.

"Alright, then I will trouble you, Father." Ning Feiliu stood up immediately and withdrew.

However, he did not go back to rest as Ning Fengzhi had said.

What rest does a Spirit Master need? Although Ning Feiliu does occasionally forgo cultivation in favor of sleep to have a good, hearty rest.

But he does not do it often, and he does not need to rest right now.

Instead, he left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect directly and went to... the medical clinic that once held many of his memories and nostalgia.

Heaven Dou City, commoner district.

A medical clinic that only hung a plaque reading "Medical Clinic" was, at this moment, neither bustling with business nor deserted. However, the patients coming and going were basically all in rags, looking like people who could not afford high medical fees.

Yet they were each carrying a bag, and from the tattered bags, one could see they contained medicinal materials, herbs, and the like.

Then, after they went inside, they would each come out holding a small, exquisite medicine packet while supporting their sick family members.

"Many thanks... many thanks, Miss Ye." This was accompanied by their grateful voices.

Ning Feiliu revealed a smile; it seemed that over this past year, Ye Lingling had still been following the rules he had originally set for the clinic when treating patients.

He immediately stopped hesitating and lifted his legs to walk toward the clinic.

But just at this moment...

"Are you... Little Doctor Ning?" A patient who had just walked out holding medicine looked at Ning Feiliu, who was walking toward him, paused, and said.

This immediately drew the attention of the other patients inside the clinic.

It had only been a little over a year since Ning Feiliu left Heaven Dou City; counting the time before he opened the clinic, he had been gone for about a year and a half.

With only a year and a half having passed, how could the patients have forgotten Ning Feiliu completely?

Ye Lingling, who had been treating patients in the clinic, heard the commotion from the other patients and heard that familiar address of "Little Doctor Ning," and her heart instantly fell into chaos.

Her jade-white neck, like that of a swan, lifted abruptly, looking urgently toward the direction of the clinic entrance that was surrounded by patients.

"It really is Little Doctor Ning!"

"Little Doctor Ning is back!"

"Little Doctor Ning, where have you been all this time? Why haven't we seen you?"

"Little Doctor Ning's medical skills are still better."

"What? Are you saying Miss Ye's medical skills aren't good?"

"No... it's just that Miss Ye is also very amazing, and Miss Ye is a Spirit Master, but purely in terms of medical skills, it's a little..."

Facing these patients, although Ning Feiliu basically didn't recognize many of them, he still felt a warmth in his heart.

"Alright everyone, I just went out traveling for a period of time." Ning Feiliu smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Everyone, go ahead and get busy... also, it's not good to be too excited when you're sick."

Immediately, those patients had no choice but to disperse; those who needed to go home went home, and those who needed to queue up queued up.

Then...

Ye Lingling finally saw that familiar face; he was still as holy and handsome as a moon god, and that oval face still carried a faint, gentle smile.

It was just that he had grown quite a bit taller; in this year, it seemed Ning Feiliu had grown to over 1.8 meters.

It really was... not to mention, the Spirit Masters of the Douluo Continent truly grew their bodies very quickly.

If there were no problems with their genes and martial soul—for example, if the martial soul was something like a land tortoise or a flying bird, the bodies of Spirit Masters generally developed very quickly.

The genes Ning Feiliu inherited from Ning Fengzhi were also fine; his older brother, Ning Mingrui, was already 1.9 meters tall at eighteen or nineteen.

So his height had also grown quite rapidly, even breaking through his height from his previous life.

In this second life, he could be considered to be a head above others.

Ning Feiliu, at this moment, looked at the gaze cast by Ye Lingling and smiled lightly.

"Lingling, long time no see." He said with a smile.

Yet this light smile of his stirred up huge waves and ripples in Ye Lingling's heart.

Ye Lingling felt her heart beating very fast, and her face was also very hot... fortunately, she was wearing a veil, so Ning Feiliu shouldn't have seen her current loss of composure.

But if she didn't answer his words for too long, he would also find it strange, right?

Thus, Ye Lingling directly pretended that nothing was wrong and said, "Feiliu... long time no see."

Just as she was thinking about what else to say to Ning Feiliu, whom she hadn't seen in a long time.

However, just at this moment...

"Miss... Miss Ye, could you please prescribe my medicine first, so I can take it and feel better so I can walk on my own?" The middle-aged man in front of Ye Lingling said, looking somewhat like he was about to cry.

He knew it wasn't appropriate for him to say this now, but he was really feeling very uncomfortable...

Even if Miss Ye and Little Doctor Ning were reunited after a long time, his life was also a life; couldn't they finish treating him before chatting?

Ye Lingling's pretty face instantly turned red, and Ning Feiliu chuckled at this moment and said, "Lingling, let's finish treating this uncle first... tell me the prescription you're writing, and I'll help you gather the medicine."

Ye Lingling nodded immediately and then began to treat the middle-aged man in front of her.

Soon, she finished diagnosing the middle-aged man's illness and provided a prescription.

"Deer Essence Anti-Parasite Tablet, 6 tablets, two tablets per dose..."

"Anti-Inflammatory Purple Ice Deer Antler Capsule, 3 capsules, one capsule per dose..."

"Anti-Scurvy Rabbit Bone Pill, 9 pills..."

Ning Feiliu followed Ye Lingling's instructions to gather the medicine; these prescriptions of Ye Lingling's all came from his research, so he was naturally not unfamiliar with them.

Moreover, after Ning Feiliu left, even when Ye Lingling made medicine, she followed Ning Feiliu's standards, and the drawers where the medicine was kept had labels, so Ning Feiliu naturally wouldn't grab the wrong ones.

At the same time, he was also evaluating the prescription Ye Lingling had written in his heart.

Although it was only a not-too-serious case of septic parasite infection, the prescription Ye Lingling wrote was quite accurate, and Ning Feiliu couldn't find any faults.

"Here." Ning Feiliu directly handed a portion of the medicine and a cup of hot water to the middle-aged man first.

After the middle-aged man drank it on the spot, his complexion improved quite a bit, and only then did he take the remaining medicine packets and leave.

"Many thanks, many thanks, Miss Ye, Little Doctor Ning."

He hurried away.

And at this time, there were still two or three patients, and Ning Feiliu and Ye Lingling cooperated to finish treating them as well.

After the patients left one after another, finally, only Ning Feiliu and Ye Lingling remained in the medical clinic.

(End of chapter)