Mushroom Man

Chapter 238 Unlucky Guy, Stealing a Real Person

Let's rewind to a few minutes earlier...

Inside the White Horned Mushroom Cave.

"Does the way of mushrooms lie with morning glories, or with the strength of mushrooms and ginseng?"

"Great, great, great stuff! Let's take it all!"

"Wow, is the White Horn Tribe really that rich?"

"There are so many mushrooms, we can't possibly finish processing them all, we simply can't process them all."

"Hahaha, looks like I'm going to make a fortune today!"

"With these resources, I can use any mushrooms I have and then throw them away."

Bai Lai walked through the deserted White Horned Mushroom Cave, entering and exiting as if in an empty place.

He was so greedy that he plucked every feather from a passing goose, taking nothing of value.

If it weren't for the mushrooms he used for storage, he wouldn't have been able to fit so much stuff in there.

Bai Lai even wanted to tear down the soil of the White Horned Mushroom Cave and take it with him.

At this moment, Bai Lai stood in the mushroom field, wantonly plundering all kinds of mushrooms.

"This White Horn Tribe is indeed a wealthy and powerful family. My trip was worthwhile."

"However, although I am a thief, I still have principles."

"The rules of the thieves' guild dictate that no matter how difficult or painful the situation, one must not take even a needle or thread from others."

"Even thieves have their code of honor. I can't take the needles and thread, so I'll take everything else except the needles and thread..."

Bai Lai is like a chatterbox, constantly muttering and babbling.

He casually put down some common mushrooms, such as enoki mushrooms, silver needle mushrooms, woolly mushrooms, and spider silk mushrooms.

As for those rare mushrooms, and those that had reached the third or fourth stage of growth, not a single one escaped his grasp once he saw them.

He acquired one precious mushroom after another.

Bai Lai's smile grew even more unrestrained, his mouth practically twisted into a grin.

At that moment, he suddenly felt the three-turn Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom in his dantian move slightly, as if it had been stimulated by something.

"Ok?"

Upon seeing this, Bai Lai couldn't help but show surprise. He immediately took out the Three-Turn Heavenly Essence Lingzhi that he had stolen from Lotus Temple with great difficulty.

The Tianyuan Lingzhi is entirely blue and white, emitting a silvery glow.

The moment Bai Lai took out the mushroom, he could clearly feel that the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to have become even more concentrated.

At the same time, he also sensed that something underground was attracting the Tianyuan Lingzhi.

"This is……"

Bai Lai stroked his chin, seemingly lost in thought.

A bold conjecture gradually came into my mind.

With a thought, he followed the attraction and activated the Earth-Escape Mushroom.

The next moment, Bai Lai's figure disappeared into the ground.

When he opened his eyes again, a hidden underground cavern filled with fluorite, nestled beneath the mushroom field, came into view.

The spiritual energy here is extremely rich, and everywhere is filled with highly condensed spiritual energy that has turned into mist.

The sound of rushing water was quite pleasant to Bai Lai's ears.

Bai Lai looked in the direction of the sound and saw a quiet spring inside the cave, constantly spewing out spiritual energy.

"It's just as I expected..."

"No wonder it can attract Heavenly Yuan Lingzhi, it turns out there is a low-grade spiritual spring in this place!"

Upon seeing this, Bai Lai was overjoyed and so excited that his breathing became heavy.

As is widely known, the Tianyuan Lingzhi was created by the Celestial Venerable of Longevity.

The Celestial Venerable of Longevity dedicated his life to enabling all mushroom masters in the world to become like dragons, share mushroom recipes, and work together for longevity.

Therefore, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity set an example by making the vast majority of his mushroom recipes public.

Tianyuan Lingzhi is no exception.

To refine the Three-Turn Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom, all you need is a low-grade spiritual spring.

Once the combined training is successful, this spiritual spring will completely dry up and lose its ability to produce silver water.

The value of a sip of low-grade spiritual spring water is self-evident.

Often, a single low-grade spiritual spring can sustain a force with a fourth or even fifth-grade mushroom master in charge.

And this period of time can even last for hundreds of years.

However, to cultivate the Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom together, one must destroy such a spiritual spring, and the price is considerable.

But this is not the end; it is only the beginning.

To further refine the three-stage Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom to the fourth stage, it needs to absorb three whole mouthfuls of low-grade spiritual spring water!
To advance from the fourth to the fifth stage of refinement, one needs to absorb nine mouthfuls of low-grade spiritual spring water.

To refine a fifth-grade Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom into a sixth-grade Heavenly Origin Creation Spirit Mushroom, nine mouthfuls of mid-grade spiritual spring water are required!
In addition, other rare mushrooms are used as supplementary ingredients, each of which is priceless.

This shows just how precious Tianyuan Lingzhi is.

There are very few mushroom masters in the world who can afford the cost of refining Tianyuan Lingzhi.

After all, spiritual springs are rare and hard to come by, and most people wouldn't be willing to use them to refine Tianyuan Lingzhi.

Unless someone like Bai Lai is completely unattached and alone, and the spiritual spring was acquired for nothing, they would be willing to use the spiritual spring to refine the Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom.

"Hahaha, God help me!"

