Mushroom Man

Chapter 158 Cultivating the Dantian, Calm and Tranquil

"The next step is to cultivate the dantian and improve cultivation level."

"A top-tier dantian, let me see your limits..."

Wu Liang narrowed his eyes and crossed his legs.

With a thought, his consciousness sank into his dantian.

That was a dantian measuring eight acres.

The dantian is rich in soil, surrounded by a long river of silvery true energy.

Perhaps because the mushroom poisoning had been completely eliminated, his entire dantian was radiating vitality.

The six-turn immortal mushroom, with its blue appearance, resides firmly in the very center of the dantian, like an emperor, its nobility beyond description.

Around it, the False Mushroom and other third-stage mushrooms humbly submitted, willingly becoming 'subjects' and protecting that 'emperor'.

As for the other second-stage mushrooms and first-stage mushrooms, they don't even have the qualifications to surround the Bodhi Seedless Mushroom; they can only be squeezed out to the edge of the Dantian.

The five-turn Lonely Mushroom that Wu Liang had previously seized was the most low-key.

The Lonely Mushroom grew alone in the corner, as if it were being isolated and bullied, with no sense of presence whatsoever.

Even Wu Liang almost forgot that he had such a gold-devouring monster inside him!
Fortunately, generally speaking, the higher the mushroom turnover rate, the more it costs to feed, but at the same time, the longer the feeding interval.

From the first to the third stage, they all need to be fed monthly.

For mushrooms at the fourth and fifth stages, the feeding interval becomes one year.

Although it costs 1,000 silver water per year for the fourth rank and 10,000 silver water per year for the fifth rank, the good thing is that you don't have to bother feeding it every month.

Each five-stage mushroom needs to consume 10,000 drops of silver water every year, which is an extremely exaggerated number.

It's not something an ordinary mushroom grower could afford.

Of course, no mushroom grower would be foolish enough to use silver to feed high-yield mushrooms.

Most mushroom growers, including Abbot Shanren, are able to afford five-stage mushroom cultivation because they actually rely on mushroom substrate for feeding.

Each mushroom has its own specific food source; for example, the Deception Mushroom needs lies, and so on.

Feeding low-yield mushrooms with silver water is simply a matter of convenience.

When the mushrooms reach a high growth stage, the mushroom growers need to find the appropriate food to feed them.

This is why many fifth-level mushroom masters spontaneously branch out and form families or even powerful forces.

The purpose is actually to provide food for their mushrooms for their descendants.

Fortunately, the Lonely Mushroom in Wu Liang's hand did not require difficult-to-find food.

It only needs mushroom toxins to feed it, and can be self-sufficient to some extent.

All Wu needs to do is spread the mushroom toxins and harvest them every year to feed the mushrooms.

however……

Wu Liang is currently only at the second-stage advanced level. If he wants to activate this fifth-stage Lonely Mushroom and plant the mushroom poison in others, he needs to be at least at the fourth stage.

In other words, it would be wishful thinking for Wu Liang to feed Lonely Mushrooms before he reaches the fourth or even fifth rank.

"Ugh……"

"So what if there are high-yield mushroom varieties?"

"If you can't afford to raise them, everything else is in vain."

Wu Liang sighed, but didn't pay too much attention to it.

Anyway, it will be at least a year before we can feed the Lonely Mushroom.

With his first-class dantian aptitude, he might be able to reach the fourth level within a year.

Upon realizing this, he immediately suppressed his distracting thoughts and began to use the river of true energy to irrigate his dantian.

For mushroom growers, the dantian can be seen, to some extent, as a mushroom.

The mushroom grower needs to continuously irrigate and nourish the dantian (the core area) to allow it to grow strong until it can support more mushrooms.

"Crash..."

The true qi flowed through the dantian, nourishing every inch of the land.

At the same time, the blue auricle seemed like a bottomless pit, endlessly gushing out a long river of true energy.

This also resulted in some of the true energy that Wu Liang used to nourish his dantian being diverted to Jian Shou Qing.

Fortunately, this impact is nothing for Wu Liang, who has a top-tier dantian.

As the river of true energy continuously washes over the dantian, the dantian begins to slowly grow, inch by inch.

This is destined to be a long and arduous process. An eight-acre dantian needs to grow to ten acres before it can be called the peak of the second stage.

A night passed in the blink of an eye...

Wu Liang did not feel tired; on the contrary, he was full of energy.

A first-class dantian, truly worthy of being called a first-class dantian.

After Wu Liang began to cultivate seriously, his superior talent was fully displayed.

In just one night, Wu Liang's dantian grew two sizes larger!

As is well known, one mu (亩) is equal to ten fen (十地).

At this rate, Wu Liang can increase the size of one mu (approximately 0.16 acres) in five nights.

If he cultivates day and night, he can improve his dantian by one acre in just two and a half days.

All things considered, it would take five days to advance from the advanced stage of the second rank to the peak of the second rank.

This speed of cultivation is simply astonishing.

What is a prodigy? This is a prodigy!

However, this was not Wu Liang's normal cultivation speed, but rather the speed achieved by recklessly squandering silver water.

Without the silver water, Wu Liang could only cleanse his dantian once a night at most before his true qi river would be completely depleted.

With the silver water, Wu Liang no longer needed to worry about his true qi river drying up; he could simply burn money like crazy and keep flushing his dantian.

