Mushroom Man

Chapter 250 Bai Lai Cried, the Sword Monk Arrived

"Oh my God!"

"What kind of situation is this? I just wanted to freeload, and now even immortals have appeared."

Bai Lai, covered in dust and dirt, looked like he was about to cry but had no tears.

He truly hadn't expected that a small tribe like the White Horn Tribe of Bajiao Mountain would eventually attract even immortals.

Moreover, he had just been treated for his injuries, and while he was half-conscious, he vaguely seemed to have heard something he shouldn't have heard...

"Holy Cult Immortal, Formless Successor, Legendary Immortal, Dragon-Tiger Grotto Heaven, Four Symbols Boundary Wall, Holy Cult's Grand Plan..."

"Good heavens, is this really something I should know?"

"Fortunately, I am not destined to die. I am protected by the 'barrier of perception'. Even immortals would subconsciously ignore me if they were not careful."

"If it weren't for that, I'm afraid that the Holy Cult Immortal named Zhuge Huowang would have lost his life the moment he discovered that I was eavesdropping."

Bai Lai's face was filled with lingering fear.

He crawled out of the rocky beach with a long face and looking very disheveled.

Only then did he have time to assess his losses.

"What bad luck, this is just too bad luck."

"This is truly a double loss, a huge blow!"

"Not only did he lose the Heavenly Yuan Lingzhi Mushroom, but even some of my stolen mushrooms were taken by that kid."

Bai Lai looked up at the sky and sighed deeply, filled with regret.

Ultimately, it was because he was too greedy that he ended up failing miserably.

As the saying goes, if you walk by the river long enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet.

He had long anticipated that his insatiable greed and tendency to never leave empty-handed would eventually lead to a great loss.

as predicted……

Today's troubles are precisely because he was unwilling to return empty-handed and insisted on going to the White Horn Tribe to beg for alms, which brought him trouble and caused him to lose both his wife and his army.

If they had just taken some mushrooms and mushroom substrate and left, that would have been fine; they wouldn't have ended up like this.

As a result, he insisted on coveting the other party's spiritual spring and also wanted to get involved in the battle between the group of Holy Cult mushroom masters and the White Horn leader.

This is just great!

The Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom that he had painstakingly stolen ended up benefiting someone else, and his trump card, the Unparalleled Hand, was gone.

What does it mean to go back to square one?

This is what they call going back to square one!

This time, he not only came for nothing, but he also gave away the mushrooms and his killer move for nothing.

Now he is penniless and destitute, a truly miserable situation.

Surprisingly, Bai Lai did not complain or hold a grudge against Wu Liang for ruining his plans.

Of course, it's not that he didn't want to hold a grudge, but rather that he didn't have the ability to.

After eavesdropping for a while, Bai Lai learned that the thief who stole his mushrooms was not only a fellow disciple of the Wuxiang lineage, but also a disciple of that Holy Immortal!

He was just a petty thief, a rogue cultivator who lived on the run; what right did he have to hold a grudge against someone?
He's already grateful that people don't cause him trouble afterward.

In this world, what matters is strength and connections.

Neither of these two things are relevant to Bai Lai.

"Let's go! I need to get out of this place of trouble as soon as possible!"

"Before leaving, the immortal seemed to mention that a bald monk was chasing after them."

"If that immortal could be frightened into fleeing in panic, then that bald monk must also be an immortal."

"I hate those bald monks in Buddhism more than anything else in my life. Besides, I stole their Heavenly Yuan Lingzhi Mushrooms from Lotus Temple before, which made us enemies."

"If you don't leave now, when will you stay?"

Bai Lai didn't waste much time on idle thoughts, regrets, or remorse.

Thinking of this, he made a quick decision and decided to leave.

But at that moment, a sword's cry suddenly rang out.

The next moment, a sword light shone brightly between heaven and earth.

"Shh!"

The entire cave was cleaved in two by that sword light, revealing the starlight under the night sky.

The earth-shattering sword light did not harm Bai Lai; it merely stopped three inches from the tip of his nose.

"Gudong..."

Bai Lai's pupils dilated sharply, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he subconsciously swallowed.

"Esteemed benefactor, did you just see a strange man talking to himself here?"

The sword light took shape and gradually solidified.

A monk wearing a five-wisdom crown and a white lotus robe, with a face like jade and sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, suddenly appeared.

He stood with his sword on his back. He should have been a compassionate monk, but this image gave him an odd, sharp, and edgy air.

Clearly, this person was none other than the sword monk who had once caused Zhuge Huowang to suffer a loss.

Seeing this, Bai Lai felt even more like crying but had no tears left.

What terrible luck he's had today?
Having just seen off a celestial being from the Holy Sect, they were now ambushed by a celestial being from the Buddhist Sect.

Damn it, God, this is going to kill him!

"donor?"

“Don’t be afraid, benefactor. This humble monk has no ill intentions.”

“That strange man is a demon of the Holy Sect, his hands are stained with the blood of my Buddhist disciples. This humble monk has come to slay the demon.”

"If you know the whereabouts of that strange man, please tell this humble monk the truth."

Surprisingly, although the sword monk exuded a sharpness that was hard to look at directly, he was unexpectedly kind.

He put his hands together in front of his chest and performed a Buddhist salute to Bai Lai, this mortal.

Bai Lai took a moment to calm himself down and forced himself to remain composed.

