Chapter 25: Discipline

"What are you doing?" Dugu Yan looked at the various glass laboratory instruments, various medicinal materials, and various chemical components extracted in the laboratory, as well as the Kun Kuns nearby, and asked curiously.

"Doing some research," Ning Feiliu responded casually.

"Research? This is so strange; what are the things here?" Dugu Yan curiously picked up a glass bottle containing light blue powder and asked.

"Anti-inflammatory Purple Ice Deer Antler Amino Acid?" She looked at the label on it and read it out curiously.

"It is an active ingredient extracted from the antlers of the Purple Ice Eight-Legged Deer," Ning Feiliu said, not intending to hide anything. "Doesn't the Deer God Hemostasis Pill stop bleeding and reduce inflammation? The main active part is the antlers of the Purple Ice Eight-Legged Deer, and here, the part that truly works is this component."

"Component?" Dugu Yan was a bit confused.

These specialized terms from modern chemistry made her understand some things, but not others.

"For example, take a cup of salt water; how is salt water made?" Ning Feiliu gave an example. "It is formed by combining salt and water, so salt is one of the components of salt water. Everything in the world is like this; biological body fluids and bone keratin are all composed of various components."

"And among these, different components have different effects. For instance, with this Anti-inflammatory Purple Ice Deer Antler Amino Acid in the Purple Ice Eight-Legged Deer antlers, through my research, this is the component that truly works. As for the other components, they also have different effects."

Ning Feiliu began to take out other extracted chemical organic components. "This one has a refreshing effect, and this one has a certain stimulating effect after direct injection..."

"You are really... so amazing!" Dugu Yan could not help but exclaim.

As for why, and the mechanism of action, they did not know.

She had a premonition that the medicine Ning Feiliu made this way would definitely have better effects than traditional medicine!

"Actually, it's like learning a prescription; it's like a medicinal formula where the ingredients are all different, but their respective functions are also different," Ning Feiliu naturally had an explanation ready. "So I was thinking whether medicinal materials are the same, and I have tried soaking medicinal materials in water at different temperatures, and the colors were all different, so I thought this might be a way to separate different components."

He spoke eloquently, occasionally taking out a Kun Ge to demonstrate.

Naturally, he did not have that much time; he could only simply use small experimental animals to determine the pharmacological effects of the drug components, and then put them into actual use.

Not to mention conducting experiments.

Experiments are absolutely full of tedium; how many chemistry students in his past life wept bitterly in the laboratory.

Making her study medical books and toxicology usually made her feel like it was a huge nuisance.

"It's just that it requires a lot of time to do experiments," Ning Feiliu shook his head helplessly. "Extracting various drug components from one medicinal material, and then conducting pharmacological experiments, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time."

Even her grandfather had never said that the same medicinal material could be separated into various components, and that they had more specific functions.

"Little Feiliu... how do you know all this?" Dugu Yan asked curiously.

This made Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes gradually brighten, though it was the first time she had heard of this theory.

He was only doing simple pharmacological experiments; if he were to really do complete pharmacological experiments, he was afraid that a single drug component would take several months, or even half a year.

The main point was not being afraid of accidents.

"It is so troublesome..." Dugu Yan frowned when she heard Ning Feiliu say this.

This was the limitation of traditional medicine; under empiricism, they did know what kind of effects this medicinal material had.

"And if these specific active components were further purified and made into medicine like refined salt, would the effect be better, and would it be easier for patients to swallow?"

Although Ning Feiliu was not a chemistry major, he had deep experience from doing physics experiments when he was in university in his past life...

However...

"It's alright, I'll just take it slow," Ning Feiliu said.

No matter what, he needed to gain Dugu Bo's trust through this path, and then complete the task of defying the heavens and changing his fate.

So, let alone this path being full of tedium, even if it were covered in thorns and deep ravines, he would firmly walk down it!

"By the way, there are people outside your clinic again," Dugu Yan said.

"Hmm... let's end the experiment here; I'll treat the patients first," Ning Feiliu had not forgotten the task of treating people to complete his mission.

He and Dugu Yan walked into the clinic like this and opened the clinic doors.

Today... there were even more patients coming to see the doctor.

But this was exactly what Ning Feiliu wanted!

After curing more than a dozen more patients, Ning Feiliu and Dugu Yan then returned to their respective homes.

It was just that as soon as Ning Feiliu returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect...

"Ning—Fei—Liu—!!" A delicate, yet childish voice full of anger came directly from afar.

Ning Feiliu frowned, watching a cute and beautiful girl who looked only six or seven years old, accompanied by two panicked maids, walking toward him angrily.

The little girl looked like she was carved from jade, as cute as an exquisite porcelain doll, and her facial features were somewhat similar to Ning Feiliu's.

It was just that her eyes were almond-shaped, appearing more graceful and delicate, and she was full of arrogance and wealth.

While Ning Feiliu's eyes were willow-leaf shaped, appearing more cold and aloof.

Ning Feiliu looked indifferently at this little girl who looked somewhat similar to his current face as she came before him.

Without a doubt, she was his dear younger sister in this life, the future successor of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect—Ning Rongrong.

It was also because she kicked the original owner into the lake, causing the original owner to die, that Ning Feiliu was able to occupy this body.

But Ning Feiliu would not be grateful to Ning Rongrong for this.

Ning Rongrong came to him angrily, obviously just released from three days of confinement.

"You guy! Aren't you still alive?!" She said viciously. "And you told on me to Dad, causing me to be punished by Dad and locked in the Library for three days! Three days!"

Ning Feiliu felt a bit amused listening to her words.

Only locked up for three days, and such a big reaction?

The original owner was directly killed by you!

And what do you mean by "aren't you still alive"?

Even if Ning Feiliu had a good temper, he was angered to the point of laughing at this moment.

"What do you mean by 'aren't you still alive'?" Ning Feiliu looked at her coldly. "Do you know how malicious your behavior was? I am your brother! If I had really died, what would you have done?"

"Wouldn't it be better if a piece of trash like you died?!" Ning Rongrong snorted stubbornly at this time. "You are just a piece of trash with Innate Soul Power level four; are you worthy of being my brother?! And aren't you still alive, you piece of trash? What are you yelling about?!"

Hearing this, Ning Feiliu's anger grew even more, and he was angered to the point of laughing.

"It seems you are unrepentant," he said with a cold sneer. "With such a vile personality, if I, as your brother, do not discipline you, should I leave it for outsiders to do so instead?!"

Ning Feiliu grabbed Ning Rongrong's hands directly, which startled everyone present!

"Ning Feiliu! You!"

(End of chapter)