Mushroom Man

Chapter 167 Second Stage Peak, It Was Actually Bone True Person!

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No matter how hard they tried, they could never have imagined that Wu Liang actually didn't care about the Eight-Cornered Holy Battle at all.

He had no intention of engaging in any pointless games like vying for the crown prince with those guys.

At this moment, Wu Liang focused all his attention on his own cultivation.

"Crash!"

A long river of true energy roared wildly!
Wu Liang's aura rose with the tide, and his dantian shone brightly.

Nine acres and eight fen, nine acres and nine fen...

When the fertile black soil field grows even larger, reaching a size of ten acres!

The silvery river of true energy surged, becoming even more dazzling.

Wu Liang's True Qi River is of a far greater quality than that of other Mushroom Masters of the same level.

This is one of the advantages brought by a top-grade dantian.

Each time a Grade A Dantian advances to a minor realm, the quality of its true qi will increase dramatically.

Although both Wu Liang and Wu Liang possess only one-tenth of their true qi, Wu Liang can activate more mushrooms than those with grade B, grade C, or grade D dantian.

"The peak of the second transformation has been achieved..."

Wu Liang opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath.

As he reached the peak of the second stage, the bright silver river of true energy was nearing perfection.

As everyone knows, the color of the True Qi River changes with each rotation of the Mushroom Master.

The true energy of a mushroom master, through continuous refinement, varies from grayish-white to pure white.

The true energy of a second-stage mushroom master, through continuous refinement, ranges from pale silver to bright silver.

At this moment, Wu Liang's true energy river was a bright silver color, and it had been refined to the point where it could not be improved any further.

This is also the limit that a top-grade dantian can achieve.

It is said that only the nine higher-level innate Dao bodies can cultivate the true energy of each revolution to true perfection.

As for the first-grade dantian, there is a limit; it can only refine true qi to 99%, and cannot achieve perfection.

Even so, if one can refine the true energy of each revolution to a level close to perfection...

There is a fairly high probability that they will ascend to immortality in the future.

Otherwise, Abbot Shanren wouldn't have done so many beastly things for the sake of a first-class dantian.

"Now that I've reached the peak of the second stage, the next step is to find a way to break through to the third stage."

As Wu Liang felt his dantian, which had grown to ten acres, grow larger, his eyes gleamed with wonder.

Once a mushroom master reaches their peak, simply refining their true energy and purifying their dantian will be of no use if they wish to advance further.

After all, at this point, the dantian has reached its limit of growth, and no matter how much it is cleansed, it will not grow any stronger.

In this situation, if Wu Liang wants to break through to the third stage, he must break through the shackles and transform his true qi.

And this constraint is the mist outside the dantian.

Wu Liang needs to use his true energy to constantly dispel the fog and transform his bright silver true energy into pale gold true energy in order to make further progress.

For Wu Liang, who had already refined his Bright Silver True Qi to 99%, this was no difficult task.

Even now, Wu Liang can break through from the peak of the second stage to the third stage in one go.

But he wasn't prepared to do that.

"For a mushroom master to break through to a higher realm, they need to break free from their shackles and gradually transform their true energy."

"If you are too impatient and your true qi does not transform properly, it will affect your future cultivation and leave hidden dangers in your dantian."

As the saying goes, "Haste makes waste."

"I have a first-class dantian. I just need to follow the steps and let my true qi spontaneously dissipate the shackles, and I can achieve a breakthrough naturally and effortlessly."

"There's no need to rush things and create unnecessary problems for yourself..."

Wu Liang lowered his eyes slightly, suppressing the impatience in his heart that made him want to break through as soon as possible.

And it was at this moment...

Just hear a "buzz" sound!
Wu Liang's eyes lit up, realizing that his breakthrough had once again stimulated Jian Shou Qing.

The Bodhi seed rooted in the very center of the dantian swayed slightly.

In an instant, an indigo halo permeated the entire dantian.

Wu Liang's second and third-grade mushrooms trembled at the aura they sensed.

The Boletus luridus, like an emperor among mushrooms, boldly asserts its dominance.

Before long, Wu Liang's vision blurred.

A series of bizarre and fantastical scenes emerge one by one.

One by one, little figures emerged from all directions.

Several days later, Wu Liang felt a sense of warmth upon seeing the 'little person' again.

Then you see those 'little people' jumping around, chattering and making noise.

"Listen to me, listen to me..."

“There was once a fifth-level mushroom master named Bone Master.”

"When his lifespan was nearing its end, he passed through Zhaodi Town and made a deal with Abbot Shanren, obtaining a four-turn jumping mushroom."

"He used the Jumping Mushroom, combined with his Bone Path techniques, in an attempt to transform himself into a fourth-tier Jumping Mushroom... a skeleton corpse."

"However, that Bone Master did not expect that the four-turn jumping zombie mushroom he obtained would have a problem."

"It turns out that Abbot Shanren didn't have any four-turn jumping zombie mushrooms on hand back then."

"In order to obtain the resurrected man from the Bone Master, he could restore flesh to bones."

"So, by some means, the three-turn hairy mushroom was disguised as a four-turn jumping mushroom."

As the saying goes, "A difference of a hair's breadth can lead to a difference of a thousand miles."

"It was because of the fake four-turn jumping zombie mushroom that Bone Master's killing move went wrong."

"Without any other choice, I had to transform into a third-stage corpse zombie, which is half-human and half-corpse."

