Mushroom Man

Chapter 193 Life and Death in Oblivion, Calm and Sober (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"Shh!"

The piercing sound of a sword suddenly resounded throughout the surroundings.

A sword aura, flowing in black and white, instantly pierced through the air!

Before the one-eyed man could react, his legs were struck squarely by the sword energy.

The moment his legs touched the sword energy, the life and death energy flowing on the sword energy went out of control.

Uncontrolled vitality and death energy repel each other, cancel each other out, and ultimately annihilate each other.

In an instant, even the one-eyed dragon's legs turned to ashes.

Whether by coincidence or not, this move bears a striking resemblance to Bone Master's deadly move, "No Corpse Remains."

"Uh……"

With his legs severely injured, the one-eyed man had nowhere to escape.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Iron Slave punched the one-eyed man in the back of the head.

The one-eyed man glared angrily, rolled his eyes, and immediately lost consciousness.

Iron Slave's punch, though it looked powerful, actually contained less force.

Wu Liang's order was to capture the one-eyed man, but not to kill him.

As a puppet, he dared not disobey orders.

Thus, the one-eyed man merely fainted and was not killed by the punch, but his soul returned to the underworld.

"Unbelievable..."

Wu Liang glanced at the one-eyed man on the ground and couldn't help but snort coldly.

He rubbed his fingers together, lost in thought.

It seems that he has really figured out some tricks up his sleeve regarding this Great Annihilation Life and Death Sword Qi.

That's right!

This so-called Great Annihilation Life and Death Sword Qi is a new killing move that he has been researching in recent days in order to replace the Long River of Sword Qi.

However, while it's called a killer move, it's actually more like a small trick for developing mushrooms, and it's not enough to be called a killer move.

The name "Great Annihilation Life and Death Sword Qi" was merely something he had come up with on the spur of the moment.

The concept behind this move is somewhat similar to that of the River of Sword Qi.

The previous river of sword energy was formed by the sword energy generated by the sword energy mushroom, the sword energy accumulated by the energy storage mushroom, and the sword energy released by the giant pore mushroom.

Ever since the battle at the Demon Suppression Tower, his giant mushroom was destroyed by Abbot Shanren.

Wu Liang developed this tactic in order to compensate for his lack of offensive capabilities.

The Great Annihilation Life and Death Sword Qi is constructed from Sword Qi Mushrooms, Bottle Mushrooms, Life Qi Mushrooms, and Death Qi Mushrooms.

The air bottle mushroom can store various types of sword energy, so he mixed life energy and death energy together and stored them in it.

The two energies of life and death are inherently mutually destructive. Once separated from the air bottle mushroom, they will wear each other down and cause damage.

Wu Liang took advantage of this, using the Sword Qi Mushroom to forcibly transfer the life and death energies to others.

This leads to a clash between life and death, resulting in mutual annihilation.

To some extent, Wu Liang's thinking and the fact that Gu Zhenren's body was never found are similar.

However, Wu Liang's version is still too crude, while Gu Zhenren's version, where no remains of his body, is much more complete.

Even so, Wu Liang's move was extremely powerful, even among second-tier mushroom masters.

Unfortunately, he didn't have a large mushroom, so he could only unleash one sword aura at a time.

Otherwise, the lethality of Wu Liang's move could have been increased even further.

"I wasn't going to bother with you, but you insisted on coming to my door."

"You will suffer the consequences if you do evil..."

Wu Liang shook his head, then had Tie Nu carry the one-eyed dragon and return to the White Horn Tribe with him.

After he had left for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Bai Lai's ordinary-looking head popped out of the ground.

"My goodness, this third young master is so fierce!"

Bai Lai shook his head, his face full of lingering fear.

He originally thought that a thief wouldn't leave empty-handed...

By influencing the one-eyed man's mind, he was made to have the idea of ​​robbing the third young master.

This would allow him to reap the benefits without lifting a finger and make a hefty profit from the Third Young Master, this big fat sheep.

Unexpectedly, this third young master turned out to be not a fat sheep, but a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Fortunately, he refrained from showing himself; otherwise, given his strength, he might not have been able to defeat that guy called Iron Slave.

"Forget it, I guess I came here for nothing and had bad luck. It was a wasted trip."

"We've stayed here long enough. It's time to leave Bajiao Mountain and find a way to escape the Western Regions through the boundary wall."

Bai Lai muttered something under his breath, sighed, and then his figure disappeared underground.

……

White Horn Tribe.

A tiger-skin tent.

After sending Tie Nu to guard the gate outside the tent, Wu Liang took One-Eyed Dragon and entered the Demon Suppression Tower.

Yan Zhaodi spotted her owner immediately and hopped over to her.

"Owner……"

Yan Zhaodi spoke up with a pitiful expression, her face full of guilt.

"what happened?"

Seeing her like this, Wu Liang raised an eyebrow, already realizing what was going on.

as predicted……

"Master, Zhao Di's mushroom-making attempt failed."

Yan Zhaodi stammered, feeling increasingly guilty as she spoke.

"Master, waaaaah..."

"Zhao Di destroyed all four of the master's wine mushrooms in the process."

"Zhao Di said it might fail, but Master didn't believe her."

"Now look what's happened! Those were four wine mushrooms! Zhao Di's become such a spendthrift..."

As she spoke, she opened her palm, revealing two broken and crumbled Four-Flavor Wine Mushrooms.

Clearly, Yan Zhaodi did not fail in refining the wine-flavored mushroom into a four-flavored wine mushroom, but rather in refining the four-flavored wine mushroom into a seven-flavored wine mushroom.