"After suffering and bad luck for so long, my luck has suddenly turned around today. This is really something I'm not used to."

"A three-stage Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom would have been enough for me to use for a long time."

"I never expected that I could find a low-grade spiritual spring for free in this White Horn Tribe."

"Alright, alright, it seems that I'm so poor that even the heavens can't stand it anymore."

"Heaven has bestowed this spiritual spring upon me, surely to encourage me so that I may refine a fourth-grade Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom in the future, and from then on, I will have no worries about food and clothing!" Bai Lai excitedly danced around, as excited as could be.

He arrived at the Spirit Spring and, without hesitation, threw out the Three-Turn Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom.

The Heavenly Yuan Lingzhi spun around and fell into the spiritual spring.

In an instant, the silver water in the spiritual spring dropped rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The originally extremely dense spiritual energy around them also surged towards the Tianyuan Lingzhi at this moment.

The Heavenly Origin Lingzhi greedily absorbed the spiritual spring water, constantly extracting its essence.

Judging by this speed, it probably won't be long before this low-grade spiritual spring completely dries up and is destroyed.

If others saw this scene, they would surely curse Bai Lai as a spendthrift who kills the goose that lays the golden eggs.

However, he didn't care about the free money at all.

At this moment, he was completely focused on activating the Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom to refine the spiritual spring.

During this time, he cannot move at all and must keep his internal energy flowing smoothly.

Otherwise, if the true energy cannot supply the Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom, all previous efforts will be in vain, and the spiritual spring will be wasted in vain.

Fortunately, this place is extremely secluded and located in the forbidden area of ​​the White Horn Tribe, so under normal circumstances, no one would come here at all.

Moreover, the White Horn Tribe seems to have gotten into trouble now.

Under these circumstances, Bai Lai did not think he would be so unlucky as to be caught red-handed in such a short time.

However, as it turns out, luck comes and goes quickly...

……

Time returns to the present.

Bai Lai stood beside the mostly dried-up spiritual spring, sensing the eerie atmosphere, and couldn't help but curse inwardly.

"Damn you, God, are you trying to mess with me?"

"I've been so careful, how did I still get dragged into this?"

"Why did they have to come at this time of year? I'm so pissed off..."

At the same time, Wu Liang was the first to react after seeing the person's face clearly.

Unlike Morobi and the White Horn leader, they had never seen Bai Lai before and did not know who the guy hiding here was.

Wu Liang, however, was different...

Wu Liang had met this guy once before, at the auction of the wealthy merchant caravan, a few days ago.

Who would have thought that we would meet again here? What a coincidence!

"This guy……"

"The one-horned rhinoceros at the cave entrance was probably killed by this guy."

"It seems this guy is the little thief who beat us to the punch and stole our peaches."

Wu Liang's thoughts raced, and he understood everything in an instant.

His mind raced, and his eyes darted around.

Since this person was able to kill a level 3 mushroom beast in a short time, his strength must not be underestimated.

If this person can be involved, it seems like a deal where the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.

Moreover, the White Horn leader had never seen this person before, nor did he know that this person was the thief who killed the Unicorn Rhinoceros before us.

In the eyes of the White Horned Leader, the unicorn at the cave entrance and the mushrooms and fungi that had been looted inside the mushroom cave were all our doing.

In a way, they were the ones who took the blame for this guy.

Wu Liang was not one to suffer losses willingly.

Realizing there was plenty of room for maneuver, he quickly feigned anxiety and spoke loudly to Bai Lai.

"Master Thief, we really can't hold out any longer!"

"This White Horn leader is a tough one; we'll have to work together."

"Please, Master Dao, quickly follow me to surround and kill the White Horn leader!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked!

Wu Liang's simple words revealed a message that surprised everyone.

First, there's the White Horn leader.

Originally, when the White Horn leader saw Bai Lai, this guy used that mushroom that looked like a Ganoderma lucidum to make his spiritual spring dry up by more than half.

He was already furious and began to suspect that this person might be an accomplice of Wu Liang and his group.

Hearing Wu Liang refer to him as the "Master Thief" only confirmed his suspicion that this man must be an accomplice of these traitors from the Holy Cult.

After all, Wu Liang and the others had previously introduced themselves to him, calling themselves Gu Zhenren, Gu Zhenren, and Wu Zhenren.

Now another thief has appeared.

No matter how you look at it, they seem like a group of traitors from the Holy Church who share the same roots.

After the White Horn leader figured this out, he suddenly understood.

He had been wondering why these demonic thieves had targeted his White Horn Tribe.

Now, with Wu Liang's words that they could no longer delay, the answer became immediately clear.

It turns out that the reason these evil scoundrels went to all that trouble was to provoke him, a fourth-level mushroom master.

So they wanted to buy time for this thief, so he could use that unknown mushroom to plot against the White Horn Tribe's spiritual spring!

In this way, everything can be explained clearly.

If he is not mistaken, the reason why the Black Horn Tribe suffered a disaster was probably because of that spiritual spring, which made them a target of the demonic villains.

“I see, so that’s how it is…”

The White Horn leader gritted his teeth, his eyes so red they looked like they could bleed, clearly having misunderstood something.

(End of this chapter)