Mushroom Man

Chapter 194 Bloodline Hidden Dangers, Drastic Change in Temperament (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Bloodline!
That's right, it's bloodline!
Wu Liang's personality has changed drastically in recent days. He has become arrogant and reckless, and this is not due to the influence of the Blood River Ancestor at all.

It may have some influence, but it is by no means the main reason.

Otherwise, how could he still be unable to shake off this inexplicable influence under the effect of the Calming Mushroom?
Actually, he should have realized this much earlier.

After all, while the Blood River Ancestor was indeed terrifying, having been a mushroom immortal in his lifetime, the memory fragments he left behind after his death were merely memory fragments.

In essence, the memory fragments of the Blood River Ancestor are no different from those of the Third Young Master and Madam Hong.

Even the number of memory fragments that Wu Liang absorbed from the Three Young Masters was still greater than the number of memory fragments that Blood River Ancestor had absorbed.

If his personality changed drastically because of these memories, it could only be because of the Third Young Master's memories, not because of the Blood River Ancestor.

This principle is obvious, yet he had never realized it before.

Fortunately, Wu Liang was in a state of extreme calm at this moment.

Otherwise, who knows how he would feel.

If he wasn't mistaken, he was afraid that he had unknowingly fallen into someone else's trap.

At this moment, Wu Liang could faintly feel the throbbing in his blood.

This feeling was very unusual, yet very subtle.

If he hadn't used the Calm Mushroom to gain a brief moment of clarity, he probably would still be completely unaware of this.

This is why he immediately believed the problem lay in his bloodline.

"Who is plotting against me?"

Even though Wu Liang had grasped the terrifying truth that made people shudder, he remained calm and expressionless.

His gaze was calm, and as his thoughts raced, he activated the second-stage bloodline mushroom and the second-stage blood sense mushroom in his dantian.

Since the problem is very likely related to bloodlines, we should naturally deal with it using bloodline-related methods.

As Wu Liang activated the Bloodline Mushroom and Blood Sensation Mushroom...

He quickly sensed something by following the throbbing in his own blood.

"This is?"

"Is someone using my bloodline to corrupt my mind?"

A glint of light flashed in Wu Liang's eyes.

Under the influence of the Blood-Sense Mushroom, he could clearly feel that bright bloodline bridge.

Clearly, his blood relatives still live in this world.

When Abbot Shanren and the Wu family were still safe and sound, he could sense over a hundred bloodline bridges.

Now only this one remains, and judging from the size and brightness of the bridge, this person and he are closely related by blood.

Who is this person?

How come one is missing?
Logically speaking, anyone related to him by blood should not be able to survive hardship together.

Wu Liang's mind raced, and he seemed to be deep in thought.

This person is closely related to him by blood, and there are only a few suspects.

It's either my aunt or Wu De.

Regardless of which of the two this person is, they have likely fallen into the hands of villains.

Otherwise, no one would be able to utilize this bloodline and thus influence him.

As we all know, blood ties are the bridge between relatives.

Bloodline Mushroom Masters can use bloodlines as a bridge to influence their relatives and clansmen in various ways.

Wu Liang's previously improved Blood Path Killing Move, "Sharing Weal and Woe," based on the scapegoat, is based on bloodline and transmits mushroom poison.

And now, that unknown villain seems to be using a very similar method.

However, their methods are more sophisticated and mysterious.

If Wu Liang hadn't obtained the Calm Mushroom, and hadn't possessed a certain level of Blood Dao Realm and experience in this area...

At this point, he might still be stubbornly believing that his drastic change in personality is due to the effects of fragmented memories.

"Is that villain a Buddhist monk?"

"No, that's not right. How could a Buddhist mushroom master use such bloody methods?"

"From this perspective, that villain is very likely a demonic mushroom master who covets the Formless Token and wants to use the bloodline connection to find me."

"I just don't know what level of existence that villain is."

"However, since I was able to discover the clues with just one Calm Mushroom, this person can't be that strong, no matter how strong they are."

Wu Liang remained indifferent, calmly analyzing his current situation.

"Since this person can influence me through bloodline and some unknown means, then he must also be able to find me in the same way."

"Now that I know where the problem lies, the most urgent task is to find a way to eliminate this hidden danger as soon as possible."

At this moment, Wu Liang's thoughts were particularly clear.

But asking him to come up with a solution in a short time is really asking too much of him.

Blood methods are definitely the only way to solve this problem.

The bloodline inheritance left to him by Abbot Shanren did not include methods to resolve potential bloodline problems.

Of course, this is actually quite normal.

After all, if Abbot Shanren truly possessed such abilities...

If Wu Liang had used their shared hardship to transmit the mushroom poison to the abbot, the abbot would not have been infected.

Wait... sharing weal and woe?