"At the same time, due to the mistake in the killing move, Bone Master's soul was injured, and he temporarily lost his mind."

"The out-of-control skeleton sank into the Mother River, and eventually drifted to the Wanderer River through the underground river cave..." The chattering 'little person's' voice grew softer and softer until it disappeared completely.

The blue azure hue returned to normal, and the indigo halo completely disappeared.

"Bone Immortal?"

"No, isn't it?"

"Could it really be such a coincidence?"

Wu Liang came to his senses, his face filled with surprise and uncertainty.

He looked at Mao Jiang with a strange expression and couldn't help but glance at him standing next to him.

The secret revealed by the blue-haired creature seemed to imply that the hairy zombie he had bought was the Bone Immortal.

Isn't this too coincidental?

Wu Liang really didn't expect that he had just bought Mao Jiang, and then saw Shou Qing expose this guy's secret to him.

He never expected that the origin of this hairy zombie would be so terrifying!
It turns out that he wasn't a fourth-level mushroom master at all, but a fifth-level bone-path mushroom master!
Moreover, this Bone Immortal actually had intricate connections with Abbot Shanren.

"I never expected that Abbot Shanren, who is already dead, could still send me such a surprise."

"What a coincidence, it's just too much of a coincidence."

"It's such a coincidence that I can hardly believe it..."

Wu Liang frowned, his face shifting between light and shadow.

For some reason, he always had a strange feeling.

Wu Liang shook his head, then suppressed all these chaotic thoughts.

His gaze shifted slightly as he refocused his attention on the hairy zombie, also known as the Bone Immortal.

"I originally thought you were just an unlucky fourth-level cultivator in your previous life, but I never expected you to be a fifth-level mushroom master."

"Looks like I've really struck gold this time."

"But even if you were a fifth-level mushroom master in your previous life, you're now just a third-level corpse zombie. What use are you then?"

Wu Liang murmured to himself.

He stroked his chin, scrutinizing Bone Master, seemingly lost in thought.

Just then, as if remembering something, a sudden inspiration struck him.

"If I remember correctly..."

"The secret that Shouqing just revealed only mentioned that Gu Zhenren's soul was injured."

"In other words, the soul of Bone Master is very likely still hidden in the Corpse-Stemming Formation, and has not yet dissipated, becoming a complete corpse."

"In this situation, if I can extract his soul and then perform a soul search, wouldn't I be able to get a fifth-level bone path inheritance for free?"

Upon thinking of this, Wu Liang's eyes lit up.

But soon, he shook his head again.

"No, that's not right, it doesn't need to be that complicated at all."

"Since this guy is now a half-human, half-corpse living dead, there's no need to go through all that trouble."

"Just throw this guy into the River of Oblivion, the effect should be about the same."

At this moment, Wu Liang's gaze towards Bone Master changed.

This isn't some kind of zombie at all...

It's clearly a treasure that fell from the sky!
Even the worst memory of a level 5 mushroom master can't be that bad.

Even if this guy can't compare to Abbot Shanren, he's still many times better than the likes of Madam Hong and the Third Young Master.

Upon realizing this, Wu Liang no longer hesitated and immediately summoned the Demon Suppression Tower to absorb it into the River of Oblivion.

But at this moment...

Wu Liang suddenly paused.

He narrowed his eyes, a question forming in his mind.

Since Bone Immortal only suffered damage to his soul, does that mean this guy...

Actually, you've always been aware of it, but you just haven't shown it?
Wu Liang hadn't forgotten that among the secrets revealed by Jian Shouqing, it was only mentioned that Gu Zhenren had briefly lost his mind.

So much time has passed since it turned into a skeleton.

This guy should get his senses back by now.

However, this guy remained completely irrational throughout.

There must be something fishy going on here!
Could it be that because he was planted with the third-level corpse-driving mushroom, he deliberately kept it to himself, and that's why he pretended to have lost his mind?

Wu Liang frowned, but quickly dismissed the idea in his mind.

The third-stage Corpse-Driving Mushroom might be able to restrain ordinary zombies, but this guy is no ordinary zombie.

Bone Master is, after all, a fifth-level mushroom master.

Every single one of these beings is cunning and shrewd, with an endless array of tricks up their sleeves.

Wu Liang didn't believe that a fifth-level mushroom master would be so frightened by a single corpse-driving mushroom that he could only pretend to be dead.

He had not forgotten the teachings of Abbot Shanren.

Never underestimate any fifth-level mushroom master.

Such beings, seemingly at their wits' end, actually have many tricks up their sleeves!
Who knows, these seemingly gruesome corpses might be hiding some means that could instantly kill Wu Liang.

We must not let our guard down...

Upon considering this, Wu Liang immediately abandoned the idea of ​​taking it into the Demon Suppression Tower.

Before he had a clear understanding of Gu Zhenren's situation, he would never take him into the Demon Suppression Tower or reveal his identity as the successor of Wuxiang to him.

If this guy has some hidden tricks up his sleeve, it will be too late to regret it then.

Just as Wu Liang was staring at Bone Master, his expression shifting as he pondered...

A glint of light suddenly flashed in the eyes of the Bone Immortal, which had been devoid of any spirit and filled with lifelessness.

The next moment, he opened his mouth and actually spoke!

"Little friend..."

"You've spotted me?"

(End of this chapter)