Mushroom Man

Chapter 190 Auction Begins, Three Turns to Intoxication Today (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"The third young master of the White Horn Tribe, a rare guest indeed! Please have a seat of honor inside!"

A mushroom caravan leader, all smiles, quickly stepped forward to lead the way.

Wu Liang remained indifferent, nodded slightly, and glanced around almost imperceptibly.

Inside the small cave, there was a large crowd of at least several dozen people.

The mushroom growers who were able to appear here and receive the invitation are clearly from extraordinary backgrounds.

After all, not everyone can easily pull out a thousand drops of silver liquid.

Of course, Wu Liang spent a thousand silver coins to get the invitation, but they may not have actually spent that many silver coins.

This auction was originally held behind the backs of the two major tribes and was intended for independent cultivators.

As the third young master of the White Horn Tribe, Wu Liang's participation in the auction has a higher threshold, which seems reasonable.

However, no matter what, now is not the time to worry about such trivial matters.

"Lead the way."

Wu Liang withdrew his gaze, sparing with words, and let the caravan's mushroom master lead the way.

Before long, he followed the mushroom grower to a temporarily cleared open space.

The cave ceiling here is covered with stalactites that emit a warm glow, making the place very bright.

This stone is actually a type of mushroom material, called fluorite.

Fluorite is a composite material of earth and light, often used for lighting, and is not very valuable.

Otherwise, the fluorite here would have been mined and sold off long ago.

"Young Master, please rest here for a moment. The auction will begin shortly."

The caravan's mushroom master, extremely respectful and considerate, led Wu Liang to the highest point inside the cave.

The view from here is expansive, offering a clear view of all the mushroom growers below.

There aren't many seats here, and most of them are occupied by the heads of the caravans that organized this auction.

Besides these, there are a few independent mushroom masters who have reached the third level of cultivation.

To be honest, if Wu Liang didn't have the face of the Third Young Master, he wouldn't be worthy of sitting here with only the cultivation of the second peak.

"No rush. I also have some things to sell. I wonder how I should submit them for auction?"

After Wu Liang finished speaking, he casually found a place to sit down.

Upon hearing this, the mushroom master took out a mushroom from his pocket and handed it to Wu Liang.

"Third Young Master, this is a letter paper mushroom sponsored by the Wealthy Merchant Caravan."

"The auction items will be recorded in real time."

"At the same time, if the Third Young Master has anything to sell, he can write the item information on it, and someone will come to inspect the goods and submit them for auction shortly."

interesting……

Wu Liang took the letter and raised an eyebrow.

If he remembers correctly, the purpose of the letter-writing mushroom should only be to record information.

However, the Wealthy Caravan can give the One-Turned Messenger Mushroom the ability to update information in real time.

Obviously, this is something that a single letter-turning mushroom could not accomplish.

It seems this wealthy caravan has some ability; behind it is at least a skilled mushroom master.

The ability of the Letter Mushroom to update information in real time is likely a channel-based killer move it employs by using the Letter Mushroom as a medium.

Now, Wu Liang, who possesses a small portion of the Blood River Ancestor's memory fragments, has a perspective that is vastly different from what it was before.

Therefore, he saw through the wealthy merchant caravan's scheme with just one glance.

Wu Liang suppressed his thoughts, dismissed the mushroom master, and then used the letter-paper mushroom to begin browsing the auction items.

It must be said that this auction, spearheaded by the wealthy merchant caravan, was quite impressive.

Wu Liang glanced at the items and saw that there were at least a hundred pieces up for auction.

This encompasses everything: mushroom materials, mushrooms, secret techniques, mushroom recipes, and even traditional methods.

Unfortunately, even the most outstanding items in these auctions only reached the third level.

Nothing like fourth-stage mushrooms appeared.

This is normal, since this auction is aimed at independent cultivators, not fourth-level mushroom masters, so naturally there won't be any fourth-level items.

Moreover, fourth-grade mushrooms are extremely rare; how could they possibly be available to this group of rogue cultivators?

"The Sword Immortal of Wine, let us get drunk tonight..."

Wu Liang looked back and forth for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Persistence pays off, and to his surprise, he actually found several items that piqued his interest.

First is the third-stage inheritance of the Drunken Sword Immortal.

The group of caravan mushroom masters were extremely cunning. Instead of auctioning off the Sword Immortal's third-stage inheritance as a package, they broke it down into several parts.

Divided into mushrooms, mushroom substrate, mushroom materials, and other related items...

The wine-flavored mushrooms that Wu Liang was interested in were among them, and there were quite a few of them, as many as seven or eight.

If he can acquire them all, refining the Seven-Fragrance Wine Mushroom should be a piece of cake.

Meanwhile, within the lineage of the Drunken Sword Immortal, there exists another branch: the refinement of the Drunken Mushroom.

This branch is different from the Seven-Fragrance Wine Mushroom and also different from the Menghan Mushroom.

The method of refining the Sword Immortal's sword was developed by himself. He refined the Wine-Fragrant Mushroom into the Moon-Inviting Mushroom, and then refined the Moon-Inviting Mushroom into the third level, "Today's Drunkenness".

The main function of "Three Turns to Intoxication Today" is to greatly increase the speed at which a Mushroom Master recovers their true energy while in a drunken state.

Moreover, the more drunk a person is, the faster their vital energy recovers.

Clearly, this is an extremely precious and rare mushroom.

It is also the natal mushroom of the Drunken Sword Immortal, and its value is self-evident.

Many mushroom growers are now determined to acquire this mushroom.