Given Yan Zhaodi's current condition, it would be too much of a stretch to ask her to refine the third-level mushroom.

"I thought it was something serious." "It's just four wine mushrooms, so what if they're ruined?"

"I won't blame you, why are you crying and wailing?"

Wu Liang patted Yan Zhaodi's head, then took out the eight wine mushrooms he had won at the auction.

"Take these mushrooms with wine. If they get ruined during the brewing process, I'll figure something out."

"The Three-Turned Seven-Fragrance Wine Mushroom can condense three-turn true qi, allowing me to advance to a minor realm."

"This mushroom is very important to me. If you can refine this mushroom, I will do everything in my power to fulfill one of your small wishes."

Upon hearing this, Yan Zhaodi was taken aback.

She truly hadn't expected her master to be so tolerant and kind.

You have to understand that when she was still a human, if she had ruined the mushroom, the Yan family patriarch, who was also her father, would have definitely scolded her severely.

Her father raised her this way from childhood to adulthood.

Therefore, Zhao Di was extremely careful and cautious during this period of mushroom cultivation, even being on high alert, for fear of failing and displeasing her master.

This is why Yan Zhaodi rarely makes mistakes when preparing mushrooms for Wu Liang.

It wasn't because she was highly skilled, but because she was afraid of failing.

Even if the mushroom cultivation fails, she will do her best to protect the mushrooms and substrate to avoid ruining them and incurring the owner's scolding and disdain.

This time, refining the third-stage mushroom was too mentally taxing. She was not careful and the mushroom was ruined, resulting in a failure to refine the mushroom.

She thought her owner might be angry, or even beat and scold her like her father.

The result was unexpected...

Not only did her master not blame her, he even promised to grant her a small wish after he had refined the Seven-Fragrance Wine Mushroom!

This is really...

Yan Zhaodi pouted, forcibly holding back her tears.

She sniffled, her voice slightly choked as she said, "Waaah... Master, you're so good to me!"

Ok?
Seeing her like this, Wu Liang couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Has this little guy's brain been damaged from staying in the Demon Suppression Tower for so long?
I treated her like a beast of burden, making her work day and night to cultivate mushrooms, and this little guy didn't complain about me at all, but instead thanked me.
"Alright, if there's nothing else, hurry up and get to making mushrooms."

Wu Liang shook his head, not taking it to heart.

"Oh, right……"

He seemed to remember something, and lifted the one-eyed dragon who had lost both legs.

"This guy has lost both legs; treating him would be too much trouble."

"Later, you can throw this guy into the River of Oblivion to wash away his memories. After that, you can use him as material for a Blood Path Mushroom and refine a Blood Path Mushroom."

"This guy is at least a third-level mushroom master, so he should be more suitable for mushroom refining than a mortal slave."

Upon hearing this, Yan Zhaodi nodded hurriedly, then burst into laughter through her tears.

"Hehe, I know, Master, don't worry."

After she finished speaking, she laboriously took the one-eyed dragon and dragged him toward the River of Oblivion.

Wu Liang nodded slightly and chose a quiet spot to sit down.

During this time, Madam Hong and the Third Young Master even tried to get closer to their father.

However, Yan Zhaodi called them all back, not wanting them to disturb their master.

"call……"

"Since I have some free time now, I might as well try out the Calm Mushroom and see if it works."

Wu Liang sat cross-legged and let out a long breath.

The next moment, he took the initiative to recall the memories of the Blood River Ancestor.

In an instant, fragmented and trivial memories flashed through his mind one after another.

Mountains of corpses and seas of blood...

Blood-red skull ship...

The vicious and ruthless Eight Banners of Beihai...

The more Wu Liang recalled, the clearer the image of the Blood River Ancestor became in his mind.

A strange feeling involuntarily surfaced in his heart.

"calm!"

Just then, Wu Liang suddenly shouted.

The river of true energy rippled outwards, and the calm mushroom was activated accordingly.

In an instant, the strange feeling in Wu Liang's heart vanished.

He gradually became expressionless, and his eyes became exceptionally calm.

At this moment, all of Wu Liang's emotions were suppressed to the extreme, and the thoughts in his mind were much faster than before.

At this moment, the influence of the Blood River Ancestor was still present and had not been eliminated, but because it was suppressed, it could not have any effect on him.

"This feeling……"

Wu Liang lowered his eyes slightly, feeling a 'clear-headedness' he had never experienced before.

This kind of 'clear-headedness' is hard to explain; it's a 'clear-headedness' that one can only feel after abandoning all emotions.

Joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, as well as propriety, righteousness, integrity, and a sense of shame, all become unimportant under calm.

"Just as I expected, it seems that the Calm Mushroom can indeed suppress the effects of the memory fragments."

"However, this kind of suppression only addresses the symptoms, not the root cause."

"Once I stop activating the Calm Mushroom, I will revert to my original form."

"The Calm Mushroom can only serve as a temporary solution; we still need to find a way to truly eliminate the drawbacks..."

Wu Liang remained expressionless, calmly analyzing the situation.

At that moment, a barely perceptible glint of blood flashed in his eyes.

Under normal circumstances, Wu Liang would probably be completely unaware of this.

But things are different now...

The moment that crimson hue appeared, Wu Liang frowned.

"No, this influence that distorted my mind was not suppressed by the Calm Mushroom."

"I was wrong, I was wrong before."

"My temperament has changed drastically recently, and it's not at all due to the influence of any fragments of Blood River Ancestor's memories."

"This influence seems to originate from...bloodline?"

(End of this chapter)