When Wu Liang thought of this, his eyes moved slightly.

Since this person influenced him through blood ties, could he use their shared hardships to dispel this influence?

No, no.

Wu Liang thought about it again and rejected the idea.

The "share weal and woe" tactic has a very low success rate; even if it works, its effectiveness is likely to be limited.

At the very least, you need to upgrade all the Bloodline Mushrooms and Blood Sensation Mushrooms to the third rank before you can take the risk.

Otherwise, rashly using the shared hardship to resolve the situation might alert the enemy and invite even more powerful measures.

Moreover, this measure only addresses the symptoms, not the root cause, and does not completely resolve the potential bloodline problems.

The villain who coveted him was still able to find Bajiaoshan by following the bloodline connection.

"Break the situation, break the situation..."

"It seems we can only place our hopes on Ancestor Blood River?"

Wu Liang narrowed his eyes, his gaze falling on the River of Oblivion.

There is no solution in Abbot Shanren's bloodline inheritance, but that doesn't mean that Blood River Ancestor doesn't have one.

The Blood River Ancestor was, after all, a Blood Immortal in his previous life, and his memories must contain methods to resolve hidden dangers in his bloodline.

However, to obtain this method, he would definitely need to consume a large number of Blood River Ancestor's memory fragments.

Although it has now been confirmed that his previous drastic change in temperament was not due to fragmented memories, this does not mean that the fragmented memories are truly harmless.

If the villain was the mastermind, then the memory fragments could at least be considered accomplices.

Consuming a large number of memory fragments will undoubtedly have an irreversible impact on his mentality.

But now...

Does he still have a choice?

"I have no other choice at the moment. If I want to break the deadlock, I can only continue to devour the Blood River Ancestor's memory fragments and find a good way to resolve the hidden dangers."

"However, with my willpower, digesting one fragment of memory each day shouldn't cause my mind to become distorted that quickly."

"We cannot give up on sharing weal and woe; we must find a way to further optimize this killer move."

"At the same time, since that villain has such blood-based methods, he probably already knows where I am, and may be heading this way right now."

"I can't wait any longer. Once Morobi has unified the Black Horn tribe, we must act swiftly and decisively, eliminate the White Horn chieftain, and escape from Eight Horn Mountain!"

After some thought, Wu Liang quickly finalized his next action plan.

Meanwhile, because he kept urging the Calm Mushroom, the river of true energy in his dantian quickly ran out.

Without true energy, the effects of the Calm Mushroom vanished in an instant.

In an instant, the emotions that had been suppressed due to extreme calmness surged into his heart.

Wu Liang, who had been expressionless, gradually returned to normal, and his rare 'clarity' was followed by a return to his dazed state.

"Calm down mushroom..."

"I must master the wisdom path in the future."

"Otherwise, you won't even realize when you've fallen into someone else's trap."

"How can mere mortal wisdom possibly outwit those cunning old monsters?"

Once Wu Liang returned to normal, he savored the extremely calm state he had just been in, feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

This time, he finally got a taste of the benefits of wisdom.

It's important to know that the Calm Mushroom is merely a type of mushroom related to human relationships within the Wisdom Path school.

Its main function is to calm people down, rather than to assist mushroom growers in thinking.

Even so, the calmness he gained helped Wu Liang to quickly assess the current situation.

It's easy to imagine how much of a help Wu Liang would receive if he mastered the Wisdom Path techniques and possessed a large number of Wisdom Path mushrooms.

"Digest memory fragments, optimize shared hardships, acquire more Wisdom Mushrooms, resolve bloodline hazards, unify the Black Horn Tribe, confront the White Horn Leader, and escape Eight Horn Mountain..."

Wu Liang muttered to himself, realizing that he was likely to be very busy in the coming period.

A suffocating pressure loomed over him.

However, these things did not frighten him; on the contrary, he was somewhat eager to try them out.

"That's fine too; the more difficult the road ahead, the more exciting it will be."

"It's just a little hardship. Even if the whole world is against me and I'm doomed, I will carve out a path to survival."

A bloodlust flashed in Wu Liang's eyes, and his arrogant arrogance returned.

He wanted to see if the villain who dared to scheme against him really had the ability to take his life.

Wu Liang took a deep breath and then walked towards the River of Oblivion.

With a thought, the River of Oblivion began to boil.

The river flowed wave after wave, soon pushing up clusters of light.

Based on his previous calm analysis, one fragment of memory per day should be the limit that his will can withstand.

Given this, he naturally dared not be overconfident and absorb several memory fragments in one go as he had done before.

Wu Liang then merely glanced at it before sinking the excess light back to the bottom of the river, leaving only a small fragment of memory floating on the surface.

He reached out, and the river pushed the fragment of memory towards him, where it disappeared into his body...

(End of this chapter)