However, it is conceivable that increasing cultivation speed in this way would consume a considerable amount of resources.

And it is indeed true...

For every 1 fen (a unit of land area) that Wu Liang's dantian increases, he needs to consume about ten drops of silver water. Two mu (another unit of land area) is twenty fen, which means Wu Liang needs to consume two hundred drops of silver water to reach the peak of the second stage within five days.

Of course, the cost is terrifying, but compared to buying a second-stage Relic Mushroom, it's still much more cost-effective.

Furthermore, for Wu Liang at present, there is no need to worry about these two hundred drops of silver water in the short term.

"call……"

Wu Liang opened his eyes, pulling himself out of his focused state of cultivation.

Just then, Tie Nu entered the tent to report back.

After a night of running around and making arrangements, he had already arranged everything that Wu Liang had instructed him to do.

First, there were one hundred ordinary slaves, all of whom have now been placed by the Iron Slaves in a secluded cave in Bajiao Mountain.

Secondly, there are various kinds of mushroom substrate, most of which are modified mushroom substrate.

"Blood duct mushroom material is not available on the market at all..."

"As far as I'm concerned, I have no choice but to settle for second best and buy some slaves to serve as bloodline mushroom materials."

"If you want to improve your strength, the Blood Path is of paramount importance. It's always a good idea to prepare more Blood Path mushrooms."

"As for those transforming mushroom materials, they can be used to refine appearance mushrooms, and even to refine other mushrooms in the killing move of 'Human Face Without Constant Form'."

Wu Liang's eyes flickered, and the thought vanished in an instant.

He stroked his chin, making some plans for his upcoming cultivation journey.

His cultivation level is currently low, making him somewhat constrained in everything he does.

Therefore, at the very least, one must wait until one has reached the third stage of enlightenment before one can begin to further plan for the travel of the centipede.

Upon realizing this, Wu Liang immediately calmed his mind and began cultivating day and night.

……

Two more days have passed in the blink of an eye.

After Wu Liang took over the position of the third young master, he not only kept a low profile but also became even more cautious.

The mushroom masters of the White Horn Tribe only knew that the Third Young Master was in seclusion for cultivation; they knew nothing else.

Anyone who came to inquire about the Third Young Master was stopped outside the main tent by the loyal and dutiful Iron Slave.

These people who came to investigate were basically sent by the third young master's two older brothers.

Clearly, Wu Liang's secluded cultivation caused the eldest and second young masters to misunderstand something.

After all, Wu Liang, the 'Third Young Master,' would also be one of their competitors if he participated in the Eight-Cornered Holy Battle.

At this critical juncture, Wu Liang suddenly went into seclusion, never venturing out of his gates.

It's hard not to suspect that Wu Liang is secretly preparing some kind of trump card.

However, no one could have predicted...

At this moment, Wu Liang's mind was not on the Eight-Cornered Holy Battle at all.

"Tsk..."

"The Third Young Master's beastly father actually tormented that Madam Hong for two whole days and two nights."

"His body is really robust; he doesn't look like someone nearing the end of his life at all."

Wu Liang sat cross-legged inside the tent, holding a bamboo slip in his hand.

The bamboo slips contained detailed records of all the major and minor events that had occurred in the White Horn Tribe and even in Bajiao Mountain over the past two days.

Although the Iron Slave could not speak, he could write.

This was something he specifically instructed Tie Nu to collect secretly.

The matter directly related to Wu Liang, the 'Third Young Master,' is actually Madam Hong and his two older brothers.

First is Lady Red.

Wu Liang originally thought that after he had disciplined her maid that day, she would come to him and have a good chat with him, her 'husband'.

Unexpectedly, two days have passed and he still hasn't seen a trace of Madam Red.

Through Tie Nu's inquiries, it was learned that Lady Hong had gone to admire the moon with the chief that day and had not returned since.

According to the gossipy mushroom masters of the White Horn tribe, the decadent music in the chief's tent lasted for two days and two nights.

It wasn't until early this morning that Madam Hong, with her legs tucked together and supported by her maid, left the chieftain's tent.

Wu Liang didn't care about this.

Compared to Madam Red, his two 'brothers' are more worthy of his attention.

Compared to Wu Liang, who secluded himself in cultivation and remained detached from worldly affairs, his two elder brothers accomplished many great things.

The second young master recently broke through to the third stage and also won over many rogue cultivators from Bajiao Mountain.

It seems he wants to invite a powerful rogue cultivator to help him win the Eight-Cornered Holy Battle.

The young master was also busy.

He somehow obtained a large amount of silver liquid and wanted to forcibly buy the slave that the Third Young Master had previously taken a liking to.

However, because the third young master had paid a deposit in advance, the black market merchant, bound by the contract, never agreed.

Recently, the black market merchant has been unable to hold on any longer and has given Wu Liang an ultimatum.

If the remaining four thousand taels of silver are not found within three days, he will sell the slave to the young master.

"interesting……"

"It seems I need to find a time to meet that black market merchant."

"I'm curious, what kind of slave is so sought after?"

Wu Liang raised an eyebrow, his interest in the slave rekindling once more.

However, he has already spent the four thousand taels of silver he borrowed.

No matter how special that slave was, Wu Liang would have a hard time getting him into his possession.

Unless Wu Liang can find a way to borrow some more silver...

(End of this chapter)