However, for Wu Liang, the effect of Jinzhaozui is far less than that of Qixiangjiugu.

As a genius with a top-tier dantian, his qi recovery speed was already extraordinary. There was no need for him to compete with those mushroom masters for the so-called "Today's Drunkenness."

Moreover, the Drunken Tonight dish needs to be paired with other mushrooms from the Drunken Sword Immortal.

Otherwise, if the mushroom master becomes drunk during battle and cannot stay sober, the consequences are predictable.

Compared to the speed of true qi recovery, Wu Liang wanted to refine his true qi more.

Wu Liang then merely glanced at Jinzhao Zui before quickly looking away.

In addition to the Wine-Flavored Mushroom and the Drunken Immortal's legacy, there are two other mushrooms that piqued Wu Liang's interest.

These two mushrooms are the Three-Turned Wine Mushroom and the Three-Turned Sword-Dancing Mushroom.

As the name suggests, alcohol-smelling mushrooms can produce the smell of alcohol, and people who ingest this smell will get drunk more quickly.

Wu Liang knew without a doubt that this must be the mushroom that the Drunken Sword Immortal had created to complement Jinzhao Zui.

As for the Sword-Dancing Mushroom, it grants the mushroom master the agility and speed of a dragon, allowing them to kill without a trace while wielding a sword.

"The alcohol mushroom is also a type of airway mushroom. If possible, we can try to take it down."

"As for the Sword-Dancing Mushroom, if I intend to switch to swordsmanship in the future, it's not impossible to make use of it..."

Wu Liang stroked his chin, seemingly lost in thought.

Among the most powerful fighting styles in the mushroom world, swordsmanship is one of them.

Whether it's the art style or the intensity, swordsmanship is above the way of qi.

However, resources are scarce nowadays, and there is no swordsmanship lineage. If one rashly switches to swordsmanship, it would be putting the cart before the horse.

With this in mind, Wu Liang had no choice but to suppress the thought for the time being.

He casually flipped through the letter again, and soon his gaze settled on a mushroom.

"This is?"

"A three-turn calming mushroom?"

Wu Liang raised an eyebrow, his eyes flashing.

The third-turn Calm Mushroom is a Wisdom Mushroom whose sole function is to force the mushroom master to calm down and enter a state similar to the Sage's Time.

In this state, the wise mushroom master will not be affected by emotions, and will be able to make deductions and even calculations more effectively.

"I wonder if this Calming Mushroom can resolve the influence from the Blood River Ancestor on me."

Wu Liang's mind raced, and he silently memorized the mushroom.

No matter what, he won't let this mushroom go.

Whether the Calming Mushroom is useful or not, it is of great help to him.

If it's useful, then everyone's happy; if it's not, he can just give the mushroom to Yan Zhaodi.

After all, the Calm Mushroom is not only applicable to the Wisdom Mushroom, but also to the Refining Mushroom Master.

It's important to know that mushroom refiners also need to remain calm when refining mushrooms.

After Wu Liang noted down this mushroom, he wrote down the information about the bezoar mushroom material he had obtained from Morobi.

Before long, a maid came over to inspect the goods and submit them for auction.

"My lord, the value of these bezoar mushroom materials is probably over three thousand taels of silver."

"Please keep the receipt safe, sir. Someone will bring you silver after the auction is successful."

"However, we need to inform you in advance that after the item is sold, we will take one to three hundred silver coins as a reward for our hard work."

The maidservant looked respectful and was very polite.

Wu Liang had no objection to this, and casually waved his hand to dismiss him.

"More than three thousand silver coins?"

"Including the remaining 2,500 drops of silver water, plus the 5,000 drops of silver water obtained from selling the mushroom recipe."

"If the bezoar mushroom material sells for a good price, my assets will have exceeded ten thousand..."

Wu Liang's lips curled up, his confidence growing even stronger.

With this huge sum of money on hand, acquiring the wine-flavored mushrooms and wine-infused mushrooms should be a piece of cake.

Just as he was lost in thought about this, the long-awaited auction finally began.

Surprisingly, the mushroom auctioneer was an acquaintance of Wu Liang's, Manager Huang of the wealthy merchant caravan.

Manager Huang stepped onto the stage and announced in a loud voice, "Welcome all the mushroom masters to this event."

"The mushroom masters who come here are all distinguished guests of our various caravans."

"Enough with the small talk, let the auction officially begin!"

"First item up for auction: one Rank 3 Sword Shadow Mushroom!"

Upon hearing this, all the mushroom growers in the room turned their attention to him.

In an instant, exclamations of surprise filled the entire cave.

Manager Huang made a great start by bidding on the first item: the Sword Shadow Mushroom.

It's worth noting that the Sword Shadow Mushroom shares the same name as the Blade Light Mushroom and was once hailed as one of the strongest killing mushrooms after the third job advancement.

Without a doubt, this is a rare mushroom.

Normally, caravans traveling outside would likely not be able to buy it even if they wanted to.

In an instant, the various independent mushroom cultivators were breathing heavily, their eyes red as they frantically shouted out prices.

Of course, some of these were shills arranged by wealthy merchant caravans.

Even so, the price of Sword Shadow Mushroom gradually soared to 2,000 silver coins and continues to rise.

The rare three-stage mushroom is definitely worth the price.

Compared to those crazy independent cultivators, Wu Liang was completely out of place.

His target was the Wine-Infused Mushroom; he had no interest in the so-called Sword Shadow Mushroom…

(End of this chapter)