He quickly put on a fawning smile and spoke in a humble and respectful voice, "This, this Buddha..."

"To be honest, I am a mushroom master from the White Horn tribe. This place was just robbed." "I was accidentally knocked unconscious by the villains and just woke up. I have never seen the strange man you mentioned, Grandpa Buddha."

Bai Lai did not take advantage of the sword monk's kind attitude; instead, he became even more respectful and humble.

Are you kidding me?
How could he possibly tell this bald monk that he had met Zhuge Huowang?

Bai Lai was well aware that once he told this bald Buddhist monk about Zhuge Huowang, he would definitely be forced to get involved.

One side is the Holy Religion, the other is Buddhism.

He couldn't afford to offend either of them.

Most importantly, he couldn't explain how he survived after meeting Zhuge Huowang.

If one were to slip up in front of this bald Buddhist monk and expose one's 'insightful views', the consequences would be unimaginable.

The only solution now is to play dumb, pretend to know nothing, and fool them.

Fortunately, Bai Lai's words did not arouse any suspicion from the sword monk.

"I see. I've troubled you."

The sword monk nodded slightly, then turned around and prepared to leave.

Upon seeing this, Bai Lai breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had survived again.

But at that moment, for some unknown reason, the sword monk suddenly stopped.

He turned around and carefully examined Bai Lai's face.

"You look familiar, haven't we met somewhere before?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Lai's face stiffened, and the anxiety he had finally managed to feel was reignited.

He opened his mouth, intending to bite the bullet and deny it.

But the sword monk seemed to remember something, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and his originally kind appearance instantly turned cold and icy.

"I remember now..."

"Ranked 250th on the Demon Slayer List, Bai Lai, the successor of Wuxiang, once stole the Three-Turn Heavenly Yuan Lingzhi Mushroom from the Lotus Temple of Buddhism."

"His crimes are heinous and he deserve to be executed without pardon."

As soon as the sword monk finished speaking, endless sword light appeared all around.

Upon seeing this, Bai Lai felt his scalp tingle and was so frightened that his soul almost left his body.

Logically speaking, if Zhuge Huowang couldn't detect him due to the 'obstacle of perception', the sword monk shouldn't have recognized him so quickly either.

However, what Bai Lai didn't know was...

The Buddhist Demon Extermination List is not merely a wanted list of evil people to spread their infamy.

The fate and destiny of demons who are listed on the Demon Slayer List will change.

Once you encounter a high-ranking Buddhist monk, you will have nowhere to hide and nowhere to escape.

It was already quite remarkable that the so-called 'obstacle of perception' could deceive the sword monk for a time.

"Shh!"

The sword monk's eyes were like swords.

At the critical moment, Bai Lai came to his senses and shouted out!
"Grandpa Buddha, please don't lay a hand on me, spare my life!"

"I know where that Holy Church demon is and what his purpose is!"

"He wants to destroy the Four Symbols Boundary Wall and is using the successor of the Formless Sect to plot against the legendary immortal Zhao Longxiang's Dragon Elephant Grotto!"

Upon hearing this, the boundless sword light that had already risen instantly vanished without a trace.

The sword monk's eyes flickered, seemingly indicating that he had no intention of killing Bai Lai on the spot.

Otherwise, there would be no chance for me to speak.

He glanced at Bai Lai and said softly, "May Buddha have mercy, benefactor, please tell me in detail..."

……

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Deep beneath the vast earth, the interconnected ley lines spread like a spider web across the world.

And this 'spider web' formed by the earth's veins has now welcomed a guest.

A centipede, hundreds of feet long, climbed freely on the spider web.

Compared to a spider web, even if a centipede is hundreds of feet long, it seems insignificant and so small that it cannot be seen.

Yet this tiny ant was now rampaging recklessly through the earth's veins.

As is well known, all sorts of creatures also exist within the ley lines of the mushroom world.

These creatures are not human, but rather ubiquitous mushroom beasts.

Most of the mushroom beasts living in the earth's veins are strangely shaped insects, and the once-wandering centipede was one of them.

Mushroom beasts that can live in the ley lines are undoubtedly extremely rare in the outside world.

Many earthworm fungi grow on their bodies. If they could be taken out of the earth's veins and sold to mushroom masters, they would surely make a fortune.

However, there are very few mushroom masters in the world who can enter the earth's veins.

Even if you have the ability to enter and exit the ley lines, the insects and mushrooms inside are no joke.

Perhaps it is because the earth veins are rich in soil resources and there are no natural enemies.

The mushroom beasts living in the earth's veins have quite high reincarnation levels, with fourth and fifth reincarnations roaming everywhere. There are even fairy mushroom beasts, making it quite dangerous.

However, the 4th level Earth Centipede can roam freely in the ley lines without fear of being disturbed by the ley line mushrooms.

Clearly, this was Zhuge Huowang's tactic.

Morobi sat cross-legged on the centipede's body, channeling her inner energy to heal her injuries.

She didn't know how much time had passed before she opened her eyes and looked ahead.

In the pitch-black depths of the earth, a barrier appeared, its four colors swirling, seemingly neither real nor illusory.

Clearly, this is the legendary Four Symbols Boundary Wall.

The Four Symbols Boundary Walls are omnipresent, whether in the heavens or on the earth.

Morobi's eyes were deep and mysterious as she murmured softly.

"Beihai, your mother is here..."

(End of this chapter)